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Qingbai Wu 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 Qingbai Wu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 304 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qingbai Wu 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 Qingbai Wu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qingbai Wu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work encompasses multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, methane hydrates and related phenomena, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Qingbai Wu has authored numerous papers published in reputable venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Mapping the permafrost stability on the Tibetan Plateau for 2005-2015, 2020, Science China Earth Sciences
  • Permafrost change in Northeast China in the 1950s-2010s, 2021, Advances in Climate Change Research
  • A review of time domain reflectometry (TDR) applications in porous media, 2021, Advances in agronomy

Frequent co-authors in Qingbai Wu's research include:

  • Huijun Jin
  • Guanli Jiang
  • Xuemin Zhang
  • Siru Gao
  • Yingmei Wang

Key publication venues for Qingbai Wu's work consist of:

  • Advances in Climate Change Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cold Regions Science and Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Best Publications

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure

    Unknown

  • Recent permafrost warming on the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau

    Qingbai Wu;Qingbai Wu;Tingjun Zhang;Tingjun Zhang

  • Changes in active layer thickness over the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau from 1995 to 2007

    Qingbai Wu;Tingjun Zhang;Tingjun Zhang

  • Thermal state of permafrost and active layer in Central Asia during the international polar year

    Lin Zhao;Qingbai Wu;S.S. Marchenko;N. Sharkhuu

  • Permafrost temperatures and thickness on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Qingbai Wu;Tingjun Zhang;Tingjun Zhang;Yongzhi Liu

  • Distribution of Permafrost in China: An Overview of Existing Permafrost Maps

    Youhua Ran;Xin Li;Guodong Cheng;Tingjun Zhang;Tingjun Zhang

  • Characteristic, changes and impacts of permafrost on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Guodong Cheng;Lin Zhao;Lin Zhao;Ren Li;Xiaodong Wu

  • Changes in frozen ground in the Source Area of the Yellow River on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, and their eco-environmental impacts.

    Huijun Jin;Ruixia He;Guodong Cheng;Qingbai Wu

  • Changes in active-layer thickness and near-surface permafrost between 2002 and 2012 in alpine ecosystems, Qinghai–Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, China

    Qingbai Wu;Yandong Hou;Hanbo Yun;Yongzhi Liu

  • The status and stability of permafrost carbon on the Tibetan Plateau

    Cuicui Mu;Benjamin W. Abbott;Adam J. Norris;Mei Mu

  • Exchange of groundwater and surface-water mediated by permafrost response to seasonal and long term air temperature variation

    Shemin Ge;Jeffrey McKenzie;Clifford Voss;Qingbai Wu

  • Thermal state of the active layer and permafrost along the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Railway from 2006 to 2010

    Q. Wu;T. Zhang;T. Zhang;Y. Liu

  • Mapping the permafrost stability on the Tibetan Plateau for 2005–2015

    Youhua Ran;Xin Li;Xin Li;Guodong Cheng;Guodong Cheng;Zhuotong Nan;Zhuotong Nan

  • Editorial: Organic carbon pools in permafrost regions on the Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau

    C. Mu;T. Zhang;Q. Wu;X. Peng

  • Characteristics and mechanisms of embankment deformation along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway in permafrost regions

    Wei Ma;Yanhu Mu;Qingbai Wu;Zhizhong Sun

  • Assessment of frozen-ground conditions for engineering geology along the Qinghai-Tibet highway and railway, China

    Huijun Jin;Zhi Wei;Shaoling Wang;Qihao Yu

  • Recent changes in the active layer thickness across the northern hemisphere

    Dongliang Luo;Qingbai Wu;Huijun Jin;Sergey S. Marchenko;Sergey S. Marchenko

  • Permafrost changes and engineering stability in Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

    QingBai Wu;FuJun Niu

  • Spatiotemporal Changes in Active Layer Thickness under Contemporary and Projected Climate in the Northern Hemisphere

    Xiaoqing Peng;Tingjun Zhang;Oliver W. Frauenfeld;Kang Wang

  • Analyses of temperature fields under the embankment with crushed-rock structures along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

    Wei Ma;Guangli Feng;Qingbai Wu;Junjie Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Tingjun Zhang
Tingjun Zhang University of Colorado Boulder
Huijun Jin
Huijun Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Ma
Wei Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guodong Cheng
Guodong Cheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fujun Niu
Fujun Niu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qihao Yu
Qihao Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Zhao
Lin Zhao Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Yongjian Ding
Yongjian Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongbo Yu
Zhongbo Yu Hohai University

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