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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 44 4791 4414 1818 1614 272 6316

Jian Cao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jian Cao between 1998 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jian Cao published across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2025. 40 of the 339 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2025. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 24 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 27 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 39 publications 2026: 1 publication
1998 2026

339 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jian Cao: publications per year, 1998 to 2026
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 1
2001 0
2002 3
2003 1
2004 2
2005 7
2006 10
2007 5
2008 9
2009 4
2010 5
2011 7
2012 10
2013 6
2014 10
2015 13
2016 12
2017 19
2018 12
2019 24
2020 25
2021 30
2022 22
2023 27
2024 34
2025 39
2026 1
Total 339
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Jian Cao 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 Jian Cao 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, 268–277 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: 272 publications — 83rd percentile

83% 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
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
268–277 147 272
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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Jian Cao 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 Jian Cao 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, 44 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: 44 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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 44
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
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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Overview

Jian Cao is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has a significant body of work within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields of study, including Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology, Geology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geochemistry and elemental analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, methane hydrates and related phenomena, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Jian Cao has published in various scientific journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Chemical Geology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Science China Earth Sciences

Co-authorship has been a notable part of their work, collaborating extensively with researchers such as:

  • Yong Tang
  • Wenxuan Hu
  • Dongming Zhi
  • Liuwen Xia
  • Wenjun He

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jian Cao include:

  • An alkaline lake in the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA): A review and new insights into paleoenvironment and petroleum geology, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Unsynchronized evolution of salinity and pH of a Permian alkaline lake influenced by hydrothermal fluids: A multi-proxy geochemical study, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Coupling of paleoenvironment and biogeochemistry of deep-time alkaline lakes: A lipid biomarker perspective, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Authigenic clay minerals and calcite dissolution influence reservoir quality in tight sandstones: Insights from the central Junggar Basin, NW China, 2020, Energy Geoscience
  • Sustained and intensified lacustrine methane cycling during Early Permian climate warming, 2022, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Trace and rare earth element geochemistry of Jurassic mudstones in the northern Qaidam Basin, northwest China

    Jian Cao;Ming Wu;Yan Chen;Kai Hu

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 – Part 3: The last millennium, scientific objective, and experimental design for the PMIP4 past1000 simulations

    Johann H. Jungclaus;Edouard Bard;Mélanie Baroni;Pascale Braconnot

  • An alkaline lake in the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA): A review and new insights into paleoenvironment and petroleum geology

    Jian Cao;Liuwen Xia;Tingting Wang;Dongming Zhi

  • The Permian hybrid petroleum system in the northwest margin of the Junggar Basin, northwest China

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  • Large-scale features and evaluation of the PMIP4-CMIP6 midHolocene simulations

    Chris M. Brierley;Anni Zhao;Sandy P. Harrison;Pascale Braconnot

  • Petroleum migration and mixing in the northwestern Junggar Basin (NW China): constraints from oil-bearing fluid inclusion analyses

    Jian Cao;Suping Yao;Zhijun Jin;Wenxuan Hu

  • Large-scale features of Last Interglacial climate : Results from evaluating the lig127k simulations for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)-Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP4)

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Esther C. Brady;Anni Zhao;Chris M. Brierley

  • Episodic petroleum fluid migration in fault zones of the northwestern Junggar Basin (northwest China): Evidence from hydrocarbon-bearing zoned calcite cement

    Zhijun Jin;Jian Cao;Wenxuan Hu;Yijie Zhang

  • Diagenetic constraints on the heterogeneity of tight sandstone reservoirs: A case study on the Upper Triassic Xujiahe Formation in the Sichuan Basin, southwest China

    Yifeng Liu;Yifeng Liu;Wenxuan Hu;Jian Cao;Xiaolin Wang

  • A unique lacustrine mixed dolomitic-clastic sequence for tight oil reservoir within the middle Permian Lucaogou Formation of the Junggar Basin, NW China: Reservoir characteristics and origin

