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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 66 2087 1991 854 789 271 16487

A-Xing Zhu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by A-Xing Zhu between 1994 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. A-Xing Zhu published across 33 years, from 1994 to 2026, averaging 11.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2019. 20 of the 372 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2019. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 35 publications 2019: 44 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 18 publications 2026: 2 publications
1994 2026

372 publications in total across all disciplines

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A-Xing Zhu: publications per year, 1994 to 2026
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 0
1996 1
1997 3
1998 1
1999 1
2000 1
2001 3
2002 1
2003 2
2004 3
2005 3
2006 11
2007 8
2008 8
2009 8
2010 10
2011 5
2012 8
2013 10
2014 9
2015 22
2016 19
2017 23
2018 35
2019 44
2020 32
2021 22
2022 19
2023 15
2024 24
2025 18
2026 2
Total 372
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A-Xing Zhu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A-Xing Zhu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 271–280 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 271 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155 271
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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A-Xing Zhu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where A-Xing Zhu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120 66
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

A-Xing Zhu is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science with a particular focus on subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

Their main topics of scientific inquiry include:

  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Mapping high resolution National Soil Information Grids of China," 2021, Science Bulletin
  • "Modeling landslide susceptibility using LogitBoost alternating decision trees and forest by penalizing attributes with the bagging ensemble," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "CN-China: Revised runoff curve number by using rainfall-runoff events data in China," 2020, Water Research
  • "Low rank and collaborative representation for hyperspectral anomaly detection via robust dictionary construction," 2020, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • "How is the Third Law of Geography different?," 2022, Annals of GIS

The scientist has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Annals of GIS
  • Geoderma
  • International Journal of Geographical Information Systems
  • Land
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with A-Xing Zhu include:

  • Cheng-Zhi Qin
  • Fang-He Zhao
  • Liang-Jun Zhu
  • Peng Liang
  • Lin Yang

Best Publications

  • Soil Mapping Using GIS, Expert Knowledge, and Fuzzy Logic

    A. X. Zhu;B. Hudson;J. Burt;K. Lubich

  • A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling

    Wei Shangguan;Yongjiu Dai;Baoyuan Liu;Axing Zhu

  • Mapping high resolution National Soil Information Grids of China

    Feng Liu;Huayong Wu;Yuguo Zhao;Decheng Li

  • Landslide susceptibility mapping using J48 Decision Tree with AdaBoost, Bagging and Rotation Forest ensembles in the Guangchang area (China)

    Haoyuan Hong;Haoyuan Hong;Junzhi Liu;Junzhi Liu;Dieu Tien Bui;Biswajeet Pradhan;Biswajeet Pradhan

  • Landslide susceptibility modelling using GIS-based machine learning techniques for Chongren County, Jiangxi Province, China.

    Wei Chen;Jianbing Peng;Haoyuan Hong;Haoyuan Hong;Himan Shahabi

  • Application of fuzzy weight of evidence and data mining techniques in construction of flood susceptibility map of Poyang County, China.

    Haoyuan Hong;Paraskevas Tsangaratos;Ioanna Ilia;Junzhi Liu;Junzhi Liu

  • Flood susceptibility assessment in Hengfeng area coupling adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system with genetic algorithm and differential evolution.

    Haoyuan Hong;Haoyuan Hong;Mahdi Panahi;Ataollah Shirzadi;Tianwu Ma;Tianwu Ma

  • Multi-scale digital terrain analysis and feature selection for digital soil mapping

    Thorsten Behrens;A-Xing Zhu;A-Xing Zhu;Karsten Schmidt;Thomas Scholten

  • Derivation of Soil Properties Using a Soil Land Inference Model (SoLIM)

    A-Xing Zhu;Lawrence Band;Robert Vertessy;Barry Dutton

  • A similarity model for representing soil spatial information

    A-Xing Zhu

  • GIS-based landslide susceptibility evaluation using a novel hybrid integration approach of bivariate statistical based random forest method

    Wei Chen;Xiaoshen Xie;Jianbing Peng;Himan Shahabi

  • Reflections and speculations on the progress in Geographic Information Systems (GIS): a geographic perspective

    Guonian Lü;Michael Batty;Josef Strobl;Hui Lin

  • Spatial prediction based on Third Law of Geography

    A‐Xing Zhu;Guonian Lu;Guonian Lu;Jing Liu;Cheng‐Zhi Qin

  • Developing a continental-scale measure of gross primary production by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data through Support Vector Machine approach

    Feihua Yang;Feihua Yang;Kazuhito Ichii;Kazuhito Ichii;Michael A. White;Hirofumi Hashimoto;Hirofumi Hashimoto

  • An approach to computing topographic wetness index based on maximum downslope gradient

    Cheng-Zhi Qin;A-Xing Zhu;Tao Pei;Bao-Lin Li

  • An expert knowledge-based approach to landslide susceptibility mapping using GIS and fuzzy logic

    A-Xing Zhu;A-Xing Zhu;A-Xing Zhu;Rongxun Wang;Jianping Qiao;Cheng-Zhi Qin

  • Automated soil inference under fuzzy logic

    A. X. Zhu;L. E. Band;B. Dutton;T. J. Nimlos

  • The effects of DEM resolution and neighborhood size on digital soil survey

    Michael P. Smith;A-Xing Zhu;A-Xing Zhu;James E. Burt;Cynthia Stiles

  • Mapping soil organic matter using the topographic wetness index: A comparative study based on different flow-direction algorithms and kriging methods

    Tao Pei;Cheng-Zhi Qin;A-Xing Zhu;Lin Yang

  • Prediction of Continental-Scale Evapotranspiration by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data Through Support Vector Machine

    Feihua Yang;M.A. White;A.R. Michaelis;K. Ichii

  • Modeling landslide susceptibility using LogitBoost alternating decision trees and forest by penalizing attributes with the bagging ensemble.

    Haoyuan Hong;Junzhi Liu;Junzhi Liu;A-Xing Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Haoyuan Hong
Haoyuan Hong Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Chenghu Zhou
Chenghu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Biswajeet Pradhan
Biswajeet Pradhan University of Technology Sydney
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Thomas Scholten
Thomas Scholten University of Tübingen
Thorsten Behrens
Thorsten Behrens University of Tübingen
Kazuhito Ichii
Kazuhito Ichii Chiba University
Karsten Schmidt
Karsten Schmidt University of Tübingen
Himan Shahabi
Himan Shahabi University of Kurdistan
Xinyue Ye
Xinyue Ye Texas A&M University

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