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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 52 2981 2723 191 186 172 13124

Ji-Feng Xu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ji-Feng Xu between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ji-Feng Xu published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2023. 27 of the 194 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2023. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 6 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 3 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 11 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 14 publications
1993 2025

194 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ji-Feng Xu: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2001 2
2002 2
2003 5
2004 4
2005 2
2006 4
2007 6
2008 3
2009 1
2010 6
2011 1
2012 3
2013 1
2014 11
2015 12
2016 8
2017 13
2018 6
2019 7
2020 12
2021 18
2022 16
2023 19
2024 13
2025 14
Total 194
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Ji-Feng Xu publications per year - data summary

  • Ji-Feng Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 194 publications recorded across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1993 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 19 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1993, 1998, 1999, 2009 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 33 years in the span carry no publications at all (1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.7 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 80 publications, 41% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1993-2003: 14 publications (1.3 per year); 2004-2014: 42 publications (3.8 per year); 2015-2025: 138 publications (12.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Ji-Feng Xu 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 Ji-Feng Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 168–177 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 172 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490 172
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Ji-Feng Xu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Ji-Feng Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 172 publications - the 51st percentile of the discipline.
  • 51% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Ji-Feng Xu, and about 49% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Ji-Feng Xu falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Ji-Feng Xu 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 Ji-Feng Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182 52
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Ji-Feng Xu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Ji-Feng Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 52 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Ji-Feng Xu, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Ji-Feng Xu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Ji-Feng Xu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and works primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a wide range of topics within this domain, with particular focus on geophysics, geological and geochemical analysis, and tectonic studies.

Their recent scholarly contributions include significant papers such as:

  • "Negligible surface uplift following foundering of thickened central Tibetan lower crust," published in 2020 in Geology.
  • "Early Cretaceous (∼138-134 Ma) Forearc Ophiolite and Tectonomagmatic Patterns in Central Tibet: Subduction Termination and Re-initiation of Meso-Tethys Ocean Caused by Collision of an Oceanic Plateau at the Continental Margin?" published in 2021 in Tectonics.
  • "Lithospheric extension in response to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate: Insights from Early Jurassic intraplate volcanic rocks in the Sk2 Borehole, Songliao Basin, NE China," published in 2020 in Lithos.
  • ""Garnet" Lherzolites in the Purang Ophiolite, Tibet: Evidence for Exhumation of Deep Oceanic Lithospheric Mantle," published in 2020 in Geophysical Research Letters.
  • "The genesis of felsic magmatism during the closure of the Northeastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean: Evidence from the Heri batholith in West Qinling, China," published in 2020 in Gondwana Research.

Ji-Feng Xu frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Yunchuan Zeng
  • Feng Huang
  • Xijun Liu
  • Jianlin Chen
  • Hongxia Yu

The scientist's work appears across various publication venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Lithos
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Geology
  • International Geology Review
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Their main research fields include Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong concentration on subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence applications in Earth sciences, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geology, and Economics and Econometrics.

The principal topics covered in Ji-Feng Xu's publications are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits

Best Publications

  • Origin of mesozoic adakitic intrusive rocks in the Ningzhen area of east China: Partial melting of delaminated lower continental crust?

    Ji-Feng Xu;Ryuichi Shinjo;Marc J. Defant;Qiang Wang

  • Petrogenesis of Adakitic Porphyries in an Extensional Tectonic Setting, Dexing, South China: Implications for the Genesis of Porphyry Copper Mineralization

    Qiang Wang;Ji-Feng Xu;Ping Jian;Zhi-Wei Bao

  • Petrogenesis of Cretaceous adakitic and shoshonitic igneous rocks in the Luzong area, Anhui Province (eastern China): Implications for geodynamics and Cu–Au mineralization

    Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Ji-Feng Xu;Zhen-Hua Zhao

  • Cenozoic K-rich adakitic volcanic rocks in the Hohxil area, northern Tibet: Lower-crustal melting in an intracontinental setting

    Qiang Wang;Frank McDermott;Ji-feng Xu;Hervé Bellon

  • Early Cretaceous adakitic granites in the Northern Dabie Complex, central China: Implications for partial melting and delamination of thickened lower crust

    Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Jifeng Xu;Ping Jian

  • Eocene melting of subducting continental crust and early uplifting of central Tibet: Evidence from central-western Qiangtang high-K calc-alkaline andesites, dacites and rhyolites

