Qiuhua Liang

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
172 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Qiuhua Liang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiuhua Liang has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 65 papers in Atmospheric Science and 59 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Qiuhua Liang's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (69 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (48 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (42 papers). Qiuhua Liang is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (69 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (48 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (42 papers). Qiuhua Liang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Germany. Qiuhua Liang's co-authors include Xilin Xia, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Fabien Marche, Jingming Hou, Xiaodong Ming, Luke Smith, Georges Kesserwani, Reinhard Hinkelmann, Xijun Lai and Haibo Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Qiuhua Liang

165 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Numerical resolution of well-balanced shallow water equations with complex source terms

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiuhua Liang United Kingdom	38	3.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.3k	853	172	5.5k
Guangqian Wang China	41	2.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	985 0.5×	305 0.2×	887 1.0×	198	5.6k
Luís Cea Spain	31	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	734 0.4×	352 0.3×	639 0.7×	105	2.9k
Mario Putti Italy	31	925 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	524 0.3×	667 0.5×	1.8k 2.1×	133	4.1k
Heping Liu United States	32	2.5k 0.8×	405 0.2×	1.5k 0.8×	565 0.4×	904 1.1×	157	3.7k
Jean A. Cunge France	14	2.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.5×	590 0.3×	463 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	40	4.3k
T. I. Eldho India	36	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	363 0.2×	584 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	231	4.4k
R. L. Walko United States	30	4.8k 1.6×	626 0.3×	4.5k 2.3×	196 0.2×	1.3k 1.5×	60	6.4k
Anton Beljaars United Kingdom	50	7.4k 2.4×	846 0.4×	7.5k 3.9×	402 0.3×	2.4k 2.9×	105	9.7k
Gareth Pender United Kingdom	31	1.3k 0.4×	825 0.4×	521 0.3×	405 0.3×	418 0.5×	111	3.2k
M. L. Kavvas United States	39	2.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	92 0.1×	1.2k 1.4×	274	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Qiuhua Liang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiuhua Liang

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All Works

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Li, Zhiwei, et al.. (2025). Characterization of hydrodynamics around plates shaped like dragonfly wings as a sediment reduction measure in a sewer system. Water Research. 274. 123152–123152.

Tao, Aifeng, et al.. (2025). Key differences of swells around China induced by two calculation domains. Applied Ocean Research. 165. 104804–104804.

Ming, Xiaodong, et al.. (2025). Large-scale high-resolution hydrodynamic modelling of urban floods: Some practical considerations. Journal of Hydro-environment Research. 59. 100655–100655.

Chen, Huili, Qiuhua Liang, Jiaheng Zhao, & Sudan Bikash Maharjan. (2025). Assessing national exposure to and impact of glacial lake outburst floods considering uncertainty under data sparsity. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(3). 733–752. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Yihong, et al.. (2024). Threshold and real-time initiation mechanism of urban flood emergency response under combined disaster scenarios. Sustainable Cities and Society. 108. 105512–105512. 16 indexed citations

Liang, Qiuhua, et al.. (2024). Simulation of the Full‐Process Dynamics of Floating Vehicles Driven by Flash Floods. Water Resources Research. 60(10). 2 indexed citations

Liang, Qiuhua, et al.. (2024). A coupled hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling approach for estimating rainfall thresholds of debris-flow occurrence. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 24(10). 3357–3379. 3 indexed citations

Lai, Xijun, et al.. (2023). An improved non-point source pollution model for catchment-scale hydrological processes and phosphorus loads. Journal of Hydrology. 621. 129588–129588. 8 indexed citations

Liang, Qiuhua, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Object-Level Flood Impact in an Urbanized Area Considering Operation of Hydraulic Structures. Sustainability. 15(5). 4589–4589. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Huili, Jiaheng Zhao, Qiuhua Liang, Sudan Bikash Maharjan, & Sharad Joshi. (2021). Assessing the potential impact of glacial lake outburst floods on individual objects using a high-performance hydrodynamic model and open-source data. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 3). 151289–151289. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Kai, Linghong Ke, Jida Wang, et al.. (2021). Ongoing Drainage Reorganization Driven by Rapid Lake Growths on the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(24). 49 indexed citations

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Ming, Xiaodong, et al.. (2020). Real‐Time Flood Forecasting Based on a High‐Performance 2‐D Hydrodynamic Model and Numerical Weather Predictions. Water Resources Research. 56(7). 177 indexed citations

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Birkinshaw, Stephen, Selma B. Guerreiro, Qiuhua Liang, et al.. (2017). Climate change impacts on Yangtze River discharge at the Three Gorges Dam. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 21(4). 1911–1927. 73 indexed citations

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Liang, Qiuhua, et al.. (2016). Computationally Efficient Tsunami Modeling on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering. 26(2). 154–160. 14 indexed citations

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Liang, Qiuhua, et al.. (2016). Testing a Shock-Capturing Hydrodynamic Model for Storm Surge Simulation. The 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. 1 indexed citations

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Lai, Xijun, et al.. (2014). Variational assimilation of remotely sensed flood extents using a 2-D flood model. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(11). 4325–4339. 31 indexed citations

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Downie, M, et al.. (2013). 3D Numerical Reconstruction of the Hydrodynamics Around an Artificial Reef in Loch Linnhe, Scotland. The Twenty-third International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 5 indexed citations

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Downie, M, et al.. (2012). Tidal Simulation In Loch Linnhe Using a Finite Volume Shallow Flow Model. The Twenty-second International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Zang, Jun, Shiqing Liu, Qiuhua Liang, et al.. (2007). A new Boussinesq model for wave run-up on curved structures using Cartesian cut-cell grids. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1 indexed citations

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Zang, Jun, Dezhi Ning, Shuxue Liu, et al.. (2007). Boussinesq cut-cell model for wave scattering from cylinder in shallow water. International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering. 17(4). 266–269. 1 indexed citations

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