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Earth Science 52 3048 2781 194 189 215 9767

Gangjian Wei publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gangjian Wei between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gangjian Wei published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 10.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2023. 29 of the 319 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2023. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 11 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 26 publications 2023: 38 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 28 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

319 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gangjian Wei: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 2
1999 1
2000 3
2001 3
2002 1
2003 11
2004 8
2005 2
2006 8
2007 11
2008 4
2009 6
2010 4
2011 3
2012 5
2013 12
2014 9
2015 12
2016 10
2017 12
2018 11
2019 13
2020 19
2021 21
2022 26
2023 38
2024 34
2025 28
2026 1
Total 319
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Gangjian Wei 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 Gangjian Wei 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, 208–217 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: 215 publications — 68th percentile

68% 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
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
208–217 292 215
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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Gangjian Wei 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 Gangjian Wei 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, 52 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: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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
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 52
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

Gangjian Wei is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work covers various specialized subfields including Ecology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research predominantly focuses on topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Gangjian Wei has published numerous papers in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Some of their recent papers demonstrate specific areas of study and findings:

  • Potassium isotope fractionation during continental weathering and implications for global K isotopic balance, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Extreme weather events recorded by daily to hourly resolution biogeochemical proxies of marine giant clam shells, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Geochronology, petrology, and lithium isotope geochemistry of the Bailongshan granite-pegmatite system, northern Tibet: Implications for the ore-forming potential of pegmatites, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Contribution of continental subduction to very light B isotope signatures in post-collisional magmas: Evidence from southern Tibetan ultrapotassic rocks, 2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Rubidium isotope fractionation during chemical weathering of granite, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Gangjian Wei frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Xuefei Chen
  • Wenfeng Deng
  • Ti Zeng
  • Jinlong Ma
  • Le Zhang

Best Publications

  • U-Pb zircon, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on age and origin of Jurassic I- and A-type granites from central Guangdong, SE China: A major igneous event in response to foundering of a subducted flat-slab?

    Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Wu-Xian Li;Ying Liu

  • Mobilization and re-distribution of major and trace elements during extreme weathering of basalt in Hainan Island, South China

    Jin-Long Ma;Gang-Jian Wei;Yi-Gang Xu;Wen-Guo Long

  • Interlaboratory study for coral Sr/Ca and other element/Ca ratio measurements

    Ed C. Hathorne;Alexander C. Gagnon;Thomas Felis;Jess F. Adkins

  • Geochemical and Nd isotopic variations in sediments of the South China Sea: a response to Cenozoic tectonism in SE Asia

    Xian-hua Li;Gangjian Wei;Lei Shao;Ying Liu

  • Geochemical record of chemical weathering and monsoon climate change since the early Miocene in the South China Sea

    Gangjian Wei;Xian-Hua Li;Ying Liu;Lei Shao

  • Formation of the world's largest REE deposit through protracted fluxing of carbonatite by subduction-derived fluids

    Ming-Xing Ling;Yu-Long Liu;Ian S. Williams;Fang-Zhen Teng

  • Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and U/Ca ratios of a porites coral from Sanya Bay, Hainan Island, South China Sea and their relationships to sea surface temperature

    Gangjian Wei;Gangjian Wei;Min Sun;Xianhua Li;Baofu Nie

  • Adsorption- and desorption-controlled magnesium isotope fractionation during extreme weathering of basalt in Hainan Island, China

    Kang-Jun Huang;Kang-Jun Huang;Fang-Zhen Teng;Gang-Jian Wei;Jin-Long Ma

  • Evidence for ocean acidification in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia

    Gangjian Wei;Gangjian Wei;Malcolm T. McCulloch;Graham Mortimer;Wengfeng Deng

  • Biogeochemical evidence of Holocene East Asian summer and winter monsoon variability from a tropical maar lake in southern China

    Guodong Jia;Yang Bai;Xiaoqiang Yang;Luhua Xie

  • Major and trace element variations of the sediments at ODP Site 1144, South China Sea, during the last 230 ka and their paleoclimate implications

    Gangjian Wei;Ying Liu;Xian-hua Li;Lei Shao

  • Copper and iron isotope fractionation during weathering and pedogenesis: Insights from saprolite profiles

    Sheng-Ao Liu;Fang-Zhen Teng;Shuguang Li;Shuguang Li;Gang-Jian Wei

  • Daily δ18O and δD of precipitations from 2007 to 2009 in Guangzhou, South China: Implications for changes of moisture sources

    Luhua Xie;Gangjian Wei;Wenfeng Deng;Xiaoli Zhao

  • Leachates of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash from Macao: heavy metal concentrations and genotoxicity.

    Shaolong Feng;Xinming Wang;Gangjian Wei;Pingan Peng

  • Geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic study of amphibolites in the Cathaysia Block, southeastern China: evidence for an extremely depleted mantle in the Paleoproterozoic

    X.-H. Li;X.-H. Li;M. Sun;G.-J. Wei;Y. Liu

  • High-frequency winter cooling and reef coral mortality during the Holocene climatic optimum

    Ke-Fu Yu;Jian-Xin Zhao;Jian-Xin Zhao;Tung-Sheng Liu;Gang-Jian Wei

  • Molybdenum Mass Fractions and Isotopic Compositions of International Geological Reference Materials

    Pei-Pei Zhao;Jie Li;Le Zhang;Zhi-Bing Wang

  • Climatic impact on Al, K, Sc and Ti in marine sediments: Evidence from ODP Site 1144, South China Sea

    Gangjian Wei;Ying Liu;Xianhua Li;Lei Shao

  • Mid-late Holocene monsoon climate retrieved from seasonal Sr/Ca and delta O-18 records of Porites lutea corals at Leizhou Peninsula, northern coast of South China Sea

    Ke-Fu Yu;Ke-Fu Yu;Ke-Fu Yu;Jian-Xin Zhao;Jian-Xin Zhao;Gang-Jian Wei;Xin-Rong Cheng

  • Evolution of the South China Sea and monsoon history revealed in deep-sea records

    Pinxian Wang;Zhimin Jian;Quanhong Zhao;Qianyu Li

  • Delta O-18, Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca records of Porites lutea corals from Leizhou Peninsula, northern South China Sea, and their applicability as paleoclimatic indicators

    Ke-Fu Yu;Ke-Fu Yu;Ke-Fu Yu;Jian-Xin Zhao;Jian-Xin Zhao;Gang-Jian Wei;Xin-Rong Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-xin Zhao
Jian-xin Zhao University of Queensland
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kefu Yu
Kefu Yu Guangxi University
Guodong Jia
Guodong Jia Tongji University
Weidong Sun
Weidong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Yan
Hong Yan City University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia

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