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Qianlai Zhuang 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 Qianlai Zhuang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 334 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Qianlai Zhuang 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 Qianlai Zhuang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

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 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qianlai Zhuang is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Soil Science, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics covered by their scientific work include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Qianlai Zhuang has frequently published in various scientific venues. Key publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Among recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Zhuang are:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017, 2020, NOAA Institutional Repository
  • Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks Using δ13C-CH4, 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Reduced net methane emissions due to microbial methane oxidation in a warmer Arctic, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Interactive effects of mulching practice and nitrogen rate on grain yield, water productivity, fertilizer use efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions of rainfed summer maize in northwest China, 2021, Agricultural Water Management
  • Evapotranspiration partitioning and water productivity of rainfed maize under contrasting mulching conditions in Northwest China, 2020, Agricultural Water Management

Qianlai Zhuang has collaborated often with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Shuai Wang
  • Xinxin Jin
  • Licheng Liu
  • Bailu Zhao
  • Wenxin Zhang

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Methane emissions from wetlands: biogeochemical, microbial, and modeling perspectives from local to global scales

    Scott D. Bridgham;Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz;Jason K. Keller;Qianlai Zhuang

  • Dependence of the evolution of carbon dynamics in the northern permafrost region on the trajectory of climate change.

    A. David McGuire;David M. Lawrence;Charles Koven;Joy S. Clein

  • Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model

    Q. Zhuang;J. M. Melillo;D. W. Kicklighter;R. G. Prinn

  • Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems

    E. Euskirchen;A. D. McGuire;David W. Kicklighter;Q. Zhuang

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Estimation of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange for the Conterminous United States by Combining MODIS and AmeriFlux Data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Beverly E. Law

  • Effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a biogeochemistry model

    Benjamin S. Felzer;David W. Kicklighter;Jerry M. Melillo;C. Wang

  • A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Beverly E. Law;Jiquan Chen

  • Reorganization of vegetation, hydrology and soil carbon after permafrost degradation across heterogeneous boreal landscapes

    M. Torre Jorgenson;Jennifer Harden;Mikhail Kanevskiy;Jonathan O'Donnell

  • Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations

    Jingfeng Xiao;Qianlai Zhuang;Beverly E. Law;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Land Use Changes and Consequent CO2 Emissions due to US Corn Ethanol Production: A Comprehensive Analysis

    Wally Tyner;Farzad Taheripour;Qianlai Zhuang;Dileep Birur

  • The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis

    M. S. Balshi;A.D. McGuire;Q. Zhuang;J. Melillo

  • CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century

    Qianlai Zhuang;Jerry M. Melillo;Marcus C. Sarofim;David W. Kicklighter

  • Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics

    Q. Zhuang;Q. Zhuang;A.D. McGuire;J.M. Melillo;Joy S. Clein

  • Carbon dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau during the 20th century: an analysis with a process-based biogeochemical model

    Qianlai Zhuang;J. He;J. He;Y. Lu;L. Ji

  • Evaluating evapotranspiration and water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems in the conterminous United States using MODIS and AmeriFlux data

    Xiaoliang Lu;Qianlai Zhuang

  • Modeling soil thermal and carbon dynamics of a fire chronosequence in interior Alaska

    Q. Zhuang;Q. Zhuang;A. D. McGuire;K. P. O'Neill;J. W. Harden

  • Future Effects of Ozone on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Policy Using a Global Biogeochemical Model

    Benjamin S. Felzer;John M. Reilly;Jerry M. Melillo;David W. Kicklighter

  • ASSESSING THE CARBON BALANCE OF CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC TUNDRA USING REMOTE SENSING AND PROCESS MODELING

    Stephen Sitch;A. David McGuire;John S. Kimball;Nicola Gedney

  • The combined and separate impacts of climate extremes on the current and future US rainfed maize and soybean production under elevated CO2

    Zhenong Jin;Qianlai Zhuang;Jiali Wang;Sotirios V. Archontoulis

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
David W. Kicklighter
David W. Kicklighter Marine Biological Laboratory
A. D. McGuire
A. D. McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Edward J. Dlugokencky
Edward J. Dlugokencky National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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