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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 38 8665 8315 771 766 167 5306

Yunfei Fu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yunfei Fu between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yunfei Fu published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2021. 15 of the 186 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2021. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 8 publications
1995 2025

186 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yunfei Fu: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 4
2002 1
2003 3
2004 0
2005 1
2006 1
2007 2
2008 3
2009 2
2010 7
2011 6
2012 7
2013 7
2014 13
2015 9
2016 10
2017 15
2018 13
2019 9
2020 13
2021 24
2022 11
2023 7
2024 7
2025 8
Total 186
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Yunfei Fu publications per year - data summary

  • Yunfei Fu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, has 186 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1995 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 24 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 31 years in the span carry no publications at all (1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.9 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 57 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1995-2005: 12 publications (1.1 per year); 2006-2016: 67 publications (6.1 per year); 2017-2025: 107 publications (11.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yunfei Fu 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 Yunfei Fu 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, 161–170 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: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% 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
161–170 444 167
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
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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Yunfei Fu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Yunfei Fu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, records 167 publications - the 50th percentile of the discipline.
  • 50% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Yunfei Fu, and about 50% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Yunfei Fu falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Yunfei Fu 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 Yunfei Fu 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% 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 38
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
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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Yunfei Fu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Yunfei Fu, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, records 38 D-Index - the 12th percentile of the discipline.
  • 12% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Yunfei Fu, and about 88% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Yunfei Fu ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Yunfei Fu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. The primary fields of study focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Frequent publication venues in which Yunfei Fu's work appears are:

  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Research
  • National Science Review
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yunfei Fu include Lei Zhong, Rui Li, Yaoming Ma, Chun Zhao, and Yilun Chen.

Recent papers by Yunfei Fu and colleagues include:

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land-Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective, 2020, National Science Review
  • Chinese Regulations Are Working-Why Is Surface Ozone Over Industrialized Areas Still High? Applying Lessons From Northeast US Air Quality Evolution, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications, 2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Impact of topography on black carbon transport to the southern Tibetan Plateau during the pre-monsoon season and its climatic implication, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Interdecadal Variations in Northern Hemisphere Winter Storm Track Intensity

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yunfei Fu

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land‐Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau

    Unknown

  • Aerosol characteristics and impacts on weather and climate over the Tibetan Plateau.

    Chuanfeng Zhao;Yikun Yang;Hao Fan;Jianping Huang

  • The characteristics of tropical precipitation profiles as inferred from satellite radar measurements

    Guosheng Liu;Yunfei Fu

  • Tower mast of precipitation over the central Tibetan Plateau summer

    Yunfei Fu;Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu;Guoxiong Wu;Rucong Yu

  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective

    Yunfei Fu;Yaoming Ma;Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Yuanjian Yang

  • Strong enhancement of chlorophyll a concentration by a weak typhoon

    Unknown

  • Ground-based remote sensing of aerosol climatology in China: Aerosol optical properties, direct radiative effect and its parameterization

    X. Xia;H. Che;J. Zhu;H. Chen

  • Seasonal Characteristics of Precipitation in 1998 over East Asia as Derived from TRMM PR

    FU Yunfei;Lin Yihua;Guosheng Liu;Wang Qiang

  • Precipitation Characteristics in Mid-Latitude East Asia as Observed by TRMM PR and TMI

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Chinese Regulations Are Working—Why Is Surface Ozone Over Industrialized Areas Still High? Applying Lessons From Northeast US Air Quality Evolution

    Xiaokang Chen;Zhe Jiang;Yanan Shen;Rui Li

  • The Variability of Tropical Precipitation Profiles and Its Impact on Microwave Brightness Temperatures as Inferred from TRMM Data

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Possible Misidentification of Rain Type by TRMM PR over Tibetan Plateau

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications

    Xiangdong Zhang;Yunfei Fu;Zhe Han;James E. Overland

  • Diurnal phase of late-night against late-afternoon of stratiform and convective precipitation in summer southern contiguous China

    Rucong Yu;Rucong Yu;Weihua Yuan;Jian Li;Yunfei Fu;Yunfei Fu

  • Diurnal Cycle of Summer Precipitation over Subtropical East Asia in CAM5

    Weihua Yuan;Rucong Yu;Minghua Zhang;Wuyin Lin

  • Life Cycle Effects on the Vertical Structure of Precipitation in East China Measured by Himawari-8 and GPM DPR

    Unknown

  • Precipitation characteristics over the steep slope of the Himalayas in rainy season observed by TRMM PR and VIRS

    Yunfei Fu;Xiao Pan;Tao Xian;Guosheng Liu

  • Impacts of Topographic Complexity on Modeling Moisture Transport and Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in Summer

    Unknown

  • Using Mean Flow Change as a Proxy to Infer Interdecadal Storm Track Variability.

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yunfei Fu

  • Impact of topography on black carbon transport to the southern Tibetan Plateau during the pre-monsoon season and its climatic implication

    Meixin Zhang;Chun Zhao;Zhiyuan Cong;Qiuyan Du

  • Impact of atmospheric circulations on aerosol distributions in autumn over eastern China: observational evidence

    X. Y. Zheng;Y. F. Fu;Y. J. Yang;G. S. Liu;G. S. Liu

  • Is the tropopause higher over the Tibetan Plateau? Observational evidence from Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) data

    Sha Feng;Sha Feng;Yunfei Fu;Qingnong Xiao;Qingnong Xiao

  • Liquid water in snowing clouds: Implications for satellite remote sensing of snowfall

    Yu Wang;Yu Wang;Guosheng Liu;Eun-Kyoung Seo;Yunfei Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Guosheng Liu
Guosheng Liu Florida State University
Yu Wang
Yu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chun Zhao
Chun Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Rucong Yu
Rucong Yu China Meteorological Administration
Jane Liu
Jane Liu University of Toronto
Muyin Wang
Muyin Wang University of Washington
Jianqi Sun
Jianqi Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Xiangao Xia
Xiangao Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences

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