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Liliang Ren

Liliang Ren

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 51 4799 4594 505 501 241 8442

Liliang Ren publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Liliang Ren between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Liliang Ren published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2025. 59 of the 272 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2025. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 35 publications
2000 2025

272 publications in total across all disciplines

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Liliang Ren: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 0
2002 1
2003 0
2004 2
2005 1
2006 0
2007 8
2008 11
2009 11
2010 7
2011 5
2012 13
2013 11
2014 11
2015 11
2016 10
2017 10
2018 11
2019 11
2020 17
2021 15
2022 22
2023 24
2024 24
2025 35
Total 272
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Liliang Ren 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 Liliang Ren 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, 241–250 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: 241 publications — 76th percentile

76% 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
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
241–250 217 241
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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Liliang Ren 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 Liliang Ren 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232 51
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

Liliang Ren is affiliated with Hohai University in China, focusing primarily on environmental science. Their research encompasses several subfields including global and planetary change, water science and technology, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, and artificial intelligence. The breadth of their work spans a variety of topics within these areas.

The main topics they investigate include hydrology and watershed management studies, climate variability and models, hydrology and drought analysis, flood risk assessment and management, precipitation measurement and analysis, meteorological phenomena and simulations, as well as plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Liliang Ren has contributed extensively to scholarly journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Their research has involved numerous collaborations with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • S. S. Jiang
  • Yi Liu
  • Xiaoli Yang
  • Chong-Yu Xu
  • Shanshui Yuan

Some of Liliang Ren's recent papers illustrate the scope and subjects of their work:

  • "An early warning signal for grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Recent global performance of the Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation (CHIRP) with Stations (CHIRPS)," 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • "A global perspective on the probability of propagation of drought: From meteorological to soil moisture," 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Utility of integrated IMERG precipitation and GLEAM potential evapotranspiration products for drought monitoring over mainland China," 2020, Atmospheric Research
  • "Contrasting Influences of Human Activities on Hydrological Drought Regimes Over China Based on High-Resolution Simulations," 2020, Water Resources Research

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive evaluation of multi-satellite precipitation products with a dense rain gauge network and optimally merging their simulated hydrological flows using the Bayesian model averaging method

    Shanhu Jiang;Liliang Ren;Yang Hong;Bin Yong

  • Hydrologic evaluation of Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis standard precipitation products in basins beyond its inclined latitude band: A case study in Laohahe basin, China

    Bin Yong;Bin Yong;Li-Liang Ren;Yang Hong;Jia-Hu Wang

  • Global View Of Real-Time Trmm Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis: Implications For Its Successor Global Precipitation Measurement Mission

    Bin Yong;Die Liu;Jonathan J. Gourley;Yudong Tian

  • Impacts of human activity on river runoff in the northern area of China

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  • Quantifying the effects of climate variability and human activities on runoff from the Laohahe basin in northern China using three different methods

    Shanhu Jiang;Liliang Ren;Bin Yong;V. P. Singh

  • Intercomparison of the Version-6 and Version-7 TMPA precipitation products over high and low latitudes basins with independent gauge networks: Is the newer version better in both real-time and post-real-time analysis for water resources and hydrologic extremes?

    Bin Yong;Bin Yong;Bo Chen;Jonathan J. Gourley;Liliang Ren

  • An early warning signal for grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

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  • Evaluation of hydrological utility of IMERG Final run V05 and TMPA 3B42V7 satellite precipitation products in the Yellow River source region, China

    Fei Yuan;Bing Wang;Chunxiang Shi;Wei Cui

  • Understanding the Spatiotemporal Links Between Meteorological and Hydrological Droughts From a Three‐Dimensional Perspective

    Yi Liu;Ye Zhu;Liliang Ren;Vijay P. Singh

  • Assessment of GPM and TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Products in Streamflow Simulations in a Data-Sparse Mountainous Watershed in Myanmar

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  • Multivariate drought characteristics using trivariate Gaussian and Student t copulas

