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2023

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D-Index
89
Citations
33757
World Ranking
610
National Ranking
64

Wenju Cai 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 Wenju Cai sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 324 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Wenju Cai 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 Wenju Cai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Wenju Cai is affiliated with the Ocean University of China in China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, encompassing 223 and 136 publications in these fields, respectively.

Their work is further specialized within subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Artificial Intelligence, and Geology. They have contributed extensively to topics including Climate variability and models, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Wenju Cai has a substantial record of published research in well-known journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Climate impacts of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America" (2020) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Changing El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate" (2021) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes" (2021) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Increased ENSO sea surface temperature variability under four IPCC emission scenarios" (2022) in Nature Climate Change
  • "Increased occurrences of consecutive La Niña events under global warming" (2023) in Nature

Collaborative work with frequent co-authors includes partnerships with Lixin Wu, Tao Geng, Agus Santoso, Guojian Wang, and Michael J. McPhaden, with whom they have published numerous articles.

Best Publications

  • Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Simon Borlace;Matthieu Lengaigne;Peter van Rensch

  • Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

    Matthew Heathcote England;Shayne McGregor;J Paul Spence;Gerald A Meehl

  • The impact of global warming on the tropical Pacific Ocean and El Nino

    Mat Collins;Mat Collins;Soon Il An;Wenju Cai;Alexandre Ganachaud

  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

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

  • ENSO and greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Guojian Wang;Sang Wook Yeh

  • Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

    Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Liping Zhang;Hisashi Nakamura

  • Pantropical Climate Interactions

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

  • Increased frequency of extreme La Niña events under greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Guojian Wang;Guojian Wang;Agus Santoso;Michael J. Mcphaden

  • Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

    Dunxin Hu;Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Michael J. McPhaden;Alice M. Grimm;Regina R. Rodrigues

  • Weather conditions conducive to Beijing severe haze more frequent under climate change

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Ke Li;Hong Liao;Huijun Wang

  • Increased variability of eastern Pacific El Niño under greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Guojian Wang;Guojian Wang;Boris Dewitte;Lixin Wu

  • Changing El Niño–Southern Oscillation in a warming climate

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Agus Santoso;Matthew Collins;Boris Dewitte

  • The Defining Characteristics of ENSO Extremes and the Strong 2015/2016 El Niño

    Agus Santoso;Agus Santoso;Michael J. Mcphaden;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai

  • Teleconnection Pathways of ENSO and the IOD and the Mechanisms for Impacts on Australian Rainfall

    Wenju Cai;Peter van Rensch;Tim Cowan;Harry H. Hendon

  • ENSO Atmospheric Teleconnections and Their Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing

    Sang Wook Yeh;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Seung Ki Min;Michael J. McPhaden

  • Increased frequency of extreme Indian Ocean Dipole events due to greenhouse warming

    Wenju Cai;Agus Santoso;Guojian Wang;Evan Weller

  • The response of the Southern Annular Mode, the East Australian Current, and the southern mid‐latitude ocean circulation to global warming

    W. Cai;G. Shi;G. Shi;T. Cowan;D. Bi

  • Polar amplification dominated by local forcing and feedbacks

    Malte F. Stuecker;Cecilia M. Bitz;Kyle C. Armour;Cristian Proistosescu

  • Historical change of El Niño properties sheds light on future changes of extreme El Niño.

    Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Xiao Luo;Young-Min Yang;Young-Min Yang;Weiyi Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Cowan
Tim Cowan University of Southern Queensland
Lixin Wu
Lixin Wu Ocean University of China
Michael J. McPhaden
Michael J. McPhaden Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University
Matthew H. England
Matthew H. England University of New South Wales
Eric Guilyardi
Eric Guilyardi Université Paris Cité
Matthieu Lengaigne
Matthieu Lengaigne University of Montpellier
Fei-Fei Jin
Fei-Fei Jin University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shayne McGregor
Shayne McGregor Monash University
Malte F. Stuecker
Malte F. Stuecker University of Hawaii at Manoa

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