2026 Zhengyu Liu: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	87	335	286	177	147	388	29284

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Zhengyu Liu is a researcher affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their academic work spans Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with substantial contributions to Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their research topics include:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Climate variability and models
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Cryospheric studies and observations
Tree-ring climate responses

Zhengyu Liu has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Climate
Geophysical Research Letters
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Climate Dynamics
Nature Communications

Among their recent papers are:

"Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial" (2021), published in Nature
"Antarctic surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum" (2021), published in Science
"Hydroclimate footprint of pan-Asian monsoon water isotope during the last deglaciation" (2021), published in Science Advances
"A data-model comparison pinpoints Holocene spatiotemporal pattern of East Asian summer monsoon" (2021), published in Quaternary Science Reviews
"Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage" (2020), published in Science Bulletin

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Mi Yan
Chenyu Zhu
Liang Ning
Jian Liu
Chengfei He

Zhengyu Liu was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation

Jeremy D. Shakun;Peter U. Clark;Feng He;Shaun A. Marcott

1598
Citations
Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming

Z. Liu;B. L. Otto-Bliesner;F. He;E. C. Brady

1291
Citations
Impact of the Indian Ocean SST basin mode on the Asian summer monsoon

Jianling Yang;Qinyu Liu;Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu

988
Citations
Chinese cave records and the East Asia Summer Monsoon

Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Xinyu Wen;E.C. Brady;B. Otto-Bliesner

654
Citations
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

Peter U. Clark;Jeremy D. Shakun;Paul A. Baker;Patrick J. Bartlein

637
Citations
The Holocene temperature conundrum

Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Jiang Zhu;Yair Rosenthal;Xu Zhang

574
Citations
Atmospheric bridge, oceanic tunnel, and global climatic teleconnections

Zhengyu Liu;Mike Alexander

535
Citations
Response of the African Monsoon to Orbital Forcing and Ocean Feedbacks in the Middle Holocene

J. E. Kutzbach;Z. Liu

511
Citations
Variation of East Asian monsoon precipitation during the past 21 k.y. and potential CO2 forcing

Huayu Lu;Huayu Lu;Shuangwen Yi;Zhengyu Liu;Joseph A. Mason

415
Citations
Overlooked possibility of a collapsed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in warming climate

Wei Liu;Shang-Ping Xie;Zhengyu Liu;Jiang Zhu

394
Citations
Ice-shelf collapse from subsurface warming as a trigger for Heinrich events

Shaun A. Marcott;Peter U. Clark;Laurie Padman;Gary P. Klinkhammer

387
Citations
Greenland temperature response to climate forcing during the last deglaciation.

Christo Buizert;Vasileios Gkinis;Vasileios Gkinis;Jeffrey P. Severinghaus;Feng He

371
Citations
Modeling climate shift of El Nino variability in the Holocene

Zhengyu Liu;J. Kutzbach;Lixin Wu

360
Citations
No-analog climates and shifting realized niches during the late quaternary: implications for 21st-century predictions by species distribution models

Samuel D. Veloz;John W. Williams;Jessica L. Blois;Feng He

350
Citations
Evolution and forcing mechanisms of El Niño over the past 21,000 years

Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Zhengyao Lu;Xinyu Wen;B.L. Otto-Bliesner

344
Citations
A simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum climate using the NCAR-CCSM

S.-I. Shin;Z. Liu;B. Otto-Bliesner;E. C. Brady

322
Citations
Simulation of the evolutionary response of global summer monsoons to orbital forcing over the past 280,000 years

J. E. Kutzbach;Xiaodong Liu;Zhengyu Liu;Guangshan Chen

313
Citations
The Connected Isotopic Water Cycle in the Community Earth System Model Version 1

E. Brady;S. Stevenson;D. Bailey;Z. Liu

296
Citations
Northern Hemisphere forcing of Southern Hemisphere climate during the last deglaciation

Feng He;Jeremy D. Shakun;Peter U. Clark;Anders E. Carlson;Anders E. Carlson

296
Citations
Seasonal origin of the thermal maxima at the Holocene and the last interglacial

Samantha Bova;Yair Rosenthal;Zhengyu Liu;Shital P. Godad;Shital P. Godad

296
Citations
Dynamics of Interdecadal Climate Variability: A Historical Perspective*

Zhengyu Liu

268
Citations
Impact of the Indian Ocean SST Basin Mode on the Asian Summer Monsoon

Q. Liu;J. Yang;S. Xie;Z. Liu

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lixin Wu Ocean University of China

John E. Kutzbach University of Wisconsin–Madison

Feng He University of Wisconsin–Madison

Michael Notaro University of Wisconsin–Madison

Esther C. Brady National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jiang Zhu National Center for Atmospheric Research

Wei Liu University of California, Riverside

Peter U. Clark Oregon State University

Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University

Alexandra Jahn University of Colorado Boulder

External Links

Personal website of Zhengyu Liu

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