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D-Index
47
Citations
10468
World Ranking
5701
National Ranking
2073

Hongyi Li 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 Hongyi Li sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 237 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Hongyi Li 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 Hongyi Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hongyi Li is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, focusing on water-related and environmental topics.

Their research spans several subfields including:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Some of Hongyi Li's recent publications are:

  • The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management, 2022, Nature
  • A substantial role of soil erosion in the land carbon sink and its future changes, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Spatial Trends and Drivers of Bedload and Suspended Sediment Fluxes in Global Rivers, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • Stoichiometry of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in farmland soils in southern China: Spatial pattern and related dominates, 2022, CATENA
  • Global Irrigation Characteristics and Effects Simulated by Fully Coupled Land Surface, River, and Water Management Models in E3SM, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Hongyi Li include:

  • L. Ruby Leung
  • Zeli Tan
  • Guta Wakbulcho Abeshu
  • Chang Liao
  • Tian Zhou

Hongyi Li's work has been published in journals and platforms such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Best Publications

  • The Community Land Model version 5 : description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

    David M. Lawrence;Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;Keith W. Oleson

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management

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  • Real-time global flood estimation using satellite-based precipitation and a coupled land surface and routing model

    Huan Wu;Huan Wu;Robert F. Adler;Robert F. Adler;Yudong Tian;Yudong Tian;George J. Huffman

  • A Physically Based Runoff Routing Model for Land Surface and Earth System Models

    Hongyi Li;Mark S. Wigmosta;Huan Wu;Maoyi Huang

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Description and Results at High Resolution

    Peter M. Caldwell;Azamat Mametjanov;Qi Tang;Luke P. Van Roekel

  • A new global river network database for macroscale hydrologic modeling

    Huan Wu;Huan Wu;John S. Kimball;Hongyi Li;Maoyi Huang

  • The chemodiversity of paddy soil dissolved organic matter correlates with microbial community at continental scales

    Hong-Yi Li;Hang Wang;Hai-Tiao Wang;Hai-Tiao Wang;Pei-Yong Xin

  • 21st century United States emissions mitigation could increase water stress more than the climate change it is mitigating

    Mohamad I. Hejazi;Nathalie Voisin;Lu Liu;Lisa M. Bramer

  • A Comprehensive View of Global Potential for Hydro-generated Electricity

    Yuyu Zhou;Mohamad I. Hejazi;Steven J. Smith;James A. Edmonds

  • Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development

    Xiao Zhang;Hong-Yi Li;Hong-Yi Li;Zhiqun Daniel Deng;Claudia Ringler

  • Investigating the Nexus of Climate, Energy, Water, and Land at Decision-Relevant Scales: The Platform for Regional Integrated Modeling and Analysis (PRIMA)

    Ian Kraucunas;Leon Clarke;James Dirks;John Hathaway

  • Change in frozen soils and its effect on regional hydrology, upper Heihe basin, northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Bing Gao;Dawen Yang;Yue Qin;Yuhan Wang

  • On an improved sub-regional water resources management representation for integration into earth system models

    Nathalie Voisin;Hongyi Li;Duane L. Ward;Maoyi Huang

  • Dam Construction in Lancang-Mekong River Basin Could Mitigate Future Flood Risk From Warming-Induced Intensified Rainfall

    Wei Wang;Hui Lu;L. Ruby Leung;Hong-Yi Li

  • Integrated hydrometeorological, snow and frozen-ground observations in the alpine region of the Heihe River Basin, China

    Tao Che;Xin Li;Shaomin Liu;Hongyi Li

  • The DOE E3SM v1.1 Biogeochemistry Configuration: Description and Simulated Ecosystem-Climate Responses to Historical Changes in Forcing

    S. M. Burrows;M. Maltrud;X. Yang;Q. Zhu

  • Evaluating Global Streamflow Simulations by a Physically-based Routing Model Coupled with the Community Land Model

    Hong-Yi Li;L. Ruby Leung;Augusto Getirana;Maoyi Huang

  • The antibiotic resistome of swine manure is significantly altered by association with the Musca domestica larvae gut microbiome.

    Hang Wang;Hang Wang;Naseer Sangwan;Hong Yi Li;Jian Qiang Su

  • Evaluating runoff simulations from the Community Land Model 4.0 using observations from flux towers and a mountainous watershed

    Hongyi Li;Maoyi Huang;Mark S. Wigmosta;Yinghai Ke

  • Results of the DMIP 2 Oklahoma experiments

    Michael B. Smith;Victor Koren;Ziya Zhang;Yu Zhang

  • Panta Rhei 2013-2015: Global perspectives on hydrology, society and change

    Hilary McMillan;Hilary McMillan;Alberto Montanari;Christophe Cudennec;Hubert H. G. Savenije

  • Quantitative water resources assessment of Qinghai Lake basin using Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM)

    Guoqing Zhang;Hongjie Xie;Tandong Yao;Hongyi Li

  • Development of high resolution land surface parameters for the Community Land Model

    Yinghai Ke;Yinghai Ke;Lai-Yung R. Leung;Maoyi Huang;Andre M. Coleman

  • Vulnerability of US thermoelectric power generation to climate change when incorporating state-level environmental regulations

    Lu Liu;Lu Liu;Mohamad Hejazi;Mohamad Hejazi;Mohamad Hejazi;Hongyi Li;Hongyi Li;Barton Forman

  • Evaluating global streamflow simulations by a physically based routing model coupled with the Community Land Model

    H. Li;L. Leung;A. Getirana;M. Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lai-yung Ruby Leung
Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Maoyi Huang
Maoyi Huang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mohamad Hejazi
Mohamad Hejazi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fuqiang Tian
Fuqiang Tian Tsinghua University
Hui Lu
Hui Lu Tsinghua University
William J. Riley
William J. Riley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniel M. Ricciuto
Daniel M. Ricciuto Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Forrest M. Hoffman
Forrest M. Hoffman Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Guoyong Leng
Guoyong Leng Chinese Academy of Sciences

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