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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 51 3641 3508 74 74 143 9991

Junhua Yan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Junhua Yan between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Junhua Yan published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 7.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2021. 17 of the 177 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2021. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 4 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 7 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 16 publications 2026: 1 publication
2002 2026

177 publications in total across all disciplines

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Junhua Yan: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 0
2004 1
2005 2
2006 9
2007 1
2008 4
2009 3
2010 1
2011 7
2012 7
2013 13
2014 12
2015 11
2016 8
2017 4
2018 4
2019 8
2020 11
2021 17
2022 14
2023 13
2024 8
2025 16
2026 1
Total 177
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Junhua Yan publications per year - data summary

  • Junhua Yan, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 177 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2002 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 17 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 25 years in the span carries no publications at all (2003).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.4 per year counting only the 24 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 52 publications, 29% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2002-2010: 23 publications (2.6 per year); 2011-2019: 74 publications (8.2 per year); 2020-2026: 80 publications (11.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Junhua Yan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Junhua Yan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 142–146 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 143 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262 143
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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Junhua Yan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 37–41 to 531+ publications.
  • Junhua Yan, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 143 publications - the 48th percentile of the discipline.
  • 48% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Junhua Yan, and about 52% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 147–151 publications range, and Junhua Yan ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 97–101 publications, holding 333 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 157–161 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 531 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Junhua Yan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Junhua Yan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 51 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213
48 207
49 172
50 209
51 199 51
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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Junhua Yan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 92 ranges running from 30 to 121+ D-Index.
  • Junhua Yan, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 51 D-Index - the 58th percentile of the discipline.
  • 58% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than Junhua Yan, and about 42% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48 D-Index range, and Junhua Yan ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 40 D-Index, holding 280 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 52 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 121 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Junhua Yan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and specializes in environmental and agricultural sciences. Their research has primarily focused on understanding complex interactions within soil and forest ecosystems, with a strong emphasis on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant water relations, and vegetation ecology.

The primary fields of study for Junhua Yan are Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science. This broad scope reflects a multidisciplinary approach to environmental research.

Major topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Junhua Yan has published extensively in notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Sustainability

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Junhua Yan include:

  • The response of soil respiration to precipitation change is asymmetric and differs between grasslands and forests (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • Mapping forest type and age in China's plantations (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Effects of diversity, climate and litter on soil organic carbon storage in subtropical forests (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Nitrogen deposition and increased precipitation interact to affect fine root production and biomass in a temperate forest: Implications for carbon cycling (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Antagonistic and additive interactions dominate the responses of belowground carbon-cycling processes to nitrogen and phosphorus additions (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Junhua Yan's research activity. Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications include:

  • Ying-Ping Wang
  • Mengxiao Yu
  • Jun Jiang
  • Xuli Tang
  • Zhongbing Chang

Best Publications

  • Carbon pools in China's terrestrial ecosystems: New estimates based on an intensive field survey

    Xuli Tang;Xia Zhao;Yongfei Bai;Zhiyao Tang

  • Old-growth forests can accumulate carbon in soils.

    Guoyi Zhou;Shuguang Liu;Zhian Li;Deqiang Zhang

  • Water-use efficiency of forest ecosystems in eastern China and its relations to climatic variables.

    Guirui Yu;Xia Song;Qiufeng Wang;Yunfen Liu

  • Spatial patterns and climate drivers of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of China

    Gui-Rui Yu;Xian-Jin Zhu;Yu-Ling Fu;Hong-Lin He

  • Quantifying the hydrological responses to climate change in an intact forested small watershed in Southern China

    Guoyi Zhou;Xiaohua Wei;Yiping Wu;Shuguang Liu

  • Hydrological impacts of reafforestation with eucalypts and indigenous species: a case study in southern China

    G.Y. Zhou;J.D. Morris;J.H. Yan;Z.Y. Yu

  • Development of a two-leaf light use efficiency model for improving the calculation of terrestrial gross primary productivity

    Mingzhu He;Mingzhu He;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Yanlian Zhou;Jingming Chen;Jingming Chen

  • A climate change‐induced threat to the ecological resilience of a subtropical monsoon evergreen broad‐leaved forest in Southern China

    Guoyi Zhou;Changhui Peng;Changhui Peng;Yuelin Li;Shizhong Liu

  • Environmental controls over carbon exchange of three forest ecosystems in eastern China

    Gui-Rui Yu;Lei-Ming Zhang;Xiao-Min Sun;Yu-Ling Fu

  • Litterfall Production Along Successional and Altitudinal Gradients of Subtropical Monsoon Evergreen Broadleaved Forests in Guangdong, China

    Guoyi Zhou;Lili Guan;Xiaohua Wei;Deqiang Zhang

  • Estimates of soil respiration and net primary production of three forests at different succession stages in South China

    Junhua Yan;Yingping Wang;Guoyi Zhou;Deqiang Zhang

  • Climate and litter C/N ratio constrain soil organic carbon accumulation

    Guoyi Zhou;Guoyi Zhou;Shan Xu;Philippe Ciais;Stefano Manzoni

  • Linkage of microbial residue dynamics with soil organic carbon accumulation during subtropical forest succession

    Shuai Shao;Yu Zhao;Wei Zhang;Guoqing Hu;Guoqing Hu

  • Factors influencing leaf litter decomposition: an intersite decomposition experiment across China

    Guoyi Zhou;Lili Guan;Xiaohua Wei;Xuli Tang

  • Soil organic matter is important for acid buffering and reducing aluminum leaching from acidic forest soils

    Jun Jiang;Ying-Ping Wang;Mengxiao Yu;Nannan Cao

  • CAN Canopy Addition of Nitrogen Better Illustrate the Effect of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Forest Ecosystem

    Wei Zhang;Weijun Shen;Shidan Zhu;Shiqiang Wan

  • Drivers of tree carbon storage in subtropical forests.

    Yin Li;Weikai Bao;Frans Bongers;Bin Chen

  • Response of surface air temperature to small-scale land clearing across latitudes

    Mi Zhang;Xuhui Lee;Guirui Yu;Shijie Han

  • Temperature and precipitation control of the spatial variation of terrestrial ecosystem carbon exchange in the Asian region

    Zhi Chen;Guirui Yu;Jianping Ge;Xiaomin Sun

  • Global parameterization and validation of a two-leaf light use efficiency model for predicting gross primary production across FLUXNET sites

    Yanlian Zhou;Xiaocui Wu;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen

  • Spatial variability of water use efficiency in China's terrestrial ecosystems

    Xian-Jin Zhu;Gui-Rui Yu;Qiu-Feng Wang;Zhong-Min Hu

  • Effects of cloudiness change on net ecosystem exchange, light use efficiency, and water use efficiency in typical ecosystems of China

    Mi Zhang;Gui-Rui Yu;Jie Zhuang;Randy Gentry

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoyi Zhou
Guoyi Zhou Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Guirui Yu
Guirui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huimin Wang
Huimin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shijie Han
Shijie Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juxiu Liu
Juxiu Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yingnian Li
Yingnian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiping Zhang
Yiping Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ying-Ping Wang
Ying-Ping Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peili Shi
Peili Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shenggong Li
Shenggong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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