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14. Qi W., Liu J.*, Xia J., Chen D., 2019. Divergent sensitivity of surface water and energy variables to precipitation product uncertainty in the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology 124338 (SCI, IF=405)
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26. Xu H., Tian Z., He X., Wang J., Sun L., Fischer G., Fan D., Zhong H., Wu W., Pope E., Kent C., Liu J., 2019. Future increases in irrigation water requirement challenge the water-food nexus in the northeast farming region of China. Agricultural Water Management 213: 594–604. (SCI, IF=542)
27. Liu W., Antonelli M., Kummu M., Zhao X., Wu P., Liu J., Zhuo L., Yang H., 2019. Savings and losses of global water resources in food‐related virtual water trade. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 6(1): e1320. (SCI, IF=436)
28. Kuang X., Luo X., Jiao J.J., Liang S., Zhang X., Li H., Liu J., 2019. Using stable isotopes of surface water and groundwater to quantify moisture sources across the Yellow River source region. Hydrological Processes 33:1835–1850. (SCI, IF=189)
29. Zhang X., Liu J.*, Zhao X.*, Yang H., Deng X., Jiang X., 2019. Linking physical water consumption with virtual water consumption: methodology, application and implications. Journal of Cleaner Production 228: 1206-1217. (SCI, IF=6.395)
30. Blöschl G. et al., 2019. Twenty-three Unsolved Problems in Hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal. ACCEPTED. (SCI, IF=2.180)
31. Jiang J., Ye B., Liu J., 2019. Peak of CO₂ emissions in various sectors and provinces of China: Recent progress and avenues for further research. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 112: 813–833. (SCI, IF=10.556)
32. Wang K., Davies E.G.R., Liu J., 2019. Integrated water resources management and modeling: A case study of Bow river basin, Canada. Journal of Cleaner Production 240: 118242. (SCI, IF=6.395)
33. Malekian A., Choubin B., Liu J., Sajedi-Hosseini F., 2019. Development of a new integrated framework for improved rainfall-runoff modeling under climate variability and human activities. Water Resources Management 33: 2501–2515. (SCI, IF=2.987)
34. Liu J., Li X., Yang H., Han G., Liu J., Zheng C., Zheng Y., 2019. The water–energy nexus of megacities extends beyond geographic boundaries: a case of Beijing. Environmental Engineering Science. http://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2018.0553
35. Anjum M.N., Ding Y., Shangguan D., Liu J., Ahmad I., Ijaz M. W.,   Khan M. I., 2019. Quantification of spatial temporal variability of snow cover and hydro-climatic variables based on multi-source remote sensing data in the Swat watershed, Hindukush Mountains, Pakistan. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 131 (3): 467-486. (SCI, IF=656)
36. Dai Y., Feng L., Hou X., Choi C.Y., Liu J., Cai X., Shi L., Zhang Y., Gibson L., 2019. Policy-driven changes in enclosure fisheries of large lakes in the Yangtze Plain: evidence from satellite imagery. Science of The Total Environment 688, 1286-1297. (SCI, IF=589)
37. Liu J.*, Zhao X.*, Yang H., Liu Q., Xiao H., Cheng G., 2018. Assessing China’s “developing a water-saving society” policy at a river basin level: a structural decomposition analysis approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 190: 799-808. (SCI, IF=6.395)
38. Liu J.*, Mao G., Hoekstra A.J., Wang H., Wang J., Zheng C., van Vliet M.T.H., Wu M., Ruddell B., Yan J., 2018. Managing the energy-water-food nexus for sustainable development. Applied Energy 210: 377-381. (SCI, IF=426)
39. Lun F., Liu J.*, Ciais P., Nesme T., Chang T., Wang R., Goll D., Sardans J., Peñuelas J., Obersteiner M., 2018. Global and regional phosphorus budgets in agricultural systems and their implications for phosphorus-use efficiency. Earth System Science Data 10: 1–18. (SCI, IF=951)
40. Qi W., Liu J.*, Chen D., 2018. Evaluations and improvements of GLDAS 2.0 and 2.1 forcing data’s applicability for basin scale hydrological simulations in the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123: 13,128–13,148. (SCI, IF=3.633)
41. Zhao C., Yang S., Liu J., Liu C., Hao F., Wang Z., Zhang H., Song J., Mitrovic S. M., Lim R. P., 2018. Linking fish tolerance to water quality criteria for the assessment of environmental flows: A practical method for streamflow regulation and pollution control. Water Research 141: 96-108. (SCI, IF=913)
42. Wang Z., Liu J.*, Li J., Zhang D.D., 2018. MuWI: A native 10-m Multi-spectral Water Index for Accurate Water Mapping on Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing 10: 1643. (SCI, IF=118)
43. Liu W., Yang H., Liu Y., Kummu M., Hoekstra A. Y., Liu J., Schulini R., 2018. Water resources conservation and nitrogen pollution reduction under global food trade and agricultural intensification. Science of the Total Environment 633: 1591–1601 (SCI, IF=589)
