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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 52 3033 2767 193 188 203 10240

Shu Gao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shu Gao between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shu Gao published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 8.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2024. 58 of the 296 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2024. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 38 publications 2025: 20 publications
1990 2025

296 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shu Gao: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 1
1992 2
1993 0
1994 5
1995 3
1996 3
1997 2
1998 1
1999 3
2000 3
2001 4
2002 1
2003 3
2004 6
2005 7
2006 3
2007 2
2008 3
2009 6
2010 6
2011 5
2012 10
2013 7
2014 17
2015 7
2016 8
2017 17
2018 16
2019 19
2020 20
2021 14
2022 18
2023 15
2024 38
2025 20
Total 296
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Shu Gao publications per year - data summary

  • Shu Gao, a Earth Science scholar from East China Normal University, has 296 publications recorded across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1990 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 38 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1990, 1991, 1998 and 2002, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 36 years in the span carries no publications at all (1993).
  • The rate of publication averages 8.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.5 per year counting only the 35 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 105 publications, 35% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1990-2001: 28 publications (2.3 per year); 2002-2013: 59 publications (4.9 per year); 2014-2025: 209 publications (17.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Shu Gao 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 Shu Gao 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, 198–207 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: 203 publications — 64th percentile

64% 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
198–207 333 203
208–217 292
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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Shu Gao publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Shu Gao, a Earth Science scholar from East China Normal University, records 203 publications - the 64th percentile of the discipline.
  • 64% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Shu Gao, and about 36% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Shu Gao ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Shu Gao 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 Shu Gao 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, 52 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: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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 52
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
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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Shu Gao D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Shu Gao, a Earth Science scholar from East China Normal University, records 52 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Shu Gao, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Shu Gao ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Shu Gao is affiliated with East China Normal University in China and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. This researcher's work spans multiple subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Shu Gao's research include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Shu Gao frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, among whom are Ya Ping Wang, Qian Yu, Jianhua Gao, Jianjun Jia, and Yunwei Wang. The volume of joint publications with these collaborators ranges from 14 to 35 works per author.

The scientist publishes regularly in well-known venues such as Marine Geology, Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Anthropocene Coasts, and Geophysical Research Letters. Notably, Marine Geology features seven of their publications, while several other journals host multiple papers.

Shu Gao's recent research contributions include:

  • "Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands" (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Role of delta-front erosion in sustaining salt marshes under sea-level rise and fluvial sediment decline" (2020, Limnology and Oceanography)
  • "Runup of landslide-generated tsunamis controlled by paleogeography and sea-level change" (2022, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • "Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone activity enhanced by increased Asian dust emissions during the Little Ice Age" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Extreme floods of the Changjiang River over the past two millennia: Contributions of climate change and human activity" (2021, Marine Geology)

These publications reflect the scientist's focus on a combination of ecological dynamics, geological processes, and atmospheric and oceanographic phenomena, often tied to significant environmental contexts such as coastal wetlands and climate change impacts.

Best Publications

  • Holocene development of the Yellow River's subaqueous delta, North Yellow Sea

    J.Paul Liu;John D. Milliman;Shu Gao;Peng Cheng

  • Net sediment transport patterns inferred from grain-size trends, based upon definition of “transport vectors”—reply

    Shu Gao;Michael Collins

  • Socio-economic Impacts on Flooding: A 4000-Year History of the Yellow River, China

    Yunzhen Chen;James P. M. Syvitski;Shu Gao;Irina Overeem

  • Analysis of grain size trends, for defining sediment transport pathways in marine environments

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins

  • Sediment transport over an accretional intertidal flat with influences of reclamation, Jiangsu coast, China

    Ya Ping Wang;Shu Gao;Jianjun Jia;Charlotte E.L. Thompson

  • Holocene sedimentary systems on continental shelves

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins;M.B. Collins

  • Fate of sediments delivered to the sea by Asian large rivers: Long-distance transport and formation of remote alongshore clinothems

    J.P. Liu;Z. Xue;K. Ross;H.J. Wang

  • Grain size trends associated with net sediment transport patterns: An example from the Belgian continental shelf

    S. Gao;M.B. Collins;J. Lanckneus;G. De Moor

  • Changes in water and sediment exchange between the Changjiang River and Poyang Lake under natural and anthropogenic conditions, China

    Jian Hua Gao;Jianjun Jia;Albert J. Kettner;Fei Xing

  • A critique of the "McLaren Method" for defining sediment transport paths; discussion and reply

    Shu Gao;Michael Collins;Patrick McLaren;Donald Bowles

  • The Shandong mud wedge and post-glacial sediment accumulation in the Yellow Sea

    J. P. Liu;J. D. Milliman;S. Gao

  • Changes in material fluxes from the Changjiang River and their implications on the adjoining continental shelf ecosystem

    Shu Gao;Ya Ping Wang

  • Last deglaciation in the Okinawa Trough: Subtropical northwest Pacific link to Northern Hemisphere and tropical climate

    Youbin Sun;Youbin Sun;Delia W. Oppo;Rong Xiang;Weiguo Liu

  • Exploring continental margin carbon fluxes on a global scale

    K.-K. Liu;L. Atkinson;C. T. A. Chen;S. Gao

  • A FORTRAN program for grain-size trend analysis to define net sediment transport pathways

    Shu Gao

  • Modeling the tidal channel morphodynamics in a macro-tidal embayment, Hangzhou Bay, China.

    Dongfeng Xie;Zhengbing Wang;Shu Gao;H.J. De Vriend

  • Net sediment transport patterns over the Bohai Strait based on grain size trend analysis

    Peng Cheng;Shu Gao;Henry Bokuniewicz

  • Shifting perspectives on coastal impacts and adaptation

    Sally Brown;Robert J. Nicholls;Susan Hanson;Geoff Brundrit

  • Sediment resuspension, flocculation, and settling in a macrotidal estuary

    Ya Ping Wang;George Voulgaris;Yan Li;Yang Yang

  • Is “morphodynamic equilibrium” an oxymoron?

    Zeng Zhou;Zeng Zhou;Giovanni Coco;Ian Townend;Maitane Olabarrieta

Frequent Co-Authors

Ya Ping Wang
Ya Ping Wang Nanjing University
Michael Collins
Michael Collins National Oceanography Centre
Zheng Bing Wang
Zheng Bing Wang Delft University of Technology
Albert J. Kettner
Albert J. Kettner University of Colorado Boulder
James P. M. Syvitski
James P. M. Syvitski University of Colorado Boulder
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunyan Li
Chunyan Li Louisiana State University
Shilun Yang
Shilun Yang East China Normal University
John D. Milliman
John D. Milliman William & Mary
Alice Newton
Alice Newton University of Algarve

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