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Renhe Zhang

Renhe Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
17494
World Ranking
2294
National Ranking
236

Renhe Zhang 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 Renhe Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 438 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Renhe Zhang 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 Renhe Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Renhe Zhang is a researcher affiliated with Fudan University in China, with extensive contributions to the Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science fields. Their scientific work encompasses various specialized subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Plant Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The primary focus of Zhang's research involves climate variability and models, with a significant emphasis on meteorological phenomena and simulations. Their investigation also covers Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, air quality and health impacts, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, as well as atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Among their recent highly cited papers are:

  • Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China (2023, Nature)
  • Historic Yangtze flooding of 2020 tied to extreme Indian Ocean conditions (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Increased European heat waves in recent decades in response to shrinking Arctic sea ice and Eurasian snow cover (2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science)
  • Soil moisture-atmosphere coupling accelerates global warming (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Delayed use of bioenergy crops might threaten climate and food security (2022, Nature)

Zhang has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors including Jianmin Chen, Zhen-Qiang Zhou, Xu Tang, Rong Wang, and Zhiyan Zuo. Their publications are often featured in notable scientific journals and venues such as Climate Dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Climate, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

This research portfolio reflects a comprehensive engagement with environmental systems and climate science, contributing to the understanding of dynamic Earth processes and their implications for environmental change.

Best Publications

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • Impact of El Niño on the East Asian Monsoon A Diagnostic Study of the '86/87 and '91/92 Events

    Renhe Zhang;Renhe Zhang;Akimasa Sumi;Masahide Kimoto

  • A diagnostic study of the impact of El Niño on the precipitation in China

    Renhe Zhang;Akimasa Sumi;Masahide Kimoto

  • Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Jianhui Chen;Wei Huang;Shengqian Chen

  • Meteorological conditions for the persistent severe fog and haze event over eastern China in January 2013

    Zhang RenHe;Qiang Li;RuoNan Zhang

  • Theories on formation of an anomalous anticyclone in western North Pacific during El Niño: A review

    Tim Li;Tim Li;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Bo Wu;Tianjun Zhou

  • Historic Yangtze flooding of 2020 tied to extreme Indian Ocean conditions.

    Zhen-Qiang Zhou;Shang-Ping Xie;Renhe Zhang

  • Impact of El Niño on atmospheric circulations over East Asia and rainfall in China: Role of the anomalous western North Pacific anticyclone

    RenHe Zhang;QingYe Min;JingZhi Su

  • Moisture Circulation over East Asia during El Niño Episode in Northern Winter, Spring and Autumn

    Renhe Zhang;Akimasa Sumi

  • Effects of autumn-winter Arctic sea ice on winter Siberian High

    BingYi Wu;JingZhi Su;RenHe Zhang

  • An Asian–Pacific teleconnection in summer tropospheric temperature and associated Asian climate variability

    Ping Zhao;Yani Zhu;Renhe Zhang

  • The Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX)

    Yali Luo;Renhe Zhang;Qilin Wan;Bin Wang

  • Impact of Indian summer monsoon on the South Asian High and its influence on summer rainfall over China

    Wei Wei;Renhe Zhang;Min Wen;Xinyao Rong

  • Interannual variation of the wintertime fog-haze days across central and eastern China and its relation with East Asian winter monsoon

    Qiang Li;Renhe Zhang;Yu Wang

  • Comparison of Rainfall Characteristics and Convective Properties of Monsoon Precipitation Systems over South China and the Yangtze and Huai River Basin

    Yali Luo;Hui Wang;Renhe Zhang;Weimiao Qian

  • Interannual Variation of the South Asian High and Its Relation with Indian and East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

    Wei Wei;Renhe Zhang;Min Wen;Baek-Jo Kim

  • Impacts of Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies on Indo-East Asian summer monsoon-ENSO relationship

    XinYao Rong;RenHe Zhang;Tim Li

  • Recent advances in studies of the interaction between the East Asian winter and summer monsoons and ENSO cycle

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  • Relations of Water Vapor Transport from Indian Monsoon with That over East Asia and the Summer Rainfall in China

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  • On the association between spring Arctic sea ice concentration and Chinese summer rainfall.

    Bingyi Wu;Renhe Zhang;Bin Wang;Rosanne D'Arrigo

  • Advances in studying interactions between aerosols and monsoon in China

    GuoXiong Wu;ZhanQing Li;CongBin Fu;XiaoYe Zhang

  • Eurasian snow cover variability and its association with summer rainfall in China

    Bingyi Wu;Kun Yang;Renhe Zhang

  • Intercomparison of Deep Convection over the Tibetan Plateau–Asian Monsoon Region and Subtropical North America in Boreal Summer Using CloudSat/CALIPSO Data

    Yali Luo;Renhe Zhang;Weimiao Qian;Zhengzhao Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Bingyi Wu
Bingyi Wu Fudan University
Tim Li
Tim Li University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Toshio Koike
Toshio Koike University of Tokyo
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Rosanne D'Arrigo
Rosanne D'Arrigo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Wanqiu Wang
Wanqiu Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tianjun Zhou
Tianjun Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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