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Masayoshi Ishii 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 Masayoshi Ishii sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Masayoshi Ishii 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 Masayoshi Ishii sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Masayoshi Ishii is affiliated with the Japan Meteorological Agency in Japan. The research they have contributed to primarily addresses topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work encompasses global climate issues, atmospheric dynamics, and oceanographic processes.

Their scholarly output involves a range of topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Their recent publications appearing in peer-reviewed journals include:

  • "Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?" (2020), published in Earth system science data
  • "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence" (2023), published in Earth system science data
  • "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence" (2024), published in Earth system science data
  • "WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update: A Prediction for 2021-25" (2022), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "d4PDF: large-ensemble and high-resolution climate simulations for global warming risk assessment" (2020), published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Their research output has been published frequently in these venues:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Earth system science data
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Masayoshi Ishii has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Tim Boyer
  • Lijing Cheng
  • Rachel Killick
  • John M. Lyman
  • Catia M. Domingues

The main subfields of study covered in their research include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Surgery
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Best Publications

  • Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2, and net sea–air CO2 flux over the global oceans

    Taro Takahashi;Stewart C. Sutherland;Rik H. Wanninkhof;Colm Sweeney

  • The Meteorological Research Institute Earth System Model Version 2.0, MRI-ESM2.0: Description and Basic Evaluation of the Physical Component

    Seiji Yukimoto;Hideaki Kawai;Tsuyoshi Koshiro;Naga Oshima

  • Objective Analyses of Sea-Surface Temperature and Marine Meteorological Variables for the 20th Century Using ICOADS and the KOBE Collection

    Masayoshi Ishii;Akiko Shouji;Satoshi Sugimoto;Takanori Matsumoto

  • Centennial-Scale Sea Surface Temperature Analysis and Its Uncertainty

    Shoji Hirahara;Masayoshi Ishii;Yoshikazu Fukuda

  • Reevaluation of historical ocean heat content variations with time-varying XBT and MBT depth bias corrections

    Masayoshi Ishii;Masahide Kimoto

  • A review of global ocean temperature observations: Implications for ocean heat content estimates and climate change

    J. P. Abraham;M. Baringer;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;N. L. Bindoff;T. Boyer

  • Over 5,000 years of ensemble future climate simulations by 60-km global and 20-km regional atmospheric models

    Ryo Mizuta;Akihiko Murata;Masayoshi Ishii;Hideo Shiogama

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • Steric sea level changes estimated from historical ocean subsurface temperature and salinity analyses

    Masayoshi Ishii;Masahide Kimoto;Kenji Sakamoto;Sin-Iti Iwasaki

  • Robust warming of the global upper ocean

    John M. Lyman;John M. Lyman;Simon A. Good;Viktor V. Gouretski;Masayoshi Ishii

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Heat stored in the Earth system: where does the energy go?

    Karina von Schuckmann;Lijing Cheng;Matthew D. Palmer;James Hansen

  • Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

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  • Changes in ocean heat, carbon content, and ventilation : a review of the first decade of GO-SHIP Global Repeat Hydrography

    Lynne D. Talley;Richard A. Feely;Bernadette M. Sloyan;Rik Wanninkhof

  • A uniform, quality controlled Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;B. Pfeil;A. Olsen;D.C.E. Bakker;S. Hankin

  • Contribution of natural decadal variability to global warming acceleration and hiatus

    Masahiro Watanabe;Hideo Shiogama;Hiroaki Tatebe;Michiya Hayashi

  • Accuracy of Global Upper Ocean Heat Content Estimation Expected from Present Observational Data Sets

    Masayoshi Ishii;Yoshikazu Fukuda;Shoji Hirahara;Soichiro Yasui

  • Measuring Global Ocean Heat Content to Estimate the Earth Energy Imbalance

    Benoit Meyssignac;Tim Boyer;Zhongxiang Zhao;Maria Z. Hakuba;Maria Z. Hakuba

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Pacific decadal oscillation hindcasts relevant to near-term climate prediction

    Takashi Mochizuki;Masayoshi Ishii;Masahide Kimoto;Yoshimitsu Chikamoto

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Near-term climate change:Projections and predictability

    Nathaniel L. Bindoff;Paul J. Durack;Andrew Slater;Philip Cameron-Smith

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahide Kimoto
Masahide Kimoto University of Tokyo
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre
Hideo Shiogama
Hideo Shiogama National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ryo Mizuta
Ryo Mizuta Japan Meteorological Agency
Robert M. Key
Robert M. Key Princeton University
Timothy P. Boyer
Timothy P. Boyer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gregory C. Johnson
Gregory C. Johnson Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Christopher L. Sabine
Christopher L. Sabine University of Hawaii at Manoa
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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