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48
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7916
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3838
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180

Shaocheng Ji 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 Shaocheng Ji sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 100 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shaocheng Ji 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 Shaocheng Ji sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shaocheng Ji is affiliated with Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and works primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Much of Ji's work centers on topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Landslides and related hazards, Geological formations and processes, and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis.

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Le Li
  • Denis Marcotte
  • Noah Phillips
  • Zhiqin Xu
  • Guangwei Li

Ji has published multiple papers in well-recognized venues. Some of the recent publications are:

  • Power-law relationship between joint spacing and bed thickness in sedimentary rocks and implications for layered rock mechanics, 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • A new interpretation for formation of orthogonal joints in quartz sandstone, 2020, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Constraining the ductile deformation mechanisms of garnet across pressure-temperature space, 2021, Journal of Structural Geology
  • Relationship between fracture spacing and bed thickness in sedimentary rocks: Approach by means of Michaelis-Menten equation, 2022, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Jurassic post-collisional extension in the Songpan-Ganze Terrane, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from weakly peraluminous A-type granites within the Zheduo-Gongga Massif, 2020, Geological Journal

Ji's most frequent publication venues include the Journal of Structural Geology, the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Tectonophysics, Terra Nova, and Geological Journal.

Best Publications

  • The Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone (Yunnan, China), Tertiary transform boundary of Indochina

    Philippe Hervé Leloup;Robin Lacassin;Paul Tapponnier;Urs Schärer

  • Zircon U-Pb geochronology of gneissic rocks in the Yunkai massif and its implications on the Caledonian event in the South China Block

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Guochun Zhao;Shaocheng Ji

  • Uplift of the Longmen Shan Range and the Wenchuan Earthquake

    Zhiqin Xu;Shaocheng Ji;Haibing Li;Liwei Hou

  • Indosinian high-strain deformation for the Yunkaidashan tectonic belt, south China : Kinematics and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological constraints

    Yuejun Wang;Yuejun Wang;Weiming Fan;Peter Anthony Cawood;Shaocheng Ji

  • Composition and tectonic evolution of the Chinese continental crust constrained by Poisson's ratio

    Shaocheng Ji;Qian Wang;Matthew H. Salisbury

  • Handbook of seismic properties of minerals, rocks and ores

    Shaocheng Ji;Qin Wang;Bin Xia

  • Kinematics and dynamics of the Namche Barwa Syntaxis, eastern Himalaya: Constraints from deformation, fabrics and geochronology

    Zhiqin Xu;Shaocheng Ji;Zhihui Cai;Lingsen Zeng

  • Porosity dependence of mechanical properties of solid materials

    Shaocheng Ji;Qi Gu;Bin Xia

  • A revised model for the relationship between joint spacing and layer thickness

    Shaocheng Ji;Kazuko Saruwatari

  • Ductility of garnet as an indicator of extremely high temperature deformation

    Shaocheng Ji;Jacques Martignole

  • P wave velocities, anisotropy and hysteresis in ultrahigh‐pressure metamorphic rocks as a function of confining pressure

    Shaocheng Ji;Shaocheng Ji;Qian Wang;Denis Marcotte;Matthew H. Salisbury

  • Archaean cratonic roots, mantle shear zones and deep electrical anisotropy

    M. Mareschal;R. L. Kellett;R. L. Kellett;R. D. Kurtz;J. N. Ludden;J. N. Ludden

  • Crustal structure of the Indus–Tsangpo suture zone and its ophiolites in southern Tibet

    Zhi-Qin Xu;Yildirim Dilek;Jing-Sui Yang;Feng-Hua Liang

  • Microstructures, petrofabrics and seismic properties of ultra high-pressure eclogites from Sulu region, China: implications for rheology of subducted continental crust and origin of mantle reflections

    Shaocheng Ji;Kazuko Saruwatari;David Mainprice;Richard Wirth

  • Effects of porosity on seismic velocities, elastic moduli and Poisson's ratios of solid materials and rocks

    Chengbo Yu;Shaocheng Ji;Qi Li

  • Flow laws of multiphase rocks calculated from experimental data on the constituent phases

    Shaocheng Ji;Pinglao Zhao

  • Pressure dependence and anisotropy of P-wave velocities in ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt (China): Implications for seismic properties of subducted slabs and origin of mantle reflections

    Qin Wang;Shaocheng Ji;Shaocheng Ji;Matthew H. Salisbury;Bin Xia

  • Elasticity of six polycrystalline silicate garnets at pressure up to 3.0 GPa

    Zichao Wang;Shaocheng Ji

  • Recrystallization and Fabric Development in Plagioclase

    Shaocheng Ji;David Mainprice

  • Shear-wave velocities, anisotropy and splitting, in high-grade mylonites

    Shaocheng Ji;Matthew H. Salisbury

  • Poisson's Ratio and Auxetic Properties of Natural Rocks

    Shaocheng Ji;Le Li;Hem Bahadur Motra;Frank Wuttke

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew H. Salisbury
Matthew H. Salisbury Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Zhiqin Xu
Zhiqin Xu Nanjing University
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi Nagoya University
Denis Marcotte
Denis Marcotte Polytechnique Montréal
David Mainprice
David Mainprice University of Montpellier
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Yuejun Wang
Yuejun Wang Sun Yat-sen University
Touping Peng
Touping Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
John Ludden
John Ludden Heriot-Watt University
Stéphane Rondenay
Stéphane Rondenay University of Bergen

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