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Ying Fan 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 Ying Fan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Ying Fan 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 Ying Fan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

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

Overview

Ying Fan is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected topics related to hydrology and vegetation, including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, and Plant Responses to Water Stress.

Ying Fan has published frequently in prominent scientific journals. The main publication venues include:

  • Nature
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Communications
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among the recent publications are:

  • An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally, 2024, Nature
  • Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation, 2021, Nature
  • Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon, 2023, Science
  • Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion, 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Scott Jasechko
  • James W. Kirchner
  • Caio R. C. Mattos
  • Hansjörg Seybold
  • Debra Perrone

Best Publications

  • Ground water and climate change

    Richard G. Taylor;Bridget R. Scanlon;Petra Döll;Matt Rodell

  • Global patterns of groundwater table depth.

    Y. Fan;H. Li;G. Miguez-Macho

  • Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth

    Ying Fan;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Esteban G. Jobbágy;Robert B. Jackson

  • Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models

    Martyn P. Clark;Ying Fan;David M. Lawrence;Jennifer C. Adam

  • Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling

    Ying Fan;M. Clark;D. M. Lawrence;S. Swenson

  • Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

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  • Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 1. Water table observations and equilibrium water table simulations

    Ying Fan;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Christopher P. Weaver;Robert Walko

  • Spatiotemporal origin of soil water taken up by vegetation.

    Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan

  • Evidence of Enhanced Precipitation Due to Irrigation over the Great Plains of the United States

    Anthony DeAngelis;Francina Dominguez;Ying Fan;Alan Robock

  • Hydrological Partitioning in the Critical Zone: Recent Advances and Opportunities for Developing Transferable Understanding of Water Cycle Dynamics

    Paul D. Brooks;Jon Chorover;Ying Fan;Sarah E. Godsey

  • The role of groundwater in the Amazon water cycle: 1. Influence on seasonal streamflow, flooding and wetlands

    Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan

  • Groundwater in the Earth's critical zone: Relevance to large‐scale patterns and processes

    Ying Fan

  • Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 2. Formulation, validation, and soil moisture simulation

    Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan;Christopher P. Weaver;Robert Walko

  • River basins as groundwater exporters and importers: Implications for water cycle and climate modeling

    Morgan F. Schaller;Ying Fan

  • The role of groundwater in the Amazon water cycle: 2. Influence on seasonal soil moisture and evapotranspiration

    Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan

  • Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion.

    Scott Jasechko;Debra Perrone;Hansjörg Seybold;Ying Fan

  • Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling: 3. Simulated groundwater influence on coupled land‐atmosphere variability

    Richard O. Anyah;Christopher P. Weaver;Christopher P. Weaver;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho;Ying Fan

  • A simple hydrologic framework for simulating wetlands in climate and earth system models

    Ying Fan;Gonzalo Miguez-Macho

  • Large-scale water cycle perturbation due to irrigation pumping in the US High Plains: A synthesis of observed streamflow changes

    M. Deniz Kustu;Ying Fan;Alan Robock

  • Widespread potential loss of streamflow into underlying aquifers across the USA.

    Scott Jasechko;Hansjörg Seybold;Debra Perrone;Ying Fan

  • ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS TO HILLSLOPE SUBSURFACE STORM FLOW AND SATURATION OVERLAND FLOW

    Ying Fan;Rafael L. Bras

  • Density-driven groundwater flow in closed desert basins: field investigations and numerical experiments

    Ying Fan;Christopher J Duffy;Douglas S Oliver

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren W. Wood
Warren W. Wood Michigan State University
John A. Cherry
John A. Cherry University of Guelph
Gonzalo Miguez-Macho
Gonzalo Miguez-Macho University of Santiago de Compostela
Yadu Pokhrel
Yadu Pokhrel Michigan State University
Esteban G. Jobbágy
Esteban G. Jobbágy National University of San Luis
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nils Moosdorf
Nils Moosdorf Kiel University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Steven E. Ingebritsen
Steven E. Ingebritsen United States Geological Survey

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