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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 51 3149 2875 198 193 120 17661

Guowei Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Guowei Zhang between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Guowei Zhang published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2010. 6 of the 145 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2010. 1994: 2 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 4 publications 2025: 2 publications
1994 2025

145 publications in total across all disciplines

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Guowei Zhang: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 2
1995 3
1996 3
1997 0
1998 0
1999 3
2000 2
2001 3
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 2
2006 0
2007 10
2008 2
2009 7
2010 13
2011 10
2012 5
2013 13
2014 6
2015 6
2016 8
2017 8
2018 6
2019 4
2020 6
2021 7
2022 3
2023 1
2024 4
2025 2
Total 145
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Guowei 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 Guowei 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, 118–127 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: 120 publications — 22nd percentile

22% 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
118–127 540 120
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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Guowei 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 Guowei 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, 51 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: 51 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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 51
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

Guowei Zhang is affiliated with Northwest University in China and conducts research primarily within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their expertise spans several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Molecular Biology, and Mechanics of Materials. The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits.

They have contributed to numerous scholarly articles featured in a variety of academic publication venues. The common platforms for their research dissemination include:

  • Geological Journal
  • Gondwana Research
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Earth-Science Reviews

Among the recent publications associated with Guowei Zhang are:

  • "Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution and proto-basin of the Yangtze Block, China," 2024, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Formation and evolution of Xianshuihe Fault Belt in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from structural deformation and geochronology," 2020, Geological Journal
  • "Differential exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terranes: A case study from South Altyn Tagh, western China," 2021, Gondwana Research
  • "Pre-plate tectonics and origin of continents," 2022, Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

The scientist collaborates frequently with a network of peers, including Xiao Xiong, Laimin Zhu, Rukui Lu, Lele Ding, and Yunpeng Dong. This collaborative work spans multiple publications and contributes to the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • Tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, China: Review and synthesis

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Franz Neubauer;Xiaoming Liu

  • Phanerozoic tectonics of the South China Block: Key observations and controversies

    Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Guowei Zhang;Yanhua Zhang

  • Geologic framework and tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, central China

    Qing-Ren Meng;Guo-Wei Zhang

  • Recent and Future Climate Change in Northwest China

    Yafeng Shi;Yongping Shen;Ersi Kang;Dongliang Li

  • Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

    Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao;Yuejun Wang;Baochun Huang;Yunpeng Dong

  • Timing of collision of the North and South China blocks: Controversy and reconciliation

    Qing-Ren Meng;Guo-Wei Zhang

  • Tectonics of South China continent and its implications

    GuoWei Zhang;AnLin Guo;YueJun Wang;SanZhong Li

  • Palaeozoic tectonics and evolutionary history of the Qinling orogen: Evidence from geochemistry and geochronology of ophiolite and related volcanic rocks

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Christoph Hauzenberger;Franz Neubauer

  • Tectonic setting of the South China Block in the early Paleozoic: Resolving intracontinental and ocean closure models from detrital zircon U‐Pb geochronology

    Yuejun Wang;Feifei Zhang;Weiming Fan;Guowei Zhang

  • Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

    Sanzhong Li;Yanhui Suo;Xiyao Li;Jie Zhou

  • Neoproterozoic accretionary tectonics along the northwestern margin of the Yangtze Block, China: Constraints from zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoming Liu;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Qing Chen

  • Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents

    Yunpeng Dong;Shengsi Sun;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;M. Santosh;Jie Zhao

  • Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: Geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai Domains

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Weiming Fan;Guochun Zhao

  • Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: Insights from the Mianlue suture

    Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Lu Wang;Guowei Zhang

  • Geochronological, geochemical and Nd-Hf-Os isotopic fingerprinting of an early Neoproterozoic arc-back-arc system in South China and its accretionary assembly along the margin of Rodinia

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Weiming Fan

  • Orogenesis and dynamics of the Qinling Orogen

    Guowei Zhang;Qingren Meng;Zaiping Yu;Yong Sun

  • Timing of Paleozoic amalgamation between the North China and South China Blocks: Evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoming Liu;Franz Neubauer;Guowei Zhang

  • Mesozoic sedimentary basin development and tectonic implication, northern Yangtze Block, eastern China: record of continent–continent collision

    Shaofeng Liu;Ronald Steel;Guowei Zhang

  • Syn- and post-collisional granitoids in the Central Tianshan orogen: Geochemistry, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution

    Yunpeng Dong;Guowei Zhang;Franz Neubauer;Xiaoming Liu

  • Propagation tectonics and multiple accretionary processes of the Qinling Orogen

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoning Zhang;Xiaoming Liu;Wei Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Yunpeng Dong
Yunpeng Dong Northwest University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Yuejun Wang
Yuejun Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Franz Neubauer
Franz Neubauer University of Salzburg
Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Weiming Fan
Weiming Fan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaochun Liu
Xiaochun Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

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