44. Zaherpour J., Gosling S. N., Mount N., Schmied H. M., Veldkamp T.I.E., Dankers R., Eisner S., Gerten D., Gudmundsson L., Haddeland I., Hanasaki N., Kim H., Leng G., Liu J., Masaki Y., Oki T., Pokhrel Y., Satoh Y., Schewe J., Wada Y., 2018. Worldwide evaluation of mean and extreme runoff from six global-scale hydrological models that account for human impacts. Environmental Research Letters 13 (6): 065015. (SCI, IF=6.192)
45. Qi W., Liu J.*, Yang H., Sweetapple C., 2018. An ensemble-based dynamic Bayesian averaging approach for discharge simulations using multiple global precipitation products and hydrological models. Journal of Hydrology 558: 405–420 (SCI, IF= 4.405)
46. Qi W., Liu J., 2018. A non-stationary cost-benefit based bivariate extreme flood estimation approach. Journal of Hydrology 557: 589–599 (SCI, IF= 4.405)
47. Xu J., Morris P.J., Liu J., Holden J., 2018. PEATMAP: Refining estimates of global peatland distribution based on a meta-analysis. CATENA 160: 134-140(SCI, IF=3.851) (ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Paper in 2019)
48. Vanham D., Hoekstra A.Y., Wada Y., Bouraoui F., de Roo A., Mekonnen M.M., van de Bund W.J., Batelaan O., Pavelic P., Bastiaanssen W.G.M., Kummu M., Rockström J., Liu J., Bisselink B., Ronco P., Pistocchi A., Bidoglio G., 2018. Physical water scarcity metrics for monitoring progress towards SDG target 6.4: An evaluation of indicator 6.4.2 “Level of water stress”. Science of the Total Environment 613-614: 218-232. (SCI, IF=589)
49. Wartenburger R., Seneviratne S., Hirschi M., Chang J., Ciais P., Deryng D., Elliott J., Folberth C., Gosling S., Gudmundsson L., Henrot A., Hickler T., Ito A., Khabarov N., Kim H., Leng G., Liu J., Liu X., Masaki Y., Morfopoulos C., Müller C., Müller S., Hannes N. K., Orth R., Pokhrel Y., Pugh T., Satoh Y., Schaphoff S., Schmid E., Sheffield J., Stacke T., Steinkamp J., Tang Q., Thiery W., Wada Y., Wang X., Weedon G., Yang H., Zhou T., 2018. Evapotranspiration simulations in ISIMIP2a – Evaluation of spatio-temporal characteristics with a comprehensive ensemble of independent datasets. Environmental Research Letters 13 (7): 075001 (SCI, IF=6.192)
50. Cudennec C. *, Liu J., Qi J., Yang H., Zheng C., Gain A. K., Lawford R., de Strasser L., Yillia P. T., 2018. Epistemological dimensions of the water–energy–food nexus approach: reply to discussions of “Challenges in operationalizing the water–energy–food nexus”, Hydrological Sciences Journal 63(12):1868-1871 (SCI, IF=2.180)
51. Ahmad I., Zhang F., Muhammad Tayyab M., Anjumd M. N., Zamane M., Liu J., Faridh H. U., Saddiquei Q., 2018. Spatiotemporal analysis of precipitation variability in annual, seasonal and extreme values over upper Indus River basin. Atmospheric Research 213: 346-360. (SCI, IF=114)
52. Anjum M. N., Zaman M., Tayyab M., Waseem M., Farid H. U., 2018. A linear bi-level multi-objective program for optimal allocation of water resources. PLoS ONE, 13(2): e0192294 (SCI, IF=776)
53. Zhang R., Liu J.*, Gao H., Mao G., 2018. Can multi-objective calibration of streamflow guarantee better hydrological model accuracy? Journal of Hydroinformatics 20 (3): 687-698. (SCI, IF=908)
54. Li S., Yang H., Liu J., Lei G., 2018. Towards Ecological-Economic Integrity in the Jing-Jin-Ji Regional Development in China. Water 10 (11), 1653. (SCI, IF=524)
55. Li S., Yang H., Lacayo M., Liu J., Lei G., 2018. Impacts of land-use and land-cover changes on water yield: a case study in Jing-Jin-Ji, China. Sustainability 10 (4): 960. (SCI, IF=592)
56. Liu J.*, Yang H., Gosling, S. N., Kummu, M., Flörke, M., Pfister, M., Hanasaki, N., Wada, Y., Zhang, X., Zheng, Y., Alcamo, J., Oki, T., 2017. Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future. Earth’s Future 5: 545-559. (SCI, IF=5.781) (Cover Article; ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Paper in 2019)
57. Liu J.*, Calmon M., Clewell A., Liu J., Denjean B., Engel V.L., Aronson J., 2017. South-south cooperation for large-scale ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 25 (1): 27-32. (SCI, IF=2.826)
58. Liu J.*, Yang H., Cudennec C., Gain A.K., Hoff H., Lawford R., Qi J., de Strasser L., Yillia P.T., Zheng C., 2017. Panta Rhei Opinions: Challenges in operationalizing the water-energy-food nexus. Hydrological Sciences Journal 62 (11): 1714-1720 (SCI, IF=2.180)
59. Mao G., Xia J., He X., Tang Y.*, Liu J.*, 2017. Hydrology in a coupled human-natural system – Research innovation and practices. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). ES295-298. (SCI, IF=166)
60. Gosling S. N., Hondula D. M., Bunker A., Ibarreta D., Liu J., Zhang X., Sauerborn R., 2017. Adaptation to climate change: a comparative analysis of modeling methods for 2 heat-related mortality. Environmental Health Perspectives 125 (8): 087008. (SCI, IF=8.049)
61. Chen Y., Zhang S., Huang D., Li B., Liu J., Liu W., Ma J., Wang F., Wang Y., Wu S., Wu Y., Yan J., Guo C., Xin W., Wang H., 2017. The development of China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt: how to make it in a green way? Science Bulletin 62 (9): 648–651 (SCI, IF=6.277)
