Boyuan Zhu, Shiyu Zhang, Lingling Zhu, Lingfeng Liu, Wenjun Yu, Jinwu Tang, Yongzhou Cheng, Yitian Li, Alistair G.L. Borthwick (2025). Critical hydro-geomorphological characteristics related to lateral erosion–deposition difference within the multilevel bifurcation system of the Yangtze Estuary, China. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Zican He, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Hualong Luan, Geng Qu (2025). Large-scale alluvial fan-river system of the middle Yangtze River: morphological diversity, grain size discontinuity, and sediment dynamics complexity.DOI
Yong Hu, Jinyun Deng, Dongfeng Li, Xixi Lu, Junxiong Zhou, Chenglong Wang, Yitian Li (2024). Shifted Flood and Ecology Regimes Due To Channel Bar Greening and Increased Flow Resistance in a Large Dammed River. Geophysical Research Letters.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Jingwen Wang, Anjun Deng, Yuanfang Chai, Yitian Li, Alistair G.L. Borthwick (2024). Rapid identification of back-flow in three distributaries of Jingjiang Reach, middle Yangtze River, China. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Yong Hu, Dongfeng Li, Jinyun Deng, Yao Yue, Junxiong Zhou, Chunrui Yang, Ninghui Zheng, Yitian Li (2024). Dune Development Dominates Flow Resistance Increase in a Large Dammed River. Water Resources Research.DOI
Xuhai Yang, Yong Hu, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Yitian Li, Haibin Xiong, Dongfeng Li (2024). Human interventions alter morphodynamics of meandering channels: Insights from decadal to pre-industrial observations in the Yangtze River. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Yong Quan Hu, Dongfeng Li, Jinyun Deng, Yitian Li, Zhisheng An (2024). Mechanisms controlling storage capacity dynamics in China’s largest freshwater lake.DOI
Yong Hu, Congcong Liu, Jinyun Deng, Wei Zhang, Yitian Li (2024). Flow resistance in the channel-bar landscape of large alluvial rivers. Frontiers of Earth Science.DOI
Zican He, Zhaohua Sun, Wei‐Xing Zhou, Yitian Li, Yong Hu (2023). Gravel‐Sand Transition of the Yangtze River: Human Disturbances, Migration Processes, and Controlling Factors. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface.DOI
Yong Hu, Junxiong Zhou, Jinyun Deng, Yitian Li, Chunrui Yang, Dongfeng Li (2023). River Bars and Vegetation Dynamics in Response to Upstream Damming: A Case Study of the Middle Yangtze River. Remote Sensing.DOI
Xuhai Yang, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Jinyun Deng, Haibin Xiong, Dongfeng Li (2022). Mechanisms of bar adjustments in the Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River in response to the operation of the Three Gorges Dam. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Xuhai Yang, Haibin Xiong, Dongfeng Li, Yitian Li, Yong Hu (2022). Disproportional erosion of the middle-lower Yangtze River following the operation of the Three Gorges Dam. The Science of The Total Environment.DOI
Jiayi Wang, Yitian Li, Zhiqiang Lai, Lianjun Zhao, Zhongmei Wang (2022). Study on the Motion Characteristics of Particles Transported by a Horizontal Pipeline in Heterogeneous Flow. Water.DOI
Yong Hu, Jinyun Deng, Yitian Li, Congcong Liu, Zican He (2022). Flow resistance adjustments of channel and bars in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in response to the operation of the Three Gorges Dam. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Yong Hu, Dongfeng Li, Jinyun Deng, Yao Yue, Junxiong Zhou, Yuanfang Chai, Yitian Li (2022). Mechanisms Controlling Water‐Level Variations in the Middle Yangtze River Following the Operation of the Three Gorges Dam. Water Resources Research.DOI
Juanjuan Fang, Yitian Li, Dong Wang, Shuai Xie (2022). Modified Hydrological Regime on Irrigation and Water Supply in Lake Areas: A Case Study of the Yangtze River–Dongting Lake. Frontiers in Earth Science.DOI
Xuhai Yang, Zhaohua Sun, Jinyun Deng, Dongfeng Li, Yitian Li (2021). Relationship between the equilibrium morphology of river islands and flow-sediment dynamics based on the theory of minimum energy dissipation. International Journal of Sediment Research.DOI
Zican He, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Qian-yi Zhao, Yong Hu, Zhenghao Chen (2021). Response of the gravel–sand transition in the Yangtze River to hydrological and sediment regime changes after upstream damming. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.DOI
