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D-Index
43
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6141
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7186
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2560

Rui Xin Huang publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rui Xin Huang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 159 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Rui Xin Huang D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rui Xin Huang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rui Xin Huang is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Oceanography and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's publication record includes numerous papers addressing oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and marine and coastal ecosystems. Their work also covers geophysics and gravity measurements, arctic and antarctic ice dynamics, geological and geophysical studies, as well as ocean waves and remote sensing.

Frequent venues for Rui Xin Huang's research include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rui Xin Huang include:

  • Surface warming-induced global acceleration of upper ocean currents (2022, Science Advances)
  • Sources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Deep-Current Intraseasonal Variability Interpreted as Topographic Rossby Waves and Deep Eddies in the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea (2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography)
  • Using the Sigma-Pi Diagram to Analyze Water Masses in the Northern South China Sea in Spring (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Indonesian Throughflow Slowdown under Global Warming: Remote AMOC Effect versus Regional Surface Forcing (2022, Journal of Climate)

Rui Xin Huang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Fan Wang, Dongxiao Wang, Jie Huang, Robert S. Pickart, and Qihua Peng. These longstanding collaborations indicate an active engagement in cooperative scientific research.

Best Publications

  • Mixing and Energetics of the Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation

    Rui Xin Huang

  • Ventilation of the North Atlantic and North Pacific: Subduction Versus Obduction

    Bo Qiu;Rui Xin Huang

  • Deep South China Sea circulation

    Guihua Wang;Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Tangdong Qu;Rui Xin Huang

  • Real Freshwater Flux as a Natural Boundary Condition for the Salinity Balance and Thermohaline Circulation Forced by Evaporation and Precipitation

    Rui Xin Huang

  • Interannual variability of the South China Sea throughflow inferred from wind data and an ocean data assimilation product

    Dong Xiao Wang;Qinyan Liu;Rui Xin Huang;Yan Du

  • Universal structure of mesoscale eddies in the ocean

    Zhengguang Zhang;Yu Zhang;Wei Wang;Rui Xin Huang

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of the Wind-Driven Circulation in the Subtropical North Pacific

    Rui Xin Huang;Bo Qiu

  • Surface warming–induced global acceleration of upper ocean currents

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  • Wind Energy Input to the Ekman Layer

    Wei Wang;Rui Xin Huang

  • Wind Energy Input to the Surface Waves

    Wei Wang;Rui Xin Huang

  • An experimental study on thermal circulation driven by horizontal differential heating

    Wei Wang;Rui Xin Huang

  • Decadal variability of wind-energy input to the world ocean

    Rui Xin Huang;Rui Xin Huang;Wei Wang;Ling Ling Liu

  • Global adjustment of the thermocline in response to deepwater formation

    Rui X. Huang;Mark A. Cane;Naomi Naik;Paul Goodman

  • Sensitivity of the GFDL Modular Ocean Model to Parameterization of Double-Diffusive Processes

    Jubao Zhang;Raymond W. Schmitt;Rui Xin Huang

  • Tidal Mixing in the South China Sea: An Estimate Based on the Internal Tide Energetics

    Xiaowei Wang;Shiqiu Peng;Zhiyu Liu;Rui Xin Huang

  • The Relative Influence of Diapycnal Mixing and Hydrologic Forcing on the Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation

    Jubao Zhang;Raymond W. Schmitt;Rui Xin Huang

  • Ocean Circulation: Wind-Driven and Thermohaline Processes

    Rui Xin Huang

  • Connection between the decadal variability in the Southern Ocean circulation and the Southern Annular Mode

    Xiao-Yi Yang;Dong Xiao Wang;Jia Wang;Rui Xin Huang

  • The Global Subduction/Obduction Rates: Their Interannual and Decadal Variability

    Ling Ling Liu;Rui Xin Huang

  • Multiple Equilibrium States in Combined Thermal and Saline Circulation

    Rui Xin Huang;James R. Luyten;Henry M. Stommel

  • Ventilation of the subtropical North Pacific

    Rui Xin Huang;Sarah Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Pedlosky
Joseph Pedlosky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
William K. Dewar
William K. Dewar Florida State University
Yan Du
Yan Du Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henry Stommel
Henry Stommel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Bo Qiu
Bo Qiu University of Hawaii at Manoa
Raymond W. Schmitt
Raymond W. Schmitt Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kirk Bryan
Kirk Bryan Princeton University
Jia Wang
Jia Wang Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

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