62. Zhang X., Liu J.*, Tang Y*, Zhao X., Yang H., Gerbens-Leenes P.W., van Vliet M.T.H., Yan J., 2017. China’s coal-fired power plants impose pressure on water resources. Journal of Cleaner Production 161: 1171-1179. (SCI, IF=6.395)
63. Campana P.E., Leduc S., Kim M., Olsson A., Zhang J., Liu J., Kraxner F., McCallum I., Li H., Yan J., 2017. Suitable and optimal locations for implementing photovoltaic water pumping systems for grassland irrigation in China. Applied Energy 185 (2): 1879-1889 (SCI, IF=426)
64. Gosling, S. N., Zaherpour, J. J., Mount, N. J., Hattermann, F. F., Dankers, R., Arheimer, B., Breuer L., Ding J., Haddeland I., Kumar R., Kundu D., Liu J., van Griensven A., Veldkamp T.I.E., Vetter T., Wang X., Zhang X., 2017. A comparison of changes in river runoff from multiple global and catchment-scale hydrological models under global warming scenarios of 1°C, 2°C and 3°C. Climatic Change 141 (3): 597–598 (SCI, IF=168) (ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Paper in 2019)
65. Kreibich H., Krueger T., Van Loon A., Mejia A., Liu J., McMillan H., Castellarin A., 2017. Scientific debate of Panta Rhei research – how to advance our knowledge of changes in hydrology and society? Hydrological Sciences Journal 62 (3): 331-333. (SCI, IF=2.180)
66. Wada Y., Bierkens M. F. P., de Roo A., Dirmeyer, P. A., Famiglietti J. S., Hanasaki N., Konar M., Liu J., Schmied H. M., Oki T., Pokhrel Y., Sivapalan M., Troy T. J., van Dijk A. I. J. M., van Emmerik T., van Huijgevoort M. H. J., van Lanen H. A. J., Vörösmarty C. J., Wanders N., Wheater H., 2017. Human-water interface in hydrological modeling: Current status and future directions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21: 4169-4193. (SCI, IF=4.936)
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70. Zhao , Liu J.*, Yang H., Liu Y., Duarte R., Hubacek K., 2016. Burden-shifting of water quantity and quality stress from mega-city Shanghai. Water Resources Research 52 (9): 6916-6927 (Featured in Water Resources Research) (SCI, IF=4.142)
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72. Xie J., Chen J., Sun G., Zha T., Yang B., Chu H., Liu J., Wan S., Zhou C., Ma H., Bourque C.P.A., Shao C., John R., Ouyang Z., 2016. Ten-year variability in ecosystem water use efficiency in an oak-dominated temperate forest under a warming climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 218-219: 209-217. (SCI, IF=189)
73. Ma K., Liu J.*, Balkovic J., Skalsky R., Azevedo L., Kraxner F., 2016. Changes in soil organic carbon stocks of wetlands on China’s Zoige plateau from 1980 to 2010. Ecological Modelling 327: 18-28. (SCI, IF=634)
74. Ma K., Zhang Y., Tang S., Liu J.*, 2016. Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon in the Zoige alpine wetland, northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, Catena 144: 102-108. (SCI, IF=851)
75. Qi W., Zhang C., Fu G., Zhou H., Liu J., 2016. Quantifying uncertainties in extreme flood predictions under climate change for a medium-sized basin in Northeastern China. Journal of Hydrometeorology 17 (12): 3099-3112. (SCI, IF=158)
76. Liu W., Yang H., Liu J., Azevedo L.B., Wang X., Xu Z., Abbaspour K. C., Schulin R., 2016. Global assessment of nitrogen losses and trade-offs with yields from major crop cultivations. Science of the Total Environment 572: 526-537. (SCI, IF=589)
77. Tian, S., Youssef, M. A., Richards, R. P., Liu, J., Baker, D. B., & Liu, Y., 2016. Different seasonality of nitrate export from an agricultural watershed and an urbanized watershed in midwestern USA. Journal of Hydrology, 541, 1375-1384. (SCI, IF=405)
78. Kraxner F., Aoki K., Kindermann G., Leduc S., Albrecht F., Liu J., Yamagata Y., 2016. Bioenergy and the city – What can urban forests contribute? Applied Energy 165: 990–1003 (SCI, IF=426)
79. Lun F., Liu, Zhang D., Li W., Liu J.*, 2016. Life cycle analysis of carbon flow and carbon footprint of harvested wood products of Larix principis-rupprechtii in China. Sustainability 8: 247. (SCI, IF=2.592)
80. Lun F., Canadell J.G., HE L., Yang B., Liu M.C., Yuan Z., Tian M., Liu J., Li W.H., 2016. Estimating cropland carbon mitigation potentials in China affected by three improved cropland practices. Journal of Mountain Science 13 (10): 1840-1854. (SCI, IF=423)
81. Zhao, X., Tillotson, M.R., Yang, Z., Yang, H., Liu, J. 2016 Reduction and reallocation of water use of products in Beijing. Ecological Indicators 61: 893-898 (SCI, IF=490)
82. Deng X., Singh R.B., Liu J., Güneralp B., 2016. Water productivity and integrated water resources management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 96: 1-1. (SCI, IF=1.968)
83. Liu J.*, Zhao D., Gerbens-Leenes P.W., Guan D., 2015. China’s rising hydropower demand challenges water sector. Scientific Reports 5: 11446. (SCI, IF=4.011)
84. Liu J.*, Kattel G., Arp H.P.H., Yang H., 2015. Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in the context of climate change. Ecological Modelling 318: 265–274 (SCI, IF=2.634)
85. Ma K., Liu J., Zhang Y., Parry L. E., Holden J., Ciais P., 2015. Refining soil organic carbon stock estimates for China’s palustrine wetlands. Environmental Research Letters 10: 124016. (SCI, IF=6.192)
