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Haibo Zou 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 Haibo Zou sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 110 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Haibo Zou 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 Haibo Zou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Haibo Zou is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research scope extensively covers geophysics, artificial intelligence applications, geochemistry and petrology, atmospheric science, and geology. Zou's work integrates interdisciplinary approaches to address complex geological phenomena.

Their publication record includes significant contributions to topics such as geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, and paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils. These topics reflect the broad spectrum of terrestrial and planetary processes studied throughout their career.

Haibo Zou's frequent coauthors, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts, include:

  • Zipei Guo (11 collaborations)
  • Yongwei Zhao (9 collaborations)
  • Şenel Özdamar (6 collaborations)
  • Mehmet Z. Billor (6 collaborations)
  • Xiaoqiang Liu (5 collaborations)

Zou has published extensively in several specialized scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Lithos (11 publications)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (6 publications)
  • Precambrian Research (3 publications)
  • Geochemistry (3 publications)
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (3 publications)

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • "Primary or secondary? A dichotomy of the strontium isotope anomalies in the Ediacaran carbonates of Saudi Arabia" (2020, Precambrian Research)
  • "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)
  • "Petrogenesis of oligocene plutonic rocks in western Anatolia (NW Turkey): Insights from mineral and rock chemistry, Sr-Nd isotopes, and U-Pb, Ar-Ar and (U-Th)/He geochronology" (2021, Geochemistry)
  • "Neoproterozoic and early Paleozoic metamorphism recorded in gneisses from the East Kunlun Orogenic belt" (2022, Precambrian Research)

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, an award reflecting professional acknowledgment within the geological community.

Best Publications

  • Major, trace element, and Nd, Sr and Pb isotope studies of Cenozoic basalts in SE China: mantle sources, regional variations, and tectonic significance

    Haibo Zou;Alan Zindler;Xisheng Xu;Qu Qi

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

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

  • SHRIMP zircon U-Pb age constraints on Neoproterozoic Quruqtagh diamictites in NW China

    Bei Xu;Shuhai Xiao;Haibo Zou;Yan Chen

  • U–Pb zircon geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic volcanic rocks in the Tarim Block of northwest China: implications for the breakup of Rodinia supercontinent and Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Bei Xu;Ping Jian;Haifei Zheng;Haibo Zou

  • 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

  • Constraints on the origin of historic potassic basalts from northeast China by U–Th disequilibrium data

    Haibo Zou;Mary R Reid;Yongshun Liu;Yupeng Yao

  • U–Th systematics of dispersed young volcanoes in NE China: Asthenosphere upwelling caused by piling up and upward thickening of stagnant Pacific slab

    Haibo Zou;Qicheng Fan;Yupeng Yao

  • 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

  • U–Th isotopes in Hainan basalts: Implications for sub-asthenospheric origin of EM2 mantle endmember and the dynamics of melting beneath Hainan Island

    Haibo Zou;Qicheng Fan

  • Episodic eruptions of the Late Mesozoic volcanic sequences in southeastern Zhejiang, SE China: petrogenesis and implications for the geodynamics of paleo-Pacific subduction

    Lei Liu;Xisheng Xu;Haibo Zou

  • 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

  • Trace element fractionation during modal and nonmodal dynamic melting and open-system melting: a mathematical treatment

    Haibo Zou

  • The Sugetbrak basalts from northwestern Tarim Block of northwest China: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for Rodinia breakup and ice age in the Late Neoproterozoic

    Bei Xu;Haibo Zou;Yan Chen;Jinyou He

  • The Catalina Schist: Evidence for middle Cretaceous subduction erosion of southwestern North America

    M. Grove;G.E. Bebout;C.E. Jacobson;A.P. Barth

  • 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

  • Early Paleozoic crust–mantle interaction and lithosphere delamination in South China Block: Evidence from geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of granites

    Yan Xia;Xisheng Xu;Haibo Zou;Lei Liu

  • 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

  • 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

  • Constraints on the degree of dynamic partial melting and source composition using concentration ratios in magmas

    Haibo Zou;Alan Zindler

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuan-Lin Zhang
Chuan-Lin Zhang Hohai University
Xisheng Xu
Xisheng Xu Nanjing University
Rendeng Shi
Rendeng Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University
Axel K. Schmitt
Axel K. Schmitt Curtin University
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Ruizhong Hu
Ruizhong Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas H. Rich
Thomas H. Rich Museums Victoria
Dunyi Liu
Dunyi Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
George E. Gehrels
George E. Gehrels University of Arizona

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