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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 66 1282 1137 81 78 246 21288

Xiaodong Liu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiaodong Liu between 1998 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiaodong Liu published across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026, averaging 14.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2024. 33 of the 423 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2024. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 28 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 37 publications 2025: 32 publications 2026: 1 publication
1998 2026

423 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiaodong Liu: publications per year, 1998 to 2026
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 3
2000 4
2001 5
2002 2
2003 7
2004 8
2005 9
2006 12
2007 11
2008 5
2009 7
2010 5
2011 22
2012 15
2013 10
2014 10
2015 28
2016 18
2017 27
2018 27
2019 17
2020 24
2021 26
2022 32
2023 18
2024 37
2025 32
2026 1
Total 423
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Xiaodong Liu publications per year - data summary

  • Xiaodong Liu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 423 publications recorded across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 37 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 14.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.6 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 120 publications, 28% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 62 publications (6.2 per year); 2008-2017: 147 publications (14.7 per year); 2018-2026: 214 publications (23.8 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Xiaodong Liu 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 Xiaodong Liu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 238–247 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 246 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 246
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Xiaodong Liu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Xiaodong Liu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 246 publications - the 77th percentile of the discipline.
  • 77% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Xiaodong Liu, and about 23% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Xiaodong Liu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Xiaodong Liu 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 Xiaodong Liu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89 66
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Xiaodong Liu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Xiaodong Liu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 66 D-Index - the 86th percentile of the discipline.
  • 86% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Xiaodong Liu, and about 14% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Xiaodong Liu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Xiaodong Liu is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work spans multiple fields within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with notable contributions to Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Frequent coauthors in their research include Zhengguo Shi, Xiaoning Xie, Xinzhou Li, Hui Sun, and Zhisheng An.

Xiaodong Liu has published extensively in several academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Some recent scientific papers authored or contributed to by Xiaodong Liu include:

  • Tracking Daily Concentrations of PM2.5 Chemical Composition in China since 2000, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Behaviour in public open spaces: A systematic review of studies with quantitative research methods, 2022, Building and Environment
  • Sc2CF2/Janus MoSSe heterostructure: A potential Z-scheme photocatalyst with ultra-high solar-to-hydrogen efficiency, 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Late Quaternary Extension Rates Across the Northern Half of the Yadong-Gulu Rift: Implication for East-West Extension in Southern Tibet, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Best Publications

  • Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world

    N. Pepin;R. S. Bradley;H. F. Diaz;M. Baraer

  • Climatic warming in the Tibetan Plateau during recent decades

    Xiaodong Liu;Baode Chen

  • Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon

    Zhisheng An;Stephen C. Porter;Stephen C. Porter;John E. Kutzbach;Wu Xihao

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • The Influence of Mechanical and Thermal Forcing by the Tibetan Plateau on Asian Climate

    Wu;GX;Guoxiong;Liu

  • Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics

    An Zhisheng;An Zhisheng;Steven C. Clemens;Ji Shen;Xiaoke Qiang

  • Elevation dependency of recent and future minimum surface air temperature trends in the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhigang Cheng;Libin Yan;Zhi-Yong Yin

  • Sensitivity of East Asian monsoon climate to the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhi-Yong Yin

  • Temporal trends and variability of daily maximum and minimum, extreme temperature events, and growing season length over the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau during 1961-2003

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhi-Yong Yin;Xuemei Shao;Ningsheng Qin

  • Reconstruction of the 30–40 ka bp enhanced Indian monsoon climate based on geological records from the Tibetan Plateau

    Yafeng Shi;Ge Yu;Xiaodong Liu;Bingyuan Li

  • Simulation of the evolutionary response of global summer monsoons to orbital forcing over the past 280,000 years

    J. E. Kutzbach;Xiaodong Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Guangshan Chen

  • Analyses of the spring dust storm frequency of northern China in relation to antecedent and concurrent wind, precipitation, vegetation, and soil moisture conditions

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhi-Yong Yin;Xiaoye Zhang;Xuchao Yang

  • A 10,000 year record of dune activity, dust storms, and severe drought in the central Great Plains

    Xiaodong Miao;Joseph A. Mason;James B. Swinehart;David B. Loope

  • Spatial and Temporal Variation of Summer Precipitation over the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Xiaodong Liu;Zhi-Yong Yin

  • Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

    Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Liu;Fuqing Zhang;Zhisheng An

  • Amplitude of climatic changes in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Tandong Yao;Xiaodong Liu;Ninglian Wang;Yafeng Shi

  • Astronomical and glacial forcing of East Asian summer monsoon variability

    Youbin Sun;John Kutzbach;Zhisheng An;Steven Clemens

  • Enhanced climatic warming in the Tibetan Plateau due to doubling CO2: a model study

    B. Chen;B. Chen;W. C. Chao;X. Liu

  • Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China

    Huayu Lu;Fuqing Zhang;Xiaodong Liu;Robert A. Duce

  • Evaluating regional cloud-permitting simulations of the WRF model for the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE, Darwin 2006)

    Yi Wang;Yi Wang;Charles N. Long;Lai-Yung R. Leung;Jimy Dudhia

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengyu Liu
Zhengyu Liu The Ohio State University
Buwen Dong
Buwen Dong University of Reading
John E. Kutzbach
John E. Kutzbach University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yangang Liu
Yangang Liu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Changhai Liu
Changhai Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Hong Chang
Hong Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Steven C. Clemens
Steven C. Clemens Brown University
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences

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