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D-Index
47
Citations
6841
World Ranking
5897
National Ranking
603

Wei 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 Wei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 225 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei 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 Wei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Karst landscapes of China: patterns, ecosystem processes and services

    Kelin Wang;Chunhua Zhang;Chunhua Zhang;Hongsong Chen;Yueming Yue

  • Temporal responses of soil microorganisms to substrate addition as indicated by amino sugar differentiation

    Hongbo He;Wei Zhang;Xudong Zhang;Hongtu Xie

  • Effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon under natural or managed vegetation restoration

    Pei-Lei Hu;Shu-Juan Liu;Ying-Ying Ye;Wei Zhang

  • Linkage of microbial residue dynamics with soil organic carbon accumulation during subtropical forest succession

    Shuai Shao;Yu Zhao;Wei Zhang;Guoqing Hu;Guoqing Hu

  • Spatial distribution of rock fragments on steep hillslopes in karst region of northwest Guangxi, China.

    Hongsong Chen;Jianwei Liu;Kelin Wang;Wei Zhang

  • Environmental factors controlling colony formation in blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. in Lake Taihu, China.

    Jianrong Ma;Justin D. Brookes;Boqiang Qin;Hans W. Paerl

  • Factors controlling accumulation of soil organic carbon along vegetation succession in a typical karst region in Southwest China.

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  • Rapid recuperation of soil nitrogen following agricultural abandonment in a karst area, southwest China

    Li Wen;Dejun Li;Liqiong Yang;Pan Luo

  • Soil nutrients and stoichiometric ratios as affected by land use and lithology at county scale in a karst area, southwest China.

    Miaomiao Wang;Hongsong Chen;Wei Zhang;Kelin Wang

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus addition impact soil N2O emission in a secondary tropical forest of South China

    Faming Wang;Jian Li;Xiaoli Wang;Wei Zhang

  • Nitrogen addition reduces soil bacterial richness, while phosphorus addition alters community composition in an old-growth N-rich tropical forest in southern China

    Hui Wang;Shirong Liu;Xiao Zhang;Qinggong Mao

  • Dynamic contribution of microbial residues to soil organic matter accumulation influenced by maize straw mulching

    Xiao Liu;Feng Zhou;Guoqing Hu;Shuai Shao

  • Positive correlation between soil bacterial metabolic and plant species diversity and bacterial and fungal diversity in a vegetation succession on Karst

    Xun-Yang He;Ke-Lin Wang;Wei Zhang;Zhi-Hui Chen

  • Identification of microbial strategies for labile substrate utilization at phylogenetic classification using a microcosm approach

    Xinxin Wang;Wei Zhang;Yan Liu;Zhongjun Jia

  • Soil aggregate mediates the impacts of land uses on organic carbon, total nitrogen, and microbial activity in a Karst ecosystem.

    Shuangshuang Xiao;Wei Zhang;Yingying Ye;Jie Zhao

  • Effects of land use on soil respiration in the temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

    Ji-Rui Gong;Yihui Wang;Min Liu;Yongmei Huang

  • Large-scale spatial and interspecies differences in trace elements and stable isotopes in marine wild fish from Chinese waters.

    Wei Zhang;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Response of soil microbial communities to natural and managed vegetation restoration in a subtropical karst region

    Peilei Hu;Jun Xiao;Wei Zhang;Lumei Xiao

  • Biotransformation and detoxification of inorganic arsenic in a marine juvenile fish Terapon jarbua after waterborne and dietborne exposure.

    Wei Zhang;Liangmin Huang;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • The formation of large macroaggregates induces soil organic carbon sequestration in short-term cropland restoration in a typical karst area.

    Lumei Xiao;Wei Zhang;Peilei Hu;Dan Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Zhuang
Jie Zhuang University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Jianguo Zhu
Jianguo Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fangbai Li
Fangbai Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junhua Yan
Junhua Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Edith Bai
Edith Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shijie Han
Shijie Han Chinese Academy of Sciences

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