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James Ni 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 James Ni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 128 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Ni 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 James Ni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James Ni is a researcher affiliated with New Mexico State University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with an emphasis on Geophysics. The research contribution spans several specialized topics including geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes the paper titled Crust and Mantle Flow From Central Tibetan Plateau to the Indo-Burma Subduction Zone, published in 2024 in the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. This publication reflects an active engagement in understanding the dynamics of crustal and mantle processes in a key tectonic region.

James Ni has worked collaboratively with a range of co-authors, notably including Prakash Timsina and Thomas M. Hearn. These collaborations have contributed to deepening the research scope within geophysical phenomena.

  • Crust and Mantle Flow From Central Tibetan Plateau to the Indo-Burma Subduction Zone (2024), Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

  • Prakash Timsina
  • Thomas M. Hearn

The scientist's publications appear predominantly in the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, demonstrating a focused dissemination of research findings within geophysical and Earth science communities.

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Thematic concentration in James Ni's research revolves around:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

In summary, James Ni's profile illustrates a researcher engaged with geophysical investigations and tectonic processes, contributing to both the academic literature and collaborative scientific efforts within their field of study.

Best Publications

  • Partially Molten Middle Crust Beneath Southern Tibet: Synthesis of Project INDEPTH Results

    K. D. Nelson;Wenjin Zhao;L. D. Brown;J. Kuo

  • Seismotectonics of the Himalayan Collision Zone: Geometry of the underthrusting Indian Plate beneath the Himalaya

    James Ni;Muawia Barazangi

  • Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle Beneath Tibet: Evidence for Eurasian Plate Subduction

    R. Kind;X. Yuan;J. Saul;D. Nelson

  • Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of southern Tibet from a seismological passive source experiment

    Xiaohui Yuan;James Ni;Rainer Kind;James Mechie

  • Seismic Imaging of the Downwelling Indian Lithosphere Beneath Central Tibet

    Frederik Tilmann;James Ni;Indepth Iii Seismic Team

  • High-frequency seismic wave propagation beneath the Indian Shield, Himalayan Arc, Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions: high uppermost mantle velocities and efficient Sn propagation beneath Tibet

    James Ni;Muawia Barazangi

  • The active tectonics of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis and surrounding regions

    William E. Holt;James F. Ni;Terry C. Wallace;A. J. Haines

  • Velocities and propagation characteristics of Pn and Sn beneath the Himalayan arc and Tibetan plateau: Possible evidence for underthrusting of Indian continental lithosphere beneath Tibet

    Muawia Barazangi;James Ni

  • Evidence from Earthquake Data for a Partially Molten Crustal Layer in Southern Tibet

    Rainer Kind;James Ni;Wenjin Zhao;Jianxin Wu

  • Changbaishan volcanism in northeast China linked to subduction-induced mantle upwelling

    Youcai Tang;Youcai Tang;Masayuki Obayashi;Fenglin Niu;Fenglin Niu;Stephen P. Grand

  • Pn Velocities Beneath Continental Collision Zones: the Turkish-Iranian Plateau

    Thomas M. Hearn;James F. Ni

  • Crustal structure of central Tibet as derived from project INDEPTH wide-angle seismic data

    W. Zhao;J. Mechie;L. D. Brown;J. Guo

  • Seismic polarization anisotropy beneath the central Tibetan Plateau

    Wei-Chuang Huang;James F. Ni;Frederik Tilmann;Doug Nelson

  • Imaging the colliding Indian and Asian lithospheric plates beneath Tibet

    Prakash Kumar;Xiaohui Yuan;Rainer Kind;James Ni

  • Lithospheric structure of the Arabian and Eurasian collision zone in eastern Turkey from S-wave receiver functions

    D. A. Angus;David C. Wilson;E. Sandvol;J. F. Ni

  • Accretionary tectonics of Burma and the three-dimensional geometry of the Burma subduction zone

    James F. Ni;Marco Guzman-Speziale;Michael Bevis;William E. Holt

  • Active tectonics of the Pamirs and Karakorum

    Guangwei Fan;James F. Ni;Terry C. Wallace

  • Seismotectonics of the Zagros continental collision zone and a comparison with the Himalayas

    James Ni;Muawia Barazangi

  • Rayleigh wave phase velocity maps of Tibet and the surrounding regions from ambient seismic noise tomography

    Yingjie Yang;Yingjie Yang;Yong Zheng;John Chen;Shiyong Zhou

  • 3D imaging of subducting and fragmenting Indian continental lithosphere beneath southern and central Tibet using body-wave finite-frequency tomography

    Xiaofeng Liang;Yun Chen;Xiaobo Tian;Xiaobo Tian;Yongshun John Chen

  • Uppermost mantle velocities beneath China and surrounding regions

    Thomas M. Hearn;Suyun Wang;James F. Ni;Zhonghuai Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Sandvol
Eric Sandvol University of Missouri
Stephen P. Grand
Stephen P. Grand The University of Texas at Austin
Richard C. Aster
Richard C. Aster Colorado State University
Frederik Tilmann
Frederik Tilmann Freie Universität Berlin
Fenglin Niu
Fenglin Niu Rice University
Rainer Kind
Rainer Kind Freie Universität Berlin
James Mechie
James Mechie University of Potsdam
Hitoshi Kawakatsu
Hitoshi Kawakatsu University of Tokyo
Simon L. Klemperer
Simon L. Klemperer Stanford University
W. Scott Baldridge
W. Scott Baldridge Los Alamos National Laboratory

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