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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 66 2116 2019 213 210 245 14297

Chenghu Zhou publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chenghu Zhou between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chenghu Zhou published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 18.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 89 publications in 2023. 63 of the 564 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 89. Peak 89 publications in 2023. 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 52 publications 2023: 89 publications 2024: 82 publications 2025: 61 publications 2026: 2 publications
1996 2026

564 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chenghu Zhou: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 2
1997 0
1998 2
1999 0
2000 2
2001 0
2002 6
2003 7
2004 8
2005 5
2006 12
2007 9
2008 7
2009 12
2010 15
2011 19
2012 13
2013 11
2014 16
2015 13
2016 8
2017 16
2018 10
2019 22
2020 24
2021 39
2022 52
2023 89
2024 82
2025 61
2026 2
Total 564
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Chenghu Zhou 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 Chenghu Zhou 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, 241–250 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: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
241–250 217 245
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
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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Chenghu Zhou 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 Chenghu Zhou 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

Chenghu Zhou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Computer Science, with a significant focus on various subfields that include Artificial Intelligence, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics relevant to contemporary environmental and computational challenges. These topics include Advanced Graph Neural Networks, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Topic Modeling, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis, and Soil Geostatistics and Mapping.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Chenghu Zhou, the following are notable:

  • "Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "COVID-19: Challenges to GIS with Big Data" (2020, Geography and Sustainability)
  • "Satellite Remote Sensing of Global Land Surface Temperature: Definition, Methods, Products, and Applications" (2022, Reviews of Geophysics)
  • "Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world's cities" (2022, Science Advances)
  • "Soil moisture retrieval from remote sensing measurements: Current knowledge and directions for the future" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scientists. Regular co-authors include:

  • Xinbing Wang
  • Luoyi Fu
  • Ling Yao
  • Lin Yang
  • Lei Zhang

Chenghu Zhou's scholarly output has been published in various venues, with a concentration in specific journals and platforms. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Remote Sensing
  • ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Best Publications

  • A Review of Current Methodologies for Regional Evapotranspiration Estimation from Remotely Sensed Data

    Zhao-Liang Li;Ronglin Tang;Zhengming Wan;Yuyun Bi

  • Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality.

    Ting Ma;Siao Sun;Guangtao Fu;Jim W. Hall

  • Quantitative estimation of urbanization dynamics using time series of DMSP/OLS nighttime light data: A comparative case study from China's cities

    Ting Ma;Chenghu Zhou;Tao Pei;Susan Haynie

  • COVID-19: Challenges to GIS with Big Data

    Chenghu Zhou;Fenzhen Su;Tao Pei;Tao Pei;An Zhang

  • A new insight into land use classification based on aggregated mobile phone data

    Tao Pei;Stanislav Sobolevsky;Carlo Ratti;Shih-Lung Shaw

  • Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Nighttime Light Observations: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

    Min Zhao;Yuyu Zhou;Xuecao Li;Wenting Cao

  • Spatial prediction based on Third Law of Geography

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

  • Soil moisture retrieval from remote sensing measurements: Current knowledge and directions for the future

    Zhao-Liang Li;Pei Leng;Chenghu Zhou;Kun-Shan Chen

  • Spatio-temporal rupture process of the 2008 great Wenchuan earthquake

    Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang;WanPeng Feng;LiSheng Xu;ChengHu Zhou

  • Quantifying influences of natural and anthropogenic factors on vegetation changes using structural equation modeling: A case study in Jiangsu Province, China

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  • Night-time light derived estimation of spatio-temporal characteristics of urbanization dynamics using DMSP/OLS satellite data

    Ting Ma;Yuke Zhou;Chenghu Zhou;Susan Haynie

  • A proposal for the theoretical analysis of the interactive coupled effects between urbanization and the eco-environment in mega-urban agglomerations

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

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

  • Responses of Suomi-NPP VIIRS-derived nighttime lights to socioeconomic activity in China’s cities

    Ting Ma;Chenghu Zhou;Tao Pei;Susan Haynie

  • 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

  • China’s improving inland surface water quality since 2003

    Ting Ma;Ting Ma;Na Zhao;Yong Ni;Jiawei Yi

  • An adaptive approach to selecting a flow-partition exponent for a multiple-flow-direction algorithm

    C. Qin;A. X. Zhu;T. Pei;B. Li

  • Mapping urban dynamics (1992-2018) in Southeast Asia using consistent nighttime light data from DMSP and VIIRS

    Min Zhao;Yuyu Zhou;Xuecao Li;Weiming Cheng;Weiming Cheng

  • Rockfall hazard analysis using LiDAR and spatial modeling

    Hengxing Lan;Hengxing Lan;C. Derek Martin;Chenghu Zhou;Chang Ho Lim

  • Flood disaster monitoring and evaluation in China

    Jiqun Zhang;Chenghu Zhou;Kaiqin Xu;Masataka Watanabe

  • Building a Series of Consistent Night-Time Light Data (1992–2018) in Southeast Asia by Integrating DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS

    Min Zhao;Yuyu Zhou;Xuecao Li;Chenghu Zhou

  • GDP Spatialization and Economic Differences in South China Based on NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Imagery

    Min Zhao;Weiming Cheng;Chenghu Zhou;Manchun Li

  • Enhancing the accuracy of automatic eddy detection and the capability of recognizing the multi-core structures from maps of sea level anomaly

    Jiawei(易嘉伟) Yi;Y. Du;Z. He;Z. He;C. Zhou

  • A New Insight into Land Use Classification Based on Aggregated Mobile Phone Data

    Tao Pei;Stanislav Sobolevsky;Carlo Ratti;Shih-Lung Shaw

Frequent Co-Authors

A-Xing Zhu
A-Xing Zhu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xinbing Wang
Xinbing Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
John Wilson
John Wilson University of Southern California
Zuhua He
Zuhua He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuyu Zhou
Yuyu Zhou Iowa State University
Yong Li
Yong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhao-Liang Li
Zhao-Liang Li University of Strasbourg
Shu-zhong Shen
Shu-zhong Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiuming Cheng
Qiuming Cheng China University of Geosciences
Xuecao Li
Xuecao Li China Agricultural University

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