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Hideaki Shibata

Hideaki Shibata

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
7214
World Ranking
6763
National Ranking
127

Hideaki Shibata 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 Hideaki Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hideaki Shibata 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 Hideaki Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hideaki Shibata is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work covers several key topics such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Management and Policy, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Recent publications by Hideaki Shibata include:

  • Ten facts about land systems for sustainability, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Relationships between dissolved black carbon and dissolved organic matter in streams, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Nitrogen budgets in Japan from 2000 to 2015: Decreasing trend of nitrogen loss to the environment and the challenge to further reduce nitrogen waste, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes, 2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Perspective: sustainability challenges, opportunities and solutions for long-term ecosystem observations, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors of Hideaki Shibata include:

  • Karibu Fukuzawa
  • Junko Morimoto
  • Ryunosuke Tateno
  • Wataru Hotta
  • Satoshi Suzuki

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Ecological Research
  • Journal of Forest Research
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Biogeochemistry

Best Publications

  • Land system science and sustainable development of the earth system: A global land project perspective

    Peter H. Verburg;Neville Crossman;Erle C. Ellis;Andreas Heinimann

  • Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

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  • Potential effects of climate change and variability on watershed biogeochemical processes and water quality in Northeast Asia.

    Ji Hyung Park;Lei Duan;Bomchul Kim;Myron J. Mitchell

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Genesis, goals and achievements of Long-Term Ecological Research at the global scale: A critical review of ILTER and future directions.

    M. Mirtl;M. Mirtl;E. T. Borer;I. Djukic;M. Forsius

  • Simulation of watershed hydrology and stream water quality under land use and climate change scenarios in Teshio River watershed, northern Japan

    Min Fan;Hideaki Shibata

  • Nitrogen footprints: Regional realities and options to reduce nitrogen loss to the environment

    Hideaki Shibata;James N. Galloway;Allison M. Leach;Lia R. Cattaneo

  • Effects of freeze–thaw cycles resulting from winter climate change on soil nitrogen cycling in ten temperate forest ecosystems throughout the Japanese archipelago

    Rieko Urakawa;Hideaki Shibata;Megumi Kuroiwa;Yoshiyuki Inagaki

  • Dynamic carbon dioxide exchange through snowpack by wind-driven mass transfer in a conifer-broadleaf mixed forest in northernmost Japan

    Kentaro Takagi;Mutsumi Nomura;Daitaro Ashiya;Hiroyuki Takahashi

  • High soil microbial activity in the winter season enhances nitrogen cycling in a cool-temperate deciduous forest

    Kazuo Isobe;Hiroaki Oka;Tsunehiro Watanabe;Ryunosuke Tateno

  • The influence of fire and permafrost on sub‐arctic stream chemistry during storms

    K. C. Petrone;K. C. Petrone;L. D. Hinzman;H. Shibata;J. B. Jones

  • Comparative evaluation on nitrogen saturation of forest catchments in Japan and northeastern United States

    Nobuhito Ohte;Myron J. Mitchell;Hideaki Shibata;Naoko Tokuchi

  • Effects of clear-cutting on nitrogen leaching and fine root dynamics in a cool-temperate forested watershed in northern Japan

    Karibu Fukuzawa;Hideaki Shibata;Kentaro Takagi;Mutsumi Nomura

  • Factors influencing early vegetation establishment following soil scarification in a mixed forest in northern Japan

    Toshiya Yoshida;Yoko Iga;Megumi Ozawa;Mahoko Noguchi

  • First approach to the Japanese nitrogen footprint model to predict the loss of nitrogen to the environment

    Hideaki Shibata;Lia R. Cattaneo;Allison M. Leach;James N. Galloway

  • Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: The need for long-term and site-based research

    Hideaki Shibata;Christina Branquinho;William H. McDowell;Myron J. Mitchell

  • A compound-specific n-alkane δ13C and δD approach for assessing source and delivery processes of terrestrial organic matter within a forested watershed in northern Japan

    Osamu Seki;Takeshi Nakatsuka;Hideaki Shibata;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Leaf litterfall and decomposition of different above- and belowground parts of birch ( Betula ermanii ) trees and dwarf bamboo ( Sasa kurilensis ) shrubs in a young secondary forest in Northern Japan

    S. K. Tripathi;S. K. Tripathi;A. Sumida;H. Shibata;K. Ono

  • Relationship of topography to surface water chemistry with particular focus on nitrogen and organic carbon solutes within a forested watershed in Hokkaido, Japan

    Akiko Ogawa;Hideaki Shibata;Kei Suzuki;Myron J. Mitchell

  • Change in CO2 balance under a series of forestry activities in a cool‐temperate mixed forest with dense undergrowth

    Kentaro Takagi;Karibu Fukuzawa;Naishen Liang;Masazumi Kayama

  • Factors contributing to soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates of forest soils in the Japanese archipelago

    Rieko Urakawa;Nobuhito Ohte;Hideaki Shibata;Kazuo Isobe

  • Optimal conservation planning of multiple hydrological ecosystem services under land use and climate changes in Teshio river watershed, northernmost of Japan

    Min Fan;Min Fan;Hideaki Shibata;Qing Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryunosuke Tateno
Ryunosuke Tateno Kyoto University
Kentaro Takagi
Kentaro Takagi Hokkaido University
Takayoshi Koike
Takayoshi Koike Hokkaido University
Nobuhito Ohte
Nobuhito Ohte Kyoto University
Ryusuke Hatano
Ryusuke Hatano Hokkaido University
Myron J. Mitchell
Myron J. Mitchell SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Naoko Tokuchi
Naoko Tokuchi Kyoto University
Toshihiko Hara
Toshihiko Hara Hokkaido University
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Keisuke Koba
Keisuke Koba Kyoto University

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