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D-Index
81
Citations
20322
World Ranking
507
National Ranking
32

Minhan Dai 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 Minhan Dai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 294 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Minhan Dai 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 Minhan Dai sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Minhan Dai is affiliated with Xiamen University in China and is an active researcher in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive work also in Environmental Science.

Their research primarily focuses on Oceanography, supported by significant contributions to related subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

Key topics explored in their work include Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Among the recent papers that feature their contribution are:

  • Carbon Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean: Synthesis, Boundary Processes, and Future Trends (2022), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Persistent Eutrophication and Hypoxia in the Coastal Ocean (2023), published in Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures

Other notable papers related to the field, although authored by collaborators, include:

  • Multi-trait Analysis for Genome-wide Association Study of Five Psychiatric Disorders (2020), Translational Psychiatry
  • Integrated Ocean Management for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (2020), Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Nitrifier Adaptation to Low Energy Flux Controls Inventory of Reduced Nitrogen in the Dark Ocean (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The researcher frequently publishes in several scientific journals including:

  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations with other scientists form an integral part of their research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Shuh-Ji Kao
  • Zhimian Cao
  • Kuanbo Zhou
  • Xianghui Guo
  • Yulu Wu

Best Publications

  • Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Wei-Jen Huang;Michael C. Murrell

  • Spatial and seasonal distributions of carbonaceous aerosols over China

    J. J. Cao;J. J. Cao;J. J. Cao;Shun-cheng Lee;J. C. Chow;J. G. Watson

  • Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in ocean margins: A province-based synthesis

    Wei-Jun Cai;Minhan Dai;Yongchen Wang

  • The biogeochemistry of inorganic carbon and nutrients in the Pearl River estuary and the adjacent Northern South China Sea

    Wei-Jun Cai;Minhan Dai;Yongchen Wang;Weidong Zhai

  • Fukushima Daiichi–Derived Radionuclides in the Ocean: Transport, Fate, and Impacts

    Ken O. Buesseler;Minhan Dai;Michio Aoyama;Claudia R. Benítez-Nelson

  • First data on trace metal level and behaviour in two major Arctic river-estuarine systems (Ob and Yenisey) and in the adjacent Kara Sea, Russia

    Min-Han Dai;Jean-Marie Martin

  • Spatial distribution of riverine DOC inputs to the ocean: an updated global synthesis

    Minhan Dai;Zhiqiang Yin;Feifei Meng;Qian Liu

  • Comparison of hypoxia among four river-dominated ocean margins: The Changjiang (Yangtze), Mississippi, Pearl, and Rhone rivers

    C. Rabouille;D.J. Conley;M.H. Dai;W.-J. Cai

  • Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of the Pearl River estuary during a winter drought

    Minhan Dai;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai;Liangying Yuan

  • Nitrification and inorganic nitrogen distribution in a large perturbed river/estuarine system: the Pearl River Estuary, China

    Minhan Dai;Lifang Wang;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai

  • High partial pressure of CO2 and its maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary: the Pearl River estuary, China

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Minhan Dai;Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang

  • A comparative overview of weathering intensity and HCO3− flux in the world's major rivers with emphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Zhujiang (Pearl) and Mississippi Rivers

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xianghui Guo;Xianghui Guo;Chen-Tung Arthur Chen;Minhan Dai

  • The role of mega dams in reducing sediment fluxes: A case study of large Asian rivers

    Harish Gupta;Shuh-Ji Kao;Shuh-Ji Kao;Minhan Dai

  • Eutrophication-Driven Hypoxia in the East China Sea off the Changjiang Estuary

    Hongjie Wang;Minhan Dai;Jinwen Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao

  • Carbon Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean: Synthesis, Boundary Processes and Future Trends

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  • Why are some marginal seas sources of atmospheric CO2

    Minhan Dai;Zhimian Cao;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai

  • Significance of colloids in the biogeochemical cycling of organic carbon and trace metals in the Venice Lagoon (Italy)

    Jean-Marie Martin;Min-Han Dai;Gustave Cauwet

  • Nutrient dynamics and biological consumption in a large continental shelf system under the influence of both a river plume and coastal upwelling

    Aiqin Han;Minhan Dai;Shuh-Ji Kao;Shuh-Ji Kao;Jianping Gan

  • Drivers shaping the diversity and biogeography of total and active bacterial communities in the South China Sea

    Yao Zhang;Zihao Zhao;Minhan Dai;Nianzhi Jiao

  • Carbonate system and CO2 degassing fluxes in the inner estuary of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Xianghui Guo

  • The significant role of colloids in the transport and transformation of organic carbon and associated trace metals (Cd, Cu and Ni) in the Rhône delta (France)

    Minhan Dai;Jean-Marie Martin;Gustave Cauwet

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Jianping Gan
Jianping Gan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Weidong Zhai
Weidong Zhai Shandong University
Wei-Jun Cai
Wei-Jun Cai University of Delaware
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bangqin Huang
Bangqin Huang Xiamen University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang University of California, San Francisco
Huasheng Hong
Huasheng Hong Xiamen University
Shih-Chieh Hsu
Shih-Chieh Hsu Academia Sinica
Hongbin Liu
Hongbin Liu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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