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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 32 8595 7986 555 549 168 4786

Fawu Wang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fawu Wang between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fawu Wang published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 7.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2025. 32 of the 216 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2025. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 8 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 20 publications
1997 2025

216 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fawu Wang: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 3
1999 1
2000 4
2001 0
2002 1
2003 1
2004 8
2005 11
2006 0
2007 13
2008 4
2009 11
2010 4
2011 0
2012 8
2013 12
2014 18
2015 7
2016 6
2017 7
2018 10
2019 12
2020 9
2021 11
2022 9
2023 13
2024 12
2025 20
Total 216
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Fawu Wang publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fawu Wang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 168–177 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 168 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490 168
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Fawu Wang D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fawu Wang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 32 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278 32
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Fawu Wang is affiliated with Tongji University in China and focuses research efforts on environmental science and engineering disciplines. The scientist's main fields of study involve environmental science, with 67 publications, and engineering, represented by 50 publications. Within these broad areas, Wang's work further delves into subfields such as management, monitoring, policy and law, atmospheric science, civil and structural engineering, global and planetary change, and mechanics of materials.

The research topics covered by Wang prominently include landslides and related hazards, with 94 publications, followed by cryospheric studies and observations, flood risk assessment and management, dam engineering and safety, tree root and stability studies, soil and unsaturated flow, and geotechnical engineering and analysis.

Coauthor collaborations are an important aspect of Wang's research network. Frequent coauthors include Kounghoon Nam (13 joint publications), Kongming Yan (12 publications), Zijin Fu (8 publications), Guolong Zhu (8 publications), and Youqian Feng (8 publications).

Wang's research appears regularly in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Landslides (21 publications)
  • Geoenvironmental Disasters (12 publications)
  • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (3 publications)
  • Engineering Geology (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Wang include:

  • "An extreme rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility assessment using autoencoder combined with random forest in Shimane Prefecture, Japan" (2020) - Geoenvironmental Disasters
  • "Controlling role of Ta-d pumice on the coseismic landslides triggered by 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake" (2020) - Landslides
  • "A predictive model for the geometry of landslide dams in V-shaped valleys" (2020) - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  • "A destructive mudstone landslide hit a high-speed railway on 15 September 2022 in Xining city, Qinghai province, China" (2023) - Landslides
  • "Enhanced Absence Sampling Technique for Data-Driven Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: A Case Study in Songyang County, China" (2023) - Remote Sensing

In addition to journal publications, Wang has contributed to book literature. Wang authored a book titled Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk published by Springer International Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Landslide hazards triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China

    Yueping Yin;Fawu Wang;Ping Sun

  • The July 14, 2003 Qianjiangping landslide, Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Fa-Wu Wang;Ye-Ming Zhang;Zhi-Tao Huo;Tatsunori Matsumoto

  • Preliminary investigation of some large landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan Province, China.

    Fawu Wang;Qiangong Cheng;Lynn Highland;Masakatsu Miyajima

  • Mechanism of a long-runout landslide triggered by the August 1998 heavy rainfall in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

    F.W Wang;Kyoji Sassa;Gonghui Wang

  • Mechanism for the rapid motion of the Qianjiangping landslide during reactivation by the first impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam reservoir, China

    Fawu Wang;Yeming Zhang;Zhitao Huo;Xuanming Peng

  • Landslide deformation behavior influenced by water level fluctuations of the Three Gorges Reservoir (China)

    Kun Song;Fawu Wang;Qinglin Yi;Shuqiang Lu

  • Movement of the Shuping landslide in the first four years after the initial impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam Reservoir, China

    Fawu Wang;Yeming Zhang;Zhitao Huo;Xuanming Peng

  • Mechanism and failure process of Qianjiangping landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Wenxing Jian;Wenxing Jian;Qiang Xu;Hufeng Yang;Fawu Wang

  • Landslide risk evaluation and hazard zoning for rapid and long-travel landslides in urban development areas

    Kyoji Sassa;Gonghui Wang;Hiroshi Fukuoka;Fawu Wang

  • Characteristics of landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake, Northern Japan

    Shuai Zhang;Ran Li;Fawu Wang;Akinori Iio

  • Progress in Landslide Science

    Kyoji Sassa;Hiroshi. Fukuoka;Fawu Wang;Gonghui Wang

  • Dynamic properties of earthquake-induced large-scale rapid landslides within past landslide masses

    Kyoji Sassa;Hiroshi Fukuoka;Fawu Wang;Gonghui Wang

  • Landslide simulation by a geotechnical model combined with a model for apparent friction change

    Fawu Wang;Kyoji Sassa

  • The influence of grading on the shear strength of loose sands in stress-controlled ring shear tests

    Ogbonnaya Igwe;Kyoji Sassa;Fawu Wang

  • Preliminary investigation of the 20 August 2014 debris flows triggered by a severe rainstorm in Hiroshima City, Japan

    Fawu Wang;Ying-Hsin Wu;Hufeng Yang;Yuta Tanida

  • Landslides Induced by a Combined Effect of Earthquake and Rainfall

    Kyoji Sassa;Hiroshi Fukuoka;Fawu Wang;Gonghui Wang

  • Experimental study to identify premonitory factors of landslide dam failures

    Fawu Wang;Zili Dai;Chukwueloka Austin Udechukwu Okeke;Yasuhiro Mitani

  • Landslide disaster mitigation in Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Fawu Wang;Tonglu Li

  • Critical hydraulic gradients for seepage-induced failure of landslide dams

    Austin Chukwueloka-Udechukwu Okeke;Fawu Wang

  • Landslides in Cold Regions in the Context of Climate Change

    Wei Shan;Ying Guo;Fawu Wang;Hideaki Marui

  • Seismic stability analysis of slope reinforced with a row of piles

    Ting-Kai Nian;Jing-Cai Jiang;Fa-Wu Wang;Qing Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyoji Sassa
Kyoji Sassa Kyoto University
Gonghui Wang
Gonghui Wang Kyoto University
Hiroshi Fukuoka
Hiroshi Fukuoka Niigata University
Adam Emmer
Adam Emmer University of Graz
Yueping Yin
Yueping Yin China Geological Survey
Giovanni B. Crosta
Giovanni B. Crosta University of Milano-Bicocca
Huiming Tang
Huiming Tang China University of Geosciences
Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology
Kaoru Takara
Kaoru Takara Kyoto University
Veronica Tofani
Veronica Tofani University of Florence

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