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Chuan-Lin Zhang

Chuan-Lin Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 35 7510 6950 476 470 89 5834

Chuan-Lin Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chuan-Lin Zhang between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chuan-Lin Zhang published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 3.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2025. 24 of the 101 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2025. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 4 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 14 publications
1998 2025

101 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chuan-Lin Zhang: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 1
2001 3
2002 0
2003 3
2004 1
2005 1
2006 2
2007 4
2008 3
2009 1
2010 2
2011 2
2012 5
2013 8
2014 3
2015 4
2016 4
2017 1
2018 4
2019 7
2020 4
2021 4
2022 5
2023 4
2024 10
2025 14
Total 101
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Chuan-Lin Zhang 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 Chuan-Lin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 88–97 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 89 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376 89
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Chuan-Lin Zhang 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 Chuan-Lin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372 35
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Chuan-Lin Zhang is affiliated with Hohai University in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics and Artificial Intelligence. Their work spans several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research primarily centers on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and High-pressure Geophysics and Materials. Other notable topics covered include earthquake and tectonic studies, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Paleozoic post-collisional magmatism and high-temperature granulite-facies metamorphism coupling with lithospheric delamination of the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, NW China (2021, Geoscience Frontiers)
  • Subduction initiation of Proto-Tethys Ocean and back-arc extension in the northern Altun Mountains, northwestern China: Evidence from high-Mg diorites and A-type rhyolites (2020, Lithos)
  • Triassic-Jurassic Granitoids and Pegmatites from Western Kunlun-Pamir Syntax: Implications for the Paleo-Tethys Evolution at the Northern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2020, Lithosphere)
  • Early Cretaceous granitoids in the Southern Pamir: Implications for the Meso-Tethys evolution of the Pamir Plateau (2020, Lithos)
  • The Tarim Craton in the Northwest of China (2022, International Geology Review)

Chuan-Lin Zhang frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors including Xiantao Ye, Xiaoqiang Liu, Masumeh Sargazi, Zhihao Song, and Xiao-Shu Hao.

The research outputs have appeared predominantly in journals such as Lithos, Lithosphere, International Geology Review, Gondwana Research, and Geoscience Frontiers. Lithos stands out as the most common publication venue followed by Lithosphere and International Geology Review.

Best Publications

  • Geological and geochronological evidence for the Precambrian evolution of the Tarim Craton and surrounding continental fragments

    Songnian Lu;Huaikun Li;Chuanlin Zhang;Guanghua Niu

  • Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature conditions

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Jo-Anne Wartho;Chris Clark

  • Tectonic framework and evolution of the Tarim Block in NW China

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Huai-Kun Li;Hong-Yan Wang

  • Early history of the eastern Sibao Orogen (South China) during the assembly of Rodinia: New mica 40Ar/39Ar dating and SHRIMP U–Pb detrital zircon provenance constraints

    Zheng Xiang Li;Zheng Xiang Li;Jo Anne Wartho;Sandra Occhipinti;Chuan Lin Zhang

  • Tectonic framework and crustal evolution of the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Block in NW China: New geochronological evidence from deep drilling samples

    Zhi-Qin Xu;Bi-Zhu He;Chuan-Lin Zhang;Jian-Xin Zhang

  • Precambrian evolution and cratonization of the Tarim Block, NW China: Petrology, geochemistry, Nd-isotopes and U–Pb zircon geochronology from Archaean gabbro-TTG–potassic granite suite and Paleoproterozoic metamorphic belt

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Huai-Kun Li;M. Santosh;Zheng-Xiang Li

  • Neoproterozoic ultramafic–mafic-carbonatite complex and granitoids in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, western China: Geochronology, geochemistry and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Song-Nian Lu

  • Neoproterozoic mafic dyke swarms at the northern margin of the Tarim Block, NW China: Age, geochemistry, petrogenesis and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Hai-Min Ye

  • Diverse Permian magmatism in the Tarim Block, NW China: Genetically linked to the Permian Tarim mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Yi-Gang Xu;Zheng-Xiang Li;Hong-Yan Wang

  • A permian layered intrusive complex in the western tarim block, northwestern China: Product of a Ca. 275-ma mantle plume?

    Chuan‐Lin Zhang;Xian‐Hua Li;Zheng‐Xiang Li;Hai‐Min Ye

  • Neoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion in Quruqtagh of northeastern Tarim Block, NW China: Two phases of mafic igneous activity with different mantle sources

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Dong-Sheng Yang;Hong-Yan Wang;Yutaka Takahashi

  • A Permian large igneous province in Tarim and Central Asian orogenic belt, NW China: Results of a ca. 275 Ma mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Yi-Gang Xu

  • Age and origin of high Ba–Sr appinite–granites at the northwestern margin of the Tibet Plateau: Implications for early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt

    Hai-Min Ye;Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Chuan-Lin Zhang

  • An early Paleoproterozoic high-K intrusive complex in southwestern Tarim block, NW China: Age, geochemistry, and tectonic implications

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Hai-Feng Yu

  • Multiple phases of the Neoproterozoic igneous activity in Quruqtagh of the northeastern Tarim Block, NW China: Interaction between plate subduction and mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Hong-Yan Wang;Huai-Kun Li

  • The Fuchuan ophiolite in Jiangnan Orogen: Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotope and implications for the Neoproterozoic assembly of South China

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;Hai-Bo Zou;Huai-Kun Li

  • In-situ SIMS U–Pb dating of phanerozoic apatite with low U and high common Pb

    Qiu-Li Li;Xian-Hua Li;Fu-Yuan Wu;Qing-Zhu Yin

  • Neoproterozoic sedimentary basin evolution in southwestern Tarim, NW China: New evidence from field observations, detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Xian-Tao Ye;Hai-Bo Zou;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • Neoproterozoic Bimodal Intrusive Complex in the Southwestern Tarim Block, Northwest China: Age, Geochemistry, and Implications for the Rifting of Rodinia

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Haimin Ye

  • Permian A-type granites in Tarim and western part of Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB): Genetically related to a common Permian mantle plume?

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou

  • Revisiting the “Irtish tectonic belt”: Implications for the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Altai orogen

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Hai-Bo Zou;Yi-Gang Xu

  • Tectonic evolution of the West Kunlun Orogenic Belt along the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for the assembly of the Tarim terrane to Gondwana

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;Xian-Tao Ye;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • The Gondwana connection of South China: Evidence from monazite and zircon geochronology in the Cathaysia Block

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Qing-Bo Zhu;Xiang-Yan Chen

  • Is the Precambrian basement of the Tarim Craton in NW China composed of discrete terranes

    Chuan-Lin Zhang;Hai-Bo Zou;M. Santosh;Xian-Tao Ye

  • Tectonic evolution of the Western Kunlun orogenic belt in northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Evidence from zircon SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology

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Frequent Co-Authors

Haibo Zou
Haibo Zou Auburn University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard E. Ernst
Richard E. Ernst Carleton University
Xiaoping Long
Xiaoping Long Northwest University
Yuexing Feng
Yuexing Feng University of Queensland
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Yu Liu
Yu Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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