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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 46 4126 3789 215 201 207 13096

Quan Hua publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Quan Hua between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Quan Hua published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 9.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2023. 26 of the 282 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2023. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 4 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 11 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 7 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 16 publications
1995 2025

282 publications in total across all disciplines

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Quan Hua: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 4
1997 4
1998 2
1999 2
2000 5
2001 4
2002 0
2003 1
2004 11
2005 1
2006 7
2007 6
2008 5
2009 8
2010 11
2011 6
2012 9
2013 13
2014 4
2015 12
2016 11
2017 18
2018 19
2019 17
2020 17
2021 19
2022 19
2023 20
2024 10
2025 16
Total 282
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Quan Hua 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 Quan Hua sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 198–207 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 207 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333 207
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Quan Hua 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 Quan Hua sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212 46
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Quan Hua is affiliated with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Geography, Planning and Development, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, and Marine animal studies overview.

Quan Hua has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Radiocarbon
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • PLoS ONE
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Coatings

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Quan Hua include:

  • "ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950-2019" (2021) published in Radiocarbon
  • "SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0-55,000 Years cal BP" (2020) published in Radiocarbon
  • "Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean" (2021) published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Old carbon reservoirs were not important in the deglacial methane budget" (2020) published in Science

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Quan Hua's scientific contribution. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Darrell S. Kaufman
  • Paolo G. Albano
  • Chris Turney
  • Marshall I. Weisler
  • John Southon

Best Publications

  • SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G Hogg;Quan Hua;Paul G Blackwell;Mu Niu

  • SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP

    Alan G. Hogg;Alan G. Hogg;Timothy J. Heaton;Quan Hua;Jonathan G. Palmer

  • Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

    Chris Clarkson;Zenobia Jacobs;Zenobia Jacobs;Ben Marwick;Ben Marwick;Richard Fullagar

  • Atmospheric Radiocarbon for the Period 1950–2010

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • Review of Tropospheric Bomb 14C Data for Carbon Cycle Modeling and Age Calibration Purposes

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIOCARBON FOR THE PERIOD 1950–2019

    Quan Hua;Jocelyn C Turnbull;Guaciara M Santos;Andrzej Z Rakowski

  • Optical and radiocarbon dating at Jinmium rock shelter in northern Australia

    Richard Roberts;Michael Bird;Jon Olley;Rex Galbraith

  • Preindustrial 14CH4 indicates greater anthropogenic fossil CH4 emissions.

    Benjamin Hmiel;V. V. Petrenko;M. N. Dyonisius;C. Buizert

  • Radiocarbon: A chronological tool for the recent past

    Quan Hua

  • Mangrove Forest and Soil Development on a Rapidly Accreting Shore in New Zealand

    Catherine E. Lovelock;Brian K. Sorrell;Nicole Hancock;Quan Hua

  • Holocene marine 14C reservoir age variability: Evidence from 230Th‐dated corals in the South China Sea

    Kefu Yu;Kefu Yu;Quan Hua;Jian-xin Zhao;Ed Hodge

  • Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Paolo G. Albano;Jan Steger;Marija Bošnjak;Marija Bošnjak;Beata Dunne

  • Minimal geological methane emissions during the Younger Dryas–Preboreal abrupt warming event

    Vasilii V. Petrenko;Andrew M. Smith;Hinrich Schaefer;Katja Riedel

  • Rapid change in East Antarctic terrestrial vegetation in response to regional drying

    Sharon A. Robinson;Diana H. King;Jessica Bramley-Alves;Melinda J. Waterman

  • Global Peak in Atmospheric Radiocarbon Provides a Potential Definition for the Onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in 1965

    Chris S. M. Turney;Jonathan Palmer;Mark A. Maslin;Alan Hogg

  • Response of coral reefs to climate change: Expansion and demise of the southernmost Pacific coral reef

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Brendan P. Brooke;Michelle Linklater;David M. Kennedy

  • 14CH4 Measurements in Greenland Ice: Investigating Last Glacial Termination CH4 Sources

    Vasilii V. Petrenko;Andrew M. Smith;Edward J. Brook;Dave Lowe

  • Taphonomic bias and time-averaging in tropical molluscan death assemblages: differential shell half-lives in Great Barrier Reef sediment

    Matthew A. Kosnik;Quan Hua;Darrell S. Kaufman;Raphael A. Wüst

  • Incremental accretion of a sandy reef island over the past 3000 years indicated by component-specific radiocarbon dating

    Colin D. Woodroffe;Bongkoch Samosorn;Quan Hua;Deirdre E. Hart

  • Holocene El Niño–Southern Oscillation variability reflected in subtropical Australian precipitation

    C. Barr;J. Tibby;M. J. Leng;M. J. Leng;J. J. Tyler

  • Atmospheric 14C variations derived from tree rings during the early Younger Dryas

    Quan Hua;Mike Barbetti;David Fink;Klaus Felix Kaiser

  • Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records for the Australian Last Glacial Maximum and Termination: a contribution from the OZ INTIMATE group

    Christian S M Turney;Simon Haberle;David Fink;Arnold Peter Kershaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith British Antarctic Survey
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Darrell S. Kaufman
Darrell S. Kaufman Northern Arizona University
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus
Jeffrey P. Severinghaus University of California, San Diego
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Christo Buizert
Christo Buizert Oregon State University
John Hellstrom
John Hellstrom University of Melbourne
Ray F. Weiss
Ray F. Weiss University of California, San Diego

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