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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 59 2024 1829 131 126 216 12549

Shiyin Liu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shiyin Liu between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shiyin Liu published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2024. 66 of the 317 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2024. 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 32 publications
1999 2025

317 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shiyin Liu: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 2
2000 2
2001 0
2002 0
2003 2
2004 3
2005 2
2006 13
2007 6
2008 6
2009 5
2010 10
2011 7
2012 11
2013 12
2014 8
2015 20
2016 13
2017 7
2018 14
2019 13
2020 21
2021 30
2022 20
2023 24
2024 34
2025 32
Total 317
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Shiyin Liu 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 Shiyin Liu 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, 208–217 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: 216 publications — 69th percentile

69% 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
208–217 292 216
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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Shiyin Liu 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 Shiyin Liu 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, 59 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: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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
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 59
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

Shiyin Liu is affiliated with Yunnan University in China and specializes predominantly in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their primary research topics include cryospheric studies and observations, climate change and permafrost, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, hydrology and watershed management studies, winter sports injuries and performance, landslides and related hazards, and flood risk assessment and management.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Yu Zhu, Fuming Xie, Kunpeng Wu, Zongli Jiang, and Miaomiao Qi. Publications featuring Shiyin Liu's research have appeared repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Notable papers by Shiyin Liu include:

  • "Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram," published in 2021 in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images," published in 2020 in Earth System Science Data
  • "Pyridine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks with Pyridyl-Imine Structures for Boosting Photocatalytic H2O2 Production via One-Step 2e Oxygen Reduction," published in 2024 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Glacier change in China over past decades: Spatiotemporal patterns and influencing factors," published in 2022 in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Interannual flow dynamics driven by frontal retreat of a lake-terminating glacier in the Chinese Central Himalaya," published in 2020 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

  • The second Chinese glacier inventory: data, methods and results

    Wanqin Guo;Shiyin Liu;Li Xu;Lizong Wu

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

    Yong Nie;Hamish D. Pritchard;Qiao Liu;Thomas Hennig

  • A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake changes using satellite observations from 1990 to 2015

    Yong Nie;Yong Nie;Yongwei Sheng;Qiao Liu;Linshan Liu

  • Changes of climate and seasonally frozen ground over the past 30 years in Qinghai–Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau, China

    Lin Zhao;Chien-Lu Ping;Daqing Yang;Guodong Cheng

  • Status and change of the cryosphere in the Extended Hindu Kush Himalaya Region

    Tobias Bolch;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Joseph M. Shea;Shiyin Liu;Farooq M. Azam

  • Estimation on the response of glaciers in China to the global warming in the 21st century

    Yafeng Shi;Shiyin Liu

  • Glacier changes since the Little Ice Age maximum in the western Qilian Shan, northwest China, and consequences of glacier runoff for water supply

    Shiyin Liu;Wenxin Sun;Yongping Shen;Gang Li

  • Recent glacial retreat in High Asia in China and its impact on water resource in Northwest China

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  • Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images

    Xin Wang;Xin Wang;Xiaoyu Guo;Chengde Yang;Qionghuan Liu

  • An inventory of historical glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas based on remote sensing observations and geomorphological analysis

    Yong Nie;Qiao Liu;Jida Wang;Yili Zhang

  • Heterogeneous mass loss of glaciers in the Aksu-Tarim Catchment (Central Tien Shan) revealed by 1976 KH-9 Hexagon and 2009 SPOT-5 stereo imagery

    Tino Pieczonka;Tobias Bolch;Tobias Bolch;Wei Junfeng;Liu Shiyin

  • The retreat of glaciers in response to recent climate warming in western China

    Yongjian Ding;Shiyin Liu;Jing Li;Donghui Shangguan

  • The glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalayas: current status and observed changes from the 1980s to 2010

    Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya;Sudan Bikash Maharjan;Finu Shrestha;Wanqin Guo

  • Inclusion of glacier processes for distributed hydrological modeling at basin scale with application to a watershed in Tianshan Mountains, northwest China

    Yi Luo;Jeff Arnold;Shiyin Liu;Xiuying Wang

  • Glacier changes in the Qilian Mountains in the past half-century: Based on the revised First and Second Chinese Glacier Inventory

    Meiping Sun;Shiyin Liu;Xiaojun Yao;Wanqin Guo

  • Changes of glacial lakes and implications in Tian Shan, central Asia, based on remote sensing data from 1990 to 2010

    Xin Wang;Xin Wang;Yongjian Ding;Shiyin Liu;Lianghong Jiang

  • Glacial lake expansion in the central Himalayas by Landsat images, 1990-2010.

    Yong Nie;Qiao Liu;Shiyin Liu

  • Distribution of debris thickness and its effect on ice melt at Hailuogou glacier, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, using in situ surveys and ASTER imagery

    Yong Zhang;Koji Fujita;Shiyin Liu;Qiao Liu

  • Observed degree-day factors and their spatial variation on glaciers in western China

    Yong Zhang;Shiyin Liu;Yongjian Ding

  • Glacier retreat as a result of climate warming and increased precipitation in the Tarim river basin, northwest China

    Shiyin Liu;Yongjian Ding;Donghui Shangguan;Yong Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongjian Ding
Yongjian Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tobias Bolch
Tobias Bolch Graz University of Technology
Christoph Mayer
Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Zhongqin Li
Zhongqin Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yougui Song
Yougui Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Koji Fujita
Koji Fujita Nagoya University
Yukiko Hirabayashi
Yukiko Hirabayashi Shibaura Institute of Technology
Lin Zhao
Lin Zhao Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Jiancheng Shi
Jiancheng Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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