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D-Index
77
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20710
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1138
National Ranking
493

Jiaguo Qi 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 Jiaguo Qi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 281 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jiaguo Qi 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 Jiaguo Qi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jiaguo Qi is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science, contributing extensively to this field with a focused expertise in several subfields. Their research portfolio spans Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Environmental Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Remote Sensing and Land Use

Jiaguo Qi has published frequently in journals such as:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Sustainability
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Land

Recent publications by Jiaguo Qi include:

  • "High Resolution Modeling of River-Floodplain-Reservoir Inundation Dynamics in the Mekong River Basin" (2020), published in Water Resources Research
  • "A new framework to map fine resolution cropping intensity across the globe: Algorithm, validation, and implication" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Mapping ecosystem service supply and demand dynamics under rapid urban expansion: A case study in the Yangtze River Delta of China" (2022), published in Ecosystem Services
  • "Recently constructed hydropower dams were associated with reduced economic production, population, and greenness in nearby areas" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Social environments still matter: The role of physical and social environments in place attachment in a transitional city, Guangzhou, China" (2023), published in Landscape and Urban Planning

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jiaguo Qi include:

  • Jiquan Chen
  • Myung Sik Cho
  • Zutao Ouyang
  • Yadu Pokhrel
  • Huaiyong Shao

Best Publications

  • A Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index

    J. Qi;A. Chehbouni;A.R. Huete;Y.H. Kerr

  • Spatio-temporal dynamics and evolution of land use change and landscape pattern in response to rapid urbanization

    Jin S. Deng;K e Wang;Yang Hong;Jia G. Qi

  • Derivation and Evaluation of Global 1-km Fractional Vegetation Cover Data for Land Modeling

    Xubin Zeng;Robert Earl Dickinson;Alison Walker;Muhammad Shaikh

  • Exploring Complexity in a Human–Environment System: An Agent-Based Spatial Model for Multidisciplinary and Multiscale Integration

    Li An;Marc Linderman;Jiaguo Qi;Ashton Shortridge

  • Quantitative assessment of the contributions of climate change and human activities on global grassland degradation

    Chengcheng Gang;Wei Zhou;Yizhao Chen;Zhaoqi Wang

  • Season-long daily measurements of multifrequency (Ka, Ku, X, C, and L) and full-polarization backscatter signatures over paddy rice field and their relationship with biological variables

    Y. Inoue;T. Kurosu;H. Maeno;S. Uratsuka

  • Monitoring Rice Agriculture across Myanmar Using Time Series Sentinel-1 Assisted by Landsat-8 and PALSAR-2

    Nathan Torbick;Diya Chowdhury;William Salas;Jiaguo Qi

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of vegetation in the San Pedro River basin area

    J Qi;R.C Marsett;M.S Moran;D.C Goodrich

  • Remote Sensing for Grassland Management in the Arid Southwest

    Robert C. Marsett;Jiaguo Qi;Philip Heilman;Sharon H. Biedenbender

  • Quantitative assess the driving forces on the grassland degradation in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in China

    Zhaoqi Wang;Yanzhen Zhang;Yue Yang;Wei Zhou

  • Leaf area index estimates using remotely sensed data and BRDF models in a semiarid region.

    J Qi;Y.H Kerr;M.S Moran;M Weltz

  • Improved population mapping for China using remotely sensed and points-of-interest data within a random forests model.

    Tingting Ye;Naizhuo Zhao;Xuchao Yang;Xuchao Yang;Zutao Ouyang

  • Challenges in operationalizing the water–energy–food nexus

    J. Liu;H. Yang;C. Cudennec;Animesh K. Gain

  • Normalization of multidirectional red and NIR reflectances with the SAVI

    A.R. Huete;G. Hua;J. Qi;A. Chehbouni

  • A refined empirical line approach for reflectance factor retrieval from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM+

    M.S Moran;R Bryant;K Thome;W Ni

  • A regional evaluation of plastic film mulching for improving crop yields on the Loess Plateau of China

    Feng Zhang;Wenjuan Zhang;Jiaguo Qi;Feng Min Li

  • A comparative analysis of broadband and narrowband derived vegetation indices in predicting LAI and CCD of a cotton canopy

    Dehua Zhao;Liangmei Huang;Jianlong Li;Jiaguo Qi

  • RANGES improves satellite-based information and land cover assessments in southwest United States

    Jiaguo Qi;Robin Marsett;Philip Heilman;Sharon Bieden-bender

  • Optimal classification methods for mapping agricultural tillage practices

    Stephen South;Jiaguo Qi;David P Lusch

  • Seasonal estimates of riparian evapotranspiration using remote and in situ measurements.

    D.C Goodrich;R Scott;J Qi;B Goff

  • Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions

    Jianguo Liu;Li An;Sandra S. Batie;Scott L. Bearer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Ranjeet John
Ranjeet John University of South Dakota
Pavel Ya. Groisman
Pavel Ya. Groisman North Carolina State University
M.S. Moran
M.S. Moran Agricultural Research Service
Zutao Ouyang
Zutao Ouyang Auburn University
Alfredo Huete
Alfredo Huete University of Technology Sydney
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Inakwu O. A. Odeh
Inakwu O. A. Odeh University of Sydney
Raffaele Lafortezza
Raffaele Lafortezza University of Bari Aldo Moro
Changliang Shao
Changliang Shao Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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