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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
17881
World Ranking
1591
National Ranking
677

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
71
Citations
17221
World Ranking
973
National Ranking
332

Ni-Bin Chang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ni-Bin Chang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 462 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Ni-Bin Chang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ni-Bin Chang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2015 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ni-Bin Chang is affiliated with the University of Central Florida in the United States and contributes extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their body of work spans across several subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics are diverse, covering areas such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Ni-Bin Chang has contributed to multiple academic publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant of emerging concern in surface water: A transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • LGHAP: the Long-term Gap-free High-resolution Air Pollutant concentration dataset, derived via tensor-flow-based multimodal data fusion, 2022, Earth system science data
  • Synergistic Integration Between Machine Learning and Agent-Based Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Review, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • The role of food-energy-water nexus analyses in urban growth models for urban sustainability: A review of synergistic framework, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Integrating emerging and existing renewable energy technologies into a community-scale microgrid in an energy-water nexus for resilience improvement, 2020, Applied Energy

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ni-Bin Chang include:

  • Andrea Valencia
  • Kaixu Bai
  • Diana Ordonez
  • A.H.M. Anwar Sadmani
  • Jianping Guo

Chang's publications appear most often in these venues:

  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Earth system science data
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering

Among honors awarded to Ni-Bin Chang are:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2018
  • SPIE Fellow, 2015
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2008

Best Publications

  • Combining GIS with fuzzy multicriteria decision-making for landfill siting in a fast-growing urban region

    Ni-Bin Chang;G. Parvathinathan;Jeff B. Breeden

  • Solid waste management in European countries: a review of systems analysis techniques.

    Ana Pires;Graça Martinho;Ni-Bin Chang

  • Forecasting municipal solid waste generation in a fast-growing urban region with system dynamics modeling

    Brian Dyson;Ni-Bin Chang

  • Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a contaminant of emerging concern in surface water: A transboundary review of their occurrences and toxicity effects.

    Aditi Podder;A H M Anwar Sadmani;Debra Reinhart;Ni-Bin Chang

  • Identification of river water quality using the Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation approach

    Ni-Bin Chang;H.W. Chen;S.K. Ning

  • A fuzzy goal programming approach for the optimal planning of metropolitan solid waste management systems

    Ni-Bin Chang;S.F. Wang

  • Recycling of construction and demolition waste via a mechanical sorting process

    Wen-Ling Huang;Dung-Hung Lin;Ni-Bin Chang;Kuen-Song Lin

  • Applications of SAR Interferometry in Earth and Environmental Science Research

    Xiaobing Zhou;Ni-Bin Chang;Shusun Li

  • The Perspectives of Environmental Informatics and Systems Analysis

    G. H. Huang;N. B. Chang

  • System dynamics modeling for municipal water demand estimation in an urban region under uncertain economic impacts.

    Cheng Qi;Ni-Bin Chang

  • Prediction analysis of solid waste generation based on grey fuzzy dynamic modeling

    Ho-Wen Chen;Ni-Bin Chang

  • An AHP-based fuzzy interval TOPSIS assessment for sustainable expansion of the solid waste management system in Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal

    Ana Pires;Ni-Bin Chang;Graça Martinho

  • Satellite remote sensing of aerosol optical depth: advances, challenges, and perspectives

    Xiaoli Wei;Ni-Bin Chang;Kaixu Bai;Wei Gao

  • Multi-decadal mangrove forest change detection and prediction in honduras, central america, with landsat imagery and a markov chain model

    Chi-Farn Chen;Nguyen Thanh Son;Ni-Bin Chang;Cheng-Ru Chen

  • Municipal solid waste characterizations and management strategies for the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

    Ni-Bin Chang;Eric Davila

  • LGHAP: the Long-term Gap-free High-resolution Air Pollutant concentration dataset, derived via tensor-flow-based multimodal data fusion

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  • Global policy analysis of low impact development for stormwater management in urban regions

    Ni-Bin Chang;Jia-Wei Lu;Ting Fong May Chui;Nicholas Hartshorn

  • Siting recycling drop-off stations in urban area by genetic algorithm-based fuzzy mulitobjective nonlinear integer programming modeling

    Ni-Bin Chang;Y. L. Wei

  • Integrating temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI) and regional water stress index (RWSI) for drought assessment with the aid of LANDSAT TM/ETM+ images

    Zhiqiang Gao;Zhiqiang Gao;Wei Gao;Ni-Bin Chang

  • Solid Waste Management System Analysis by Multiobjective Mixed Integer Programming Model

    Ni-Bin Chang;S.F. Wang

  • GIS Technology for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling in Solid Waste Collection Systems

    Ni-Bin Chang;H. Y. Lu;Y. L. Wei

  • A fuzzy interval multiobjective mixed integer programming approach for the optimal planning of solid waste management systems

    Ni-Bin Chang;Y. L. Chen;S. F. Wang

  • Short-term streamflow forecasting with global climate change implications – A comparative study between genetic programming and neural network models

    A. Makkeasorn;N.B. Chang;X. Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Gao
Wei Gao Colorado State University
Wei-Hsin Chen
Wei-Hsin Chen National Cheng Kung University
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Willie G. Harris
Willie G. Harris University of Florida
Qihao Weng
Qihao Weng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuyu Zhou
Yuyu Zhou Iowa State University
Guohe Huang
Guohe Huang University of Regina
Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam Tufts University
Fu-Liu Xu
Fu-Liu Xu Peking University
Lei Zhai
Lei Zhai University of Central Florida

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