World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 69 1749 1665 732 675 229 22306

Minghua Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Minghua Zhang between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Minghua Zhang published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2022. 31 of the 321 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2022. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 5 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 40 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 16 publications
1990 2025

321 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Minghua Zhang: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 1
1992 1
1993 1
1994 5
1995 4
1996 7
1997 7
1998 2
1999 2
2000 3
2001 7
2002 5
2003 4
2004 10
2005 6
2006 5
2007 8
2008 4
2009 7
2010 6
2011 5
2012 6
2013 18
2014 7
2015 16
2016 14
2017 10
2018 12
2019 13
2020 15
2021 16
2022 40
2023 22
2024 15
2025 16
Total 321
Download as CSV

Minghua 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 Minghua Zhang 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, 221–230 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: 229 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
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
221–230 263 229
231–240 220
241–250 217
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
Download as CSV

Minghua 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 Minghua Zhang 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, 69 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: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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 69
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
Download as CSV

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Minghua Zhang is a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States, specializing in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research contributions span multiple fields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, plant science, pollution, and water science and technology.

Their body of work covers an array of topics, notably:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes

Zhang has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Selected recent publications demonstrate the range of their research:

  • A review of non-point source water pollution modeling for the urban-rural transitional areas of China: Research status and prospect, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Description and Climate Simulation Performance of CAS-ESM Version 2, 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Distinction between Cr and other heavy-metal-resistant bacteria involved in C/N cycling in contaminated soils of copper producing sites, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Nitrate pollution source apportionment, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis across a rural-urban river network based on δ15N/δ18O-NO3− isotopes and SIAR modeling, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Micro- and nano-plastics in the atmosphere: A review of occurrence, properties and human health risks, 2024, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent coauthors associated with their work include:

  • Randy A. Dahlgren
  • Xiaoliang Ji
  • Xu Shang
  • He Zhang
  • Zheng Chen

In recognition of their contributions to science, Minghua Zhang was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • The Community Climate System Model Version 4

    Peter R. Gent;Gokhan Danabasoglu;Leo J. Donner;Marika M. Holland

  • Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0)

    William Collins;J. Rasch;A. Boville;James McCaa

  • Intercomparison and interpretation of climate feedback processes in 19 atmospheric general circulation models

    R. D. Cess;G. L. Potter;J. P. Blanchet;G. J. Boer

  • The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model Version 3 (CAM3)

    William D. Collins;Philip J. Rasch;Byron A. Boville;James J. Hack

  • The Mean Climate of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM4) in Forced SST and Fully Coupled Experiments

    Richard B. Neale;Jadwiga Richter;Sungsu Park;Peter H. Lauritzen

  • The role of satellite remote sensing in climate change studies

    Jun Yang;Peng Gong;Peng Gong;Peng Gong;Rong Fu;Minghua Zhang

  • Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: observations versus models.

    R. D. Cess;M. H. Zhang;P. Minnis;L. Corsetti

  • Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements

    M. H. Zhang;W. Y. Lin;S. A. Klein;S. A. Klein;J. T. Bacmeister

  • Cloud feedback in atmospheric general circulation models: An update

    R. D. Cess;M. H. Zhang;W. J. Ingram;G. L. Potter

  • The Community Climate System Model, version 2

    Jeffrey T. Kiehl;Peter R. Gent

  • Constrained Variational Analysis of Sounding Data Based on Column-Integrated Budgets of Mass, Heat, Moisture, and Momentum: Approach and Application to ARM Measurements.

    M. H. Zhang;J. L. Lin

  • Stratiform Precipitation, Vertical Heating Profiles, and the Madden Julian Oscillation

    Jialin Lin;Brian Mapes;Minghua Zhang;Matthew Newman

  • Objective Analysis of ARM IOP Data: Method and Sensitivity

    M. H. Zhang;J. L. Lin;R. T. Cederwall;J. J. Yio

  • A modified formulation of fractional stratiform condensation rate in the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model (CAM2)

    Minghua Zhang;Wuyin Lin;Christopher S. Bretherton;James J. Hack

  • Tropical cyclone rainfall area controlled by relative sea surface temperature.

    Yanluan Lin;Ming Zhao;Minghua Zhang

  • Interpretation of snow-climate feedback as produced by 17 general circulation models.

    R. D. Cess;G. L. Potter;M. H. Zhang;J. P. Blanchet

  • An intercomparison of cloud-resolving models with the atmospheric radiation measurement summer 1997 intensive observation period data

    Kuan Man Xu;Richard T. Cederwall;Leo J. Donner;Wojciech W. Grabowski

  • Marine low cloud sensitivity to an idealized climate change: The CGILS LES intercomparison

    Peter N. Blossey;Christopher S. Bretherton;Minghua Zhang;Anning Cheng

  • The Formulation and Atmospheric Simulation of the Community Atmosphere Model: CAM3

    William D. Collins;Philip J. Rasch;Byron A. Boville;James J. Hack

  • Diagnostic study of climate feedback processes in atmospheric general circulation models

    M. H. Zhang;J. J. Hack;J. T. Kiehl;R. D. Cess

  • Improved Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in E3SM With a Revised Convective Triggering Function

    Shaocheng Xie;Yi-Chi Wang;Wuyin Lin;Hsi-Yen Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaocheng Xie
Shaocheng Xie Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Robert D. Cess
Robert D. Cess Stony Brook University
David A. Randall
David A. Randall Colorado State University
Kuan-Man Xu
Kuan-Man Xu Langley Research Center
James J. Hack
James J. Hack Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Marat Khairoutdinov
Marat Khairoutdinov Stony Brook University
Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann ETH Zurich
Jean-Jacques Morcrette
Jean-Jacques Morcrette European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Erich Roeckner
Erich Roeckner Max Planck Society
Christopher S. Bretherton
Christopher S. Bretherton University of Washington

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Studying Environmental Sciences opens doors to diverse career opportunities that often intersect with social sciences, education, and social work. For those interested in the societal aspects of environmental issues, pursuing an online bachelors in sociology can provide valuable insights into human behavior and social structures, complementing environmental knowledge.

Advanced educational roles in environmental science education may lead individuals to explore the best online eds to edd programs, which prepare educators and leaders for impactful careers in academic and community settings. These programs offer flexible pathways for professionals seeking to develop high-level expertise without the traditional constraints of on-campus study.

For those aiming to reach the pinnacle of online academic achievement without the extensive dissertation requirements, 1 year phd programs online no dissertation offer an accelerated route to a doctoral degree. These options can be particularly appealing to working professionals focused on advancing their credentials efficiently.

Additionally, professionals interested in integrating social work with environmental advocacy might consider dsw programs. These programs emphasize practical leadership and policy development, which are essential for addressing complex environmental justice issues within communities.

Best Scientists Citing Minghua Zhang

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles