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D-Index
66
Citations
18113
World Ranking
1294
National Ranking
80

Ming Feng 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 Ming Feng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 164 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ming Feng 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 Ming Feng sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ming Feng is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research output primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Oceanography and related subfields.

Their work extensively covers topics such as Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Climate variability and models, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Ming Feng include Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Frontiers in Climate, Journal of Climate, and Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Helen E. Phillips
  • Nathaniel L. Bindoff
  • Ying Zhang
  • Caroline C. Ummenhofer
  • Yan Du

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ming Feng include:

  • "Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the East China Sea and the South Yellow Sea in Three Consecutive Summers During 2016-2018" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "A Global, Multiproduct Analysis of Coastal Marine Heatwaves: Distribution, Characteristics, and Long-Term Trends" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry" (2021) published in Ocean Science
  • "A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean" (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Best Publications

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • The rise and fall of the “marine heat wave” off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/2011

    Alan F. Pearce;Ming Feng

  • La Niña forces unprecedented Leeuwin Current warming in 2011

    Ming Feng;Michael J. McPhaden;Shang-Ping Xie;Shang-Ping Xie;Jan Hafner

  • Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean‐warming hotspot

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Annual and interannual variations of the Leeuwin Current at 32°S

    Ming Feng;Gary Meyers;Alan Pearce;Susan Wijffels

  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Indian Ocean Decadal Variability: A Review

    Weiqing Han;Jérôme Vialard;Michael J. McPhaden;Tong Lee

  • Interannual variability in the tropical Indian Ocean: a two-year time-scale of Indian Ocean Dipole

    Ming Feng;Gary Meyers

  • Management adaptation of invertebrate fisheries to an extreme marine heat wave event at a global warming hot spot.

    Nick Caputi;Mervi Kangas;Ainslie Denham;Ming Feng

  • Anticyclonic eddies are more productive than cyclonic eddies in subtropical gyres because of winter mixing.

    François Dufois;Nick J. Hardman-Mountford;Jim Greenwood;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson

  • Observations of warming on the Western Australian continental shelf

    Alan Pearce;Ming Feng

  • The Leeuwin Current and its eddies: An introductory overview

    Anya Waite;P.A. Thompson;S.C. Pesant;S.C. Pesant;S.C. Pesant;M. Feng

  • Extreme Marine Warming Across Tropical Australia During Austral Summer 2015–2016

    Jessica A. Benthuysen;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Ming Feng;Andrew G. Marshall

  • Do Eddies Play a Role in the Momentum Balance of the Leeuwin Current

    Ming Feng;Susan Wijffels;Stuart Godfrey;Gary Meyers

  • The reversal of the multi-decadal trends of the equatorial Pacific easterly winds, and the Indonesian Throughflow and Leeuwin Current transports

    Ming Feng;Claus Boning;Arne Biastoch;Erik Behrens

  • The Indonesian throughflow, its variability and centennial change

    Ming Feng;Ming Feng;Ningning Zhang;Qinyan Liu;Susan Wijffels;Susan Wijffels

  • Physical and chemical signatures of a developing anticyclonic eddy in the Leeuwin Current, eastern Indian Ocean

    Harriet L. Paterson;Ming Feng;Anya M. Waite;Damià Gomis

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Anya M. Waite
Anya M. Waite Dalhousie University
Yan Du
Yan Du Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard J. Matear
Richard J. Matear CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Peter A. Thompson
Peter A. Thompson CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Thomas Wernberg
Thomas Wernberg University of Western Australia
Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania

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