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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 43 4876 4496 1844 1639 118 9133

Lupei Zhu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lupei Zhu between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lupei Zhu published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 3.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2019. 5 of the 129 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2019. 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 1 publication 2022: 5 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 2 publications 2025: 3 publications
1990 2025

129 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lupei Zhu: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 2
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 3
1997 1
1998 2
1999 0
2000 4
2001 3
2002 3
2003 4
2004 0
2005 1
2006 6
2007 3
2008 1
2009 5
2010 8
2011 6
2012 0
2013 5
2014 4
2015 4
2016 12
2017 9
2018 9
2019 13
2020 6
2021 1
2022 5
2023 1
2024 2
2025 3
Total 129
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Lupei Zhu 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 Lupei Zhu 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, 118–127 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: 118 publications — 20th percentile

20% 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
118–127 540 118
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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Lupei Zhu 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 Lupei Zhu 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, 43 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: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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
43 279 43
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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Overview

Lupei Zhu is a researcher affiliated with Saint Louis University in the United States, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses extensively on geophysics, with significant contributions also in artificial intelligence applications within this domain. Their research spans topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, as well as geological and geochemical analysis.

Zhu has contributed to 34 publications in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 33 papers in Geophysics and several others in related subfields. Their primary research areas include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismic waves and analysis
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Seismology and earthquake studies
  • Geophysical and geoelectrical methods
  • Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies

Frequent collaborators in Zhu's research include Yanbin Wang, Timothy Officer, Feng Shi, Tony Yu, and Rong Huang, indicating ongoing partnerships in multiple projects.

The venues where Zhu's work has been published most prominently include:

  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Earthquake Science
  • Geology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Zhu's recent notable publications include:

  • "Magnetotelluric imaging of a fossil oceanic plate in northwestern Xinjiang, China" (2020), published in Geology
  • "Metamorphism-facilitated faulting in deforming orthopyroxene: Implications for global intermediate-depth seismicity" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A machine-learning-based method of detecting and picking the first P-wave arrivals of acoustic emission events in laboratory experiments" (2022), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • "Computing Theoretical Seismograms from a Point Source in a Spherical Multilayered Medium" (2023), published in Seismological Research Letters
  • "Detecting repeating aftershocks in the Three Gorges Reservoir region, Central China" (2020), published in Geophysical Journal International

Zhu's research integrates advanced computational techniques, as evidenced by their work using machine learning for seismic event detection, and contributes to both theoretical and applied geophysical knowledge, particularly in seismic wave analysis and fault mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Moho depth variation in southern California from teleseismic receiver functions

    Lupei Zhu;Hiroo Kanamori

  • A note on the dynamic and static displacements from a point source in multilayered media

    Lupei Zhu;Luis A. Rivera;Luis A. Rivera

  • Advancement in source estimation techniques using broadband regional seismograms

    Lupei Zhu;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Crustal structure across the San Andreas Fault, southern California from teleseismic converted waves

    Lupei Zhu

  • Rupture imaging of the Mw 7.9 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake from back projection of teleseismic P waves

    Yan Xu;Keith D. Koper;Oner Sufri;Lupei Zhu

  • Parametrization of general seismic potency and moment tensors for source inversion of seismic waveform data

    Lupei Zhu;Yehuda Ben-Zion

  • Moho Offset Across the Northern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau

    Lupei Zhu;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Crustal thickness variations in the Aegean region and implications for the extension of continental crust

    Lupei Zhu;Brian J. Mitchell;Nihal Akyol;Ibrahim Cemen

  • Lateral variation of crustal structure in the Ordos block and surrounding regions, North China, and its tectonic implications

    Chun-Yong Wang;E. Sandvol;L. Zhu;Hai Lou

  • Quantitative analysis of seismic fault zone waves in the rupture zone of the 1992 Landers, California, earthquake: evidence for a shallow trapping structure

    Zhigang Peng;Yehuda Ben-Zion;Andrew J. Michael;Lupei Zhu

  • Fault-Plane Determination of the 18 April 2008 Mount Carmel, Illinois, Earthquake by Detecting and Relocating Aftershocks

    Hongfeng Yang;Lupei Zhu;Risheng Chu

  • Locating and modeling regional earthquakes with two stations

    Ying Tan;Lupei Zhu;Donald V. Helmberger;Chandan K. Saikia

  • Crustal structure and local seismicity in western Anatolia

    Nihal Akyol;Lupei Zhu;Brian J. Mitchell;Hasan Sözbilir

  • Mushy magma beneath Yellowstone

    Risheng Chu;Don V. Helmberger;Daoyuan Sun;Jennifer M. Jackson

  • Intermediate depth earthquakes beneath the India‐Tibet Collision Zone

    Lupei Zhu;Donald V. Helmberger

  • Potency-magnitude scaling relations for southern California earthquakes with 1.0<ML<7.0

    Yehuda Ben-Zion;Lupei Zhu

  • Crustal structure variation along 30°N in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and its tectonic implications

    Chun-Yong Wang;Hai Lou;Paul G. Silver;Lupei Zhu

  • Preliminary report on the 16 October 1999 M 7.1 Hector mine, California, earthquake

    Jeff Behr;Bill Bryant;Doug Given;Karl Gross

  • Lateral Variation in Crustal Structure of the Northern Tibetan Plateau Inferred from Teleseismic Receiver Functions

    Lupei Zhu;Thomas J. Owens;George E. Randall

  • S-wave crustal and upper mantle’s velocity structure in the eastern Tibetan Plateau―Deep environment of lower crustal flow

    ChunYong Wang;Hai Lou;ZhiYong Lü;JianPing Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yixian Xu
Yixian Xu Zhejiang University
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Robert B. Herrmann
Robert B. Herrmann Saint Louis University
Xiaodong Song
Xiaodong Song Peking University
Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori California Institute of Technology
Hongfeng Yang
Hongfeng Yang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yehuda Ben-Zion
Yehuda Ben-Zion University of Southern California
Yanbin Wang
Yanbin Wang University of Chicago
Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Keith D. Koper
Keith D. Koper University of Utah

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