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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 30 9103 8463 422 404 60 3690

Liming Dai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Liming Dai between 2008 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Liming Dai published across 18 years, from 2008 to 2025, averaging 3.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2016. 7 of the 64 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2008 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2016. 2008: 1 publication 2009: 0 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 3 publications
2008 2025

64 publications in total across all disciplines

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Liming Dai: publications per year, 2008 to 2025
Year Publications
2008 1
2009 0
2010 2
2011 2
2012 7
2013 5
2014 4
2015 6
2016 8
2017 4
2018 7
2019 3
2020 4
2021 0
2022 1
2023 3
2024 4
2025 3
Total 64
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Liming Dai 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 Liming Dai 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, 58–67 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: 60 publications — 1st percentile

1% 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 60
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
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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Liming Dai 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 Liming Dai 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, 30 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: 30 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% 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 30
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
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

  • 2019 - Australian Laureate Fellowship
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Liming Dai is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a specialization in related subfields such as Geophysics, Geology, Earth-Surface Processes, Mechanics of Materials, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to the study of various topics including:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Liming Dai are:

  • "Plasma power-to-X (PP2X): status and opportunities for non-thermal plasma technologies", 2024, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • "Earth's surface responses during geodynamic evolution: Numerical insight from the southern East China Sea Continental Shelf Basin, West Pacific", 2020, Gondwana Research
  • "Carbon Tectonics: A new paradigm for Earth system science", 2022, Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)
  • "Characteristics and mechanisms of human-induced earthquakes in China from the QuakeQuake database", 2023, Geological Journal
  • "Regulation of fadR on the ROS defense mechanism in Shewanalla oneidensis", 2024, Biotechnology Letters

Liming Dai has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, notably:

  • Sanzhong Li
  • Yanhui Suo
  • Ze Liu
  • Syed Wajid Hanif Bukhari
  • Xuesong Ding

The publications have appeared in several scholarly venues including:

  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Geological Journal
  • Gondwana Research
  • Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

Liming Dai has been recognized for their contributions with awards such as the Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2019 and becoming a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Mesozoic tectono-magmatic response in the East Asian ocean-continent connection zone to subduction of the Paleo-Pacific Plate

    Sanzhong Li;Yanhui Suo;Xiyao Li;Jie Zhou

  • Triassic southeastward subduction of North China Block to South China Block: Insights from new geological, geophysical and geochemical data

    Sanzhong Li;Bor-ming Jahn;Bor-ming Jahn;Shujuan Zhao;Liming Dai

  • Mesozoic basins in eastern China and their bearing on the deconstruction of the North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Liming Dai;Xin Liu

  • Paleoproterozoic structural evolution of the southern segment of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;M. Santosh;Xin Liu

  • Cenozoic faulting of the Bohai Bay Basin and its bearing on the destruction of the eastern North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Liming Dai;Lihong Zhou

  • Deformation history of the Hengshan-Wutai-Fuping Complexes: Implications for the evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Jian Zhang

  • Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal evolution and deep crustal processes in the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton: A review

    S. Z. Li;G. C. Zhao;M. Santosh;X. Liu

  • Thermochronological constraints on two-stage extrusion of HP/UHP terranes in the Dabie–Sulu orogen, east-central China

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Guochun Zhao;Xiaochun Liu

  • Continental margin basins in East Asia: tectonic implications of the Meso‐Cenozoic East China Sea pull‐apart basins

    Y. H. Suo;Y. H. Suo;S. Z. Li;S. Z. Li;S. J. Zhao;S. J. Zhao;I. D. Somerville

  • Global Meso-Neoproterozoic plate reconstruction and formation mechanism for Precambrian basins: Constraints from three cratons in China

    Sanzhong Li;Xiyao Li;Guangzeng Wang;Yiming Liu

  • Cenozoic tectonic jumping and implications for hydrocarbon accumulation in basins in the East Asia Continental Margin

    Yanhui Suo;Yanhui Suo;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Shan Yu;Shan Yu;Ian D. Somerville

  • Mesozoic to Cenozoic intracontinental deformation and dynamics of the North China Craton

    S. Z. Li;S. Z. Li;Y. H. Suo;Y. H. Suo;M. Santosh;L. M. Dai;L. M. Dai

  • Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution and mechanism of tectonic geomorphology in the central North China Block: Constraint from apatite fission track thermochronology

    Xianzhi Cao;Xianzhi Cao;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Liqing Xu;Liqing Xu;Lingli Guo;Lingli Guo

  • TECTONIC TRANSITION AND PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE EAST ASIAN CONTINENTAL MAGIN

    Sanzhong Li;Shan Yu;Shujuan Zhao;Xin Liu

  • The geological nature and geodynamics of the Okinawa Trough, Western Pacific

    Bo Liu;Bo Liu;San-Zhong Li;San-Zhong Li;Yan-Hui Suo;Yan-Hui Suo;Guang-Xue Li;Guang-Xue Li

  • Microplate tectonics: new insights from micro-blocks in the global oceans, continental margins and deep mantle

    Sanzhong Li;Yanhui Suo;Xiyao Li;Bo Liu

  • Not all folds and thrusts in the Yangtze foreland thrust belt are related to the Dabie Orogen: Insights from Mesozoic deformation south of the Yangtze River

    S.Z. Li;S.Z. Li;G.C. Zhao;G.W. Zhang;X.C. Liu

  • Numerical modeling of Late Miocene tectonic inversion in the Xihu Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin, China

    Liming Dai;Liming Dai;Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Da Lou;Xin Liu;Xin Liu

  • Slab Rollback Versus Delamination: Contrasting Fates of Flat-Slab Subduction and Implications for South China Evolution in the Mesozoic

    Liming Dai;Liangliang Wang;Da Lou;Zhong‐Hai Li

  • Mesozoic and Cenozoic accretionary orogenic processes in Borneo and their mechanisms

    P. C. Wang;P. C. Wang;S. Z. Li;S. Z. Li;L. L. Guo;L. L. Guo;S. H. Jiang;S. H. Jiang

  • BASIN DYNAMICS AND BASIN GROUPS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

    Sanzhong Li;Yanhui Suo;Xin Liu;Liming Dai

  • Analogue modelling and mechanism of tectonic inversion of the Xihu Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin

    Qian Wang;Sanzhong Li;Lingli Guo;Yanhui Suo

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Ocean University of China
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Ian D. Somerville
Ian D. Somerville University College Dublin
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Shengyao Yu
Shengyao Yu Ocean University of China
Xiaochun Liu
Xiaochun Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of New South Wales
Qiang Li
Qiang Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Qian Wang
Qian Wang Peking University

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