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D-Index
55
Citations
12088
World Ranking
3826
National Ranking
413

Ke Zhang 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 Ke Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ke Zhang 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 Ke Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ke Zhang is affiliated with Hohai University in China and specializes in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans a range of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

The main topics that characterize Ke Zhang's work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

Ke Zhang has contributed research papers to various publication venues, with frequent publications in these journals and platforms:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Geophysical Monograph

Their recent papers include:

  • Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Pyrite-activated persulfate for simultaneous 2,4-DCP oxidation and Cr(VI) reduction, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Changes in precipitation extremes in the Yangtze River Basin during 1960-2019 and the association with global warming, ENSO, and local effects, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A hybrid runoff generation modelling framework based on spatial combination of three runoff generation schemes for semi-humid and semi-arid watersheds, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Virtual Reality Aided Therapy towards Health 4.0: A Two-Decade Bibliometric Analysis, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ke Zhang maintains collaborative relationships with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Lijun Chao
  • Linxin Liu
  • Zhijia Li
  • Qinuo Zhang
  • Hiba Shaghaleh

Best Publications

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • A review of remote sensing based actual evapotranspiration estimation

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Steven W. Running

  • A continuous satellite-derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Ramakrishna R. Nemani;Steven W. Running

  • Vegetation Greening and Climate Change Promote Multidecadal Rises of Global Land Evapotranspiration.

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Ramakrishna R. Nemani;Steven W. Running

  • Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations

    Michael A. Rawlins;Michael Steele;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer C. Adam

  • Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Qiaozhen Mu;Lucas A. Jones

  • Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes

    Giovanni Forzieri;Diego G. Miralles;Philippe Ciais;Ramdane Alkama

  • Satellite detection of increasing Northern Hemisphere non-frozen seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for regional vegetation growth

    Youngwook Kim;John S Kimball;K. Zhang;Kyle C. McDonald;Kyle C. McDonald

  • Geographically weighted regression based methods for merging satellite and gauge precipitation

    Lijun Chao;Ke Zhang;Zhijia Li;Yuelong Zhu

  • Anthropomorphized Helpers Undermine Autonomy and Enjoyment in Computer Games

    Sara Kim;Rocky Peng Chen;Ke Zhang

  • Ecosystem heterogeneity determines the ecological resilience of the Amazon to climate change

    Naomi M. Levine;Naomi M. Levine;Ke Zhang;Ke Zhang;Marcos Longo;Alessandro Baccini

  • Changes in precipitation extremes in the Yangtze River Basin during 1960-2019 and the association with global warming, ENSO, and local effects.

    Xin Li;Ke Zhang;Pengrui Gu;Haotian Feng

  • Trends in evapotranspiration and their responses to climate change and vegetation greening over the upper reaches of the Yellow River Basin

    Shiqin Xu;Zhongbo Yu;Chuanguo Yang;Xibin Ji

  • Variation in stem mortality rates determines patterns of above-ground biomass in Amazonian forests: implications for dynamic global vegetation models

    Michelle O. Johnson;David Galbraith;Manuel Gloor;Hannes De Deurwaerder

  • A novel peptide with potent and broad-spectrum antiviral activities against multiple respiratory viruses.

    Hanjun Zhao;Jie Zhou;Ke Zhang;Hin Chu

  • Characteristics and influencing factors of rainfall-induced landslide and debris flow hazards in Shaanxi Province, China

    Ke Zhang;Sheng Wang;Hongjun Bao;Xiaomeng Zhao

  • Satellite-based model detection of recent climate-driven changes in northern high-latitude vegetation productivity

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;E. H. Hogg;Maosheng Zhao

  • A hybrid runoff generation modelling framework based on spatial combination of three runoff generation schemes for semi-humid and semi-arid watersheds

    Yuhuan Liu;Ke Zhang;Zhijia Li;Zhiyu Liu

  • Aquatic fungi from Lake Fuxian, Yunnan, China

    L Cai;Ckm Tsui;K Zhang;KD Hyde

  • Analysis of flash flood disaster characteristics in China from 2011 to 2015

    Bingshun He;Xianlong Huang;Meihong Ma;Meihong Ma;Qingrui Chang

  • The fate of Amazonian ecosystems over the coming century arising from changes in climate, atmospheric CO2, and land use.

    Ke Zhang;Ke Zhang;Ke Zhang;Andrea D. de Almeida Castanho;Andrea D. de Almeida Castanho;David R. Galbraith;Sanaz Moghim

  • Northern high‐latitude ecosystems respond to climate change

    Andrew Godard Bunn;Scott J. Goetz;John S. Kimball;Ke Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Paul R. Moorcroft
Paul R. Moorcroft Harvard University
Marcos Longo
Marcos Longo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Kyle C. McDonald
Kyle C. McDonald City College of New York
Bo-Jian Zheng
Bo-Jian Zheng University of Hong Kong
Zhongbo Yu
Zhongbo Yu Hohai University
Rafael L. Bras
Rafael L. Bras Georgia Institute of Technology
Hin Chu
Hin Chu University of Hong Kong
Shuofeng Yuan
Shuofeng Yuan University of Hong Kong

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