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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 55 3914 3741 425 421 232 9007

Xining Zhao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xining Zhao between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xining Zhao published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2020. 50 of the 274 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2020. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 28 publications
1985 2025

274 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xining Zhao: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 3
2011 6
2012 10
2013 17
2014 23
2015 16
2016 14
2017 14
2018 17
2019 12
2020 30
2021 28
2022 17
2023 16
2024 22
2025 28
Total 274
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Xining Zhao 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 Xining Zhao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 232 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220 232
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Xining Zhao 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 Xining Zhao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177 55
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Xining Zhao is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and is active in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research contributions span a range of subfields including Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Water Science and Technology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work addresses topics such as Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Irrigation Practices and Water Management, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems.

Xining Zhao's research has been published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Plant and Soil

Frequent co-authors in Zhao's publications include Xiaodong Gao, Pute Wu, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Yaohui Cai, and Xuerui Gao.

Some of their recent papers feature the following titles, years, and venues:

  • "Feedbacks between vegetation restoration and local precipitation over the Loess Plateau in China" (2021, Science China Earth Sciences)
  • "The impact of urbanization and aging on food security in developing countries: The view from Northwest China" (2021, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • "Spatiotemporal exploration of ecosystem service, urbanization, and their interactive coercing relationship in the Yellow River Basin over the past 40 years" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Soil properties of apple orchards on China's Loess Plateau" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Effect of natural factors and management practices on agricultural water use efficiency under drought: A meta-analysis of global drylands" (2021, Journal of Hydrology)

Best Publications

  • Deceleration of China's human water use and its key drivers

    Feng Zhou;Yan Bo;Philippe Ciais;Philippe Ciais;Patrice Dumas

  • Effects of rainfall intensity, underlying surface and slope gradient on soil infiltration under simulated rainfall experiments

    Jun Huang;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao

  • Temporal and spatial evolution of the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) in the Loess Plateau under climate change from 2001 to 2050.

    Xuerui Gao;Qi Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu

  • The impacts of interannual climate variability and agricultural inputs on water footprint of crop production in an irrigation district of China.

    Shikun Sun;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Yubao Wang;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao

  • EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON SOIL MOISTURE VARIATIONS IN A SEMI‐ARID CATCHMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND AND AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

    X. Gao;P. Wu;X. Zhao;J. Wang

  • Identifying a suitable revegetation technique for soil restoration on water-limited and degraded land: Considering both deep soil moisture deficit and soil organic carbon sequestration

    Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Hongchen Li;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Wen Ma

  • Improving/maintaining water-use efficiency and yield of wheat by deficit irrigation: A global meta-analysis

    Liuyang Yu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Kadambot H.M. Siddique

  • Soil moisture variability along transects over a well-developed gully in the Loess Plateau, China

    Xiaodong Gao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Yinguang Shi

  • Soil Quality Indicators in Relation to Land Use and Topography in a Small Catchment on the Loess Plateau of China

    X. Zhao;P. Wu;X. Gao;N. Persaud

  • Spatiotemporal exploration of ecosystem service, urbanization, and their interactive coercing relationship in the Yellow River Basin over the past 40 years.

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  • Scale effect and spatially explicit drivers of interactions between ecosystem services—A case study from the Loess Plateau

    Menghao Yang;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu

  • Changes in vegetation condition in areas with different gradients (1980–2010) on the Loess Plateau, China

    Baoqing Zhang;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Yubao Wang

  • Feedbacks between vegetation restoration and local precipitation over the Loess Plateau in China

    Baoqing Zhang;Lei Tian;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu

  • The virtual water content of major grain crops and virtual water flows between regions in China.

    Shi-Kun Sun;Pu-Te Wu;Pu-Te Wu;Yu-Bao Wang;Xi-Ning Zhao;Xi-Ning Zhao

  • Radiation interception and utilization by wheat/maize strip intercropping systems

    Zikui Wang;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Jianqiang He

  • The impact of urbanization and aging on food security in developing countries: The view from Northwest China

    Xian Liu;Yueyue Xu;Bernie A. Engel;Shikun Sun

  • Growth, yield, and nitrogen use in the wheat/maize intercropping system in an arid region of northwestern China

    Ying Gao;Ying Gao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Zikui Wang

  • An evaluation of the water utilization and grain production of irrigated and rain-fed croplands in China.

    Xinchun Cao;Yubao Wang;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao

  • New challenges of food security in Northwest China: Water footprint and virtual water perspective

    Xian Liu;Lijie Shi;Bernie A. Engel;Shikun Sun

  • The dynamic effects of pastures and crop on runoff and sediments reduction at loess slopes under simulated rainfall conditions

    Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Jun Huang;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao

  • Estimating spatial mean soil water contents of sloping jujube orchards using temporal stability

    Xiaodong Gao;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Yinguang Shi

  • Maize–Soybean Intercropping Interactions Above and Below Ground

    Yue Lv;Charles Francis;Pute Wu;Xiaoli Chen

  • Development and evaluation of a physically based multiscalar drought index: The Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index

    Baoqing Zhang;Baoqing Zhang;Baoqing Zhang;Xining Zhao;Jiming Jin;Jiming Jin;Pute Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Pute Wu
Pute Wu Northwest A&F University
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Kadambot H. M. Siddique University of Western Australia
Jiming Jin
Jiming Jin Utah State University
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra University of Twente
Bing Cheng Si
Bing Cheng Si University of Saskatchewan
Luca Brocca
Luca Brocca National Research Council (CNR)
Bernard A. Engel
Bernard A. Engel Purdue University West Lafayette
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mesfin Mekonnen
Mesfin Mekonnen University of Alabama
Charles Francis
Charles Francis University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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