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D-Index
50
Citations
8626
World Ranking
3430
National Ranking
225

Meixun Zhao 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 Meixun Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 199 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Meixun Zhao 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 Meixun Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Meixun Zhao is affiliated with the Ocean University of China in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, focusing on various interconnected subfields and topics.

The main subfields of Zhao's work include:

  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their research touches on topics such as:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Zhao has coauthored numerous publications with frequent collaborators including Rong Bi, Hailong Zhang, Yang Ding, Julian P. Sachs, and Yaoyao Wang. These collaborations reflect ongoing contributions to marine and environmental sciences.

Frequent venues for Zhao's publications are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhao include:

  • Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Responses of Marine Diatom-Dinoflagellate Competition to Multiple Environmental Drivers: Abundance, Elemental, and Biochemical Aspects, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Contrasting fates of terrestrial organic carbon pools in marginal sea sediments, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Degradation and Aging of Terrestrial Organic Carbon within Estuaries: Biogeochemical and Environmental Implications, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Terrestrial Biomolecular Burial Efficiencies on Continental Margins, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • Eutrophication-Driven Hypoxia in the East China Sea off the Changjiang Estuary

    Hongjie Wang;Minhan Dai;Jinwen Liu;Shuh-Ji Kao

  • Leaf wax lipids as paleovegetational and paleoenvironmental proxies for the Chinese Loess Plateau over the last 170 kyr

    Zhaohui Zhang;Meixun Zhao;Meixun Zhao;Geoffrey Eglinton;Geoffrey Eglinton;Huayu Lu

  • Molecular stratigraphy of cores off northwest Africa: Sea surface temperature history over the last 80 Ka

    M. Zhao;N. A. S. Beveridge;N. J. Shackleton;M. Sarnthein

  • Pre-aged soil organic carbon as a major component of the Yellow River suspended load: Regional significance and global relevance

    Shuqin Tao;Shuqin Tao;Shuqin Tao;Timothy I. Eglinton;Daniel B. Montluçon;Cameron McIntyre

  • Lower temperature as the main cause of C4 plant declines during the glacial periods on the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Zhaohui Zhang;Meixun Zhao;Huayu Lu;Anthony M. Faiia

  • Terrestrial and marine biomarker estimates of organic matter sources and distributions in surface sediments from the East China Sea shelf

    Lei Xing;Hailong Zhang;Zineng Yuan;Yao Sun

  • Deep sea and lake records of the Southeast Asian paleomonsoons for the last 25 thousand years

    Chi-Yue Huang;Ping-Mei Liew;Meixun Zhao;Tzu-Chun Chang

  • Extraterrestrial amino acids in Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sediments at Stevns Klint, Denmark.

    Meixun Zhao;Jeffrey L. Bada

  • Phylogenetic shifts of bacterioplankton community composition along the Pearl Estuary: the potential impact of hypoxia and nutrients

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  • Global-scale evidence for the refractory nature of riverine black carbon

    Alysha I. Coppola;Daniel B. Wiedemeier;Valier Galy;Negar Haghipour

  • Chlorin accumulation rate as a proxy for Quaternary marine primary productivity

    P. G. Harris;P. G. Harris;M. Zhao;A. Rosell-Melé;Ralf Tiedemann

  • Widespread dispersal and aging of organic carbon in shallow marginal seas

    Rui Bao;Cameron McIntyre;Meixun Zhao;Chun Zhu

  • Proliferation of hydrocarbon-degrading microbes at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

    Jiwen Liu;Yanfen Zheng;Heyu Lin;Xuchen Wang

  • Determination of α-dialkylamino acids and their enantiomers in geological samples by high-performance liquid chromatography after derivatization with a chiral adduct of o-phthaldialdehyde

    Meixun Zhao;Jeffrey L. Bada

  • A millennial-scale U37K′ sea-surface temperature record from the South China Sea (8°N) over the last 150 kyr: Monsoon and sea-level influence

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  • Climate control on terrestrial biospheric carbon turnover

    Timothy I. Eglinton;Timothy I. Eglinton;Valier V. Galy;Jordon D. Hemingway;Xiaojuan Feng

  • Diverse origins and pre-depositional histories of organic matter in contemporary Chinese marginal sea sediments

    Shuqin Tao;Shuqin Tao;Shuqin Tao;Timothy I. Eglinton;Daniel B. Montluçon;Cameron McIntyre

  • Faunal and alkenone reconstructions of subtropical North Atlantic surface hydrography and paleotemperature over the last 28 kyr

    M. R. Chapman;N. J. Shackleton;M. Zhao;G. Eglinton

  • Surface ocean and monsoon climate variability in the South China Sea since the last glaciation

    Chi-Yue Huang;Sheu-Feng Wu;Sheu-Feng Wu;Meixun Zhao;Min-Te Chen

  • Comparative molecular biomarker assessment of phytoplankton paleoproductivity for the last 160 kyr off Cap Blanc, NW Africa

    Meixun Zhao;Jennifer L. Mercer;Geoffrey Eglinton;Matthew J. Higginson

  • The stability of amino acids at submarine hydrothermal vent temperatures.

    Jeffrey L. Bada;Stanley L. Miller;Meixun Zhao

  • A multiproxy analysis of sedimentary organic carbon in the Changjiang Estuary and adjacent shelf

    Peng Yao;Peng Yao;Zhigang Yu;Zhigang Yu;Thomas S. Bianchi;Zhigang Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey Eglinton
Geoffrey Eglinton University of Bristol
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Julian P. Sachs
Julian P. Sachs University of Washington
Lukas Wacker
Lukas Wacker ETH Zurich
Zuosheng Yang
Zuosheng Yang Ocean University of China
Min-Te Chen
Min-Te Chen National Taiwan Ocean University
Zhigang Guo
Zhigang Guo Fudan University
Masao Uchida
Masao Uchida National Institute for Environmental Studies
Joji Ishizaka
Joji Ishizaka Nagoya University

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