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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 51 3259 2981 210 205 165 8783

Zhongyuan Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhongyuan Chen between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhongyuan Chen published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2024. 27 of the 212 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2024. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 12 publications
1991 2025

212 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhongyuan Chen: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 1
1993 3
1994 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 2
2000 3
2001 7
2002 0
2003 2
2004 5
2005 8
2006 4
2007 14
2008 8
2009 8
2010 8
2011 5
2012 9
2013 6
2014 6
2015 8
2016 8
2017 9
2018 10
2019 10
2020 6
2021 9
2022 10
2023 11
2024 15
2025 12
Total 212
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Zhongyuan Chen 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 Zhongyuan Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 158–167 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 165 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458 165
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Zhongyuan Chen 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 Zhongyuan Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178 51
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Zhongyuan Chen is affiliated with East China Normal University in China and works primarily within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Aerospace Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to Guidance and Control Systems, Military Defense Systems Analysis, Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression, and Statistical Methods and Inference.

  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Military Defense Systems Analysis
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression
  • Statistical Methods and Inference

They have contributed research articles to several frequent publication venues including Aerospace Science and Technology, Aerospace, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, and arXiv (Cornell University).

  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Aerospace
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Key recent publications authored or co-authored include:

  • "Three-dimensional fixed-time robust cooperative guidance law for simultaneous attack with impact angle constraint", 2021, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • "PLGA-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Remotely Triggered Cancer Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications", 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • "Three-dimensional event-triggered fixed-time cooperative guidance law against maneuvering target with the constraint of relative impact angles", 2023, Journal of the Franklin Institute
  • "Lightweight Electrohydrostatic Actuator Drive Solution for Exoskeleton Robots", 2022, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "All-aspect attack guidance law for agile missiles based on deep reinforcement learning", 2022, Aerospace Science and Technology

Zhongyuan Chen frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Wanchun Chen, Xiangxiang Li, Xiaopeng Gong, and Jingyuan Li.

  • Wanchun Chen
  • Xiangxiang Li
  • Xiaopeng Gong
  • Jingyuan Li

Best Publications

  • Long-term variations in dissolved silicate, nitrogen, and phosphorus flux from the Yangtze River into the East China Sea and impacts on estuarine ecosystem

    Maotian Li;Kaiqin Xu;Masataka Watanabe;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Yangtze River of China: historical analysis of discharge variability and sediment flux

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  • Human impacts on sediment in the Yangtze River: A review and new perspectives

    H.F. Yang;H.F. Yang;S.L. Yang;K.H. Xu;J.D. Milliman

  • Land–Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone: Past, present & future ☆

    R. Ramesh;Z. Chen;V. Cummins;J. Day

  • Variability and trend in the hydrology of the Yangtze River, China: Annual precipitation and runoff

    Jing Chen;Xiaodan Wu;Brian L. Finlayson;Michael Webber

  • Landscape Variability and the Response of Asian Megadeltas to Environmental Change

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Robert J. Nicholls;Yoshiki Saito;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Low concentration of heavy metals in the Yangtze estuarine sediments, China: a diluting setting

    Zhongyuan Chen;Yoshiki Saito;Yutaka Kanai;Taoyuan Wei

  • Late Quaternary evolution of the sub-aqueous Yangtze Delta, China: sedimentation, stratigraphy, palynology, and deformation

    Zhongyuan Chen;Baoping Song;Zhanghua Wang;Yongli Cai

  • Quaternary Stratigraphy and Trace-Element Indices of the Yangtze Delta, Eastern China, with Special Reference to Marine Transgressions

    Zhongyuan Chen;Zhenglou Chen;Weigou Zhang

  • Approaches to defining deltaic sustainability in the 21st century

    John W. Day;Julius Agboola;Zhongyuan Chen;Christopher D’Elia

  • Analysis of historical floods on the Yangtze River, China: Characteristics and explanations

    Fengling Yu;Zhongyuan Chen;Xianyou Ren;Guifang Yang

  • Neolithic settlement distributions as a function of sea level–controlled topography in the Yangtze delta, China

    Daniel Jean Stanley;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Changes in monthly flows in the Yangtze River, China – With special reference to the Three Gorges Dam

    Jing Chen;Brian L. Finlayson;Taoyuan Wei;Qianli Sun

  • River channel change during the last 50 years in the middle Yangtze River, the Jianli reach

    Luqian Li;XiXi Lu;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Holocene climate fluctuations in the Yangtze delta of eastern China and the Neolithic response

    Zhongyuan Chen;Zhanghua Wang;Jill Schneiderman;Jin Taol

  • Assessing the potential for change in the middle Yangtze River channel following impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam

    Wenhao Yuan;Daowei Yin;Brian Finlayson;Zhongyuan Chen

  • Environmental history, palaeoecology and human activity at the early Neolithic forager/cultivator site at Kuahuqiao, Hangzhou, eastern China.

    James B. Innes;Yongqiang Zong;Zhongyuan Chen;Chun Chen

  • Sediment rating parameters and their implications: Yangtze River, China

    Guifang Yang;Zhongyuan Chen;Fengling Yu;Zhanghua Wang

  • Migration patterns of Neolithic settlements on the abandoned Yellow and Yangtze River deltas of China

    Zhongyuan Chen;Yongqiang Zong;Zhanghua Wang;Hui Wang

  • Sea-Level Rise on Eastern China's Yangtze Delta

    Zhongyuan Chen;Daniel Jean Stanley

  • Quaternary Subsidence and River Channel Migration in the Yangtze Delta Plain, Eastern China

    Zhongyuan Chen;Daniel Jean Stanley

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhanghua Wang
Zhanghua Wang East China Normal University
Kaiqin Xu
Kaiqin Xu National Institute for Environmental Studies
Yongqiang Zong
Yongqiang Zong University of Hong Kong
James B. Innes
James B. Innes Durham University
Brian Finlayson
Brian Finlayson University of Melbourne
Yoshiki Saito
Yoshiki Saito Shimane University
Daniel Jean Stanley
Daniel Jean Stanley Smithsonian Institution
Ray Kostaschuk
Ray Kostaschuk Simon Fraser University
Raúl Medina
Raúl Medina University of Cantabria
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University

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