Guoliang Zhu, Yitian Li, Zhaohua Sun, Shinjiro Kanae (2021). Response of vegetation to submergence along Jingjiang Reach of the Yangtze River. PLoS ONE.DOI
Jiayi Wang, Yitian Li, Li Pan, Zhiqiang Lai, Shengqi Jian (2020). Study of the Sediment Transport Law in a Reverse-Slope Section of a Pressurized Pipeline. Water.DOI
Yuanfang Chai, Yunping Yang, Jinyun Deng, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Lingling Zhu (2020). Evolution characteristics and drivers of the water level at an identical discharge in the Jingjiang reaches of the Yangtze River. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Jinyun Deng, Jinwu Tang, Wenjun Yu, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yuanfang Chai, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li (2020). Erosion-deposition patterns and depo-center movements in branching channels at the near-estuary reach of the Yangtze River. Frontiers of Earth Science.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Yao Yue, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Wenjun Yu, Enhang Liang, Jinwu Tang, Yuanfang Chai, Yitian Li (2020). Decadal link between longitudinal morphological changes in branching channels of Yangtze estuary and movement of the offshore depo‐center. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.DOI
Yuanfang Chai, Boyuan Zhu, Yao Yue, Yunping Yang, Sixuan Li, Jinqiu Ren, Haibin Xiong, Xin Cui, Yan Xia, Yitian Li (2020). Reasons for the homogenization of the seasonal discharges in the Yangtze River. Hydrology research.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, Yao Yue, Yunping Yang, Enhang Liang, Chuncai Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick (2020). Alternate erosion and deposition in the Yangtze Estuary and the future change. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Yuanfang Chai, Yao Yue, Lin Zhang, Chiyuan Miao, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, Albertus Johannes Dolman (2019). Homogenization and polarization of the seasonal water discharge of global rivers in response to climatic and anthropogenic effects. The Science of The Total Environment.DOI
Yuanfang Chai, Yitian Li, Yunping Yang, Boyuan Zhu, Sixuan Li, Can Xu, Congcong Liu (2019). Influence of Climate Variability and Reservoir Operation on Streamflow in the Yangtze River. Scientific Reports.DOI
Yuanfang Chai, Yitian Li, Yunping Yang, Sixuan Li, Wei Zhang, Jinqiu Ren, Haibin Xiong (2018). Water level variation characteristics under the impacts of extreme drought and the operation of the Three Gorges Dam. Frontiers of Earth Science.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, YANG Peiyan, Jinyun Deng, YANG Yunping, LI Sixuan (2018). River bed erosion and deposition responses to sediment reduction in the Chengtong reach of the Yangtze River. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals).DOI
Can Xu, Yitian Li (2018). Effect of flow-sediment regime on benthic invertebrate communities: Long-term analysis in a regulated floodplain lake. The Science of The Total Environment.DOI
Mofei Chen, Jinyun Deng, Shaoying Fan, Yitian Li (2018). Applying energy theory to understand the relationship between the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Sixuan Li, Yitian Li, Jing Yuan, Wei Zhang, Yuanfang Chai, Jinqiu Ren (2018). The impacts of the Three Gorges Dam upon dynamic adjustment mode alterations in the Jingjiang reach of the Yangtze River, China. Geomorphology.DOI
Jianqiao Han, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li (2018). Distribution of erosion intensity in the Jingjiang reach influenced by the Three Gorges Dam. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.DOI
Jianqiao Han, Zhaohua Sun, Yitian Li, Yunping Yang (2017). Combined effects of multiple large-scale hydraulic engineering on water stages in the middle Yangtze River. Geomorphology.DOI
Meng Gao, Wenxin Huai, Yitian Li, Wei-jiex Wei-jie (2017). Numerical study of the flow and dilution behaviors of round buoyant jet in counterflow. Journal of Hydrodynamics.DOI
Boyuan Zhu, Yitian Li, Yao Yue, Yunping Yang (2017). Aggravation of north channels' shrinkage and south channels' development in the Yangtze Estuary under dam-induced runoff discharge flattening. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.DOI
