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Weidong Zhai

Weidong Zhai

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
7831
World Ranking
4693
National Ranking
303

Weidong Zhai 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 Weidong Zhai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 76 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weidong Zhai 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 Weidong Zhai sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 15 scientists 31 D-Index: 42 scientists 32 D-Index: 60 scientists 33 D-Index: 90 scientists 34 D-Index: 103 scientists 35 D-Index: 108 scientists 36 D-Index: 142 scientists 37 D-Index: 147 scientists 38 D-Index: 147 scientists 39 D-Index: 152 scientists 40 D-Index: 143 scientists 41 D-Index: 157 scientists 42 D-Index: 141 scientists 43 D-Index: 151 scientists 44 D-Index: 140 scientists 45 D-Index: 135 scientists 46 D-Index: 121 scientists 47 D-Index: 108 scientists 48 D-Index: 128 scientists 49 D-Index: 111 scientists 50 D-Index: 106 scientists 51 D-Index: 112 scientists 52 D-Index: 102 scientists 53 D-Index: 103 scientists 54 D-Index: 94 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 101 scientists 57 D-Index: 71 scientists 58 D-Index: 65 scientists 59 D-Index: 78 scientists 60 D-Index: 93 scientists 61 D-Index: 56 scientists 62 D-Index: 58 scientists 63 D-Index: 52 scientists 64 D-Index: 63 scientists 65 D-Index: 49 scientists 66 D-Index: 53 scientists 67 D-Index: 57 scientists 68 D-Index: 50 scientists 69 D-Index: 44 scientists 70 D-Index: 44 scientists 71 D-Index: 31 scientists 72 D-Index: 33 scientists 73 D-Index: 33 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 32 scientists 76 D-Index: 24 scientists 77 D-Index: 17 scientists 78 D-Index: 19 scientists 79 D-Index: 9 scientists 80 D-Index: 21 scientists 81 D-Index: 20 scientists 82 D-Index: 17 scientists 83 D-Index: 19 scientists 84 D-Index: 19 scientists 85 D-Index: 14 scientists 86 D-Index: 6 scientists 87 D-Index: 14 scientists 88 D-Index: 17 scientists 89 D-Index: 10 scientists 90 D-Index: 8 scientists 91 D-Index: 8 scientists 92 D-Index: 9 scientists 93 D-Index: 6 scientists 94+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Weidong Zhai is affiliated with Shandong University in China and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant work in Environmental Science. Their scholarly contributions encompass various subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientific topics central to their research involve:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Frequent collaboration partners in their work include:

  • Tianqi Xiong
  • Chenglong Li
  • Baiming Yao
  • Minhan Dai
  • Liwen Zheng

Weidong Zhai has contributed to multiple publications in recognized venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Progress In Oceanography, The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Notable recent papers featuring Weidong Zhai include:

  • Investigation on the forming force and surface quality during ultrasonic-assisted incremental sheet forming process, 2020, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Comparing Subsurface Seasonal Deoxygenation and Acidification in the Yellow Sea and Northern East China Sea Along the North-to-South Latitude Gradient, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Partial pressure of CO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes in the South China Sea: Synthesis of an 18-year dataset, 2020, Progress In Oceanography
  • Improving the understanding of central Bohai Sea eutrophication based on wintertime dissolved inorganic nutrient budgets: Roles of north Yellow Sea water intrusion and atmospheric nitrogen deposition, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Excess nitrogen in the Bohai and Yellow seas, China: Distribution, trends, and source apportionment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xinping Hu;Wei-Jen Huang;Michael C. Murrell

  • The biogeochemistry of inorganic carbon and nutrients in the Pearl River estuary and the adjacent Northern South China Sea

    Wei-Jun Cai;Minhan Dai;Yongchen Wang;Weidong Zhai

  • Oxygen depletion in the upper reach of the Pearl River estuary during a winter drought

    Minhan Dai;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai;Liangying Yuan

