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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 61 2715 2592 273 269 538 19292

Jiancheng Shi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jiancheng Shi between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jiancheng Shi published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 20.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 87 publications in 2023. 87 of the 766 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 87. Peak 87 publications in 2023. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 32 publications 2013: 30 publications 2014: 43 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 37 publications 2017: 36 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 30 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 81 publications 2023: 87 publications 2024: 42 publications 2025: 45 publications
1989 2025

766 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jiancheng Shi: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 4
1992 5
1993 8
1994 4
1995 6
1996 7
1997 8
1998 5
1999 1
2000 5
2001 8
2002 8
2003 11
2004 14
2005 19
2006 10
2007 13
2008 16
2009 18
2010 14
2011 23
2012 32
2013 30
2014 43
2015 20
2016 37
2017 36
2018 21
2019 30
2020 24
2021 29
2022 81
2023 87
2024 42
2025 45
Total 766
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Jiancheng Shi 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 Jiancheng Shi 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: 538 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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 22 538
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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Jiancheng Shi 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 Jiancheng Shi 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, 61 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: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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 61
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
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

  • 2015 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to active and passive microwave remote sensing

Overview

Jiancheng Shi is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions to Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Remote Sensing and Land Use

Jiancheng Shi has published extensively, with frequent venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • National Remote Sensing Bulletin

Throughout their career, Jiancheng Shi has collaborated regularly with several researchers, notably Jie Cheng, Shengyue Dong, Tianjie Zhao, Weihan Liu, and Husi Letu.

Some recent papers published by Jiancheng Shi include:

  • "Soil moisture experiment in the Luan River supporting new satellite mission opportunities," 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A first assessment of satellite and reanalysis estimates of surface and root-zone soil moisture over the permafrost region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau," 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A New Benchmark for Surface Radiation Products over the East Asia-Pacific Region Retrieved from the Himawari-8/AHI Next-Generation Geostationary Satellite," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Assessment of 24 soil moisture datasets using a new in situ network in the Shandian River Basin of China," 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "A combined Terra and Aqua MODIS land surface temperature and meteorological station data product for China from 2003 to 2017," 2020, Earth system science data

The scientist has been recognized with notable distinctions, including being named a SPIE Fellow in 2015 and an IEEE Fellow in 2014 for contributions to active and passive microwave remote sensing.

Best Publications

  • The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission

    Dara Entekhabi;Eni G Njoku;Peggy E O'Neill;Kent H Kellogg

  • Emission of rough surfaces calculated by the integral equation method with comparison to three-dimensional moment method simulations

    K.S. Chen;Tzong-Dar Wu;Leung Tsang;Qin Li

  • Estimation of bare surface soil moisture and surface roughness parameter using L-band SAR image data

    Jiancheng Shi;J. Wang;A.Y. Hsu;P.E. O'Neill

  • The role of satellite remote sensing in climate change studies

    Jun Yang;Peng Gong;Peng Gong;Peng Gong;Rong Fu;Minghua Zhang

  • Improving land surface temperature modeling for dry land of China

    Yingying Chen;Kun Yang;Jie He;Jun Qin

  • The Future of Earth Observation in Hydrology.

    Matthew F. McCabe;Matthew Rodell;Douglas E. Alsdorf;Diego G. Miralles

  • A practical split-window algorithm for retrieving land-surface temperature from MODIS data

    K. Mao;Z. Qin;J. Shi;P. Gong

  • Estimation of snow water equivalence using SIR-C/X-SAR. I. Inferring snow density and subsurface properties

    J. Shi;J. Dozier

  • The hydrosphere State (hydros) Satellite mission: an Earth system pathfinder for global mapping of soil moisture and land freeze/thaw

    D. Entekhabi;E.G. Njoku;P. Houser;M. Spencer

  • Inferring snow wetness using C-band data from SIR-C's polarimetric synthetic aperture radar

    Jiancheng Shi;J. Dozier

  • A transition model for the reflection coefficient in surface scattering

    Tzong-Dar Wu;K.S. Chen;Jiancheng Shi;A.K. Fung

  • Microwave vegetation indices for short vegetation covers from satellite passive microwave sensor AMSR-E

    Jiancheng Shi;Jiancheng Shi;T. Jackson;J. Tao;J. Du

  • A parameterized multifrequency-polarization surface emission model

    Jiancheng Shi;Lingmei Jiang;Lixin Zhang;Kun-Shan Chen

  • High-resolution retrieval of cloud microphysical properties and surface solar radiation using Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite

    Husi Letu;Husi Letu;Kun Yang;Takashi Y. Nakajima;Hiroshi Ishimoto

  • Tests of the SMAP Combined Radar and Radiometer Algorithm Using Airborne Field Campaign Observations and Simulated Data

    Narendra Narayan Das;Dara Entekhabi;Eni G. Njoku;Jiancheng J. C. Shi

  • Snow mapping in alpine regions with synthetic aperture radar

    Jiancheng Shi;J. Dozier;H. Rott

  • A parameterized surface reflectivity model and estimation of bare-surface soil moisture with L-band radiometer

    Jiancheng Shi;K.S. Chen;Qin Li;T.J. Jackson

  • Soil moisture experiment in the Luan River supporting new satellite mission opportunities

    Tianjie Zhao;Jiancheng Shi;Liqing Lv;Hongxin Xu

  • The effect of topography on SAR calibration

    J.J. van Zyl;B.D. Chapman;P. Dubois;J. Shi

  • Assessment of 24 soil moisture datasets using a new in situ network in the Shandian River Basin of China

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  • Physically Based Estimation of Bare-Surface Soil Moisture With the Passive Radiometers

    Jiancheng Shi;Lingmei Jiang;Lixin Zhang;K.S. Chen

  • Estimation of snow water equivalence using SIR-C/X-SAR

    Jiancheng Shi

Frequent Co-Authors

Peggy E. O'Neill
Peggy E. O'Neill Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas J. Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson Agricultural Research Service
Eni G. Njoku
Eni G. Njoku Jet Propulsion Lab
Jeff Dozier
Jeff Dozier University of California, Santa Barbara
Juha Lemmetyinen
Juha Lemmetyinen Finnish Meteorological Institute
Yann Kerr
Yann Kerr Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Leung Tsang
Leung Tsang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Huadong Guo
Huadong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rajat Bindlish
Rajat Bindlish Goddard Space Flight Center
J.J. van Zyl
J.J. van Zyl Jet Propulsion Lab

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