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D-Index
41
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7549
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7640
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727

Yongcun 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 Yongcun Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yongcun 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 Yongcun Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yongcun Zhao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Environmental Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Pollution, Soil Science, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to soil and environmental quality. Key research topics include:

  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Yongcun Zhao has contributed to a considerable number of publications, with a particular concentration in several notable journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geoderma
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments

The researcher's recent papers illustrate a focus on heavy metal contamination and soil dynamics across various geographic regions and environmental conditions. Selected recent publications include:

  • Accumulation and ecological risk of heavy metals in soils along the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea: A comparative study of China and South Korea (2020), published in Environment International
  • Heavy metal accumulation in the surrounding areas affected by mining in China: Spatial distribution patterns, risk assessment, and influencing factors (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Spatiotemporal variation and sources of soil heavy metals along the lower reaches of Yangtze River, China (2021), published in Chemosphere
  • Effects of atmospheric deposition on heavy metals accumulation in agricultural soils: Evidence from field monitoring and Pb isotope analysis (2023), published in Environmental Pollution
  • Spatiotemporal variations in soil organic carbon and their drivers in southeastern China during 1981-2011 (2020), published in Soil and Tillage Research

Yongcun Zhao frequently collaborates with several researchers, with the most common co-authors being:

  • Biao Huang
  • Mingkai Qu
  • Chen Jian
  • Wenyou Hu
  • Enze Xie

Best Publications

  • Carbon pools in China's terrestrial ecosystems: New estimates based on an intensive field survey

    Xuli Tang;Xia Zhao;Yongfei Bai;Zhiyao Tang

  • Economics- and policy-driven organic carbon input enhancement dominates soil organic carbon accumulation in Chinese croplands.

    Yongcun Zhao;Meiyan Wang;Shuijin Hu;Xudong Zhang

  • Evaluating soil quality indices in an agricultural region of Jiangsu Province, China.

    Yanbing Qi;Jeremy L. Darilek;Biao Huang;Yongcun Zhao

  • Temporal and spatial variability of soil organic matter and total nitrogen in an agricultural ecosystem as affected by farming practices

    Biao Huang;Weixia Sun;Yongcun Zhao;Jing Zhu

  • Effects of long-term fertilization and residue management on soil organic carbon changes in paddy soils of China: A meta-analysis

    Kang Tian;Yongcun Zhao;Xianghua Xu;Nan Hai

  • Regional patterns of soil organic carbon stocks in China.

    D.S. Yu;X.Z. Shi;H.J. Wang;W.X. Sun

  • Cross-reference for relating Genetic Soil Classification of China with WRB at different scales

    X.Z. Shi;D.S. Yu;S.X. Xu;E.D. Warner

  • Sources of heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils of a rapidly industrializing area in the Yangtze Delta of China.

    Xianghua Xu;Xianghua Xu;Xianghua Xu;Yongcun Zhao;Xiaoyan Zhao;Yudong Wang

  • Comparison of multivariate methods for estimating selected soil properties from intact soil cores of paddy fields by Vis–NIR spectroscopy

    Shengxiang Xu;Yongcun Zhao;Meiyan Wang;Xuezheng Shi

  • Minimum Data Set for Assessing Soil Quality in Farmland of Northeast China

    Yu-Dong Chen;Huo-Yan Wang;Jian-Min Zhou;Lu Xing

  • Accumulation and ecological risk of heavy metals in soils along the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea: A comparative study of China and South Korea.

    Peng Liu;Wenyou Hu;Kang Tian;Biao Huang

  • Heavy metal accumulation in the surrounding areas affected by mining in China: Spatial distribution patterns, risk assessment, and influencing factors.

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  • Spatial interrelations and multi-scale sources of soil heavy metal variability in a typical urban-rural transition area in Yangtze River Delta region of China

    Yongcun Zhao;Zhigang Wang;Weixia Sun;Biao Huang

  • Changes in soil fertility parameters and the environmental effects in a rapidly developing region of China

    Jeremy L. Darilek;Biao Huang;Zhigang Wang;Yanbing Qi

  • Soil carbon, multiple benefits

    Eleanor Milne;Eleanor Milne;Steven A. Banwart;Elke Noellemeyer;David James Abson

  • Variation of soil organic carbon estimates in mountain regions: A case study from Southwest China

    Y. Zhang;Y.C. Zhao;X.Z. Shi;X.X. Lu

  • [Estimation of China soil organic carbon storage and density based on 1:1,000,000 soil database].

    Dongsheng Yu;Xuezheng Shi;Weixia Sun;Hongjie Wang

  • Map Scale Effects on Soil Organic Carbon Stock Estimation in North China

    Yongcun Zhao;Xuezheng Shi;David C. Weindorf;Dongsheng Yu

  • Major nutrient balances in small-scale vegetable farming systems in peri-urban areas in China

    Hong-Jie Wang;Biao Huang;Xue-Zheng Shi;Jeremy Landon Darilek

  • Accumulation and health risk of heavy metals in a plot-scale vegetable production system in a peri-urban vegetable farm near Nanjing, China

    Wenyou Hu;Biao Huang;Xuezheng Shi;Weiping Chen

  • Soil organic carbon storage of paddy soils in China using the 1:1,000,000 soil database and their implications for C sequestration

    Qing Hua Liu;Xue Zheng Shi;D. C. Weindorf;Dong Sheng Yu

  • Source apportionment of soil heavy metals using robust absolute principal component scores-robust geographically weighted regression (RAPCS-RGWR) receptor model

    Mingkai Qu;Yan Wang;Biao Huang;Yongcun Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Biao Huang
Biao Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuezheng Shi
Xuezheng Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenyou Hu
Wenyou Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
David C. Weindorf
David C. Weindorf Central Michigan University
Changsheng Li
Changsheng Li University of New Hampshire
Gan-Lin Zhang
Gan-Lin Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jong Seong Khim
Jong Seong Khim Seoul National University
Xixi Lu
Xixi Lu National University of Singapore
Junfeng Ji
Junfeng Ji Nanjing University
Ingrid Öborn
Ingrid Öborn Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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