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Xinle Zhang

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2007Rising activity

Publications

122

Citations

2,456

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

20

Publishing since 2007

Research summary
AI-generated

Xinle Zhang's research focuses on using remote sensing, machine learning, and deep learning to map and monitor agricultural soils and farmland, including soil organic carbon, soil nutrients, erosion, and crop conditions such as lodging and weeds. Much of this work combines satellite, airborne, and hyperspectral imagery with terrain and climate data to build predictive models for soil and cropland properties, primarily in Chinese agricultural regions. Note that some listed publications (on pharmaceutical tablet modeling and eye disease risk prediction) appear unrelated to this environmental/remote sensing focus and may reflect data mixing from a different author with the same name.

Remote sensing for soil and crop monitoringSoil organic carbon and nutrient predictionMachine learning and deep learning for agricultural mappingFarmland and land degradation assessment (erosion, drought, topsoil loss)Hyperspectral and multi-source geospatial data integration

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from about 5-6 papers per year around 2017-2020 to a peak of 20 in 2024, indicating an increasing publication rate in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 12.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 14 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 20 publications20242025: 14 publications252026: 4 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Remote Sensing×15
  • CATENA×8
  • Soil and Tillage Research×8
  • Geoderma×5
  • Remote Sensing of Environment×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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