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D-Index
37
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5655
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6799
National Ranking
30

Min-Te Chen 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 Min-Te Chen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 199 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Min-Te Chen 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 Min-Te Chen sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Min-Te Chen is affiliated with National Taiwan Ocean University in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Ocean Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Drilling and Well Engineering, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Min-Te Chen has published in several prominent venues, demonstrating a consistent presence in the field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Recent papers reflect Chen's research interests and collaborations. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Formation and functionalization of membraneless compartments in Escherichia coli," 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Lycium barbarum polysaccharides protects retinal ganglion cells against oxidative stress injury," 2020, Neural Regeneration Research
  • "Millennial-scale variability of Indian summer monsoon during the last 42 kyr: Evidence based on foraminiferal Mg/Ca and oxygen isotope records from the central Bay of Bengal," 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Millennial-scale variations in sedimentary oxygenation in the western subtropical North Pacific and its links to North Atlantic climate," 2020, Climate of the Past
  • "Paleoclimatic responses in the tropical Indian Ocean to regional monsoon and global climate change over the last 42 kyr," 2021, Marine Geology

Collaboration plays an important role in Chen's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Xuefa Shi
  • Shengfa Liu
  • Ralf Tiedemann
  • Hui Zhang
  • Somkiat Khokiattiwong

Best Publications

  • Constraints on the magnitude and patterns of ocean cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. Waelbroeck;A. Paul;M. Kucera;A. Rosell-Melé

  • A global multiproxy database for temperature reconstructions of the Common Era

    Julien Emile-Geay;Nicholas P. McKay;Darrell S. Kaufman;Lucien Von Gunten

  • Reconstruction of sea-surface temperatures from assemblages of planktonic foraminifera: multi-technique approach based on geographically constrained calibration data sets and its application to glacial Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

    Michal Kucera;Mara Weinelt;Thorsten Kiefer;Uwe Pflaumann

  • Deep sea and lake records of the Southeast Asian paleomonsoons for the last 25 thousand years

    Chi-Yue Huang;Ping-Mei Liew;Meixun Zhao;Tzu-Chun Chang

  • Mg/Ca ratios of two Globigerinoides ruber (white) morphotypes: Implications for reconstructing past tropical/subtropical surface water conditions

    Stephan Steinke;Stephan Steinke;Han Yi Chiu;Pai Sen Yu;Chuan Chou Shen

  • Surface ocean and monsoon climate variability in the South China Sea since the last glaciation

    Chi-Yue Huang;Sheu-Feng Wu;Sheu-Feng Wu;Meixun Zhao;Min-Te Chen

  • Proxy dependence of the temporal pattern of deglacial warming in the tropical South China Sea: toward resolving seasonality

    Stephan Steinke;Markus Kienast;Jeroen Groeneveld;Li-Chuan Lin

  • Reconstructing the southern South China Sea upper water column structure since the Last Glacial Maximum: Implications for the East Asian winter monsoon development

    Stephan Steinke;Stephan Steinke;Mahyar Mohtadi;Jeroen Groeneveld;Li-Chuan Lin

  • The Ti/Al molar ratio as a new proxy for tracing sediment transportation processes and its application in aeolian events and sea level change in East Asia

    Huei-Fen Chen;Po-Yi Yeh;Sheng-Rong Song;Shih-Chieh Hsu

  • A 450-kyr record of hydrological conditions on the western Agulhas Bank Slope, south of Africa

    A.J. Rau;J. Rogers;J.R.E. Lutjeharms;J. Giraudeau

  • On the influence of sea level and monsoon climate on the southern South China Sea freshwater budget over the last 22,000 years

    Stephan Steinke;Han-Yi Chiu;Pai-Sen Yu;Chuan Chou Shen

  • A review of microplastics in sediments: Spatial and temporal occurrences, biological effects, and analytic methods

    Piao Yao;Bin Zhou;YueHan Lu;Yong Yin

  • 500 000-Year records of carbonate, organic carbon, and foraminiferal sea-surface temperature from the southeastern South China Sea (near Palawan Island)

    Min-Te Chen;Liang-Jian Shiau;Pai-Sen Yu;Tzu-Chien Chiu

  • A Holocene environmental record from the southern Yangtze River delta, eastern China

    Jing Tao;Min-Te Chen;Shiyuan Xu

  • Clay mineral composition and their sources for the fluvial sediments of Taiwanese rivers

    ChuanShun Li;XueFa Shi;ShuhJi Kao;MinTe Chen

  • 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

  • Impact of glacial/interglacial sea level change on the ocean nitrogen cycle

    Haojia Ren;Daniel M. Sigman;Alfredo Martínez-García;Robert F. Anderson

  • Tectonics of short‐lived intra‐arc basins in the arc‐continent collision terrane of the Coastal Range, eastern Taiwan

    Chi‐Yue ‐Y Huang;Peter B. Yuan;Sheng‐Rong ‐R Song;Ching‐Weei ‐W Lin

  • Ice‐volume forcing of winter monsoon climate in the South China Sea

    Min-Te Chen;Chi-Yue Huang

  • Estimating glacial western Pacific sea-surface temperature: methodological overview and data compilation of surface sediment planktic foraminifer faunas

    Min-Te Chen;C.-C. Huang;Uwe Pflaumann;C. Waelbroeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Kuo-Yen Wei
Kuo-Yen Wei National Chung Hsing University
Chung-Ho Wang
Chung-Ho Wang National Chung Hsing University
Xuefa Shi
Xuefa Shi First Institute of Oceanography
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Masanobu Yamamoto
Masanobu Yamamoto Hokkaido University
Uwe Pflaumann
Uwe Pflaumann Kiel University
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Claire Waelbroeck
Claire Waelbroeck Sorbonne University
Stephan Steinke
Stephan Steinke Xiamen University

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