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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 90 278 238 148 124 369 23176

Shuhai Xiao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shuhai Xiao between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shuhai Xiao published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 16.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2024. 70 of the 476 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2024. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 7 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 16 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 29 publications 2015: 29 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 41 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 44 publications 2025: 26 publications
1997 2025

476 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shuhai Xiao: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 3
1999 0
2000 2
2001 3
2002 5
2003 1
2004 7
2005 7
2006 7
2007 8
2008 11
2009 11
2010 10
2011 15
2012 16
2013 10
2014 29
2015 29
2016 29
2017 34
2018 26
2019 32
2020 25
2021 22
2022 41
2023 22
2024 44
2025 26
Total 476
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Shuhai Xiao 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 Shuhai Xiao 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, 368–377 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: 369 publications — 93rd percentile

93% 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
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 60 369
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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Shuhai Xiao 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 Shuhai Xiao 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, 90 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: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 90
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Shuhai Xiao is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and has made substantial contributions to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a primary focus on paleontology. Their research spans several subfields, including Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Oceanography, and Geophysics.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Shuhai Xiao has published extensively, with frequent appearances in prominent academic venues such as Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Precambrian Research, Journal of Paleontology, Nature Communications, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Collaboration plays a significant role in their work, with regular co-authors including Ke Pang, Xunlai Yuan, Chuanming Zhou, Alan J. Kaufman, and Benjamin C. Gill.

Recent notable papers include:

  • A one-billion-year-old multicellular chlorophyte (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Seaweeds through time: Morphological and ecological analysis of Proterozoic and early Paleozoic benthic macroalgae (2020), published in Precambrian Research
  • Environmental drivers of the first major animal extinction across the Ediacaran White Sea-Nama transition (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cryptic terrestrial fungus-like fossils of the early Ediacaran Period (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae) (2022), published in Nature Communications

In recognition of their work, Shuhai Xiao has been awarded fellowship honors including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional preservation of algae and animal embryos in a Neoproterozoic phosphorite

    Shuhai Xiao;Yun Zhang;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Pulsed oxidation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation

    Kathleen A. McFadden;Jing Huang;Xuelei Chu;Ganqing Jiang

  • Stratigraphy and paleogeography of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation (ca. 635-551Ma) in South China

    Ganqing Jiang;Xiaoying Shi;Shihong Zhang;Yue Wang

  • On the eve of animal radiation: phylogeny, ecology and evolution of the Ediacara biota.

    Shuhai Xiao;Marc Laflamme;Marc Laflamme

  • New constraints on the ages of Neoproterozoic glaciations in south China

    Chuanming Zhou;Robert Tucker;Shuhai Xiao;Zhanxiong Peng

  • MACROSCOPIC CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS IN A TERMINAL PROTEROZOIC SHALE: A SYSTEMATIC REASSESSMENT OF THE MIAOHE BIOTA, SOUTH CHINA

    Shuhai Xiao;Xunlai Yuan;Michael Steiner;Andrew H. Knoll

  • SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age constraints on Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh diamictites in NW China

    Bei Xu;Shuhai Xiao;Haibo Zou;Yan Chen

  • Lichen-like symbiosis 600 million years ago.

    Xunlai Yuan;Shuhai Xiao;T. N. Taylor

  • An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes

    Xunlai Yuan;Zhe Chen;Shuhai Xiao;Chuanming Zhou

  • Permineralized fossils from the terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo Formation, south China

    Yun Zhang;Leiming Yin;Shuhai Xiao;Andrew H. Knoll

  • PHOSPHATIZED ANIMAL EMBRYOS FROM THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION AT WENG'AN, GUIZHOU, SOUTH CHINA

    Shuhai Xiao;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Eumetazoan fossils in terminal proterozoic phosphorites

    Shuhai Xiao;Xunlai Yuan;Andrew Herbert Knoll

  • New Lu–Hf and Pb–Pb age constraints on the earliest animal fossils

    Gry H Barfod;Francis Albarède;Andrew H Knoll;Shuhai Xiao

  • The Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh Group in eastern Chinese Tianshan: evidence for a post-Marinoan glaciation

    Shuhai Xiao;Huiming Bao;Haifeng Wang;Alan J. Kaufman

  • Uranium and molybdenum isotope evidence for an episode of widespread ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Period

    Brian Kendall;Brian Kendall;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Tsuyoshi Komiya;Timothy W. Lyons;Steve M. Bates

  • Ediacaran δ13C chemostratigraphy of South China

    Chuanming Zhou;Chuanming Zhou;Shuhai Xiao

  • The origin of decoupled carbonate and organic carbon isotope signatures in the early Cambrian (ca. 542–520 Ma) Yangtze platform

    Ganqing Jiang;Xinqiang Wang;Xiaoying Shi;Shuhai Xiao

  • Fossil preservation in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo phosphorite Lagerstatte, South China.

    Shuhai Xiao;Andrew H. Knoll

  • Correlation of Precambrian–Cambrian sedimentary successions across northern India and the utility of isotopic signatures of Himalayan lithotectonic zones

    N. Ryan McKenzie;Nigel C. Hughes;Paul M. Myrow;Shuhai Xiao

  • Towards an ediacaran time scale: Problems, protocols, and prospects

    Shuhai Xiao;Guy M. Narbonne;Chuanming Zhou;Marc Laflamme

  • Neoproterozoic Fossils in Mesoproterozoic Rocks? Chemostratigraphic Resolution of a Biostratigraphic Conundrum from the North China Platform

    Shuhai Xiao;Andrew H. Knoll;Alan J. Kaufman;Leiming Yin

  • High CO2 levels in the Proterozoic atmosphere estimated from analyses of individual microfossils.

    Alan J. Kaufman;Shuhai Xiao;Shuhai Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Xunlai Yuan
Xunlai Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chuanming Zhou
Chuanming Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
James D. Schiffbauer
James D. Schiffbauer University of Missouri
Alan J. Kaufman
Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew H. Knoll
Andrew H. Knoll Harvard University
Yongbo Peng
Yongbo Peng Tongji University
Marc Laflamme
Marc Laflamme University of Toronto
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History
Ganqing Jiang
Ganqing Jiang University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Huiming Bao
Huiming Bao Louisiana State University

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