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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 52 3692 3538 750 746 250 8646

Liehui Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Liehui Zhang between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Liehui Zhang published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 13.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2025. 96 of the 382 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2025. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 7 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 22 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 47 publications 2025: 49 publications
1998 2025

382 publications in total across all disciplines

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Liehui Zhang: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 3
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 1
2009 7
2010 3
2011 9
2012 17
2013 10
2014 19
2015 22
2016 16
2017 12
2018 26
2019 41
2020 24
2021 27
2022 24
2023 23
2024 47
2025 49
Total 382
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Liehui Zhang publications per year - data summary

  • Liehui Zhang, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Southwest Petroleum University, has 382 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 49 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998, 1999 and 2008, with 1 publication each.
  • 7 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 18.2 per year counting only the 21 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 170 publications, 45% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 5 publications (0.5 per year); 2008-2017: 116 publications (11.6 per year); 2018-2025: 261 publications (32.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Liehui Zhang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liehui Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 248–257 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 250 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280 250
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Liehui Zhang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Liehui Zhang, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Southwest Petroleum University, records 250 publications - the 64th percentile of the discipline.
  • 64% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Liehui Zhang, and about 36% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Liehui Zhang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Liehui Zhang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Liehui Zhang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213 52
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Liehui Zhang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Liehui Zhang, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Southwest Petroleum University, records 52 D-Index - the 64th percentile of the discipline.
  • 64% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Liehui Zhang, and about 36% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Liehui Zhang ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Liehui Zhang is affiliated with Southwest Petroleum University in China and has a research focus primarily in Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Lihuei Zhang has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Natural Gas Industry B
  • Geoenergy Science and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids

Books authored by Zhang are published by Springer International Publishing and Springer Science+Business Media, including titles such as Modelling in Nanoporous Shale (2024) and Data Science (2022).

Recent notable papers include the following:

  • Evaluation of enhanced oil recovery potential using gas/water flooding in a tight oil reservoir, 2020, Fuel
  • Prediction of the ideal-gas thermodynamic properties for water, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Pore-Scale Perspective of Gas/Water Two-Phase Flow in Shale, 2021, SPE Journal
  • Gas transport characteristics in shale matrix based on multiple mechanisms, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Predictions of thermodynamic properties for hydrogen sulfide, 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Liehui Zhang include:

  • Yulong Zhao
  • Tao Zhang
  • Shouwei Zhou
  • Huiying Tang
  • Na Wei

Best Publications

  • A critical review of the CO2 huff ‘n’ puff process for enhanced heavy oil recovery

    Xiang Zhou;Qingwang Yuan;Xiaolong Peng;Fanhua Zeng

  • Synthesis and photocatalysis properties of ZnO structures with different morphologies via hydrothermal method

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  • Thermodynamic properties for the lithium dimer

    Chun-Sheng Jia;Lie-Hui Zhang;Chao-Wen Wang

  • Performance of fractured horizontal well with stimulated reservoir volume in unconventional gas reservoir

    Yu-Long Zhao;Lie-Hui Zhang;Jian-Xin Luo;Bo-Ning Zhang

  • Partition function of improved Tietz oscillators

    Chun-Sheng Jia;Chao-Wen Wang;Lie-Hui Zhang;Xiao-Long Peng

  • Analytical approximation to the solution of the Dirac equation with the Eckart potential including the spin–orbit coupling term

    Lie-Hui Zhang;Xiao-Ping Li;Chun-Sheng Jia

  • Gibbs free energy of gaseous phosphorus dimer

    Xiao-Long Peng;Rui Jiang;Chun-Sheng Jia;Lie-Hui Zhang

  • Performance evaluation of CO2 flooding process in tight oil reservoir via experimental and numerical simulation studies

    Xiang Zhou;Qingwang Yuan;Yizhong Zhang;Yizhong Zhang;Hanyi Wang

  • Prediction of entropy and Gibbs free energy for nitrogen

    Chun-Sheng Jia;Lie-Hui Zhang;Xiao-Long Peng;Jian-Xin Luo

  • “Triple porosity” modeling of transient well test and rate decline analysis for multi-fractured horizontal well in shale gas reservoirs

    Yu-long Zhao;Lie-hui Zhang;Jin-zhou Zhao;Jian-xin Luo

  • Enthalpy of gaseous phosphorus dimer

    Chun-Sheng Jia;Chao-Wen Wang;Lie-Hui Zhang;Xiao-Long Peng

  • Performance analysis for a model of a multi-wing hydraulically fractured vertical well in a coalbed methane gas reservoir

    Liehui Zhang;Zuhao Kou;Haitao Wang;Yulong Zhao

  • Equivalence of the three empirical potential energy models for diatomic molecules

    Ping-Quan Wang;Lie-Hui Zhang;Chun-Sheng Jia;Jian-Yi Liu

  • Predictions of entropy for diatomic molecules and gaseous substances

    Chun-Sheng Jia;Chao-Wen Wang;Lie-Hui Zhang;Xiao-Long Peng

  • Thermodynamic Properties for Carbon Dioxide.

    Jun Wang;Chun-Sheng Jia;Chang-Jun Li;Xiao-Long Peng

  • Feasibility study of CO2 huff 'n' puff process to enhance heavy oil recovery via long core experiments

    Xiang Zhou;Qingwang Yuan;Zhenhua Rui;Zhenhua Rui;Hanyi Wang

  • Foamy oil flow in heavy oil–solvent systems tested by pressure depletion in a sandpack

    Xiang Zhou;Fanhua Zeng;Liehui Zhang;Hongyang Wang

  • Approximate solutions of the Schrödinger equation with the generalized Morse potential model including the centrifugal term

    Lie‐Hui Zhang;Xiao‐Ping Li;Chun‐Sheng Jia

  • Shale gas exploration and development in the Sichuan Basin: Progress, challenge and countermeasures

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  • Investigation of effective parameters on SAPO-34 nanocatalyst in the methanol-to-olefin conversion process: a review

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  • Modified Rosen-Morse potential-energy model for diatomic molecules

    Guang-Dong Zhang;Guang-Dong Zhang;Jian-Yi Liu;Lie-Hui Zhang;Wen Zhou

  • Pressure Transient Analysis and Flux Distribution for Multistage Fractured Horizontal Wells in Triple-Porosity Reservoir Media with Consideration of Stress-Sensitivity Effect

    Jingjing Guo;Haitao Wang;Liehui Zhang;Chengyong Li

  • Prediction of enthalpy for the gases CO, HCl, and BF

    Rui Jiang;Chun-Sheng Jia;Yong-Qing Wang;Xiao-Long Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianchao Cai
Jianchao Cai China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Zhenhua Rui
Zhenhua Rui China University of Petroleum, Beijing
Zhangxin Chen
Zhangxin Chen University of Calgary
Yu-Shu Wu
Yu-Shu Wu Colorado School of Mines
Hairuo Qing
Hairuo Qing University of Regina
Morteza Dejam
Morteza Dejam University of Wyoming
Yang Ju
Yang Ju China University of Mining and Technology

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