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Xianjin Huang

Xianjin Huang

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
7887
World Ranking
4584
National Ranking
483

Xianjin Huang 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 Xianjin Huang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 138 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xianjin Huang 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 Xianjin Huang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xianjin Huang is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Transportation, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics addressed in their research involve:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Rural Development and Sustainability
  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

Xianjin Huang has published numerous articles in various academic venues. Their most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cities
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Landscape and Urban Planning

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Huang are:

  • Urban expansion and the urban-rural income gap: Empirical evidence from China, 2022, Cities
  • Effect of land-use change and optimization on the ecosystem service values of Jiangsu province, China, 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • The United States and China on the paths and policies to carbon neutrality, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • The impact of land urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions in the Yangtze River Delta, China: A multiscale perspective, 2021, Cities
  • Imbalance and drivers of carbon emissions embodied in trade along the Belt and Road Initiative, 2020, Applied Energy

Xianjin Huang collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors. Among the most frequent are:

  • Xinxian Qi
  • Xiyan Mao
  • Hong Yang
  • Mengcheng Wang

The research focus of Xianjin Huang integrates environmental science with economic and urban studies, particularly looking at interactions between land use change, urbanization, carbon emissions, and sustainability practices. This interdisciplinary approach spans various scales and emphasizes empirical data analysis to explore environmental impacts and regional economic relationships.

Best Publications

  • Carbon emissions from land-use change and management in China between 1990 and 2010.

    Li Lai;Xianjin Huang;Hong Yang;Hong Yang;Xiaowei Chuai

  • Enhanced surface ozone during the heat wave of 2013 in Yangtze River Delta region, China.

    X. Pu;T.J. Wang;X. Huang;D. Melas

  • Economic transition, spatial development and urban land use efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

    Changyan Wu;Yehua Dennis Wei;Yehua Dennis Wei;Xianjin Huang;Bowen Chen

  • Land use, total carbon emissions change and low carbon land management in Coastal Jiangsu, China

    Xiaowei Chuai;Xianjin Huang;Wanjing Wang;Rongqin Zhao

  • Environmental effects of land-use/cover change caused by urbanization and policies in Southwest China Karst area – A case study of Guiyang

    Yan Liu;Xianjin Huang;Hong Yang;Hong Yang;Taiyang Zhong

  • Land use structure optimization based on carbon storage in several regional terrestrial ecosystems across China

    Xiaowei Chuai;Xianjin Huang;Li Lai;Wanjing Wang

  • Land use and ecosystems services value changes and ecological land management in coastal Jiangsu, China

    Xiaowei Chuai;Xianjin Huang;Xianjin Huang;Changyan Wu;Jianbao Li

  • Effect of land-use change and optimization on the ecosystem service values of Jiangsu province, China

    Changyan Wu;Bowen Chen;Xianjin Huang;Y.H. Dennis Wei

  • The effect of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta, China

    Jianbao Li;Jianbao Li;Jianbao Li;Xianjin Huang;Xianjin Huang;Mei-Po Kwan;Mei-Po Kwan;Hong Yang;Hong Yang

  • Impact of land use type conversion on carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems of China: A spatial-temporal perspective.

    Mei Zhang;Xianjin Huang;Xiaowei Chuai;Hong Yang

  • Spatiotemporal Changes of Built-Up Land Expansion and Carbon Emissions Caused by the Chinese Construction Industry.

    Xiaowei Chuai;Xianjin Huang;Xianjin Huang;Qinli Lu;Mei Zhang

  • Urbanization's effects on the urban-rural income gap in China: A meta-regression analysis

    Yuan Yuan;Mingshu Wang;Yi Zhu;Xianjin Huang

  • The impact of land urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions in the Yangtze River Delta, China: A multiscale perspective

    Jianbao Li;Xianjin Huang;Xiaowei Chuai;Hong Yang

  • Imbalance and drivers of carbon emissions embodied in trade along the Belt and Road Initiative

    Qinli Lu;Kai Fang;Reinout Heijungs;Reinout Heijungs;Kuishuang Feng

  • Multi-sectoral decomposition in decoupling industrial growth from carbon emissions in the developed Jiangsu Province, China

    Qinli Lu;Hong Yang;Xianjin Huang;Xiaowei Chuai

  • Improving air pollution control policy in China--A perspective based on cost-benefit analysis.

    Jinglei Gao;Zengwei Yuan;Xuewei Liu;Xiaoming Xia

  • Soil Pollution: Urban Brownfields

    Hong Yang;Xianjin Huang;Julian R. Thompson;Roger J. Flower

  • Temporal and spatial variability of agricultural land loss in relation to policy and accessibility in a low hilly region of southeast China

    Tai-Yang Zhong;Xian-Jin Huang;Xiu-Ying Zhang;Xiu-Ying Zhang;Ke Wang

  • Spatial econometric analysis of carbon emissions from energy consumption in China

    Xiaowei Chuai;Xianjin Huang;Wanjing Wang;Jiqun Wen

  • Construction of ecological security pattern adapting to future land use change in Pearl River Delta, China

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  • The effect of land use planning (2006–2020) on construction land growth in China

    Yan Zhou;Xianjin Huang;Xianjin Huang;Yi Chen;Taiyang Zhong

  • Success or failure: Evaluating the implementation of China's National General Land Use Plan (1997–2010)

    Taiyang Zhong;Bruce Mitchell;Xianjin Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Yang
Hong Yang University of Reading
Julian R. Thompson
Julian R. Thompson University College London
Mei-Po Kwan
Mei-Po Kwan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hannes Taubenböck
Hannes Taubenböck German Aerospace Center
Jonathan Crush
Jonathan Crush Balsillie School of International Affairs
Roger J. Flower
Roger J. Flower University College London
Prodromos Zanis
Prodromos Zanis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Xiaoling Zhang
Xiaoling Zhang University of Hong Kong
Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng
Gwo-Hshiung Tzeng National Taipei University
Yehua Dennis Wei
Yehua Dennis Wei University of Utah

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