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 Wei-Jun Cai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 329 publications — 89th percentile
89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.
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 Wei-Jun Cai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 87 D-Index — 96th percentile
96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.
Wei-Jun Cai is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Oceanography, which comprises the majority of their work. Additional subfields include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.
Their work addresses key topics within marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean acidification effects and responses, and marine biology and ecology research. Other significant areas of study include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, methane hydrates and related phenomena, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, as well as marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.
Wei-Jun Cai has published extensively in several frequently appearing scientific venues. These include:
Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wei-Jun Cai are:
Their coauthors frequently include researchers such as Di Qi, Zhangxian Ouyang, Jeremy M. Testa, Liqi Chen, and Yingxu Wu, reflecting collaboration across multiple projects and studies.
Wei-Jun Cai's research often intersects with studies on carbon fluxes, coastal vegetation impacts on greenhouse gas sinks, and microbial carbon processes related to climate change. For instance, some recent contributions beyond those co-authored include works published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Nature Climate Change, and Nature Reviews Microbiology.
The scientist was recognized in 2017 as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Wei-Jen Huang;Michael C. Murrell
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Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang
Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl
Wei-Jun Cai;Minhan Dai;Yongchen Wang
Wei-Jun Cai;Minhan Dai;Yongchen Wang;Weidong Zhai
Nancy N Rabalais;Wei-Jun Cai;Jacob Carstensen;Daniel J Conley
William G. Sunda;Wei-Jun Cai
Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson;Robert R. Bidigare;Tommy D. Dickey;Michael R. Landry
Charles S Hopkinson;Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu
Wei-Jun Cai;Liqi Chen;Baoshan Chen;Zhongyong Gao
Minhan Dai;Zhiqiang Yin;Feifei Meng;Qian Liu
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Minhan Dai;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai;Liangying Yuan
Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Minhan Dai;Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang
Wei-Jun Cai;Xianghui Guo;Xianghui Guo;Chen-Tung Arthur Chen;Minhan Dai
Wei-Jun Cai;Frederick L. Sayles
Hongjie Wang;Minhan Dai;Jinwen Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao
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