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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 78 571 503 8 8 467 39429

Taikan Oki publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Taikan Oki between 1988 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Taikan Oki published across 39 years, from 1988 to 2026, averaging 15.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 50 publications in 2012. 18 of the 612 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 50. Peak 50 publications in 2012. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 22 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 26 publications 2009: 21 publications 2010: 29 publications 2011: 28 publications 2012: 50 publications 2013: 34 publications 2014: 39 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 16 publications 2026: 2 publications
1988 2026

612 publications in total across all disciplines

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Taikan Oki: publications per year, 1988 to 2026
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 0
1990 2
1991 2
1992 2
1993 4
1994 7
1995 9
1996 0
1997 6
1998 9
1999 8
2000 12
2001 12
2002 5
2003 22
2004 13
2005 13
2006 22
2007 23
2008 26
2009 21
2010 29
2011 28
2012 50
2013 34
2014 39
2015 23
2016 29
2017 21
2018 20
2019 16
2020 16
2021 12
2022 18
2023 23
2024 17
2025 16
2026 2
Total 612
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Taikan Oki 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 Taikan Oki 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, 458–467 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: 467 publications — 97th percentile

97% 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
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 29 467
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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Taikan Oki 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 Taikan Oki 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, 78 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: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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 78
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Taikan Oki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and specializes in environmental science. Their work primarily focuses on water science and technology, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, ocean engineering, and ecology.

Their research covers a range of topics including:

  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus studies
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research

Taikan Oki has contributed significantly to academic literature with recent papers such as:

  • "The timing of unprecedented hydrological drought under climate change," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Illuminating water cycle modifications and Earth system resilience in the Anthropocene," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision," 2020, One Earth
  • "Water pricing reform for sustainable water resources management in China's agricultural sector," 2022, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Water Governance Contribution to Water and Sanitation Access Equality in Developing Countries," 2020, Water Resources Research

The scientist has collaborated frequently with others in their field, with notable co-authors including Naota Hanasaki, Kei Yoshimura, Masashi Kiguchi, Kanon Kino, and Daisuke Tokuda.

Their work is published across multiple venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Hydrological Research Letters
  • JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY OF HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Taikan Oki was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources

    Taikan Oki;Taikan Oki;Shinjiro Kanae

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Regions of Strong Coupling Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation

    Randal D. Koster;Paul A. Dirmeyer;Zhichang Guo;Gordon Bonan

  • IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences

    M. Sivapalan;K. Takeuchi;S. W. Franks;V. K. Gupta

  • Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future

    Junguo Liu;Hong Yang;Hong Yang;Simon N. Gosling;Matti Kummu

  • The implications of projected climate change for freshwater resources and their management

    Z.W. Kundzewicz;L.J. Mata;Nigel William Arnell;P. Doll

  • A physically based description of floodplain inundation dynamics in a global river routing model

    Dai Yamazaki;Shinjiro Kanae;Hyungjun Kim;Taikan Oki

  • GSWP-2 Multimodel Analysis and Implications for Our Perception of the Land Surface

    Paul A. Dirmeyer;Xiang Gao;Mei Zhao;Zhichang Guo

  • Global potential soil erosion with reference to land use and climate changes

    Dawen Yang;Shinjiro Kanae;Taikan Oki;Toshio Koike

  • GLACE: The Global Land-Atmosphere Coupling Experiment. Part I: Overview

    Randal D. Koster;Zhichang Guo;Paul A. Dirmeyer;Gordon Bonan

  • The WULCA consensus characterization model for water scarcity footprints: assessing impacts of water consumption based on available water remaining (AWARE)

    Anne Marie Boulay;Anne Marie Boulay;Jane Bare;Lorenzo Benini;Markus Berger

  • Design of Total Runoff Integrating Pathways (TRIP)—A Global River Channel Network

    Taikan Oki;Y. C. Sud

  • An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources – Part 1: Model description and input meteorological forcing

    N. Hanasaki;S. Kanae;T. Oki;K. Masuda

  • Multimodel Estimate of the Global Terrestrial Water Balance: Setup and First Results

    Ingjerd Haddeland;Douglas B. Clark;Wietse Franssen;Fulco Ludwig

  • A reservoir operation scheme for global river routing models

    Naota Hanasaki;Shinjiro Kanae;Taikan Oki

  • Historical isotope simulation using Reanalysis atmospheric data

    K. Yoshimura;K. Yoshimura;M. Kanamitsu;D. Noone;T. Oki

  • Global projections of changing risks of floods and droughts in a changing climate

    Yukiko Hirabayashi;Shinjiro Kanae;Seita Emori;Taikan Oki

  • Impact of Climate Change on River Discharge Projected by Multimodel Ensemble

    Daisuke Nohara;Akio Kitoh;Masahiro Hosaka;Taikan Oki

  • Water scarcity hotspots travel downstream due to human interventions in the 20th and 21st century

    T.I.E. Veldkamp;T.I.E. Veldkamp;Y. Wada;J.C.J.H. Aerts;J.C.J.H. Aerts;P. Döll

  • An integrated model for the assessment of global water resources - Part 2: Applications and assessments

    N. Hanasaki;S. Kanae;T. Oki;K. Masuda

  • Does higher surface temperature intensify extreme precipitation

    Nobuyuki Utsumi;Shinta Seto;Shinjiro Kanae;Eduardo Eiji Maeda

  • Global hydrological cycles and world water resources

    Taikan Oki

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinjiro Kanae
Shinjiro Kanae Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kei Yoshimura
Kei Yoshimura University of Tokyo
Naota Hanasaki
Naota Hanasaki National Institute for Environmental Studies
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim University of Tokyo
Dai Yamazaki
Dai Yamazaki University of Tokyo
Yadu Pokhrel
Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University
Yukiko Hirabayashi
Yukiko Hirabayashi Shibaura Institute of Technology
Qiuhong Tang
Qiuhong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Petra Döll
Petra Döll Goethe University Frankfurt
Yoshihide Wada
Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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