Wei Zhang, Yunping Yang, Mingjin Zhang, Yitian Li, Lingling Zhu, Xingying You, Dong Wang, Junfeng Xu (2017). Mechanisms of suspended sediment restoration and bed level compensation in downstream reaches of the Three Gorges Projects (TGP). Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Yunping Yang, Mingjin Zhang, Yitian Li, Yong-yang Fan (2016). Trend and dynamic cause of sediment particle size on the adjacent continental shelf of the Yangtze Estuary. China Ocean Engineering.DOI
Fan Yongyang, Yitian Li, Yang Yunping, Libing Huang (2016). Vertical velocity structure distribution in the Sansha area of the Yangtze Estuary, China. Journal of Marine Science and Technology.DOI
Hongyan Wei, Minghui Yu, Dangwei Wang, Yitian Li (2016). Overtopping breaching of river levees constructed with cohesive sediments. Natural hazards and earth system sciences.DOI
Hefang Jing, Yitian Li, Chunguang Li (2016). Erratum to “Numerical study of the flow in the Yellow River with non- monotonous banks”. Journal of Hydrodynamics.DOI
Ya Liu, Fei Wang, Yitian Li (2016). Fourier analysis of the SIMPLE serials. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals.DOI
Yunping Yang, Mingjin Zhang, Yitian Li, Wei Zhang (2015). The variations of suspended sediment concentration in Yangtze River Estuary. Journal of Hydrodynamics.DOI
Yunping Yang, Jinyun Deng, Mingjin Zhang, Yitian Li, Wanli Liu (2015). The synchronicity and difference in the change of suspended sediment concentration in the Yangtze River Estuary. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Yunping Yang, Yitian Li, Yongyang Fan, Junhong Zhang (2014). Impact of water and sediment discharges on subaqueous delta evolution in Yangtze Estuary from 1950 to 2010. DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals).DOI
Hefang Jing, Chunguang Li, Yakun Guo, Zhu, L., Yitian Li (2014). Numerical modeling of flow in continuous bends from Daliushu to Shapotou in Yellow River. Bradford Scholars (University of Bradford).DOI
Yunping Yang, Yitian Li, Zhaohua Sun, Fan Yongyang (2013). Suspended sediment load in the turbidity maximum zone at the Yangtze River Estuary: The trends and causes. Journal of Geographical Sciences.DOI
Hefang Jing, Chunguang Li, Yakun Guo, Lixiang Zhang, Lijun Zhu, Yitian Li (2013). Modelling of sediment transport and bed deformation in rivers with continuous bends. Journal of Hydrology.DOI
Fei Wang, Wei Zhang, Yitian Li (2013). Fourier Analysis of the Effect of Momentum Interpolation on the SIMPLE Series Formulated on a Collocated Grid. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals.DOI
Yun Liu, Yitian Li (2010). Optimization of flood control of storage and detention basin. International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD).DOI
Yitian Li, Zhaohua Sun, Liu Yun, Jinyun Deng (2009). Channel Degradation Downstream from the Three Gorges Project and Its Impacts on Flood Level. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.DOI
Yitian Li (2009). Analysis of river evolution tendency at Zhijiang-Jiangkou Reach after impoundment of Three Gorges Reservoir. Engineering Journal of Wuhan University.
Zhixian Cao, Yitian Li, Zhiyuan Yue (2006). Multiple time scales of alluvial rivers carrying suspended sediment and their implications for mathematical modeling. Advances in Water Resources.DOI
Yitian Li (2006). On Stress Characteristics of Flexible Mattress with Concrete Ballast. Port & Waterway Engineering.
黄颖，李义天（2005）. 维持通航建筑物口门水深的护底加糙措施研究. 《水利学报》.
李义天，要威，何用（2005）. 淮河中游行洪区开启运用的初步研究. 《水电能源科学》.
Yitian Li (2005). Research on Sediment Carrying Capacity and Resistance Distribution Along River Width in Huanghe Wandering River. Science Technology and Engineer.
Yitian Li (2005). Water depth maintenance of navigation pass by means of increasing roughness of channel bed. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
Yitian Li (2004). Variation of Design Lowest Navigable Water Level in Middle and Lower Reach of the Yangtze River. Port & Waterway Engineering.
Yitian Li (2004). Bidirectional Flow and Shoal Regulation in the Channel Reach from Baisha to Maocaojie. Port & Waterway Engineering.
彭杨，李义天，张红武（2003）. 三峡水库汛末蓄水时间与目标决策研究. 《水科学进展》.
Yitian Li (2003). Study on the impounding time and objective decision of the Three Gorges Project at the end of flood period. Advances in Water Science.
李义天，彭杨，谢葆玲，赵明登（2002）. 三峡水库汛末蓄水方案比较. 《水电能源科学》.
彭杨，李义天，谢葆玲，赵明登（2002）. 三峡水库汛后提前蓄水方案研究. 《水力发电学报》.
Yitian Li, Roy R. Gu (2002). Modeling Flow and Sediment Transport in a River System Using an Artificial Neural Network. Environmental Management.DOI
Roy R. Gu, Yitian Li (2002). River temperature sensitivity to hydraulic and meteorological parameters. Journal of Environmental Management.DOI