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Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research/ 158 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
China
Dong Jiang
remote sensing
gis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
267
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
China
Yansui Liu
human geography
human-environment interaction
regional sustainable development
land use
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
224
0.812
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
China
Xiangzheng Deng
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Economics
Urban-Rural Integration
Global Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
206
0.792
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
China
Linxiu Zhang
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
178
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
China
Shuli Niu
global change ecology
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
203
0.879
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
China
Fulu Tao
global change impact and adaptation
agroecosystem modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
199
0.865
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
China
Qiuhong Tang
Hydrology
Water Resources
Climate Change
Hydrometeorology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
184
0.885
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Yongqiang Zhang
evapotranspiration
hydrology
remote sensing
climate change
water resources
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
160
0.804
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
China
Shen Lei
资源经济与政策;energy and mineral economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
118
0.605

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
China
Jinwei Dong
Land Cover and Land Use Change
Global Change Remote Sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
173
0.930
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
China
Xingliang Xu
Plant N acquisition strategies、Rhizosphere priming effect、Plant-microbial interactions、Above- and below-ground interaction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
146
0.913
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
China
Guoyong Leng
Climate change
Water resources
Crop production
Hazards
Modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
147
0.948
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
China
Hualou Long (龙花楼)
Land use policy
Rural development
Urbanization
Rural restructuring
Land use transition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
140
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
China
Hengxing Lan
Engineering Geology
Geological Hazards
GIS
RS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
122
0.787
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
China
Mingxing Chen
new urbanization
urbanization and economic growth
regional development
regional planning
China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
122
0.813
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
China
Zhang Yangjian
global change
Ecosystem ecology
remote sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
114
0.851
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
China
Fadong Li
农田生态系统与环境
Agro-ecosystem and environment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
88
0.698
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
China
Renfu Luo
Nutrition
Health
Education
Early Childhood Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
86
0.735
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
China
Song Wei
My research focusses on land use and policies in rural areas. The specific research interests include four aspects: (1) land use change monitoring using remote sensing technology
(2) land use change modelling
such as the development of System Dynamics Model and Multi-agent Model
(3) effects of land use change on ecosystem services
and (4) land use policies.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
88
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
China
Peng Li (李鹏)
tropical forest-swidden-plantation
border gegoraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
102
0.953
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
China
Yang Zhou
Development Economics
Rural Revitalization
Land Use Change
Food Security
Environmental Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
80
0.879
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
China
He Qing Huang (黄河清)|He-qing Huang, Huang Heqing, Huang He Qing
Rivers - Geomorphology - Land and Water Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
68
0.747
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dong Jiang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
314
267
0.850
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Weidong Liu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
283
199
0.703
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yansui Liu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
224
0.812
human geography
human-environment interaction
regional sustainable development
land use
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Xiangzheng Deng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
206
0.792
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Economics
Urban-Rural Integration
Global Change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Linxiu Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
178
0.754
rural development
rural education
off-farm employment
public investment
poverty
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Shuli Niu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
203
0.879
global change ecology
ecosystem ecology
biogeochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fulu Tao
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
230
199
0.865
global change impact and adaptation
agroecosystem modelling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qiuhong Tang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
184
0.885
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yongqiang Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
160
0.804
evapotranspiration
hydrology
remote sensing
climate change
water resources
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shen Lei
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
118
0.605
资源经济与政策;energy and mineral economics

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jinwei Dong
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
173
0.930
Land Cover and Land Use Change
Global Change Remote Sensing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xingliang Xu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
146
0.913
Plant N acquisition strategies、Rhizosphere priming effect、Plant-microbial interactions、Above- and below-ground interaction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Guoyong Leng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
147
0.948
Climate change
Water resources
Crop production
Hazards
Modeling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hualou Long (龙花楼)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
140
0.903
Land use policy
Rural development
Urbanization
Rural restructuring
Land use transition
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hengxing Lan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
122
0.787
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mingxing Chen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
122
0.813
new urbanization
urbanization and economic growth
regional development
regional planning
China
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
杨林生
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
111
0.745
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zhang Yangjian
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
114
0.851
global change
Ecosystem ecology
remote sensing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fadong Li
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
88
0.698
农田生态系统与环境
Agro-ecosystem and environment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Xiaoyan Yang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
62
0.525
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Renfu Luo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
86
0.735
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Song Wei
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
88
0.786
My research focusses on land use and policies in rural areas. The specific research interests include four aspects: (1) land use change monitoring using remote sensing technology
(2) land use change modelling
such as the development of System Dynamics Model and Multi-agent Model
(3) effects of land use change on ecosystem services
and (4) land use policies.
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peng Li (李鹏)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
102
0.953
tropical forest-swidden-plantation
border gegoraphy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yang Zhou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
80
0.879
Development Economics
Rural Revitalization
Land Use Change
Food Security
Environmental Economics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rivers - Geomorphology - Land and Water Management