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Fulai Liu 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 Fulai Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 140 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Fulai Liu 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 Fulai Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fulai Liu is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their primary research field is Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Plant Science, Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work covers key topics related to plant and environmental sciences such as:

  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Recent papers authored by Liu cover a range of plant physiology and stress response topics:

  • "Nano-ZnO-Induced Drought Tolerance Is Associated with Melatonin Synthesis and Metabolism in Maize" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "ABA-mediated modulation of elevated CO2 on stomatal response to drought" (2020), published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Nano-ZnO alleviates drought stress via modulating the plant water use and carbohydrate metabolism in maize" (2020), published in Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science
  • "Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum depression during the COVID-19 pandemic among women in Guangzhou, China: a cross-sectional study" (2020), published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "The cytokinin-producing plant beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens G20-18 primes tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) for enhanced drought stress responses" (2022), published in Journal of Plant Physiology

Liu has published books with notable scientific publishers, including:

  • "Sustainable Crop Productivity and Quality Under Climate Change" (2022) via Elsevier BV
  • "Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Responses and Tolerance in Plants: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Interventions, volume II" (2023) through Frontiers Media

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Liu include:

  • Xiangnan Li
  • Zhenhua Wei
  • Xuezhi Liu
  • Yaosheng Wang
  • Jingxiang Hou

The most common publication venues for Liu's work are:

  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plants

Best Publications

  • Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton

    Pui Yuk Tam;Guochun Zhao;Fulai Liu;Xiwen Zhou

  • SHRIMP U–Pb ages of ultrahigh-pressure and retrograde metamorphism of gneisses, south-western Sulu terrane, eastern China

    Fulai Liu;Zhiqin Xu;J. G. Liou;Biao Song

  • The growth, reworking and metamorphism of early Precambrian crust in the Jiaobei terrane, the North China Craton: Constraints from U-Th-Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic systematics, and REE concentrations of zircon from Archean granitoid gneisses

    Jianhui Liu;Fulai Liu;Zhengjiang Ding;Chaohui Liu

  • Mineral inclusions in zircons of para- and orthogneiss from pre-pilot drillhole CCSD-PP1, Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project

    Fulai Liu;Zhiqin Xu;Ikuo Katayama;Jingsui Yang

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of Paleoproterozoic meta-mafic rocks from central Liaodong Peninsula, northeast China: Evidence from zircon U–Pb dating and in situ Lu–Hf isotopes, and whole-rock geochemistry

    En Meng;Fu-Lai Liu;Ping-Hua Liu;Chao-Hui Liu

  • Polyphase subduction and exhumation of the Sulu high-pressure–ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane

    Zhiqin Xu;Lingsen Zeng;Fulai Liu;Jingsui Yang

  • Tracing the protolith, UHP metamorphism, and exhumation ages of orthogneiss from the SW Sulu terrane (eastern China): SHRIMP U–Pb dating of mineral inclusion-bearing zircons

    Fulai Liu;Zhiqin Xu;Huaimin Xue

  • SHRIMP U–Pb dating, trace elements and the Lu–Hf isotope system of coesite-bearing zircon from amphibolite in the SW Sulu UHP terrane, eastern China

    Fulai Liu;Axel Gerdes;Lingsen Zeng;Huaimin Xue

  • Two Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Events Recognized in the Central Orogenic Belt of China: Evidence from the U-Pb Dating of Coesite-Bearing Zircons

    Jingsui Yang;Fulai Liu;Caiali Wu;Zhiquin Xu

  • Petrogenesis, P–T–t path, and tectonic significance of high-pressure mafic granulites from the Jiaobei terrane, North China Craton

    Pinghua Liu;Fulai Liu;Chaohui Liu;Fang Wang

  • Zircon U–Pb ages, REE concentrations and Hf isotope compositions of granitic leucosome and pegmatite from the north Sulu UHP terrane in China: Constraints on the timing and nature of partial melting

    Fulai Liu;Paul T. Robinson;Axel Gerdes;Huaimin Xue

  • Geochronological and geochemical insights into the tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, Sino-Korean Craton

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  • Zircons U/Pb and Lu/Hf isotopic and whole rock geochemical constraints on the Gantaohe Group in the Zanhuang Complex; implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Chaohui Liu;Guochun Zhao;Fulai Liu;Min Sun

  • Multiple metamorphic events revealed by zircons from the Diancang Shan−Ailao Shan metamorphic complex, southeastern Tibetan Plateau

    Fulai Liu;Fang Wang;Pinghua Liu;Chaohui Liu

  • Multiple mafic magmatic and high-grade metamorphic events revealed by zircons from meta-mafic rocks in the Daqingshan–Wulashan Complex of the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton

    Pinghua Liu;Fulai Liu;Chaohui Liu;Jianhui Liu

  • Implications for Rodinia reconstructions for the initiation of Neoproterozoic subduction at ~860 Ma on the western margin of the Yangtze Block: Evidence from the Guandaoshan Pluton

    Lilin Du;Jinghui Guo;Allen Phillip Nutman;Derek Wyman

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the Baoxing granitic and mafic intrusions, southwestern China: Evidence from zircon U–Pb dating and Lu–Hf isotopes, and whole-rock geochemistry

    En Meng;Fu-Lai Liu;Li-Lin Du;Ping-Hua Liu

  • U–Pb dating of zircons from granitic leucosomes in migmatites of the Jiaobei Terrane, southwestern Jiao–Liao–Ji Belt, North China Craton: Constraints on the timing and nature of partial melting

    Fulai Liu;Pinghua Liu;Fang Wang;Jianhui Liu

  • U-Pb SHRIMP ages recorded in the coesite-bearing zircon domains of paragneisses in the southwestern Sulu terrane, eastern China : New interpretation

    Fulai Liu;Juhn G. Liou;Zhiqin Xu

  • Metamorphic P-T path and tectonic implications of pelitic granulites from the Daqingshan Complex of the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton

    Jia Cai;Fulai Liu;Pinghua Liu;Chaohui Liu

  • Petrogenesis of UHP metamorphic rocks from Qinglongshan, southern Sulu, east-central China

    Zeming Zhang;Yilin Xiao;Fulai Liu;J.G. Liou

Frequent Co-Authors

Chaohui Liu
Chaohui Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Hans-Peter Schertl
Hans-Peter Schertl Ruhr University Bochum
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juhn G. Liou
Juhn G. Liou Stanford University
Jinghui Guo
Jinghui Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Changqing Yin
Changqing Yin Sun Yat-sen University

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