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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 93 528 498 60 59 339 28716

Kun Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kun Yang between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kun Yang published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 16.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 71 publications in 2022. 126 of the 648 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 71. Peak 71 publications in 2022. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 38 publications 2020: 38 publications 2021: 50 publications 2022: 71 publications 2023: 68 publications 2024: 65 publications 2025: 61 publications
1987 2025

648 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kun Yang: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 4
2001 3
2002 4
2003 2
2004 4
2005 6
2006 8
2007 10
2008 12
2009 20
2010 9
2011 21
2012 10
2013 22
2014 17
2015 14
2016 26
2017 34
2018 28
2019 38
2020 38
2021 50
2022 71
2023 68
2024 65
2025 61
Total 648
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Kun Yang publications per year - data summary

  • Kun Yang, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Tsinghua University, has 648 publications recorded across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1987 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 71 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1987, 1988 and 1999, with 1 publication each.
  • 10 of the 39 years in the span carry no publications at all (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 16.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 22.3 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 315 publications, 49% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1987-1999: 3 publications (0.2 per year); 2000-2012: 113 publications (8.7 per year); 2013-2025: 532 publications (40.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Kun Yang 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 Kun Yang 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, 331–340 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: 339 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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 80 339
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
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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Kun Yang publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Kun Yang, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Tsinghua University, records 339 publications - the 90th percentile of the discipline.
  • 90% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Kun Yang, and about 10% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Kun Yang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 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 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Kun Yang 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 Kun Yang 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, 93 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: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 93
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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Kun Yang D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Kun Yang, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Tsinghua University, records 93 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Kun Yang, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Kun Yang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 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 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Kun Yang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a significant body of research focused on environmental and earth sciences. The primary fields of study include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by extensive publications in key subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Oceanography.

The main research topics in Kun Yang's work encompass cryospheric studies and observations, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate change and permafrost, soil moisture and remote sensing, precipitation measurement and analysis, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Notable recent publications include:

  • The first high-resolution meteorological forcing dataset for land process studies over China, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • The International Soil Moisture Network: serving Earth system science for over a decade, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Climate change, vegetation history, and landscape responses on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene: A comprehensive review, 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Investigation of near-global daytime boundary layer height using high-resolution radiosondes: first results and comparison with ERA5, MERRA-2, JRA-55, and NCEP-2 reanalyses, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kun Yang include Hui Lü, Xu Zhou, Xin Li, Yaozhi Jiang, and Yingying Chen. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships that contribute to the depth and scope of Kun Yang's research output.

Kun Yang's publications appear regularly in several venues such as Science China Earth Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, and Climate Dynamics. These journals represent key platforms in disseminating research related to atmospheric and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • The first high-resolution meteorological forcing dataset for land process studies over China

    Jie He;Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Wenjun Tang;Hui Lu

  • Recent climate changes over the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on energy and water cycle: A review

    Kun Yang;Hui Wu;Jun Qin;Changgui Lin

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • On downward shortwave and longwave radiations over high altitude regions: Observation and modeling in the Tibetan Plateau

    Kun Yang;Jie He;Wenjun Tang;Jun Qin

  • Evaporative cooling over the Tibetan Plateau induced by vegetation growth

    Miaogen Shen;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Su-Jong Jeong;Liming Zhou

  • Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Kun Yang;Kun Yang

  • Improving land surface temperature modeling for dry land of China

    Yingying Chen;Kun Yang;Jie He;Jun Qin

  • Response of hydrological cycle to recent climate changes in the Tibetan Plateau

    Kun Yang;Baisheng Ye;Degang Zhou;Bingyi Wu

  • The altitudinal dependence of recent rapid warming over the Tibetan Plateau

    Jun Qin;Kun Yang;Shunlin Liang;Xiaofeng Guo

  • Lake volume and groundwater storage variations in Tibetan Plateau's endorheic basin

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;C. K. Shum;Shuang Yi

  • Regional differences of lake evolution across China during 1960s–2015 and its natural and anthropogenic causes

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Wenfeng Chen;Guoxiong Zheng

  • The Tibetan plateau observatory of plateau scale soil moisture and soil temperature, Tibet - Obs, for quantifying uncertainties in coarse resolution satellite and model products

    Z. Su;J. Wen;L. Dente;R. van der Velde

  • The International Soil Moisture Network: Serving Earth system science for over a decade

    Wouter Dorigo;Irene Himmelbauer;Daniel Aberer;Lukas Schremmer

  • Improving estimation of hourly, daily, and monthly solar radiation by importing global data sets

    Kun Yang;Toshio Koike;Baisheng Ye

  • A MULTISCALE SOIL MOISTURE AND FREEZE-THAW MONITORING NETWORK ON THE THIRD POLE

    Kun Yang;Jun Qin;Long Zhao;Yingying Chen

  • Evaluation of AMSR-E retrievals and GLDAS simulations against observations of a soil moisture network on the central Tibetan Plateau

    Yingying Chen;Kun Yang;Jun Qin;Long Zhao

  • Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on Asia's high plateaus during the past four decades

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Tandong Yao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch

  • A hybrid model for estimating global solar radiation

    K. Yang;G.W. Huang;N. Tamai

  • Response of inland lake dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau to climate change

    Yanbin Lei;Kun Yang;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Yongwei Sheng

  • Coherent lake growth on the central Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s: Characterization and attribution

    Yanbin Lei;Tandong Yao;Broxton W. Bird;Broxton W. Bird;Kun Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Qin
Jun Qin Baylor College of Medicine
Hui Lu
Hui Lu Tsinghua University
Toshio Koike
Toshio Koike University of Tokyo
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen Tsinghua University
Guoqing Zhang
Guoqing Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Shunlin Liang
Shunlin Liang University of Hong Kong
Wei Yang
Wei Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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