    Qiang Wang;Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Jifeng Xu;Yanhui Dong

  • Geochemical and Nd–Pb isotopic characteristics of the Tethyan asthenosphere: implications for the origin of the Indian Ocean mantle domain

    Ji-Feng Xu;Ji-Feng Xu;Paterno R. Castillo

  • Petrogenesis of Carboniferous adakites and Nb-enriched arc basalts in the Alataw area, northern Tianshan Range (western China): Implications for Phanerozoic crustal growth in the Central Asia orogenic belt

    Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Zhen-Hua Zhao;Ji-Feng Xu

  • Geochronological, geochemical and Nd-Hf-Os isotopic fingerprinting of an early Neoproterozoic arc-back-arc system in South China and its accretionary assembly along the margin of Rodinia

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Weiming Fan

  • Crust-mantle interaction during the tectono-thermal reactivation of the North China Craton: constraints from SHRIMP zircon U–Pb chronology and geochemistry of Mesozoic plutons from western Shandong

    Yi Gang Xu;Xiao-Long Huang;Jin-Long Ma;Yan-Bin Wang

  • Alkaline syenites in eastern Cathaysia (South China): link to Permian-Triassic transtension

    Qiang Wang;Jian-Wei Li;Ping Jian;Zhen-Hua Zhao

  • Triassic Nb-enriched basalts, magnesian andesites, and adakites of the Qiangtang terrane (Central Tibet): evidence for metasomatism by slab-derived melts in the mantle wedge

    Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Jifeng Xu;Yusheng Wan

  • Cretaceous high-potassium intrusive rocks in the Yueshan-Hongzhen area of east China: Adakites in an extensional tectonic regime within a continent

    Qiang Wang;Ji-Feng Xu;Zhen-Hua Zhao;Zhi-Wei Bao

  • Partial Melting of Thickened or Delaminated Lower Crust in the Middle of Eastern China: Implications for Cu-Au Mineralization

    Qiang Wang;Derek A. Wyman;Ji‐Feng Xu;Zhen‐Hua Zhao

  • Presence of Permian extension- and arc-type magmatism in southern Tibet: Paleogeographic implications

    Di-Cheng Zhu;Xuan-Xue Mo;Zhi-Dan Zhao;Yaoling Niu

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of the Sangri Group Volcanic Rocks, Southern Lhasa Terrane: Implications for the early subduction history of the Neo-Tethys and Gangdese Magmatic Arc

    Zhi-Qiang Kang;Zhi-Qiang Kang;Zhi-Qiang Kang;Ji-Feng Xu;Simon A. Wilde;Zuo-Hai Feng

  • Geochemistry of late Paleozoic mafic igneous rocks from the Kuerti area, Xinjiang, northwest China: implications for backarc mantle evolution

    Ji-Feng Xu;Ji-Feng Xu;Paterno R Castillo;Fan-Rong Chen;He-Cai Niu

  • MORB-type rocks from the Paleo-Tethyan Mian-Lueyang northern ophiolite in the Qinling Mountains, central China: implications for the source of the low 206Pb/204Pb and high 143Nd/144Nd mantle component in the Indian Ocean

    Ji-feng Xu;Ji-feng Xu;Paterno R. Castillo;Xian-hua Li;Xue-yuan Yu

  • Origin of Cenozoic alkaline potassic volcanic rocks at KonglongXiang, Lhasa terrane, Tibetan Plateau: Products of partial melting of a mafic lower-crustal source?

    Jian-lin Chen;Ji-feng Xu;Bao-di Wang;Zhi-qiang Kang

  • Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of the Tongshankou and Yinzu Adakitic Intrusive Rocks and the Associated Porphyry Copper‐Molybdenum Mineralization in Southeast Hubei, East China

    Qiang Wang;Zhen-Hua Zhao;Zhi-Wei Bao;Ji-Feng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Li
Jie Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhen-Hua Zhao
Zhen-Hua Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi-Gang Xu
Yi-Gang Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paterno R. Castillo
Paterno R. Castillo Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Xuanxue Mo
Xuanxue Mo China University of Geosciences
Derek A. Wyman
Derek A. Wyman University of Sydney
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuan-Ce Wang
Xuan-Ce Wang Yunnan University
Feng Huang
Feng Huang Sun Yat-sen University
Yuejun Wang
Yuejun Wang Sun Yat-sen University

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