86. Zhang Y., Bleeker A., Liu J., 2015. Nutrient Discharge from China’s Aquaculture Industry and Associated Environmental Impacts. Environmental Research Letters 10: 045002. (SCI, IF=6.192)
87. Chen M., Liu J.*, 2015. Historical trends of wetland areas in the agriculture and pasture interlaced zone: a case study of the Huangqihai Lake Basin in northern China. Ecological Modelling 318: 168–176 (SCI, IF=2.634)
88. Zhao D., Liu J.*, A new approach to assessing the water footprint of hydroelectric power based on allocation of water footprints among reservoir ecosystem services. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 79-82: 40–46 (SCI, IF=1.968)
89. Zhang X., Ermolieva T., Juraj B., Mosnier A., Kraxner F., Liu J.*, 2015. Recursive cross-entropy downscaling model for spatially explicit future land uses: a case study of the Heihe River Basin. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 89-90: 56-64. (SCI, IF=1.968)
90. Deng X., Singh R. B., Liu J., Guneralp B., 2015. Water use efficiency and integrated water resource management for river basin. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 80-90: 1-2. (SCI, IF=1.968)
91. Zang C., Liu J.*, Gerten D., Jiang L., 2015 Influence of human activities and climate variability on green and blue water provision in the Heihe River Basin, NW China. Journal of Water and Climate Change 6 (4): 800-815. (SCI, IF=1.009).
92. Chen C., Hagemann S., Liu J., 2015. Assessment of impact of climate change on the blue and green water resources in large river basins in China. Environmental Earth Sciences 74 (8): 6381-6394 (SCI, IF=1.871)
93. Deng X., Singh R.B., Liu J., Güneralp B., 2015. Physical and economic processes of water scarcity and water allocation for integrated river basin management. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. 79: 1-1. (SCI, IF=1.968)
94. Shi J., Liu J.*, Pinter L., 2014. Recent evolution of China’s virtual water trade: analysis of selected crops and consideration for policy. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18: 1349-1357. (SCI, IF=4.936)
95. Tillotson M.R., Liu J.*, Guan D., Wu P., Zhao X., Zhang G., Pfister S., Pahlow M., 2014. Water footprint symposium: where next for water footprint and water assessment methodology? International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19: 1561-1565. (SCI, IF=4.868)
96. Zhao Q., Liu J.*, Khabarov, Obersteiner M., Westphal: M., 2014. Impacts of climate change on virtual water content of crops in China. Ecological Informatics 19: 26-34. (SCI, IF=2.310)
97. Folberth C., Yang H, Gaiser T., Liu J., Wang X., Williams J., Schulin R., 2014. Effects of ecological and conventional agricultural intensification practices on maize yields in sub-Saharan Africa under potential climate change. Environmental Research Letters 9: 044004. (SCI, IF=6.192)
98. Xie J., Sun G., Chu H.-S., Liu J., McNulty S. G., Noormets A., John R., Ouyang Z., Zha T., Li H., Guan W. and Chen J., 2014, Long-term variability in the water budget and its controls in an oak-dominated temperate forest. Hydrological Processes 28 (25): 6054-6066. (SCI, IF=3.189)
99. Wang X., Yen H., Liu Q., Liu J., An auto-calibration tool for the agricultural policy environmental extender model. Transactions of the Asabe 57 (4): 1087-1098. (SCI, IF=1.153)
100. Liu J.*, Zang C., Tian S., Liu J., Yang H., Jia S., You L., Liu B., Zhang M., 2013. Water conservancy projects in China: achievements, challenges and way forward. Global Environmental Change 23(3): 633-643. (SCI, IF=10.427) (ESI Top 1% Highly Cited Paper in 2019)
101. Liu J.*, Lundqvist J., Weinberg J., Gustafsson J., 2013. Food losses and waste in China and their implication for water and land. Environmental Science & Technology 47(18): 10137-10144. (SCI, IF=7.149)
102. Liu J.*, Folberth C., Yang H., Röckström J., Abbaspour K., et al., 2013. A global and spatially explicit assessment of climate change impacts on crop production and consumptive water use. PLoS ONE 8(2): e57750. (SCI, IF=2.776)
103. Dominguez-Faus R., Folberth C., Liu J., Jaffe A.M., Alvarez J.J., 2013. Climate change would increase the water intensity of irrigated corn ethanol. Environmental Science & Technology 47: 6030-6037. (SCI, IF=7.149)
104. Zeng Z, Liu J.*, Savenije H.H.G., 2013. A simple approach to assess water scarcity integrating water quantity and quality. Ecological Indicators 34: 441-449. (SCI, IF=3.983)
105. Zang C., Liu J.*, 2013. Trend analysis for the flows of green and blue water in the Heihe River Basin, northwestern China. Journal of Hydrology 502: 27-36. (SCI, IF=4.405)
106. Wang H., Liu J., 2013. Reservoir operation incorporating hedging rules and operational inflow forecasts. Water Resources Management 27: 1427-1438. (SCI, IF=2.987)
107. Ma K., You L., Liu J.*, Zhang M., 2012. A hybrid wetland map for China: a synergistic approach using census and spatially explicit datasets. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47814. (SCI, IF=2.776)
