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Kuo-Lung Wang

Kuo-Lung Wang

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
39
Citations
6358
World Ranking
6096
National Ranking
22

Kuo-Lung Wang 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 Kuo-Lung Wang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 227 publications — 72nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Kuo-Lung Wang 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 Kuo-Lung Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kuo-Lung Wang is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans a broad spectrum of topics within this field, with a particular focus on geophysics and geology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this overarching domain, subfields of research include:

  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Geology
  • Environmental Chemistry

The core research topics Kuo-Lung Wang has addressed involve:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Their publication record includes frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Lithos
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Wang include:

  • "The Medial Offshore Record of Explosive Volcanism Along the Central to Eastern Aegean Volcanic Arc: 1. Tephrostratigraphic Correlations" (2021) published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "A history of violence: magma incubation, timing and tephra distribution of the Los Chocoyos supereruption (Atitlán Caldera, Guatemala)" (2021) published in Journal of Quaternary Science
  • "Curriculum Reinforcement Learning From Avoiding Collisions to Navigating Among Movable Obstacles in Diverse Environments" (2023) published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "Miocene syn-rift evolution of the North Croatian Basin (Carpathian-Pannonian Region): new constraints from Mts. Kalnik and Požeška gora volcaniclastic record with regional implications" (2020) published in International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Tracing widespread Early Miocene ignimbrite eruptions and petrogenesis at the onset of the Carpathian-Pannonian Region silicic volcanism" (2023) published in Gondwana Research

Kuo-Lung Wang collaborates frequently with other researchers including Hao-Yang Lee, Steffen Kutterolf, Julie Schindlbeck-Belo, Axel K. Schmitt, and Alejandro Cisneros de León.

Best Publications

  • Diachronous uplift of the Tibetan plateau starting 40?Myr ago

    Sun Lin Chung;Ching Hua Lo;Tung Yi Lee;Yuquan Zhang

  • Seismic slope behavior in a large-scale shaking table model test

    Meei-Ling Lin;Kuo-Lung Wang

  • Apatite Composition: Tracing Petrogenetic Processes in Transhimalayan Granitoids

    Mei Fei Chu;Mei Fei Chu;Mei Fei Chu;Kuo Lung Wang;William L. Griffin;Sun Lin Chung

  • The Carboniferous ophiolite in the middle of the Qiangtang terrane, Northern Tibet: SHRIMP U–Pb dating, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic characteristics

    Qing Guo Zhai;Bor Ming Jahn;Jun Wang;Li Su

  • Geochemical Constraints for the Genesis of Post-collisional Magmatism and the Geodynamic Evolution of the Northern Taiwan Region

    Kuo-Lung Wang;Sun-Lin Chung;Suzanne Y. O'reilly;Shen-Su Sun

  • No excessive crustal growth in the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Further evidence from field relationships and isotopic data

    Alfred Kröner;Victor Kovach;Dmitriy Alexeiev;Kuo-Lung Wang;Kuo-Lung Wang

  • Triassic arc magmatism in the Qiangtang area, northern Tibet: Zircon U–Pb ages, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic characteristics, and tectonic implications

    Qing guo Zhai;Qing guo Zhai;Bor ming Jahn;Li Su;Jun Wang

  • SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic compositions of a mafic dyke swarm in the Qiangtang terrane, northern Tibet and geodynamic implications

    Qing guo Zhai;Qing guo Zhai;Bor ming Jahn;Li Su;Richard E. Ernst

  • Post-collisional magmatism around northern Taiwan and its relation with opening of the Okinawa Trough

    Kuo Lung Wang;Sun Lin Chung;Chang Hwa Chen;Ryuichi Shinjo

  • Initiation and displacement of landslide induced by earthquake — a study of shaking table model slope test

    Kuo-Lung Wang;Meei-Ling Lin

  • Linking the Indochina block and Gondwana during the Early Paleozoic: Evidence from U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons

    Tadashi Usuki;Ching Ying Lan;Kuo Lung Wang;Han Yi Chiu

  • Flood basalts and metallogeny: The lithospheric mantle connection

    Ming Zhang;Suzanne Y. O’Reilly;Kuo-Lung Wang;Jon Hronsky;Jon Hronsky

  • High-Mg potassic rocks from Taiwan: implications for the genesis of orogenic potassic lavas

    Sun Lin Chung;Kuo Lung Wang;Anthony J. Crawford;V. S. Kamenetsky

  • Petrogenesis of the flood basalts from the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India: Geochemical evidence for shallow melting of the mantle

    J. Gregory Shellnutt;Ghulam M. Bhat;Kuo Lung Wang;Michael E. Brookfield

  • Formation of Cretaceous Cordilleran and post-orogenic granites and their microgranular enclaves from the Dalat zone, southern Vietnam: Tectonic implications for the evolution of Southeast Asia

    J. Gregory Shellnutt;Ching Ying Lan;Trinh Van Long;Tadashi Usuki

  • Molybdenum isotope fractionation in the mantle

    Yu-Hsuan Liang;Yu-Hsuan Liang;Alex N. Halliday;Christopher Siebert;J. Godfrey Fitton

  • Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic compositions of alkaline silicic magmatic rocks in the Phan Si Pan-Tu Le region, northern Vietnam: Identification of a displaced western extension of the Emeishan Large Igneous Province

    Tadashi Usuki;Ching Ying Lan;Trong Hoa Tran;Thi Dung Pham

  • Three Fe-Ti oxide ore-bearing gabbro-granitoid complexes in the panxi region of the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

    J.g Shellnutt;Kuo Lung Wang;Georg F. Zellmer;Yoshiyuki Iizuka

  • Sources and provenance of the Neoproterozoic placer deposits of the Northern Kazakhstan: Implication for continental growth of the western Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Victor Kovach;Kirill Degtyarev;Andrey Tretyakov;Alexander Kotov

  • Origin of the silicic volcanic rocks of the Early Permian Panjal Traps, Kashmir, India

    J. Gregory Shellnutt;Ghulam M. Bhat;Kuo Lung Wang;Michael E. Brookfield

  • Post-collisional magmatism around northern Taiwan and its relation with opening of the Okinawa Trough.

    K. L. Wang;S. L. Chung;R. Shinjo;C. H. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University
Steffen Kutterolf
Steffen Kutterolf Kiel University
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Norman J. Pearson
Norman J. Pearson Macquarie University
Yoshiyuki Iizuka
Yoshiyuki Iizuka Academia Sinica
V. P. Kovach
V. P. Kovach Russian Academy of Sciences
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University
Axel K. Schmitt
Axel K. Schmitt Curtin University
Ryuichi Shinjo
Ryuichi Shinjo University of the Ryukyus

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