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Shiling Yang 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 Shiling Yang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 86 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shiling Yang 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 Shiling Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shiling Yang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The research topics covered by Shiling Yang encompass:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Their recent scholarly publications demonstrate a variety of interests within geological and climatological sciences. Selected papers include:

  • Rates and causes of black soil erosion in Northeast China, 2022, CATENA
  • Warming-Induced Northwestward Migration of the Asian Summer Monsoon in the Geological Past: Evidence From Climate Simulations and Geological Reconstructions, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A latitudinal gradient of plant-insect interactions during the late Permian in terrestrial ecosystems? New evidence from Southwest China, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Acceleration of phosphorus weathering under warm climates, 2024, Science Advances
  • BrGDGTs-based temperature and hydrological reconstruction from fluvio-lacustrine sediments in the monsoonal North China Plain since 31 kyr BP, 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors of Shiling Yang include:

  • Yongda Wang
  • Xiaofang Huang
  • Zhongli Ding
  • Minmin Sun
  • Shihao Zhang

Their research has been published repeatedly in several notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Quaternary Research
  • Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

Best Publications

  • Stepwise expansion of desert environment across northern China in the past 3.5 Ma and implications for monsoon evolution

    Z.L. Ding;E. Derbyshire;S.L. Yang;J.M. Sun

  • Pedostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of a ̃7.0 Ma eolian loess-red clay sequence at Lingtai, Loess Plateau, north-central China and the implications for paleomonsoon evolution

    Z.L Ding;S.F Xiong;J.M Sun;S.L Yang

  • The loess record in southern Tajikistan and correlation with Chinese loess

    Z.L. Ding;V. Ranov;S.L. Yang;A. Finaev

  • Geochemistry of the Pliocene red clay formation in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for its origin, source provenance and paleoclimate change

    Z.L. Ding;J.M. Sun;S.L. Yang;T.S. Liu

  • Warming-induced northwestward migration of the East Asian monsoon rain belt from the Last Glacial Maximum to the mid-Holocene.

    Shiling Yang;Zhongli Ding;Yangyang Li;Xu Wang

  • Wind-blown origin of the Pliocene red clay formation in the central Loess Plateau, China

    Z.L Ding;J.M Sun;T.S Liu;R.X Zhu

  • Pleistocene chemical weathering history of Asian arid and semi-arid regions recorded in loess deposits of China and Tajikistan

    Shiling Yang;Feng Ding;Zhongli Ding

  • Iron geochemistry of loess and red clay deposits in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for long-term Asian monsoon evolution in the last 7.0 Ma

    Z.L. Ding;S.L. Yang;J.M. Sun;T.S. Liu

  • Preliminary magnetostratigraphy of a thick eolian red clay-loess sequence at Lingtai, the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Z. L. Ding;J. M. Sun;S. L. Yang;T. S. Liu

  • Advance–retreat history of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall belt over northern China during the last two glacial–interglacial cycles

    Shiling Yang;Zhongli Ding

  • C3/C4 vegetation evolution over the last 7.0 Myr in the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from pedogenic carbonate δ13C

    Z.L. Ding;S.L. Yang

  • Comparison of particle size characteristics of the Tertiary 'red clay' and Pleistocene loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau : implications for origin and sources of the 'red clay'

    S. L. Yang;Z. L. Ding

  • Rates and causes of black soil erosion in Northeast China

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  • Color reflectance of Chinese loess and its implications for climate gradient changes during the last two glacial‐interglacial cycles

    S. L. Yang;Z. L. Ding

  • Re-arrangement of atmospheric circulation at about 2.6 Ma over northern China: evidence from grain size records of loess-palaeosol and red clay sequences

    Z.L Ding;N.W Rutter;J.M Sun;S.L Yang

  • Climate as the dominant control on C3 and C4 plant abundance in the Loess Plateau: Organic carbon isotope evidence from the last glacial-interglacial loess-soil sequences

    Zhaoyan Gu;Qiang Liu;Bing Xu;Jiamao Han

  • A 249 kyr stack of eight loess grain size records from northern China documenting millennial-scale climate variability

    Shiling Yang;Zhongli Ding

  • Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration

    Wenying Jiang;Yufen Cheng;Xiaoxiao Yang;Xiaoxiao Yang;Shiling Yang

  • Climate instability during the penultimate glaciation: Evidence from two high‐resolution loess records, China

    Z. L. Ding;J. Z. Ren;S. L. Yang;T. S. Liu

  • Approaches and challenges to the study of loess - Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue

    Randall J. Schaetzl;E. Arthur Bettis;Onn Crouvi;Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons

  • Coeval changes in grain size and sedimentation rate of eolian loess, the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Z. L. Ding;Z. W. Yu;S. L. Yang;J. M. Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongli Ding
Zhongli Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jimin Sun
Jimin Sun Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Slobodan B. Marković
Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad
Tungsheng Liu
Tungsheng Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jule Xiao
Jule Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas Stevens
Thomas Stevens Uppsala University
Dabang Jiang
Dabang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph A. Mason
Joseph A. Mason University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jef Vandenberghe
Jef Vandenberghe Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel Veres
Daniel Veres Romanian Academy

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