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Yoshiki Saito

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Earth Science
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
84
Citations
27898
World Ranking
392
National Ranking
5

Yoshiki Saito 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 Yoshiki Saito sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 256 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshiki Saito 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 Yoshiki Saito sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Yoshiki Saito is affiliated with Shimane University in Japan, focusing primarily on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scholarly work encompasses a range of topics that integrate various aspects of geological and environmental processes.

Their research subfields include:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering

Main topics covered in their work involve:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Noteworthy recent publications by Saito include:

  • "Earth's sediment cycle during the Anthropocene," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Anthropogenic impacts on Late Holocene land-cover change and floristic biodiversity loss in tropical southeastern Asia," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas," 2022, Global and Planetary Change
  • "Anthropogenic impacts on the decreasing sediment loads of nine major rivers in China, 1954-2015," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Climate and human battle for dominance over the Yellow River's sediment discharge: From the Mid-Holocene to the Anthropocene," 2020, Marine Geology

Saito collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Gregory S. Mountain
  • Kenneth G. Miller
  • Peter Blum
  • Per-Gunnar Alm
  • Marie-Pierre Aubry

Their work is often published in the following venues:

  • Marine Geology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Geomorphology

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Sinking deltas due to human activities

    James P. M. Syvitski;Albert J. Kettner;Irina Overeem;Eric W. H. Hutton

  • Stepwise decreases of the Huanghe (Yellow River) sediment load (1950–2005): Impacts of climate change and human activities

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yoshiki Saito;J. Paul Liu

  • Morphodynamics of deltas under the influence of humans

    James P.M. Syvitski;Yoshiki Saito

  • Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam

    Z. Yang;H. Wang;Y. Saito;J. D. Milliman

  • The Huanghe (Yellow River) and Changjiang (Yangtze River) deltas: a review on their characteristics, evolution and sediment discharge during the Holocene

    Yoshiki Saito;Zuosheng Yang;Kazuaki Hori

  • Interannual and seasonal variation of the Huanghe (Yellow River) water discharge over the past 50 years: Connections to impacts from ENSO events and dams

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yoshiki Saito;J. Paul Liu

  • Earth’s sediment cycle during the Anthropocene

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  • Holocene variability of the Kuroshio Current in the Okinawa Trough, northwestern Pacific Ocean

    Zhimin Jian;Zhimin Jian;Pinxian Wang;Yoshiki Saito;Jiliang Wang

  • Man's Influence on the Erosion and Transport of Sediment by Asian Rivers: The Yellow River (Huanghe) Example

    John D. Milliman;Qin Yun-Shan;Ren Mei-E;Yoshiki Saito

  • Holocene delta evolution and sediment discharge of the Mekong River, southern Vietnam

    Thi Kim Oanh Ta;Van Lap Nguyen;Masaaki Tateishi;Iwao Kobayashi

  • Recent changes of sediment flux to the western Pacific Ocean from major rivers in East and Southeast Asia

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Yoshiki Saito;Yong Zhang;Naishuang Bi;Naishuang Bi

  • Recent changes in sediment delivery by the Huanghe (Yellow River) to the sea: Causes and environmental implications in its estuary

    Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Houjie Wang;Naishuang Bi;Naishuang Bi;Yoshiki Saito;Yan Wang

  • Sedimentary facies and Holocene progradation rates of the Changjiang (Yangtze) delta, China

    Kazuaki Hori;Yoshiki Saito;Quanhong Zhao;Xinrong Cheng

  • Formation and fate of sedimentary depocentres on Southeast Asia's Sunda Shelf over the past sea-level cycle and biogeographic implications

    Till J.J. Hanebuth;Harold K. Voris;Yusuke Yokoyama;Yusuke Yokoyama;Yoshiki Saito

  • Holocene evolution of the Song Hong (Red River) delta system, northern Vietnam

    Susumu Tanabe;Yoshiki Saito;Quang Lan Vu;Till J.J. Hanebuth

  • Impacts of the dam-orientated water-sediment regulation scheme on the lower reaches and delta of the Yellow River (Huanghe): A review

    Houjie Wang;Xiao Wu;Naishuang Bi;Song Li

  • Architecture and evolution of the tide-dominated Changjiang (Yangtze) River delta, China

    Kazuaki Hori;Yoshiki Saito;Quanhong Zhao;Pinxian Wang

  • Sedimentary facies of the tide-dominated paleo-Changjiang (Yangtze) estuary during the last transgression

    Kazuaki Hori;Yoshiki Saito;Quanhong Zhao;Xinrong Cheng

  • Delta progradation and chenier formation in the Huanghe (Yellow River) Delta, China

    Yoshiki Saito;Helong Wei;Yongqing Zhou;Akira Nishimura

  • Vegetation and climate changes in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Delta, China, during the past 13,000 years inferred from pollen records

    Sangheon Yi;Yoshiki Saito;Quanhong Zhao;Pinxian Wang

  • Sedimentary evolution of the Holocene subaqueous clinoform off the Shandong Peninsula in the Yellow Sea

    Jian Liu;Yoshiki Saito;Hong Wang;Zigeng Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zuosheng Yang
Zuosheng Yang Ocean University of China
Houjie Wang
Houjie Wang Ocean University of China
Naishuang Bi
Naishuang Bi Ocean University of China
Zhanghua Wang
Zhanghua Wang East China Normal University
Pinxian Wang
Pinxian Wang Tongji University
James P. M. Syvitski
James P. M. Syvitski University of Colorado Boulder
Zhongyuan Chen
Zhongyuan Chen East China Normal University
Till J J Hanebuth
Till J J Hanebuth Coastal Carolina University
Mark D. Bateman
Mark D. Bateman University of Sheffield
Yusuke Yokoyama
Yusuke Yokoyama University of Tokyo

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