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Liangshu Shu

Liangshu Shu

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
70
Citations
19655
World Ranking
967
National Ranking
59

Liangshu Shu 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 Liangshu Shu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 144 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liangshu Shu 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 Liangshu Shu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Liangshu Shu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has contributed to research primarily in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Geology, Artificial Intelligence, and Economics and Econometrics.

The researcher's main topics of study focus on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits.

Selected recent publications by Liangshu Shu and collaborators include:

  • Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block (2021, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Early Mesozoic Anatexis-Induced Strain Partitioning and Gneiss Doming in the Yunkai Massif, South China: A Response to Contrasted Dynamics of Paleo-Pacific and Paleo-Tethys Subductions? (2022, Tectonics)
  • Ca. 835-823 Ma doming extensional tectonics in the west Jiangnan accretionary orogenic belt, South China: Implication for a slab roll-back event (2021, Journal of Geodynamics)
  • The early Paleozoic intracontinental orogeny in South China: A far-field response to the closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean in the Indochina Block (2025, Geological Society of America Bulletin)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Liangshu Shu include Jinlong Yao, Bo Wang, Yan Chen, Michel Faure, and Jacques Charvet.

Research outputs have been published in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Tectonics
  • Journal of Geodynamics
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

The scientist's research increasingly integrates multidisciplinary approaches, as evidenced by publications involving topics such as artificial intelligence alongside traditional geosciences.

Best Publications

  • Petrogenesis of Mesozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks in south China : a response to tectonic evolution.

    Xinmin Zhou;Tao Sun;Weizhou Shen;Liangshu Shu

  • Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the Tianshan belt, NW China

    Jacques Charvet;Liangshu S. Shu;Sébastien Laurent-Charvet;Bo Wang

  • The building of south China : Collision of Yangzi and cathaysia blocks, problems and tentative answers

    Jacques Charvet;Jacques Charvet;Liangshu Shu;Yangshen Shi;Lingzhi Guo

  • Geochronological and geochemical features of the Cathaysia block (South China): New evidence for the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia

    Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure;Jinhai Yu;Bor-Ming Jahn

  • Structural development of the Lower Paleozoic belt of South China: Genesis of an intracontinental orogen

    Jacques Charvet;Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure;Flavien Choulet

  • Components and episodic growth of Precambrian crust in the Cathaysia Block, South China: Evidence from U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of zircons in Neoproterozoic sediments

    JinHai Yu;JinHai Yu;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;Lijuan Wang;Lijuan Wang;William L Griffin

  • A Paleoproterozoic orogeny recorded in a long-lived cratonic remnant (Wuyishan terrane), eastern Cathaysia Block, China

    Jin-Hai Yu;Jin-Hai Yu;Lijuan Wang;Lijuan Wang;S.Y. O’Reilly;W.L. Griffin

  • Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Tarim Block, NW China: New geochronological insights from the Quruqtagh domain

    L.S. Shu;X.L. Deng;W.B. Zhu;D.S. Ma

  • Where was South China in the Rodinia supercontinent? Evidence from U-Pb geochronology and HF isotopes of detrital zircons

    Jin Hai Yu;Jin Hai Yu;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;Lijuan Wang;Lijuan Wang;W. L. Griffin

  • Early Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic intraplate tectonic and magmatic events in the Cathaysia Block, South China

    Liangshu Shu;Bo Wang;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;M. Santosh

  • Late Paleozoic strike-slip shear zones in eastern central Asia (NW China): New structural and geochronological data

    Sébastien Laurent-Charvet;Jacques Charvet;Patrick Monié;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Paleozoic tectonics of the southern Chinese Tianshan: Insights from structural, chronological and geochemical studies of the Heiyingshan ophiolitic mélange (NW China)

    Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Bo Wang;Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure;Bor-Ming Jahn

  • Early Paleozoic depositional environment and intraplate tectono-magmatism in the Cathaysia Block (South China): Evidence from stratigraphic, structural, geochemical and geochronological investigations

    L. S. Shu;B. M. Jahn;J. Charvet;M. Santosh

  • Late Palaeozoic{Early Mesozoic geological features of South China: Response to the Indosinian collision events in Southeast Asia

    Liangshu S. Shu;Michel Faure;Bo Wang;Xinmin Zhou

  • Post-orogenic extension in the eastern part of the Jiangnan orogen: Evidence from ca 800-760Ma volcanic rocks

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Liang-Shu Shu;Guang-Fu Xing;Jin-Cheng Zhou

  • Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf-isotopes and geochemistry—New clues for the Precambrian crustal evolution of Cathaysia Block, South China

    Jinlong Yao;Liangshu Shu;M. Santosh

  • Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

    Liangshu Shu;Jinlong Yao;Bo Wang;Michel Faure

  • Extensional tectonics within a subduction-type orogen. The case study of the Wugongshan dome (Jiangxi Province, southeastern China)

    M. Faure;Y. Sun;Y. Sun;L. Shu;L. Shu;P. Monié;P. Monié

  • Jiangnan Orogen, South China: A ~970–820 Ma Rodinia margin accretionary belt

    Jinlong Yao;Jinlong Yao;Jinlong Yao;Peter A. Cawood;Peter A. Cawood;Liangshu Shu;Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao

  • Continental subduction and exhumation of UHP rocks. Structural and geochronological insights from the Dabieshan (East China)

    Michel Faure;Wei Lin;Urs Schärer;Liangshu S. Shu

  • Tectonics of the Dabieshan (eastern China) and possible exhumation mechanism of ultra high‐pressure rocks

    M. Faure;W. Lin;L. Shu;Y. Sun

  • Accepted for publication in TERRA NOVA Intracontinental subduction: a possible mechanism for the Early Palaeozoic Orogen of SE China.

    Michel Faure;Liangshu Shu;Bo Wang;Jacques Charvet

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University
Jacques Charvet
Jacques Charvet University of Orléans
Jinhai Yu
Jinhai Yu Nanjing University
Peter A. Cawood
Peter A. Cawood Monash University
Dominique Cluzel
Dominique Cluzel University of New Caledonia
Yan Chen
Yan Chen University of Orléans
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University

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