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122
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Xian-Hua Li 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 Xian-Hua Li sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 446 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xian-Hua Li 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 Xian-Hua Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Xian-Hua Li is affiliated with the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research is primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions also in Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad fields, their work spans specialized subfields such as Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, and Paleontology.

Li's research covers a wide range of topics including Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Earthquake and Tectonic Studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Frequent co-authors in Li's body of work include:

  • Qiuli Li
  • Wei Yang
  • Fu-Yuan Wu
  • Yangting Lin
  • Yu Liu

Li's publications are found extensively in several scientific venues, with the most publications in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Precambrian Research, Lithos, Geology, and Science Bulletin.

Among recent selected papers authored or co-authored by Li are:

  • "Two-billion-year-old volcanism on the Moon from Chang'e-5 basalts", 2021, Nature
  • "The tempo of Ediacaran evolution", 2021, Science Advances
  • "Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes", 2021, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • "A Neoproterozoic low-δ18O magmatic ring around South China: Implications for configuration and breakup of Rodinia supercontinent", 2021, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang'e-6 basalts", 2024, Nature

Best Publications

  • Formation of the 1300-km-wide intracontinental orogen and postorogenic magmatic province in Mesozoic South China: A flat-slab subduction model

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li

  • Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism

    Sun Lin Chung;Mei Fei Chu;Yuquan Zhang;Yingwen Xie

  • Age constraint on Burmese amber based on U–Pb dating of zircons

    Guanghai Shi;David A. Grimaldi;George E. Harlow;Jing Wang

  • Precise determination of Phanerozoic zircon Pb/Pb age by multicollector SIMS without external standardization

    Xian-Hua Li;Yu Liu;Qiu-Li Li;Chun-Hua Guo

  • The breakup of Rodinia: did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China?

    Zheng-Xiang Li;X.H. Li;P.D. Kinny;J. Wang

  • Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: crustal melting above a mantle plume at ca. 825 Ma?

    X Li;X Li

  • Amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks in South China: Constraints from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages, geochemistry and Nd–Hf isotopes of the Shuangxiwu volcanic rocks

    Xian-Hua Li;Xian-Hua Li;Wu-Xian Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Ching-Hua Lo

  • Grenvillian continental collision in South China: new SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-hua Li;Hanwen Zhou;Peter D. Kinny

  • Penglai Zircon Megacrysts: A Potential New Working Reference Material for Microbeam Determination of Hf–O Isotopes and U–Pb Age

    Xian-Hua Li;Weng-Guo Long;Qiu-Li Li;Yu Liu

  • The golden transformation of the Cretaceous plate subduction in the West Pacific

    Weidong Sun;Weidong Sun;Xing Ding;Yan-Hua Hu;Xian-Hua Li

  • U-Pb zircon, geochemical and Sr-Nd-Hf isotopic constraints on age and origin of Jurassic I- and A-type granites from central Guangdong, SE China: A major igneous event in response to foundering of a subducted flat-slab?

    Xian-Hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Wu-Xian Li;Ying Liu

  • Cretaceous magmatism and lithospheric extension in Southeast China

    Xian-hua Li

  • Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization

    Olga P. Popova;Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Vacheslav Emel'yanenko;Anna Kartashova

  • Qinghu zircon: A working reference for microbeam analysis of U-Pb age and Hf and O isotopes

    XianHua Li;GuoQiang Tang;Bing Gong;YueHeng Yang

  • Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature conditions

    Zheng-Xiang Li;Xian-Hua Li;Jo-Anne Wartho;Chris Clark

  • Diachronous uplift of the Tibetan plateau starting 40?Myr ago

    Sun Lin Chung;Ching Hua Lo;Tung Yi Lee;Yuquan Zhang

  • U-Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian Rift of South China : Implications for the initial rifting of Rodinia

    Xian-hua Li;Xian-hua Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Hanwen Zhou;Ying Liu

  • Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Implications for growth and reworking of continental crust

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Shao-Bing Zhang;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu

  • Precise U–Pb and Pb–Pb dating of Phanerozoic baddeleyite by SIMS with oxygen flooding technique

    Qiu-Li Li;Xian-Hua Li;Yu Liu;Guo-Qiang Tang

  • 850-790 Ma bimodal volcanic and intrusive rocks in northern Zhejiang, South China: A major episode of continental rift magmatism during the breakup of Rodinia

    Xian-Hua Li;Wu-Xian Li;Zheng-Xiang Li;Ying Liu

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the ~850 Ma Gangbian alkaline complex in South China: Evidence from in situ zircon U-Pb dating, Hf-O isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry

    Xian-Hua Li;Wu-Xian Li;Qiu-Li Li;Xuan-Ce Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiu-Li Li
Qiu-Li Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Xuan-Ce Wang
Xuan-Ce Wang Yunnan University
Wu-Xian Li
Wu-Xian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gangjian Wei
Gangjian Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yue-Heng Yang
Yue-Heng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qing-Zhu Yin
Qing-Zhu Yin University of California, Davis
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam
Hadi Shafaii Moghadam Karadeniz Technical University
Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University

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