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Kezhang Qin 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 Kezhang Qin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 227 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kezhang Qin 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 Kezhang Qin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kezhang Qin is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Computer Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Economics and Econometrics, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The key topics of Kezhang Qin's work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits
  • Mineralogy and Gemology Studies

Frequently publishing in well-known scientific journals, Kezhang Qin has a strong presence in:

  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Mineralium Deposita
  • Economic Geology
  • Minerals
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Kezhang Qin include:

  • Apatite Texture, Composition, and O-Sr-Nd Isotope Signatures Record Magmatic and Hydrothermal Fluid Characteristics at the Black Mountain Porphyry Deposit, Philippines (2021), published in Economic Geology
  • Alteration Mineralogy of the Zhengguang Epithermal Au-Zn Deposit, Northeast China: Interpretation of Shortwave Infrared Analyses During Mineral Exploration and Assessment (2021), published in Economic Geology
  • Sulfur and copper isotopic signatures of chalcopyrite at Kalatongke and Baishiquan: Insights into the origin of magmatic Ni-Cu sulfide deposits (2020), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • TRACE ELEMENTS IN QUARTZ: INSIGHTS INTO SOURCE AND FLUID EVOLUTION IN MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS (2022), published in Economic Geology
  • Titanite in situ SIMS U-Pb geochronology, elemental and Nd isotopic signatures record mineralization and fluid characteristics at the Pusangguo skarn deposit, Tibet (2020), published in Mineralium Deposita

Kezhang Qin collaborates frequently with several scientists, including:

  • Noreen J. Evans
  • Junxing Zhao
  • Guangming Li
  • Dongmei Tang
  • Xinyu Zou

Best Publications

  • Paleozoic accretionary and collisional tectonics of the Eastern Tianshan (China): Implications for the continental growth of Central Asia

    Wen-Jiao Xiao;Lian-Chang Zhang;Ke-Zhang Qin;Shu Sun

  • Palaeozoic accretionary and convergent tectonics of the southern Altaids: implications for the growth of Central Asia

    Wengjiao Xiao;B.F. Windley;G. Badarch;S. Sun

  • Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

    W J Xiao;B F Windley;C Yuan;M Sun

  • SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sr-Nd isotopes of Ni-Cu-Bearing Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions in Eastern Tianshan and Beishan in correlation with flood basalts in Tarim Basin (NW China): Constraints on a ca. 280 Ma mantle plume

    Ke-zhang Qin;Ben-xun Su;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Dong-mei Tang

  • Geochronology, geochemistry, and zircon Hf isotopic compositions of Mesozoic intermediate-felsic intrusions in central Tibet: Petrogenetic and tectonic implications

    Jin-Xiang Li;Jin-Xiang Li;Ke-Zhang Qin;Guang-Ming Li;Jeremy P. Richards

  • U-Pb ages and Hf-O isotopes of zircons from Late Paleozoic mafic-ultramafic units in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Tectonic implications and evidence for an Early-Permian mantle plume

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi;Xian-Hua Li

  • Major and Trace Element Characteristics of Apatites in Granitoids from Central Kazakhstan: Implications for Petrogenesis and Mineralization

    Mingjian Cao;Guangming Li;Kezhang Qin;Eleonora Yusupovha Seitmuratova

  • Types, characteristics, and time–space distribution of molybdenum deposits in China

    Qingdong Zeng;Jianming Liu;Kezhang Qin;Hongrui Fan

  • Post-collisional ore-bearing adakitic porphyries from Gangdese porphyry copper belt, southern Tibet: Melting of thickened juvenile arc lower crust

    Jin-Xiang Li;Ke-Zhang Qin;Guang-Ming Li;Bo Xiao

  • Scheelite elemental and isotopic signatures: Implications for the genesis of skarn-type W-Mo deposits in the Chizhou Area, Anhui Province, Eastern China

    Guoxue Song;Kezhang Qin;Guangming Li;Noreen J. Evans

  • Paleozoic epithermal Au and porphyry Cu deposits in North Xinjiang, China : Epochs, features, tectonic linkage and exploration significance

    Kezhang Qin;Shu Sun;Jiliang Li;Tonghui Fang

  • The adakite connection of the Tuwu–Yandong copper porphyry belt, eastern Tianshan, NW China: trace element and Sr-Nd-Pb isotope geochemistry

    Lianchang Zhang;Wenjiao Xiao;Kezhang Qin;Qi Zhang

  • Petrogenesis of ore-bearing porphyries from the Duolong porphyry Cu-Au deposit, central Tibet: Evidence from U-Pb geochronology, petrochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf-O isotope characteristics

    Jin-Xiang Li;Ke-Zhang Qin;Guang-Ming Li;Bo Xiao

  • Multiple mineralization events in the eastern Tianshan district, NW China: Isotopic geochronology and geological significance

    Lianchang Zhang;Kezhang Qin;Wenjiao Xiao

  • A review of intermediate sulfidation epithermal deposits and subclassification

    Le Wang;Ke-Zhang Qin;Guo-Xue Song;Guang-Ming Li

  • Large-scale porphyry-type mineralization in the Central Asian metallogenic domain: A review

    Jun Gao;Reiner Klemd;Mingtian Zhu;Xinshui Wang

  • Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the northern Xinjiang, China: Geochemical and geochronological constraints from the ophiolites

    Zhihong Wang;Shu Sun;Jiliang Li;Quanlin Hou

  • Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Cretaceous Duolong gold-rich porphyry copper deposit in the Bangongco metallogenic belt, Tibet: Evidence from U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Jinxiang Li;Kezhang Qin;Guangming Li;Bo Xiao

  • Insight into zircon REE oxy-barometers: A lattice strain model perspective

    Xinyu Zou;Kezhang Qin;Xinlei Han;Guangming Li

  • Subduction-induced mantle heterogeneity beneath Eastern Tianshan and Beishan: Insights from Nd–Sr–Hf–O isotopic mapping of Late Paleozoic mafic–ultramafic complexes

    Ben-Xun Su;Ke-Zhang Qin;He Sun;Dong-Mei Tang

  • Zircon dating, Hf–Sr–Nd–Os isotopes and PGE geochemistry of the Tianyu sulfide-bearing mafic–ultramafic intrusion in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China

    Dongmei Tang;Kezhang Qin;Chusi Li;Liang Qi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guangming Li
Guangming Li University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Noreen J. Evans
Noreen J. Evans Curtin University
Ben-Xun Su
Ben-Xun Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chusi Li
Chusi Li Indiana University
Pete Hollings
Pete Hollings Lakehead University
Lianchang Zhang
Lianchang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingdong Zeng
Qingdong Zeng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue-Heng Yang
Yue-Heng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Fu Zhang
Hong-Fu Zhang Northwest University

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