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Songjian Ao 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 Songjian Ao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 151 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Songjian Ao 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 Songjian Ao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Songjian Ao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with additional contributions in Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research topics include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geological Formations and Processes.

Songjian Ao has published in several frequent venues, including:

  • Geological Journal
  • International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Tectonics
  • Ore Geology Reviews

Songjian Ao's recent papers include:

  • "The youngest matrix of 234 Ma of the Kanguer accretionary mélange containing blocks of N-MORB basalts: constraints on the northward subduction of the Paleo-Asian Kanguer Ocean in the Eastern Tianshan of the Southern Altaids," 2021, International Journal of Earth Sciences
  • "Closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Middle-Late Triassic (Ladinian-Carnian): Evidence From Provenance Analysis of Retroarc Sediments," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Accretionary processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Advances and perspectives," 2020, Science China Earth Sciences
  • "Geodynamic model and tectono-structural framework of the Bengal Basin and its surroundings," 2020, Journal of Maps
  • "Paleo-Tethys subduction induced slab-drag opening the Neo-Tethys: Evidence from an Iranian segment of Gondwana," 2021, Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors of Songjian Ao are:

  • Wenjiao Xiao
  • Dongfang Song
  • Brian F. Windley
  • Qigui Mao
  • Zhiyong Zhang

Best Publications

  • Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia

    Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Chunming Han;Chunming Han;Wei Liu

  • Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage

    W. J. Xiao;Q. G. Mao;B. F. Windley;C. M. Han

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Early Permian mafic–ultramafic complexes in the Beishan area, Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the southern Altaids

    S.J. Ao;W.J. Xiao;C.M. Han;Q.G. Mao

  • In-situ U–Pb, Hf and Re–Os isotopic analyses of the Xiangshan Ni–Cu–Co deposit in Eastern Tianshan (Xinjiang), Central Asia Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the timing and genesis of the mineralization

    Chunming Han;Wenjiao Xiao;Guochun Zhao;Songjian Ao

  • Kinematics and age constraints of deformation in a Late Carboniferous accretionary complex in Western Junggar, NW China

    Ji'en Zhang;Wenjiao Xiao;Chunming Han;Songjian Ao

  • A Devonian to Carboniferous intra-oceanic subduction system in Western Junggar, NW China

    Ji'en Zhang;Wenjiao Xiao;Chunming Han;Qigui Mao

  • How many sutures in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Insights from East Xinjiang–West Gansu (NW China)?

    Wenjiao Xiao;Chunming Han;Wei Liu;Bo Wan

  • The Liuyuan complex in the Beishan, NW China: a Carboniferous–Permian ophiolitic fore-arc sliver in the southern Altaids

    Qigui Mao;Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Chunming Han

  • Cambrian to early Silurian ophiolite and accretionary processes in the Beishan collage, NW China: implications for the architecture of the Southern Altaids

    S. J. Ao;W. J. Xiao;C. M. Han;X. H. Li

  • Accretionary processes and metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Advances and perspectives

    Wenjiao Xiao;Dongfang Song;Brian F. Windley;Jiliang Li

  • Structure, age, and tectonic development of the Huoshishan–Niujuanzi ophiolitic mélange, Beishan, southernmost Altaids

    Zhonghua Tian;Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Li'na Lin

  • Field geology, geochronology and geochemistry of mafic–ultramafic rocks from Alxa, China: Implications for Late Permian accretionary tectonics in the southern Altaids

    Jianyun Feng;Wenjiao Xiao;Brian Windley;Chunming Han

  • Geochronology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of Early Permian alkaline magmatism in the Eastern Tianshan: Implications for tectonics of the Southern Altaids

    Qigui Mao;Wenjiao Xiao;Tonghui Fang;Brian F. Windley

  • Provenance and tectonic settings of Permian turbidites from the Beishan Mountains, NW China: Implications for the Late Paleozoic accretionary tectonics of the southern Altaids

    Qianqian Guo;Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Qigui Mao

  • Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb and Hf isotope for granitoids, NW Sanandaj-Sirjan zone, Iran: Implications for Mesozoic-Cenozoic episodic magmatism during Neo-Tethyan lithospheric subduction

    Zhiyong Zhang;Zhiyong Zhang;Wenjiao Xiao;Wenjiao Xiao;Weiqiang Ji;Mahmoud Reza Majidifard

  • Anatomy of composition and nature of plate convergence: Insights for alternative thoughts for terminal India-Eurasia collision

    WenJiao Xiao;SongJian Ao;Lei Yang;ChunMing Han

  • Ordovician eclogites from the Chinese Beishan: implications for the tectonic evolution of the southern Altaids

    J. F. Qu;W. J. Xiao;B. F. Windley;C. M. Han

  • U-Pb zircon ages, field geology and geochemistry of the Kermanshah ophiolite (Iran): From continental rifting at 79Ma to oceanic core complex at ca. 36Ma in the southern Neo-Tethys

    Songjian Ao;Wenjiao Xiao;Wenjiao Xiao;Morteza Khalatbari Jafari;Morteza Talebian

  • Paleozoic accretionary orogenesis in the eastern Beishan orogen: Constraints from zircon U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

    Songjian Ao;Wenjiao Xiao;Wenjiao Xiao;Brian F. Windley;Qigui Mao

  • Detrital zircon provenance analysis in the Zagros Orogen, SW Iran: implications for the amalgamation history of the Neo-Tethys

    Zhiyong Zhang;Zhiyong Zhang;Wenjiao Xiao;Wenjiao Xiao;Mahmoud Reza Majidifard;Rixiang Zhu

  • The metasedimentary rocks from the eastern margin of the Tarim Craton: Petrology, geochemistry, zircon U–Pb dating, Hf isotopes and tectonic implications

    Zhong-Mei Wang;Chun-Ming Han;Ben-Xun Su;Patrick Asamoah Sakyi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenjiao Xiao
Wenjiao Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bo Wan
Bo Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunming Han
Chunming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester
Ben-Xun Su
Ben-Xun Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Ling Chen
Ling Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Karel Schulmann
Karel Schulmann University of Strasbourg
Morteza Talebian
Morteza Talebian Geological Survey of Iran
Yunpeng Dong
Yunpeng Dong Northwest University

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