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National Ranking
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Etsushi Kato 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 Etsushi Kato sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 132 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Etsushi Kato 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 Etsushi Kato sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Etsushi Kato is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. They focus on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a broad range of topics including:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Kato has contributed to several recent publications, among which are:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020, published in 2020 in Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2021, published in 2022 in Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2022, published in 2022 in Earth system science data
  • Global Carbon Budget 2023, published in 2023 in Earth system science data
  • Recent global decline of CO 2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis, published in 2020 in Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kato include:

  • Pierre Friedlingstein
  • Stephen Sitch
  • Hanqin Tian
  • Benjamin Poulter
  • Atul K. Jain

The main venues where Kato's work is published include:

  • Sustainability Science
  • Earth system science data
  • Climatic Change
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Science

Kato has also contributed to book publications, including titles published by Frontiers Media. One of their known contributions is the book Insights in Negative Emission Technologies: 2021, published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2015

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;J. G. Canadell

  • Global carbon budget 2014

    C. Le Quéré;R. Moriarty;R. M. Andrew;G. P. Peters

  • Global carbon budget 2013

    C. Le Quere;G.P. Peters;R.J. Andres;Robbie M Andrew

  • Greening of the Earth and its drivers

    Zaichun Zhu;Zaichun Zhu;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Ranga B. Myneni;Mengtian Huang

  • Global Carbon Budget 2018

    Corinne Le Quéré;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

    Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

  • Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth

    Wenping Yuan;Yi Zheng;Shilong Piao;Philippe Ciais

  • The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

    Anders Ahlström;Anders Ahlström;Michael R. Raupach;Guy Schurgers;Benjamin Smith

  • MIROC-ESM 2010: model description and basic results of CMIP5-20c3m experiments

    S. Watanabe;T. Hajima;K. Sudo;T. Nagashima

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • The global carbon budget 1959-2011

    C. Le Quere;R.J. Andres;T.A. Boden;T. Conway

  • Compensatory water effects link yearly global land CO2 sink changes to temperature

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher Huntingford

  • Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen;Jing M. Chen

  • Historical carbon dioxide emissions caused by land-use changes are possibly larger than assumed

    Almut Arneth;Stephen Sitch;Julia Pongratz;B. D. Stocker

  • Effect of Anthropogenic Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes on Climate and Land Carbon Storage in CMIP5 Projections for the Twenty-First Century

    V. Brovkin;Lena R. Boysen;Vivek K. Arora;J. P. Boisier

  • Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity

    Wolfgang Buermann;Wolfgang Buermann;Matthias Forkel;Michael O’Sullivan;Stephen Sitch

  • An emission pathway for stabilization at 6 Wm−2 radiative forcing

    Toshihiko Masui;Kenichi Matsumoto;Yasuaki Hijioka;Tsuguki Kinoshita

  • Twenty-First-Century Compatible CO2 Emissions and Airborne Fraction Simulated by CMIP5 Earth System Models under Four Representative Concentration Pathways

    Chris Jones;Eddy Robertson;Vivek Arora;Pierre Friedlingstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Sitch
Stephen Sitch University of Exeter
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter
Atul K. Jain
Atul K. Jain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Sönke Zaehle
Sönke Zaehle Max Planck Society
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Andy Wiltshire
Andy Wiltshire Met Office
Danica Lombardozzi
Danica Lombardozzi National Center for Atmospheric Research
Julia E. M. S. Nabel
Julia E. M. S. Nabel Max Planck Society
Julia Pongratz
Julia Pongratz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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