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  • Recent global performance of the Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation (CHIRP) with Stations (CHIRPS)

    Zhehui Shen;Bin Yong;Jonathan J. Gourley;Weiqing Qi

  • Multi-scale validation of GLEAM evapotranspiration products over China via ChinaFLUX ET measurements

    Xiuqin Yang;Bin Yong;Liliang Ren;Yuqing Zhang

  • A global perspective on the probability of propagation of drought: From meteorological to soil moisture

    Ye Zhu;Yi Liu;Wen Wang;Vijay P. Singh

  • Comparison of Spatial Interpolation Schemes for Rainfall Data and Application in Hydrological Modeling

    Tao Chen;Liliang Ren;Fei Yuan;Xiaoli Yang

  • Utility of integrated IMERG precipitation and GLEAM potential evapotranspiration products for drought monitoring over mainland China

    Shanhu Jiang;Linyong Wei;Liliang Ren;Chong-Yu Xu

  • Large-scale detection of vegetation dynamics and their potential drivers using MODIS images and BFAST: A case study in Quebec, Canada

    Xiuqin Fang;Xiuqin Fang;Qiuan Zhu;Liliang Ren;Huai Chen

  • Ecosystem restoration and conservation in the arid inland river basins of Northwest China: Problems and strategies

    Yonghua Zhu;Yonghua Zhu;Yaning Chen;Liliang Ren;Haishen Lü

  • Applications of TRMM- and GPM-Era Multiple-Satellite Precipitation Products for Flood Simulations at Sub-Daily Scales in a Sparsely Gauged Watershed in Myanmar

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  • Flash droughts characterization over China: From a perspective of the rapid intensification rate.

    Yi Liu;Ye Zhu;Linqi Zhang;Liliang Ren

  • Comparison of evapotranspiration variations between the Yellow River and Pearl River basin, China

    Qiang Zhang;Chong-Yu Xu;Yongqin David Chen;Liliang Ren

  • A new standardized Palmer drought index for hydro-meteorological use

    Mingwei Ma;Liliang Ren;Fei Yuan;Shanhu Jiang

  • Simulation of Populus euphratica root uptake of groundwater in an arid woodland of the Ejina Basin, China

    Yonghua Zhu;Liliang Ren;Todd H. Skaggs;Haishen Lü

  • Statistical and hydrological evaluation of the latest Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) over a midlatitude humid basin in South China

    Shanhu Jiang;Liliang Ren;Chong-Yu Xu;Bin Yong

  • Contrasting Influences of Human Activities on Hydrological Drought Regimes Over China Based on High‐Resolution Simulations

    Xiaoli Yang;Mengru Zhang;Xiaogang He;Xiaogang He;Liliang Ren

  • Bias Correction of Historical and Future Simulations of Precipitation and Temperature for China from CMIP5 Models

    X. Yang;E. F. Wood;J. Sheffield;L. Ren

  • Quantifying the effect of land use and land cover changes on green water and blue water in northern part of China

    X. Liu;L. Ren;F. Yuan;V. P. Singh

  • Impacts of land use and land cover changes on evapotranspiration and runoff at Shalamulun River watershed, China

    Xiaoli Yang;Liliang Ren;V. P. Singh;Xiaofan Liu

  • Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products with surface rain gauge observations from Laohahe Basin in northern China

    Shan-hu Jiang;Li-liang Ren;Bin Yong;Xiao-li Yang

  • On the mechanisms of two composite methods for construction of multivariate drought indices.

    Yi Liu;Ye Zhu;Liliang Ren;Bin Yong

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Yong
Bin Yong Hohai University
Vijay P. Singh
Vijay P. Singh Texas A&M University
Zhongbo Yu
Zhongbo Yu Hohai University
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Chenghu Zhou
Chenghu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guo-Yue Niu
Guo-Yue Niu University of Arizona
Weimin Ju
Weimin Ju Nanjing University
Jonathan J. Gourley
Jonathan J. Gourley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ming Pan
Ming Pan Princeton University
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton

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