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Hong-Fu Zhang

Hong-Fu Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
71
Citations
16358
World Ranking
927
National Ranking
56

Hong-Fu 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 Hong-Fu Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 185 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong-Fu 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 Hong-Fu Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hong-Fu Zhang is affiliated with Northwest University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily within the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Computational Mechanics, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Control and Systems Engineering.

Their academic output focuses on several main topics, notably Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Vibration and Dynamic Analysis, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Frequent publication venues for Zhang's work include:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Lithos
  • Energy

Zhang has collaborated with a number of coauthors regularly, such as Lei Zhou, Jifeng Ying, Yanjie Tang, Chao Ma, and Q. Q. Zhu.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhang include:

  • "High-fidelity wind turbine wake velocity prediction by surrogate model based on d-POD and LSTM" (2023), published in Energy
  • "Titanium isotopic fractionation during magmatic differentiation" (2020), published in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • "Dynamic mode decomposition analysis of the two-dimensional flow past two transversely in-phase oscillating cylinders in a tandem arrangement" (2022), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "Dynamic modeling for SO2-NOx emission concentration of circulating fluidized bed units based on quantum genetic algorithm - Extreme learning machine" (2021), published in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Caffeic acid supplementation ameliorates intestinal injury by modulating intestinal microbiota in LPS-challenged piglets" (2023), published in Food & Function

Best Publications

  • Destruction of the North China Craton

    RiXiang Zhu;YiGang Xu;Guang Zhu;HongFu Zhang

  • Mesozoic lithosphere destruction beneath the North China Craton: evidence from major-, trace-element and Sr–Nd–Pb isotope studies of Fangcheng basalts

    Hong-Fu Zhang;Min Sun;Xin-Hua Zhou;Wei-Ming Fan

  • Integration of geology, geophysics and geochemistry: A key to understanding the North China Craton

    Martin Menzies;Yigang Xu;Hongfu Zhang;Weiming Fan

  • On and Off the North China Craton: Where is the Archaean Keel?

    W. M. Fan;H. F. Zhang;J. Baker;K. E. Jarvis

  • Combined chemical separation of Lu, Hf, Rb, Sr, Sm and Nd from a single rock digest and precise and accurate isotope determinations of Lu–Hf, Rb–Sr and Sm–Nd isotope systems using Multi-Collector ICP-MS and TIMS

    Yue-heng Yang;Hong-fu Zhang;Zhu-yin Chu;Lie-wen Xie

  • Mechanism and timing of lithospheric modification and replacement beneath the eastern North China Craton: Peridotitic xenoliths from the 100 Ma Fuxin basalts and a regional synthesis

    J.P. Zheng;J.P. Zheng;W.L. Griffin;S.Y. O’Reilly;C.M. Yu

  • Secular evolution of the lithosphere beneath the eastern North China Craton: evidence from Mesozoic basalts and high-Mg andesites

    Hong Fu Zhang;Min Sun;Xin Hua Zhou;Mei Fu Zhou

  • Geochemistry of Permian bimodal volcanic rocks from Central Inner Mongolia, North China: Implication for Tectonic setting and Phanerozoic continental growth in Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    XiaoHui Zhang;XiaoHui Zhang;Hongfu Zhang;Yanjie Tang;Simon A. Wilde

  • Asthenosphere–lithospheric mantle interaction in an extensional regime: Implication from the geochemistry of Cenozoic basalts from Taihang Mountains, North China Craton

    Yan-Jie Tang;Hong-Fu Zhang;Ji-Feng Ying

  • Evolution of subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath eastern China: Re–Os isotopic evidence from mantle xenoliths in Paleozoic kimberlites and Mesozoic basalts

    Hong Fu Zhang;Steven L. Goldstein;Xin Hua Zhou;Min Sun

  • Transformation of lithospheric mantle through peridotite-melt reaction: A case of Sino-Korean craton

    Hong-Fu Zhang

  • Highly heterogeneous Late Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the North China Craton: evidence from Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic systematics of mafic igneous rocks

    Zhang Hong-Fu;Sun Min;Zhou Mei-Fu;Fan Wei-Ming

  • Lower crustal processes leading to Mesozoic lithospheric thinning beneath eastern North China: Underplating, replacement and delamination

    Mingguo Zhai;Qicheng Fan;Hongfu Zhang;Jianli Sui

  • Geochemical Ar-40/Ar-39 geochronological and Sr-Nd isotopic constraints on the origin of Paleoproterozoic mafic dikes from the southern Taihang Mountains and implications for the ca. 1800 Ma event of the North China Craton

    Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Yanhua Zhang;Feng Guo

  • Propagation tectonics and multiple accretionary processes of the Qinling Orogen

    Yunpeng Dong;Xiaoning Zhang;Xiaoming Liu;Wei Li

  • Geochemical constraints on the origin of Mesozoic alkaline intrusive complexes from the North China Craton and tectonic implications

    Hong-Fu Zhang;Min Sun;Xin-Hua Zhou;Ji-Feng Ying

  • Magnesium isotopic systematics of continental basalts from the North China craton: Implications for tracing subducted carbonate in the mantle

    Wei Yang;Wei Yang;Fang-Zhen Teng;Hong-Fu Zhang;Shu-Guang Li;Shu-Guang Li

  • Time range of Mesozoic tectonic regime inversion in eastern North China Block

    Zhai Mingguo;Zhu Rixiang;Liu Jianming;Meng Qingren

  • Neoproterozoic amalgamation of the Northern Qinling terrain to the North China Craton: Constraints from geochronology and geochemistry of the Kuanping ophiolite

    Yunpeng Dong;Zhao Yang;Xiaoming Liu;Xiaoning Zhang

  • Craton destruction and related resources

    Rixiang Zhu;Hongfu Zhang;Guang Zhu;Qingren Meng

  • Nature and evolution of Late Cretaceous lithospheric mantle beneath the eastern North China Craton: Constraints from petrology and geochemistry of peridotitic xenoliths from Jünan, Shandong Province, China

    Jifeng Ying;Hongfu Zhang;Noriko Kita;Yuichi Morishita

Frequent Co-Authors

Ji-Feng Ying
Ji-Feng Ying Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yan-Jie Tang
Yan-Jie Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ben-Xun Su
Ben-Xun Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Yue-Heng Yang
Yue-Heng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Etienne Deloule
Etienne Deloule University of Lorraine
Fang-Zhen Teng
Fang-Zhen Teng University of Washington
Mingguo Zhai
Mingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Sciences

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