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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6552 6072 2316 2054 91 5086

Yang Shen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yang Shen between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yang Shen published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2023. 23 of the 129 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2023. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 6 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 3 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 10 publications
1992 2025

129 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yang Shen: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 2
1997 1
1998 5
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 3
2003 3
2004 2
2005 1
2006 6
2007 1
2008 6
2009 3
2010 1
2011 3
2012 8
2013 2
2014 4
2015 7
2016 5
2017 5
2018 4
2019 6
2020 3
2021 2
2022 5
2023 13
2024 13
2025 10
Total 129
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Yang Shen 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 Yang Shen 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, 88–97 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: 91 publications — 8th percentile

8% 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 91
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
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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Yang Shen 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 Yang Shen 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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
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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Overview

Yang Shen is affiliated with the University of Rhode Island in the United States and has a focused research career in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their body of work encompasses a wide range of topics related to seismic activity, geological processes, and advanced imaging techniques.

The scientist's research primarily revolves around earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic wave analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, seismology, high-pressure geophysics, seismic imaging, inversion techniques, and geologic mapping. Yang Shen has contributed to the understanding of seismic wave behavior and the application of machine learning models to geophysical data.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Array-Based Convolutional Neural Networks for Automatic Detection and 4D Localization of Earthquakes in Hawai'i," 2021, Seismological Research Letters
  • "A meta-analysis of knowledge hiding behavior in organizations: Antecedents, consequences, and boundary conditions," 2024, Journal of Business Research
  • "Detecting Slow Slip Events From Seafloor Pressure Data Using Machine Learning," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The subduction-related Saindak porphyry Cu-Au deposit formed by remelting of a thickened juvenile lower crust underneath the Chagai belt, Pakistan," 2022, Ore Geology Reviews
  • "Early-Stage Lithospheric Foundering Beneath the Eastern Tibetan Plateau Revealed by Full-Wave Pn Tomography," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Yang Shen frequently collaborates with several scientists, contributing jointly to multiple publications. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Yuanchuan Zheng
  • Lu Wang
  • Changda Wu
  • Xiaozhuo Wei
  • Xueyang Bao

Their work appears regularly in several scientific publication venues with repeated contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Ore Geology Reviews

Yang Shen's research integrates methods from artificial intelligence to enhance the detection and analysis of seismic events, addressing complex challenges in geophysical data interpretation. Their contributions in seismic imaging and inversion broaden understanding of earth processes, particularly in regions with active tectonics and geological complexity.

Best Publications

  • Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges

    Yang Shen;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Seismic evidence for a lower-mantle origin of the Iceland plume

    Yang Shen;Sean C. Solomon;Ingi Þorleifur Bjarnason;Cecily J. Wolfe

  • Imaging the deep seismic structure beneath a mid-ocean ridge : The MELT experiment

    Forsyth Dw;Scheirer Ds;Webb Sc;Dorman Lm

  • Unsplit complex frequency-shifted PML implementation using auxiliary differential equations for seismic wave modeling

    Wei Zhang;Yang Shen

  • Phase velocities of Rayleigh waves in the MELT experiment on the East Pacific Rise

    Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Donald W. Forsyth;Spahr C. Webb;Spahr C. Webb;Spahr C. Webb;LeRoy M. Dorman;LeRoy M. Dorman;LeRoy M. Dorman;Yang Shen;Yang Shen;Yang Shen

  • Mantle flow, melting, and dehydration of the Iceland mantle plume

    Garrett Ito;Yang Shen;Greg Hirth;Cecily J. Wolfe

  • Imaging seismic velocity structure beneath the Iceland hot spot: A finite frequency approach

    Shu-Huei Hung;Yang Shen;Ling-Yun Chiao

  • A complex Tibetan upper mantle: A fragmented Indian slab and no south-verging subduction of Eurasian lithosphere

    Xiaofeng Liang;Eric Sandvol;Y. John Chen;Thomas Hearn

  • The Distribution of the Mid-to-Lower Crustal Low-Velocity Zone Beneath the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Revealed from Ambient Noise Tomography

    Hongyi Li;Yang Shen;Zhongxian Huang;Xinfu Li

  • Upper mantle structure beneath the Azores hotspot from finite-frequency seismic tomography

    Ting Yang;Yang Shen;Suzan van der Lee;Sean C. Solomon

  • Upper mantle structure of the Cascades from full-wave ambient noise tomography: Evidence for 3D mantle upwelling in the back-arc

    Haiying Gao;Haiying Gao;Yang Shen

  • Seismic evidence for a Moho offset and south-directed thrust at the easternmost Qaidam–Kunlun boundary in the Northeast Tibetan plateau

    Danian Shi;Yang Shen;Wenjin Zhao;Aibing Li

  • Finite frequency tomography in southeastern Tibet: Evidence for the causal relationship between mantle lithosphere delamination and the north–south trending rifts

    Yong Ren;Yang Shen

  • Seismic evidence for a tilted mantle plume and north–south mantle flow beneath Iceland

    Yang Shen;Sean C. Solomon;Ingi Th. Bjarnason;Guust Nolet

  • Three‐dimensional anisotropic seismic wave modelling in spherical coordinates by a collocated‐grid finite‐difference method

    Wei Zhang;Yang Shen;Li Zhao;Li Zhao

  • Upper mantle structures beneath the Carpathian–Pannonian region: Implications for the geodynamics of continental collision

    Y. Ren;G.W. Stuart;G.A. Houseman;B. Dando

  • An Improved Method to Extract Very‐Broadband Empirical Green’s Functions from Ambient Seismic Noise

    Yang Shen;Yong Ren;Haiying Gao;Brian Savage

  • Mantle discontinuity structure beneath the southern east pacific rise from P-to-S converted phases

    Yang Shen;Yang Shen;Yang Shen;Anne F. Sheehan;Anne F. Sheehan;Anne F. Sheehan;Kenneth G. Dueker;Kenneth G. Dueker;Kenneth G. Dueker;Catherine de Groot–Hedlin;Catherine de Groot–Hedlin;Catherine de Groot–Hedlin

  • The effects of temperature‐ and pressure‐dependent viscosity on three‐dimensional passive flow of the mantle beneath a ridge‐transform System

    Yang Shen;Donald W. Forsyth

  • Numerical simulation of strong ground motion for the Ms8.0 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008

    Wei Zhang;Yang Shen;XiaoFei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Forsyth
Donald W. Forsyth Brown University
Sean C. Solomon
Sean C. Solomon Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Eric Sandvol
Eric Sandvol University of Missouri
Cecily J. Wolfe
Cecily J. Wolfe United States Geological Survey
LeRoy M. Dorman
LeRoy M. Dorman Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Spahr C. Webb
Spahr C. Webb Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Anne F. Sheehan
Anne F. Sheehan University of Colorado Boulder
James Ni
James Ni New Mexico State University
Ken Dueker
Ken Dueker University of Wyoming
Ken C. Macdonald
Ken C. Macdonald University of California, Santa Barbara

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