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Rural development and sustainability

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Chenchen Ren
Carnegie Institution for Science
2
Miguel González‐Leonardo
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
3
Antti Autio
University of Helsinki
4
Lucas Olmedo
Universidad de Sevilla
5
Britta Velten
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
6
Yaming Duan
Ministry of Natural Resources
7
D.A. Vermunt
Utrecht University
8
Peipei Chen
Tongji University
9
Özgür Göçer
The University of Sydney
10
Jiaojiao Bian
China University of Geosciences

Rising Stars Papers

1
Cultural tourism and rural community resilience: A framework and its application
Journal of Rural Studies|2024
86 cit.
2
Integrated irrigation and nitrogen optimization is a resource-efficient adaptation strategy for US maize and soybean production
Nature Food|2025
30 cit.
3
New-type professional farmers: How to make use of different types of social capital to engage in agriculture specialization
Journal of Rural Studies|2024
20 cit.
4
Where have Ukrainian refugees gone? Identifying potential settlement areas across European regions integrating digital and traditional geographic data
Population Space and Place|2024
13 cit.
5
Trade-offs in agricultural outcomes across farm sizes
Earth Critical Zone|2024
12 cit.
6
Guide assignment in single-cell CRISPR screens using crispat
Bioinformatics|2024
10 cit.
7
A comparative analysis of façades with cool coatings and living green walls in hot-dry climates
Energy and Buildings|2025
10 cit.
8
Global energy and carbon emissions of irrigation and fertilizers management for closing crop yield gaps
Environmental Research Letters|2025
6 cit.
9
Are Big Cities Ready to Mitigate Climate Change? Evidence from Sydney, Australia
Climate|2024
5 cit.
10
A geographical analysis of social enterprises: the case of Ireland
Social enterprise journal|2024
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Dazhuan Ge
Hohai University
2
Guanghui Jiang
Beijing Normal University
3
Nikki Hayfield
University of the West of England
4
Weifeng Qiao
Nanjing Normal University
5
Lulu Qu
Chongqing University
6
Yi Qu
China Agricultural University
7
Yongzhong Tan
Zhejiang University
8
Wenqiu Ma
China Agricultural University
9
Zhengfeng Zhang
National Chiayi University
10
Yueqing Xu
Sichuan University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Multifunctional rural development in China: Pattern, process and mechanism
Habitat International|2022
238 cit.
2
Evolution of farmland landscape fragmentation and its driving factors in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
Journal of Cleaner Production|2023
62 cit.
3
Spatial–temporal characteristics and influencing factors of farmland expansion in different agricultural regions of Heilongjiang Province, China
Land Use Policy|2022
60 cit.
4
The role of agricultural machinery in improving green grain productivity in China: Towards trans-regional operation and low-carbon practices
Heliyon|2023
47 cit.
5
Assessing progress toward sustainable development in China and its impact on human well-being
Environmental Impact Assessment Review|2024
39 cit.
6
Identifying the spatio-temporal dynamics of regional ecological risk based on Google Earth Engine: A case study from Loess Plateau, China
The Science of The Total Environment|2023
35 cit.
7
Assessing sustainable transformation and development strategies for gully agricultural production: A case study in the Loess Plateau of China
Environmental Impact Assessment Review|2023
32 cit.
8
Exploring the spatiotemporal variation characteristics and influencing factors of gully agricultural production transformation in the Chinese Loess Plateau: A case study of loess hilly and gully region in Yan'an City
Land Use Policy|2022
31 cit.
9
What Drives Farmers to Participate in Rural Environmental Governance? Evidence from Villages in Sandu Town, Eastern China
Sustainability|2022
30 cit.
10
How does urbanisation affect the evolution of territorial space composite function?
Applied Geography|2023
30 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Yansui Liu
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Hualou Long
Guangxi University
3
Terry Marsden
Hereditary Disease Foundation
4
Annick Gibon
Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage
5
Peter H. Verburg
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
6
Oran R. Young
Medical Protective
7
Karen O’Reilly
Griffith University
8
Luca Salvati
Sapienza University of Rome
9
Flaminia Ventura
University of Perugia
10
Yuheng Li
Northeastern University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World
Ecology and Society|2006
2.2k cit.
2
Agricultural abandonment in mountain areas of Europe: Environmental consequences and policy response
Journal of Environmental Management|2000
2k cit.
3
Modeling the Spatial Dynamics of Regional Land Use: The CLUE-S Model
Environmental Management|2002
1.5k cit.
4
Revitalize the world’s countryside
Nature|2017
1.3k cit.
5
Food Supply Chain Approaches: Exploring their Role in Rural Development
Sociologia Ruralis|2000
1.2k cit.
6
Society: Realizing China's urban dream
Nature|2014
1.2k cit.
7
Key issues of land use in China and implications for policy making
Land Use Policy|2014
1.1k cit.
8
Migration and the Search for a Better Way of Life: A Critical Exploration of Lifestyle Migration
The Sociological Review|2009
1.1k cit.
9
Land use change modelling: current practice and research priorities
GeoJournal|2004
1.1k cit.
10
Rural Development: From Practices and Policies towards Theory
Sociologia Ruralis|2000
1k cit.

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