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Chunfang Cai 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 Chunfang Cai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 122 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chunfang Cai 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 Chunfang Cai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chunfang Cai is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily lies within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geophysics.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, methane hydrates and related phenomena, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

The venues where Chunfang Cai frequently publishes include Marine and Petroleum Geology, Chemical Geology, Goldschmidt Abstracts, Radiation Detection Technology and Methods, and Energy Exploration & Exploitation.

Their recent research papers include:

  • Thermochemical sulfate reduction in sedimentary basins and beyond: A review (2022), Chemical Geology
  • An Overlooked Natural Hydrogen Evolution Pathway: Ni2+ Boosting H2O Reduction by Fe(OH)2 Oxidation during Low-Temperature Serpentinization (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Multistage dolomitization and formation of ultra-deep Lower Cambrian Longwangmiao Formation reservoir in central Sichuan Basin, China (2020), Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Dolomitization history and porosity evolution of a giant, deeply buried Ediacaran gas field (Sichuan Basin, China) (2020), Precambrian Research
  • Enigmatic super-heavy pyrite formation: Novel mechanistic insights from the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth (2022), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Chunfang Cai collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Daowei Wang, Lei Jiang, Yongjie Hu, Peng Sun, and Yanyan Peng.

Best Publications

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction and the generation of hydrogen sulphide and thiols (mercaptans) in Triassic carbonate reservoirs from the Sichuan Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Richard H. Worden;Simon H. Bottrell;Lansheng Wang

  • Thermochemical sulphate reduction in Cambro-Ordovician carbonates in Central Tarim

    Chunfang Cai;Wangshui Hu;Richard H Worden

  • Methane-dominated thermochemical sulphate reduction in the Triassic Feixianguan Formation East Sichuan Basin, China: towards prediction of fatal H2S concentrations

    Chunfang Cai;Zengye Xie;Richard H. Worden;Guoyi Hu

  • Distinguishing Cambrian from Upper Ordovician source rocks: Evidence from sulfur isotopes and biomarkers in the Tarim Basin

    Chunfang Cai;Kaikai Li;Ma Anlai;Chunming Zhang

  • Origins of Palaeozoic oils in the Tarim Basin: Evidence from sulfur isotopes and biomarkers

    Chunfang Cai;Chunming Zhang;Liulu Cai;Guanhui Wu

  • Evidence for cross formational hot brine flow from integrated 87Sr/86Sr, REE and fluid inclusions of the Ordovician veins in Central Tarim, China

    Chunfang Cai;Kaikai Li;Hongtao Li;Baoshou Zhang

  • Carbon isotope fractionation during methane-dominated TSR in East Sichuan Basin gasfields, China: A review

    Chunfang Cai;Chunfang Cai;Chunming Zhang;Hong He;Youjun Tang

  • Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for coupled bacterial uranium mineralization and hydrocarbon oxidation in the Shashagetai deposit, NW China

    Chunfang Cai;Hailiang Dong;Hongtao Li;Xinjian Xiao

  • Application of sulfur and carbon isotopes to oil–source rock correlation: A case study from the Tazhong area, Tarim Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Chunfang Cai;Chunming Zhang;Richard H. Worden;Tiankai Wang

  • Sulfur isotopic compositions of individual organosulfur compounds and their genetic links in the Lower Paleozoic petroleum pools of the Tarim Basin, NW China

    Chunfang Cai;Alon Amrani;Richard H. Worden;Qilin Xiao

  • Biogenic and petroleum-related ore-forming processes in Dongsheng uranium deposit, NW China

    Chunfang Cai;Hongtao Li;Mingkuan Qin;Xiaorong Luo

  • Multiphase dolomitization of deeply buried Cambrian petroleum reservoirs, Tarim Basin, north-west China

    Lei Jiang;Lei Jiang;Lei Jiang;Chunfang Cai;Chunfang Cai;Richard H. Worden;Stephen F. Crowley

  • Thermochemical sulfate reduction in sedimentary basins and beyond: A review

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  • Reflux dolomitization of the Upper Permian Changxing Formation and the Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation, NE Sichuan Basin, China

    L. Jiang;L. Jiang;C. F. Cai;R. H. Worden;K.-K. Li

  • Geochemical characteristics and origin of natural gas and thermochemical sulphate reduction in Ordovician carbonates in the Ordos Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Guoyi Hu;Hong He;Jian Li

  • TSR origin of sulfur in Permian and Triassic reservoir bitumen, East Sichuan Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Kaikai Li;Yangming Zhu;Lei Xiang

  • Origin and migration of brines from Paleozoic strata in Central Tarim, China: constraints from 87Sr/86Sr, δD, δ18O and water chemistry

    Chunfang Cai;Stephen G Franks;Per Aagaard

  • Origins of Thiadiamondoids and Diamondoidthiols in Petroleum

    Zhibin Wei;J. Michael Moldowan;Fred Fago;Jeremy E. Dahl

  • Origin of sulfur rich oils and H2S in Tertiary lacustrine sections of the Jinxian Sag, Bohai Bay Basin, China

    Chunfang Cai;Richard H. Worden;George A. Wolff;Simon Bottrell

  • Mineralogical and geochemical evidence for biogenic and petroleum-related uranium mineralization in the Qianjiadian deposit, NE China

    Long Zhao;Chunfang Cai;Chunfang Cai;Ruoshi Jin;Jianguo Li

  • Generation of isotopically and compositionally distinct water during thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR) in carbonate reservoirs: Triassic Feixianguan Formation, Sichuan Basin, China

    Lei Jiang;Lei Jiang;Richard H. Worden;Chunfang Cai

  • Chemical and isotopic evidence for secondary alteration of natural gases in the Hetianhe Field, Bachu Uplift of the Tarim Basin

    Chunfang Cai;Richard H Worden;Qinghua Wang;Tingsheng Xiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lei Jiang
Lei Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Eva E. Stüeken
Eva E. Stüeken University of St Andrews
Simon H. Bottrell
Simon H. Bottrell University of Leeds
Simon C. George
Simon C. George Macquarie University
Adrian Immenhauser
Adrian Immenhauser Ruhr University Bochum
Wen-Jun Li
Wen-Jun Li Sun Yat-sen University
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure
Chunying Chen
Chunying Chen National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Tianyi Ma
Tianyi Ma Swinburne University of Technology

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