Lu Zhang

31.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
525 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Lu Zhang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Zhang has authored 525 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 225 papers in Water Science and Technology and 101 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Lu Zhang's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (201 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (118 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (82 papers). Lu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (201 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (118 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (82 papers). Lu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Lu Zhang's co-authors include Warrick Dawes, Glen Walker, Shaozhong Kang, Andrew W. Western, Francis H. S. Chiew, Thomas A. McMahon, Bridget R. Scanlon, Nicholas J. Potter, Yongqiang Zhang and Alice Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lu Zhang

485 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

Response of mean annual e... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2005 2004 2007 2023 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale
    2001 2.1k citations Lu Zhang et al. profile →
  2. A review of paired catchment studies for determining changes in water yield resulting from alterations in vegetation
    2005 1.2k citations Lu Zhang et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →
  3. A rational function approach for estimating mean annual evapotranspiration
    2004 783 citations Lu Zhang, Francis H. S. Chiew et al. profile →
  4. Global impacts of conversions from natural to agricultural ecosystems on water resources: Quantity versus quality
    2007 594 citations Lu Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth
    2023 262 citations Lu Zhang et al. profile →
  6. Yield sustainability, soil organic carbon sequestration and nutrients balance under long-term combined application of manure and inorganic fertilizers in acidic paddy soil
    2019 242 citations Jing Huang, Lu Zhang et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lu Zhang 14.4k 13.5k 5.1k 3.8k 3.5k 525 23.5k
Vijay P. Singh 22.9k 1.6× 16.5k 1.2× 3.5k 0.7× 9.1k 2.4× 5.5k 1.6× 757 35.9k
Ge Sun 10.3k 0.7× 6.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 334 15.8k
J. V. Sutcliffe 10.6k 0.7× 13.9k 1.0× 3.5k 0.7× 6.1k 1.6× 3.5k 1.0× 42 20.0k
Yongqiang Zhang 9.9k 0.7× 7.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.4× 2.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 421 15.0k
R. Daren Harmel 7.4k 0.5× 12.4k 0.9× 4.2k 0.8× 4.9k 1.3× 1.8k 0.5× 139 16.8k
Vijay P. Singh 15.6k 1.1× 10.8k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 5.0k 1.3× 3.7k 1.1× 573 23.0k
Amilcare Porporato 10.5k 0.7× 4.2k 0.3× 6.5k 1.3× 3.7k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 306 21.5k
Hong Yang 6.5k 0.4× 9.3k 0.7× 2.3k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 1.3k 0.4× 347 19.7k
Justin Sheffield 20.0k 1.4× 9.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.3× 4.3k 1.1× 8.5k 2.5× 225 27.4k
Changming Liu 8.1k 0.6× 6.8k 0.5× 2.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.9× 320 13.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lu Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lu Zhang 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 Lu Zhang. Lu Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Yan, Youbin Chen, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced synaptic characteristics of electrolyte-gated oxide transistors enabled by optimizing interface states at the oxide semiconductor/electrolyte interface. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(24). 12472–12482.
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Chen, Peiyuan, Jinzhu Ma, Haitao Zeng, et al.. (2025). Nitrate dynamics in deep soils of the Loess Plateau: Impact of different land use types. Ecological Indicators. 175. 113578–113578. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Wenhong, Pingping He, Pinyuan Wei, et al.. (2024). Exploring the physiological and biochemical mechanisms underlying growth rate variability in Hong Kong oyster (Crassostrea hongkongensis). Aquaculture Reports. 40. 102570–102570. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenhui, et al.. (2024). Radiogenomics: bridging the gap between imaging and genomics for precision oncology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(9). e722–e722. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Pengcheng, et al.. (2024). How to evaluate the reduction effect of the park on PM2.5? Exploratory application of the maximum and cumulative perspective. Sustainable Cities and Society. 116. 105909–105909. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Heng, Dongyu Huang, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Dietary threonine influences antioxidant capacity and immune status in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Aquaculture Reports. 37. 102197–102197. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Xiao‐Jun, Xinhui Zhang, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of clay dispersion and its influencing factors in saline-sodic soils of Songnen Plain, China. Agricultural Water Management. 303. 109033–109033. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Distribution and biomagnification of Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in edible marine fish in the Beibu Gulf, China: Implication for seafood dietary risk. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 206. 116737–116737. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qu, et al.. (2024). Investigating the influences of wind function parameterization on evaporation estimation using the generalized complementary principle. Journal of Hydrology. 634. 131097–131097. 3 indexed citations
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Alam, Md. Ashraful, Jing Huang, Muhammad Numan Khan, et al.. (2023). Effects of long-term organic and inorganic fertilization on greenhouse gas emissions and soil nutrient stoichiometry in a rice–rice–fallow cropping system. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 357. 108695–108695. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenqing, et al.. (2023). Holocene climatic controls on flooding regime along the Ussuri River in Northeast Asia. The Science of The Total Environment. 887. 164007–164007. 1 indexed citations
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Chiew, Francis H. S., Hongxing Zheng, Nicholas J. Potter, et al.. (2017). Future runoff projections for Australia and science challenges in producing next generation projections. 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Feifei, et al.. (2011). The effect of spatial rainfall variability on streamflow prediction for a south-eastern Australian catchment. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 1 indexed citations

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