Deliang Sun

2.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
35 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Deliang Sun is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Deliang Sun has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Deliang Sun's work include Landslides and related hazards (24 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (10 papers). Deliang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (24 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (10 papers). Deliang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Arab Emirates. Deliang Sun's co-authors include Haijia Wen, Jiahui Xu, Xinzhi Zhou, Jialan Zhang, Xianglong Ma, Junyi Zhang, Qingyu Gu, Fengtai Zhang, Jianping Wu and Yue Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Deliang Sun

32 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

A random forest model of landslide susceptibility mapping... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2023 2020 2024 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A random forest model of landslide susceptibility mapping based on hyperparameter optimization using Bayes algorithm
    2020 344 citations Deliang Sun, Haijia Wen et al. profile →
  2. Insights into geospatial heterogeneity of landslide susceptibility based on the SHAP-XGBoost model
    2023 322 citations Junyi Zhang, Xianglong Ma et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
  3. Assessment of landslide susceptibility mapping based on Bayesian hyperparameter optimization: A comparison between logistic regression and random forest
    2020 276 citations Deliang Sun, Jiahui Xu et al. profile →
  4. Ecological Security Pattern based on XGBoost-MCR model: A case study of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region
    2024 46 citations Deliang Sun, Xiaoqing Wu et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Deliang Sun China 17 1.2k 808 461 413 321 35 1.9k
Emrehan Kutluğ Şahin Türkiye 17 1.3k 1.1× 960 1.2× 389 0.8× 416 1.0× 370 1.2× 29 2.1k
Ling Peng China 15 1.2k 1.0× 958 1.2× 454 1.0× 291 0.7× 282 0.9× 20 1.7k
Abdelaziz Merghadi Algeria 9 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 614 1.3× 439 1.1× 428 1.3× 12 2.3k
Jianbing Peng China 25 1.4k 1.1× 604 0.7× 459 1.0× 444 1.1× 289 0.9× 97 2.1k
İsmail Çölkesen Türkiye 18 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 573 1.2× 273 0.7× 334 1.0× 45 2.3k
Sansar Raj Meena Italy 22 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 581 1.3× 270 0.7× 236 0.7× 50 2.3k
Zhongfan Zhu China 17 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 491 1.1× 281 0.7× 308 1.0× 66 2.2k
Trần Anh Tuấn Vietnam 9 889 0.7× 713 0.9× 271 0.6× 213 0.5× 224 0.7× 38 1.4k
Haijia Wen China 25 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.5× 732 1.6× 644 1.6× 460 1.4× 82 2.9k
Omar F. Althuwaynee Malaysia 19 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 452 1.0× 336 0.8× 343 1.1× 33 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Deliang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deliang Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Deliang Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Deliang Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Deliang Sun. Deliang Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhang, Qiang, R. Iestyn Woolway, Tingxi Liu, et al.. (2025). Global Warming Will Increase the Risk of Water Shortage in Northwest China. Earth s Future. 13(5). 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2024). Improving generalization performance of landslide susceptibility model considering spatial heterogeneity by using the geomorphic label-based LightGBM. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 83(9). 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2024). Landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) based on different boosting and hyperparameter optimization algorithms: A case of Wanzhou District, China. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 16(8). 3221–3232. 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, Xiaoqing Wu, Haijia Wen, et al.. (2024). Ecological Security Pattern based on XGBoost-MCR model: A case study of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region. Journal of Cleaner Production. 470. 143252–143252. 46 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Deliang, Haijia Wen, Fengtai Zhang, et al.. (2024). SHAP-PDP hybrid interpretation of decision-making mechanism of machine learning-based landslide susceptibility mapping: A case study at Wushan District, China. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science. 27(3). 508–523. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2023). A LightGBM-based landslide susceptibility model considering the uncertainty of non-landslide samples. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 14(1). 64 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2023). A novel QLattice‐based whitening machine learning model of landslide susceptibility mapping. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(1). 304–317. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, Jing Wang, Haijia Wen, et al.. (2023). Insights into landslide susceptibility in different karst erosion landforms based on interpretable machine learning. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(3). 1006–1027. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Junyi, Xianglong Ma, Jialan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Insights into geospatial heterogeneity of landslide susceptibility based on the SHAP-XGBoost model. Journal of Environmental Management. 332. 117357–117357. 322 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Deliang, Jialan Zhang, Haijia Wen, et al.. (2022). Essential insights into decision mechanism of landslide susceptibility mapping based on different machine learning models. Geocarto International. 38(1). 1–29. 22 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2022). A Hybrid Landslide Warning Model Coupling Susceptibility Zoning and Precipitation. Forests. 13(6). 827–827. 43 indexed citations
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Wang, Yue, Haijia Wen, Deliang Sun, & Yuechen Li. (2021). Quantitative Assessment of Landslide Risk Based on Susceptibility Mapping Using Random Forest and GeoDetector. Remote Sensing. 13(13). 2625–2625. 59 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, Jiahui Xu, Haijia Wen, & Yue Wang. (2020). An Optimized Random Forest Model and Its Generalization Ability in Landslide Susceptibility Mapping: Application in Two Areas of Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Journal of Earth Science. 31(6). 1068–1086. 95 indexed citations
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Wang, Yue, Deliang Sun, Haijia Wen, Hong Zhang, & Fengtai Zhang. (2020). Comparison of Random Forest Model and Frequency Ratio Model for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping (LSM) in Yunyang County (Chongqing, China). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(12). 4206–4206. 106 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, Behnam Askarian, Danial Jahed Armaghani, et al.. (2020). Investigating the Applications of Machine Learning Techniques to Predict the Rock Brittleness Index. Applied Sciences. 10(5). 1691–1691. 41 indexed citations
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Sun, Deliang, et al.. (2020). An optimal sample selection-based logistic regression model of slope physical resistance against rainfall-induced landslide. Natural Hazards. 105(2). 1255–1279. 37 indexed citations

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