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D-Index
44
Citations
6361
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4787
National Ranking
310

Liguang Sun 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 Liguang Sun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 184 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liguang Sun 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 Liguang Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Liguang Sun is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Applied Mathematics.

The main topics of their work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate Variability and Models, as well as Fuel Cells and Related Materials, including Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.

Sun has authored multiple recent papers, including:

  • Basin-wide responses of the South China Sea environment to Super Typhoon Mangkhut (2018) (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Tropical cyclone-induced sea surface cooling over the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in the 2019 Pacific typhoon season (2021) published in Journal of Marine Systems
  • Accurate Evaluation of Sea Surface Temperature Cooling Induced by Typhoons Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Observations (2020) published in Water
  • Enhanced Oceanic Environmental Responses and Feedbacks to Super Typhoon Nida (2009) during the Sudden-Turning Stage (2021) published in Remote Sensing
  • Neural Network Approach to Retrieving Ocean Subsurface Temperatures from Surface Parameters Observed by Satellites (2021) published in Water

Frequent collaborators in their work include Jiagen Li, Yuanjian Yang, Xiuting Wang, Shuhong Liu, and Guihua Wang.

Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Water, Remote Sensing, Physics of Fluids, and Marine Environmental Research.

Best Publications

  • A record of the Southern Oscillation Index for the past 2,000 years from precipitation proxies

    Hong Yan;Liguang Sun;Yuhong Wang;Yuhong Wang;Wen Huang

  • A 3,000-year record of penguin populations

    Liguang Sun;Zhouqing Xie;Junlin Zhao

  • Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons observed over the North Pacific Ocean and the Arctic area: Spatial distribution and source identification

    Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Zhou-Qing Xie;Cai-Hong Xiang

  • South China Sea hydrological changes and Pacific Walker Circulation variations over the last millennium.

    Hong Yan;Liguang Sun;Delia W. Oppo;Yuhong Wang

  • Time-transgressive onset of the Holocene Optimum in the East Asian monsoon region

    Xin Zhou;Liguang Sun;Tao Zhan;Wen Huang

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in airborne particulates collected during a research expedition from the Bohai Sea to the Arctic.

    Xin-Ming Wang;Xiang Ding;Bi-Xian Mai;Zhou-Qing Xie

  • Spatial Distributions and Deposition Chronology of Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Marine Sediments across the Chinese Bohai and Yellow Seas

    Lixi Zeng;Ru Chen;Ru Chen;Zongshan Zhao;Thanh Wang

  • Animal excrement: A potential biomonitor of heavy metal contamination in the marine environment

    Xuebin Yin;Lijun Xia;Liguang Sun;Honghao Luo

  • Sr/Ca profile of long-lived Tridacna gigas bivalves from South China Sea: A new high-resolution SST proxy

    Hong Yan;Hong Yan;Da Shao;Yuhong Wang;Liguang Sun

  • Emissions of nitrous oxide and methane from Antarctic Tundra: role of penguin dropping deposition

    Liguang Sun;Renbin Zhu;Zhouqing Xie;Guangxi Xing

  • Tropospheric Phosphine and Its Sources in Coastal Antarctica

    Renbin Zhu;Deming Kong;Liguang Sun;Jinju Geng

  • A 1,500-year record of Antarctic seal populations in response to climate change

    Liguang Sun;Liguang Sun;Xiaodong Liu;Xuebin Yin;Renbin Zhu

  • Effect of penguin and seal excrement on mercury distribution in sediments from the Ross Sea region, East Antarctica.

    Yaguang Nie;Xiaodong Liu;Liguang Sun;Steven D. Emslie

  • Eco-environmental implications of elemental and carbon isotope distributions in ornithogenic sediments from the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

    Xiaodong Liu;Yaguang Nie;Liguang Sun;Steven D. Emslie

  • P and trace metal contents in biomaterials, soils, sediments and plants in colony of red-footed booby (Sula sula) in the Dongdao Island of South China Sea.

    Xiaodong Liu;Sanping Zhao;Liguang Sun;Xuebin Yin

  • A 2000-year record of mercury and ancient civilizations in seal hairs from King George Island, West Antarctica

    Liguang Sun;Liguang Sun;Xuebin Yin;Xiaodong Liu;Renbin Zhu

  • Penguin population dynamics for the past 8500 years at Gardner Island, Vestfold Hills

    Tao Huang;Liguang Sun;Yuhong Wang;Xiaodong Liu

  • Preliminary evidence for a 1000-year-old tsunami in the South China Sea

    Liguang Sun;Xin Zhou;Wen Huang;Xiaodong Liu

  • Changes in lead concentration in Antarctic penguin droppings during the past 3,000 years

    Liguang Sun;Zhonqing Xie

  • Impacts of Siberian Biomass Burning on Organic Aerosols over the North Pacific Ocean and the Arctic: Primary and Secondary Organic Tracers

    Xiang Ding;Xinming Wang;Zhouqing Xie;Zhou Zhang

  • Relics: Penguin Population Programs:

    Liguang Sun;Zhouqing Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhouqing Xie
Zhouqing Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Hong Yan
Hong Yan City University of Hong Kong
Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Steven D. Emslie
Steven D. Emslie University of North Carolina Wilmington
Guangxi Xing
Guangxi Xing Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiang Ding
Xiang Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa
Jun Wang
Jun Wang Shandong Agricultural University
Gangjian Wei
Gangjian Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
James Lam
James Lam University of Hong Kong

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