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48
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6973
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3891
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Yue-Gau Chen 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 Yue-Gau Chen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 181 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yue-Gau Chen 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 Yue-Gau Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yue-Gau Chen is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science. Chen's research covers topics related to earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology, geological and geochemical analysis, geological and geophysical studies, climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, as well as plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Influences of East Asian Winter Monsoon and El Niño-Southern Oscillation Variability on the Kuroshio Intrusion to the South China Sea Over the Past 60 Years, 2024, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Paleolimnological evidence for lacustrine environmental evolution and paleo-typhoon records during the late Holocene in eastern Taiwan, 2021, Journal of Paleolimnology
  • First Report of Root Rot of Tobacco Caused by Fusarium brachygibbosum in China, 2021, Plant Disease
  • Mud Diapir or Fault-Related Fold? On the Development of an Active Mud-Cored Anticline Offshore Southwestern Taiwan, 2022, Tectonics
  • A decadal-resolution stalagmite record of strong Asian summer monsoon from northwestern Vietnam over the Dansgaard-Oeschger events 2-4, 2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X

Chen frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Plant Disease
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences X
  • Tectonophysics

Collaborations play a significant role in Chen's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Chuan-Chou Shen
  • Shih-Yu Lee
  • Hong-Wei Chiang
  • Xianfeng Wang
  • Ke Lin

The scope of Chen's research integrates geological and atmospheric processes with a focus on regional climate variability and tectonic activity in East Asia. Their work on earthquakes, tectonics, and paleoclimate contributes to the understanding of environmental evolution and geological hazards, while investigations into plant fungal diseases expand into plant science domains.

Best Publications

  • Prolonged seismically induced erosion and the mass balance of a large earthquake

    Niels Hovius;Patrick Meunier;Ching Weei Lin;Hongey Chen

  • Neotectonic architecture of Taiwan and its implications for future large earthquakes

    J. Bruce H. Shyu;Kerry Sieh;Yue-Gau Chen;Char-Shine Liu

  • Seismic tomography of Taiwan: Improved constraints from a dense network of strong motion stations

    Yih Min Wu;Chien Hsin Chang;Li Zhao;J. Bruce H. Shyu

  • Late Cenozoic metamorphic evolution and exhumation of Taiwan

    Olivier Beyssac;Olivier Beyssac;Martine Simoes;Martine Simoes;Martine Simoes;Jean Philippe Avouac;Kenneth A. Farley

  • Thermo-kinematic evolution of the Taiwan oblique-collision mountain belt as revealed by zircon fission track dating

    Tsung-Kwei Liu;Sherry Hsieh;Yue-Gau Chen;Wen-Shan Chen

  • Surface Rupture of 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake Yields Insights on Active Tectonics of Central Taiwan

    Yue Gau Chen;Wen Shan Chen;Jian Cheng Lee;Yuan Hsi Lee

  • How rivers react to large earthquakes: Evidence from central Taiwan

    Brian J. Yanites;Gregory E. Tucker;Karl J. Mueller;Yue-Gau Chen

  • Incision and channel morphology across active structures along the Peikang River, central Taiwan: Implications for the importance of channel width

    Brian J. Yanites;Gregory E. Tucker;Karl J. Mueller;Yue-Gau Chen

  • Mountain building in Taiwan: A thermokinematic model

    Martine Simoes;Martine Simoes;Martine Simoes;Jean Philippe Avouac;Olivier Beyssac;Bruno Goffé

  • Stratigraphic architecture, magnetostratigraphy, and incised-valley systems of the Pliocene-Pleistocene collisional marine foreland basin of Taiwan

    Wen-Shan Chen;Kenneth D. Ridgway;Chorng-Shern Horng;Yue-Gau Chen

  • Rates of cooling and denudation of the Early Penglai Orogeny, Taiwan, as assessed by fission-track constraints

    T.-K Liu;Y.-G Chen;W.-S Chen;S.-H Jiang

  • A Vertical Exposure of the 1999 Surface Rupture of the Chelungpu Fault at Wufeng, Western Taiwan: Structural and Paleoseismic Implications for an Active Thrust Fault

    Jian-Cheng Lee;Yue-Gau Chen;Kerry E Sieh;Karl Mueller

  • Millennial slip rate of the Longitudinal Valley fault from river terraces: Implications for convergence across the active suture of eastern Taiwan

    J. Bruce H. Shyu;Kerry Sieh;Jean Philippe Avouac;Wen Shan Chen

  • 500 000-Year records of carbonate, organic carbon, and foraminiferal sea-surface temperature from the southeastern South China Sea (near Palawan Island)

    Min-Te Chen;Liang-Jian Shiau;Pai-Sen Yu;Tzu-Chien Chiu

  • Variations of methane induced pyrite formation in the accretionary wedge sediments offshore southwestern Taiwan

    Yee Cheng Lim;Saulwood Lin;Tsanyao Frank Yang;Yue-Gau Chen

  • Coseismic fold scarps and their kinematic behavior in the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake Taiwan

    Yue-Gau Chen;Kuang-Yin Lai;Yuan-Hsi Lee;John Suppe

  • The Holocene Pulleniatina Minimum Event revisited: Geochemical and faunal evidence from the Okinawa Trough and upper reaches of the Kuroshio current

    Yu Shih Lin;Kuo Yen Wei;In Tian Lin;Pai Sen Yu

  • Tandem suturing and disarticulation of the Taiwan orogen revealed by its neotectonic elements

    J Bruce H Shyu;Kerry E Sieh;Yue-Gau Chen

  • Coseismic versus interseismic ground deformations, fault rupture inversion and segmentation revealed by 2003 Mw 6.8 Chengkung earthquake in eastern Taiwan

    Y. M. Wu;Y. G. Chen;T. C. Shin;H. Kuochen

  • Bedrock detection using 2D electrical resistivity imaging along the Peikang River, central Taiwan

    Han Lun Hsu;Brian J. Yanites;Chien chih Chen;Yue Gau Chen

  • Pleistocene onset of rapid, punctuated exhumation in the eastern Central Range of the Taiwan orogenic belt

    Wei Hao Hsu;Timothy B. Byrne;William Ouimet;Yuan Hsi Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Yih-Min Wu
Yih-Min Wu National Taiwan University
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology
John Suppe
John Suppe University of Houston
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Kuo-Yen Wei
Kuo-Yen Wei National Chung Hsing University
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Bor-Shouh Huang
Bor-Shouh Huang Academia Sinica
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter Birkbeck, University of London
Hao-Tsu Chu
Hao-Tsu Chu Central Geological Survey, MOEA

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