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Akiko Sakai

Akiko Sakai

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
5464
World Ranking
8223
National Ranking
252

Akiko Sakai publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akiko Sakai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 144 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Akiko Sakai D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akiko Sakai sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

    Tamsin L Edwards;Sophie Nowicki;Sophie Nowicki;Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Regine Hock

  • Partitioning the uncertainty of ensemble projections of global glacier mass change

    Ben Marzeion;Regine Hock;Brian Anderson;Andrew Bliss

  • The GAMDAM glacier inventory: a quality-controlled inventory of Asian glaciers

    T. Nuimura;T. Nuimura;A. Sakai;K. Taniguchi;H. Nagai;H. Nagai

  • Performance of ASTER and SRTM DEMs, and their potential for assessing glacial lakes in the Lunana region, Bhutan Himalaya

    Koji Fujita;Ryohei Suzuki;Takayuki Nuimura;Akiko Sakai

  • Role of supraglacial ponds in the ablation process of a debris-covered glacier in the Nepal Himalayas

    Akiko Sakai;Nozomu Takeuchi;Koji Fujita;Masayoshi Nakawo

  • Contrasting glacier responses to recent climate change in high-mountain Asia.

    Akiko Sakai;Koji Fujita

  • Potential flood volume of Himalayan glacial lakes

    K. Fujita;A. Sakai;S. Takenaka;T. Nuimura

  • Recent changes in Imja Glacial Lake and its damming moraine in the Nepal Himalaya revealed by in situ surveys and multi-temporal ASTER imagery

    Koji Fujita;Akiko Sakai;Takayuki Nuimura;Satoru Yamaguchi

  • Distribution characteristics and energy balance of ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers, Nepal Himalaya

    Akiko Sakai;Masayoshi Nakawo;Koji Fujita

  • Onset of calving at supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers of the Nepal Himalaya

    A. Sakai;K. Nishimura;T. Kadota;N. Takeuchi

  • Modelling runoff from a Himalayan debris-covered glacier

    K. Fujita;A. Sakai

  • Melt rate of ice cliffs on the Lirung Glacier, Nepal Himalayas, 1996

    Akiko Sakai;Masayoshi Nakawo;Koji Fujita

  • Climate regime of Asian glaciers revealed by GAMDAM glacier inventory

    A. Sakai;T. Nuimura;T. Nuimura;K. Fujita;S. Takenaka

  • Characteristics of Khumbu Glacier, Nepal Himalaya: recent change in the debris-covered area

    M. Nakawo;H. Yabuki;A. Sakai

  • Debris-covered glacier anomaly? Morphological factors controlling changes in the mass balance, surface area, terminus position, and snow line altitude of Himalayan glaciers

    Franco Salerno;Sudeep Thakuri;Gianni Tartari;Takayuki Nuimura

  • Formation conditions of supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers in the Himalaya

    Akiko Sakai;Koji Fujita

  • Expansion of a moraine-dammed glacial lake, Tsho Rolpa, in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal Himalaya

    Unknown

  • Brief communication: Updated GAMDAM glacier inventory over high-mountain Asia

    Unknown

  • Southwest-facing slopes control the formation of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya

    H. Nagai;K. Fujita;T. Nuimura;A. Sakai

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