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Sanzhong 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 Sanzhong Li sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 404 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sanzhong 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 Sanzhong Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sanzhong Li is affiliated with the Ocean University of China. Their research contributions are primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on specialized subfields such as Geophysics, Geology, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scholar's research topics reflect extensive investigation across various geological and geophysical domains. These include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis

Sanzhong Li has contributed to numerous scientific papers, with selected recent publications highlighting thematic diversity and venues of dissemination:

  • "An orocline in the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Tectono-thermal evolution of the Qilian orogenic system: Tracing the subduction, accretion and closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "The Magnetic and Color Reflectance Properties of Hematite: From Earth to Mars" (2021), published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Mesozoic-Cenozoic basin inversion and geodynamics in East China: A review" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Vertical diversity and association pattern of total, abundant and rare microbial communities in deep-sea sediments" (2021), published in Molecular Ecology

Their frequent co-authors collaborate extensively within related research areas. Notable collaborators include Yongjiang Liu, Yanhui Suo, Shengyao Yu, Ian D. Somerville, and Guangzeng Wang.

The scholar's work often appears in established scientific journals and venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Gondwana Research
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Precambrian Research
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

This publication record and co-authorship network illustrate an extensive engagement with geoscience disciplines at multiple scales, encompassing tectonics, geodynamics, mineralogy, and microbial ecology within marine and terrestrial contexts.

Best Publications

  • A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup

    Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Sanzhong Li

  • Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion

    Guochun Zhao;Peter A. Cawood;Sanzhong Li;Simon A. Wilde

  • Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea

    Guochun Zhao;Guochun Zhao;Yuejun Wang;Baochun Huang;Yunpeng Dong

  • Tectonics of South China continent and its implications

    GuoWei Zhang;AnLin Guo;YueJun Wang;SanZhong Li

  • Closure of the Proto-Tethys Ocean and Early Paleozoic amalgamation of microcontinental blocks in East Asia

    Sanzhong Li;Shujuan Zhao;Xin Liu;Huahua Cao

  • SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Liaoji granitoids: Constraints on the evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao

  • LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of the Liaohe Group in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton: constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt

    Yan Luo;Min Sun;Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li

  • SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages of granitoid rocks in the Lüliang Complex: Implications for the accretion and evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen

    Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Min Sun;Sanzhong Li

  • Assembly, Accretion and Breakup of the Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia Supercontinent: Records in the North China Craton

    Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde;Sanzhong Li

  • A comparison of U–Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of detrital zircons from the North and South Liaohe Groups: Constraints on the evolution of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt, North China Craton

    Yan Luo;Yan Luo;Min Sun;Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li

  • Deformation history of the Paleoproterozoic Liaohe assemblage in the eastern block of the North China Craton

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Zongzhu Han

  • Timing of metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of granulites, gneisses and marbles of the Jiaobei massif in the North China Craton

    Pui Yuk Tam;Guochun Zhao;Fulai Liu;Xiwen Zhou

  • 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

  • Assembly, accretion, and break-up of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Columbia supercontinent: record in the North China Craton revisited

    Guochun Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Min Sun;Simon A. Wilde

  • Kwangsian crustal anatexis within the eastern South China Block: Geochemical, zircon U-Pb geochronological and Hf isotopic fingerprints from the gneissoid granites of Wugong and Wuyi-Yunkai Domains

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Aimei Zhang;Weiming Fan;Guochun Zhao

  • Age of the subducting Pacific slab beneath East Asia and its geodynamic implications

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Dapeng Zhao;Sanzhong Li;Wei Wei

  • Shrimp U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Huai'an Complex: Constraints on late Archean to paleoproterozoic magmatic and metamorphic events in the Trans-North China Orogen

    Guochun Zhao;Simon A. Wilde;Min Sun;Jinghui Guo

  • Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: Insights from the Mianlue suture

    Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Lu Wang;Guowei Zhang

  • 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

  • Are the South and North Liaohe Groups of North China Craton different exotic terranes? Nd isotope constraints

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Guochun Zhao;Min Sun;Zongzhu Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian D. Somerville
Ian D. Somerville University College Dublin
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Shengyao Yu
Shengyao Yu Ocean University of China
Min Sun
Min Sun University of Hong Kong
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Ocean University of China
Guowei Zhang
Guowei Zhang Northwest University
Xiaochun Liu
Xiaochun Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University

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