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Ruoying He 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 Ruoying He sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 132 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Ruoying He 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 Ruoying He sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ruoying He is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing to a total of approximately 100 publications.

Their main subfields of study include Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, and Ecology. The research topics they focus on cover Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Climate Variability and Models, and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Ruoying He's publication record features research in several notable venues, including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among their recent papers are:

  • The exposures and health effects of benzene, toluene and naphthalene for Chinese chefs in multiple cooking styles of kitchens (2021) published in Environment International
  • Characterization of Extreme Wave Conditions for Wave Energy Converter Design and Project Risk Assessment (2020) published in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Nearshore wave energy resource characterization along the East Coast of the United States (2021) published in Renewable Energy
  • Climatology of nutrient distributions in the South China Sea based on a large data set derived from a new algorithm (2021) published in Progress In Oceanography
  • A Numerical Investigation of Hurricane Florence-Induced Compound Flooding in the Cape Fear Estuary Using a Dynamically Coupled Hydrological-Ocean Model (2022) published in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

The scientist frequently collaborates with multiple coauthors, including Tianning Wu, Joseph B. Zambon, Ashesh Chattopadhyay, Mohammad Nabi Allahdadi, and John C. Warner.

Best Publications

  • Development of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System

    John C. Warner;Brandy Armstrong;Ruoying He;Joseph B. Zambon

  • US GODAE: Global Ocean Prediction with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)

    Eric P Chassignet;Harley E Hurlburt;E J Metzger;Ole M Smedstad

  • Phytoplankton Response to Intrusions of Slope Water on the West Florida Shelf: Models and Observations

    John J. Walsh;Robert H. Weisberg;Dwight A. Dieterle;Ruoying He

  • Ocean–atmosphere dynamics during Hurricane Ida and Nor'Ida: An application of the coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system

    Maitane Olabarrieta;John C. Warner;Brandy N. Armstrong;Joseph B. Zambon

  • Local and deep‐ocean forcing contributions to anomalous water properties on the West Florida Shelf

    Robert H. Weisberg;Ruoying He

  • Tracking the long-distance dispersal of marine organisms: sensitivity to ocean model resolution

    Nathan F. Putman;Ruoying He

  • Initial observations of the 2005 Alexandrium fundyense bloom in southern New England: General patterns and mechanisms

    Donald M. Anderson;Bruce A. Keafer;Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Michael J. Mickelson

  • The future of coastal and estuarine modeling: Findings from a workshop

    Oliver B. Fringer;Clint N. Dawson;Ruoying He;David K. Ralston

  • Investigation of hurricane Ivan using the coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave–sediment transport (COAWST) model

    Joseph B. Zambon;Ruoying He;John C. Warner

  • Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century influenced by changes in climate, land use, and atmospheric CO2

    Bo Tao;Hanqin Tian;Wei Ren;Jia Yang

  • West Florida shelf circulation and temperature budget for the 1999 spring transition

    Ruoying He;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Simulating Oil Droplet Dispersal From the Deepwater Horizon Spill With a Lagrangian Approach

    Elizabeth W. E. W. North;E. Eric E. E. Adams;Zachary Z. Schlag;Christopher R. C. R. Sherwood

  • Dispersal of Deep-Sea Larvae from the Intra-American Seas: Simulations of Trajectories using Ocean Models

    Craig M. Young;Ruoying He;Richard B. Emlet;Yizhen Li

  • Historic 2005 toxic bloom of Alexandrium fundyense in the western Gulf of Maine: 2. Coupled biophysical numerical modeling

    Ruoying He;Dennis J. McGillicuddy;Bruce A. Keafer;Donald M. Anderson

  • Modeling transport and deposition of the Mekong River sediment

    Zuo Xue;Ruoying He;J.Paul Liu;John C. Warner

  • Sea Surface Temperature Patterns on the West Florida Shelf Using Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Maps

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Ruoying He

  • Suppression of the 2010 Alexandrium fundyense bloom by changes in physical, biological, and chemical properties of the Gulf of Maine.

    Dennis J. McGillicuddy;David W. Townsend;Ruoying He;Bruce A. Keafer

  • Tides on the West Florida Shelf

    Ruoying He;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Modeling ocean circulation and biogeochemical variability in the Gulf of Mexico

    Z. Xue;R. He;K. Fennel;W.-J. Cai

  • A Loop Current Intrusion Case Study on the West Florida Shelf

    Ruoying He;Robert H. Weisberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Weisberg
Robert H. Weisberg University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Steven E. Lohrenz
Steven E. Lohrenz University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Wei-Jun Cai
Wei-Jun Cai University of Delaware
Dennis J. McGillicuddy
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John Walsh
John Walsh University of Alaska Fairbanks
Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel Dalhousie University
Charles S. Hopkinson
Charles S. Hopkinson University of Georgia
John C. Warner
John C. Warner United States Geological Survey

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