Zongxue Xu

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
243 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Zongxue Xu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zongxue Xu has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Water Science and Technology, 158 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 73 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zongxue Xu's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (130 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (64 papers) and Climate variability and models (63 papers). Zongxue Xu is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (130 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (64 papers) and Climate variability and models (63 papers). Zongxue Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and Australia. Zongxue Xu's co-authors include Depeng Zuo, Bo Pang, Gang Zhao, Yaning Chen, Dingzhi Peng, Hong Yang, Guoqiang Wang, Zhanling Li, Zhaofei Liu and Wei Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zongxue Xu

237 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Mapping flood susceptibility in mountainous areas on a national scale in China

2017 302 citations Gang Zhao, Bo Pang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zongxue Xu China	45	4.5k	4.1k	1.9k	1.7k	941	243	7.2k
Xi Chen China	50	4.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	374	9.2k
Quanxi Shao Australia	50	4.5k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	553 0.6×	179	6.9k
Maoyi Huang United States	45	4.1k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	585 0.6×	140	6.3k
Rohini Kumar Germany	51	5.3k 1.2×	4.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	559 0.6×	194	8.4k
Axel Bronstert Germany	47	3.5k 0.8×	4.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	1000 1.1×	164	6.3k
Thian Yew Gan Canada	48	5.1k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	770 0.8×	173	7.3k
Stewart W. Franks Australia	39	5.1k 1.1×	5.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	711 0.8×	104	7.3k
Luis Samaniego Germany	48	4.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	460 0.5×	133	6.9k
Ad de Roo Italy	35	4.0k 0.9×	3.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	670 0.7×	77	6.3k
David R. Maidment United States	44	4.0k 0.9×	4.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	201	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zongxue Xu

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Liao, Weihong, et al.. (2025). An enhanced framework for simulating urban pluvial flooding: Integrating nested watersheds and urban areas with spatial heterogeneity. Journal of Hydrology. 654. 132875–132875. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Weihong, et al.. (2025). An innovative framework to assess the human-water relationship in complex pluvial flooding system at urban meso-scales. Journal of Hydrology. 655. 132876–132876. 2 indexed citations

Gou, Jiaojiao, Chiyuan Miao, Jinren Ni, et al.. (2025). Warming climate and water withdrawals threaten river flow connectivity in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(34). e2421046122–e2421046122.

Xu, Zongxue, et al.. (2025). An Enhanced Framework for Assessing Pluvial Flooding Risk with Integrated Dynamic Population Vulnerability at Urban Scale. Remote Sensing. 17(4). 654–654. 2 indexed citations

Yin, Xinan, et al.. (2024). Influence of lunar phases and meteorological factors on rainfall in Karachi City, Pakistan. Journal of Hydrology. 629. 130628–130628. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Siyang, Depeng Zuo, Huixiao Wang, et al.. (2024). Improvement of drought assessment capability based on optimal weighting methods and a new threshold classification scheme. Journal of Hydrology. 631. 130758–130758. 3 indexed citations

Yin, Xinan, Zongxue Xu, Roberta Padulano, et al.. (2023). Rainfall-driven machine learning models for accurate flood inundation mapping in Karachi, Pakistan. Urban Climate. 49. 101573–101573. 15 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaohong, Depeng Zuo, Zongxue Xu, et al.. (2023). Changes in Rainfall and Flood Characteristics under Nonstationarity in a Mountain Basin of Northwest China. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 28(5). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Wenwu, et al.. (2023). Plant functional traits explain long-term differences in ecosystem services between artificial forests and natural grasslands. Journal of Environmental Management. 345. 118853–118853. 7 indexed citations

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Xia, Jun, et al.. (2023). Impact of Urbanization on Regional Rainfall-Runoff Processes: Case Study in Jinan City, China. Remote Sensing. 15(9). 2383–2383. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Zongxue, et al.. (2022). Assessment of the impact of urban water system scheduling on urban flooding by using coupled hydrological and hydrodynamic model in Fuzhou City, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 321. 115935–115935. 20 indexed citations

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Zuo, Depeng, et al.. (2022). Identification of priority management areas for non-point source pollution based on critical source areas in an agricultural watershed of Northeast China. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 2). 113892–113892. 23 indexed citations

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Zhao, Gang, Bo Pang, Zongxue Xu, Dingzhi Peng, & Depeng Zuo. (2020). Urban flood susceptibility assessment based on convolutional neural networks. Journal of Hydrology. 590. 125235–125235. 115 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Liu Liu, Xingcai Liu, Xiuping Li, & Zongxue Xu. (2019). Greening Implication Inferred from Vegetation Dynamics Interacted with Climate Change and Human Activities over the Southeast Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Remote Sensing. 11(20). 2421–2421. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Yanli, Yanli Li, Yanfen Li, et al.. (2015). Assessment of the Huntai River in China using a multimetric index based on fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 31(2). 169–190. 9 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lei, Zongxue Xu, Dingbao Wang, & Ximing Cai. (2012). Reply to comment by Jozsef Szilagyi on “Assessing interannual variability of evapotranspiration at the catchment scale using satellite‐based evapotranspiration data sets”. Water Resources Research. 48(3). 11 indexed citations

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Li, Fapeng, et al.. (2009). Characteristics of the spatial and temporal distribution for regional evapotranspiration in the Yellow River Delta based on MODIS data.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 25(2). 113–120. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Zongxue, et al.. (2008). Application of SWAT Model in the Sanchuan River Catchment. Journal of Water Resources and Water Engineering. 19(5). 28–33. 8 indexed citations

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Zhan, Chesheng, Jun Xia, Zhi Chen, Zhao-Liang Li, & Zongxue Xu. (2007). Remote sensing estimation of land surface evapotranspiration of typical river basins in China.. IAHS-AISH publication. 220–227. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Zongxue, Kazumasa Ito, & Jingyu Li. (2001). Risk estimation for flood and drought: case studies. IAHS-AISH publication. 333–339. 2 indexed citations

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