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Aifeng Zhou 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 Aifeng Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 126 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Aifeng Zhou 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 Aifeng Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Aifeng Zhou is affiliated with Lanzhou University in China. Zhou's research spans multiple aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on paleoclimatology and related fields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Key subfields of study are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Paleontology
  • Anthropology

Zhou's primary research topics cover:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhou include:

  • Fahu Chen
  • Duo Wu
  • Jianhui Chen
  • Lin Chen
  • Shengqian Chen

Preferred publication venues for Zhou's work include:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Quaternary Research

Recent papers authored by Zhou demonstrate involvement in climatic and environmental research, including:

  • "Salinity-controlled isomerization of lacustrine brGDGTs impacts the associated MBT' terrestrial temperature index", 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Quantification of temperature and precipitation changes in northern China during the '5000-year' Chinese History", 2021, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Temperature-induced dry climate in basins in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the early to middle Holocene", 2020, Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Late Holocene land use evolution and vegetation response to climate change in the watershed of Xingyun Lake, SW China", 2021, CATENA
  • "Western Pacific Ocean influences on monsoon precipitation in the southwestern Chinese Loess Plateau since the mid-Holocene", 2020, Climate Dynamics

Best Publications

  • East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation

    Fahu H. Chen;Qinghai H. Xu;Jianhui H. Chen;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks;H. John B. Birks

  • Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Jianhui Chen;Wei Huang;Shengqian Chen

  • Hydroclimatic changes in China and surroundings during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: spatial patterns and possible mechanisms

    Jianhui Chen;Fahu Chen;Song Feng;Wei Huang

  • Holocene vegetation history, precipitation changes and Indian Summer Monsoon evolution documented from sediments of Xingyun Lake, south-west China

    Fahu Chen;Xuemei Chen;Jianhui Chen;Aifeng Zhou

  • Holocene moisture and East Asian summer monsoon evolution in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by Lake Qinghai and its environs: A review of conflicting proxies

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Duo Wu;Duo Wu;Jianhui Chen;Aifeng Zhou

  • Decoupled early Holocene summer temperature and monsoon precipitation in southwest China

    Duo Wu;Xuemei Chen;Feiya Lv;Mark Brenner

  • A 2000-year dust storm record from Lake Sugan in the dust source area of arid China

    Fahu Chen;Mingrui Qiang;Aifeng Zhou;Shun Xiao

  • Peatland initiation and carbon accumulation in China over the last 50,000 years

    Yan Zhao;Zicheng Yu;Yu Tang;Huan Li

  • Vegetation history, climate change and human activities over the last 6200years on the Liupan Mountains in the southwestern Loess Plateau in central China

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  • A 1000-year chironomid-based salinity reconstruction from varved sediments of Sugan Lake, Qaidam Basin, arid Northwest China, and its palaeoclimatic significance

    JianHui Chen;FaHu Chen;EnLou Zhang;Stephen J. Brooks

  • Grain size in sediments from Lake Sugan: a possible linkage to dust storm events at the northern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

    Mingrui Qiang;Fahu Chen;Jiawu Zhang;Ruiping Zu

  • Vegetation and climate history reconstructed from an alpine lake in central Tienshan Mountains since 8.5 ka BP

    Xiao-zhong Huang;Chun-zhu Chen;Wan-na Jia;Cheng-bang An

  • Temporal Change of Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect in Sugan Lake, Northwest China during the Late Holocene

    Ai-feng Zhou;Fa-hu Chen;Zong-li Wang;Mei-lin Yang

  • Salinity-controlled isomerization of lacustrine brGDGTs impacts the associated MBT5ME' terrestrial temperature index

    Huanye Wang;Weiguo Liu;Yuxin He;Aifeng Zhou

  • Vegetation and climate history in arid western China during MIS2: New insights from pollen and grain-size data of the Balikun Lake, eastern Tien Shan

    Yongtao Zhao;Cheng-Bang An;Limi (毛礼米) Mao;Jiaju Zhao

  • Vegetation history, climatic changes and Indian summer monsoon evolution during the Last Glaciation (36,400–13,400 cal yr BP) documented by sediments from Xingyun Lake, Yunnan, China

    Xuemei Chen;Fahu Chen;Aifeng Zhou;Xiaozhong Huang

  • Temperature fluctuations during the Common Era in subtropical southwestern China inferred from brGDGTs in a remote alpine lake

    Xiaoping Feng;Cheng Zhao;William J. D'Andrea;Jie Liang

  • Vegetation history, climate change and human activities over the last 6200 years on the Liupan Mountains in the southwestern Loess Plateau in central China

    Yan Zhao;Fahu Chen;Aifeng Zhou;Zicheng Yu

  • Quantification of temperature and precipitation changes in northern China during the "5000-year" Chinese History

    Can Zhang;Cheng Zhao;Cheng Zhao;Cheng Zhao;Aifeng Zhou;Haixia Zhang

  • Temperature-induced dry climate in basins in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the early to middle Holocene

    Duo Wu;Aifeng Zhou;Jiawu Zhang;Jianhui Chen

  • Changing intensity of human activity over the last 2,000 years recorded by the magnetic characteristics of sediments from Xingyun Lake, Yunnan, China

    Duo Wu;Aifeng Zhou;Jianbao Liu;Xuemei Chen

  • High-resolution climate change in mid-late Holocene on Tianchi Lake, Liupan Mountain in the Loess Plateau in central China and its significance

    AiFeng Zhou;HuiLing Sun;FaHu Chen;Yan Zhao

  • Impacts of wind velocity on sand and dust deposition during dust storm as inferred from a series of observations in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

    Mingrui Qiang;Fahu Chen;Aifeng Zhou;Shun Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Fahu Chen
Fahu Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianhui Chen
Jianhui Chen Lanzhou University
Zhonghui Liu
Zhonghui Liu University of Hong Kong
Weiguo Liu
Weiguo Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yan Zhao
Yan Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingrui Qiang
Mingrui Qiang South China Normal University
Zicheng Yu
Zicheng Yu Lehigh University
Mark B. Abbott
Mark B. Abbott University of Pittsburgh
Ji Shen
Ji Shen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Song Feng
Song Feng University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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