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Keqing Zong 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 Keqing Zong sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 152 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Keqing Zong 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 Keqing Zong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Keqing Zong is affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China. Their research predominantly lies in the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Analytical Chemistry.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Zong has authored and coauthored numerous papers published in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Lithos, Precambrian Research, and Icarus.

Some of the recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Keqing Zong are:

  • Bulk compositions of the Chang'E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basalts (2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes (2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)
  • Detailed petrogenesis of the unsampled Oceanus Procellarum: The case of the Chang'e-5 mare basalts (2022, Icarus)
  • Gold endowment of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle for giant gold deposits: Insights from lamprophyre dykes (2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta)
  • Metal-induced stress in survivor plants following the end-Permian collapse of land ecosystems (2021, Geology)

Coauthorship is a notable aspect of Zong's academic presence. Frequent collaborators include Zhaochu Hu, Yongsheng Liu, Zaicong Wang, Wen Zhang, and Qi He.

Best Publications

  • Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt^Peridotite Interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U^Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes and Trace Elements in Zircons from Mantle Xenoliths

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Zhaochu Hu;Changgui Gao

  • Reappraisement and refinement of zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analyses by LA-ICP-MS

    YongSheng Liu;ZhaoChu Hu;KeQing Zong;ChangGui Gao

  • Improved in situ Hf isotope ratio analysis of zircon using newly designed X skimmer cone and jet sample cone in combination with the addition of nitrogen by laser ablation multiple collector ICP-MS

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Wengui Liu

  • Geochemistry and magmatic history of eclogites and ultramafic rocks from the Chinese continental scientific drill hole: Subduction and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism of lower crustal cumulates

    Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Keqing Zong;Peter B. Kelemen;Shan Gao

  • The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)

    Keqing Zong;Keqing Zong;Reiner Klemd;Yu Yuan;Zhenyu He

  • "Wave" signal-smoothing and mercury-removing device for laser ablation quadrupole and multiple collector ICPMS analysis: application to lead isotope analysis.

    Zhaochu Hu;Wen Zhang;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao

  • 3.45Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth

    Jing-Liang Guo;Shan Gao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Ming Li

  • A “wire” signal smoothing device for laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis

    Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Shan Gao;Shaoquan Xiao

  • 2.6–2.7 Ga crustal growth in Yangtze craton, South China

    Kang Chen;Shan Gao;Shan Gao;Yuanbao Wu;Jingliang Guo

  • In situ sulfur isotopes (δ(34)S and δ(33)S) analyses in sulfides and elemental sulfur using high sensitivity cones combined with the addition of nitrogen by laser ablation MC-ICP-MS.

    Jiali Fu;Zhaochu Hu;Wen Zhang;Lu Yang

  • Accurate determinations of fifty-four major and trace elements in carbonate by LA–ICP-MS using normalization strategy of bulk components as 100%

    Lu Chen;Yongsheng Liu;Zhaochu Hu;Shan Gao;Shan Gao

  • Episodic Paleoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (3.3-2.0 Ga) granitoid magmatism in Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for late Archean tectonics

    Jing-Liang Guo;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shan Gao;Zhen-Min Jin

  • Contrasting matrix induced elemental fractionation in NIST SRM and rock glasses during laser ablation ICP-MS analysis at high spatial resolution

    Zhaochu Hu;Zhaochu Hu;Yongsheng Liu;Lu Chen;Lian Zhou

  • Integrated Sr isotope variations and global environmental changes through the Late Permian to early Late Triassic

    Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Jinnan Tong;Huyue Song

  • Partial melting of deeply subducted eclogite from the Sulu orogen in China

    Lu Wang;Timothy M. Kusky;Ali Polat;Songjie Wang

  • The generation and evolution of Archean continental crust in the Dunhuang block, northeastern Tarim craton, northwestern China

    Keqing Zong;Yongsheng Liu;Zeming Zhang;Zhenyu He

  • Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution of the Tarim Craton: Constrained by zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes of meta-igneous rocks from Korla and Dunhuang

    Zhen-Yu He;Ze-Ming Zhang;Ke-Qing Zong;Xin Dong

  • Neoproterozoic granulites from the northeastern margin of the Tarim Craton: Petrology, zircon U–Pb ages and implications for the Rodinia assembly

    Zhen-Yu He;Ze-Ming Zhang;Ke-Qing Zong;Wei Wang

  • Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotopic studies of the Xingxingxia Complex from Eastern Tianshan (NW China): Significance to the reconstruction and tectonics of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Zhen-Yu He;Ze-Ming Zhang;Ke-Qing Zong;Hua Xiang

  • Metasomatized lithospheric mantle for Mesozoic giant gold deposits in the North China craton

    Zaicong Wang;Huai Cheng;Keqing Zong;Xianlei Geng

  • Mesoproterozoic continental arc magmatism and crustal growth in the eastern Central Tianshan Arc Terrane of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Geochronological and geochemical evidence

    Zhen-Yu He;Reiner Klemd;Ze-Ming Zhang;Ke-Qing Zong

  • In situ U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircons in thin sections of eclogite: Refining constraints on the ultra high-pressure metamorphism of the Sulu terrane, China

    Keqing Zong;Yongsheng Liu;Yongsheng Liu;Changgui Gao;Zhaochu Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Shenghong Hu
Shenghong Hu China University of Geosciences
Zeming Zhang
Zeming Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Stephen F. Foley
Stephen F. Foley Macquarie University
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona
Zaicong Wang
Zaicong Wang China University of Geosciences

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