108. Wang L., Liu J., Sun G., Wei X., Liu S., Dong Q., 2012. Water, climate, and vegetation: ecohydrology in a changing world. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16: 4633-4636. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=4.936)
109. Zeng Z., Liu J.*, Koeneman P.H., Zarate E., Hoekstra A.Y., 2012. Assessing water footprint at river basin level: a case study for the Heihe River Basin in northwest China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16(8): 2771-2781. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=4.936)
110. Zang C., Liu J.*, van der Velde M., Fraxner F., 2012. Assessment of spatial and temporal patterns of green and blue water flows under natural conditions in inland river basins in northwest China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16(8): 2859-2870. (SCI, IF=4.936)
111. Fritz S., You L., Bun A., See L., McCallum I., Schill C., Perger C., Liu J., Hansen M., and Obersteiner M., 2011. Cropland for sub-Saharan Africa: a synergistic approach using five land cover data sets. Geophysical Research Letters 38: L04404. (SCI) (SCI, IF=578)
112. Liu J.*, and Yang H., 2010. Spatially explicit assessment of global consumptive water uses in cropland: green and blue water. Journal of Hydrology 384(3-4): 187-197. (SCI, IF=4.405)
113. Srivastava G., Panda S.N., Mondal P., Liu J., 2010. Forecasting of rainfall using ocean-atmospheric indices with a fuzzy neural technique. Journal of Hydrology 395: 190-198. (SCI, IF=4.405)
114. Liu J.*, Yang H., 2009. China fights against statistical corruption. Science 325: 675-676. (SCI, Correspondance Letter)
115. Liu, J.*, Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H., 2009. Global consumptive water use for crop production: the importance of green water and virtual water, Water Resources Research 45(5): W05428. (SCI, IF=4.142)
116. Liu J.*, Williams J.R., Wang X., Yang H., 2009. Using MODAWEC to generate daily weather data for the EPIC model. Environmental Modelling & Software 24(5): 655-664. (SCI, IF=4.552)
117. Liu J.*, 2009. A GIS-based tool for modelling large-scale crop-water relations. Environmental Modelling & Software 24(3): 411-422. (SCI, IF=4.552)
118. Liu J.*, 2009. Consumptive water use in cropland and its partitioning: a high-resolution assessment. Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences 52(11): 3309-3314. (SCI, IF=1.019)
119. Yang H., Zhou Y., Liu J., 2009. Land and water requirements of biofuel and implications for food supply and the environment in China. Energy Policy 37: 1876-1885. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=4.880)
120. Liu J.*, Savenije H.H.G., 2008. Time to break the silence around virtual-water imports. Nature 453 (7195) : 587. (SCI, Correspondance Letter)
121. Liu J.*, Yang H., Savenije H.H.G., 2008. China’s move to higher-meat diet hits water security. Nature 454 (7203): 397. (SCI, Correspondance Letter)
122. Liu J.*, Fritz S., van Wesenbeeck C.F.A., Fuchs M., Obersteiner M., Yang H., 2008. A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change. Global and Planetary Change 64(3-4): 222-235. (SCI, IF=4.100)
123. Liu J.*, Savenije H.H.G., 2008. Food consumption patterns and their effect on water requirement in China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 12(3): 887-898. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=4.936)
124. Liu J.*, Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H., 2008. Drops for crops: modelling crop water productivity on a global scale. Global NEST Journal 10(3): 295-300. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=0.869)
125. Wang X., Zhong X., Liu S., Liu J., Wang Z., Li M., 2008. Regional assessment of environmental vulnerability in the Tibetan Plateau: development and application of a new method. Journal of Arid Environments 72(10): 1929-1939. (SCI, IF=1.825)
126. Liu J.*, Williams J.R., Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H., 2007. GEPIC–modelling wheat yield and crop water productivity with high resolution on a global scale. Agricultural Systems 94(2): 478-493. (SCI, IF=4.131)
127. Liu J.*, Wiberg D., Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H., 2007. Modelling the role of irrigation in winter wheat yield and crop water productivity in China. Irrigation Science 26(1): 21-33. (SCI, IF=2.440)
128. Liu J.*, Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H., 2007. Historical trends in China’s virtual water trade. Water International 32(1): 78-90. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=1.885)
129. Liu J.*, Savenije H.H.G., Xu J., 2003. Water as an economic good and water tariff design—comparison between IBT-con and IRT-cap. Physics and Chemistry of The Earth 28(4-5): 209-217. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=1.968)
130. Liu J.*, Savenije H.H.G., Xu J., 2003. Forecast of water demand in Weinan City in China using WDF-ANN. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 28(4-5): 219-224. (SCIE) (SCI, IF=1.968)

