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D-Index
118
Citations
45444
World Ranking
111
National Ranking
45

Xiangming Xiao publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiangming Xiao sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 472 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Xiangming Xiao D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiangming Xiao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award

Overview

Xiangming Xiao is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States, with a primary focus in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Themes prominent in Xiao's research include Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Urban Green Space and Health, and Remote Sensing and Land Use.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Xiao reflect these themes and cover diverse topics with substantial citation counts. These include:

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • The 10-m crop type maps in Northeast China during 2017-2019 (2021, Scientific Data)
  • A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China (2022, Nature Sustainability)

Xiao has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent coauthors, listing Jun Yang, Yuanwei Qin, Jianhong Xia, Jinwei Dong, and Xiaocui Wu among those with whom they have published most frequently.

Publication venues where Xiao has contributed significantly include Remote Sensing, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Sustainable Cities and Society, and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In addition to research articles, Xiao has contributed to academic book literature, with a publication titled Meta-Scenario Computation for Social-Geographical Sustainability published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Mapping paddy rice agriculture in southern China using multi-temporal MODIS images

    Xiangming Xiao;Stephen Boles;Jiyuan Liu;Dafang Zhuang

  • Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest

    Xiangming Xiao;David Hollinger;John Aber;Mike Goltz

  • Mapping paddy rice agriculture in South and Southeast Asia using multi-temporal MODIS images

    Xiangming Xiao;Stephen Boles;Steve Frolking;Changsheng Li

  • Modeling gross primary production of temperate deciduous broadleaf forest using satellite images and climate data

    Xiangming Xiao;Qingyuan Zhang;Bobby Braswell;Shawn Urbanski

  • Mapping paddy rice planting area in northeastern Asia with Landsat 8 images, phenology-based algorithm and Google Earth Engine

    Jinwei Dong;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Michael A. Menarguez;Geli Zhang

  • Increased vegetation growth and carbon stock in China karst via ecological engineering

    Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Stephanie Horion

  • Green-up dates in the Tibetan Plateau have continuously advanced from 1982 to 2011

    Geli Zhang;Yangjian Zhang;Jinwei Dong;Xiangming Xiao

  • A global moderate resolution dataset of gross primary production of vegetation for 2000–2016

    Yao Zhang;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Xiaocui Wu;Sha Zhou

  • Forest management in southern China generates short term extensive carbon sequestration

    Xiaowei Tong;Xiaowei Tong;Martin Brandt;Yuemin Yue;Philippe Ciais

  • A satellite-based biosphere parameterization for net ecosystem CO2 exchange: Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM)

    Pathmathevan Mahadevan;Steven C. Wofsy;Daniel M. Matross;Daniel M. Matross;Xiangming Xiao

  • Characterization of forest types in Northeastern China, using multi-temporal SPOT-4 VEGETATION sensor data

    Xiangming Xiao;Stephen Boles;Jiyuan Liu;Dafang Zhuang

  • Combining remote sensing and ground census data to develop new maps of the distribution of rice agriculture in China

    Steve Frolking;Jianjun Qiu;Stephen Boles;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao

  • A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

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  • Observation of flooding and rice transplanting of paddy rice fields at the site to landscape scales in China using VEGETATION sensor data

    X. Xiao;S. Boles;S. Frolking;W. Salas

  • A mangrove forest map of China in 2015: analysis of time series Landsat 7/8 and Sentinel-1A imagery in Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform.

    Bangqian Chen;Bangqian Chen;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangping Li;Lianghao Pan;Lianghao Pan

  • Spatial analysis of growing season length control over net ecosystem exchange

    Galina Churkina;David Schimel;Bobby H. Braswell;Xiangming Xiao

  • Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in a seasonally moist tropical evergreen forest

    Xiangming Xiao;Qingyuan Zhang;Scott Saleska;Lucy Hutyra

  • Ecosystem functions, services and their values – a case study in Xingshan County of China

    Zhongwei Guo;Xiangming Xiao;Yaling Gan;Yuejun Zheng

  • Tracking the dynamics of paddy rice planting area in 1986–2010 through time series Landsat images and phenology-based algorithms

    Jinwei Dong;Jinwei Dong;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Xiangming Xiao;Weili Kou;Weili Kou;Yuanwei Qin

  • Global distribution, trends, and drivers of flash drought occurrence

    Jordan I. Christian;Jeffrey B. Basara;Eric D. Hunt;Jason A. Otkin

  • Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the 'Three North' region of China from 1982 to 2013

    Yao Zhang;Yao Zhang;Changhui Peng;Changhui Peng;Weizhong Li;Liuxi Tian;Liuxi Tian

  • Anatidae Migration in the Western Palearctic and Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus

    Marius Gilbert;Xiangming Xiao;Joseph Domenech;Juan Lubroth

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinwei Dong
Jinwei Dong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuanwei Qin
Yuanwei Qin University of Oklahoma
Yao Zhang
Yao Zhang Peking University
Marius Gilbert
Marius Gilbert Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chandrashekhar Biradar
Chandrashekhar Biradar International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Egypt
Berrien Moore
Berrien Moore University of Oklahoma
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Diann J. Prosser
Diann J. Prosser United States Fish and Wildlife Service
William Salas
William Salas Durham University
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire

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