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Masanobu Yamamoto

Masanobu Yamamoto

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 37 6919 6409 198 186 313 4813

Masanobu Yamamoto publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Masanobu Yamamoto between 1967 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Masanobu Yamamoto published across 59 years, from 1967 to 2025, averaging 6.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 106 publications in 2018. 6 of the 366 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1967 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 106. Peak 106 publications in 2018. 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 10 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 35 publications 2018: 106 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1967 2025

366 publications in total across all disciplines

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Masanobu Yamamoto: publications per year, 1967 to 2025
Year Publications
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 0
1971 0
1972 1
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 1
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 1
2000 10
2001 1
2002 2
2003 5
2004 2
2005 8
2006 12
2007 6
2008 7
2009 16
2010 7
2011 6
2012 14
2013 14
2014 14
2015 8
2016 23
2017 35
2018 106
2019 6
2020 7
2021 30
2022 6
2023 6
2024 2
2025 4
Total 366
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Masanobu Yamamoto 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 Masanobu Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 308–317 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 313 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107 313
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Masanobu Yamamoto 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 Masanobu Yamamoto sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366 37
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Masanobu Yamamoto is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan and conducts research across several interdisciplinary fields primarily related to Earth sciences. Their body of work spans Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, with notable subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research topics emphasize geology and paleoclimatology, reservoir engineering and simulation methods, as well as methane hydrates and related phenomena. Other focal areas include isotope analysis in ecology, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, drilling and well engineering, and studies of the cryosphere.

Masanobu Yamamoto has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with recent papers demonstrating a focus on climate variability, monsoon behavior, and isotope geochemistry. Selected papers include:

  • Remote and local drivers of Pleistocene South Asian summer monsoon precipitation: A test for future predictions, 2021, Science Advances
  • Greenhouse Gas and Ice Volume Drive Pleistocene Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Isotope Variability, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Increased interglacial atmospheric CO2 levels followed the mid-Pleistocene Transition, 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • Beppu Bay, Japan, as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series, 2022, The Anthropocene Review
  • Seabird reproductive responses to changing climate and prey communities are mediated by prey packaging, 2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series

Their frequent coauthors demonstrate collaborative research efforts across various topics and projects. Notable collaborators include Akira Hayashida, Ryuji Tada, Itaru Koizumi, Mitchell W Lyle, and Carl Richter.

Publications featuring their work appear regularly in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum

    Appy Sluijs;Stefan Schouten;Mark Pagani;Martijn Woltering

  • The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean.

    Kathryn Moran;Jan Backman;Henk Brinkhuis;Steven C. Clemens

  • Larval survivorship, competency periods and settlement of two brooding corals, Heliopora coerulea and Pocillopora damicornis

    S. Harii;H. Kayanne;H. Takigawa;T. Hayashibara

  • Out of the Tropics: The Pacific, Great Basin Lakes, and Late Pleistocene Water Cycle in the Western United States

    Mitchell Lyle;Linda Heusser;Christina Ravelo;Masanobu Yamamoto

  • Temporal changes in settlement, lipid content and lipid composition of larvae of the spawning hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis

    Saki Harii;Kazuo Nadaoka;Masanobu Yamamoto;Kenji Iwao

  • Fractionation of azaarenes during oil migration

    Masanobu Yamamoto

  • Paleoceanographic change off central Japan since the last 144,000 years based on high-resolution oxygen and carbon isotope records

    Tadamichi Oba;Tomohisa Irino;Masanobu Yamamoto;Masafumi Murayama

  • The 1500-year climate oscillation in the midlatitude North Pacific during the Holocene

    Dai Isono;Masanobu Yamamoto;Tomohisa Irino;Tadamichi Oba

  • Remote and local drivers of Pleistocene South Asian summer monsoon precipitation: A test for future predictions.

    Steven C. Clemens;Masanobu Yamamoto;Kaustubh Thirumalai;Liviu Giosan

  • The relative contribution of dinoflagellate photosynthesis and stored lipids to the survivorship of symbiotic larvae of the reef-building corals

    Saki Harii;Saki Harii;Masanobu Yamamoto;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

  • An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts, and standard mixtures

    Stefan Schouten;Ellen C Hopmans;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Ann Pearson

  • Distribution and sources of organic matter in surficial sediments on the shelf and slope off Tokachi, western North Pacific, inferred from C and N stable isotopes and C/N ratios

    Toshihiro Usui;Seiya Nagao;Masanobu Yamamoto;Koji Suzuki

  • Sites M0001-M0004

    J. Backman;K. Moran;D. McInroy;H.K. Brinkhuis

  • Paleoenvironmental changes in the northern South China Sea over the past 28,000years: A study of TEX86-derived sea surface temperatures and terrestrial biomarkers

    Tomoya Shintani;Masanobu Yamamoto;Min-Te Chen

  • Glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers and TEX86 index in sinking particles in the western North Pacific

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Akifumi Shimamoto;Tatsuo Fukuhara;Yuichiro Tanaka

  • An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

    Stefan Schouten;Ellen C. Hopmans;Jaap van der Meer;Anchelique Mets

  • Physiological responses of lipids in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica (Haptophyceae) to growth status and their implications for alkenone paleothermometry

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Yoshihiro Shiraiwa;Isao Inouye

  • Changes in terrestrial organic matter input to the Mendeleev Ridge, western Arctic Ocean, during the Late Quaternary

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Leonid Polyak

  • Equatorward shift of the subarctic boundary in the northwestern Pacific during the last deglaciation

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Ryutaro Suemune;Tadamichi Oba

  • Orbital‐scale anti‐phase variation of sea surface temperature in mid‐latitude North Pacific margins during the last 145,000 years

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Tadamichi Oba;Junko Shimamune;Toshinori Ueshima

  • Late Pleistocene changes in terrestrial biomarkers in sediments from the central Arctic Ocean

    Masanobu Yamamoto;Tatsufumi Okino;Saiko Sugisaki;Saiko Sugisaki;Tatsuhiko Sakamoto

  • Monsoon related changes in sea surface productivity and water column denitrification in the Eastern Arabian Sea during the last glacial cycle

    V.K. Banakar;T. Oba;A.R. Chodankar;T. Kuramoto

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadamichi Oba
Tadamichi Oba Hokkaido University
Stéphanie Desprat
Stéphanie Desprat University of Bordeaux
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi
Maria Fernanda Sanchez Goñi University of Bordeaux
Linda E. Heusser
Linda E. Heusser Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Karin F. Helmens
Karin F. Helmens Stockholm University
R. Scott Anderson
R. Scott Anderson Northern Arizona University
Annie Vincens
Annie Vincens Aix-Marseille University
Eric C. Grimm
Eric C. Grimm University of Minnesota
Hermann Behling
Hermann Behling University of Göttingen
Cathy Whitlock
Cathy Whitlock Montana State University

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