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D-Index
40
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6598
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8049
National Ranking
2879

Ying Ouyang 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 Ying Ouyang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ying Ouyang 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 Ying Ouyang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Ying Ouyang is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research portfolio includes over 100 publications, with a strong focus on various subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, and Inorganic Chemistry. The researcher also contributes to Computer Networks and Communications as well as Molecular Biology.

The primary topics of Ying Ouyang's work encompass Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ying Ouyang include Yibin Luo, Enhui Xing, Xingtian Shu, Gary Feng, and Prem B. Parajuli.

Publication venues featuring Ouyang's work predominantly consist of Climate, SSRN Electronic Journal, Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate (Puerto Rico conference), Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Representative recent papers authored by or involving Ying Ouyang are:

  • Assessing land use change impact on stream discharge and stream water quality in an agricultural watershed, 2020, CATENA
  • Rice intercropping with alligator flag (Thalia dealbata): A novel model to produce safe cereal grains while remediating cadmium contaminated paddy soil, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria and fungi in relation to phosphorus availability under different land uses for some latosols from Guangdong, China, 2020, CATENA
  • Improving the Accuracy of Land Use and Land Cover Classification of Landsat Data in an Agricultural Watershed, 2023, Remote Sensing
  • Sensitivity of hydrology and water quality to variation in land use and land cover data, 2020, Agricultural Water Management

Ying Ouyang was recognized as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of river water quality monitoring stations by principal component analysis

    Ying Ouyang

  • Assessment of seasonal variations in surface water quality.

    Y. Ouyang;P. Nkedi-Kizza;Q.T. Wu;D. Shinde

  • Soil organic matter as sole indicator of soil degradation.

    S.E. Obalum;G.U. Chibuike;S. Peth;Ying Ouyang

  • Removal of nutrients from wastewater with Canna indica L. under different vertical-flow constructed wetland conditions

    Lihua Cui;Ying Ouyang;Qian Lou;Fengle Yang

  • Impacts of simulated acid rain on cation leaching from the Latosol in south China.

    Jia-En Zhang;Ying Ouyang;Da-Jiong Ling

  • Characterization and spatial distribution of heavy metals in sediment from Cedar and Ortega rivers subbasin

    Ying Ouyang;John Higman;Jeanne Thompson;Tim O'Toole

  • Phytoextraction of Metal-Contaminated Soil by Sedum alfredii H: Effects of Chelator and Co-planting

    Q. T. Wu;Z. B. Wei;Y. Ouyang

  • Colloid‐enhanced transport of chemicals in subsurface environments: A review

    Y. Ouyang;Dilip Shinde;R. S. Mansell;W. Harris

  • Kinetic Adsorption of Ammonium Nitrogen by Substrate Materials for Constructed Wetlands

    Wen-Ling Zhu;Li-Hua Cui;Ying Ouyang;Cui-Fen Long

  • Phytoremediation: modeling plant uptake and contaminant transport in the soil plant atmosphere continuum

    Ying Ouyang

  • Phosphorus fractionation and distribution in sediments from wetlands and canals of a water conservation area in the Florida Everglades

    Qingren Wang;Yuncong Li;Ying Ouyang

  • Rice intercropping with alligator flag (Thalia dealbata): A novel model to produce safe cereal grains while remediating cadmium contaminated paddy soil.

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  • Trend Analysis and Forecast of Precipitation, Reference Evapotranspiration, and Rainfall Deficit in the Blackland Prairie of Eastern Mississippi

    Gary Feng;Stacy Cobb;Zaid Abdo;Daniel K. Fisher

  • Effects of simulated acid rain on microbial characteristics in a lateritic red soil.

    Hua-qin Xu;Jia-en Zhang;Ying Ouyang;Ling Lin

  • Evaluation of Using Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Data in SWAT

    Prem B. Parajuli;Priyantha Jayakody;Ying Ouyang

  • VIRTUS, a model of virus transport in unsaturated soils.

    M V Yates;Y Ouyang

  • Assessing the impacts of crop-rotation and tillage on crop yields and sediment yield using a modeling approach

    P.B. Parajuli;P. Jayakody;G.F. Sassenrath;Y. Ouyang

  • Sorption kinetics and equilibria of organic pesticides in carbonatic soils from South Florida.

    P. Nkedi-Kizza;D. Shinde;M. R. Savabi;Y. Ouyang

  • Evaluation of nutrient removal efficiency and microbial enzyme activity in a baffled subsurface-flow constructed wetland system

    Lihua Cui;Ying Ouyang;Wenjie Gu;Weizhi Yang

  • Assessing land use change impact on stream discharge and stream water quality in an agricultural watershed

    Xiaojing Ni;Prem B. Parajuli;Ying Ouyang;Padmanava Dash

  • A STELLA Model to Estimate Soil CO 2 Emissions from a Short-Rotation Woody Crop

    Ying Ouyang;Theodor D. Leininger;Jeff Hatten;Prem B. Parajuli

  • Impacts of simulated acid rain on soil enzyme activities in a latosol

    Da-Jiong Ling;Qian-Chun Huang;Ying Ouyang

Frequent Co-Authors

Johnie N. Jenkins
Johnie N. Jenkins Agricultural Research Service
Jia Yang
Jia Yang Oklahoma State University
Wei Ren
Wei Ren Shaanxi Normal University
Chunmiao Zheng
Chunmiao Zheng Southern University of Science and Technology
Devendra M. Amatya
Devendra M. Amatya US Forest Service
Bo Tao
Bo Tao University of Kentucky
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Willie G. Harris
Willie G. Harris University of Florida
Stephan Peth
Stephan Peth University of Hannover
Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal The Ohio State University

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