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D-Index
120
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World Ranking
42
National Ranking
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Zhisheng An 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 Zhisheng An sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 446 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Zhisheng An 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 Zhisheng An sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2000 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Zhisheng An is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Anthropology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their research primarily covers topics related to Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geological formations and processes, Tree-ring climate responses, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Zhisheng An has contributed notably to numerous publications, frequently publishing in venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Communications

Some recent papers include:

  • "Timing and structure of the Younger Dryas event and its underlying climate dynamics" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Recent anthropogenic curtailing of Yellow River runoff and sediment load is unprecedented over the past 500 y" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "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 3.6-Ma aridity and westerlies history over midlatitude Asia linked with global climatic cooling" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Zhisheng An has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Weijian Zhou
  • Yongming Han
  • Zhengguo Shi
  • Hai Cheng
  • Youbin Sun

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with several awards such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2013)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2000)

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • A High-Resolution Absolute-Dated Late Pleistocene Monsoon Record from Hulu Cave, China

    Y. J. Wang;Y. J. Wang;H Cheng;R. L. Edwards;Z. S. An

  • Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times

    An Zhisheng;John E. Kutzbach;Warren L. Prell;Stephen C. Porter

  • Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate

    T. Jickells;Z An;K.K. Andersen;A.R. Baker

  • The holocene Asian monsoon : links to solar changes and North Atlantic climate

    Yongjin Wang;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Yaoqi He

  • Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years

    Yongjin Wang;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Xinggong Kong

  • A high-resolution, absolute-dated Holocene and deglacial Asian monsoon record from Dongge Cave, China

    Carolyn A. Dykoski;R. Lawrence Edwards;Hai Cheng;Daoxian Yuan

  • Correlation between climate events in the North Atlantic and China during the last glaciation

    Stephen C. Porter;Stephen C. Porter;An Zhisheng

  • Timing, Duration, and Transitions of the Last Interglacial Asian Monsoon

    Daoxian Yuan;Hai Cheng;R. Lawrence Edwards;Carolyn A. Dykoski

  • Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

    Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Mario E. Gomez;Mario E. Gomez;Lingxiao Yang;Lingxiao Yang

  • The history and variability of the East Asian paleomonsoon climate

    Zhisheng An

  • Magnetic susceptibility evidence of monsoon variation on the Loess Plateau of central China during the last 130,000 years

    Zhisheng An;George J. Kukla;Stephen C. Porter;Jule Xiao

  • Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon

    Zhisheng An;Stephen C. Porter;Stephen C. Porter;John E. Kutzbach;Wu Xihao

  • Loess stratigraphy in Central China

    George Kukla;Zhisheng An

  • Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 in haze-fog episodes in Beijing.

    Yele Sun;Guoshun Zhuang;A Aohan Tang;Ying Wang

  • Severe haze in northern China: A synergy of anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes.

    Zhisheng An;Ru-Jin Huang;Renyi Zhang;Xuexi Tie

  • When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary level is stratigraphically optimal

    Jan Zalasiewicz;Colin N. Waters;Mark Williams;Anthony D. Barnosky

  • Interplay between the Westerlies and Asian monsoon recorded in Lake Qinghai sediments since 32 ka

    Zhisheng An;Zhisheng An;Steven M. Colman;Weijian Zhou;Xiaoqiang Li

  • Grain-size distribution function of polymodal sediments in hydraulic and aeolian environments, and numerical partitioning of the sedimentary components

    Donghuai Sun;J Bloemendal;D.K Rea;J Vandenberghe

  • The ion chemistry;seasonal cycle;and sources of PM2.5 and TSP aerosol in Shanghai

    Ying Wang;Ying Wang;Guoshun Zhuang;Xingying Zhang;Xingying Zhang;Kan Huang

  • A High Resolution, Absolute-Dated Holocene and Deglacial Asian Monsoon Record From Dongge Cave, China

    C. A. Dykoski;R. L. Edwards;H. Cheng;D. Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanjun Cai
Yanjun Cai Xi'an Jiaotong University
Weiguo Liu
Weiguo Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Yongming Han
Yongming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Chang
Hong Chang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yougui Song
Yougui Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liangcheng Tan
Liangcheng Tan Chinese Academy of Sciences

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