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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 73 815 721 3 3 278 16929

Xixi Lu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xixi Lu between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xixi Lu published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 12.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2025. 76 of the 420 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2025. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 15 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 39 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 28 publications 2025: 48 publications
1993 2025

420 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xixi Lu: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 3
1999 3
2000 2
2001 2
2002 2
2003 2
2004 3
2005 3
2006 7
2007 11
2008 15
2009 9
2010 13
2011 17
2012 19
2013 18
2014 24
2015 12
2016 17
2017 14
2018 20
2019 14
2020 22
2021 30
2022 39
2023 20
2024 28
2025 48
Total 420
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Xixi Lu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xixi Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 278–287 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 278 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128 278
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Xixi Lu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xixi Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54 73
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Xixi Lu is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore and has contributed extensively to environmental science research. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

The main research topics covered by Xixi Lu encompass:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Resources Research

Their notable recent publications are:

  • "Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Exceptional increases in fluvial sediment fluxes in a warmer and wetter High Mountain Asia" (2021), Science
  • "High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability" (2022), Nature Geoscience
  • "Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions" (2022), Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Eutrophication decreased CO2 but increased CH4 emissions from lake: A case study of a shallow Lake Ulansuhai" (2021), Water Research

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Xixi Lu are Dongfeng Li, Ruihong Yu, Heyang Sun, Kaiya Sun, and Heqing Huang. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse scholarly output spanning hydrological, ecological, and environmental disciplines.

Best Publications

  • A global comparative analysis of urban form: Applying spatial metrics and remote sensing

    Jingnan Huang;X.X. Lu;Jefferey M. Sellers

  • Subsidence and carbon loss in drained tropical peatlands

    A. Hooijer;S. Page;Jyrki Jauhiainen;W.A. Lee

  • Application of Remote Sensing in Flood Management with Special Reference to Monsoon Asia: A Review

    Joy Sanyal;X. X. Lu

  • Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives

    Hoang Quoc Anh;Hoang Quoc Anh;Thi Phuong Quynh Le;Nhu Da Le;Xi Xi Lu

  • Recent changes of water discharge and sediment load in the Zhujiang (Pearl River) Basin, China

    Shurong Zhang;Xi Xi Lu;David L. Higgitt;Chen-Tung Arthur Chen

  • Basin-wide sediment trapping efficiency of emerging reservoirs along the Mekong

    Matti Kummu;Xi Xi Lu;Jian-Jun Wang;Olli Varis

  • High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

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  • Large greenhouse gases emissions from China's lakes and reservoirs.

    Siyue Li;Richard T. Bush;Isaac R. Santos;Quanfa Zhang

  • Exceptional increases in fluvial sediment fluxes in a warmer and wetter High Mountain Asia.

    Dongfeng Li;Xixi Lu;Irina Overeem;Desmond E. Walling

  • Water discharge and sediment flux changes over the past decades in the Lower Mekong River: possible impacts of the Chinese dams

    X. X. Lu;R. Y. Siew

  • Remote sensing and GIS‐based flood vulnerability assessment of human settlements: a case study of Gangetic West Bengal, India

    Joy Sanyal;X. X. Lu

  • Drastic change in China's lakes and reservoirs over the past decades

    Xiankun Yang;Xixi Lu

  • Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions

    Unknown

  • Suspended sediment flux modeling with artificial neural network: An example of the Longchuanjiang River in the Upper Yangtze Catchment, China

    Yun-Mei Zhu;Yun-Mei Zhu;X.X. Lu;Yue Zhou

  • Spatiotemporal variation in rainfall erosivity on the Chinese Loess Plateau during the period 1956–2008

    Zhongbao Xin;Xinxiao Yu;Qingyun Li;X. X. Lu

  • Riverbank changes along the Mekong River: Remote sensing detection in the Vientiane–Nong Khai area

    Matti Kummu;X.X. Lu;Akchousanh Rasphone;Juha Sarkkula

  • Sediment loads response to climate change: A preliminary study of eight large Chinese rivers

    X.X. Lu;X.X. Lu;L.S. Ran;S. Liu;T. Jiang

  • Water chemistry of the Zhujiang (Pearl River): Natural processes and anthropogenic influences

    Shu-Rong Zhang;Xi Xi Lu;David Laurence Higgitt;Chen-Tung Arthur Chen

  • Spatial and seasonal variability of organic carbon transport in the Yellow River, China

    Lishan Ran;X.X. Lu;X.X. Lu;Huiguo Sun;Jingtai Han

  • Hydrological responses to precipitation variation and diverse human activities in a mountainous tributary of the lower Xijiang, China

    Shurong Zhang;X.X. Lu

  • The Irrawaddy River Sediment Flux to the Indian Ocean: The Original Nineteenth-Century Data Revisited

    R. A. J. Robinson;M. I. Bird;Nay Win Oo;T. B. Hoey

  • Sedimentation in the Manwan reservoir in the Upper Mekong and its downstream impacts

    K.D. Fu;D.M. He;X.X. Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Siyue Li
Siyue Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuanqing He
Yuanqing He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matti Kummu
Matti Kummu Aalto University
Alan D. Ziegler
Alan D. Ziegler National University of Singapore
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen National Sun Yat-sen University
Zhi-Hua Shi
Zhi-Hua Shi Huazhong Agricultural University
Jeffrey E. Richey
Jeffrey E. Richey University of Washington
Emma Rochelle-Newall
Emma Rochelle-Newall Sorbonne University

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