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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
86
Citations
24708
World Ranking
597
National Ranking
209

Ge Sun 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 Ge Sun sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 366 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ge Sun 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 Ge Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ge Sun is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on its subfields Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research work spans several major topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Forest Ecology and Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Ge Sun has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Environmental Research Letters

Their recent papers feature a wide array of topics and include the following:

  • Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Impacts of Urbanization on Watershed Water Balances Across the Conterminous United States, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of soil contamination with heavy metals during an intensive urbanization period (1989-2018) in southern China, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Forest water-use efficiency: Effects of climate change and management on the coupling of carbon and water processes, 2023, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Biophysical controls on nocturnal sap flow in plantation forests in a semi-arid region of northern China, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Frequent collaborators in Ge Sun's research include Steven G. McNulty, Ning Liu, Lu Hao, Asko Noormets, and John S. King, reflecting a network of coauthors from related fields.

Best Publications

  • The footprint of urban heat island effect in China

    Decheng Zhou;Shuqing Zhao;Liangxia Zhang;Ge Sun

  • A Comparison of Six Potential Evapotranspiration Methods for Regional Use in the Southeastern United States

    Jianbiao Lu;Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Devendra M. Amatya

  • A policy-driven large scale ecological restoration: quantifying ecosystem services changes in the Loess Plateau of China.

    Yihe Lü;Bojie Fu;Xiaoming Feng;Yuan Zeng

  • Potential water yield reduction due to forestation across China

    Ge Sun;Guoyi Zhou;Zhiqiang Zhang;Xiaohua Wei

  • Global pattern for the effect of climate and land cover on water yield

    Guoyi Zhou;Xiaohua Wei;Xiuzhi Chen;Ping Zhou

  • Model estimates of net primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the southern United States during 1895–2007

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Mingliang Liu;Chi Zhang

  • An integrated model of soil, hydrology, and vegetation for carbon dynamics in wetland ecosystems

    Yu Zhang;Changsheng Li;Carl C. Trettin;Harbin Li

  • Reanalysis of global terrestrial vegetation trends from MODIS products: Browning or greening?

    Yulong Zhang;Conghe Song;Conghe Song;Lawrence E. Band;Ge Sun

  • Estimation of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange for the Conterminous United States by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Beverly E. Law

  • Global synthesis of the classifications, distributions, benefits and issues of terracing

    Wei Wei;Wei Wei;Die Chen;Lixin Wang;Stefani Daryanto

  • Carbon fluxes, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Jingfeng Xiao;Ge Sun;Jiquan Chen;Jiquan Chen;Hui Chen

  • OAK FOREST CARBON AND WATER SIMULATIONS: MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS AND EVALUATIONS AGAINST INDEPENDENT DATA

    P. J. Hanson;J. S. Amthor;S. D. Wullschleger;K. B. Wilson

  • A general predictive model for estimating monthly ecosystem evapotranspiration

    Ge Sun;Karrin Alstad;Jiquan Chen;Shiping Chen

  • IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSES ON WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

    Ge Sun;Steven G. McNulty;Jennifer A. Moore Myers;Erika C. Cohen

  • Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis

    A. Noormets;D. Epron;J.C. Domec;J.C. Domec;S.G. McNulty

  • A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Beverly E. Law;Jiquan Chen

  • Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Beverly E. Law;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Regional effects of vegetation restoration on water yield across the Loess Plateau, China

    X. M. Feng;G. Sun;B. J. Fu;C. H. Su

  • Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water‐centric ecosystem model

    Ge Sun;Peter Caldwell;Asko Noormets;Steven G. McNulty

  • Response of evapotranspiration to changes in land use and land cover and climate in China during 2001–2013

    Gen Li;Fangmin Zhang;Fangmin Zhang;Yuanshu Jing;Yuanshu Jing;Yibo Liu

  • Bi-criteria evaluation of the MIKE SHE model for a forested watershed on the South Carolina coastal plain

    Z. Dai;C. Li;C. Trettin;G. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven G. McNulty
Steven G. McNulty US Forest Service
Asko Noormets
Asko Noormets Texas A&M University
Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Devendra M. Amatya
Devendra M. Amatya US Forest Service
John S. King
John S. King North Carolina State University
Carl C. Trettin
Carl C. Trettin US Forest Service
James M. Vose
James M. Vose North Carolina State University
Paul V. Bolstad
Paul V. Bolstad University of Minnesota
Jingfeng Xiao
Jingfeng Xiao University of New Hampshire

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