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Hongbo Zheng

Hongbo Zheng

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
7366
World Ranking
4259
National Ranking
275

Hongbo Zheng 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 Hongbo Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 172 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hongbo Zheng 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 Hongbo Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hongbo Zheng is affiliated with Yunnan University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry. Their research spans over 120 publications, exploring diverse subfields and thematic topics within the geological sciences.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Among the recent papers authored by Hongbo Zheng are:

  • "Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China" (2020), published in Geology
  • "From desert to monsoon: irreversible climatic transition at ~ 36 Ma in southeastern Tibetan Plateau" (2022), published in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Hongbo Zheng's research outputs frequently appear in several key publication venues. These include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Hongbo Zheng's scientific contributions. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryuji Tada
  • Tomohisa Irino
  • Akinori Karasuda
  • Ann G. Dunlea
  • Richard W. Murray

This profile reflects the research focus and collaborative engagements that characterize Hongbo Zheng's career in Earth and Planetary Sciences, capturing their involvement in geological and paleoclimatic research along with geophysical and geochemical investigations.

Best Publications

  • Pliocene uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau

    Hongbo Zheng;Hongbo Zheng;Christopher McAulay Powell;Zhisheng An;Jie Zhou

  • Pre-Miocene birth of the Yangtze River.

    Hongbo Zheng;Peter D. Clift;Ping Wang;Ryuji Tada

  • Magnetostratigraphic record of the Late Miocene onset of the East Asian monsoon, and Pliocene uplift of northern Tibet

    X.K. Qiang;Z.X. Li;C.McA. Powell;H.B. Zheng;H.B. Zheng

  • Decoupled warming and monsoon precipitation in East Asia over the last deglaciation

    Francien Peterse;Maarten A. Prins;Christiaan J. Beets;Simon R. Troelstra

  • Evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon and its potential linkage with uplift of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau

    Ryuji Tada;Hongbo Zheng;Peter D. Clift

  • Late Quaternary aeolian dust input variability on the Chinese Loess Plateau: inferences from unmixing of loess grain-size records

    Maarten A. Prins;Mirjam Vriend;Govert Nugteren;Jef Vandenberghe

  • Late Oligocene-early Miocene birth of the Taklimakan Desert

    Hongbo Zheng;Hongbo Zheng;Xiaochun Wei;Ryuji Tada;Peter D. Clift

  • Late Miocene and mid-Pliocene enhancement of the East Asian monsoon as viewed from the land and sea

    Hongbo Zheng;Hongbo Zheng;Chris McA Powell;David K Rea;Jiliang Wang

  • Molecular records of continental air temperature and monsoon precipitation variability in East Asia spanning the past 130,000 years

    Francien Peterse;Alfredo Martínez-García;Bin Zhou;Christiaan J. Beets

  • Holocene-aged sedimentary records of environmental changes and early agriculture in the lower Yangtze, China

    P. Atahan;F. Itzstein-Davey;D. Taylor;J. Dodson

  • New contributions to Chinese Plio-Pleistocene magnetostratigraphy

    Hongbo Zheng;Zisheng An;John Shaw

  • The magnetic properties of particle-sized samples from the Luo Chuan loess section: evidence for pedogenesis

    Hongbo Zheng;Frank Oldfield;Lizhong Yu;John Shaw

  • Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of basins in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and their implication for the northward growth of the Plateau

    Lidong Zhu;Chengshan Wang;Hongbo Zheng;Fang Xiang

  • Multispherical interactions and their effects on the Tibetan Plateau's earth system: a review of the recent researches

    Tandong Yao;Fuyuan Wu;Lin Ding;Jimin Sun

  • Zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope data from the Yangtze River sands: Implications for major magmatic events and crustal evolution in Central China

    Mengying He;Hongbo Zheng;Peter D. Clift

  • Sedimentation on the inner shelf of the East China Sea: Magnetic properties, diagenesis and paleoclimate implications

    Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;C. Kissel;H.B. Zheng;H.B. Zheng;C. Laj

  • Controls on erosion intensity in the Yangtze River basin tracked by U–Pb detrital zircon dating

    Mengying He;Hongbo Zheng;Bodo Bookhagen;Peter D. Clift

  • History of Yellow River and Yangtze River delivering sediment to the Yellow Sea since 3.5 Ma: Tectonic or climate forcing?

    Jin Zhang;Shiming Wan;Shiming Wan;Peter D. Clift;Jie Huang

  • Yangtze River sediments from source to sink traced with clay mineralogy

    Mengying He;Hongbo Zheng;Xiangtong Huang;Juntao Jia

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb ages of Late Cenozoic sediments from the Yangtze delta: Implication for the evolution of the Yangtze River

    JunTao Jia;HongBo Zheng;XiangTong Huang;FuYuan Wu

  • Pre-Miocene Birth of the Yangtze River

    Hongbo Zheng;Peter Clift;Ping Wang;Ryuji Tada

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuji Tada
Ryuji Tada University of Tokyo
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Maarten A. Prins
Maarten A. Prins Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Francien Peterse
Francien Peterse Utrecht University
Fred Jourdan
Fred Jourdan Curtin University
Liviu Giosan
Liviu Giosan Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Shouye Yang
Shouye Yang Tongji University
Martin Ziegler
Martin Ziegler Utrecht University
Larry C. Peterson
Larry C. Peterson University of Miami
Richard W. Murray
Richard W. Murray Boston University

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