Chinese Articles

131. Liu J.*, Zhao D D, Ye B. , 2019. Ecological attributes, restoration, and protection of the Baiyangdian in Xiong’an New Area. Acta Ecologica Sinica, 39(9)
132. Meng Y., Liu J.*, Wang J., Mao G., Wang K., Wang Z., Wang M., 2018. Ecosystem Services for Eco-civilization: Review of 9th Ecosystem Services Partnership World Conference (ESP 2017). Acta Ecologica Sinica, 38(11):4088-4095
133. Wang Q., Liu J.* Zhao D., Study on water footprint of main crop production in Jing-Jin-Ji region. Water Resources Protection. 2018,34(2):22-27.
134. Zhang X., Liu J.*, Zhao X., Guan Y., 2018. Virtual water transfer and linkages among sectors in GLG region, Heihe River basin. Arid Zone Research. 35(1):27-34
135. Hu B, Liu J.*, Zhao D, Zhao X, 2017. Using the theory of water Footprint to assess water scarcity: a case study. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 36(7): 108-116.
136. Zhang R, Gao H, Liu J.*, Tian Y., 2017. The influence of different objective functions on hydrological model performance. China Rural Water and Hydropower (4): 106-111.
137. Liu Y.W., Zhao X., Liu J.*, 2016. Changes and mechanisms of internal water use of products in Tianjin. Resources Science 38(10):1913-1924.
138. Lun F., Liu J.*, Zhang D.,2016. Trends in cropland P balance and P use efficiency in China from 1961 to 2011. Resources Science 38(9):1681-1691.
139. Ma K, Zhang Y, Tang s, Liu J.* , 2016. Characteristics of spatial distribution of soil total nitrogen in Zoige alpine wetland. Chinese Journal of Ecology 35(8):1988-1995
140. Liu Y.J., Liu J.*, Zhao X, Zhang Y, 2016. Water vulnerability assessment in Jing-Jin-Ji region. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation 36(3): 211-218
141. Tang S.X., Ma K., Zhang Y.H., Liu J.*. 2016. Assessment of water storage capacity in Zoige Alpine wetland. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation 36(3):219-223.
142. Liu P., Shen L., Liu J.,Gao x., Wang G., 2016. Ecosystem service value-based assessment on effect of eco-restoration of Yongdinghe River (Beijing Section). Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering 47(4):9-13
143. Zhao D., Liu J.*, 2015. Changes in fishery production and structure in lakeside region of Poyang Lake. Fisheries Scinece 34(6):335-343
144. Liu Q.Y., Liu J.*, Wang X., 2014. Applicability of APEX model to Huangqihai River Basin. Journal of Arid Land Resources and Environment 28(9): 185-190.
145. Zhang M., Liu J.*, Zhao X., Chen M., 2014. Assessment of the changes of wetland health based on landscape development intensity index. Research of Soil and Water Conservation 21(3):157-162
146. Chen M.M., Liu J.*, 2014. Landscape dynamics in the Huangqihai Lake Basin from 1976 to 2010. Journal of Northwest Forestry University 29(3): 165-170.
147. Zhao D.D., Liu J.*, Zhao X., 2014. A new approach to assess the water footprint of hydropower: a case study of the Miyun reservoir in China. Acta Ecologica Sinica 34(10): 2787-2795.
148. Zeng Z., Liu J.*, 2013. Historical trend of grey water footprint of Beijing, China. Journal of Natural Resources 28(7): 1169-1178.
149. Zang C.F., Liu J.*, 2013. Spatial and temporal pattern difference of blue-green water flows in typical reference years in the Heihe River Basin, northwestern China. Journal of Beijing Forestry University 35(3): 1-10.
150. Cai Z.H., Shen L., Liu J.*, Zhao X., 2012. Applying input-output analysis method for calculation of water footprint and virtual water trade in Gansu province. Acta Ecologica Sinica 32(20): 6481-6488.
151. Liu X., Zhao G.S.*, Deng Y.Z., Gao P.J., Chen Y., Liu J., Zhang Z.M., Liu P.B., Zhao Y.F., Yang Y., 2012. Dynamic evolution of regional ecological services based on TM remote sensing. Ecological Economy 1: 375-380.
152. Liu X., Deng Y.Z.*, Zhao G.S., Chen Y., Liu J., Zhang Z.M., 2011. Dynamic evolution of regional ecological services based on TM remote sensing. China Population, Resources and Environment 21(12): 55-60.
153. Liu X., Zhao G.S.*, Deng Y.Z., Chen Y., Liu J., Zhang Z.M., Zhao Y.F., Yang Y., Wei W., Liu P.B., 2011. Evaluation model and application of ecosystem service value based on TM remote sensing in Yongding River. Journal of Hydroecology 32(5): 6-12.
154. Yu M., Wei Y.S.*, Liu J., Liu P.B., Zhang Z.M., Wei W., Wang Y.W., Zhong J., Yang Y., Xiao Q.C., Yu D.W., Zheng X., 2011. Impact of socioeconomic development on water resources and water environment of Yongding River in Beijing. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 31(9): 1817-1825.
155. Zhong J, Wei Y.S*., Wang Y.W., Yu M., Yang Y., Xiao Q.C., Yu D.W., Zheng X., Liu P.B., Wei W., Liu J., Zhang Z.M., 2011. Impact of socioeconomic development on groundwater in Yongding River (Beijing section) and Wenyu River Watersheds. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 31(9): 1826-1834.
156. Zhang Z.M., Liu J.*, 2011. Progress in the valuation of ecosystem services. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 31(9): 1835-1842.
157. Wu J.Z., Zhao G.S.*, Liu J., Jiang G.H., Peng T., Liu X., 2011. River eco-regionalization oriented by ecological restoration. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 31(9): 1843-1850.
158. Zhang Z.M., Liu J.*, Shen B.F., Liu P.B., Wei W., Gao P.J., Zhang Y., 2011. Evaluation of ecosystem services of the Yongding River in Beijing. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae 31(9): 1851-1857.
159. Peng T., Zhang Z.M., Liu J., Xu D.P., Zhao G.S., 2010. Discussion on the ecological restoration goals of the Yongding River in Beijing based on ecosystem service functions analysis. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin 26(20): 287-292.
160. Cao J.T., Li Y.Y., Zhang W.S., Xu P.B., Liu J., 2004. Research background, methodological issues and significance on virtual water of crop and livestock production. Advances in Water Science 15(6):829-834.

