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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 42 5360 4956 1985 1766 109 5453

Lianxing Wen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lianxing Wen between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lianxing Wen published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 5.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2023. 11 of the 166 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2023. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 1 publication 2012: 4 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 39 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 5 publications
1994 2025

166 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lianxing Wen: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 4
1998 4
1999 0
2000 3
2001 4
2002 5
2003 3
2004 3
2005 3
2006 10
2007 6
2008 4
2009 2
2010 1
2011 1
2012 4
2013 3
2014 4
2015 14
2016 3
2017 2
2018 8
2019 3
2020 4
2021 6
2022 10
2023 39
2024 6
2025 5
Total 166
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Lianxing Wen 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 Lianxing Wen 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, 108–117 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: 109 publications — 16th percentile

16% 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
108–117 484 109
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
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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Lianxing Wen 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 Lianxing Wen 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, 42 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: 42 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 42
43 279
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Lianxing Wen is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics. Within this field, their work encompasses subfields such as geophysics, geology, artificial intelligence, ocean engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The main topics addressed in Wen's research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies

The scientist has frequently published in several venues, with the most common outlets being:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Earth and Planetary Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Significant recent papers by Lianxing Wen include:

  • Shallow seismic structure beneath the continental China revealed by P-wave polarization, Rayleigh wave ellipticity and receiver function (2021) published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Crustal thickness and Vp/Vs variation beneath continental China revealed by receiver function analysis (2021) published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Maximum covariance direction method for unconventional seismic sources (2021) published in Geophysical Journal International
  • CSRM-1.0: A China Seismological Reference Model (2024) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Comment on "Origin of temporal changes of inner-core seismic waves" by Yang and Song (2020) (2020) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Lianxing Wen has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Weilai Wang
  • Xiao Xiao
  • Li Sun
  • Shihua Cheng
  • Jian Wu

In 2003, Wen was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Ultra-Low velocity zones near the core-mantle boundary from broadband PKP precursors

    Lianxing Wen;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Hemispherical variations in seismic velocity at the top of the Earth's inner core

    Fenglin Niu;Lianxing Wen

  • Seismic evidence that the source of the Iceland hotspot lies at the core–mantle boundary

    D. V. Helmberger;L. Wen;X. Ding

  • The global seismographic network surpasses its design goal

    Rhett Butler;Thome Lay;Ken Creager;Paul Earl

  • Seismic evidence for a thermo-chemical boundary at the base of the Earth’s mantle

    Lianxing Wen;Paul Silver;David James;Randy Kuehnel

  • An effective method for small event detection: match and locate (M&L)

    Miao Zhang;Lianxing Wen;Lianxing Wen

  • Mapping the geometry and geographic distribution of a very low velocity province at the base of the Earth's mantle

    Yi Wang;Lianxing Wen

  • A two-dimensional P-SV hybrid method and its application to modeling localized structures near the core-mantle boundary

    Lianxing Wen;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Geometry and P and S velocity structure of the “African Anomaly”

    Yi Wang;Yi Wang;Lianxing Wen

  • Seismic evidence for a rapidly varying compositional anomaly at the base of the Earth’s mantle beneath the Indian Ocean

    Lianxing Wen

  • Layered mantle convection: A model for geoid and topography

    Lianxing Wen;Don L. Anderson

  • A wave equation migration method for receiver function imaging: 1. Theory

    Ling Chen;Lianxing Wen;Tianyu Zheng

  • Structural features and shear-velocity structure of the “Pacific Anomaly”

    Yumei He;Yumei He;Lianxing Wen

  • High‐precision location and yield of North Korea's 2013 nuclear test

    Miao Zhang;Lianxing Wen;Lianxing Wen

  • The fate of slabs inferred from seismic tomography and 130 million years of subduction

    Lianxing Wen;Don L. Anderson

  • Localized Temporal Change of the Earth's Inner Core Boundary

    Lianxing Wen

  • Seismic velocity and attenuation structures in the top of the Earth's inner core

    Lianxing Wen;Fenglin Niu

  • Geographic boundary of the “Pacific Anomaly” and its geometry and transitional structure in the north

    Yumei He;Lianxing Wen;Lianxing Wen

  • The dynamics of western North America: stress magnitudes and the relative role of gravitational potential energy, plate interaction at the boundary and basal tractions

    Lucy M. Flesch;Lucy M. Flesch;William E. Holt;A. John Haines;Lianxing Wen

  • InSAR analysis of surface deformation over permafrost to estimate active layer thickness based on one-dimensional heat transfer model of soils.

    Zhiwei Li;Rong Zhao;Jun Hu;Lianxing Wen

  • Intense seismic scattering near the Earth's core-mantle boundary beneath the Comoros hotspot

    Lianxing Wen

Frequent Co-Authors

Fenglin Niu
Fenglin Niu Rice University
William E. Holt
William E. Holt Stony Brook University
Donald J. Weidner
Donald J. Weidner Stony Brook University
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Don L. Anderson
Don L. Anderson California Institute of Technology
Sidao Ni
Sidao Ni Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul G. Silver
Paul G. Silver Carnegie Institution for Science
Jeroen Ritsema
Jeroen Ritsema University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephen S. Gao
Stephen S. Gao Missouri University of Science and Technology
Gabi Laske
Gabi Laske University of California, San Diego

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