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65
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15770
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2195
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Jinlun Zhang 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 Jinlun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jinlun Zhang 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 Jinlun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jinlun Zhang is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work covers multiple subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, ecology, oceanography, and mechanics of materials. The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, climate variability and models, marine animal studies overview, Arctic and Russian policy studies, and aspects of the food industry and aquatic biology.

Jinlun Zhang has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several scientific journals. The most common publication venues include Elementa Science of the Anthropocene, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, and Communications Earth & Environment.

They have coauthored papers with several researchers with notable collaboration counts, including Axel Schweiger, Michael Steele, G. W. K. Moore, Qinghua Yang, and Zhixuan Feng.

Some of their recent published papers include the following:

  • Spatiotemporal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice, 2022, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • Evidence for an increasing role of ocean heat in Arctic winter sea ice growth, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • Should Sea-Ice Modeling Tools Designed for Climate Research Be Used for Short-Term Forecasting?, 2020, Current Climate Change Reports
  • Recent Progress and Future Prospect of CRISPR/Cas-Derived Transcription Activation (CRISPRa) System in Plants, 2022, Cells
  • Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic's Last Ice Area, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment

Best Publications

  • CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume

    Seymour W. Laxon;Katharine A. Giles;Andy L. Ridout;Duncan J. Wingham

  • Modeling Global Sea Ice with a Thickness and Enthalpy Distribution Model in Generalized Curvilinear Coordinates

    Jinlun Zhang;D. A. Rothrock

  • Configuration and Assessment of the GISS ModelE2 Contributions to the CMIP5 Archive

    Gavin A. Schmidt;Max Kelley;Larissa Nazarenko;Reto Ruedy

  • Uncertainty in modeled Arctic sea ice volume

    Axel Schweiger;Ron Lindsay;Jinlun Zhang;Mike Steele

  • Evaluation of Seven Different Atmospheric Reanalysis Products in the Arctic

    R. Lindsay;M. Wensnahan;A. Schweiger;J. Zhang

  • The thinning of Arctic sea ice, 1988-2003 : Have we passed a tipping point?

    R. W. Lindsay;J. Zhang

  • Arctic Ocean surface warming trends over the past 100 years

    Michael Steele;Wendy Ermold;Jinlun Zhang

  • Is the Dipole Anomaly a major driver to record lows in Arctic summer sea ice extent

    Jia Wang;Jinlun Zhang;Eiji Watanabe;Moto Ikeda

  • On an efficient numerical method for modeling sea ice dynamics

    Jinlun Zhang;W. D. Hibler

  • The impact of an intense summer cyclone on 2012 Arctic sea ice retreat

    Jinlun Zhang;Ron Lindsay;Axel Schweiger;Michael Steele

  • The large‐scale energy budget of the Arctic

    Mark C. Serreze;Andrew P. Barrett;Andrew G. Slater;Michael Steele

  • Increasing antarctic sea ice under warming atmospheric and oceanic conditions

    Jinlun Zhang

  • Arctic Sea Ice Retreat in 2007 Follows Thinning Trend

    R. W. Lindsay;J. Zhang;A. Schweiger;M. Steele

  • What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007

    Jinlun Zhang;Ron Lindsay;Mike Steele;Axel Schweiger

  • Recent Changes in Arctic Sea Ice: The Interplay between Ice Dynamics and Thermodynamics

    Jinlun Zhang;Drew Rothrock;Michael Steele

  • The arctic ice thickness anomaly of the 1990s: A consistent view from observations and models

    D. A. Rothrock;J. Zhang;Y. Yu

  • Assimilation of Ice Concentration in an Ice–Ocean Model

    R. W. Lindsay;J. Zhang

  • Mechanisms of summertime upper Arctic Ocean warming and the effect on sea ice melt

    Michael Steele;Jinlun Zhang;Wendy Ermold

  • Warming of the Arctic Ocean by a strengthened Atlantic Inflow: Model results

    Jinlun Zhang;D. Andrew Rothrock;Michael Steele

  • The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean

    Michael Steele;Jinlun Zhang;Drew Rothrock;Harry Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Axel Schweiger
Axel Schweiger University of Washington
Ron Lindsay
Ron Lindsay University of Washington
D. A. Rothrock
D. A. Rothrock University of Washington
Sirpa Häkkinen
Sirpa Häkkinen Goddard Space Flight Center
Wieslaw Maslowski
Wieslaw Maslowski Naval Postgraduate School
Carin J. Ashjian
Carin J. Ashjian Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Michael Karcher
Michael Karcher Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Andrey Proshutinsky
Andrey Proshutinsky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ron Kwok
Ron Kwok University of Washington

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