    Haiguang Wu;Wenxuan Hu;Jian Cao;Xiaolin Wang

  • A review of carbonates as hydrocarbon source rocks: basic geochemistry and oil–gas generation

    Liu-Wen Xia;Jian Cao;Ming Wang;Ju-Lei Mi

  • Geochemistry and origins of natural gases in the central Junggar Basin, northwest China

    Jian Cao;Xulong Wang;Ping’an Sun;Yueqian Zhang

  • Dissolution and its impacts on reservoir formation in moderately to deeply buried strata of mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sediments, northwestern Qaidam Basin, northwest China

    Jinlai Feng;Jinlai Feng;Jian Cao;Kai Hu;Xiaoqun Peng

  • Geochemistry and origin of natural gas in the petroliferous Mahu sag, northwestern Junggar Basin, NW China: Carboniferous marine and Permian lacustrine gas systems

    Keyu Tao;Jian Cao;Yuce Wang;Wanyun Ma

  • Sustained and intensified lacustrine methane cycling during Early Permian climate warming

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  • Improved understanding of petroleum migration history in the Hongche fault zone, northwestern Junggar Basin (northwest China): Constrained by vein-calcite fluid inclusions and trace elements

    Jian Cao;Zhijun Jin;Wenxuan Hu;Yijie Zhang

  • A primary study of the Jilin-Heilongjiang high-pressure metamorphic belt: Evidence and tectonic implications

    Jian-Bo Zhou;J. Han;Simon Wilde;X. Guo

  • Agreement between reconstructed and modeled boreal precipitation of the Last Interglacial

    Paolo Scussolini;Pepijn Bakker;Chuncheng Guo;Christian Stepanek

  • Formation of saddle dolomites in Upper Cambrian carbonates, western Tarim Basin (northwest China): Implications for fault-related fluid flow

    Juntao Zhang;Wenxuan Hu;Yixiong Qian;Xiaolin Wang

  • Unsynchronized evolution of salinity and pH of a Permian alkaline lake influenced by hydrothermal fluids: A multi-proxy geochemical study

    Liuwen Xia;Jian Cao;Eva E. Stüeken;Eva E. Stüeken;Dongming Zhi

  • Mechanism of Organic Matter Accumulation in Residual Bay Environments: The Early Cretaceous Qiangtang Basin, Tibet

    Jian Cao;Ruofei Yang;Wei Yin;Guang Hu;Guang Hu

  • Coupling of paleoenvironment and biogeochemistry of deep-time alkaline lakes: A lipid biomarker perspective

    Liuwen Xia;Jian Cao;Wenxuan Hu;Dongming Zhi

  • Deep hydrocarbons in the northwestern Junggar Basin (NW China): Geochemistry, origin, and implications for the oil vs. gas generation potential of post-mature saline lacustrine source rocks

    Keyu Tao;Jian Cao;Xin Chen;Zhaman· Nueraili

  • Thermochemical oxidation of methane induced by high-valence metal oxides in a sedimentary basin.

    Wen-Xuan Hu;Xun Kang;Jian Cao;Xiao-Lin Wang

  • Toward Predicting Changes in the Land Monsoon Rainfall a Decade in Advance

    Bin Wang;Juan Li;Mark A. Cane;Jian Liu

  • The PMIP4 contribution to CMIP6 -- Part 4: Scientific objectives and experimental design of the PMIP4-CMIP6 Last Glacial Maximum experiments and PMIP4 sensitivity experiments (in open review for Geoscientific Model Development - doi:10.5194/gmd-2017-18)

    M. Kageyama;S. Albani;P. Braconnot;S. P. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

David Selby
David Selby Durham University
Eva E. Stüeken
Eva E. Stüeken University of St Andrews
Yongxiang Li
Yongxiang Li RMIT University
Zhijun Jin
Zhijun Jin Sinopec (China)
Weisheng Hu
Weisheng Hu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Alan R. Carroll
Alan R. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gordon D. Love
Gordon D. Love University of California, Riverside
I-Ming Chou
I-Ming Chou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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