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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

M. K. Yau

M. K. Yau publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography, on topics such as Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

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World rank
#949,654
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#32,563
of 183,316
Works
189
Citations
6.3k
Citations per work
33.1
h-index
38
i10-index 93Top 9.1% in Atmospheric Science
M. K. Yau

What does M. K. Yau research?

M. K. Yau's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (65%), Environmental Science (27%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 181 works · 95.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 123 works · 65.3% of their workAtmospheric Science: 100 works · 52.8% of their workOceanography: 16 works · 8.3% of their workEarth-Surface Processes: 8 works · 4.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 50 works · 26.7% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 50 works · 26.7% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 3.6% of their workOcean Engineering: 4 works · 2.2% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 1.4% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKM. K. Yau189works
Physical Sciences96%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12365.3%
    2. Environmental Science5026.7%
    3. Engineering73.6%
  2. Everything else84.4%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science53% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change27% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography8% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes4% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. K. Yau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Global Warming, Hydrological Cycle, Tropical Cyclones, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Sea Level Rise and Climate Modeling.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1504 topics
  2. Global Warming1222 topics
  3. Hydrological Cycle892 topics
  4. Tropical Cyclones842 topics
  5. Data Assimilation791 topic
  6. Ensemble Kalman Filter791 topic
  7. Sea Level Rise722 topics
  8. Climate Modeling661 topic
  9. Extreme Events661 topic
  10. Hurricanes561 topic
  11. Storm Surge561 topic
  12. Remote Sensing392 topics
  13. Ocean Waves281 topic
  14. Wind Stress281 topic
  15. Aerosols231 topic
  16. Climate231 topic
  17. Precipitation211 topic
  18. Satellite211 topic
  19. Glacier161 topic
  20. Water Availability161 topic
  21. Aeolian Processes121 topic
  22. Wind Erosion121 topic

Where does M. K. Yau work?

M. K. Yau's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does M. K. Yau have?

OpenAlex counts 189 works and 6,260 citations for M. K. Yau, an h-index of 38, ranking #949,654 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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