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Toshio Yamagata 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 Toshio Yamagata sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 303 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Toshio Yamagata 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 Toshio Yamagata sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Toshio Yamagata is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

Their scholarly output covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

A substantial part of their publication record appears in several key scientific journals and venues, such as:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Yamagata has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jing-Jia Luo
  • Swadhin K. Behera
  • Takeshi Doi
  • Fenghua Ling
  • Chaoxia Yuan

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • Opposite response of strong and moderate positive Indian Ocean Dipole to global warming, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Predictability of the Super IOD Event in 2019 and Its Link With El Niño Modoki, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • A Unique Feature of the 2019 Extreme Positive Indian Ocean Dipole Event, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Harnessing AI and computing to advance climate modelling and prediction, 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • Multi-task machine learning improves multi-seasonal prediction of the Indian Ocean Dipole, 2022, Nature Communications

Yamagata's research contributions have garnered recognition, including being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • A Dipole Mode in the Tropical Indian Ocean

    N. H. Saji;Bhupendra Nath Goswami;Puthenveettil NarayanaMenon Vinayachandran;T. Yamagata

  • El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection

    Karumuri Ashok;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao;Hengyi Weng

  • Impact of the Indian Ocean dipole on the relationship between the Indian monsoon rainfall and ENSO

    Karumuri Ashok;Zhaoyong Guan;Toshio Yamagata

  • Possible impacts of Indian Ocean Dipole mode events on global climate

    N. H. Saji;T. Yamagata

  • ENSO theory

    Unknown

  • Individual and Combined Influences of ENSO and the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Indian Summer Monsoon

    Karumuri Ashok;Zhaoyong Guan;N. H. Saji;Toshio Yamagata

  • Impacts of recent El Niño Modoki on dry/wet conditions in the Pacific rim during boreal summer

    Hengyi Weng;Karumuri Ashok;Swadhin K. Behera;Suryachandra A. Rao

  • How may tropical cyclones change in a warmer climate

    Lennart Bengtsson;Lennart Bengtsson;Kevin I. Hodges;Monika Esch;Noel Keenlyside

  • Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean

    Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata

  • Current status of ENSO prediction skill in coupled ocean-atmosphere models

    Emilia K. Jin;James L. Kinter;B. Wang;C.-K. Park

  • Influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Australian winter rainfall

    Karumuri Ashok;Zhaoyong Guan;Toshio Yamagata

  • Unstable Air-Sea Interactions in the Tropics

    S. G. H. Philander;T. Yamagata;R. C. Pacanowski

  • Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004)

    Bin Wang;June Yi Lee;In Sik Kang;J. Shukla

  • Can Luzon Strait Transport Play a Role in Conveying the Impact of ENSO to the South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Yoo Yin Kim;Max Yaremchuk;Tomoki Tozuka

  • Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variability in the Tropical Indian Ocean

    Toshio Yamagata;Swadhin K. Behera;Jing-Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson

  • Impacts of El Niño Southern Oscillation on the global yields of major crops

    Toshichika Iizumi;Jing-Jia Luo;Andrew J. Challinor;Gen Sakurai

  • Paramount Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the East African Short Rains: A CGCM Study

    Swadhin K. Behera;Jing Jia Luo;Sebastien Masson;Pascale Delecluse

  • Influence of the state of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year’s El Niño

    Takeshi Izumo;Takeshi Izumo;Jérôme Vialard;Matthieu Lengaigne;Clément de Boyer Montegut;Clément de Boyer Montegut

  • Decadal Climate Variability in the North Pacific during the Recent Decades

    H. Nakamura;G. Lin;T. Yamagata

  • Anomalous winter climate conditions in the Pacific rim during recent El Niño Modoki and El Niño events

    Hengyi Weng;Swadhin K. Behera;Toshio Yamagata;Toshio Yamagata

  • Climate change: The El Niño with a difference.

    Karumuri Ashok;Toshio Yamagata

  • Intrusion of the North Pacific waters into the South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

  • Structure of SST and Surface Wind Variability during Indian Ocean Dipole Mode Events: COADS Observations*

    N. H. Saji;T. Yamagata

Frequent Co-Authors

Swadhin K. Behera
Swadhin K. Behera Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jing-Jia Luo
Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Tomoki Tozuka
Tomoki Tozuka University of Tokyo
Yukio Masumoto
Yukio Masumoto University of Tokyo
Karumuri Ashok
Karumuri Ashok University of Hyderabad
Suryachandra A. Rao
Suryachandra A. Rao Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Tangdong Qu
Tangdong Qu University of California, Los Angeles
Gurvan Madec
Gurvan Madec Sorbonne University
Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China
Jérôme Vialard
Jérôme Vialard Université Paris Cité

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