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D-Index
67
Citations
13528
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2015
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198

Zongming Wang 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 Zongming Wang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 269 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zongming Wang 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 Zongming Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zongming Wang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their main research focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, with a total of 233 publications in this area. This work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Atmospheric Science.

The topics their research covers are diverse, emphasizing ecosystem dynamics and land use. Key themes in their work include:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Zongming Wang has contributed to multiple high-impact journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Remote Sensing (14 publications)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment (10 publications)
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (7 publications)
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (6 publications)
  • Ecological Indicators (6 publications)

Their recent papers include:

  • "National wetland mapping in China: A new product resulting from object-based and hierarchical classification of Landsat 8 OLI images" (2020), published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • "Rapid, robust, and automated mapping of tidal flats in China using time series Sentinel-2 images and Google Earth Engine" (2021), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Mapping global distribution of mangrove forests at 10-m resolution" (2023), published in Science Bulletin
  • "Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982-2018" (2022), published in Global Change Biology
  • "An OLCI-based algorithm for semi-empirically partitioning absorption coefficient and estimating chlorophyll a concentration in various turbid case-2 waters" (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Throughout their career, Zongming Wang has frequently collaborated with several co-authors. The most common co-authors include:

  • Dehua Mao, with 69 joint works
  • Mingming Jia, with 47 joint works
  • Chuanpeng Zhao, with 24 joint works
  • Kaishan Song, with 22 joint works
  • Hengxing Xiang, with 19 joint works

Best Publications

  • Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): preliminary results for 2018

    Peng Gong;Bin Chen;Xuecao Li;Han Liu

  • Spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and analysis of related factors in croplands of the black soil region, Northeast China

    Dianwei Liu;Dianwei Liu;Zongming Wang;Bai Zhang;Kaishan Song

  • National wetland mapping in China: A new product resulting from object-based and hierarchical classification of Landsat 8 OLI images

    Dehua Mao;Zongming Wang;Baojia Du;Lin Li

  • China's wetlands loss to urban expansion

    Dehua Mao;Dehua Mao;Zongming Wang;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Bingfang Wu

  • Integrating AVHRR and MODIS data to monitor NDVI changes and their relationships with climatic parameters in Northeast China

    Dehua Mao;Zongming Wang;Ling Luo;Chunying Ren

  • Mapping global distribution of mangrove forests at 10-m resolution.

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  • Diverse policies leading to contrasting impacts on land cover and ecosystem services in Northeast China

    Dehua Mao;Xingyuan He;Zongming Wang;Yanlin Tian

  • Monitoring loss and recovery of mangrove forests during 42 years: The achievements of mangrove conservation in China

    Mingming Jia;Zongming Wang;Yuanzhi Zhang;Yuanzhi Zhang;Dehua Mao

  • Rapid, robust, and automated mapping of tidal flats in China using time series Sentinel-2 images and Google Earth Engine

    Mingming Jia;Zongming Wang;Dehua Mao;Chunying Ren

  • Changes of land use and of ecosystem service values in Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China.

    Zongming Wang;Bai Zhang;Shuqing Zhang;Xiaoyan Li

  • Conversions between natural wetlands and farmland in China: A multiscale geospatial analysis.

    Dehua Mao;Ling Luo;Zongming Wang;Maxwell C. Wilson

  • Rapid expansion of coastal aquaculture ponds in China from Landsat observations during 1984–2016

    Chunying Ren;Chunying Ren;Zongming Wang;Yuanzhi Zhang;Yuanzhi Zhang;Bai Zhang

  • A New Vegetation Index to Detect Periodically Submerged Mangrove Forest Using Single-Tide Sentinel-2 Imagery

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  • Assessment of chlorophyll-a concentration and trophic state for Lake Chagan using Landsat TM and field spectral data.

    Hongtao Duan;Yuanzhi Zhang;Bai Zhang;Kaishan Song

  • Rapid Invasion of Spartina alterniflora in the Coastal Zone of Mainland China: New Observations from Landsat OLI Images

    Mingyue Liu;Dehua Mao;Zongming Wang;Lin Li

  • Loss and Fragmentation of Marshes in the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China, 1954–2005

    Zongming Wang;Kaishan Song;Wenhong Ma;Chunying Ren

  • Global divergent trends of algal blooms detected by satellite during 1982–2018

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  • Land degradation and restoration in the arid and semiarid zones of China: Quantified evidence and implications from satellites

    Dehua Mao;Zongming Wang;Bingfang Wu;Yuan Zeng

  • Quantifying changes in multiple ecosystem services during 1992–2012 in the Sanjiang Plain of China

    Zongming Wang;Dehua Mao;Lin Li;Mingming Jia

  • Estimation of Forest Above-Ground Biomass by Geographically Weighted Regression and Machine Learning with Sentinel Imagery

    Lin Chen;Chunying Ren;Bai Zhang;Zongming Wang

  • Rapid Invasion of Spartina Alterniflora in the Coastal Zone of Mainland China: Spatiotemporal Patterns and Human Prevention

    Dehua Mao;Mingyue Liu;Mingyue Liu;Zongming Wang;Lin Li

  • China's Wetlands: conservation plans and policy impacts.

    Zongming Wang;Jianguo Wu;Marguerite Madden;Dehua Mao

  • Water quality monitoring using Landsat Themate Mapper data with empirical algorithms in Chagan Lake, China

    Kaishan Song;Zongming Wang;John Blackwell;Bai Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaishan Song
Kaishan Song Liaocheng University
Dehua Mao
Dehua Mao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Li
Lin Li Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Jianguo Wu
Jianguo Wu Arizona State University
Hongtao Duan
Hongtao Duan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bingfang Wu
Bingfang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changchun Song
Changchun Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiangming Xiao
Xiangming Xiao University of Oklahoma
Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
Zhidan Wen
Zhidan Wen Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology

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