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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 64 1499 1338 98 93 400 14105

Yaoming Ma publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yaoming Ma between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yaoming Ma published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 20.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 68 publications in 2022. 97 of the 624 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 68. Peak 68 publications in 2022. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 21 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 31 publications 2019: 36 publications 2020: 55 publications 2021: 62 publications 2022: 68 publications 2023: 52 publications 2024: 55 publications 2025: 42 publications
1995 2025

624 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yaoming Ma: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 2
1999 1
2000 3
2001 2
2002 5
2003 6
2004 11
2005 4
2006 15
2007 21
2008 9
2009 6
2010 7
2011 9
2012 20
2013 11
2014 20
2015 14
2016 29
2017 27
2018 31
2019 36
2020 55
2021 62
2022 68
2023 52
2024 55
2025 42
Total 624
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Yaoming Ma publications per year - data summary

  • Yaoming Ma, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 624 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1995 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 68 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1995 and 1999, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 31 years in the span carry no publications at all (1996 and 1997).
  • The rate of publication averages 20.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 21.5 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 279 publications, 45% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1995-2005: 35 publications (3.2 per year); 2006-2016: 161 publications (14.6 per year); 2017-2025: 428 publications (47.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yaoming Ma 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 Yaoming Ma 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, 398–407 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: 400 publications — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 44 400
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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Yaoming Ma 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.
  • Yaoming Ma, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 400 publications - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yaoming Ma, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Yaoming Ma 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).

Yaoming Ma 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 Yaoming Ma 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, 64 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: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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 64
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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Yaoming Ma 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.
  • Yaoming Ma, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 64 D-Index - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yaoming Ma, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Yaoming Ma 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

Yaoming Ma is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work predominantly focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a substantial number of publications in these fields.

Their research covers several key subfields including atmospheric science, global and planetary change, water science and technology, environmental engineering, and ecology.

Yaoming Ma's main topics of research work encompass:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with a strong presence in journals such as:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Research
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Water

Representative recent papers by Yaoming Ma include:

  • A long-term (2005-2016) dataset of hourly integrated land-atmosphere interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau, 2020, Earth system science data

Other notable papers closely related to the research domain, albeit authored by frequent collaborators or related authors, are:

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land-Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Plant uptake of CO2 outpaces losses from permafrost and plant respiration on the Tibetan Plateau, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective, 2020, National Science Review
  • Persistent and enhanced carbon sequestration capacity of alpine grasslands on Earth's Third Pole, 2023, Science Advances

Yaoming Ma frequently collaborates with several scientists in their field, including:

  • Weiqiang Ma
  • Xuelong Chen
  • Binbin Wang
  • Lei Zhong
  • Zhipeng Xie

Best Publications

  • Recent Third Pole’s Rapid Warming Accompanies Cryospheric Melt and Water Cycle Intensification and Interactions between Monsoon and Environment: Multidisciplinary Approach with Observations, Modeling, and Analysis

    Tandong Yao;Yongkang Xue;Deliang Chen;Fahu Chen

  • Third Pole Environment (TPE)

    Tandong Yao;Lonnie G. Thompson;Volker Mosbrugger;Fan Zhang

  • A remote sensing surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL).

    W.G.M. Bastiaanssen;H. Pelgrum;J. Wang;Y. Ma

  • The Tibetan plateau observatory of plateau scale soil moisture and soil temperature, Tibet - Obs, for quantifying uncertainties in coarse resolution satellite and model products

    Z. Su;J. Wen;L. Dente;R. van der Velde

  • The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

    Georg Miehe;Per Marten Schleuss;Elke Seeber;Wolfgang Babel

  • Assessment of vegetation dynamics and their response to variations in precipitation and temperature in the Tibetan Plateau

    Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Yaoming Ma;Yaoming Ma;Mhd. Suhyb Salama;Zhongbo Su

  • THE JOINT AEROSOL- MONSOON EXPERIMENT A New Challenge for Monsoon Climate Research

    K. M. Lau;V. Ramanathan;Z. Li;S. C. Tsay

  • Spatiotemporal pattern of gross primary productivity and its covariation with climate in China over the last thirty years.

