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Deliang Chen

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Environmental Sciences
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2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 103 317 296 41 40 531 37928

Deliang Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Deliang Chen between 1989 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Deliang Chen published across 38 years, from 1989 to 2026, averaging 26.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 127 publications in 2025. 128 of the 996 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 127. Peak 127 publications in 2025. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 7 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 31 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 57 publications 2020: 70 publications 2021: 75 publications 2022: 94 publications 2023: 103 publications 2024: 113 publications 2025: 127 publications 2026: 1 publication
1989 2026

996 publications in total across all disciplines

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Deliang Chen: publications per year, 1989 to 2026
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 0
1991 2
1992 7
1993 4
1994 0
1995 3
1996 7
1997 0
1998 6
1999 4
2000 3
2001 7
2002 5
2003 13
2004 13
2005 15
2006 23
2007 12
2008 21
2009 16
2010 9
2011 16
2012 11
2013 20
2014 21
2015 33
2016 25
2017 31
2018 28
2019 57
2020 70
2021 75
2022 94
2023 103
2024 113
2025 127
2026 1
Total 996
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Deliang Chen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deliang Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 531–540 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 531 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22 531
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Deliang Chen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Deliang Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 103 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18 103
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Deliang Chen is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in environmental and earth sciences. Their research contributions span broad areas involving climate variability, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and global planetary change. The core fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, highlighting a focus on understanding natural systems and climate dynamics.

Their work encompasses multiple subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Oceanography. These interrelated disciplines support investigations into climate models, hydrological processes, and environmental impacts on water systems.

Main topics of research covered by Deliang Chen include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Flood risk assessment and management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Deliang Chen are:

  • Tinghai Ou (44 co-authored works)
  • César Azorín-Molina (32)
  • Junguo Liu (32)
  • Lorenzo Minola (25)
  • Lei Wang (23)

Key publication venues where Deliang Chen's work regularly appears include:

  • Climate Dynamics (28 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (24)
  • Environmental Research Letters (22)
  • Advances in Climate Change Research (22)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (21)

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Deliang Chen are:

  • The imbalance of the Asian water tower, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Quantifying the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events on energy systems, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Abrupt shift to hotter and drier climate over inner East Asia beyond the tipping point, 2020, Science
  • Elevation dependent warming over the Tibetan Plateau: Patterns, mechanisms and perspectives, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

Best Publications

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • Regional Climate Information—Evaluation and Projections

    F. Giorgi;J. Christensen;M. Hulme;H. von Storch

  • Using the Köppen classification to quantify climate variation and change: An example for 1901–2010

    Deliang Chen;Hans Weiteng Chen

  • Analysis of spatial distribution and temporal trend of reference evapotranspiration and pan evaporation in Changjiang (Yangtze River) catchment

    Chong-yu Xu;Chong-yu Xu;Lebing Gong;Lebing Gong;Tong Jiang;Deliang Chen;Deliang Chen

  • Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: Grand Challenges

    W. V. Reid;D. Chen;L. Goldfarb;H. Hackmann

  • Quantifying the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events on energy systems

    A. T.D. Perera;A. T.D. Perera;Vahid M. Nik;Vahid M. Nik;Vahid M. Nik;Deliang Chen;Jean Louis Scartezzini

  • Sensitivity of the Penman–Monteith reference evapotranspiration to key climatic variables in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) basin

    Lebing Gong;Lebing Gong;Chong-yu Xu;Chong-yu Xu;Deliang Chen;Deliang Chen;Sven Halldin

  • Evaporative cooling over the Tibetan Plateau induced by vegetation growth

    Miaogen Shen;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Su-Jong Jeong;Liming Zhou

  • Evaluation of the Global Climate Models in the CMIP5 over the Tibetan Plateau

    Fengge Su;Xiaolan Duan;Deliang Chen;Zhenchun Hao

  • Indices for daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe analyzed for the period 1901–2000

    Anders Moberg;Philip D. Jones;David Lister;Alexander Walther

  • PM2.5-induced oxidative stress triggers autophagy in human lung epithelial A549 cells

    Xiaobei Deng;Fang Zhang;Wei Rui;Fang Long

  • A reversal in global terrestrial stilling and its implications for wind energy production

    Zhenzhong Zeng;Zhenzhong Zeng;Alan D. Ziegler;Timothy Searchinger;Long Yang

  • Empirical-Statistical Downscaling

    Rasmus E Benestad;Inger Hanssen-Bauer;Deliang Chen

  • Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Yun Qian;Zhenming Ji

  • Forty years of reform and opening up: China’s progress toward a sustainable path

    Yonglong Lu;Yonglong Lu;Yueqing Zhang;Xianghui Cao;Chenchen Wang

  • Heavy pollution suppresses light rain in China: Observations and modeling

    Yun Qian;Daoyi Gong;Jiwen Fan;L. Ruby Leung

  • Comparison of the Thornthwaite method and pan data with the standard Penman-Monteith estimates of reference evapotranspiration in China

    Deliang Chen;Ge Gao;Chong Yu Xu;Jun Guo

  • Changes of effective temperature and cold/hot days in late decades over China based on a high resolution gridded observation dataset

    Jia Wu;Xuejie Gao;Filippo Giorgi;Deliang Chen

  • The Beijing Climate Center atmospheric general circulation model: description and its performance for the present-day climate

    Tongwen Wu;Rucong Yu;Fang Zhang;Zaizhi Wang

  • Annual temperatures during the last 2485 years in the mid-eastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from tree rings

    Yu Liu;Yu Liu;ZhiSheng An;Hans W. Linderholm;DeLiang Chen

  • CHAPTER 2: ARCTIC CLIMATE - Past and Present

    G. Alekseev;D. Chen;E. Førland;J. Fyfe

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar Azorin-Molina
Cesar Azorin-Molina Spanish National Research Council
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Hans W. Linderholm
Hans W. Linderholm University of Gothenburg
Chong-Yu Xu
Chong-Yu Xu North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chang-Hoi Ho
Chang-Hoi Ho Seoul National University
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa

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