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Engineering and Technology
China
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
81
Citations
23471
World Ranking
495
National Ranking
83

Earth Science

D-Index
80
Citations
21121
World Ranking
541
National Ranking
41

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award

Overview

Li Min Zhang is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions across several subfields including civil and structural engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a diverse range of topics within geotechnical and environmental studies. Key themes include landslides and related hazards, geotechnical engineering and analysis, dam engineering and safety, flood risk assessment and management, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, cryospheric studies and observations, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Li Min Zhang has published extensively in a number of scientific venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Engineering Geology
  • Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Recent papers highlight their involvement in applying machine learning methods and artificial intelligence to geoscience challenges. Selected recent publications include:

  • Landslide identification using machine learning, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Machine learning and landslide studies: recent advances and applications, 2022, Natural Hazards
  • Machine learning for pore-water pressure time-series prediction: Application of recurrent neural networks, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • AI-powered landslide susceptibility assessment in Hong Kong, 2021, Engineering Geology
  • Barrier lake bursting and flood routing in the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in October 2018, 2020, Journal of Hydrology

Collaboration has been an important component of their research. Frequent co-authors include Jian He, Te Xiao, Ming Peng, Hongyu Luo, and Haojie Wang.

Best Publications

  • Earthquake-Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts

    Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Oliver Korup;A. Joshua West

  • Foundation Analysis and Design

    Robert L. Parsons;Limin Zhang;Wei Dong Guo;K. K. Phoon

  • A multiple response-surface method for slope reliability analysis considering spatial variability of soil properties

    Dian-Qing Li;Shui-Hua Jiang;Shui-Hua Jiang;Zi-Jun Cao;Wei Zhou

  • Breaching Parameters for Earth and Rockfill Dams

    Y. Xu;L. M. Zhang

  • Slope reliability analysis considering spatially variable shear strength parameters using a non-intrusive stochastic finite element method

    Shui-Hua Jiang;Dian-Qing Li;Li-Min Zhang;Chuang-Bing Zhou

  • Critical Hydraulic Gradients of Internal Erosion under Complex Stress States

    Dong Sheng Chang;Li Min Zhang

  • Characterization of dual-structure pore-size distribution of soil

    X. Li;L. M. Zhang

  • Landslide identification using machine learning

    Haojie Wang;Li Min Zhang;Kesheng Yin;Hongyu Luo

  • Extended internal stability criteria for soils under seepage

    Dong Sheng Chang;Li Min Zhang

  • A Stress-controlled Erosion Apparatus for Studying Internal Erosion in Soils

    D. S. Chang;L. M. Zhang

  • Enhancement of random finite element method in reliability analysis and risk assessment of soil slopes using Subset Simulation

    Dian-Qing Li;Te Xiao;Zi-Jun Cao;Zi-Jun Cao;Chuang-Bing Zhou

  • Centrifuge Testing of Large Laterally Loaded Pile Groups in Sands

    Michael McVay;Limin Zhang;Thomas Molnit;Peter Lai

  • Effect of spatially variable shear strength parameters with linearly increasing mean trend on reliability of infinite slopes

    Dian Qing Li;Xiao Hui Qi;Kok Kwang Phoon;Li Min Zhang

  • Simulation of the erosion process of landslide dams due to overtopping considering variations in soil erodibility along depth.

    D. S. Chang;L. M. Zhang

  • Study of desiccation crack initiation and development at ground surface

    J.H. Li;J.H. Li;L.M. Zhang

  • Characterizing geotechnical anisotropic spatial variations using random field theory

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  • Back analysis of slope failure with Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation

    L.L. Zhang;J. Zhang;J. Zhang;L.M. Zhang;W.H. Tang

  • Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment

    Li Min Zhang;Ming Peng;Dongsheng Chang;Yao Xu

  • Rainfall-induced slope failure considering variability of soil properties

    L. L. Zhang;L. M. Zhang;W. H. Tang

  • Impact of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China on Subsequent Long-Term Debris Flow Activities in the Epicentral Area

    Shuai Zhang;Shuai Zhang;Limin Zhang

  • Bayesian Framework for Characterizing Geotechnical Model Uncertainty

    J. Zhang;L. M. Zhang;Wilson H. Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Dian-Qing Li
Dian-Qing Li Wuhan University
Charles Wang Wai Ng
Charles Wang Wai Ng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chuangbing Zhou
Chuangbing Zhou Nanchang University
Kok-Kwang Phoon
Kok-Kwang Phoon Singapore University of Technology and Design
Delwyn G. Fredlund
Delwyn G. Fredlund University of Saskatchewan
Zi-Jun Cao
Zi-Jun Cao Southwest Jiaotong University
Hongwei Huang
Hongwei Huang Tongji University
Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology
Gordon A. Fenton
Gordon A. Fenton Dalhousie University
D. V. Griffiths
D. V. Griffiths Colorado School of Mines

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