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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6769 6268 2374 2100 170 6134

Fengyan Shi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fengyan Shi between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fengyan Shi published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2021. 23 of the 246 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2021. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 7 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 7 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 14 publications
1991 2025

246 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fengyan Shi: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 1
1997 2
1998 0
1999 3
2000 0
2001 3
2002 1
2003 7
2004 3
2005 5
2006 1
2007 7
2008 3
2009 3
2010 6
2011 11
2012 15
2013 13
2014 10
2015 12
2016 15
2017 10
2018 17
2019 9
2020 15
2021 21
2022 20
2023 8
2024 9
2025 14
Total 246
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Fengyan Shi publications per year - data summary

  • Fengyan Shi, a Earth Science scholar from University of Delaware, has 246 publications recorded across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1991 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 21 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 5 of the 35 years in the span carry no publications at all (1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.2 per year counting only the 30 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 72 publications, 29% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1991-2002: 12 publications (1.0 per year); 2003-2014: 84 publications (7.0 per year); 2015-2025: 150 publications (13.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Fengyan Shi 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 Fengyan Shi 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, 168–177 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: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% 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
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490 170
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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Fengyan Shi publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Fengyan Shi, a Earth Science scholar from University of Delaware, records 170 publications - the 49th percentile of the discipline.
  • 49% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Fengyan Shi, and about 51% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Fengyan Shi falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Fengyan Shi 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 Fengyan Shi 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, 37 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: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
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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Fengyan Shi D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Fengyan Shi, a Earth Science scholar from University of Delaware, records 37 D-Index - the 27th percentile of the discipline.
  • 27% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Fengyan Shi, and about 73% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Fengyan Shi ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Fengyan Shi is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States, focusing on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work encompasses a wide array of topics, primarily centered around coastal and marine dynamics as well as related environmental and geological processes.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of study further highlight the interdisciplinary nature of their research, covering:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography

Key research topics addressed by Fengyan Shi consist of:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Fengyan Shi has contributed significantly to published scientific literature, with notable papers including:

  • "Runup of landslide-generated tsunamis controlled by paleogeography and sea-level change" (2022), Communications Earth & Environment
  • "FUNWAVE-GPU: Multiple-GPU Acceleration of a Boussinesq-Type Wave Model" (2020), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Validation and inter-comparison of models for landslide tsunami generation" (2022), Ocean Modelling
  • "Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) for Southeast Coast of Chinese Mainland and Taiwan Island" (2021), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Whole-transcriptome sequencing reveals a vernalization-related ceRNA regulatory network in chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis)" (2021), BMC Genomics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Fengyan Shi include:

  • James T. Kirby
  • Matt Malej
  • Hui Feng
  • Zhiyong Liu
  • Jack A. Puleo

Key venues where the researcher has published multiple works include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Ocean Modelling

Best Publications

  • A high-order adaptive time-stepping TVD solver for Boussinesq modeling of breaking waves and coastal inundation

    Fengyan Shi;James T. Kirby;Jeffrey C. Harris;Joseph D. Geiman

  • Shock-capturing non-hydrostatic model for fully dispersive surface wave processes

    Gangfeng Ma;Fengyan Shi;James T. Kirby

  • Did a submarine landslide contribute to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

    David R. Tappin;Stephan T. Grilli;Jeffrey C. Harris;Robert J. Geller

  • Source constraints and model simulation of the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami

    Stéphan T. Grilli;Mansour Ioualalen;Jack Asavanant;Fengyan Shi

  • Boussinesq modeling of longshore currents

    Qin Chen;James T. Kirby;Robert A. Dalrymple;Fengyan Shi

  • Dispersive tsunami waves in the ocean: Model equations and sensitivity to dispersion and Coriolis effects

    James T. Kirby;Fengyan Shi;Babak Tehranirad;Jeffrey C. Harris

  • Numerical Simulation of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami Based on a New Transient FEM Co-seismic Source: Comparison to Far- and Near-Field Observations

    Stephan T. Grilli;Jeffrey C. Harris;Tayebeh S. Tajalli Bakhsh;Timothy L. Masterlark

  • A nearshore model to investigate the effects of seagrass bed geometry on wave attenuation and suspended sediment transport

    Shih-Nan Chen;Lawrence P. Sanford;Evamaria W. Koch;Fengyan Shi

  • Numerical study of turbulence and wave damping induced by vegetation canopies

    Gangfeng Ma;James T. Kirby;Shih-Feng Su;Jens Figlus

  • A fully nonlinear Boussinesq model in generalized curvilinear coordinates

    Fengyan Shi;Robert A. Dalrymple;James T. Kirby;Qin Chen

  • Numerical simulation of tsunami waves generated by deformable submarine landslides

    Gangfeng Ma;James T. Kirby;Fengyan Shi

  • A two-layer granular landslide model for tsunami wave generation: Theory and computation

    Gangfeng Ma;James T. Kirby;Tian-Jian Hsu;Fengyan Shi

  • Tide-surge Interaction Intensified by the Taiwan Strait

    Wen-Zhou Zhang;Wen-Zhou Zhang;Fengyan Shi;Hua-Sheng Hong;Shao-Ping Shang

  • Inter-model analysis of tsunami-induced coastal currents

    Patrick J. Lynett;Kara Gately;Rick Wilson;Luis Montoya

  • The response of three main beach types to tropical storms in South China

    Hongshuai Qi;Feng Cai;Gang Lei;Huimei Cao

  • Modeling coastal tsunami hazard from submarine mass failures: effect of slide rheology, experimental validation, and case studies off the US East Coast

    Stéphan T. Grilli;Mike Shelby;Olivier Kimmoun;Guillaume Dupont

  • Modeling wave effects on storm surge and coastal inundation

    Guoxiang Wu;Guoxiang Wu;Fengyan Shi;James T. Kirby;Bingchen Liang

  • A polydisperse two‐fluid model for surf zone bubble simulation

    Gangfeng Ma;Fengyan Shi;James T. Kirby

  • Modeling of SMF tsunami hazard along the upper US East Coast: detailed impact around Ocean City, MD

    Stephan T. Grilli;Christopher O’Reilly;Jeffrey C. Harris;Jeffrey C. Harris;Tayebeh Tajalli Bakhsh

  • Hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling of New River Inlet (NC) under the interaction of tides and waves

    Jia Lin Chen;Tian Jian Hsu;Fengyan Shi;Britt Raubenheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware
Stephan T. Grilli
Stephan T. Grilli University of Rhode Island
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware
Robert A. Dalrymple
Robert A. Dalrymple Johns Hopkins University
Steve Elgar
Steve Elgar Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jack A. Puleo
Jack A. Puleo University of Delaware
Patrick L. Barnard
Patrick L. Barnard United States Geological Survey
Daniel M. Hanes
Daniel M. Hanes Saint Louis University
David R. Tappin
David R. Tappin British Geological Survey
Ib A. Svendsen
Ib A. Svendsen University of Delaware

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