Non-SCI Journal/Conference Articles in English

161. Mao G., Liu J, 2019. A hydrological model for root zone water storage simulation on a global scale. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.
162. Baldassarre G. D., AghaKouchack A., Kreibich H., Krueger T., Liu J, Mohamed Y., Mondino E., Mård J., Srinivasan V., Tian F., Troy T., 2018. Global Hotspots of Hydrological Change and Water Crises: Panta Rhei Survey. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 20: 12172.
163. De Groot R., Costanza R., Braat L., Brander L., Burkhard B., Carrasco L., Crossman N., Egoh B., Geneletti D., Hansjuergens B., Hein L., Jacobs S., Kubiszewski I., Leimona B., Li B., Liu J., Luque S., Maes J., Marais C., Maynard S., Montanarella L., Moolenaar S., Obst C., Quintero M., Saito O., Santos-Martin F., Sutton P., van Beukering P., van Weelden M., Willemen L., 2018. RE: Ecosystem Services Are Nature’s Contributions to People. Science E-Letter
164. De Groot R., Costanza R., Braat L., Brander L., Burkhard B., Carrasco L., Crossman N., Egoh B., Geneletti D., Hansjuergens B., Hein L., Jacobs S., Kubiszewski I., Leimona B., Li B., Liu J., Luque S., Maes J., Marais C., Maynard S., Montanarella L., Moolenaar S., Obst C., Quintero M., Saito O., Santos-Martin F., Sutton P., van Beukering P., van Weelden M., Willemen L., 2018. Ecosystem Services are Nature’s Contributions to People: Response to: Assessing nature’s contributions to people. Science Progress 359 (6373).
165. Campana P.E., Leduc S., Kim M., Liu J., Kraxner F., McCallum I., Li H., Yan J., 2015. Optimal Grassland Locations for Sustainable Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems in China. Energy Procedia 75: 301-307.
166. Bennett E., Carpenter S.R., Gordon L.J., … Liu J., et al., 2014. Toward a more resilient agriculture. Solutions 5 (5): 65-75.
167. Yang H., Liu J., Folberth C., 2011. Global agricultural green and blue water consumptive uses in the context of water scarcity and climate change. pp. 3671-3677 in MODSIM 2011 – 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation – Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty.
168. Pena-Haro, S., Pulido-Velazquez, M., Yang, H., Liu, J., Llopis-Albert, C., 2011. Application of an agronomic model to determine optimal management strategies to reduce nitrate concentrations in groundwater. IAHS-AISH Publication 342, pp. 338-341

Books

169. Liu J., Clewell A., 2017. Management of Ecological Rehabilitation Projects. Science Press. Beijing. ISBN: 9787030551368.
170. Liu J., Clewell A., 2017. Introduction to Ecological Rehabilitation. Science Press. Beijing. ISBN: 9787030551375. [in Chinese]
171. Liu J., Zang C., Zeng Z., 2015. Blue and Green Water Resources and their Sustainable Use: A Case Study of the Heihe River Basin, China. Science Press. Beijing. ISBN： [in Chinese]
172. Liu J., Zeng Z., Zhao Q., Ma K., Zang C., 2012. The Water Footprint Assessment Manual-Setting the Global Standard. Science Press. ISBN 978-1-84971-279-8 [Translated] [in Chinese]
173. Liu J., 2007. “Modelling global water and food relations development and application of a GIS-based EPIC model, Ph.D. thesis, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007.

Book Chapters

174. Tian Z., Xu H., Zhong H., Sun L., Liu J., 2019. Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in China. pp 111- 122 in: Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture. Iizumi T., Hirata R., Matsuda, R. (eds.). Springer.
175. Obersteiner M., … Liu J., … Yang H., 2017. The Value of Global Earth Observations. pp 137-142 in: Satellite Earth Observations and Their Impact on Society and Policy. Onoda M., Young O. (eds). Springer, Singapore
176. Yang H., Liu J., Xia J., 2016. Water Security – China Perspective. pp 300-316 in: Handbook on Water Security. Pahl-Wostl C., Bhaduri A., Gupta J. (eds). Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA.
177. Lundqvist J., Liu J., Lundberg J., 2015. Consumers, food supply chain and the nexus. pp303-323. in: Climate, Energy and Water: Managing Trade-offs, Seizing Opportunities. J. Pittock, K. Hussey, S., Dovers (eds.), Cambridge University Press.
178. UNEP, 2012. Measuring water use in a green economy, A Report of the Working Group on Water Efficiency to the International Resource Panel. McGlade, J., Werner, B., Young, M., Matlock, M., Jefferies, D., Sonnemann, G., Aldaya, M., Pfister, S., Berger, M., Farell, C., Hyde, K., Wackernagel, M., Hoekstra, A., Mathews, R., Liu, J., Ercin, E., Weber, J.L., Alfieri, A., Martinez-Lagunes, R., Edens, B., Schulte, P., von Wirén-Lehr, S., Gee, D. United Nations Environment Programm.
179. Yang H., Liu J., Zehnder A.J.B., Rockstrom J., 2011. Ecosystem impacts of virtual water embodied in global trade of agricultural products. pp. 106-119 in: Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources: Ecology, Economics and Policies. T. Koellner (ed.), Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), London and New York.
180. Liu J., Yang H., 2010. Global agricultural green and blue water consumptive uses and virtual water trade. pp. 23-32 in: Re-thinking Water and Food Security. L. Martinez-Cortina, A. Garrido and E. Lopez-Gunn (eds.), CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), London.
181. Liu J., Orr S., 2010. Water footprint overview in the governmental, public policy, and corporate contexts. pp. 73-79 in: On the Water Front: Selections from the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm. J. Lundqvist (ed.), Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Stockholm.

