# Mitigating urban heat island through neighboring rural land cover

*PRI Rank #8 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Land Use and Ecosystem Services Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #8 |
| 18m citations | 99 |
| Journal | Nature Cities |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s44284-024-00091-z |
| Corresponding authors | Shi‐Jie Cao |
| Institution | Southeast University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Land Use and Ecosystem Services Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/land-use-and-ecosystem-services/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s44284-024-00091-z](https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00091-z)

## Topics

Urban heat island (UHI) · Urban heat mitigation · neighboring rural land cover · cooling source · heat absorption and circulation · equivalent diameter of city · Landscape pattern · patch number · Landscape pattern · Habitat loss and fragmentation · shape complexity · distribution uniformity · Chinese cities · urban boundary · Green infrastructure · Green infrastructure · gray infrastructure · Landscape pattern · urban-rural coordination

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