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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 59 3128 2994 324 320 245 11176

Wenbin Liu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wenbin Liu between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wenbin Liu published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 13.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2017. 13 of the 381 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2017. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 30 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 33 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

381 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wenbin Liu: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 3
2004 2
2005 6
2006 4
2007 5
2008 11
2009 11
2010 9
2011 20
2012 15
2013 30
2014 27
2015 15
2016 23
2017 34
2018 33
2019 32
2020 13
2021 25
2022 15
2023 12
2024 21
2025 12
2026 1
Total 381
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Wenbin Liu publications per year - data summary

  • Wenbin Liu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 381 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2017, with 34 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1999, 2001 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (2000 and 2002).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.7 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 61 publications, 16% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2008: 33 publications (3.3 per year); 2009-2018: 217 publications (21.7 per year); 2019-2026: 131 publications (16.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Wenbin Liu 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 Wenbin Liu 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, 241–250 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: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
241–250 217 245
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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Wenbin Liu 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.
  • Wenbin Liu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 245 publications - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Wenbin Liu, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Wenbin Liu 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).

Wenbin Liu 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 Wenbin Liu 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, 59 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: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 59
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
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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Wenbin Liu 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.
  • Wenbin Liu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 59 D-Index - the 69th percentile of the discipline.
  • 69% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Wenbin Liu, and about 31% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Wenbin Liu 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).

Overview

Wenbin Liu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus primarily within the domain of Environmental Science. Their scholarly contributions emphasize several key subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics revolve around toxic organic pollutants and their impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, air quality and health impacts, microplastics and plastic pollution, carcinogens and genotoxicity assessment, radioactive element chemistry and processing, as well as heavy metals in the environment.

Frequent publication venues for Wenbin Liu include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Molecules
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Wenbin Liu has collaborated extensively with a number of coauthors, among whom are:

  • Tianqi Jia
  • Rongrong Lei
  • Yunchen He
  • Tianao Mao
  • Jinglin Deng

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a focus on environmental contaminants and their spatial distribution, risk assessment, and remediation technologies. Selected publications include:

  • "Occurrence, spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of phthalate esters in water, soil and sediment from Yangtze River Delta, China" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Electrocatalytic Removal of Low-Concentration Uranium Using TiO2 Nanotube Arrays/Ti Mesh Electrodes" (2022) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water-sediment system near chemical industry parks in the Yangtze River Delta, China" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Spatial distributions and sources of PAHs in soil in chemical industry parks in the Yangtze River Delta, China" (2021) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Global status of dioxin emission and China's role in reducing the emission" (2021) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • A spatial temporal assessment of pollution from PCBs in China.

    Ying Xing;Yonglong Lu;Richard W. Dawson;Richard W. Dawson;Yajuan Shi

  • Complementary-Relationship-Based Modeling of Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Across China During 1982–2012: Validations and Spatiotemporal Analyses

    Ning Ma;Jozsef Szilagyi;Jozsef Szilagyi;Yinsheng Zhang;Yinsheng Zhang;Wenbin Liu

  • A worldwide evaluation of basin-scale evapotranspiration estimates against the water balance method

    Wenbin Liu;Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Jing Zhou;Yanzhong Li

  • Temporal variation of extreme rainfall events in China, 1961-2009

    Guobin Fu;Jingjie Yu;Xiubo Yu;Rulin Ouyang

  • Uptake of Toxic Heavy Metals by Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cultivated in the Agricultural Soil near Zhengzhou City, People’s Republic of China

    W.-X. Liu;W.-X. Liu;L.-F. Shen;J.-W. Liu;Y.-W. Wang

  • TSR versus non-TSR processes and their impact on gas geochemistry and carbon stable isotopes in Carboniferous, Permian and Lower Triassic marine carbonate gas reservoirs in the Eastern Sichuan Basin, China

    Q.Y. Liu;R.H. Worden;Z.J. Jin;W.H. Liu

  • Bisphenols, Benzophenones, and Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ethers in Textiles and Infant Clothing.

    Jingchuan Xue;Wenbin Liu;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Kurunthachalam Kannan

  • On wind speed pattern and energy potential in China

    Fa Liu;Fubao Sun;Wenbin Liu;Tingting Wang

  • Global drought and severe drought-affected populations in 1.5 and 2 °C warmer worlds

    Wenbin Liu;Fubao Sun;Wee Ho Lim;Wee Ho Lim;Jie Zhang

  • Distribution and assessment of heavy metals in the surface sediment of Yellow River, China

    Nan Yan;Wenbin Liu;Huiting Xie;Lirong Gao

  • Impacts of Chinese Grain for Green program and climate change on vegetation in the Loess Plateau during 1982-2015

    Gang Li;Shaobo Sun;Jichang Han;Jianwu Yan

  • Estimating continental river basin discharges using multiple remote sensing data sets

    Arthur W. Sichangi;Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Deliang Chen

  • Exploring the water storage changes in the largest lake (Selin Co) over the Tibetan Plateau during 2003-2012 from a basin-wide hydrological modeling

    Jing Zhou;Lei Wang;Yinsheng Zhang;Yanhong Guo

  • Atmospheric Emission of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, Hexachlorobenzene, and Pentachlorobenzene from the Coking Industry

    Guorui Liu;Minghui Zheng;Wenbin Liu;Chengzhi Wang

  • Accumulation and Translocation of Toxic Heavy Metals in Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Growing in Agricultural Soil of Zhengzhou, China

    W.-X. Liu;J.-W. Liu;M.-Z. Wu;Y. Li

  • Estimation and characterization of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs from secondary copper and aluminum metallurgies in China

    Te Ba;Minghui Zheng;Bing Zhang;Wenbin Liu

  • Temporal variation of wind speed in China for 1961–2007

    Guobin Fu;Guobin Fu;Jingjie Yu;Yichi Zhang;Shanshan Hu

  • Co-precipitation synthesis route to yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) transparent ceramics

    Jiang Li;Feng Chen;Wenbin Liu;Wenxin Zhang

  • Evaluation and machine learning improvement of global hydrological model-based flood simulations

    Tao Yang;Tao Yang;Fubao Sun;Pierre Gentine;Wenbin Liu

  • Estimation and characterization of polychlorinated naphthalene emission from coking industries.

    Guorui Liu;Minghui Zheng;Pu Lv;Wenbin Liu

  • Estimation and Congener-Specific Characterization of Polychlorinated Naphthalene Emissions from Secondary Nonferrous Metallurgical Facilities in China

    Te Ba;Minghui Zheng;Bing Zhang;Wenbin Liu

  • Development of a land surface model with coupled snow and frozen soil physics

    Lei Wang;Jing Zhou;Jia Qi;Litao Sun

  • Trophic Magnification of Parabens and Their Metabolites in a Subtropical Marine Food Web

    Xiaohong Xue;Jingchuan Xue;Wenbin Liu;Wenbin Liu;Douglas H. Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Minghui Zheng
Minghui Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guorui Liu
Guorui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiang Li
Jiang Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingkun Guo
Jingkun Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Xunming Wang
Xunming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Xia
Jun Xia Wuhan University
Jingguang Li
Jingguang Li China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Yongning Wu
Yongning Wu Center for Food Safety
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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