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D-Index
52
Citations
9327
World Ranking
4511
National Ranking
1677

Zutao Ouyang 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 Zutao Ouyang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 188 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Zutao Ouyang 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 Zutao Ouyang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Representativeness of Eddy-Covariance flux footprints for areas surrounding AmeriFlux sites

    Housen Chu;Xiangzhong Luo;Xiangzhong Luo;Zutao Ouyang;W. Stephen Chan

  • Salting our freshwater lakes.

    Hilary A. Dugan;Sarah L. Bartlett;Samantha M. Burke;Jonathan P. Doubek

  • Urbanization Impact on Regional Climate and Extreme Weather: Current Understanding, Uncertainties, and Future Research Directions

    Unknown

  • Observed surface warming induced by urbanization in east China

    Unknown

  • Analyses of the spring dust storm frequency of northern China in relation to antecedent and concurrent wind, precipitation, vegetation, and soil moisture conditions

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhi-Yong Yin;Xiaoye Zhang;Xuchao Yang

  • Improved population mapping for China using remotely sensed and points-of-interest data within a random forests model.

    Tingting Ye;Naizhuo Zhao;Xuchao Yang;Xuchao Yang;Zutao Ouyang

  • Contribution of urbanization to the increase of extreme heat events in an urban agglomeration in east China

    Xuchao Yang;L. Ruby Leung;Naizhuo Zhao;Chun Zhao

  • Using Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices as a Proxy to Monitor Soil Salinity

    Ting-Ting Zhang;Sheng-Lan Zeng;Yu Gao;Zu-Tao Ouyang

  • NDVI-based vegetation changes and their responses to climate change from 1982 to 2011: A case study in the Koshi River Basin in the middle Himalayas

    Yili Zhang;Jungang Gao;Linshan Liu;Zhaofeng Wang

  • WRF simulations of urban heat island under hot-weather synoptic conditions: The case study of Hangzhou City, China

    Unknown

  • Urbanization, economic development, environmental and social changes in transitional economies: Vietnam after Doimoi

    Peilei Fan;Zutao Ouyang;Dinh Duong Nguyen;Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen

  • FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands

    Kyle B. Delwiche;Sara Helen Knox;Avni Malhotra;Etienne Fluet-Chouinard

  • Albedo changes caused by future urbanization contribute to global warming

    Unknown

  • A comparison of pixel-based and object-oriented approaches to VHR imagery for mapping saltmarsh plants

    Zu-Tao Ouyang;Mo-Qian Zhang;Xiao Xie;Qi Shen

  • Stronger Contributions of Urbanization to Heat Wave Trends in Wet Climates

    Weilin Liao;Weilin Liao;Xiaoping Liu;Dan Li;Ming Luo;Ming Luo

  • Vegetation response to extreme climate events on the Mongolian Plateau from 2000 to 2010

    Ranjeet John;Jiquan Chen;Jiquan Chen;Zu-Tao Ou-Yang;Jingfeng Xiao

  • Grassland canopy cover and aboveground biomass in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia: Spatiotemporal estimates and controlling factors

    Ranjeet John;Jiquan Chen;Vincenzo Giannico;Vincenzo Giannico;Hogeun Park

  • Methane and NO<i><sub>x</sub></i> Emissions from Natural Gas Stoves, Cooktops, and Ovens in Residential Homes

    Unknown

  • Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales.

    Sara Helen Knox;Sheel Bansal;Gavin McNicol;Karina Schafer

  • Mortality burden attributable to PM1 in Zhejiang province, China

    Kejia Hu;Yuming Guo;Deyun Hu;Rongguang Du

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Ranjeet John
Ranjeet John University of South Dakota
Changliang Shao
Changliang Shao Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Fudan University
Raffaele Lafortezza
Raffaele Lafortezza University of Bari Aldo Moro
Jiaguo Qi
Jiaguo Qi Michigan State University
Ankur R. Desai
Ankur R. Desai University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Bo Li
Bo Li Fudan University
Oliver Sonnentag
Oliver Sonnentag University of Montreal

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