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Ecology and Evolution 50 3867 3729 83 83 187 8920

Xianzhou Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xianzhou Zhang between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xianzhou Zhang published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 13.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2013. 33 of the 494 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2013. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 33 publications 2009: 34 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 33 publications 2012: 35 publications 2013: 40 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 24 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 16 publications
1989 2025

494 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xianzhou Zhang: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 1
2001 2
2002 3
2003 3
2004 8
2005 14
2006 11
2007 11
2008 33
2009 34
2010 28
2011 33
2012 35
2013 40
2014 21
2015 25
2016 29
2017 24
2018 19
2019 21
2020 21
2021 20
2022 11
2023 12
2024 17
2025 16
Total 494
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Xianzhou Zhang publications per year - data summary

  • Xianzhou Zhang, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 494 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2013, with 40 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1989, 1992 and 2000, with 1 publication each.
  • 9 of the 37 years in the span carry no publications at all (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 17.6 per year counting only the 28 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 76 publications, 15% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 5 publications (0.4 per year); 2002-2014: 274 publications (21.1 per year); 2015-2025: 215 publications (19.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Xianzhou Zhang 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 Xianzhou Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 187–191 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 187 publications — 69th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170 187
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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Xianzhou Zhang publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 37–41 to 531+ publications.
  • Xianzhou Zhang, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 187 publications - the 69th percentile of the discipline.
  • 69% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Xianzhou Zhang, and about 31% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 147–151 publications range, and Xianzhou Zhang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 97–101 publications, holding 333 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 157–161 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 531 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Xianzhou Zhang 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 Xianzhou Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213
48 207
49 172
50 209 50
51 199
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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Xianzhou Zhang D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 92 ranges running from 30 to 121+ D-Index.
  • Xianzhou Zhang, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 50 D-Index - the 56th percentile of the discipline.
  • 56% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Xianzhou Zhang, and about 44% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48 D-Index range, and Xianzhou Zhang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 40 D-Index, holding 280 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 52 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 121 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Xianzhou Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, contributing to several interconnected subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers multiple specialized topics, with significant attention to Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, and Climate Variability and Models.

Xianzhou Zhang has authored numerous research papers published in a variety of academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Grassland changes and adaptive management on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic contributions to nonlinear dynamics of alpine grassland productivity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, 2020, published in Journal of Environmental Management
  • Warming homogenizes apparent temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • Declining human activity intensity on alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau, 2021, published in Journal of Environmental Management
  • Sentinel-2 red-edge spectral indices (RESI) suitability for mapping rubber boom in Luang Namtha Province, northern Lao PDR, 2020, published in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Resources and Ecology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jianshuang Wu
  • Ben Niu
  • Yongtao He
  • Peili Shi
  • Meng Li

Best Publications

  • The impact of climate change and anthropogenic activities on alpine grassland over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Baoxiong Chen;Xianzhou Zhang;Jian Tao;Jianshuang Wu

  • Mutual influence between human activities and climate change in the Tibetan Plateau during recent years

    Mingyuan Du;Shigeto Kawashima;Seiichiro Yonemura;Xianzhou Zhang

  • Spatiotemporal pattern of gross primary productivity and its covariation with climate in China over the last thirty years.

    Yitong Yao;Xuhui Wang;Yue Li;Tao Wang

  • Effects of grazing exclusion on carbon sequestration and plant diversity in grasslands of China—A meta-analysis

    Dingpeng Xiong;Peili Shi;Xianzhou Zhang;Chris B. Zou

  • Climate‐driven global changes in carbon use efficiency

    Yangjian Zhang;Guirui Yu;Jian Yang;Michael C. Wimberly

  • Ecological and environmental issues faced by a developing Tibet.

    Chengqun Yu;Yangjian Zhang;Holzapfel Claus;Rong Zeng

  • Responses and feedback of the Tibetan Plateau’s alpine ecosystem to climate change

    Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Xianzhou Zhang;Tao Wang;Eryuan Liang

  • Increased precipitation has stronger effects on plant production of an alpine meadow than does experimental warming in the Northern Tibetan Plateau

    Gang Fu;Zhen-Xi Shen;Xian-Zhou Zhang

  • Diversity and distribution of autotrophic microbial community along environmental gradients in grassland soils on the Tibetan Plateau

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  • Net ecosystem CO2 exchange and controlling factors in a steppe - Kobresia meadow on the Tibetan Plateau

    Peili Shi;Xiaomin Sun;Lingling Xu;Xianzhou Zhang

  • Root biomass distribution in alpine ecosystems of the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Xiaojia Li;Xianzhou Zhang;Jianshuang Wu;Zhenxi Shen

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of experimental warming on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau

    Xian-Zhou Zhang;Zhen-Xi Shen;Gang Fu

  • Diurnal and seasonal variability of soil CO2 efflux in a cropland ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau

    Pei-Li Shi;Xian-Zhou Zhang;Zhi-Ming Zhong;Hua Ouyang

  • Measuring and modelling photosynthetically active radiation in Tibet Plateau during April-October

    Xianzhou Zhang;Yiguang Zhang;Yunhua Zhoub

  • Changes in individual plant traits and biomass allocation in alpine meadow with elevation variation on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    WeiLing Ma;PeiLi Shi;WenHua Li;YongTao He

  • A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Experimental Warming on Plant Physiology and Growth on the Tibetan Plateau

    Gang Fu;Zhen-Xi Shen;Wei Sun;Zhi-Ming Zhong

  • Elevation‐dependent relationships between climate change and grassland vegetation variation across the Qinghai‐Xizang Plateau

    Jian Tao;Yangjian Zhang;Jinwei Dong;Yu Fu

  • Estimating air temperature of an alpine meadow on the Northern Tibetan Plateau using MODIS land surface temperature

    Gang Fu;Zhenxi Shen;Xianzhou Zhang;Peili Shi

  • Micrometeorological fluxes under the influence of regional and local advection: a revisit

    Xuhui Lee;Qiang Yu;Xiaomin Sun;Jiandong Liu

  • A new estimation of China's net ecosystem productivity based on eddy covariance measurements and a model tree ensemble approach

    Yitong Yao;Zhijian Li;Tao Wang;Anping Chen

  • Spatiotemporal pattern of terrestrial evapotranspiration in China during the past thirty years

    Xiangyi Li;Yue He;Zhenzhong Zeng;Xu Lian

  • Effects of Grazing Exclusion on Plant Productivity and Soil Carbon, Nitrogen Storage in Alpine Meadows in Northern Tibet, China

    Dingpeng Xiong;Peili Shi;Yinliang Sun;Jianshuang Wu

  • Experimental warming does not enhance gross primary production and above-ground biomass in the alpine meadow of Tibet

    Gang Fu;Xianzhou Zhang;Yangjian Zhang;Peili Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peili Shi
Peili Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yangjian Zhang
Yangjian Zhang Hebei University
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Yingnian Li
Yingnian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanhong Tang
Yanhong Tang Peking University
Guirui Yu
Guirui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingguo Ma
Mingguo Ma Southwest University
Xingliang Xu
Xingliang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences

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