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D-Index
65
Citations
12924
World Ranking
1433
National Ranking
91

Ji Shen 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 Ji Shen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 233 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Ji Shen 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 Ji Shen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ji Shen is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their scientific work spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, addressing topics related to paleoclimatology, ecology, and environmental chemistry.

The main fields of study in their research include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broad areas, their work extends into subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Anthropology

Ji Shen's research topics cover a range of subjects focusing on long-term environmental and climate dynamics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

Their recent papers illustrate this diverse scope, with selected publications including:

  • "Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage" (2020) published in Science Bulletin
  • "Vegetation, climate and human impact since 20 ka in central Yunnan Province based on high-resolution pollen and charcoal records from Dianchi, southwestern China" (2020) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Quantification of temperature and precipitation changes in northern China during the '5000-year' Chinese History" (2021) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Paleoclimate Significance of Reconstructed Rainfall Isotope Changes in Asian Monsoon Region" (2021) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Holocene lake-level fluctuations of Selin Co on the central Tibetan plateau: Regulated by monsoonal precipitation or meltwater?" (2021) published in Quaternary Science Reviews

Ji Shen has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Cheng Zhao
  • Qi Lin
  • Ke Zhang
  • Enlou Zhang
  • Xiaoping Feng

Their work frequently appears in specific academic journals, indicating a targeted engagement with key publication venues related to their fields:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • CATENA
  • Science Bulletin
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Marine Geology

Best Publications

  • Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes

    Jianjun Wang;Ji Shen;Yucheng Wu;Chen Tu

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

  • Asian monsoon oscillations in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau since the late glacial as interpreted from visible reflectance of Qinghai Lake sediments

    Junfeng Ji;Ji Shen;William Balsam;Jun Chen

  • Holocene environmental and climatic changes inferred from Wulungu Lake in northern Xinjiang, China

    Xingqi Liu;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ji Shen;Qingfen Jiang

  • The Holocene vegetation history of Lake Erhai, Yunnan province southwestern China: the role of climate and human forcings

    Ji Shen;Richard T. Jones;Xiangdong Yang;John A. Dearing

  • Spatial distribution, contamination and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of Erhai Lake, a large eutrophic plateau lake in southwest China

    Qi Lin;Enfeng Liu;Enlou Zhang;Kai Li

  • Latest Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate history inferred from an alpine lacustrine record, northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China

    Xiayun Xiao;Simon G. Haberle;Ji Shen;Xiangdong Yang

  • Southwest monsoon changes indicated by oxygen isotope of ostracode shells from sediments in Qinghai Lake since the late Glacial

    XingQi Liu;Ji Shen;SuMin Wang;YongBo Wang

  • Using multiple archives to understand past and present climate–human–environment interactions: the lake Erhai catchment, Yunnan Province, China

    John Dearing;John Dearing;R. T. Jones;J Shen;X Yang

  • Holocene moisture and East Asian summer monsoon evolution in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by Lake Qinghai and its environs: A review of conflicting proxies

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Duo Wu;Duo Wu;Jianhui Chen;Aifeng Zhou

  • Contrasting patterns in elevational diversity between microorganisms and macroorganisms

    Jianjun Wang;Janne Soininen;Yong Zhang;Beixin Wang

  • Late Cenozoic climate changes in China's western interior: a review of research on Lake Qinghai and comparison with other records

    Steven M. Colman;Shi-Yong Yu;Zhisheng An;Ji Shen

  • Carbon burial by shallow lakes on the Yangtze floodplain and its relevance to regional carbon sequestration

    Xuhui Dong;N. John Anderson;Xiangdong Yang;Xu chen

  • A 16000-year pollen record of Qinghai Lake and its paleo-climate and paleoenvironment

    Xingqi Liu;Ji Shen;Sumin Wang;Xiangdong Yang

  • Surface sediment diatom assemblages and epilimnetic total phosphorus in large, shallow lakes of the Yangtze floodplain: their relationships and implications for assessing long-term eutrophication

    Xiangdong Yang;N. John Anderson;Xuhui Dong;Ji Shen

  • Phylogenetic clustering increases with elevation for microbes.

    Jianjun Wang;Janne Soininen;Jizheng He;Ji Shen

  • Holocene vegetational and climatic variation in westerly-dominated areas of Central Asia inferred from the Sayram Lake in northern Xinjiang, China

    Jiang QingFeng;Jiang QingFeng;JI JunFeng;Shen Ji;Ryo Matsumoto

  • Do patterns of bacterial diversity along salinity gradients differ from those observed for macroorganisms

    Jianjun Wang;Dongmei Yang;Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang;Ji Shen

  • People, pollution and pathogens – Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems

    Dirk S Schmeller;Adeline Loyau;Kunshan Bao;Werner Brack

  • Chemical weathering since the Little Ice Age recorded in lake sediments: a high-resolution proxy of past climate

    Zhangdong Jin;Sumin Wang;Ji Shen;Enlou Zhang

  • Patterns of elevational beta diversity in micro- and macroorganisms

    Jianjun Wang;Janne Soininen;Yong Zhang;Beixin Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Enlou Zhang
Enlou Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiangdong Yang
Xiangdong Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Enfeng Liu
Enfeng Liu Shandong Normal University
Sumin Wang
Sumin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianjun Wang
Jianjun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Janne Soininen
Janne Soininen University of Helsinki
Peter G. Langdon
Peter G. Langdon University of Southampton
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
James Shulmeister
James Shulmeister University of Canterbury
Simon G. Haberle
Simon G. Haberle Australian National University

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