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Qingyun Duan

Qingyun Duan

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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 81 909 864 94 93 236 39838

Qingyun Duan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Qingyun Duan between 1987 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Qingyun Duan published across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026, averaging 7.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2024. 25 of the 316 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2024. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 0 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 8 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 7 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 27 publications 2025: 24 publications 2026: 1 publication
1987 2026

316 publications in total across all disciplines

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Qingyun Duan: publications per year, 1987 to 2026
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 1
1993 2
1994 1
1995 0
1996 4
1997 0
1998 3
1999 3
2000 2
2001 2
2002 0
2003 17
2004 5
2005 1
2006 8
2007 4
2008 1
2009 1
2010 2
2011 1
2012 7
2013 14
2014 15
2015 18
2016 18
2017 19
2018 19
2019 21
2020 24
2021 16
2022 16
2023 17
2024 27
2025 24
2026 1
Total 316
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Qingyun Duan publications per year - data summary

  • Qingyun Duan, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Hohai University, has 316 publications recorded across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1987 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 27 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 40 years in the span carry no publications at all (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.3 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 85 publications, 27% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1987-2000: 18 publications (1.3 per year); 2001-2014: 78 publications (5.6 per year); 2015-2026: 220 publications (18.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Qingyun Duan 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 Qingyun Duan 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, 231–240 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: 236 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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
231–240 220 236
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
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Qingyun Duan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Qingyun Duan, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Hohai University, records 236 publications - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Qingyun Duan, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Qingyun Duan ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 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 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Qingyun Duan 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 Qingyun Duan 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, 81 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: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38 81
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
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Qingyun Duan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Qingyun Duan, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Hohai University, records 81 D-Index - the 91st percentile of the discipline.
  • 91% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Qingyun Duan, and about 9% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Qingyun Duan ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 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 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Qingyun Duan is affiliated with Hohai University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific attention to subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and ecology.

The main topics in Duan's body of work include climate variability and models, hydrology and watershed management studies, meteorological phenomena and simulations, flood risk assessment and management, hydrological forecasting using artificial intelligence, precipitation measurement and analysis, and cryospheric studies and observations.

Frequent coauthors in Duan's research include Chiyuan Miao, Xuewei Fan, Jiaojiao Gou, Ruochen Sun, and Chenwei Shen.

Duan's publications have appeared repeatedly in several scientific journals. Notably, these venues include Journal of Hydrology, Reviews of Geophysics, Water Resources Research, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Earth's Future.

Some of Duan's recent papers include:

  • The Future of Sensitivity Analysis: An essential discipline for systems modeling and policy support (2020, Environmental Modelling & Software)
  • Ensemble flood forecasting: Current status and future opportunities (2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water)
  • Global surface air temperatures in CMIP6: historical performance and future changes (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Sensitivity Analysis-Based Automatic Parameter Calibration of the VIC Model for Streamflow Simulations Over China (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • The Performance of CMIP6 Versus CMIP5 in Simulating Temperature Extremes Over the Global Land Surface (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)

Qingyun Duan was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Effective and efficient global optimization for conceptual rainfall‐runoff models

    Qingyun Duan;Soroosh Sorooshian;Vijai Gupta

  • Shuffled complex evolution approach for effective and efficient global minimization

    Q. Y. Duan;V. K. Gupta;S. Sorooshian

  • Optimal use of the SCE-UA global optimization method for calibrating watershed models

    Qingyun Duan;Soroosh Sorooshian;Vijai K. Gupta

  • A Review of Global Precipitation Data Sets: Data Sources, Estimation, and Intercomparisons

    Qiaohong Sun;Chiyuan Miao;Qingyun Duan;Hamed Ashouri

  • The multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing multiple GCIP products and partners in a continental distributed hydrological modeling system

    Kenneth E. Mitchell;Dag Lohmann;Paul R. Houser;Eric F. Wood

  • Continental-scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for the North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS-2): 1. Intercomparison and application of model products

    Youlong Xia;Kenneth Mitchell;Michael Ek;Justin Sheffield

  • Modeling of land surface evaporation by four schemes and comparison with FIFE observations

    Fei Chen;Kenneth Mitchell;John Schaake;Yongkang Xue

  • Multi-model ensemble hydrologic prediction using Bayesian model averaging

    Qingyun Duan;Newsha K. Ajami;Xiaogang Gao;Soroosh Sorooshian

  • Model Parameter Estimation Experiment (MOPEX): An overview of science strategy and major results from the second and third workshops

    Q. Duan;J. Schaake;V. Andréassian;S. Franks

  • Real‐time and retrospective forcing in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) project

    Brian A. Cosgrove;Brian A. Cosgrove;Dag Lohmann;Kenneth E. Mitchell;Paul R. Houser

  • An integrated hydrologic Bayesian multimodel combination framework: Confronting input, parameter, and model structural uncertainty in hydrologic prediction

    Newsha K. Ajami;Qingyun Duan;Soroosh Sorooshian

  • A parameterization of snowpack and frozen ground intended for NCEP weather and climate models

    V. Koren;J. Schaake;K. Mitchell;Q.-Y. Duan

  • A global soil data set for earth system modeling

    Wei Shangguan;Yongjiu Dai;Qingyun Duan;Baoyuan Liu

  • Calibration of rainfall‐runoff models: Application of global optimization to the Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model

    Soroosh Sorooshian;Qingyun Duan;Vijai Kumar Gupta

  • A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling

    Wei Shangguan;Yongjiu Dai;Baoyuan Liu;Axing Zhu

  • The Art and Science of Climate Model Tuning

    Frédéric Hourdin;Thorsten Mauritsen;Andrew Gettelman;Jean-Christophe Golaz

  • Simple water balance model for estimating runoff at different spatial and temporal scales

    John C. Schaake;Victor I. Koren;Qing-Yun Duan;Kenneth Mitchell

  • Development of a large-sample watershed-scale hydrometeorological data set for the contiguous USA: data set characteristics and assessment of regional variability in hydrologic model performance

    A. J. Newman;M. P. Clark;K. Sampson;A. Wood

  • Continental‐scale water and energy flux analysis and validation for North American Land Data Assimilation System project phase 2 (NLDAS‐2): 2. Validation of model‐simulated streamflow

    Youlong Xia;Kenneth Mitchell;Michael Ek;Brian Cosgrove

  • The distributed model intercomparison project (DMIP): Motivation and experiment design

    Michael B. Smith;Dong Jun Seo;Victor I. Koren;Seann M. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Chiyuan Miao
Chiyuan Miao Beijing Normal University
Lifeng Luo
Lifeng Luo Michigan State University
Kenneth E. Mitchell
Kenneth E. Mitchell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eric F. Wood
Eric F. Wood Princeton University
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Soroosh Sorooshian
Soroosh Sorooshian University of California, Irvine
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
R. Wayne Higgins
R. Wayne Higgins National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul R. Houser
Paul R. Houser George Mason University
Rachel T. Pinker
Rachel T. Pinker University of Maryland, College Park

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