2026 Zhixian Cao: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	34	8018	7436	516	510	157	4134

Overview

Zhixian Cao is affiliated with Wuhan University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on hydrology, sediment transport, and related processes in natural and urban water systems.

Cao's main fields of study include Environmental Science with 72 publications and Engineering with 34 publications. Their work spans several subfields such as Ecology, Civil and Structural Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The researcher's topics of interest encompass:

Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Hydraulic flow and structures
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Landslides and related hazards
Geological formations and processes

Zhixian Cao has published frequently in a range of scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

International Journal of Sediment Research (8 publications)
Journal of Hydrology (5 publications)
Applied Mathematical Modelling (4 publications)
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (3 publications)
Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (3 publications)

Among recent papers, notable titles are:

Hydro-sediment-morphodynamic processes of the baige landslide-induced barrier Lake, Jinsha River, China (2021, Journal of Hydrology)
A 2D hydrodynamic model for shallow water flows with significant infiltration losses (2020, Hydrological Processes)
Modelling urban flooding integrated with flow and sediment transport in drainage networks (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
Role of bar-channel interactions in a dominant branch shift: The Taipingkou waterway, Yangtze River, China (2020, River Research and Applications)
An improved formula for incipient sediment motion in vegetated open channel flows (2021, International Journal of Sediment Research)

Cao collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

Ji Li (14 joint publications)
Alistair G.L. Borthwick (10 joint publications)
Peng Hu (9 joint publications)
Huan Xu (7 joint publications)
Yining Sun (7 joint publications)

Best Publications

Computational Dam-Break Hydraulics over Erodible Sediment Bed

Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Steve Wallis;Paul Carling

478
Citations
Explicit Formulation of the Shields Diagram for Incipient Motion of Sediment

Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Gareth Pender;Jian Meng;Jian Meng

186
Citations
Coupled and Decoupled Numerical Modeling of Flow and Morphological Evolution in Alluvial Rivers

Zhixian Cao;Rodney Day;Shinji Egashira

175
Citations
Dam-break flows over mobile beds: experiments and benchmark tests for numerical models

Sandra Soares-Frazão;Ricardo Canelas;Zhixian Cao;Luis Cea

166
Citations
Turbulent Bursting-Based Sediment Entrainment Function

Zhixian Cao

143
Citations
Landslide dam failure and flood hydraulics. Part I: experimental investigation

Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Zhiyuan Yue;Gareth Pender

126
Citations
Landslide dam failure and flood hydraulics. Part II: coupled mathematical modelling

Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Zhiyuan Yue;Gareth Pender

114
Citations
Shallow water hydrodynamic models for hyperconcentrated sediment-laden floods over erodible bed

Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Paul Carling

111
Citations
Velocity and turbulence measurements for two overbank flow events in River Severn

K. Babaeyan-Koopaei;D. A. Ervine;P. A. Carling;Z. Cao

107
Citations
EQUILIBRIUM NEAR-BED CONCENTRATION OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT

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95
Citations
Numerical simulation of landslide-generated waves using a soil–water coupling smoothed particle hydrodynamics model

Chuanqi Shi;Yi An;Qiang Wu;Qingquan Liu

92
Citations
Role of suspended-sediment particle size in modifying velocity profiles in open channel flows

Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Shinji Egashira;Paul A. Carling

90
Citations
Numerical modelling of turbidity currents in the Xiaolangdi reservoir, Yellow River, China

Peng Hu;Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Gareth Pender;Guangming Tan

89
Citations
Flow reversal over a natural pool–riffle sequence: a computational study

Zhixian Cao;Paul Carling;Robert Oakey

88
Citations
Sediment-Laden Flow in Open Channels from Two-Phase Flow Viewpoint

Zhixian Cao;Liangyan Wei;Jianheng Xie

84
Citations
Multiple time scales of alluvial rivers carrying suspended sediment and their implications for mathematical modeling

Zhixian Cao;Yitian Li;Zhiyuan Yue

81
Citations
Mathematical modelling of alluvial rivers: reality and myth. Part 1: General review

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79
Citations
Fully coupled mathematical modeling of turbidity currents over erodible bed

Peng Hu;Zhixian Cao

78
Citations
Turbulent flow across a natural compound channel

P. A. Carling;Zhixian Cao;M. J. Holland;D. A. Ervine

65
Citations
Mathematical modelling of alluvial rivers: reality and myth. Part 2: Special issues

Z. Cao;P. A. Carling

62
Citations
A double layer-averaged model for dam-break flows over mobile bed

Ji Li;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Qingquan Liu

57
Citations
Numerical modelling of alternate bar formation, development and sediment sorting in straight channels

Honglu Qian;Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Huaihan Liu;Gareth Pender

47
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gareth Pender Heriot-Watt University

Paul A. Carling University of Southampton

Alistair G.L. Borthwick University of Edinburgh

Chong-Yu Xu North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power

André Paquier INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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