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D-Index
53
Citations
11759
World Ranking
2834
National Ranking
178

Gan-Lin Zhang 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 Gan-Lin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 252 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Gan-Lin Zhang 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 Gan-Lin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Digital Soil Map of the World

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Sonya Ahamed;Florence Carré;Alfred E. Hartemink

  • Economics- and policy-driven organic carbon input enhancement dominates soil organic carbon accumulation in Chinese croplands.

    Yongcun Zhao;Meiyan Wang;Shuijin Hu;Xudong Zhang

  • Mapping high resolution National Soil Information Grids of China

    Feng Liu;Huayong Wu;Yuguo Zhao;Decheng Li

  • Comparison of boosted regression tree and random forest models for mapping topsoil organic carbon concentration in an alpine ecosystem

    Ren-Min Yang;Gan-Lin Zhang;Feng Liu;Yuan-Yuan Lu

  • GlobalSoilMap: Toward a Fine-Resolution Global Grid of Soil Properties

    Dominique Arrouays;Michael G. Grundy;Alfred E. Hartemink;Jonathan W. Hempel

  • Nitrogen Loss through Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Coupled to Iron Reduction from Paddy Soils in a Chronosequence

    Long-Jun Ding;Xin-Li An;Shun Li;Gan-Lin Zhang

  • Concentrations and chemical speciations of Cu, Zn, Pb and Cr of urban soils in Nanjing, China

    Ying Lu;Ying Lu;Zitong Gong;Ganlin Zhang;Wolfgang Burghardt

  • Organic matter controls of soil water retention in an alpine grassland and its significance for hydrological processes

    Fei Yang;Gan-Lin Zhang;Jin-Ling Yang;De-Cheng Li

  • High-resolution and three-dimensional mapping of soil texture of China

    Feng Liu;Gan-Lin Zhang;Xiaodong Song;Decheng Li

  • Water infiltration in urban soils and its effects on the quantity and quality of runoff

    Jin-Ling Yang;Gan-Lin Zhang

  • Recent progress and future prospect of digital soil mapping: A review

    Gan-lin Zhang;Feng Liu;Xiao-dong Song

  • Status of the World’s Soil Resources Main report

    Luca Montanarella;Mohamed Badraoui;Victor Chude;Isaurinda Dos Santos Baptista Costa

  • Mapping soil organic carbon content by geographically weighted regression: A case study in the Heihe River Basin, China

    Xiao Dong Song;Dick J. Brus;Dick J. Brus;Feng Liu;De Cheng Li

  • Formation, characteristics and eco-environmental implications of urban soils – A review

    Jin-Ling Yang;Gan-Lin Zhang

  • A high-resolution map of soil pH in China made by hybrid modelling of sparse soil data and environmental covariates and its implications for pollution.

    Songchao Chen;Zongzheng Liang;Richard Webster;Ganlin Zhang

  • Modeling spatio-temporal distribution of soil moisture by deep learning-based cellular automata model

    Xiaodong Song;Ganlin Zhang;Feng Liu;Decheng Li

  • Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives

    Dominique Arrouays;Johan G. B. Leenaars;Anne C. Richer-de-Forges;Kabindra Adhikari

  • Magnetic properties of the urban soils in Shanghai and their environmental implications

    Xue-Feng Hu;Xue-Feng Hu;Yu Su;Rong Ye;Xiao-Qing Li

  • Mapping soil organic carbon stock by hyperspectral and time-series multispectral remote sensing images in low-relief agricultural areas

    Long Guo;Long Guo;Xiaoru Sun;Peng Fu;Tiezhu Shi

  • Assessment of bioaccessibility and exposure risk of arsenic and lead in urban soils of Guangzhou City, China

    Ying Lu;Wei Yin;Longbin Huang;Longbin Huang;Ganlin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Montanarella
Luca Montanarella European Commission
Paul D. Hallett
Paul D. Hallett University of Aberdeen
Dominique Arrouays
Dominique Arrouays INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alexander J. Thompson
Alexander J. Thompson Ascension Health
Xiaoxu Jia
Xiaoxu Jia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fang Huang
Fang Huang University of Science and Technology of China
Budiman Minasny
Budiman Minasny University of Sydney
Xinhua Peng
Xinhua Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Jean-Louis Morel
Jean-Louis Morel University of Lorraine

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