Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles and conference contributions.

Year
Type
Role
18 publications

2026

Dehao Li, Sijin Li, Haiping Zhang, Nuozhou Shen, Yang Chen, Guoan Tang (2026). Pop-HSTM: a multi-scale coupled framework for dynamic population modeling. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
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Kun Zhou, Yang Chen, Pengyuan Liu, Yujun Hou, Filip Biljecki (2026). A comprehensive vision-based framework for understanding nation-wide urban socio-demographics. Cities, 179, 107657.
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Yang Chen, Zicheng Fan, Hao Li, Wufan Zhao, Xin Yang, Guoan Tang, Filip Biljecki (2026). Vision2Slope: estimating urban road slopes with street view imagery. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
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Yang Hua, Sijin Li, Wufan Zhao, Jizhe Xia, Haoran Wang, Yang Chen, Liyang Xiong, Guoan Tang (2026). Revealing the co-occurrence patterns of public emotions from social media data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science.
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2025

Pengyuan Liu, Yang Chen, Xiucheng Liang, Hao Li, Filip Biljecki, Rudi Stouffs (2025). A graph neural network for small-area estimation: integrating spatial regularisation, heterogeneous spatial units, and Bayesian inference. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 40(7), 2358-2396.
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Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Xin Li, Ling Yang, Sifan Cheng, Guoan Tang, Filip Biljecki (2025). Vertical 15-minute city: Modeling urban density and functional mix with multi-source geospatial data. Cities, 169, 106516.
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Xin Yang, Sijin Li, Junfei Ma, Yang Chen, Xingyu Zhou, Fayuan Li, Liyang Xiong, Chenghu Zhou, Guoan Tang, Michael E. Meadows (2025). A typology of global relief classes derived from digital elevation models at 1 arcsec resolution. Earth System Science Data, 17(9), 4331-4350.
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Wenjie Sun, Yang Chen, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Yang, Junfei Ma, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Understanding the hydrological valley landscape: A multi-scenario adaptive framework for delineating valley floors. CATENA, 256, 109111.
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Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Huangjunxi Fu, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Characterizing spatial patterns and regionalization of anthropogenic landforms using multi-source geospatial data: Insights from Loess Plateau of China. Geomorphology, 478, 109708.
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Liyang Xiong, Yanxiang Wang, Haoyu Cao, Yingchao Ren, Sijin Li, Yang Chen, Guoan Tang (2025). Deep learning detects entire multiple-size lunar craters driven by elevation data and topographic knowledge. Geo-spatial Information Science.
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Xingyu Zhou, Yang Chen, Wenjie Sun, Xin Yang, Yanxiang Wang, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Delineating individual alluvial fans and morphological analysis based on digital elevation models. Geomorphology, 473, 109629.
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2024

Chenrui Li, Xin Yang, Yang Chen, Xingyu Zhou, Sijin Li, Xujia Cui, Guoan Tang (2024). Assessing the influence of geo-environmental factors on discontinuous gully erosion at regional scales: A case study of spoon gullies on the loess plateau of China. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123940.
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Ling Yang, Yang Chen, Yue Li, Hui Zhu, Xin Yang, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2024). Is 3D building morphology really related to land surface temperature? Insights from a new homogeneous unit. Building and Environment, 266, 112101.
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Hui Zhu, Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Hong Wei, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2024). DEM-based sand dune analysis: Identification and morphological regionalization in the Grand Erg Oriental. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 50(1), e6042.
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Yang Chen, Wenjie Sun, Ling Yang, Xin Yang, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Li, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2024). Refining urban morphology: An explainable machine learning method for estimating footprint-level building height. Sustainable Cities and Society, 112, 105635.
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2023

Ling Yang, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Yang, Yang Chen, Haiping Zhang, Jiaming Na (2023). A new hierarchical analysis framework of building heights: Towards a more intuitive understanding of 3D urban structure. Transactions in GIS, 28(1), 40-57.
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Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2023). Mapping Global Basic Landforms Using 30-meter DEMs. In AGU.
Dataset Project

2022

Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Ling Yang, Jiayu Feng (2022). An Automatic Approach to Extracting Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Road Networks Using Open-Source Data. Remote Sensing, 14(22), 5746.
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