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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 44 6684 6416 671 667 81 8504

Hai Xu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hai Xu between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hai Xu published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2020. 25 of the 129 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2020. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 0 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 5 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 1 publication 2019: 9 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 11 publications
2002 2025

129 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hai Xu: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 2
2004 0
2005 0
2006 3
2007 2
2008 1
2009 0
2010 7
2011 1
2012 5
2013 4
2014 7
2015 6
2016 6
2017 7
2018 1
2019 9
2020 14
2021 5
2022 12
2023 10
2024 14
2025 11
Total 129
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Hai Xu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hai Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 81–90 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 81 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361 81
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Hai Xu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hai Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330 44
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Hai Xu is affiliated with Tianjin University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a broad range of subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Paleontology, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

Xu's work notably focuses on several main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Tree-ring climate responses, and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies.

The scientist has published regularly in key academic venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Journal of Lake Sciences

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Xu's research, working often with coauthors such as Jianghu Lan, Liangcheng Tan, Kang'en Zhou, Yunping Song, and Mengyuan Zhu.

X's recent papers illustrate areas of study and findings in environmental variation, climate dynamics, and ecosystem responses. Selected works include:

  • "Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road" (2020, Science Bulletin)
  • "Dramatic weakening of the East Asian summer monsoon in northern China during the transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age" (2020, Geology)
  • "Time marker of 137Cs fallout maximum in lake sediments of Northwest China" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Late Holocene hydroclimatic variation in central Asia and its response to mid-latitude Westerlies and solar irradiance" (2020, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • "Warming favors subtropical lake cyanobacterial biomass increasing" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

These publications demonstrate Xu's engagement with long-term climate variability, monsoon behavior, sediment analysis, hydroclimatic patterns, and ecological responses to warming.

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs control phytoplankton growth in eutrophic Lake Taihu, China.

    Hai Xu;Hans W. Paerl;Boqiang Qin;Guangwei Zhu

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

  • Correlation between Indian Ocean summer monsoon and North Atlantic climate during the Holocene

    Y.T. Hong;B. Hong;Q.H. Lin;Y.X. Zhu

  • Lake eutrophication and its ecosystem response

    BoQiang Qin;Guang Gao;GuangWei Zhu;YunLin Zhang

  • Northward extent of East Asian monsoon covaries with intensity on orbital and millennial timescales.

    Yonaton Goldsmith;Wallace S. Broecker;Hai Xu;Pratigya J. Polissar

  • Long-term remote monitoring of total suspended matter concentration in Lake Taihu using 250 m MODIS-Aqua data

    Kun Shi;Yunlin Zhang;Guangwei Zhu;Xiaohan Liu

  • Stable isotopes in bulk carbonates and organic matter in recent sediments of Lake Qinghai and their climatic implications

    Hai Xu;Li Ai;Liangcheng Tan;Zhisheng An

  • Nutrient limitation dynamics examined on a multi-annual scale in Lake Taihu, China: implications for controlling eutrophication and harmful algal blooms

    Hans W. Paerl;Hai Xu;Nathan S. Hall;Karen L. Rossignol

  • Long-term nutrient trends and harmful cyanobacterial bloom potential in hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China

    Hai Xu;Hans W. Paerl;Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin

  • Environmental factors controlling colony formation in blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. in Lake Taihu, China.

    Jianrong Ma;Justin D. Brookes;Boqiang Qin;Hans W. Paerl

  • Centennial- to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variations in the upper Hanjiang River region, China over the past 6650 years

    Liangcheng Tan;Liangcheng Tan;Yanjun Cai;Yanjun Cai;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Lawrence R. Edwards

  • Arid Central Asia saw mid-Holocene drought

    Hai Xu;Hai Xu;Kang’en Zhou;Jianghu Lan;Guilin Zhang

  • Major ion chemistry of waters in Lake Qinghai catchments, NE Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China

    Hai Xu;Zhaohua Hou;Zhisheng An;Xiaoyan Liu

  • Controlling Cyanobacterial Blooms in Hypertrophic Lake Taihu, China: Will Nitrogen Reductions Cause Replacement of non-N2 Fixing by N2 Fixing Taxa?

    Hans W. Paerl;Hai Xu;Nathan S. Hall;Guangwei Zhu

  • Spatial and temporal variations of Rb/Sr ratios of the bulk surface sediments in Lake Qinghai

    Hai Xu;Bin Liu;Feng Wu

  • Relationships between nutrient, chlorophyll a and Secchi depth in lakes of the Chinese Eastern Plains ecoregion: Implications for eutrophication management.

    Wei Zou;Guangwei Zhu;Yongjiu Cai;Annika Vilmi

  • Nitrification and ammonium dynamics in Taihu Lake, China: seasonal competition for ammonium between nitrifiers and cyanobacteria

    Justyna J. Hampel;Mark J. McCarthy;Mark J. McCarthy;Wayne S. Gardner;Lu Zhang

  • Human impact on the historical change of CO 2 degassing flux in River Changjiang

    FuShun Wang;FuShun Wang;Yuchun Wang;Jing Zhang;Hai Xu

  • Temperature responses to quasi-100-yr solar variability during the past 6000 years based on δ18O of peat cellulose in Hongyuan, eastern Qinghai–Tibet plateau, China

    Hai Xu;Yetang Hong;Qinghua Lin;Yongxuan Zhu

  • Precipitation at Lake Qinghai, NE Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, and its relation to Asian summer monsoons on decadal/interdecadal scales during the past 500 years

    H. Xu;Z.H. Hou;L. Ai;L.C. Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Liangcheng Tan
Liangcheng Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanjun Cai
Yanjun Cai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Guangwei Zhu
Guangwei Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Liu
Bin Liu Shanghai University
Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongsong Huang
Yongsong Huang Brown University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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