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Yoshiki Saito

Yoshiki Saito

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Earth Science
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 84 392 335 5 5 256 27898

Yoshiki Saito publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yoshiki Saito between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yoshiki Saito published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 7.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2020. 22 of the 294 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2020. 1985: 2 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 2 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 4 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 8 publications
1985 2025

294 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yoshiki Saito: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 2
1986 0
1987 1
1988 2
1989 6
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 2
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 4
1999 1
2000 4
2001 11
2002 9
2003 13
2004 5
2005 8
2006 11
2007 10
2008 7
2009 6
2010 9
2011 12
2012 12
2013 11
2014 11
2015 3
2016 11
2017 16
2018 7
2019 14
2020 20
2021 11
2022 11
2023 14
2024 14
2025 8
Total 294
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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.

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, 248–257 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: 256 publications — 79th percentile

79% 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
248–257 208 256
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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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.

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, 84 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: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 84
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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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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