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D-Index
35
Citations
4161
World Ranking
7427
National Ranking
461

Fan-Rui Meng publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fan-Rui Meng sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Fan-Rui Meng D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fan-Rui Meng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fan-Rui Meng is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research spans a variety of topics related to environmental processes and technological applications within these fields.

The main areas of study for Fan-Rui Meng include:

  • Environmental Science (54 publications)
  • Engineering (24 publications)

Within these broad fields, Meng's work focuses on several subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change (20 publications)
  • Biomedical Engineering (14 publications)
  • Water Science and Technology (11 publications)
  • Soil Science (10 publications)
  • Environmental Chemistry (7 publications)

The scientist's research topics are characterized by an emphasis on soil, water, and plant interactions, alongside process engineering, evidenced by their main topics of work:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (20 publications)
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (18 publications)
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (14 publications)
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport (14 publications)
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (12 publications)
  • Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes (10 publications)
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming (10 publications)

Frequent publication venues for Meng include journals focused on environmental science and related technologies:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Remote Sensing (3 publications)
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (2 publications)
  • PLoS ONE (2 publications)

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Fan-Rui Meng include:

  • Association Between Gut Microbiota and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Characterizing the impacts of land use on nitrate load and water yield in an agricultural watershed in Atlantic Canada, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Extended model prediction of high-resolution soil organic matter over a large area using limited number of field samples, 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Experimental investigation on the interface shape of bubble condensation for vertical upward steam jet at low mass flux, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Evaluation of the suitability of six drought indices in naturally growing, transitional vegetation zones in Inner Mongolia (China), 2020, PLoS ONE

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Meng's research, partnering frequently with several co-authors:

  • Charles P.-A. Bourque (13 collaborations)
  • Sheng Li (10 collaborations)
  • Junyu Qi (9 collaborations)
  • Hui Jin (6 collaborations)
  • Kang Liang (6 collaborations)

Best Publications

  • Stream network modelling using lidar and photogrammetric digital elevation models : a comparison and field verification

    Paul N. C. Murphy;Jae Ogilvie;Fan-Rui Meng;Paul Arp

  • Reductions in water, soil and nutrient losses and pesticide pollution in agroforestry practices: a review of evidence and processes

    Xiai Zhu;Xiai Zhu;Wenjie Liu;Wenjie Liu;Jin Chen;Jin Chen;L. Adrian Bruijnzeel

  • Modelling and mapping topographic variations in forest soils at high resolution: A case study

    Paul N.C. Murphy;Jae Ogilvie;Fan-Rui Meng;Barry White

  • Assessing the impacts of flow diversion terraces on stream water and sediment yields at a watershed level using SWAT model

    Qi Yang;Fan-Rui Meng;Zhengyong Zhao;Thien Lien Chow

  • Water input from fog drip in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, South-West China

    Wenjie Liu;Fan-Rui Meng;Yiping Zhang;Yuhong Liu

  • Spatial extent of winter thaw events in eastern North America: historical weather records in relation to yellow birch decline

    Charles P.-A. Bourque;Roger M. Cox;Darren J. Allen;Paul A. Arp

  • Spatial mapping of growing degree days: an application of MODIS-based surface temperatures and enhanced vegetation index

    Quazi K. Hassan;Charles P.A. Bourque;Fan-Rui Meng;William Richards

  • Model prediction of biome-specific global soil respiration from 1960 to 2012

    Zhengyong Zhao;Changhui Peng;Changhui Peng;Qi Yang;Fan-Rui Meng

  • A Wetness Index Using Terrain-Corrected Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Derived from Standard MODIS Products: An Evaluation of Its Use in a Humid Forest-Dominated Region of Eastern Canada.

    Quazi K. Hassan;Charles P.-A. Bourque;Fan-Rui Meng;Roger M. Cox

  • Influences of Sampling Methodologies on Pesticide-Residue Detection in Stream Water

    Zisheng Xing;Zisheng Xing;Lien Chow;Herb Rees;Fanrui Meng

  • Improving forest operations planning through high-resolution flow-channel and wet-areas mapping

    Paul N.C. Murphy;Jae Ogilvie;Mark Castonguay;Cheng-fu Zhang

  • A growth and self-thinning model for pure even-age stands: theory and applications

    Shouzheng Tang;Chao Ho Meng;Fan-Rui Meng;Yong He Wang

  • Gaseous carbon dioxide and methane, as well as dissolved organic carbon losses from a small temperate wetland under a changing climate.

    T.A Clair;P Arp;T.R Moore;M Dalva

  • Simulations of pre- and post-harvest soil temperature, soil moisture, and snowpack for jack pine: comparison with field observations

    J.S Bhatti;R.L Fleming;N.W Foster;F.-R Meng

  • Characterizing the impacts of land use on nitrate load and water yield in an agricultural watershed in Atlantic Canada

    Kang Liang;Yefang Jiang;Junyu Qi;Keith Fuller

  • Using artificial neural network models to produce soil organic carbon content distribution maps across landscapes

    Zhengyong Zhao;Qi Yang;Glenn Benoy;Thien Lien Chow

  • The impact of initial stand density and site index on maximum stand density index and self-thinning index in a stand self-thinning model

    Shouzheng Tang;Fan-Rui Meng;Chao Ho Meng

  • Field Performance of Nine Soil Water Content Sensors on a Sandy Loam Soil in New Brunswick, Maritime Region, Canada

    Lien Chow;Zisheng Xing;Herb W. Rees;Fanrui Meng

  • A Novel Modelling Approach for Predicting Forest Growth and Yield under Climate Change.

    M. Irfan Ashraf;Fan-Rui Meng;Charles P.-A. Bourque;David A. MacLean

  • The Nashwaak Experimental Watershed Project: Analysing effects of clearcutting on soil temperature, soil moisture, snowpack, snowmelt and stream flow

    F. R. Meng;C. P. A. Bourque;K. Jewett;D. Daugharty

  • Modifying SWAT with an energy balance module to simulate snowmelt for maritime regions

    Junyu Qi;Sheng Li;Rob Jamieson;Dale Hebb

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles P.-A. Bourque
Charles P.-A. Bourque University of New Brunswick
Paul A. Arp
Paul A. Arp University of New Brunswick
Rob Jamieson
Rob Jamieson Dalhousie University
Jagtar S. Bhatti
Jagtar S. Bhatti Canadian Forest Service
David A. MacLean
David A. MacLean University of New Brunswick
Tianshan Zha
Tianshan Zha Beijing Forestry University
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon Wilfrid Laurier University
J. A. Trofymow
J. A. Trofymow University of Victoria
Asit Mazumder
Asit Mazumder University of Victoria
Thomas A. Clair
Thomas A. Clair Dalhousie University

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