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Xiaoyang Zhang 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 Xiaoyang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 172 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaoyang Zhang 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 Xiaoyang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiaoyang Zhang is affiliated with South Dakota State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Ecological Modeling, and Atmospheric Science.

The research topics covered by Xiaoyang Zhang are diverse, with a focus on Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Their recent publications reflect a strong contribution to the understanding of land surface phenology, climate impacts, and remote sensing methodologies. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Mapping Crop Phenology in Near Real-Time Using Satellite Remote Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities" (2021) published in Journal of Remote Sensing
  • "Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence" (2022) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Development and evaluation of a new algorithm for detecting 30 m land surface phenology from VIIRS and HLS time series" (2020) published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • "Urbanization imprint on land surface phenology: The urban-rural gradient analysis for Chinese cities" (2021) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Widespread decline in winds delayed autumn foliar senescence over high latitudes" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Xiaoyang Zhang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Scientific Data

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Yongchang Ye, Yu Shen, Shobha Kondragunta, Fangjun Li, and Khuong H. Tran.

Best Publications

  • Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results

    M.A Friedl;D.K McIver;J.C.F Hodges;X.Y Zhang

  • Monitoring vegetation phenology using MODIS

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf;Alan H. Strahler

  • First operational BRDF, albedo nadir reflectance products from MODIS

    Crystal B Schaaf;Feng Gao;Alan H Strahler;Wolfgang Lucht

  • Global vegetation phenology from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS): Evaluation of global patterns and comparison with in situ measurements

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf

  • Climate controls on vegetation phenological patterns in northern mid‐ and high latitudes inferred from MODIS data

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf;Alan H. Strahler

  • Land Surface Phenology from MODIS: Characterization of the Collection 5 Global Land Cover Dynamics Product

    Sangram Ganguly;Mark A. Friedl;Bin Tan;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Remote sensing of the terrestrial carbon cycle: A review of advances over 50 years

    Jingfeng Xiao;Frederic Chevallier;Cecile Gomez;Luis Guanter

  • Estimating emissions from fires in North America for air quality modeling

    Christine Wiedinmyer;Brad Quayle;Chris Geron;Angie Belote

  • Complex spatiotemporal phenological shifts as a response to rainfall changes

    Josep Peñuelas;Iolanda Filella;Xiaoyang Zhang;Laura Llorens

  • Toward mapping crop progress at field scales through fusion of Landsat and MODIS imagery

    Feng Gao;Martha C. Anderson;Xiaoyang Zhang;Zhengwei Yang

  • The footprint of urban climates on vegetation phenology

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf;Alan H. Strahler

  • Diverse responses of vegetation phenology to a warming climate

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Dan Tarpley;Jerry T. Sullivan

  • Monitoring the response of vegetation phenology to precipitation in Africa by coupling MODIS and TRMM instruments

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf;Alan H. Strahler

  • Mapping Crop Phenology in Near Real-Time Using Satellite Remote Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities

    Feng Gao;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Exploration of scaling effects on coarse resolution land surface phenology

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Jianmin Wang;Feng Gao;Yan Liu

  • Satellite detection of cumulative and lagged effects of drought on autumn leaf senescence over the Northern Hemisphere

    Jie Peng;Chaoyang Wu;Xiaoyang Zhang;Xiaoyue Wang

  • Comparison of slope estimates from low resolution DEMs: scaling issues and a fractal method for their solution

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Nick A. Drake;John Wainwright;Mark Mulligan

  • Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence

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  • Sensitivity of vegetation phenology detection to the temporal resolution of satellite data

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Mark A. Friedl;Crystal B. Schaaf

  • Evaluation of land surface phenology from VIIRS data using time series of PhenoCam imagery

    Xiaoyang Zhang;Senthilnath Jayavelu;Lingling Liu;Mark A. Friedl

  • Interpretation of the environmental change of Dongting Lake, middle reach of Yangtze River, China, by 210Pb measurement and satellite image analysis

    Yun Du;Shuming Cai;Xiaoyang Zhang;Yan Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Crystal B. Schaaf
Crystal B. Schaaf University of Massachusetts Boston
Shobha Kondragunta
Shobha Kondragunta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark A. Friedl
Mark A. Friedl Boston University
Alan H. Strahler
Alan H. Strahler Boston University
Geoffrey M. Henebry
Geoffrey M. Henebry Michigan State University
Yunyue Yu
Yunyue Yu National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Zhuosen Wang
Zhuosen Wang University of Maryland, College Park
Alfredo Huete
Alfredo Huete University of Technology Sydney
Chaoyang Wu
Chaoyang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaowen Li
Xiaowen Li Tsinghua University

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