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Hailiang Dong 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 Hailiang Dong sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 323 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Hailiang Dong 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 Hailiang Dong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hailiang Dong is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work addresses various subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas related to environmental and chemical processes. These include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions
  • Iron Oxide Chemistry and Applications
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching

Notable recent publications authored by Hailiang Dong include:

  • A critical review of mineral-microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications (2022), published in National Science Review
  • Coupled iron cycling and organic matter transformation across redox interfaces (2023), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

In terms of frequent co-authors, Hailiang Dong often collaborates with the following scientists:

  • Hongchen Jiang
  • Dongyi Guo
  • Qiang Zeng
  • Yizhi Sheng
  • Qingyin Xia

Hailiang Dong's work is published predominantly in several established scientific venues, including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Extracellular electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and minerals

    Liang Shi;Hailiang Dong;Gemma Reguera;Haluk Beyenal

  • Microbial Diversity in Water and Sediment of Lake Chaka, an Athalassohaline Lake in Northwestern China

    Hongchen Jiang;Hailiang Dong;Gengxin Zhang;Bingsong Yu

  • The biomass and biodiversity of the continental subsurface

    C. Magnabosco;L.-H. Lin;H. Dong;M. Bomberg

  • A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications

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  • Role of Microbes in the Smectite-to-Illite Reaction

    Jinwook Kim;Hailiang Dong;Jennifer Seabaugh;Steven W. Newell

  • Coupled iron cycling and organic matter transformation across redox interfaces

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  • Microbe-clay mineral interactions

    Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong;Deb P. Jaisi;Jinwook Kim;Gengxin Zhang

  • Microbial response to salinity change in Lake Chaka, a hypersaline lake on Tibetan plateau

    Hongchen Jiang;Hailiang Dong;Bingsong Yu;Xinqi Liu

  • Isolation of Paenibacillus sp. and Assessment of its Potential for Enhancing Mineral Weathering

    Dianfeng Liu;Bin Lian;Hailiang Dong

  • Salinity shapes microbial diversity and community structure in surface sediments of the Qinghai-Tibetan Lakes.

    Jian Yang;Li’an Ma;Hongchen Jiang;Geng Wu

  • A Comprehensive Census of Microbial Diversity in Hot Springs of Tengchong, Yunnan Province China Using 16S rRNA Gene Pyrosequencing

    Weiguo Hou;Shang Wang;Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong;Hongchen Jiang

  • Mineral transformations associated with the microbial reduction of magnetite

    Hailiang Dong;James K Fredrickson;David W Kennedy;John M Zachara

  • Late Holocene forcing of the Asian winter and summer monsoon as evidenced by proxy records from the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Xingqi Liu;Hailiang Dong;Xiangdong Yang;Ulrike Herzschuh

  • Microbial dolomite precipitation using sulfate reducing and halophilic bacteria: Results from Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau, NW China

    Shicai Deng;Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong;Guo Lv;Hongchen Jiang

  • Control of temperature on microbial community structure in hot springs of the Tibetan Plateau.

    Shang Wang;Weiguo Hou;Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong;Hongchen Jiang

  • Evolution of Chaka Salt Lake in NW China in response to climatic change during the Latest Pleistocene-Holocene

    Liu Xingqi;Hailiang Dong;Jason A. Rech;Ryo Matsumoto

  • Microbial diversity in sediments of saline Qinghai Lake, China: linking geochemical controls to microbial ecology.

    Hailiang Dong;Gengxin Zhang;Hongchen Jiang;Bingsong Yu

  • Growth of non-phototrophic microorganisms using solar energy through mineral photocatalysis

    Anhuai Lu;Yan Li;Song Jin;Song Jin;Xin Wang

  • Chemical Weathering in a Tropical Watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: II. Rate and Mechanism of Biotite Weathering

    Sheila F. Murphy;Susan L. Brantley;Alex E. Blum;Art F. White

  • Control of Fe(III) site occupancy on the rate and extent of microbial reduction of Fe(III) in nontronite

    Deb P. Jaisi;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Dennis D. Eberl;Hailiang Dong

  • Microbial Reduction of Structural Fe(III) in Illite and Goethite

    Hailiang Dong;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;James K. Fredrickson;John M. Zachara

  • Clay–Microbe Interactions and Implications for Environmental Mitigation

    Hailiang Dong;Hailiang Dong

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongchen Jiang
Hongchen Jiang China University of Geosciences
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Bingshe Xu
Bingshe Xu Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
Wen-Jun Li
Wen-Jun Li Sun Yat-sen University
Jian Yang
Jian Yang University of Birmingham
Tullis C. Onstott
Tullis C. Onstott Princeton University
Xuguang Liu
Xuguang Liu Taiyuan University of Technology
Ravi K. Kukkadapu
Ravi K. Kukkadapu Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Dennis D. Eberl
Dennis D. Eberl United States Geological Survey
Brian J. Mailloux
Brian J. Mailloux Barnard College

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