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Zhigang Li

Zhigang Li

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 46 3692 3406 56 55 123 6822

Zhigang Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhigang Li between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhigang Li published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 7.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2024. 45 of the 220 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2024. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 29 publications 2025: 16 publications
1996 2025

220 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhigang Li: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 1
2006 4
2007 1
2008 3
2009 3
2010 2
2011 1
2012 4
2013 4
2014 9
2015 4
2016 9
2017 13
2018 15
2019 24
2020 18
2021 17
2022 19
2023 22
2024 29
2025 16
Total 220
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Zhigang Li publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhigang Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 114–123 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 123 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474 123
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Zhigang Li D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhigang Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228 46
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Zhigang Li is affiliated with Wuhan University in China. Their research predominantly spans the fields of social sciences, with particular focus on sociology and political science, urban studies, transportation, political science and international relations, and health, toxicology and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers various interconnected topics including:

  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Urban Planning and Governance

Zhigang Li has published extensively in several key venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • Cities
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Population Space and Place
  • Transactions in Planning and Urban Research

The most recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhigang Li include:

  • Spatial differences of ecosystem services and their driving factors: A comparation analysis among three urban agglomerations in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Natural outdoor environment, neighbourhood social cohesion and mental health: Using multilevel structural equation modelling, streetscape and remote-sensing metrics, 2020, Urban forestry & urban greening
  • The varying driving forces of urban land expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Multi-scenario simulation of urban growth boundaries with an ESP-FLUS model: A case study of the Min Delta region, China, 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • The sense of community revisited in Hankow, China: Combining the impacts of perceptual factors and built environment attributes, 2021, Cities

Frequent collaborators with Zhigang Li include:

  • Sainan Lin
  • Hanbei Cheng
  • Fulong Wu
  • Feifei Zhai
  • Yuqi Liu

Best Publications

  • An assessment of urban park access in Shanghai – Implications for the social equity in urban China

    Yang Xiao;Zheng Wang;Zhigang Li;Zilai Tang

  • Tenure-based residential segregation in post-reform Chinese cities: a case study of Shanghai

    Zhigang Li;Fulong Wu

  • Residential Satisfaction in China's Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou

    Zhigang Li;Fulong Wu

  • Neighbourhood greenness and mental wellbeing in Guangzhou, China: What are the pathways?

    Ye Liu;Ruoyu Wang;George Grekousis;Yuqi Liu

  • The social networks of new-generation migrants in China’s urbanized villages: A case study of Guangzhou

    Ye Liu;Zhigang Li;Werner Breitung

  • An African Enclave in China: The Making of a New Transnational Urban Space

    Zhigang Li;Laurence J. C. Ma;Desheng Xue

  • The subjective wellbeing of migrants in Guangzhou, China: The impacts of the social and physical environment

    Yuqi Liu;Fangzhu Zhang;Fulong Wu;Ye Liu;Ye Liu

  • Exploring the linkage between greenness exposure and depression among Chinese people: Mediating roles of physical activity, stress and social cohesion and moderating role of urbanicity

    Ye Liu;Ruoyu Wang;Yang Xiao;Baishi Huang

  • Spatial differences of ecosystem services and their driving factors: A comparation analysis among three urban agglomerations in China's Yangtze River Economic Belt.

    Qiaoling Luo;Junfang Zhou;Zhigang Li;Bolin Yu

  • Natural outdoor environment, neighbourhood social cohesion and mental health: Using multilevel structural equation modelling, streetscape and remote-sensing metrics

    Yuqi Liu;Ruoyu Wang;Yi Lu;Zhigang Li

  • Healthy aging with parks: Association between park accessibility and the health status of older adults in urban China

    Bo Xie;Zihao An;Yiling Zheng;Zhigang Li

  • Growth of rural migrant enclaves in Guangzhou, China: Agency, everyday practice and social mobility:

    Ye Liu;Zhigang Li;Yuqi Liu;Hongsheng Chen

  • The effects of social ties on rural-urban migrants' intention to settle in cities in China

    Xu Huang;Ye Liu;Desheng Xue;Zhigang Li

  • From Revanchism to Ambivalence: The Changing Politics of Street Vending in Guangzhou

    Gengzhi Huang;Desheng Xue;Zhigang Li

  • Speculative urbanism and the making of university towns in China: A case of Guangzhou University Town

    Zhigang Li;Xun Li;Lei Wang

  • Estimating the mediating effect of privately-supplied green space on the relationship between urban public green space and property value: Evidence from Shanghai, China

    Yang Xiao;Zhigang Li;Chris Webster

  • China's 'Chocolate City': An Ethnic Enclave in a Changing Landscape*

    Zhigang Li;Michal Lyons;Alison Brown

  • Changing neighbourhood cohesion under the impact of urban redevelopment: a case study of Guangzhou, China

    Yuqi Liu;Fulong Wu;Ye Liu;Zhigang Li

  • The varying driving forces of urban land expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis.

    Rong Wu;Zhigang Li;Shaojian Wang

  • State Rescaling and the Making of City-Regions in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Zhigang Li;Jiang Xu;Anthony G O Yeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Fulong Wu
Fulong Wu University College London
Yang Xiao
Yang Xiao Chongqing University
Fangzhu Zhang
Fangzhu Zhang University College London
Xu Huang
Xu Huang University of Glasgow
Shenjing He
Shenjing He University of Hong Kong
Chris Webster
Chris Webster University of Hong Kong
Anthony Gar-On Yeh
Anthony Gar-On Yeh University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Liu
Xiaoping Liu Sun Yat-sen University
Shaojian Wang
Shaojian Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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