  • Nitrification and inorganic nitrogen distribution in a large perturbed river/estuarine system: the Pearl River Estuary, China

    Minhan Dai;Lifang Wang;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai

  • High partial pressure of CO2 and its maintaining mechanism in a subtropical estuary: the Pearl River estuary, China

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Minhan Dai;Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang

  • A comparative overview of weathering intensity and HCO3− flux in the world's major rivers with emphasis on the Changjiang, Huanghe, Zhujiang (Pearl) and Mississippi Rivers

    Wei-Jun Cai;Xianghui Guo;Xianghui Guo;Chen-Tung Arthur Chen;Minhan Dai

  • Why are some marginal seas sources of atmospheric CO2

    Minhan Dai;Zhimian Cao;Xianghui Guo;Weidong Zhai

  • Nutrient dynamics and biological consumption in a large continental shelf system under the influence of both a river plume and coastal upwelling

    Aiqin Han;Minhan Dai;Shuh-Ji Kao;Shuh-Ji Kao;Jianping Gan

  • Carbonate system and CO2 degassing fluxes in the inner estuary of Changjiang (Yangtze) River, China

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Xianghui Guo

  • Diurnal variations of surface seawater pCO2 in contrasting coastal environments

    Minhan Dai;Zhongming Lu;Weidong Zhai;Baoshan Chen

  • On the seasonal variation of air-sea CO2 fluxes in the outer Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary, East China Sea

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai

  • Effects of an estuarine plume-associated bloom on the carbonate system in the lower reaches of the Pearl River estuary and the coastal zone of the northern South China Sea

    Minhan Dai;Weidong Zhai;Wei-Jun Cai;Julie Callahan

  • Runoff-mediated seasonal oscillation in the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in different branches of a large bifurcated estuary—The Changjiang Estuary

    Weidong Guo;Liyang Yang;Weidong Zhai;Wenzhao Chen

  • Coastal acidification in summer bottom oxygen-depleted waters in northwestern-northern Bohai Sea from June to August in 2011

    WeiDong Zhai;HuaDe Zhao;Nan Zheng;Yi Xu

  • Distribution, degradation and dynamics of dissolved organic carbon and its major compound classes in the Pearl River estuary, China

    Biyan He;Biyan He;Minhan Dai;Weidong Zhai;Lifang Wang

  • The partial pressure of carbon dioxide and air-sea fluxes in the northern South China Sea in spring, summer and autumn

    Weidong Zhai;Minhan Dai;Minhan Dai;Wei-Jun Cai;Yongchen Wang

  • Dynamics of the carbonate system in a large continental shelf system under the influence of both a river plume and coastal upwelling

    Zhimian Cao;Minhan Dai;Nan Zheng;Deli Wang

  • Reviews and Syntheses: Ocean acidification and its potential impacts on marine ecosystems

    Khan M. G. Mostofa;Khan M. G. Mostofa;Khan M. G. Mostofa;Cong Qiang Liu;Weidong Zhai;Marco Minella;Marco Minella

  • Distribution, fluxes and decadal changes of nutrients in the Jiulong River Estuary, Southwest Taiwan Strait

    XiuLi Yan;WeiDong Zhai;HuaSheng Hong;Yan Li

  • CO2 flux and seasonal variability in a large subtropical estuarine system, the Pearl River Estuary, China

    Xianghui Guo;Minhan Dai;Weidong Zhai;Wei-Jun Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Minhan Dai
Minhan Dai Xiamen University
Wei-Jun Cai
Wei-Jun Cai University of Delaware
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen National Sun Yat-sen University
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
Huasheng Hong
Huasheng Hong Xiamen University
Jianping Gan
Jianping Gan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kedong Yin
Kedong Yin Sun Yat-sen University
Willard S. Moore
Willard S. Moore University of South Carolina
Kunshan Gao
Kunshan Gao Xiamen University
Chau Ron Wu
Chau Ron Wu National Chung Hsing University

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