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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 49 3525 3228 237 232 93 12004

Guoqing Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Guoqing Zhang between 2010 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Guoqing Zhang published across 16 years, from 2010 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2024. 57 of the 184 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2010 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2024. 2010: 2 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 4 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 26 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 35 publications 2025: 22 publications
2010 2025

184 publications in total across all disciplines

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Guoqing Zhang: publications per year, 2010 to 2025
Year Publications
2010 2
2011 4
2012 1
2013 4
2014 5
2015 5
2016 5
2017 6
2018 6
2019 18
2020 9
2021 19
2022 26
2023 17
2024 35
2025 22
Total 184
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Guoqing Zhang publications per year - data summary

  • Guoqing Zhang, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 184 publications recorded across 16 years, from 2010 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2010 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 35 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2012, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.5 per year counting only the 16 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 119 publications, 65% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2010-2015: 21 publications (3.5 per year); 2016-2021: 63 publications (10.5 per year); 2022-2025: 100 publications (25.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Guoqing 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 Guoqing Zhang 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, 88–97 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: 93 publications — 9th percentile

9% 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 93
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
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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Guoqing Zhang publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Guoqing Zhang, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 93 publications - the 9th percentile of the discipline.
  • 9% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Guoqing Zhang, and about 91% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Guoqing Zhang ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Guoqing 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 Guoqing Zhang 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, 49 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: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% 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 49
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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Guoqing Zhang D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Guoqing Zhang, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 49 D-Index - the 62nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 62% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Guoqing Zhang, and about 38% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Guoqing Zhang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Guoqing Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive publication record in earth and environmental sciences. Their research primarily falls within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions across various subfields and topics related to climate, hydrology, and cryospheric studies.

The main subfields of study that Zhang focuses on include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Zhang's research topics cover:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Several recent papers highlight Zhang's research output:

  • The imbalance of the Asian water tower, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Comprehensive estimation of lake volume changes on the Tibetan Plateau during 1976-2019 and basin-wide glacier contribution, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya, 2023, Nature Geoscience

The frequent coauthors who collaborate with Zhang are:

  • Wenfeng Chen
  • Fenglin Xu
  • Simon Allen
  • Tobias Bolch
  • Tandong Yao

Frequent publication venues where Zhang's work appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe

    Catherine M. O'Reilly;Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Stephanie E. Hampton

  • Monitoring lake level changes on the Tibetan Plateau using ICESat altimetry data (2003-2009)

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Hongjie Xie;Shichang Kang;Donghui Yi

  • Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Kun Yang;Kun Yang

  • An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Weicai Wang

  • Lake volume and groundwater storage variations in Tibetan Plateau's endorheic basin

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;C. K. Shum;Shuang Yi

  • Regional differences of lake evolution across China during 1960s–2015 and its natural and anthropogenic causes

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Wenfeng Chen;Guoxiong Zheng

  • Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation

    Guoxiong Zheng;Guoxiong Zheng;Simon Keith Allen;Simon Keith Allen;Anming Bao;Juan Antonio Ballesteros-Cánovas

  • Increased mass over the Tibetan Plateau: From lakes or glaciers?

    Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Shichang Kang

  • Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch

  • A robust but variable lake expansion on the Tibetan Plateau

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Wei Luo;Wenfeng Chen;Guoxiong Zheng

  • Status and change of the cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

    Tobias Bolch;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Shiyin Liu;Farooq M. Azam

  • Response of inland lake dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau to climate change

    Yanbin Lei;Kun Yang;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Yongwei Sheng

  • Lakes’ state and abundance across the Tibetan Plateau

    Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Kexiang Zhang

  • Potentially dangerous glacial lakes across the Tibetan Plateau revealed using a large-scale automated assessment approach

    Simon Keith Allen;Guoqing Zhang;Weicai Wang;Tandong Yao

  • Estimating surface temperature changes of lakes in the Tibetan Plateau using MODIS LST data

    Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Jun Qin

  • Tibetan Plateau's Lake Level and Volume Changes From NASA's ICESat/ICESat-2 and Landsat Missions

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Wenfeng Chen;Hongjie Xie

  • Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya

    Unknown

  • Comprehensive estimation of lake volume changes on the Tibetan Plateau during 1976-2019 and basin-wide glacier contribution.

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tobias Bolch;Wenfeng Chen;Jean-François Crétaux

  • Water level variation of Lake Qinghai from satellite and in situ measurements under climate change

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Hongjie Xie;Shuiqiang Duan;Mingzhong Tian

  • Snow cover dynamics of four lake basins over Tibetan Plateau using time series MODIS data (2001–2010)

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Hongjie Xie;Tandong Yao;Tiangang Liang

  • Ground-based evaluation of MODIS snow cover product V6 across China: Implications for the selection of NDSI threshold

    Hongbo Zhang;Fan Zhang;Fan Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tao Che

  • Water balance estimates of ten greatest lakes in China using ICESat and Landsat data

    GuoQing Q. Zhang;HongJie J. Xie;TanDong D. Yao;ShiChang C. Kang

  • An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming

    Y. Dai;G. Zhang;T. Yao;H. Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongjie Xie
Hongjie Xie The University of Texas at San Antonio
Tobias Bolch
Tobias Bolch Graz University of Technology
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huopo Chen
Huopo Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Huijun Wang
Huijun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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