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D-Index
49
Citations
9853
World Ranking
5203
National Ranking
1915

Qi Hu 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 Qi Hu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 95 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qi Hu 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 Qi Hu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qi Hu is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States and conducts research primarily focused on agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science. Their work intersects several subfields including soil science, global and planetary change, plant science, civil and structural engineering, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's research addresses topics related to irrigation practices and water management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil and unsaturated flow, climate change impacts on agriculture, potato plant research, agronomic practices and intercropping systems, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Qi Hu has published in a variety of scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Field Crops Research
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Frequent co-authors in Qi Hu's collaborations include:

  • Xianyue Li
  • Haibin Shi
  • Ning Chen
  • Yuehong Zhang
  • Xuebiao Pan

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Qi Hu encompass:

  • Effects of residual plastic-film mulch on field corn growth and productivity, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Extraction and identification methods of microplastics and nanoplastics in agricultural soil: A review, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Effect of biodegradable film mulching on crop yield, soil microbial and enzymatic activities, and optimal levels of irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer for the Zea mays crops in arid region, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Evaluating the effects of biodegradable and plastic film mulching on soil temperature in a drip-irrigated field, 2021, Soil and Tillage Research
  • Evaluating soil nitrate dynamics in an intercropping dripped ecosystem using HYDRUS-2D, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • An evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index, the China-Z Index and the statistical Z-Score

    Hong Wu;Michael J. Hayes;Albert Weiss;Qi Hu

  • Annual and seasonal streamflow responses to climate and land-cover changes in the Poyang Lake basin, China

    Hua Guo;Qi Hu;Tong Jiang

  • Quality control of daily meteorological data in China, 1951-2000: a new dataset

    Song Feng;Qi Hu;Weihong Qian

  • Effects of the Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River flow and river interaction with Poyang Lake, China: 2003-2008

    Hua Guo;Qi Hu;Qi Zhang;Song Feng

  • Changes in near-surface wind speed in China: 1969-2005

    Hua Guo;Ming Xu;Ming Xu;Qi Hu

  • Groundwater influences on soil moisture and surface evaporation

    Xi Chen;Qi Hu

  • Temperature Changes in Central Asia from 1979 to 2011 Based on Multiple Datasets

    Zengyun Hu;Chi Zhang;Qi Hu;Hanqin Tian

  • Interactions of the Yangtze river flow and hydrologic processes of the Poyang Lake, China

    Qi Hu;Song Feng;Hua Guo;Guiya Chen

  • North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections*

    Eric D. Maloney;Suzana J. Camargo;Edmund Chang;Brian Colle

  • North American Climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part I: Evaluation of historical simulations of continental and regional climatology

    Justin Sheffield;Andrew P. Barrett;Brian Colle;D. Nelun Fernando;D. Nelun Fernando

  • Environmental effects on pregnancy rate in beef cattle

    J. L. Amundson;Terry L. Mader;Richard J. Rasby;Q. S. Hu

  • Projected climate regime shift under future global warming from multi-model, multi-scenario CMIP5 simulations

    Song Feng;Qi Hu;Wei Huang;Chang Hoi Ho

  • A Daily Soil Temperature Dataset and Soil Temperature Climatology of the Contiguous United States

    Qi Hu;Song Feng

  • Low-Frequency Oscillations in Radiative-Convective Systems

    Qi Hu;David A. Randall

  • Changes in winter snowfall/precipitation ratio in the contiguous United States

    Song Feng;Qi Hu

  • Evaluation of reanalysis, spatially interpolated and satellite remotely sensed precipitation data sets in central Asia

    Zengyun Hu;Zengyun Hu;Qi Hu;Chi Zhang;Chi Zhang;Xi Chen

  • EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES ON THE PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX IN THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES

    Qi Hu;Gary D. Willson

  • How the North Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation may have influenced the Indian summer monsoon during the past two millennia

    Song Feng;Qi Hu

  • North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part II: Evaluation of Historical Simulations of Intraseasonal to Decadal Variability

    Justin Sheffield;Suzana J. Camargo;Rong Fu;Qi Hu

  • Climate Effects on Corn Yield in Missouri(.

    Qi Hu;Gregory Buyanovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Feng
Song Feng University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Robert J. Oglesby
Robert J. Oglesby University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Qi Zhang
Qi Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kenneth G. Hubbard
Kenneth G. Hubbard University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Weihong Qian
Weihong Qian Peking University
Rong Fu
Rong Fu University of California, Los Angeles
Eric D. Maloney
Eric D. Maloney Colorado State University
James L. Kinter
James L. Kinter George Mason University
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
J. David Neelin
J. David Neelin University of California, Los Angeles

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