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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 48 3735 3423 1467 1303 113 11782

Chien-Lu Ping publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chien-Lu Ping between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chien-Lu Ping published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 183 publications in 2024. 296 of the 428 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 183. Peak 183 publications in 2024. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 2 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 183 publications 2025: 113 publications
1985 2025

428 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chien-Lu Ping: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 2
1987 2
1988 2
1989 2
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 2
1995 2
1996 3
1997 2
1998 4
1999 2
2000 2
2001 3
2002 4
2003 4
2004 7
2005 4
2006 5
2007 2
2008 5
2009 3
2010 8
2011 4
2012 9
2013 10
2014 5
2015 5
2016 5
2017 8
2018 2
2019 4
2020 2
2021 2
2022 3
2023 2
2024 183
2025 113
Total 428
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Chien-Lu Ping 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 Chien-Lu Ping sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 113 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484 113
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Chien-Lu Ping 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 Chien-Lu Ping sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207 48
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Chien-Lu Ping is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Atmospheric Science.

They have contributed to scientific literature addressing various topics such as Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks, 2021, Science Advances
  • High carbon emissions from thermokarst lakes and their determinants in the Tibet Plateau, 2023, Global Change Biology
  • The effects of warming and soil chemistry on bacterial community structure in Arctic tundra soils, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Recent Warming Fuels Increased Organic Carbon Export From Arctic Permafrost, 2021, AGU Advances
  • Applying NIR and MIR spectroscopy for C and soil property prediction in northern cold-region ecosystems. Which approach works better?, 2023, Geoderma Regional

Chien-Lu Ping frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including Melissa Ward Jones, Glenna Gannon, Benjamin Jones, Jason Toyoda, and Qian Zhao.

The most frequent venues for their publications include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Science Advances, Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, and Geoderma Regional.

Best Publications

  • Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps

    Gustaf Hugelius;Jens Strauss;Sebastian Zubrzycki;Jennifer W. Harden

  • Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

    F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

  • Expert assessment of vulnerability of permafrost carbon to climate change

    E. A. G. Schuur;B. W. Abbott;W. B. Bowden;V. Brovkin

  • High stocks of soil organic carbon in the North American Arctic region

    Chien-Lu Ping;Gary J. Michaelson;Mark T. Jorgenson;John M. Kimble

  • Field information links permafrost carbon to physical vulnerabilities of thawing

    Jennifer W. Harden;Charles D. Koven;Chien-Lu Ping;Gustaf Hugelius

  • Mobilization pathways of organic carbon from permafrost to arctic rivers in a changing climate

    Laodong Guo;Chien-Lu Ping;Robie W. Macdonald

  • Spatial heterogeneity and environmental predictors of permafrost region soil organic carbon stocks

    Umakant Mishra;Gustaf Hugelius;Eitan Shelef;Yuanhe Yang

  • Changes of climate and seasonally frozen ground over the past 30 years in Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau, China

    Lin Zhao;Chien-Lu Ping;Daqing Yang;Guodong Cheng

  • Carbon Storage and Distribution in Tundra Soils of Arctic Alaska, U.S.A.

    G. J. Michaelson;C. L. Ping;J. M. Kimble

  • Permafrost soils and carbon cycling

    C. L. Ping;J. D. Jastrow;M. T. Jorgenson;G. J. Michaelson

  • Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect

    D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;V. E. Romanovsky;C. L. Ping

  • Vegetation-Soil-Thaw-Depth Relationships along a Low-Arctic Bioclimate Gradient, Alaska: Synthesis of Information from the ATLAS Studies

    D. A. Walker;G. J. Jia;H. E. Epstein;M. K. Raynolds

  • A new data set for estimating organic carbon storage to 3 m depth in soils of the northern circumpolar permafrost region

    G. Hugelius;James G. Bockheim;P. Camill;B. Elberling;B. Elberling

  • Methane emissions proportional to permafrost carbon thawed in Arctic lakes since the 1950s

    Katey Walter Anthony;Ronald Daanen;Peter Anthony;Thomas Schneider von Deimling

  • Ground ice in the upper permafrost of the Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska

    M. Kanevskiy;Y. Shur;M.T. Jorgenson;C.-L. Ping

  • Characteristics of cryogenic soils along a latitudinal transect in arctic Alaska

    C. L. Ping;J. G. Bockheim;J. M. Kimble;G. J. Michaelson

  • Energy and trace-gas fluxes across a soil pH boundary in the Arctic

    D. A. Walker;N. A. Auerbach;J. G. Bockheim;F. S. Chapin

  • Frost‐boil ecosystems: complex interactions between landforms, soils, vegetation and climate

    Donald A. Walker;Howard E. Epstein;William A. Gould;Alexia M. Kelley

  • Soil Atlas of the Northern Circumpolar Region

    O. Anisimov;Ö. Arnalds;A. Arnoldusen;J. Bockheim

  • Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors

    Kristofer D. Johnson;Jennifer Harden;A. David McGuire;Norman B. Bliss

  • The nature of spatial transitions in the Arctic

    HE Epstein;Jason Beringer;WA Gould;AH Lloyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Walker
Donald A. Walker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Jennifer W. Harden
Jennifer W. Harden United States Geological Survey
Gustaf Hugelius
Gustaf Hugelius Stockholm University
Charles D. Koven
Charles D. Koven Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter Kuhry
Peter Kuhry Stockholm University
Charles Tarnocai
Charles Tarnocai Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Lutz Schirrmeister
Lutz Schirrmeister Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Jens Strauss
Jens Strauss Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

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