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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 90 596 562 266 243 457 29732

Tim Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tim Li between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tim Li published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 16 papers a year. Output peaked at 47 publications in 2021. 28 of the 511 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 47. Peak 47 publications in 2021. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 25 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 36 publications 2018: 39 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 47 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 32 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 12 publications
1994 2025

511 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tim Li: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 1
1996 2
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 5
2001 3
2002 8
2003 7
2004 5
2005 4
2006 10
2007 7
2008 12
2009 14
2010 22
2011 17
2012 15
2013 15
2014 24
2015 25
2016 19
2017 36
2018 39
2019 41
2020 40
2021 47
2022 32
2023 32
2024 16
2025 12
Total 511
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Tim Li publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tim Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 451–460 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 457 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32 457
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Tim Li D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tim Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34 90
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Tim Li is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive work in atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and oceanography. Their publications often address core issues related to climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, as well as tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Their body of work encompasses a significant number of peer-reviewed papers published in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Meteorological Research, International Journal of Climatology, and Research Square. These journals reflect the scope of their research interests and contributions to climate science and atmospheric studies.

Some of the most recent papers authored or co-authored by Tim Li are:

  • Recent frontiers of climate changes in East Asia at global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C (2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science)
  • Understanding the recent increase in multiyear La Niñas (2023, Nature Climate Change)
  • ENSO and Tropical Cyclones (2020, Geophysical Monograph)
  • Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on Evolution of the Subsequent ENSO: Relative Roles of Dynamic and Thermodynamic Processes (2021, Journal of Climate)
  • Anthropogenic fingerprints in daily precipitation revealed by deep learning (2023, Nature)

Tim Li has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Lu Wang, Yoo-Geun Ham, Ying Sun, Zhiwei Zhu, and Bin Wang. These collaborations contribute to research covering climate variability, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and related environmental phenomena.

Their research topics further illustrate the range of scientific inquiry pursued, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Ocean waves and remote sensing
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Tim Li's work integrates multiple subfields of study, notably atmospheric science, global and planetary change, oceanography, and environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary perspective supports investigations into complex environmental and climatic systems.

Best Publications

  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

    Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

  • Interannual and Interdecadal Variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part I: Roles of the Subtropical Ridge

    C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li

  • Atmosphere-Warm Ocean Interaction and Its Impacts on Asian-Australian Monsoon Variation*

    Bin Wang;Renguang Wu;Tim Li

  • Pantropical Climate Interactions

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Lixin Wu;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;Tim Li

  • Structures and Mechanisms of the Northward Propagating Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation

    Xianan Jiang;Tim Li;Bin Wang

  • Why the ITCZ Is Mostly North of the Equator

    S. G. H. Philander;D. Gu;G. Lambert;T. Li

  • Seasonally evolving dominant interannual variability modes of East Asian climate.

    Bo Wu;Tianjun Zhou;Tim Li

  • Decadal Change of the Spring Snow Depth over the Tibetan Plateau: The Associated Circulation and Influence on the East Asian Summer Monsoon*

    Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li;Bin Wang

  • Relative Contributions of the Indian Ocean and Local SST Anomalies to the Maintenance of the Western North Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone during the El Niño Decaying Summer

    Bo Wu;Tim Li;Tianjun Zhou

  • A Theory for the Indian Ocean Dipole–Zonal Mode*

    Tim Li;Bin Wang;C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang

  • STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions

    M. K. Davey;M. Huddleston;K. R. Sperber;P. Braconnot

  • Interannual and Interdecadal Variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part II: Meridional Structure of the Monsoon

    C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li

  • ENSIP: The El Niño simulation intercomparison project

    Mojib Latif;K. Sperber;J. Arblaster;P. Braconnot

  • Theories on formation of an anomalous anticyclone in western North Pacific during El Niño: A review

    Tim Li;Tim Li;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Bo Wu;Tianjun Zhou

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Coupling between Northward-Propagating, Intraseasonal Oscillations and Sea Surface Temperature in the Indian Ocean*

    Xiouhua Fu;Bin Wang;Tim Li;Julian P. McCreary

  • Role of the Boundary Layer Moisture Asymmetry in Causing the Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation*

    Pang-chi Hsu;Tim Li

  • Quantifying Environmental Control on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change

    Eric A. Hendricks;Melinda S. Peng;Bing Fu;Tim Li

  • A new paradigm for the predominance of standing Central Pacific Warming after the late 1990s

    Baoqiang Xiang;Bin Wang;Tim Li

  • Interannual and interdecadal variability of the summertime western North Pacific subtropical high

    Chung-Hsiung Sui;Pei-Hsuan Chung;Tim Li

  • A Theory for the Tropical Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation.

    C.-P. Chang;Tim Li

  • Relative contributions of the Indian Ocean and local SST anomalies to the maintenance of the western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone during El Niño decaying summer

    Bo Wu;Tim Li;Tianjun Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tianjun Zhou
Tianjun Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Melinda S. Peng
Melinda S. Peng United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jong-Seong Kug
Jong-Seong Kug Seoul National University
Jing-Jia Luo
Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Chih-Pei Chang
Chih-Pei Chang Naval Postgraduate School
Renhe Zhang
Renhe Zhang Fudan University
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Baoqiang Xiang
Baoqiang Xiang University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology

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