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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 66 1336 1186 83 80 228 14279

Shucheng Xie publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shucheng Xie between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shucheng Xie published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2025. 40 of the 315 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2025. 1997: 3 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 37 publications 2026: 3 publications
1997 2026

315 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shucheng Xie: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 3
1998 0
1999 0
2000 3
2001 0
2002 2
2003 4
2004 3
2005 4
2006 0
2007 9
2008 9
2009 11
2010 14
2011 16
2012 15
2013 10
2014 11
2015 12
2016 16
2017 13
2018 12
2019 16
2020 10
2021 17
2022 25
2023 18
2024 22
2025 37
2026 3
Total 315
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Shucheng Xie publications per year - data summary

  • Shucheng Xie, a Earth Science scholar from China University of Geosciences, has 315 publications recorded across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1997 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 37 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2002, with 2 publications.
  • 4 of the 30 years in the span carry no publications at all (1998, 1999, 2001 and 2006).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 12.1 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 105 publications, 33% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1997-2006: 19 publications (1.9 per year); 2007-2016: 123 publications (12.3 per year); 2017-2026: 173 publications (17.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Shucheng Xie 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 Shucheng Xie 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, 228–237 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: 228 publications — 72nd percentile

72% 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
218–227 290
228–237 262 228
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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Shucheng Xie 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.
  • Shucheng Xie, a Earth Science scholar from China University of Geosciences, records 228 publications - the 72nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 72% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Shucheng Xie, and about 28% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Shucheng Xie 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).

Shucheng Xie 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 Shucheng Xie 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, 66 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: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89 66
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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Shucheng Xie 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.
  • Shucheng Xie, a Earth Science scholar from China University of Geosciences, records 66 D-Index - the 86th percentile of the discipline.
  • 86% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Shucheng Xie, and about 14% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Shucheng Xie 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

Shucheng Xie is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and has contributed extensively to Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several key subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's research portfolio covers a range of main topics, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Shucheng Xie has published papers in a variety of scientific journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Chemical Geology
  • Science Bulletin
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Quaternary Science Reviews

Some of their recent publications include:

  • The microbial carbon pump and climate change, 2024, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the "dolomite problem", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Intensified continental chemical weathering and carbon-cycle perturbations linked to volcanism during the Triassic-Jurassic transition, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Mercury fluxes record regional volcanism in the South China craton prior to the end-Permian mass extinction, 2020, Geology
  • Variations in dissolved O2 in a Chinese lake drive changes in microbial communities and impact sedimentary GDGT distributions, 2021, Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shucheng Xie include:

  • Huan Yang
  • Thomas J. Algeo
  • Yi Yang
  • Canfa Wang
  • Genming Luo

Best Publications

  • Quantification of Holocene Asian monsoon rainfall from spatially separated cave records

    Chaoyong Hu;Gideon M. Henderson;Junhua Huang;Shucheng Xie

  • Two episodes of microbial change coupled with Permo/Triassic faunal mass extinction

    Shucheng Xie;Richard D. Pancost;Hongfu Yin;Hongmei Wang

  • n-Alkane distributions in ombrotrophic mires as indicators of vegetation change related to climatic variation

    Chris J. Nott;Shucheng Xie;Luke A. Avsejs;Darrel Maddy

  • Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago

    Genming Luo;Genming Luo;Shuhei Ono;Nicolas J. Beukes;David T. Wang

  • East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I

    Hongbin Zhang;Michael L. Griffiths;John C. H. Chiang;Wenwen Kong

  • Changes in the global carbon cycle occurred as two episodes during the Permian–Triassic crisis

    Shucheng Xie;Richard D. Pancost;Junhua Huang;Paul B. Wignall

  • Reconstruction of late glacial and Holocene climate evolution in southern China from geolipids and pollen in the Dingnan peat sequence

    Weijian Zhou;Weijian Zhou;Shucheng Xie;Philip A. Meyers;Yanhong Zheng

  • Lipid biomarkers in the Zoigê-Hongyuan peat deposit: Indicators of Holocene climate changes in West China

    Yanhong Zheng;Weijian Zhou;Philip A. Meyers;Shucheng Xie

  • Molecular and isotopic stratigraphy in an ombrotrophic mire for paleoclimate reconstruction

    Shucheng Xie;Chris J Nott;Luke A Avsejs;Darrel Maddy

  • Correlations between microbial tetraether lipids and environmental variables in Chinese soils: Optimizing the paleo-reconstructions in semi-arid and arid regions

    Huan Yang;Richard D. Pancost;Xinyue Dang;Xinying Zhou

  • Concordant monsoon-driven postglacial hydrological changes in peat and stalagmite records and their impacts on prehistoric cultures in central China

    Shucheng Xie;Richard P. Evershed;Xianyu Huang;Zongmin Zhu

  • Microbialites and global environmental change across the Permian-Triassic boundary: a synthesis.

    Stephen Kershaw;Sylvie Crasquin;Y. Li;Pierre-Yves Collin

  • Palaeoclimate records in compound-specific δD values of a lipid biomarker in ombrotrophic peat

    S Xie;CJ Nott;LA Avsejs;Fdm Volders

  • A highly redox-heterogeneous ocean in South China during the early Cambrian (∼529–514 Ma): Implications for biota-environment co-evolution

    Chengsheng Jin;Chao Li;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Noah J. Planavsky

  • Links between the East Asian monsoon and North Atlantic climate during the 8,200 year event

    YH Liu;GM Henderson;CY Hu;AJ Mason

  • Holocene ENSO-related cyclic storms recorded by magnetic minerals in speleothems of central China

    Zongmin Zhu;Zongmin Zhu;Joshua M. Feinberg;Shucheng Xie;Mark D. Bourne

  • Postglacial climate-change record in biomarker lipid compositions of the Hani peat sequence, Northeastern China

    Weijian Zhou;Yanhong Zheng;Yanhong Zheng;Philip A. Meyers;A.J. Timothy Jull

  • Cyanobacterial blooms tied to volcanism during the 5 m.y. Permo-Triassic biotic crisis

    Shucheng Xie;Richard D. Pancost;Yongbiao Wang;Hao Yang

  • Changes in marine productivity and redox conditions during the Late Ordovician Hirnantian glaciation

    Lian Zhou;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Jun Shen;ZhiFang Hu

  • The 6-methyl branched tetraethers significantly affect the performance of the methylation index (MBT′) in soils from an altitudinal transect at Mount Shennongjia

    Huan Yang;Xiaoxia Lü;Weihua Ding;Yanyan Lei

  • Isotopic evidence for an anomalously low oceanic sulfate concentration following end-Permian mass extinction

    Genming Luo;Genming Luo;Lee R. Kump;Yongbiao Wang;Jinnan Tong

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Genming Luo
Genming Luo China University of Geosciences
Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
Philip A. Meyers
Philip A. Meyers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard P. Evershed
Richard P. Evershed University of Bristol
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Hailiang Dong
Hailiang Dong China University of Geosciences

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