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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.

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38 publications 510+

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

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.

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30 D-Index 94+

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

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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