    Yitong Yao;Xuhui Wang;Yue Li;Tao Wang

  • Turbulent flux transfer over bare-soil surfaces: Characteristics and parameterization

    Kun Yang;Kun Yang;Toshio Koike;Hirohiko Ishikawa;Joon Kim

  • Auto-calibration system developed to assimilate AMSR-E data into a land surface model for estimating soil moisture and the surface energy budget

    Kun Yang;Takahiro Watanabe;Toshio Koike;Xin Li

  • A long-term (2005–2016) dataset of hourly integrated land–atmosphere interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau

    Yaoming Ma;Yaoming Ma;Zeyong Hu;Zeyong Hu;Zhipeng Xie;Weiqiang Ma;Weiqiang Ma

  • Weather and climate effects of the Tibetan Plateau

    Anmin Duan;Guoxiong Wu;Yimin Liu;Yaoming Ma

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land‐Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau

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  • Weak precipitation, warm winters and springs impact glaciers of south slopes of Mt. Everest (central Himalaya) in the last 2 decades (1994–2013)

    F. Salerno;N. Guyennon;S. Thakuri;G. Viviano

  • Surface Energy Budget at Amdo on the Tibetan Plateau using GAME/Tibet IOP98 Data.

    Kenji Tanaka;Hirohiko Ishikawa;Taiichi Hayashi;Ichiro Tamagawa

  • The Third Atmospheric Scientific Experiment for Understanding the Earth–Atmosphere Coupled System over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Effects

    Ping Zhao;Xiangde Xu;Fei Chen;Xueliang Guo

  • ROOF OF THE WORLD: Tibetan Observation and Research Platform

    Yaoming Ma;Shichang Kang;Liping Zhu;Baiquing Xu

  • Climate Change Trends and Impacts on Vegetation Greening Over the Tibetan Plateau

    Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Yaoming Ma;Yaoming Ma;Yongkang Xue;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao

  • A Systematic Evaluation of Noah-MP in Simulating Land-Atmosphere Energy, Water, and Carbon Exchanges Over the Continental United States

    Ning Ma;Ning Ma;Guo Yue Niu;Youlong Xia;Xitian Cai

  • An Improvement of Roughness Height Parameterization of the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) over the Tibetan Plateau

    Xuelong Chen;Zhongbo Su;Yaoming Ma;Kun Yang

  • TIBETAN OBSERVATION AND RESEARCH PLATFORM Atmosphere-Land Interaction over a Heterogeneous Landscape

    Ma YM(马耀明);Kang SC(康世昌);Zhu LP(朱立平);Xu BQ(徐柏青)

  • Plant uptake of CO2 outpaces losses from permafrost and plant respiration on the Tibetan Plateau.

    Da Wei;Yahui Qi;Yaoming Ma;Xufeng Wang

  • Recent advances on the study of atmosphere-land interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau

    Y. Ma;Y. Wang;R. Wu;Z. Hu

  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective

    Yunfei Fu;Yaoming Ma;Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Yuanjian Yang

  • Relationships between δ18O in precipitation and air temperature and moisture origin on a south-north transect of the Tibetan Plateau

    Wusheng Yu;Tandong Yao;Lide Tian;Yaoming Ma

  • Monitoring and Modeling the Tibetan Plateau's climate system and its impact on East Asia.

    Yaoming Ma;Weiqiang Ma;Lei Zhong;Zeyong Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Massimo Menenti
Massimo Menenti Delft University of Technology
Thomas Foken
Thomas Foken University of Bayreuth
Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Toshio Koike
Toshio Koike University of Tokyo
Georg Miehe
Georg Miehe Philipp University of Marburg
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen

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