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Yuting Yang 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 Yuting Yang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 235 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Yuting Yang 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 Yuting Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Yuting Yang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Plant Science, and Ecology. Their research addresses complex interactions within natural systems affected by climatic and environmental factors.

The scientist's work spans key topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Climate Variability and Models, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Yuting Yang has contributed extensively to these fields through publications in various peer-reviewed venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Resources Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Among recent notable papers are:

  • "Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world" (2021) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation" (2020) in Science Advances
  • "Hydrological cycle and water resources in a changing world: A review" (2021) in Geography and Sustainability
  • "Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth" (2023) in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau" (2020) in Science Advances

Yuting Yang often collaborates with various researchers, with frequent co-authors including Dawen Yang, Tim R. McVicar, Shulei Zhang, Juntai Han, and Hong-Gang Ni. These collaborations have contributed to the multidisciplinary nature of their investigations into environmental processes and climate impacts.

Best Publications

  • Coupled estimation of 500 m and 8-day resolution global evapotranspiration and gross primary production in 2002-2017

    Yongqiang Zhang;Yongqiang Zhang;Dongdong Kong;Rong Gan;Rong Gan;Francis H.S. Chiew

  • Multifaceted characteristics of dryland aridity changes in a warming world

    Xu Lian;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Anping Chen;Chris Huntingford

  • Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a Budyko hydrological model in China's Loess Plateau

    Wei Liang;Dan Bai;Feiyu Wang;Bojie Fu

  • Drought and flood monitoring for a large karst plateau in Southwest China using extended GRACE data

    Di Long;Di Long;Yanjun Shen;Alexander Sun;Yang Hong;Yang Hong

  • Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation.

    Xu Lian;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Laurent Z. X. Li;Yue Li

  • Hydrologic implications of vegetation response to elevated CO2 in climate projections

    Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Michael L. Roderick;Michael L. Roderick;Shulei Zhang;Tim R. McVicar;Tim R. McVicar

  • Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth

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  • Hydrological cycle and water resources in a changing world: A review

    Dawen Yang;Yuting Yang;Jun Xia

  • Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

    Yuting Yang;Huade Guan;Okke Batelaan;Tim R. McVicar

  • Partitioning global land evapotranspiration using CMIP5 models constrained by observations

    Xu Lian;Shilong Piao;Chris Huntingford;Yue Li

  • Permafrost thawing puts the frozen carbon at risk over the Tibetan Plateau

    Taihua Wang;Dawen Yang;Yuting Yang;Shilong Piao

  • Global estimation of effective plant rooting depth: Implications for hydrological modeling

    Yuting Yang;Randall J. Donohue;Randall J. Donohue;Tim R. McVicar;Tim R. McVicar

  • Deriving scaling factors using a global hydrological model to restore GRACE total water storage changes for China's Yangtze River Basin

    Di Long;Yuting Yang;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada;Yang Hong;Yang Hong

  • Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change

    Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano;Tim R. McVicar;Diego G. Miralles;Yuting Yang

  • Excessive Afforestation and Soil Drying on China's Loess Plateau

    Shuilei Zhang;Dawen Yang;Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Shilong Piao

  • Analysis of spatial and temporal patterns of net primary production and their climate controls in China from 1982 to 2010

    Wei Liang;Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Dongmei Fan;Huade Guan

  • Remote sensing temporal and spatial patterns of evapotranspiration and the responses to water management in a large irrigation district of North China

    Yuting Yang;Songhao Shang;Lei Jiang

  • Changes in autumn vegetation dormancy onset date and the climate controls across temperate ecosystems in China from 1982 to 2010

    Yuting Yang;Huade Guan;Miaogen Shen;Miaogen Shen;Wei Liang

  • Impact of Earth Greening on the Terrestrial Water Cycle

    Zhenzhong Zeng;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Laurent Z. X. Li;Tao Wang

  • Use of satellite leaf area index estimating evapotranspiration and gross assimilation for Australian ecosystems

    Rong Gan;Rong Gan;Yongqiang Zhang;Hao Shi;Yuting Yang

  • GRACE satellite observed hydrological controls on interannual and seasonal variability in surface greenness over mainland Australia

    Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Di Long;Di Long;Huade Guan;Bridget R. Scanlon

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim R. McVicar
Tim R. McVicar Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Michael L. Roderick
Michael L. Roderick Australian National University
Dawen Yang
Dawen Yang Tsinghua University
Shilong Piao
Shilong Piao Peking University
Huade Guan
Huade Guan Flinders University
Di Long
Di Long Tsinghua University
Yongqiang Zhang
Yongqiang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hylke E. Beck
Hylke E. Beck King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Bojie Fu
Bojie Fu Peking University
Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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