Special Issues of Journals:

1. Liu J., Scanlon B.R., Zhuang J., Varis O., 2019. “Food-Energy-Water Nexus for Multi-scale Sustainable Development”, Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019
2. Zhang J., Liu J., Wang X., Qi J., Zheng C., Varis O., Yang H., Bui D.D., Cai J., 2019. “Water Resources Assessment, Development and Management in Coupled Human-Natural Systems”, Water. 2019.
3. Liu J., Hoekstra A. Y., Wang H., Wang J., Zheng C., van Vliet M.T.H. Wu M., Ruddell B., 2017. “Energy-Water-Food Nexus”, Applied Energy. 2017
4. Liu J., Juizo D., Van Loon A. F., Krueger T., Mejia A., Kreibich H., McMillan H., 2016.  “Panta Rhei: Opinions and Progress towards Hydrology for a Changing World”, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2016
5. Deng X., Singh R.B., Liu J., Guneralp B., (eds), 2016. “Water Use Efficiency and Integrated Water Resource Management”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. Vol.  96, 2016.
6. Deng X., Singh R.B., Liu J., Guneralp B., (eds), 2015. “Water Scarcity and Integrated Water Resources Management”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. Vol. 79-82, 2015.
7. Deng X., Singh R.B., Liu J., Guneralp B., (eds), 2015. “Water Productivity and Integrated Resources Management”. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. Vol. 96, 2016.
8. Wang L., Liu J., Sun G., Wei A., Liu S., Dong Q., (eds), 2012. “Water, Climate, and Vegetation: Ecohydrology in a Changing World”. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2012.

Patents

1. Liu J. and Mao G. “Chinese Patent 2019104406017, A method for root zone water storage capacity estimation”, Southern University of Science and Technology, May 24, 2019
2. Liu J. and Mao G. “Chinese Patent 2019104396617, A method for water scarcity risk assessment”, Southern University of Science and Technology, May 24, 2019
3. Liu J. and Wang Z. “Chinese Patent 2018113061463, A method for land surface water body extraction based on remote sensed image”, Southern University of Science and Technology, May 11, 2018
4. Qi W. and Liu J. “Chinese Patent 2016112585231, A method for vegetation leaf area index estimation”, Southern University of Science and Technology, December 30, 2016
5. Qi W. and Liu J. “Chinese Patent 2016112645478, A method for hydrological simulation uncertainty quantification”, Southern University of Science and Technology, December 30, 2016
6. Liu J., Zhang X. and Zhao X. “Chinese Patent 2016112617711, A method to evaluate physical water and virtual water transformation”, Southern University of Science and Technology, December 30, 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS
1. Hydrology and water resources management
2. Global environmental change
3. Ecological restoration
4. Ecosystem services assessment and management
5. Virtual water and water footprint
6. Water policy and decision support

Supervisor of PhD graduates
2019 Dandan Zhao: Studying on the evolution of water footprint and water resource regulation based on input-output analysis and ecological network in the Jing-Jin-Ji urban agglomeration. Beijing Forestry University, June 2019.
2018 Ruqiang Zhang: Hydrological regime alteration and wetland landscape pattern change in Upper Heihe River Basin. Beijing Forestry University, December 2018.
2017 Xinxin Zhang: The transformation from physical water to virtual water and its implication for water conservation in the Heihe River Basin. Beijing Forestry University, December 2017.
2016 Kun Ma: Spatial-temporal changes of soil organic carbon stock in the Zoige alpine wetland. Beijing Forestry University, June 2016.
2013 Chuanfu Zang: Assessment of spatial and temporal variability of green and blue water flows in the Heihe River Basin, China. Beijing Forestry University, June 2013.

Supervisor of ongoing PhD students
Zifeng Wang; Ying Meng; Zongyong Zhang; He Chen; Shuman Liu; Shahzad Ahmed; Zongjia Zhang; Shaobiao Zhang

Supervisor of post-docs
2019 Wei Qi: Changes in aridity index, precipitation, soil moisture and runoff in agricultural areas. Southern University of Science and Technology, May 2019.
2019 Chong Jiang: Impact and sustainability assessment of ecological landscape change on regional ecosystem services. Southern University of Science and Technology, May 2019.
2016 Fei Lun: Research on P budgets and P use efficiency in the global agricultural system and Chinese croplands. Beijing Forestry University, May 2016.
2015 Xu Zhao: Research on the impact of virtual water trade on regional water stress. Beijing Forestry University, December 2015.

Supervisor of ongoing post-docs
Ganquan Mao; Kai Wang; Azam Lashkari; Wenhui Cui

Supervisor of MSc students
Yifan Li (ongoing), Rui Zhong (ongoing), Jinlin Jia (ongoing), Meng Wang (2019), Yingjie Guan (2018), Yajie Wang (2018), Bin Hu (2017), Qinqin Wang (2017), Suxian Tang (2016), Yujie Liu (2016), Yawen Liu (2016), Qingying Liu (2015), Zhao Zeng (2014), Miao Zhang (2014), Minmin Chen (2014), Qianbin Zhao (2014), Zhenhua Cai (2012)

Teaching experience
Undergraduate Courses: Water Resources Assessment and Management; Introduction to Environmental Science; Global Environmental Issues; Specialized English
Postgraduate Courses: Global Hydrology and Environmental Frontier; Wetland Protection and Management