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D-Index
40
Citations
5718
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8118
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748

Sien Li 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 Sien Li sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sien Li 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 Sien Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sien Li is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans various subfields, including global and planetary change, soil science, plant science, water science and technology, and environmental engineering.

The research topics covered by Sien Li center around plant water relations and carbon dynamics, irrigation practices and water management, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and unsaturated flow, greenhouse technology and climate control, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and climate change impacts on agriculture.

Sien Li has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication sources include:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water
  • Agronomy
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Recent papers authored by or associated with Sien Li highlight several topics and findings. These include:

  • Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Review on Drip Irrigation: Impact on Crop Yield, Quality, and Water Productivity in China, 2023, Water
  • Impacts of Global Climate Change on Agricultural Production: A Comprehensive Review, 2024, Agronomy
  • How can drip irrigation save water and reduce evapotranspiration compared to border irrigation in arid regions in northwest China, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • Effect of drip irrigation on wheat evapotranspiration, soil evaporation and transpiration in Northwest China, 2020, Agricultural Water Management

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Shaozhong Kang
  • Risheng Ding
  • Danni Yang
  • Xinmei Hao
  • Mousong Wu

Best Publications

  • Improving agricultural water productivity to ensure food security in China under changing environment: From research to practice

    Shaozhong Kang;Xinmei Hao;Taisheng Du;Ling Tong

  • Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health

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  • Evapotranspiration and crop coefficient of spring maize with plastic mulch using eddy covariance in northwest China

    Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Lu Zhang

  • Review on Drip Irrigation: Impact on Crop Yield, Quality, and Water Productivity in China

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  • Can the drip irrigation under film mulch reduce crop evapotranspiration and save water under the sufficient irrigation condition

    Shujing Qin;Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Taisheng Du

  • Comparison of dual crop coefficient method and Shuttleworth–Wallace model in evapotranspiration partitioning in a vineyard of northwest China

    Peng Zhao;Sien Li;Fusheng Li;Taisheng Du

  • Evaluation of six potential evapotranspiration models for estimating crop potential and actual evapotranspiration in arid regions

    Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Jianhua Zhang

  • Plastic mulch decreases available energy and evapotranspiration and improves yield and water use efficiency in an irrigated maize cropland

    Yaqiong Fan;Risheng Ding;Shaozhong Kang;Xinmei Hao

  • Measuring and modeling maize evapotranspiration under plastic film-mulching condition

    Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Samuel Ortega-Farias

  • Comparison of several surface resistance models for estimating crop evapotranspiration over the entire growing season in arid regions

    Sien Li;Lu Zhang;Shaozhong Kang;Ling Tong

  • Trunk sap flow characteristics during two growth stages of apple tree and its relationships with affecting factors in an arid region of northwest China

    Chunwei Liu;Taisheng Du;Fusheng Li;Shaozhong Kang

  • Effects of plastic mulch on the radiative and thermal conditions and potato growth under drip irrigation in arid Northwest China

    You-Liang Zhang;Feng-Xin Wang;Clinton Cleon Shock;Kai-Jing Yang

  • How can drip irrigation save water and reduce evapotranspiration compared to border irrigation in arid regions in northwest China

    Yahui Wang;Sien Li;Shujing Qin;Hui Guo

  • Influence of different plastic film mulches and wetted soil percentages on potato grown under drip irrigation

    You-Liang Zhang;Feng-Xin Wang;Clinton Cleon Shock;Kai-Jing Yang

  • Energy partitioning and evapotranspiration of hot pepper grown in greenhouse with furrow and drip irrigation methods

    Rangjian Qiu;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Taisheng Du

  • Stomatal conductance drives variations of yield and water use of maize under water and nitrogen stress

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  • Effect of drip irrigation on wheat evapotranspiration, soil evaporation and transpiration in Northwest China

    Danni Yang;Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Taisheng Du

  • Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer and high N application rate promote N2O emission and suppress CH4 uptake in a rotational vegetable system

    Yaqiong Fan;Yaqiong Fan;Xinmei Hao;Alison Carswell;Tom Misselbrook

  • Quantification of maize water uptake from different layers and root zones under alternate furrow irrigation using stable oxygen isotope

    Youjie Wu;Taisheng Du;Fusheng Li;Sien Li

  • Irrigation water productivity is more influenced by agronomic practice factors than by climatic factors in Hexi Corridor, Northwest China.

    Xiaolin Li;Xiaotao Zhang;Jun Niu;Ling Tong

  • Parameterization of the AquaCrop model for full and deficit irrigated maize for seed production in arid Northwest China

    Hui Ran;Hui Ran;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Taisheng Du

  • Simulation of water balance in a maize field under film-mulching drip irrigation

    Qinsi He;Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Hanbo Yang

  • Seasonal variations in vineyard ET partitioning and dual crop coefficients correlate with canopy development and surface soil moisture

    Peng Zhao;Shaozhong Kang;Sien Li;Risheng Ding

  • Ecosystem water use efficiency for a sparse vineyard in arid northwest China

    Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Taisheng Du

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaozhong Kang
Shaozhong Kang China Agricultural University
Taisheng Du
Taisheng Du China Agricultural University
Risheng Ding
Risheng Ding China Agricultural University
Fusheng Li
Fusheng Li Guangxi University
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University
Dawen Yang
Dawen Yang Tsinghua University
Kelin Hu
Kelin Hu Tulane University
Hon-Ming Lam
Hon-Ming Lam Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tom Misselbrook
Tom Misselbrook Rothamsted Research

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