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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 63 2439 2327 164 161 234 17428

Yaping Shao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yaping Shao between 1970 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yaping Shao published across 56 years, from 1970 to 2025, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2025. 43 of the 307 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2025. 1970: 2 publications 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 1 publication 1992: 2 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 8 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 16 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 27 publications
1970 2025

307 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yaping Shao: publications per year, 1970 to 2025
Year Publications
1970 2
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 1
1990 2
1991 1
1992 2
1993 2
1994 0
1995 2
1996 6
1997 3
1998 8
1999 4
2000 1
2001 8
2002 9
2003 3
2004 2
2005 7
2006 7
2007 2
2008 5
2009 16
2010 6
2011 8
2012 4
2013 16
2014 14
2015 8
2016 15
2017 6
2018 14
2019 14
2020 19
2021 8
2022 21
2023 18
2024 16
2025 27
Total 307
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Yaping Shao 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 Yaping Shao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 234 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220 234
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Yaping Shao 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 Yaping Shao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150 63
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Yaping Shao is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses various aspects of atmospheric science and global environmental changes, including processes linked to dust, aerosols, and cryospheric systems.

The scientist's publication record includes significant papers such as:

  • Drivers of recent decline in dust activity over East Asia (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Aeolian dust transport, cycle and influences in high-elevation cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau region: New evidences from alpine snow and ice (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Linkage between dust cycle and loess of the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Dependency of particle size distribution at dust emission on friction velocity and atmospheric boundary-layer stability (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Study of Aerodynamic Grain Entrainment in Aeolian Transport (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)

Research topics addressed by Yaping Shao cover a wide range including:

  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Their work has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable recurring appearances in:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Communications
  • Aeolian Research

Yaping Shao collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Zhiwen Dong
  • Ting Wei
  • Xiaoyu Jiao
  • Xiang Qin
  • Ning Huang

Their contributions encompass subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Soil Science

Best Publications

  • Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion

    Yaping Shao

  • Dust cycle: An emerging core theme in Earth system science

    Yaping Shao;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll;Adrian Chappell;Jianping Huang

  • A simple expression for wind erosion threshold friction velocity

    Yaping Shao;Hua Lu

  • Effect of Saltation Bombardment on the Entrainment of Dust by Wind

    Yaping Shao;M. R. Raupach;P. A. Findlater

  • A review on East Asian dust storm climate, modelling and monitoring

    Y. Shao;C.H. Dong

  • A model for mineral dust emission

    Yaping Shao

  • A model for predicting aeolian sand drift and dust entrainment on scales from paddock to region

    YP Shao;Raupach;JF Leys

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

  • Simplification of a dust emission scheme and comparison with data

    Yaping Shao

  • Synoptic-Scale Controls of Persistent Low Temperature and Icy Weather over Southern China in January 2008

    Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan;Wen Chen;Jian Ling

  • The Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase 2(c) Red–Arkansas River basin experiment:: 1. Experiment description and summary intercomparisons

    Eric F. Wood;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Xu Liang;Dag Lohmann

  • Parameterization of size‐resolved dust emission and validation with measurements

    Y. Shao;M. Ishizuka;M. Mikami;J. F. Leys

  • A new model for dust emission by saltation bombardment

    Hua Lu;Yaping Shao

  • Dust model intercomparison (DMIP) study over Asia: Overview

    Itsushi Uno;Zifa Wang;M. Chiba;Y. S. Chun

  • Synoptic analysis of dust storms in the Middle East

    Mehdi Hamidi;Mohammad Reza Kavianpour;Yaping Shao

  • The overshoot and equilibration of saltation

    Y. Shao;M. R. Raupach

  • Northeast Asian dust storms: Real‐time numerical prediction and validation

    Yaping Shao;Yan Yang;Jianjie Wang;Zhenxin Song

  • Numerical Modelling of Saltation in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Yaping Shao;An Li

  • Development of a physically based dust emission module within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model: Assessment of dust emission parameterizations and input parameters for source regions in Central and East Asia

    Kremena Darmenova;Irina N. Sokolik;Yaping Shao;Beatrice Marticorena

  • Recent global dust trend and connections to climate forcing

    Yaping Shao;Martina Klose;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll

  • Toward quantitative prediction of dust storms: an integrated wind erosion modelling system and its applications

    Hua Lu;Yaping Shao

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance M. Leslie
Lance M. Leslie University of Technology Sydney
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grant Harvey McTainsh
Grant Harvey McTainsh Griffith University
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Clemens Simmer
Clemens Simmer University of Bonn
Xu Liang
Xu Liang University of Pittsburgh
Zong-Liang Yang
Zong-Liang Yang The University of Texas at Austin
Susanne Crewell
Susanne Crewell University of Cologne
Hans J. Herrmann
Hans J. Herrmann ESPCI Paris

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