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Xianyong Cao 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 Xianyong Cao sits on this spectrum.

38–42 publications: 1 scientists 43–47 publications: 0 scientists 48–52 publications: 3 scientists 53–57 publications: 8 scientists 58–62 publications: 11 scientists 63–67 publications: 16 scientists 68–72 publications: 24 scientists 73–77 publications: 31 scientists 78–82 publications: 49 scientists 83–87 publications: 77 scientists 88–92 publications: 86 scientists 93–97 publications: 88 scientists 98–102 publications: 92 scientists 103–107 publications: 84 scientists 108–112 publications: 102 scientists 113–117 publications: 108 scientists 118–122 publications: 117 scientists 123–127 publications: 126 scientists 128–132 publications: 146 scientists 133–137 publications: 114 scientists 138–142 publications: 102 scientists 143–147 publications: 127 scientists 148–152 publications: 102 scientists 153–157 publications: 112 scientists 158–162 publications: 102 scientists 163–167 publications: 127 scientists 168–172 publications: 121 scientists 173–177 publications: 112 scientists 178–182 publications: 109 scientists 183–187 publications: 98 scientists 188–192 publications: 92 scientists 193–197 publications: 105 scientists 198–202 publications: 77 scientists 203–207 publications: 80 scientists 208–212 publications: 89 scientists 213–217 publications: 70 scientists 218–222 publications: 74 scientists 223–227 publications: 74 scientists 228–232 publications: 70 scientists 233–237 publications: 67 scientists 238–242 publications: 59 scientists 243–247 publications: 67 scientists 248–252 publications: 51 scientists 253–257 publications: 46 scientists 258–262 publications: 41 scientists 263–267 publications: 39 scientists 268–272 publications: 34 scientists 273–277 publications: 39 scientists 278–282 publications: 35 scientists 283–287 publications: 36 scientists 288–292 publications: 35 scientists 293–297 publications: 29 scientists 298–302 publications: 23 scientists 303–307 publications: 39 scientists 308–312 publications: 34 scientists 313–317 publications: 23 scientists 318–322 publications: 18 scientists 323–327 publications: 18 scientists 328–332 publications: 21 scientists 333–337 publications: 20 scientists 338–342 publications: 15 scientists 343–347 publications: 13 scientists 348–352 publications: 24 scientists 353–357 publications: 25 scientists 358–362 publications: 10 scientists 363–367 publications: 20 scientists 368–372 publications: 17 scientists 373–377 publications: 18 scientists 378–382 publications: 15 scientists 383–387 publications: 7 scientists 388–392 publications: 22 scientists 393–397 publications: 9 scientists 398–402 publications: 11 scientists 403–407 publications: 16 scientists 408–412 publications: 4 scientists 413–417 publications: 5 scientists 418–422 publications: 14 scientists 423–427 publications: 8 scientists 428–432 publications: 7 scientists 433–437 publications: 7 scientists 438–442 publications: 10 scientists 443–447 publications: 10 scientists 448–452 publications: 3 scientists 453–457 publications: 9 scientists 458–462 publications: 11 scientists 463–467 publications: 4 scientists 468–472 publications: 6 scientists 473–477 publications: 11 scientists 478–482 publications: 8 scientists 483–487 publications: 2 scientists 488–492 publications: 3 scientists 493–497 publications: 4 scientists 498–502 publications: 4 scientists 503–507 publications: 4 scientists 508–509 publications: 4 scientists 510+ publications: 100 scientists
38 publications 510+

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

Xianyong Cao 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 Xianyong Cao sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

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

Best Publications

  • East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation

    Fahu H. Chen;Qinghai H. Xu;Jianhui H. Chen;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Climate change, vegetation history, and landscape responses on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene: A comprehensive review

    Fahu Chen;Jifeng Zhang;Jianbao Liu;Xianyong Cao

  • Position and orientation of the westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China.

    Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Xianyong Cao;Xianyong Cao;Thomas Laepple;Anne Dallmeyer

  • Studies of modern pollen assemblages for pollen dispersal- deposition- preservation process understanding and for pollen-based reconstructions of past vegetation, climate, and human impact: A review based on case studies in China

    Qinghai Xu;Shengrui Zhang;Marie-jose Gaillard;Manyue Li

  • Holocene vegetation and climate dynamics in the Altai Mountains and Surrounding Areas

    Xiaozhong Huang;Wei Peng;Natalia Rudaya;Eric C. Grimm

  • Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia

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  • A modern pollen–climate dataset from China and Mongolia: Assessing its potential for climate reconstruction

    Xian-yong Cao;Xian-yong Cao;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Richard J. Telford;Jian Ni;Jian Ni

  • Towards quantification of Holocene anthropogenic land-cover change in temperate China: A review in the light of pollen-based REVEALS reconstructions of regional plant cover

    Furong Li;Marie José Gaillard;Xianyong Cao;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • A late Quaternary pollen dataset from eastern continental Asia for vegetation and climate reconstructions: Set up and evaluation

    Xian-yong Cao;Xian-yong Cao;Xian-yong Cao;Jian Ni;Jian Ni;Jian Ni;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Yong-bo Wang;Yong-bo Wang;Yong-bo Wang

  • Vegetation succession and East Asian Summer Monsoon Changes since the last deglaciation inferred from high-resolution pollen record in Gonghai Lake, Shanxi Province, China:

    Qinghai Xu;Fahu Chen;Shengrui Zhang;Xianyong Cao

  • Biome distribution over the last 22,000 yr in China

    Jian Ni;Jian Ni;Jian Ni;Xianyong Cao;Xianyong Cao;Florian Jeltsch;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • Pollen source areas of lakes with inflowing rivers: modern pollen influx data from Lake Baiyangdian, China

    Qinghai Xu;Qinghai Xu;Fang Tian;M. Jane Bunting;Yuecong Li

  • Impacts of the spatial extent of pollen-climate calibration-set on the absolute values, range and trends of reconstructed Holocene precipitation

    Xianyong Cao;Fang Tian;Richard J. Telford;Jian Ni

  • Pollen-based quantitative land-cover reconstruction for northern Asia covering the last 40 ka cal BP

    Xianyong Cao;Fang Tian;Furong Li;Marie-José Gaillard

  • Postglacial history of the Steppe Altai: Climate, fire and plant diversity

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  • Environmental magnetic studies of sediment cores from Gonghai Lake: implications for monsoon evolution in North China during the late glacial and Holocene

    Fahu Chen;Jianbao Liu;Qinghai Xu;Yuecong Li

  • Relative pollen productivities of typical steppe species in northern China and their potential in past vegetation reconstruction

    QingHai Xu;XianYong Cao;Fang Tian;ShengRui Zhang

  • Holocene climate change and human impacts implied from the pollen records in Anyang, central China

    Xianyong Cao;Qinghai Xu;Qinghai Xu;Zhichun Jing;Jigen Tang

  • Spatial and temporal distributions of major tree taxa in eastern continental Asia during the last 22,000 years

    Xianyong Cao;Xianyong Cao;Ulrike Herzschuh;Ulrike Herzschuh;Jian Ni;Jian Ni;Yan Zhao

  • Quantitative woody cover reconstructions from eastern continental Asia of the last 22 kyr reveal strong regional peculiarities

    Fang Tian;Fang Tian;Xianyong Cao;Anne Dallmeyer;Jian Ni;Jian Ni

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