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
Engineering and Technology 71 992 936 185 184 281 15718
Earth Science 77 634 561 47 45 322 18394

Qiang Xu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Qiang Xu between 2006 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Qiang Xu published across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025, averaging 19.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2021. 26 of the 383 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2021. 2006: 4 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 36 publications 2018: 32 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 43 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 12 publications
2006 2025

383 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Qiang Xu: publications per year, 2006 to 2025
Year Publications
2006 4
2007 0
2008 2
2009 6
2010 6
2011 18
2012 15
2013 26
2014 16
2015 24
2016 23
2017 36
2018 32
2019 41
2020 40
2021 43
2022 15
2023 10
2024 14
2025 12
Total 383
Download as CSV

Qiang Xu publications per year - data summary

  • Qiang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chengdu University of Technology, has 383 publications recorded across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2006 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 43 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2008, with 2 publications.
  • 1 of the 20 years in the span carries no publications at all (2007).
  • The rate of publication averages 19.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 20.2 per year counting only the 19 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 94 publications, 25% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2006-2012: 51 publications (7.3 per year); 2013-2019: 198 publications (28.3 per year); 2020-2025: 134 publications (22.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Qiang Xu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qiang Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 318–327 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 322 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

View publications distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93 322
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
Download as CSV

Qiang Xu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Qiang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chengdu University of Technology, records 322 publications - the 89th percentile of the discipline.
  • 89% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Qiang Xu, and about 11% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Qiang Xu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Qiang Xu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qiang Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32 77
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
Download as CSV

Qiang Xu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Qiang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chengdu University of Technology, records 77 D-Index - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Qiang Xu, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Qiang Xu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Qiang Xu is affiliated with Chengdu University of Technology in China and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering. Their work spans over multiple interconnected fields and subfields that address natural hazards, environmental processes, and engineering applications.

The main fields of study for Qiang Xu include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering

Within these fields, key subfields of research include:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Qiang Xu's main research topics illustrate a focused interest in understanding and analyzing natural hazards and environmental phenomena with applications to geotechnical and hydrological processes. The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Their frequent publication venues suggest a strong engagement with communities focusing on environmental geology, geophysics, and earth surface processes. These venues include:

  • CATENA
  • Landslides
  • Engineering Geology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Qiang Xu often collaborates with a select group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Weile Li
  • Kuanyao Zhao
  • Xiujun Dong
  • Wanlin Chen
  • Chuanhao Pu

Representative recent publications from Qiang Xu include:

  • Remote sensing for landslide investigations: A progress report from China, 2023, Engineering Geology
  • Rapidly Evolving Controls of Landslides After a Strong Earthquake and Implications for Hazard Assessments, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Complex anthropogenic interaction on vegetation greening in the Chinese Loess Plateau, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A new grey prediction model and its application to predicting landslide displacement, 2020, Applied Soft Computing
  • Probabilistic rainfall thresholds for debris flows occurred after the Wenchuan earthquake using a Bayesian technique, 2020, Engineering Geology

Best Publications

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

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

  • Distribution pattern of earthquake-induced landslides triggered by the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Tolga Gorum;Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan;Cees J. van Westen;Run Qiu Huang

  • Spatial distribution analysis of landslides triggered by 2008.5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

    Shengwen Qi;Shengwen Qi;Qiang Xu;Hengxing Lan;Bing Zhang

  • Failure mechanism and kinematics of the deadly June 24th 2017 Xinmo landslide, Maoxian, Sichuan, China

    Xuanmei Fan;Qiang Xu;Gianvito Scaringi;Lanxin Dai

  • Coseismic landslides triggered by the 8th August 2017 Ms 7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake (Sichuan, China): factors controlling their spatial distribution and implications for the seismogenic blind fault identification

    Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Qiang Xu;Weiwei Zhan;Weiwei Zhan

  • What we have learned from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and its aftermath: A decade of research and challenges

    Xuanmei Fan;C. Hsein Juang;Janusz Wasowski;Runqiu Huang

  • Landslide dams triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake, Sichuan Province, south west China

