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D-Index
44
Citations
5341
World Ranking
4826
National Ranking
313

Hong Zhong 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 Zhong sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 111 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong Zhong 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 Zhong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hong Zhong is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics. Over a substantial body of work comprising 77 publications, their research encompasses various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Ophthalmology, and Geology.

The main topics explored in their research include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping. Additional areas cover Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

Frequent collaboration has been a notable aspect of their academic career. Their most common coauthors are:

  • Zhong-Jie Bai
  • Weiguang Zhu
  • Wei Mao
  • Ruizhong Hu
  • Yanjun Wang

The research outputs are primarily published in the following venues:

  • Economic Geology
  • Lithos
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Minerals

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Hong Zhong include:

  • Granite-Related Tin Metallogenic Events and Key Controlling Factors in Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia: New Insights from Cassiterite U-Pb Dating and Zircon Geochemistry, 2020, Economic Geology
  • Combined Zircon, Molybdenite, and Cassiterite Geochronology and Cassiterite Geochemistry of the Kuntabin Tin-Tungsten Deposit in Myanmar, 2020, Economic Geology
  • Petrogenesis of multistage S-type granites from the Malay Peninsula in the Southeast Asian tin belt and their relationship to Tethyan evolution, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Early sulfide saturation in arc volcanic rocks of southeast China: Implications for the formation of co-magmatic porphyry-epithermal Cu-Au deposits, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Late Cretaceous granitic magmatism and Sn mineralization in the giant Yinyan porphyry tin deposit, South China: constraints from zircon and cassiterite U-Pb and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology, 2020, Mineralium Deposita

Best Publications

  • Shrimp U-Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry, and Nd-Sr isotopic study of contrasting granites in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Hong Zhong;Wei-Guang Zhu;Zhu-Yin Chu;De-Feng He

  • Early Neoproterozoic (̃850Ma) back-arc basin in the Central Jiangnan Orogen (Eastern South China): Geochronological and petrogenetic constraints from meta-basalts

    Yuzhi Zhang;Yuejun Wang;Hongyan Geng;Yanhua Zhang

  • Timing and source constraints on the relationship between mafic and felsic intrusions in the Emeishan large igneous province

    Hong Zhong;Ian H. Campbell;Wei-Guang Zhu;Charlotte M. Allen

  • Zircon U-Pb ages, Hf-O isotopes and whole-rock Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic geochemistry of granitoids in the Jinshajiang suture zone, SW China:Constraints on petrogenesis and tectonic evolution of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

    Jing-Jing Zhu;Rui-Zhong Hu;Xian-Wu Bi;Hong Zhong

  • Geochronology of layered mafic intrusions from the Pan–Xi area in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    Hong Zhong;Wei-Guang Zhu

  • Zircon U–Pb geochronology and major, trace elemental and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic geochemistry of mafic dykes in western Shandong Province, east China: Constrains on their petrogenesis and geodynamic significance

    Shen Liu;Shen Liu;RuiZhong Hu;Shan Gao;CaiXia Feng

  • Zircon U-Pb age and Sr-Nd-Hf isotope geochemistry of the Panzhihua A-type syenitic intrusion in the Emeishan large igneous province, southwest China and implications for growth of juvenile crust

    Hong Zhong;Wei-Guang Zhu;Rui-Zhong Hu;Lie-Wen Xie

  • Platinum-group element geochemistry of the Hongge Fe–V–Ti deposit in the Pan-Xi area, southwestern China

    Hong Zhong;Xin-Hua Zhou;Mei-Fu Zhou;Min Sun

  • The early Jurassic mafic-ultramafic intrusion and A-type granite from northeastern Guangdong, SE China: Age, origin, and tectonic significance

    Wei-Guang Zhu;Hong Zhong;Xian-Hua Li;De-Feng He

  • Whole-Rock and Mineral Composition Constraints on the Genesis of the Giant Hongge Fe-Ti-V Oxide Deposit in the Emeishan Large Igneous Province, Southwest China

    Zhong-Jie Bai;Hong Zhong;Anthony J. Naldrett;Wei-Guang Zhu

  • Ca. 1.5 Ga mafic magmatism in South China during the break-up of the supercontinent Nuna/Columbia: The Zhuqing Fe–Ti–V oxide ore-bearing mafic intrusions in western Yangtze Block

    Hong-Peng Fan;Wei-Guang Zhu;Zheng-Xiang Li;Hong Zhong

  • Geological and geochemical constraints on the origin of the giant Lincang coal seam-hosted germanium deposit, Yunnan, SW China: A review

    Rui-Zhong Hu;Hua-Wen Qi;Mei-Fu Zhou;Wen-Chao Su

  • REE geochemistry of carbonates from the Guanmenshan Formation, Liaohe Group, NE Sino-Korean Craton: Implications for seawater compositional change during the Great Oxidation Event

    Hao-Shu Tang;Hao-Shu Tang;Yan-Jing Chen;Yan-Jing Chen;M. Santosh;Hong Zhong

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Late Cretaceous igneous intrusions and Mo–Cu–(W) mineralization in the southern Yidun Arc, SW China: Implications for metallogenesis and geodynamic setting

    Xin-Song Wang;Xian-Wu Bi;Cheng-Biao Leng;Hong Zhong

  • SHRIMP zircon U–Pb geochronology, elemental, and Nd isotopic geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic mafic dykes in the Yanbian area, SW China

    Wei-Guang Zhu;Hong Zhong;Xian-Hua Li;Hai-Lin Deng

  • Zircon U-Pb and molybdenite Re-Os geochronology and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopic constraints on the genesis of the Xuejiping porphyry copper deposit in Zhongdian, Northwest Yunnan, China

    Cheng-Biao Leng;Xing-Chun Zhang;Rui-Zhong Hu;Shou-Xu Wang

  • Petrogenesis of the early Eocene I-type granites in west Yingjiang (SW Yunnan) and its implication for the eastern extension of the Gangdese batholiths

    Liyan Ma;Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Hongyan Geng

  • Trace-element and Sr–Nd isotopic geochemistry of the PGE-bearing Xinjie layered intrusion in SW China

    Hong Zhong;Hong Zhong;Yong Yao;Stephen A. Prevec;Allan H. Wilson

  • Petrogenesis of the Pt–Pd mineralized Jinbaoshan ultramafic intrusion in the Permian Emeishan Large Igneous Province, SW China

    Yan Tao;Chusi Li;Ruizhong Hu;Edward M. Ripley

  • Petrogenesis of metaluminous A-type granitoids in the Tengchong–Lianghe tin belt of southwestern China: Evidences from zircon U–Pb ages and Hf–O isotopes, and whole-rock Sr–Nd isotopes

    Xiao-Cui Chen;Rui-zhong Hu;Xian-Wu Bi;Hong Zhong

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruizhong Hu
Ruizhong Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xian-Wu Bi
Xian-Wu Bi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chusi Li
Chusi Li Indiana University
Liang Qi
Liang Qi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mei-Fu Zhou
Mei-Fu Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xie-Yan Song
Xie-Yan Song Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yan-Jing Chen
Yan-Jing Chen Peking University
Zhu-Yin Chu
Zhu-Yin Chu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Edward M. Ripley
Edward M. Ripley Indiana University

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