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D-Index
70
Citations
20787
World Ranking
960
National Ranking
58

Qiu-Li Li 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 Qiu-Li Li sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Qiu-Li Li 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 Qiu-Li Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qiu-Li Li is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, with a primary focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their research addresses key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Qiu-Li Li has contributed to a significant number of publications in frequently appearing venues, including Lithos, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Precambrian Research, and Acta Petrologica Sinica.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts" (2021, Nature)
  • "The status and development strategy of coalbed methane industry in China" (2023, Petroleum Exploration and Development)
  • "Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes" (2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry)
  • "A Neoproterozoic low-δ18O magmatic ring around South China: Implications for configuration and breakup of Rodinia supercontinent" (2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • "Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang'e-6 basalts" (2024, Nature)

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Xian-Hua Li
  • Yu Liu
  • Guoqiang Tang
  • Fu-Yuan Wu
  • Xiao-Xiao Ling

The research produced by Qiu-Li Li extensively covers fundamental and applied aspects of Earth sciences, planetary science, and geochemical methodologies. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates advanced analytical techniques in geochemistry and petrology to explore geological processes on Earth and on lunar bodies.

Best Publications

  • Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U–Pb dating of zircons

    Guanghai Shi;David A. Grimaldi;George E. Harlow;Jing Wang

  • Precise determination of Phanerozoic zircon Pb/Pb age by multicollector SIMS without external standardization

    Xian-Hua Li;Yu Liu;Qiu-Li Li;Chun-Hua Guo

  • Penglai Zircon Megacrysts: A Potential New Working Reference Material for Microbeam Determination of Hf–O Isotopes and U–Pb Age

    Xian-Hua Li;Weng-Guo Long;Qiu-Li Li;Yu Liu

  • Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization

    Olga P. Popova;Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Vacheslav Emel'yanenko;Anna Kartashova

  • Qinghu zircon: A working reference for microbeam analysis of U-Pb age and Hf and O isotopes

    XianHua Li;GuoQiang Tang;Bing Gong;YueHeng Yang

  • Sm–Nd and Rb–Sr isotopic chronology and cooling history of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks and their country rocks at Shuanghe in the Dabie Mountains, Central China

    Shuguang Li;Emil Jagoutz;Yizhi Chen;Qiuli Li

  • Precise U–Pb and Pb–Pb dating of Phanerozoic baddeleyite by SIMS with oxygen flooding technique

    Qiu-Li Li;Xian-Hua Li;Yu Liu;Guo-Qiang Tang

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the ~850 Ma Gangbian alkaline complex in South China: Evidence from in situ zircon U-Pb dating, Hf-O isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry

    Xian-Hua Li;Wu-Xian Li;Qiu-Li Li;Xuan-Ce Wang

  • Role of mantle-derived magma in genesis of early Yanshanian granites in the Nanling Range, South China: in situ zircon Hf-O isotopic constraints

    XianHua Li;WuXian Li;XuanCe Wang;QiuLi Li

  • Rapid and precise determination of Sr and Nd isotopic ratios in geological samples from the same filament loading by thermal ionization mass spectrometry employing a single-step separation scheme

    Chao-Feng Li;Xian-Hua Li;Qiu-Li Li;Jing-Hui Guo

  • Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts.

    Qiu-Li Li;Qin Zhou;Yu Liu;Zhiyong Xiao

  • Zircon age and Nd–Hf isotopic composition of the Yunnan Tethyan belt, southwestern China

    Fukun Chen;Xiang-Hui Li;Xiu-Li Wang;Qiu-Li Li

  • SIMS U–Pb zircon geochronology of porphyry Cu–Au–(Mo) deposits in the Yangtze River Metallogenic Belt, eastern China: Magmatic response to early Cretaceous lithospheric extension

    Xian-Hua Li;Wu-Xian Li;Xuan-Ce Wang;Xuan-Ce Wang;Qiu-Li Li

  • The Early Permian active continental margin and crustal growth of the Cathaysia Block: In situ U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotope analyses of detrital zircons

    Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Bin He;Wu-Xian Li

  • Sm/Nd, Rb/Sr, and40Ar/39Ar Isotopic Systematics of the Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Dabie-Sulu Belt, Central China: A Retrospective View

    Shuguang Li;Emil Jagoutz;Ching-Hua Lo;Yizhi Chen

  • Neoproterozoic ( 900Ma) Sariwon sills in North Korea: Geochronology, geochemistry and implications for the evolution of the south-eastern margin of the North China Craton

    Peng Peng;Ming-Guo Zhai;Qiuli Li;Fuyuan Wu

  • SIMS U–Pb rutile age of low-temperature eclogites from southwestern Chinese Tianshan, NW China

    Qiu-li Li;Wei Lin;Wen Su;Xian-hua Li

  • Eocene Neo-Tethyan slab breakoff constrained by 45 Ma oceanic island basalt–type magmatism in southern Tibet

    Wei-Qiang Ji;Wei-Qiang Ji;Fu-Yuan Wu;Fu-Yuan Wu;Sun-Lin Chung;Sun-Lin Chung;Xuan-Ce Wang

  • Continental flood basalts derived from the hydrous mantle transition zone

    Xuan-Ce Wang;Simon A. Wilde;Qiu-Li Li;Ya-Nan Yang

  • Syn-exhumation magmatism during continental collision: Evidence from alkaline intrusives of Triassic age in the Sulu orogen

    Zi-Fu Zhao;Yong-Fei Zheng;Juan Zhang;Juan Zhang;Li-Qun Dai

  • Allanite U–Th–Pb geochronology by ion microprobe

    Xin Liao;Qiuli Li;Martin Whitehouse;Yue-Heng Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu Liu
Yu Liu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue-Heng Yang
Yue-Heng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qing-Zhu Yin
Qing-Zhu Yin University of California, Davis
Xuan-Ce Wang
Xuan-Ce Wang Yunnan University
Shuguang Li
Shuguang Li China University of Geosciences
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam Karadeniz Technical University
Mingguo Zhai
Mingguo Zhai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong-Fei Zheng
Yong-Fei Zheng University of Science and Technology of China

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