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D-Index
38
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6048
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6434
National Ranking
408

Runqiu Huang 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 Runqiu Huang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 87 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Runqiu Huang 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 Runqiu Huang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Runqiu Huang is affiliated with Chengdu University of Technology in China. The research work primarily intersects Environmental Science, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on various subfields and topics within these domains.

The main fields of study for Huang comprise:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad areas, Huang's work addresses several specialized subfields, which include:

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

The scientist's research topics cover a range of geological and environmental hazards and processes, such as:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Rock mechanics and modeling
  • Geotechnical engineering and analysis

Runqiu Huang has frequently coauthored with a network of researchers, including:

  • Xiangjun Pei
  • Wei Hu
  • Mauri McSaveney
  • Xuanmei Fan
  • Qiang Xu

Huang has published extensively across several scientific journals, with notable publication venues being:

  • Engineering Geology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Landslides
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Representative papers authored or coauthored by Runqiu Huang include:

  • Topographic and near-surface stratigraphic amplification of the seismic response of a mountain slope revealed by field monitoring and numerical simulations, 2020, Engineering Geology
  • Probabilistic rainfall thresholds for debris flows occurred after the Wenchuan earthquake using a Bayesian technique, 2020, Engineering Geology
  • Coseismic Debris Remains in the Orogen Despite a Decade of Enhanced Landsliding, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Fate of Sediment After a Large Earthquake, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geological and morphological study of the Daguangbao landslide triggered by the Ms. 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, China, 2020, Geomorphology

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

  • Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth

    Robert N. Parker;Alexander L. Densmore;Nicholas J. Rosser;Marcello de Michele

  • Analysis of the geo-hazards triggered by the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China.

    R. Q. Huang;W. L. Li

  • Multivariate statistical evaluation of trace elements in groundwater in a coastal area in Shenzhen, China.

    Kouping Chen;Jiu J. Jiao;Jianmin Huang;Runqiu Huang

  • The landslide story

    Runqiu Huang;Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan

  • 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

  • The characteristics and failure mechanism of the largest landslide triggered by the Wenchuan earthquake, May 12, 2008, China

    Runqiu Huang;Xiangjun Pei;Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan;Weifeng Zhang

  • 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

  • Teaching with variation: A Chinese way of promoting effective Mathematics learning

    L Gu;R Huang;Ference Marton

  • 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

  • Relationship between joint roughness coefficient and fractal dimension of rock fracture surfaces

    Yanrong Li;Runqiu Huang

  • Investigation on Mechanical Behaviors of Sandstone with Two Preexisting Flaws under Triaxial Compression

    Da Huang;Dongming Gu;Chao Yang;Runqiu Huang

  • Post-earthquake landsliding and long-term impacts in the Wenchuan earthquake area, China

    Runqiu Huang;Weile Li

  • Step-path failure of rock slopes with intermittent joints

    Da Huang;Duofeng Cen;Guowei Ma;Runqiu Huang

  • Leaking behavior of shield tunnels under the Huangpu River of Shanghai with induced hazards

    Huai-Na Wu;Huai-Na Wu;Run-Qiu Huang;Wen-Juan Sun;Shui-Long Shen;Shui-Long Shen

  • Prediction of a multi-hazard chain by an integrated numerical simulation approach : the Baige landslide, Jinsha River, China

    Xuanmei Fan;Fan Yang;Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian;Qiang Xu

  • Mechanisms of large-scale landslides in China

    Runqiu Huang

  • Field testing of erodibility of two landslide dams triggered by the 12 May Wenchuan earthquake

    David Chang;Linhe Zhang;Y. Xu;R. Huang

  • A catastrophic rockslide-debris flow in Wulong, Chongqing, China in 2009: background, characterization, and causes

    Qiang Xu;Xuanmei Fan;Xuanmei Fan;Runqiu Huang;Yueping Yin

  • Nonlinear behavior and damage model for fractured rock under cyclic loading based on energy dissipation principle

    Tiantao Li;Xiangjun Pei;Dongpo Wang;Runqiu Huang

  • Two multi-temporal datasets that track the enhanced landsliding after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Guillem Domènech;Fan Yang

  • Decadal vegetation succession from MODIS reveals the spatio-temporal evolution of post-seismic landsliding after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Ali P. Yunus;Xuanmei Fan;Xiaolu Tang;Dou Jie

  • Spatio-temporal evolution of mass wasting after the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake revealed by a detailed multi-temporal inventory

    Xuanmei Fan;Guillem Domènech;Gianvito Scaringi;Runqiu Huang

  • Coseismic landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido, Japan (Mw 6.6), earthquake: spatial distribution, controlling factors, and possible failure mechanism

    Fengrui Wang;Fengrui Wang;Xuanmei Fan;Ali P. Yunus;Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian

  • Analysis of physical testing of rainfall-induced soil slope failures

    Lizhou Wu;Runqiu Huang;Qiang Xu;Limin Zhang

  • Modelling the role of material depletion, grain coarsening and revegetation in debris flow occurrences after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

    Guillem Domènech;Xuanmei Fan;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Theo W.J. van Asch;Theo W.J. van Asch

  • The “long” runout rock avalanche in Pusa, China, on August 28, 2017: a preliminary report

    Xuanmei Fan;Qiang Xu;Gianvito Scaringi;Gianvito Scaringi;Guang Zheng

  • Superheated steam, hot CO2 and dynamic recrystallization from frictional heat jointly lubricated a giant landslide: Field and experimental evidence

    Wei Hu;Runqiu Huang;Mauri McSaveney;Mauri McSaveney;Lu Yao

  • A large landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan (M8.0) earthquake in Donghekou area: Phenomena and mechanisms

    Gonghui Wang;Runqiu Huang;Sérgio D.N. Lourenço;Toshitaka Kamai

  • Topographic and near-surface stratigraphic amplification of the seismic response of a mountain slope revealed by field monitoring and numerical simulations

    Yonghong Luo;Yonghong Luo;Xuanmei Fan;Runqiu Huang;Yunsheng Wang

  • Crustal ductile flow and its contribution to tectonic stress in Southwest China

    Runqiu Huang;Zhi Wang;Zhi Wang;Shunping Pei;Yunsheng Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Xu
Qiang Xu Chengdu University of Technology
Tai Hing Lam
Tai Hing Lam University of Hong Kong
Gianvito Scaringi
Gianvito Scaringi Charles University
Gonghui Wang
Gonghui Wang Kyoto University
C.J. van Westen
C.J. van Westen University of Twente
Shanyong Wang
Shanyong Wang University of Newcastle Australia
Shui-Long Shen
Shui-Long Shen Shantou University
Jian Huang
Jian Huang University of Iowa
Ye-Shuang Xu
Ye-Shuang Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Stephen G. Evans
Stephen G. Evans University of Waterloo

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