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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 31 8997 8364 86 81 171 3168

Wei-Li Hong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wei-Li Hong between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wei-Li Hong published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 8.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2020. 38 of the 183 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2020. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 3 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 19 publications
2005 2025

183 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wei-Li Hong: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 3
2007 0
2008 0
2009 2
2010 7
2011 2
2012 2
2013 7
2014 4
2015 4
2016 11
2017 9
2018 18
2019 7
2020 23
2021 22
2022 8
2023 15
2024 19
2025 19
Total 183
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Wei-Li Hong 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 Wei-Li Hong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 168–177 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 171 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490 171
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Wei-Li Hong 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 Wei-Li Hong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 31 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215 31
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Wei-Li Hong is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has conducted extensive research in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work encompasses a range of subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Wei-Li Hong's research include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Wei-Li Hong's recent publications include the following:

  • Methane-derived authigenic carbonates - A case for a globally relevant marine carbonate factory, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Foraminiferal δ18O reveals gas hydrate dissociation in Arctic and North Atlantic ocean sediments, 2020, Geo-Marine Letters
  • Impact of iron release by volcanic ash alteration on carbon cycling in sediments of the northern Hikurangi margin, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Discharge of deeply rooted fluids from submarine mud volcanism in the Taiwan accretionary prism, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Methane transport and sources in an Arctic deep-water cold seep offshore NW Svalbard (Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N), 2020, Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Aivo Lepland, Marta E. Torres, Akira Ijiri, Yoshinori Sanada, and Harold Tobin.

Wei-Li Hong has contributed to numerous publication venues. Some of the most frequent include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Chemical Geology
  • CAGE - Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate Environment and Climate Report Series
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

    Fumio Inagaki;Kai-Uwe Hinrichs;Y Kubo;M W Bowles

  • Gas hydrate dissociation off Svalbard induced by isostatic rebound rather than global warming

    Klaus Wallmann;Michael Riedel;Wei-Li Hong;Henry Patton

  • Production of fluorescent dissolved organic matter in Arctic Ocean sediments.

    Meilian Chen;Ji-Hoon Kim;Seung-Ill Nam;Frank Niessen

  • Silicate weathering in anoxic marine sediment as a requirement for authigenic carbonate burial

    Marta E. Torres;Wei Li Hong;Evan A. Solomon;Kitty Milliken

  • Seepage from an arctic shallow marine gas hydrate reservoir is insensitive to momentary ocean warming

    Wei-Li Hong;Marta E Torres;JoLynn Carroll;Antoine Crémière

  • Soil–gas monitoring: A tool for fault delineation studies along Hsinhua Fault (Tainan), Southern Taiwan

    Vivek Walia;Shih Jung Lin;Ching Chou Fu;Tsanyao Frank Yang

  • Extremely High Methane Concentration in Bottom Water and Cored Sediments from Offshore Southwestern Taiwan

    Pei-Chuan Chuang;Tsanyao Frank Yang;Saulwood Lin;Hsiao-Fen Lee

  • An integrated view of the methane system in the pockmarks at Vestnesa Ridge, 79°N

    Giuliana Panieri;Stefan Bünz;Daniel J. Fornari;Javier Escartin

  • Geochemical variation of soil–gas composition for fault trace and earthquake precursory studies along the Hsincheng fault in NW Taiwan

    Vivek Walia;Tsanyao Frank Yang;Wei-Li Hong;Shih-Jung Lin

  • Pore fluid chemistry from the Second Gas Hydrate Drilling Expedition in the Ulleung Basin (UBGH2): Source, mechanisms and consequences of fluid freshening in the central part of the Ulleung Basin, East Sea

    Ji-Hoon Kim;Marta E. Torres;Wei-Li Hong;Jiyoung Choi

  • Carbon cycling within the sulfate-methane-transition-zone in marine sediments from the Ulleung Basin

    Wei-Li Hong;Marta E. Torres;Ji-Hoon Kim;Jiyoung Choi

  • A test of different factors influencing the isotopic signal of planktonic foraminifera in surface sediments from the northern South China Sea

    Ludvig Löwemark;Wei-Li Hong;Tzen-Fu Yui;Gwo-Wei Hung

  • Bottom-simulating reflector dynamics at Arctic thermogenic gas provinces: An example from Vestnesa Ridge, offshore west Svalbard

    Andreia Plaza-Faverola;Sunil Vadakkepuliyambatta;Wei-Li Hong;Jurgen Mienert

  • Estimation of methane flux offshore SW Taiwan and the influence of tectonics on gas hydrate accumulation

    P.-C. Chuang;T. F. Yang;W.-L. Hong;S. Lin

  • Tourmaline-rich features in the Heemskirk and Pieman Heads granites from western Tasmania, Australia: Characteristics, origins, and implications for tin mineralization

    Wei Hong;David R. Cooke;Lejun Zhang;Nathan Fox

  • Geophysical and geochemical controls on the megafaunal community of a high Arctic cold seep

    Arunima Sen;Emmelie Karin Linnea Åström;Wei-Li Hong;Aleksei D Portnov

  • Removal of methane through hydrological, microbial, and geochemical processes in the shallow sediments of pockmarks along eastern Vestnesa Ridge (Svalbard)

    Wei-Li Hong;Simone Sauer;Giuliana Panieri;William G. Ambrose

  • Gas origin and migration in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea: Results from the Second Ulleung Basin Gas Hydrate Drilling Expedition (UBGH2)

    Jiyoung Choi;Ji-Hoon Kim;Marta E. Torres;Wei-Li Hong

  • Towards quantifying the reaction network around the sulfate–methane-transition-zone in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea, with a kinetic modeling approach

    Wei-Li Hong;Marta E. Torres;Ji-Hoon Kim;Jiyoung Choi

  • Chemical composition, genesis and exploration implication of garnet from the Hongshan Cu-Mo skarn deposit, SW China

    Zhen-Dong Tian;Cheng-Biao Leng;Cheng-Biao Leng;Xing-Chun Zhang;Tehseen Zafar

  • Geochemical constraints on the temperature and timing of carbonate formation and lithification in the Nankai Trough, NanTroSEIZE transect

    James C. Sample;Marta E. Torres;Andrew Fisher;Wei Li Hong

  • Marine silicate weathering in the anoxic sediment of the Ulleung Basin: Evidence and consequences

    Ji-Hoon Kim;Marta E. Torres;Brian A. Haley;Jong-Sik Ryu

  • Production of fluorescent dissolvedorganic matter in Arctic Oceansediments

    Meilian Chen;Ji-Hoon Kim;Seung-Il Nam;Frank Niessen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta E Torres
Marta E Torres Oregon State University
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
Klaus Wallmann
Klaus Wallmann GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
James William B Rae
James William B Rae University of St Andrews
Saulwood Lin
Saulwood Lin National Taiwan University
JoLynn Carroll
JoLynn Carroll University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jochen Knies
Jochen Knies University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Cheng-Hong Chen
Cheng-Hong Chen National Taiwan University

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