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Moriaki Yasuhara

Moriaki Yasuhara

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
8165
World Ranking
7053
National Ranking
455

Moriaki Yasuhara 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 Moriaki Yasuhara sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 163 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.

Moriaki Yasuhara 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 Moriaki Yasuhara sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Moriaki Yasuhara is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to marine and environmental sciences. These include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Environmental Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Marine and Coastal Plant Biology.

Yasuhara has contributed to various publication venues. Frequent venues where their research appears include Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Marine Micropaleontology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Science. This diverse array reflects a cross-disciplinary engagement with topics related to oceanography and environmental science.

Among recent papers associated with Yasuhara's areas of interest, notable examples include:

  • Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages (2020) published in Ecological Research
  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion (2021) published in Progress In Oceanography
  • Persistent eutrophication and hypoxia in the coastal ocean (2023) published in Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures
  • A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors. These include Huai-Hsuan May Huang, Yuanyuan Hong, Chih-Lin Wei, Erin E. Saupe, and Adam Tomášových, with collaboration counts ranging from 11 to 27 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Declining oxygen in the global ocean and coastal waters.

    Denise L. Breitburg;Lisa A. Levin;Andreas Oschlies;Marilaure Grégoire

  • Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

    Andrew K. Sweetman;Andrew R. Thurber;Craig R. Smith;Lisa A. Levin

  • Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages

    Anne Chao;Yasuhiro Kubota;David Zelený;Chun Huo Chiu

  • Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century

    Camilo Mora;Chih Lin Wei;Audrey Rollo;Teresa Amaro

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • Reefs of tomorrow: eutrophication reduces coral biodiversity in an urbanized seascape

    Nicolas N. Duprey;Moriaki Yasuhara;David M. Baker

  • System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion

    Grant C. Pitcher;Arturo Aguirre-Velarde;Denise Breitburg;Jorge Cardich

  • Abrupt climate change and collapse of deep-sea ecosystems

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Thomas M. Cronin;Peter B. deMenocal;Hisayo Okahashi

  • Marine and brackish-water ostracods as sentinels of anthropogenic impacts

    F. Ruiz;M. Abad;A.M. Bodergat;P. Carbonel

  • Human-induced marine ecological degradation: micropaleontological perspectives

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Gene Hunt;Denise L. Breitburg;Akira Tsujimoto

  • Latitudinal species diversity gradient of marine zooplankton for the last three million years.

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Gene Hunt;Harry J. Dowsett;Marci M. Robinson

  • Combining marine macroecology and palaeoecology in understanding biodiversity: microfossils as a model

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Derek P. Tittensor;Derek P. Tittensor;Helmut Hillebrand;Boris Worm

  • Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos: a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding

    Stefanie Kaiser;Simone N. Brandao;Saskia Brix;David K.A. Barnes

  • Past and future decline of tropical pelagic biodiversity

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Chih Lin Wei;Michal Kucera;Mark J. Costello;Mark J. Costello

  • Temporal latitudinal-gradient dynamics and tropical instability of deep-sea species diversity

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Gene Hunt;Thomas M. Cronin;Hisayo Okahashi

  • Impact of eutrophication on shallow marine benthic foraminifers over the last 150 years in Osaka Bay, Japan

    Akira Tsujimoto;Ritsuo Nomura;Moriaki Yasuhara;Moriaki Yasuhara;Hideo Yamazaki

  • The impact of 150 years of anthropogenic pollution on the shallow marine ostracode fauna, Osaka Bay, Japan

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Hideo Yamazaki

  • Climatic forcing of Quaternary deep-sea benthic communities in the North Pacific Ocean

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Gene Hunt;Thomas M. Cronin;Natsumi Hokanishi

  • The effect of long-term spatiotemporal variations in urbanization-induced eutrophication on a benthic ecosystem, Osaka Bay, Japan

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Hideo Yamazaki;Akira Tsujimoto;Kotaro Hirose

  • Recent Ostracoda from the northeastern part of Osaka Bay, southwestern Japan

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Toshiaki Irizuki

  • Climatic influences on deep-sea ostracode (Crustacea) diversity for the last three million years.

    Moriaki Yasuhara;Thomas M. Cronin

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Cronin
Thomas M. Cronin United States Geological Survey
Lisa A. Levin
Lisa A. Levin University of California, San Diego
Roberto Danovaro
Roberto Danovaro Marche Polytechnic University
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Mark J. Costello
Mark J. Costello Nord University
Craig R. Smith
Craig R. Smith University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yasuhiro Kubota
Yasuhiro Kubota University of the Ryukyus
David M. Baker
David M. Baker University of Hong Kong
Derek P. Tittensor
Derek P. Tittensor Dalhousie University
Daniel O.B. Jones
Daniel O.B. Jones National Oceanography Centre

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