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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 5047 4662 327 321 170 6141

Jinchuan Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jinchuan Zhang between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jinchuan Zhang published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 7.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2021. 17 of the 187 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2021. 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 6 publications
2001 2025

187 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jinchuan Zhang: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 1
2008 2
2009 0
2010 0
2011 3
2012 2
2013 6
2014 8
2015 12
2016 19
2017 9
2018 16
2019 17
2020 17
2021 26
2022 17
2023 14
2024 11
2025 6
Total 187
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Jinchuan 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 Jinchuan Zhang 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: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% 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
168–177 490 170
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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Jinchuan 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 Jinchuan Zhang 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 43
44 248
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

Jinchuan Zhang is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China and has a research focus primarily situated within the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly output comprises over a hundred publications, emphasizing areas such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, as well as Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Their work covers various specialized subfields, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change. This breadth indicates interdisciplinary approaches combining material mechanics and geophysical processes relevant to energy resources and environmental conditions.

Jinchuan Zhang has contributed to numerous papers published in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Omega
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Minerals
  • Natural Gas Industry B

Their research topics cover a diverse range focusing on:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Coal Properties and Utilization
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Jinchuan Zhang frequently collaborates with several coauthors including Xuan Tang, Pei Li, Wei Dang, Zhongzheng Tong, and Zhen Li, reflecting active research partnerships in related scientific topics.

Representative recent publications illustrate the scope and variety of their subjects. These include:

  • "Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Different Shale Lithofacies in the Dalong Formation in the Western Area of the Lower Yangtze Platform," 2020, Minerals
  • "Fields and directions for shale gas exploration in China," 2022, Natural Gas Industry B
  • "Adsorption behaviors of near-critical carbon dioxide on organic-rich shales: Modeling, multifractality, and kinetics," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Pore-scale mechanisms and characterization of light oil storage in shale nanopores: New method and insights," 2022, Geoscience Frontiers
  • "Gas-bearing property of the Lower Cambrian Niutitang Formation shale and its influencing factors: A case study from the Cengong block, northern Guizhou Province, South China," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology

The range of publication years and topics highlights ongoing contributions to shale gas and hydrocarbon exploration themes, integrating fractal and pore-scale analyses along with adsorption behaviors of gases in organic-rich shales, pertinent to energy resource engineering and geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Shale gas potential of the major marine shale formations in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China, Part II: Methane sorption capacity

    Jingqiang Tan;Philipp Weniger;Bernhard Krooss;Alexej Merkel

  • Shale characteristics in the southeastern Ordos Basin, China: Implications for hydrocarbon accumulation conditions and the potential of continental shales

    Xuan Tang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xiangzeng Wang;Bingsong Yu

  • Shale Gas Potential of the Major Marine Shale Formations in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China, Part III: Mineralogical, Lithofacial, Petrophysical, and Rock Mechanical Properties

    Jingqiang Tan;Brian Horsfield;Reinhard Fink;Bernhard Krooss

  • Eclogite rheology: Implications for subducted lithosphere

    Z.-M. Jin;J. Zhang;H.W. Green;S. Jin

  • Fracture development in Paleozoic shale of Chongqing area (South China). Part one: Fracture characteristics and comparative analysis of main controlling factors

    Weite Zeng;Jinchuan Zhang;Wenlong Ding;Song Zhao

  • Comparative study on micro-pore structure of marine, terrestrial, and transitional shales in key areas, China

    Chao Yang;Chao Yang;Jinchuan Zhang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xuan Tang;Xuan Tang;Jianghui Ding;Jianghui Ding

  • Relationship between pore type and pore size of marine shale: An example from the Sinian–Cambrian formation, upper Yangtze region, South China

    Qian Chen;Qian Chen;Jinchuan Zhang;Xuan Tang;Wanjun Li

  • Geologic characteristics of hydrocarbon-bearing marine, transitional and lacustrine shales in China

    Shu Jiang;Zhengyu Xu;Youliang Feng;Jinchuan Zhang

  • Nanoscale pore structure and fractal characteristics of a marine-continental transitional shale: A case study from the lower Permian Shanxi Shale in the southeastern Ordos Basin, China

    Chao Yang;Chao Yang;Jinchuan Zhang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xiangzeng Wang;Xuan Tang;Xuan Tang

  • Isotherms, thermodynamics and kinetics of methane-shale adsorption pair under supercritical condition: Implications for understanding the nature of shale gas adsorption process

    Wei Dang;Wei Dang;Jinchuan Zhang;Haikuan Nie;Fengqin Wang

  • Characteristics of three organic matter pore types in the Wufeng-Longmaxi Shale of the Sichuan Basin, Southwest China.

    Haikuan Nie;Zhijun Jin;Jinchuan Zhang

  • Experimental investigation of thermal maturation on shale reservoir properties from hydrous pyrolysis of Chang 7 shale, Ordos Basin

    Xuan Tang;Jinchuan Zhang;Zhijun Jin;Jinyu Xiong

  • Evaluation of Lower Cambrian Shale in Northern Guizhou Province, South China: Implications for Shale Gas Potential

    Shuangbiao Han;Jinchuan Zhang;Yuxi Li;Brian Horsfield

  • Upper Paleozoic coal measures and unconventional natural gas systems of the Ordos Basin, China

    Xuan Tang;Jinchuan Zhang;Yansheng Shan;Jinyu Xiong

  • Shale gas potential of Lower Permian marine-continental transitional black shales in the Southern North China Basin, central China: Characterization of organic geochemistry

    Wei Dang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xuan Tang;Qian Chen

  • Natural gas potential of Neoproterozoic and lower Palaeozoic marine shales in the Upper Yangtze Platform, South China: geological and organic geochemical characterization

    Jingqiang Tan;Brian Horsfield;Nicolaj Mahlstedt;Jinchuan Zhang

  • Investigation of gas content of organic-rich shale: A case study from Lower Permian shale in southern North China Basin, central China

    Wei Dang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xuan Tang;Xiaoliang Wei

  • Hydrocarbon Generation Kinetics of Lacustrine Yanchang Shale in Southeast Ordos Basin, North China

    Shuangbiao Han;Brian Horsfield;Jinchuan Zhang;Qian Chen;Qian Chen

  • Physical properties of petroleum formed during maturation of Lower Cambrian shale in the upper Yangtze Platform, South China, as inferred from PhaseKinetics modelling

    Jingqiang Tan;Brian Horsfield;Nicolaj Mahlstedt;Jinchuan Zhang

  • Predicting the proportion of free and adsorbed gas by isotopic geochemical data: A case study from lower Permian shale in the southern North China basin (SNCB)

    Yang Liu;Jinchuan Zhang;Jinchuan Zhang;Xuan Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu Jiang
Shu Jiang China University of Geosciences
Zaixing Jiang
Zaixing Jiang China University of Geosciences
Wenlong Ding
Wenlong Ding China University of Geosciences
Christopher J. Boreham
Christopher J. Boreham Geoscience Australia
Zhijun Jin
Zhijun Jin Sinopec (China)
Chengshan Wang
Chengshan Wang China University of Geosciences
Bernhard M. Krooss
Bernhard M. Krooss RWTH Aachen University
Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Reza Rezaee
Reza Rezaee Curtin University

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