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D-Index
105
Citations
44161
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
13

Shichang Kang 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 Shichang Kang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 721 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shichang Kang 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 Shichang Kang sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shichang Kang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a substantial body of research focusing primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work is prominently situated within several specialized subfields: Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Pollution.

Their research encompasses a range of topics reflecting interests in both the cryosphere and atmospheric processes. Key themes include cryospheric studies and observations, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, climate change and permafrost dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate interactions, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives" (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences" (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • "Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Kang's frequent collaborators include Junming Guo, Pengfei Chen, Lekhendra Tripathee, Yulan Zhang, and Chaoliu Li, each with dozens of joint publications.

Regular publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

    Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Steve Allen;Deonie Allen

  • Review of climate and cryospheric change in the Tibetan Plateau

    S. Kang;Q. You;Q. You;W. Flugel;Nick Pepin

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk.

    Ling Yang;Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Zhaoqing Wang

  • Changes in daily climate extremes in China and their connection to the large scale atmospheric circulation during 1961–2003

    Qinglong You;Qinglong You;Shichang Kang;Enric Aguilar;Nick Pepin

  • Monitoring lake level changes on the Tibetan Plateau using ICESat altimetry data (2003-2009)

    Guoqing Zhang;Guoqing Zhang;Hongjie Xie;Shichang Kang;Donghui Yi

  • Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources.

    Ling Yang;Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Zhaoqing Wang

  • Sources of black carbon to the Himalayan–Tibetan Plateau glaciers

    Chaoliu Li;Carme Bosch;Shichang Kang;August Andersson

  • Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences

    Qinglong You;Ziyi Cai;Nick Pepin;Deliang Chen

  • Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Yun Qian;Zhenming Ji

  • Changes in daily climate extremes in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau during 1961–2005

    Qinglong You;Shichang Kang;Enric Aguilar;Yuping Yan

  • Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation.

    Ming-Hui Wu;Sheng-Yun Chen;Jian-Wei Chen;Kai Xue

  • A glacier inventory for the western Nyainqentanglha Range and the Nam Co Basin, Tibet, and glacier changes 1976-2009

    Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch;T Yao;S Kang;Manfred F Buchroithner

  • Review of snow cover variation over the Tibetan Plateau and its influence on the broad climate system

    Qinglong You;Tao Wu;Liuchen Shen;Nick Pepin

  • Microplastics in glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence for the long-range transport of microplastics.

    Yulan Zhang;Tanguang Gao;Shichang Kang;Steve Allen

  • Increased mass over the Tibetan Plateau: From lakes or glaciers?

    Guoqing Zhang;Tandong Yao;Hongjie Xie;Shichang Kang

  • Relationship between temperature trend magnitude, elevation and mean temperature in the Tibetan Plateau from homogenized surface stations and reanalysis data

    Qinglong You;Qinglong You;Shichang Kang;Nick Pepin;Wolfgang-Albert Flügel

  • Importance of atmospheric transport for microplastics deposited in remote areas

    Yulan Zhang;Tanguang Gao;Shichang Kang;Mika Sillanpää

  • A review of black carbon in snow and ice and its impact on the cryosphere

    Shichang Kang;Yulan Zhang;Yun Qian;Hailong Wang

  • Carbonaceous aerosols on the south edge of the Tibetan Plateau: concentrations, seasonality and sources

    Z. Cong;Z. Cong;S. Kang;S. Kang;K. Kawamura;B. Liu

  • Black carbon record based on a shallow Himalayan ice core and its climatic implications

    J. Ming;H. Cachier;C. Xiao;D. Qin

  • High mountain areas

    Regine Hock;Golam Rasul;Carolina Adler;Bolivar Cáceres

Frequent Co-Authors

Qianggong Zhang
Qianggong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyuan Cong
Zhiyuan Cong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaoliu Li
Chaoliu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mika Sillanpää
Mika Sillanpää University of Johannesburg
Dahe Qin
Dahe Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qinglong You
Qinglong You Fudan University
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul Andrew Mayewski
Paul Andrew Mayewski University of Maine
Jie Huang
Jie Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiawen Ren
Jiawen Ren Chinese Academy of Sciences

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