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Gonghui Wang

Gonghui Wang

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 52 3662 3508 54 51 184 9415
Earth Science 54 2689 2449 58 51 210 10802

Gonghui Wang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gonghui Wang between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gonghui Wang published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2017. 20 of the 243 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2017. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 10 publications
1998 2025

243 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gonghui Wang: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 4
2001 4
2002 2
2003 3
2004 8
2005 16
2006 5
2007 12
2008 5
2009 4
2010 8
2011 5
2012 5
2013 13
2014 17
2015 16
2016 10
2017 28
2018 16
2019 10
2020 8
2021 8
2022 10
2023 5
2024 10
2025 10
Total 243
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Gonghui 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 Gonghui 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, 208–217 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: 210 publications — 67th percentile

67% 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
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292 210
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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Gonghui 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 Gonghui 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, 54 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: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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
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 54
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

Gonghui Wang is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their research primarily addresses landslides and related hazards, soil and unsaturated flow, geotechnical engineering and analysis, as well as earthquake and tectonic studies. Their expertise also encompasses granular flow and fluidized beds, dam engineering and safety, and rock mechanics and modeling.

The scientist's work is documented through numerous publications, with a strong presence in key journals such as Engineering Geology, where they have published 18 papers. Other frequent publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface and Geophysical Research Letters, each featuring two of their works, alongside publications in Earth-Science Reviews and the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth.

Gonghui Wang has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, including Wei Hu, Yao Jiang, Yangshuai Zheng, Runqiu Huang, and Fanyu Zhang. These collaborations span various projects and contribute to the multidisciplinary scope of their research.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on landslide mechanisms, soil behavior, and technological advances in hazard investigation. Notable recent publications include:

  • Liquefaction within a bedding fault: Understanding the initiation and movement of the Daguangbao landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake (2021, Engineering Geology)
  • Recent technological and methodological advances for the investigation of landslide dams (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Initiation and mobility of recurring loess flowslides on the Heifangtai irrigated terrace in China: Insights from hydrogeological conditions and liquefaction criteria (2022, Engineering Geology)
  • Predicting the sliding behavior of rotational landslides based on the tilting measurement of the slope surface (2020, Engineering Geology)
  • Effects of clay content on the shear behaviors of sliding zone soil originating from muddy interlayers in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China (2021, Engineering Geology)

Their work spans several subfields, including management, monitoring, policy and law; civil and structural engineering; geophysics; safety, risk, reliability and quality; and computational mechanics. This multidisciplinary approach supports a comprehensive understanding of natural hazard phenomena and contributes to the development of better management and mitigation strategies.

Best Publications

  • Distribution pattern of earthquake-induced landslides triggered by the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Tolga Gorum;Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan;Cees J. van Westen;Run Qiu Huang

  • Pore-pressure generation and movement of rainfall-induced landslides: effects of grain size and fine-particle content

    Gonghui Wang;Kyoji Sassa

  • Landslides induced by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China

    Masahiro Chigira;Xiyong Wu;Takashi Inokuchi;Gonghui Wang

  • Undrained dynamic-loading ring-shear apparatus and its application to landslide dynamics

    Kyoji Sassa;Hiroshi Fukuoka;Gonghui Wang;Naohide Ishikawa

  • Distribution and characteristics of landslide in Loess Plateau: A case study in Shaanxi province

    Jianqi Zhuang;Jianbing Peng;Gonghui Wang;Iqbal Javed

  • Factors affecting rainfall-induced flowslides in laboratory flume tests

    G. Wang;K. Sassa

  • Failure processes in a full-scale landslide experiment using a rainfall simulator

    H. Moriwaki;T. Inokuchi;T. Hattanji;K. Sassa

  • Triggering conditions and depositional characteristics of a disastrous debris flow event in Zhouqu city, Gansu Province, northwestern China

    C. Tang;N. Rengers;Th. W. J. van Asch;Y. H. Yang

  • Undrained shear behavior of loess saturated with different concentrations of sodium chloride solution

    Fanyu Zhang;Gonghui Wang;Toshitaka Kamai;Wenwu Chen

  • Research on the stabilization treatment of clay slope topsoil by organic polymer soil stabilizer

    Jin Liu;Jin Liu;Bin Shi;Hongtao Jiang;He Huang

  • Study of the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake-induced landslides in loess (China)

    Dexuan Zhang;Gonghui Wang

  • The influence of intense rainfall on the activity of large-scale crystalline schist landslides in Shikoku Island, Japan

    Yong Hong;Hiromasa Hiura;Kazuo Shino;Kyoji Sassa

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

    F.W Wang;Kyoji Sassa;Gonghui Wang

  • A rapid loess flowslide triggered by irrigation in China

    Dexuan Zhang;Gonghui Wang;Chunyong Luo;Jun Chen

  • Mechanism of the slow-moving landslides in Jurassic red-strata in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Haibo Miao;Haibo Miao;Gonghui Wang;Kunlong Yin;Toshitaka Kamai

  • Pore-pressure generation and fluidization in a loess landslide triggered by the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, China: A case study

    Gonghui Wang;Dexuan Zhang;Gen Furuya;Jun Yang

  • Effect of irrigation-induced densification on the post-failure behavior of loess flowslides occurring on the Heifangtai area, Gansu, China

    Fanyu Zhang;Gonghui Wang

  • 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

  • PERFORMING UNDRAINED SHEAR TESTS ON SATURATED SANDS IN A NEW INTELLIGENT TYPE OF RING SHEAR APPARATUS

    Kyoji Sassa;Gonghui Wang;Hiroshi Fukuoka

  • Shear‐rate‐dependent strength control on the dynamics of rainfall‐triggered landslides, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

    Gonghui Wang;Akira Suemine;William H. Schulz

  • Landslide movement in southwest Colorado triggered by atmospheric tides

    William H. Schulz;Jason W. Kean;Gonghui Wang

  • Downslope volume enlargement of a debris slide–debris flow in the 1999 Hiroshima, Japan, rainstorm

    Gonghui Wang;Kyoji Sassa;Hiroshi Fukuoka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyoji Sassa
Kyoji Sassa Kyoto University
Hiroshi Fukuoka
Hiroshi Fukuoka Niigata University
Fawu Wang
Fawu Wang Tongji University
Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology
Masahiro Chigira
Masahiro Chigira Kyoto University
Runqiu Huang
Runqiu Huang Chengdu University of Technology
Jianbing Peng
Jianbing Peng Chang'an University
Jun Yang
Jun Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Pierre-Yves Hicher
Pierre-Yves Hicher École Centrale de Nantes
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente

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