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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8881 8251 570 564 58 4502

Wenyi Sun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wenyi Sun between 2009 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wenyi Sun published across 17 years, from 2009 to 2025, averaging 5.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2019. 18 of the 91 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2009 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2019. 2009: 1 publication 2010: 1 publication 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 10 publications
2009 2025

91 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wenyi Sun: publications per year, 2009 to 2025
Year Publications
2009 1
2010 1
2011 1
2012 2
2013 1
2014 4
2015 7
2016 6
2017 10
2018 3
2019 12
2020 5
2021 4
2022 6
2023 10
2024 8
2025 10
Total 91
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Wenyi Sun 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 Wenyi Sun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 58–67 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 58 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94 58
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Wenyi Sun 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 Wenyi Sun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 31 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215 31
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Wenyi Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, contributing extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research fundamentally covers topics related to hydrology, soil erosion, land use, and ecosystem services.

Their research spans several key subjects including:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Sun has published numerous articles in a variety of academic journals with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • CATENA

Notable recent papers authored by Wenyi Sun include:

  • Land use and cover changes on the Loess Plateau: A comparison of six global or national land use and cover datasets, 2022, Land Use Policy
  • Response of soil erosion to vegetation restoration and terracing on the Loess Plateau, 2023, CATENA
  • Influence of landscape pattern changes on water conservation capacity: A case study in an arid/semiarid region of China, 2024, Ecological Indicators
  • Run-off affected by climate and anthropogenic changes in a large semi-arid river basin, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Decoupling effects of driving factors on sediment yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau, 2022, International Soil and Water Conservation Research

The researcher frequently collaborates with colleagues including Xingmin Mu, Peng Gao, Guangju Zhao, Peng Tian, and Xiaoyan Song. These partnerships have resulted in multiple coauthored publications and contribute to ongoing advances in their research areas.

Sun's work encompasses several subfields reflecting interdisciplinary approaches to environmental and agricultural challenges, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science

Best Publications

  • Spatiotemporal vegetation cover variations associated with climate change and ecological restoration in the Loess Plateau

    Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun;Xiaoyan Song;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Peng Gao;Peng Gao

  • Assessing the effects of land use and topography on soil erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

    Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun;Quanqin Shao;Jiyuan Liu;Jun Zhai

  • Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events in the Loess Plateau (China) during 1960–2013 under global warming

    Wenyi Sun;Xingmin Mu;Xiaoyan Song;Dan Wu

  • Sediment yield reduction associated with land use changes and check dams in a catchment of the Loess Plateau, China

    Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;G. Matt Kondolf;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Mengwei Han

  • Recent changes in extreme precipitation and drought over the Songhua River Basin, China, during 1960-2013

    Xiaoyan Song;Songbai Song;Wenyi Sun;Xingmin Mu

  • Comparison of soil erosion models used to study the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Pengfei Li;Pengfei Li;Pengfei Li;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Joseph Holden;Yiping Wu

  • Soil erosion and its response to the changes of precipitation and vegetation cover on the Loess Plateau

    Wenyi Sun;Quanqin Shao;Jiyuan Liu

  • Use of double mass curves in hydrologic benefit evaluations

    Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Pengfei Li;Pengfei Li;Baili Zhao;Baili Zhao;Ruirui Xu;Ruirui Xu

  • Soil organic carbon as a function of land use and topography on the Loess Plateau of China

    Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun;Hanhua Zhu;Shengli Guo;Shengli Guo

  • Response of soil erosion to vegetation restoration and terracing on the Loess Plateau

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  • Sediment yield estimation in a small watershed on the northern Loess Plateau, China

    Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Andreas Klik;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Fei Wang;Fei Wang

  • Dynamic sediment discharge in the Hekou–Longmen region of Yellow River and soil and water conservation implications

    Peng Gao;Jingcheng Deng;Xueke Chai;Xingmin Mu

  • Assessing sediment connectivity and soil erosion by water in a representative catchment on the Loess Plateau, China

    Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Peng Tian;Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun

  • Evidence and Causes of Spatiotemporal Changes in Runoff and Sediment Yield on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Juying Jiao;Juying Jiao;Zhengfeng An

  • Influence of vegetation restoration on soil physical properties in the Loess Plateau, China

    Chaojun Gu;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao

  • Effects of check dams on runoff and sediment load in a semi-arid river basin of the Yellow River

    Erhui Li;Erhui Li;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Peng Gao

  • Reduced sediment transport in the Chinese Loess Plateau due to climate change and human activities.

    Xiaonan Yang;Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun;Pengfei Li;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu

  • Assessing response of sediment load variation to climate change and human activities with six different approaches.

    Guangju Zhao;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Juying Jiao;Juying Jiao;Peng Gao;Peng Gao

  • Streamflow regimes of the Yanhe River under climate and land use change, Loess Plateau, China

    Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Guantao Jiang;Yongping Wei;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu

  • Distinguishing the effects of vegetation restoration on runoff and sediment generation on simulated rainfall on the hillslopes of the loess plateau of China

    Chaojun Gu;Chaojun Gu;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Peng Gao;Peng Gao;Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao

  • Landscape patches influencing hillslope erosion processes and flow hydrodynamics

    Wenyi Sun;Wenyi Sun;Xingmin Mu;Peng Gao;Guangju Zhao

  • Sediment yield and sources in dam-controlled watersheds on the northern Loess Plateau

    Guangju Zhao;Guangju Zhao;Xingmin Mu;Xingmin Mu;Mengwei Han;Zhengfeng An

Frequent Co-Authors

Xingmin Mu
Xingmin Mu Northwest A&F University
Guangju Zhao
Guangju Zhao Northwest A&F University
Peng Gao
Peng Gao Northwest A&F University
Fei Wang
Fei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andreas Klik
Andreas Klik BOKU University
Hongbo Shao
Hongbo Shao Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Yongqiang Zhang
Yongqiang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph Holden
Joseph Holden University of Leeds

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