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Shouye Yang

Shouye Yang

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
10748
World Ranking
2691
National Ranking
169

Shouye 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 Shouye Yang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 343 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shouye 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 Shouye Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shouye Yang is affiliated with Tongji University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Recent publications by Shouye Yang include:

  • "A global temperature control of silicate weathering intensity", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Distribution and source of heavy metals in the sediments of the coastal East China sea: Geochemical controls and typhoon impact", 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Linking the unique molecular complexity of dissolved organic matter to flood period in the Yangtze River mainstream", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Provenance versus weathering control on sediment composition in tropical monsoonal climate (South China) - 1. Geochemistry and clay mineralogy", 2020, Chemical Geology
  • "Geochemical controls on the distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals in sediments from Yangtze River to the East China Sea: Assessed by sequential extraction versus diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) technique", 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Shouye Yang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Chemical Geology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Science China Earth Sciences

Collaboration is a significant element of their research approach. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ergang Lian
  • Xiangtong Huang
  • Yulong Guo
  • Chao Li
  • Ni Su

Best Publications

  • Quantitative investigation of the mechanisms of microplastics and nanoplastics toward zebrafish larvae locomotor activity.

    Qiqing Chen;Michael Gundlach;Shouye Yang;Jing Jiang

  • A review on the provenance discrimination of sediments in the Yellow Sea

    Shou Ye Yang;Hoi Soo Jung;Dhong Il Lim;Cong Xian Li

  • Enhanced uptake of BPA in the presence of nanoplastics can lead to neurotoxic effects in adult zebrafish

    Qiqing Chen;Daqiang Yin;Yunlu Jia;Sabrina Schiwy

  • The rare earth element compositions of the Changjiang (Yangtze) and Huanghe (Yellow) river sediments

    Shou Ye Yang;Hoi Soo Jung;Man Sik Choi;Cong Xian Li

  • Two unique weathering regimes in the Changjiang and Huanghe drainage basins: geochemical evidence from river sediments

    Shouye Yang;Hoi-Soo Jung;Congxian Li

  • Distribution, enrichment and source of heavy metals in surface sediments of the eastern Beibu Bay, South China Sea

    Yanguang Dou;Jun Li;Jingtao Zhao;Bangqi Hu

  • Stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental changes in the Yangtze Delta during the Late Quaternary

    Congxian Li;Qingqiang Chen;Jiaqiang Zhang;Shouye Yang

  • IS CHEMICAL INDEX OF ALTERATION (CIA) A RELIABLE PROXY FOR CHEMICAL WEATHERING IN GLOBAL DRAINAGE BASINS

    Chao Li;Shouye Yang

  • Chemical indices (CIA and WIP) as proxies for integrated chemical weathering in China: Inferences from analysis of fluvial sediments

    Jingqing Shao;Shouye Yang;Chao Li

  • Revisiting the effects of hydrodynamic sorting and sedimentary recycling on chemical weathering indices

    Yulong Guo;Shouye Yang;Ni Su;Chao Li

  • A global temperature control of silicate weathering intensity

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  • Provenance discrimination of siliciclastic sediments in the middle Okinawa Trough since 30 ka: Constraints from rare earth element compositions

    Yanguang Dou;Shouye Yang;Zhenxia Liu;Peter D. Clift

  • Heavy mineral compositions of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) sediments and their provenance-tracing implication

    Shouye Yang;Zhongbo Wang;Yun Guo;Congxian Li

  • Geochemical compositions and provenance discrimination of the central south Yellow Sea sediments

    Shouye Yang;Jeung-Su Youn

  • Heavy metals of surface sediments in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary: Distribution, speciation and environmental risks

    Zhongfa He;Fangliang Li;Salvatore Dominech;Xiaohua Wen

  • Clay mineral evolution in the central Okinawa Trough since 28 ka: Implications for sediment provenance and paleoenvironmental change

    Yanguang Dou;Shouye Yang;Zhenxia Liu;Peter D. Clift

  • Chemical weathering of the loess deposits in the lower Changjiang Valley, China, and paleoclimatic implications

    S.Y. Yang;C.X. Li;D.Y. Yang;X.S. Li

  • Heavy metal enrichments in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) catchment and on the inner shelf of the East China Sea over the last 150 years

    Yanwei Guo;Shouye Yang

  • Provenance weathering and erosion records in southern Okinawa Trough sediments since 28ka: Geochemical and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic evidences

    Yanguang Dou;Shouye Yang;Xuefa Shi;Peter D. Clift

  • Geochemical compositions of river and shelf sediments in the Yellow Sea: Grain-size normalization and sediment provenance

    D.I. Lim;H.S. Jung;J.Y. Choi;S. Yang

  • Kuroshio subsurface water feeds the wintertime Taiwan Warm Current on the inner East China Sea shelf

    Ergang Lian;Shouye Yang;Hui Wu;Chengfan Yang

  • Identification of Pb sources in Yellow Sea sediments using stable Pb isotope ratios

    Man-Sik Choi;Hi-Il Yi;Shou Ye Yang;Chang-Bok Lee

  • Elemental compositions and monazite age patterns of core sediments in the Changjiang Delta: Implications for sediment provenance and development history of the Changjiang River

    Shouye Yang;Congxian Li;Kazumi Yokoyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbo Zheng
Hongbo Zheng Yunnan University
Eduardo Garzanti
Eduardo Garzanti University of Milano-Bicocca
Xuefa Shi
Xuefa Shi First Institute of Oceanography
James T. Liu
James T. Liu National Sun Yat-sen University
Hella Wittmann
Hella Wittmann Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Daqiang Yin
Daqiang Yin Tongji University
Serge Berné
Serge Berné University of Perpignan
Giovanni Vezzoli
Giovanni Vezzoli University of Milano-Bicocca
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt

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