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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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 58 publications — 1st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 1st percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

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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