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Qingsong Liu 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 Qingsong Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 225 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qingsong Liu 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 Qingsong Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qingsong Liu is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Geophysics, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's main research topics cover a range of geological and geophysical themes, such as:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Qingsong Liu has contributed to multiple recent publications that reveal a focus on geological and climatic transitions, sedimentary magnetism, and mineral properties. Notable papers include:

  • The Magnetic and Color Reflectance Properties of Hematite: From Earth to Mars, 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Orbital climate variability on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau across the Eocene-Oligocene transition, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global warming-induced Asian hydrological climate transition across the Miocene-Pliocene boundary, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Hematite (α-Fe2O3) quantification in sedimentary magnetism: limitations of existing proxies and ways forward, 2020, Geoscience Letters
  • Two-stage mid-Brunhes climate transition and mid-Pleistocene human diversification, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews

The venues where Qingsong Liu most frequently publishes include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Nature Communications
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Liu's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Yi Zhong
  • Zhaoxia Jiang
  • Congcong Gai
  • Andrew P. Roberts
  • Yu-Min Chou

Best Publications

  • Environmental magnetism: Principles and applications

    Qingsong Liu;Andrew P. Roberts;Juan C. Larrasoaña;Subir K. Banerjee

  • Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349

    Chun Feng Li;Xing Xu;Jian Lin;Zhen Sun

  • Ordered ferrimagnetic form of ferrihydrite reveals links among structure, composition, and magnetism

    F Marc Michel;Vidal Barrón;José Torrent;María P Morales

  • Temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility in an argon environment: implications for pedogenesis of Chinese loess/palaeosols

    Qingsong Liu;Qingsong Liu;Chenglong Deng;Yongjae Yu;José Torrent

  • Review of recent developments in mineral magnetism of the Chinese loess

    Qingsong Liu;Chenglong Deng;Jose Torrent;Rixiang Zhu

  • Magnetic enhancement is linked to and precedes hematite formation in aerobic soil

    José Torrent;Vidal Barrón;Qingsong Liu

  • What do the HIRM and S-ratio really measure in environmental magnetism?

    Qingsong Liu;Andrew P. Roberts;José Torrent;Chorng-Shern Horng

  • Magnetic Enhancement and Iron Oxides in the Upper Luochuan Loess–Paleosol Sequence, Chinese Loess Plateau

    José Torrent;Qingsong Liu;Jan Bloemendal;Vidal Barrón

  • Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics

    Chun Feng Li;Jiabiao Li;Weiwei Ding;Dieter Franke

  • Mineral magnetic variation of the Jiaodao Chinese loess/paleosol sequence and its bearing on long-term climatic variability

    Chenglong Deng;Natasa J. Vidic;Natasa J. Vidic;Kenneth L. Verosub;Michael J. Singer

  • Quantifying grain size distribution of pedogenic magnetic particles in Chinese loess and its significance for pedogenesis

    Qingsong S. Liu;Qingsong S. Liu;Jose Torrent;Barbara A. Maher;Yongjae Yu

  • Diverse manifestations of the mid-Pleistocene climate transition.

    Youbin Sun;Qiuzhen Yin;Michel Crucifix;Steven C. Clemens

  • Characterization of hematite (α-Fe2O3), goethite (α-FeOOH), greigite (Fe3S4), and pyrrhotite (Fe7S8) using first-order reversal curve diagrams

    Andrew P. Roberts;Qingsong Liu;Christopher J. Rowan;Liao Chang

  • Impacts of post-depositional processes on rapid monsoon signals recorded by the last glacial loess deposits of northern China

    Youbin Sun;Xulong Wang;Qingsong Liu;Steven C. Clemens

  • East Asian monsoon variability over the last seven glacial cycles recorded by a loess sequence from the northwestern Chinese Loess Plateau

    Youbin Sun;Youbin Sun;Youbin Sun;Jun Chen;Steven C. Clemens;Qingsong Liu

  • Tracing the provenance of fine‐grained dust deposited on the central Chinese Loess Plateau

    Youbin Sun;Ryuji Tada;Jun Chen;Qingsong Liu

  • Mineral magnetic variation of the Jingbian loess/paleosol sequence in the northern Loess Plateau of China: Implications for Quaternary development of Asian aridification and cooling

    Chenglong Deng;Chenglong Deng;John Shaw;Qingsong Liu;Qingsong Liu;Yongxin Pan

  • Mechanism of the magnetic susceptibility enhancements of the Chinese loess

    Qingsong S. Liu;Qingsong S. Liu;Qingsong S. Liu;Michael J. Jackson;Subir K. Banerjee;Barbara A. Maher

  • Rock magnetic properties of uncultured magnetotactic bacteria

    Yongxin Pan;Yongxin Pan;Nikolai Petersen;Michael Winklhofer;Alfonso F. Davila

  • Paleoenvironmental significance of the magnetic fabrics in Chinese loess-paleosols since the last interglacial (<130 ka)

    Rixiang Zhu;Qingsong Liu;Michael J. Jackson

  • GJI Geomagnetism, rock magnetism and palaeomagnetism Temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility in an argon environment: implications for pedogenesis of Chinese loess/palaeosols

    Qingsong Liu;Chenglong Deng;Yongjae Yu;Michael J. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongxin Pan
Yongxin Pan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chenglong Deng
Chenglong Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
José Torrent
José Torrent University of Córdoba
Michael J Jackson
Michael J Jackson University of Minnesota
Subir K. Banerjee
Subir K. Banerjee University of Minnesota
Youbin Sun
Youbin Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew P. Roberts
Andrew P. Roberts Australian National University
Vidal Barrón
Vidal Barrón University of Córdoba
Juan C. Larrasoaña
Juan C. Larrasoaña Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

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