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2026

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D-Index
73
Citations
16929
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815
National Ranking
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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.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 278 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

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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