    Qiang Xu;Xuan-Mei Fan;Xuan-Mei Fan;Run-Qiu Huang;Cee Van Westen;Cee Van Westen

  • The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art

    Xuanmei Fan;Anja Dufresne;Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian;Alexander Strom

  • Run-out analysis of flow-like landslides triggered by the Ms 8.0 2008 Wenchuan earthquake using smoothed particle hydrodynamics

    Yu Huang;Yu Huang;Weijie Zhang;Qiang Xu;Pan Xie

  • Some considerations on the use of numerical methods to simulate past landslides and possible new failures: the case of the recent Xinmo landslide (Sichuan, China)

    Gianvito Scaringi;Xuanmei Fan;Qiang Xu;Chun Liu

  • Successive landsliding and damming of the Jinsha River in eastern Tibet, China: prime investigation, early warning, and emergency response

    Xuanmei Fan;Qiang Xu;Andres Alonso-Rodriguez;Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian

  • A MacCormack-TVD finite difference method to simulate the mass flow in mountainous terrain with variable computational domain

    Chaojun Ouyang;Siming He;Qiang Xu;Yu Luo

  • Dynamic analysis and numerical modeling of the 2015 catastrophic landslide of the construction waste landfill at Guangming, Shenzhen, China

    Chaojun Ouyang;Kaiqi Zhou;Qiang Xu;Jianhua Yin

  • SPH model for fluid–structure interaction and its application to debris flow impact estimation

    Zili Dai;Zili Dai;Yu Huang;Hualin Cheng;Qiang Xu

  • The 13 August 2010 catastrophic debris flows after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China

    Q. Xu;Shuai Zhang;W.L. Li;Th W.J. Van Asch

  • Analysis of landslide dams induced by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan;Cees J. van Westen;Qiang Xu;Tolga Gorum

  • Effects of rainwater softening on red mudstone of deep-seated landslide, Southwest China

    Shuai Zhang;Shuai Zhang;Qiang Xu;Zeming Hu

  • DDA validation of the mobility of earthquake-induced landslides

    Yingbin Zhang;Yingbin Zhang;Jinmei Wang;Qiang Xu;Guangqi Chen

  • Mapping landslide surface displacements with time series SAR interferometry by combining persistent and distributed scatterers: A case study of Jiaju landslide in Danba, China

    Jie Dong;Lu Zhang;Minggao Tang;Mingsheng Liao

  • Upper Miocene to Quaternary unidirectionally migrating deep-water channels in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea

    Chenglin Gong;Yingmin Wang;Weilin Zhu;Weiguo Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Runqiu Huang
Runqiu Huang Chengdu University of Technology
Gianvito Scaringi
Gianvito Scaringi Charles University
Gonghui Wang
Gonghui Wang Kyoto University
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
John D. Jansen
John D. Jansen Czech Academy of Sciences
Pierre-Yves Hicher
Pierre-Yves Hicher École Centrale de Nantes
Zhen-Yu Yin
Zhen-Yu Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mingsheng Liao
Mingsheng Liao Wuhan University
Li Min Zhang
Li Min Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zhenhong Li
Zhenhong Li Chang'an University

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 Earth Science in the USA opens doors to a variety of interdisciplinary career paths. Beyond traditional geology or environmental roles, professionals often explore fields like library science, digital photography, and language services to complement their expertise.

For those interested in organizing and managing scientific information, understanding if is library science a good career can help clarify opportunities in data curation and knowledge management within Earth Science domains.

Visual documentation through digital imagery is another growing area. Exploring the cheapest online photography degree programs can provide affordable entry points for enhancing skills in environmental photography and remote sensing.

Veterans seeking educational flexibility will find tailored options through photography programs online for veterans, which emphasize practical skills that complement field research and earth observation.

Finally, acquiring language proficiency is invaluable for global collaboration in Earth Science. Reviewing spanish degrees online can open pathways in international environmental policy and scientific communication.

Best Scientists Citing Qiang Xu

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles