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Jian Zhang 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 Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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

Jian Zhang 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 Zhang sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - ACM Senior Member

Best Publications

  • Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion

    Guochun Zhao;Peter A. Cawood;Sanzhong Li;Simon A. Wilde

  • SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Min Sun;Sanzhong Li

  • Final closure of the Paleo‐Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks

    Paul R. Eizenhöfer;Guochun Zhao;Jian Zhang;Min Sun

  • Archean geodynamics in the Central Zone, North China Craton: constraints from geochemistry of two contrasting series of granitoids in the Fuping and Wutai complexes

    Shuwen Liu;Yuanming Pan;Qianli Xie;Jian Zhang

  • Th–U–Pb monazite geochronology of the Lüliang and Wutai Complexes: Constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Shuwen Liu;Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Guiming Shu

  • Geochemistry and U–Pb zircon ages of metamorphic volcanic rocks of the Paleoproterozoic Lüliang Complex and constraints on the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen, North China Craton

    Shuwen Liu;Jian Zhang;Qiugen Li;Lifei Zhang

  • Deformation history of the Hengshan complex: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Jian Zhang;Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Min Sun

  • Lithotectonic elements and geological events in the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping belt: a synthesis and implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Guochun Zhao;Alfred Kröner;Simon A. Wilde;Min Sun

  • Polyphase deformation of the Fuping Complex, Trans-North China Orogen : Structures, SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages and tectonic implications

    Jian Zhang;Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Min Sun

  • Deformation history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping Complexes: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Jian Zhang

  • High-pressure mafic granulites in the Trans-North China Orogen: Tectonic significance and age

    Jian Zhang;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde

  • Structural pattern of the Wutai Complex and its constraints on the tectonic framework of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Jian Zhang;Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Min Sun

  • Geochemistry of the paleoproterozonic Nanying granitic gneisses in the Fuping complex: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Central Zone, North China Craton

    Shuwen Liu;Yuanming Pan;Qianli Xie;Jian Zhang

  • Geochronological and Hf isotopic variability of detrital zircons in Paleozoic strata across the accretionary collision zone between the North China craton and Mongolian arcs and tectonic implications

    Paul R. Eizenhöfer;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Jian Zhang

  • Composite nature of the North China Granulite-Facies Belt: Tectonothermal and geochronological constraints

    Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Li Sanzhong

  • Inner core differential motion confirmed by earthquake waveform doublets.

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Yingchun Li;Yingchun Li;Paul G. Richards;Paul G. Richards

  • Petrogenesis and geochronology of Precambrian granitoid gneisses in Western Liaoning Province: Constraints on Neoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the North China Craton

    Wei Wang;Shuwen Liu;Simon A. Wilde;Qiugen Li

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb dating, Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry from the Songshan Group in the Dengfeng Complex: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Chaohui Liu;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Jian Zhang

  • U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry of detrital zircons from the Zhongtiao Complex: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Chaohui Liu;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Jian Zhang

  • U-Pb and Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from the Hutuo group in the Trans-North China Orogen and tectonic implications

    Chaohui Liu;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Jian Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth Howard
Kenneth Howard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jonathan J. Gourley
Jonathan J. Gourley National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yang Hong
Yang Hong University of Oklahoma
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter
Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter University of Oklahoma
Alexander V. Ryzhkov
Alexander V. Ryzhkov University of Oklahoma
Dong Jun Seo
Dong Jun Seo The University of Texas at Arlington
Guifu Zhang
Guifu Zhang University of Oklahoma
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou University of Connecticut
Yudong Tian
Yudong Tian University of Maryland, College Park
Ali Behrangi
Ali Behrangi University of Arizona

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