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Xiao-Lei Wang

Xiao-Lei Wang

Nanjing University
China

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
7769
World Ranking
6707
National Ranking
425

Xiao-Lei Wang 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 Xiao-Lei Wang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 94 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiao-Lei Wang 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 Xiao-Lei Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiao-Lei Wang is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has made significant contributions in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a research focus spanning geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in geoscience, atmospheric science, astronomy and astrophysics, and geochemistry and petrology.

Their research work covers several main topics including geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geochemistry and geologic mapping, earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, geological and geophysical studies, and planetary science and exploration.

Key publication venues frequently chosen by Xiao-Lei Wang include:

  • Lithos
  • Precambrian Research
  • Ore Geology Reviews
  • Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably:

  • De-Hong Du
  • Junyong Li
  • Di Wang
  • Rucao Li
  • Lin-Sen Li

Some recent papers authored by Xiao-Lei Wang demonstrate the scope and diversity of their research interests. These include:

  • Refining the spatio-temporal distributions of Mesozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks in SE China (2020), published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
  • Crustal-scale wedge tectonics at the narrow boundary between the Tibetan Plateau and Ordos block (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab (2024), published in Nature Geoscience
  • Earth's early continental crust formed from wet and oxidizing arc magmas (2023), published in Nature
  • A possible linkage between highly fractionated granitoids and associated W-mineralization in the Mesozoic Yaogangxian granitic intrusion, Nanling region, South China (2020), published in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Best Publications

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of Precambrian basement sequences in the Jiangnan orogen : dating the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Jin-Cheng Zhou;W.L. Griffin;Ru-Cheng Wang

  • The crust of Cathaysia: Age, assembly and reworking of two terranes

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;William L Griffin;Xiaolei Wang;Xiaolei Wang

  • LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Neoproterozoic igneous rocks from Northern Guangxi, South China: Implications for tectonic evolution

    Xiao Lei Wang;Jin Cheng Zhou;Jian Sheng Qiu;Wen Lan Zhang

  • Geochemical zonation across a Neoproterozoic orogenic belt: Isotopic evidence from granitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Jiangnan orogen, China

    Xiao Lei Wang;Xiao Lei Wang;Jin Cheng Zhou;W. L. Griffin;Guochun Zhao

  • Geochronology and Hf isotopes of zircon from volcanic rocks of the Shuangqiaoshan Group, South China: implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the eastern Jiangnan orogen

    Xiao Lei Wang;Xiao Lei Wang;Guochun Zhao;Jin Cheng Zhou;Yongsheng Liu

  • Geochronology of Neoproterozoic mafic rocks and sandstones from northeastern Guizhou, South China: Coeval arc magmatism and sedimentation

    Jin Cheng Zhou;Xiao Lei Wang;Jian Sheng Qiu

  • Post-orogenic extension in the eastern part of the Jiangnan orogen: Evidence from ca 800-760Ma volcanic rocks

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Liang-Shu Shu;Guang-Fu Xing;Jin-Cheng Zhou

  • Geochemistry of the Meso- to Neoproterozoic basic-acid rocks from Hunan Province, South China: implications for the evolution of the western Jiangnan orogen

    Xiaolei Wang;Jincheng Zhou;Jiansheng Qiu;Jianfeng Gao

  • Hafnium isotopic heterogeneity in zircons from granitic rocks: Geochemical evaluation and modeling of "zircon effect" in crustal anatexis

    Ming Tang;Ming Tang;Xiao Lei Wang;Xiao Lei Wang;Xu Jie Shu;Di Wang

  • Magmatic evolution and crustal recycling for Neoproterozoic strongly peraluminous granitoids from southern China: Hf and O isotopes in zircon

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Jin-Cheng Zhou;Yu-Sheng Wan;Kouki Kitajima

  • Melting of enriched Archean subcontinental lithospheric mantle: Evidence from the ca 1760Ma volcanic rocks of the Xiong'er Group, southern margin of the North China Craton

    Xiao Lei Wang;Xiao Lei Wang;Shao Yong Jiang;Bao Zhang Dai

  • Geochemistry of Meso- and Neoproterozoic mafic-ultramafic rocks from northern Guangxi, China: Arc or plume magmatism?

    Jincheng Zhou;Xiaolei Wang;Jiansheng Qiu;Jianfeng Gao

  • Trace elements, U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of zircons from Mesozoic granites in the western Nanling Range, South China: Implications for petrogenesis and W–Sn mineralization

    Xu Jie Shu;Xu Jie Shu;Xiao Lei Wang;Tao Sun;Xisheng Xu

  • Hf contents and Zr/Hf ratios in granitic zircons

    X. Wang;X. Wang;W. L. Griffin;J. Chen

  • Geochronology and geochemistry of Neoproterozoic mafic rocks from western Hunan, South China: implications for petrogenesis and post-orogenic extension

    Xiao Lei Wang;Jin Cheng Zhou;Jian Sheng Qiu;Shao Yong Jiang

  • Age, geochemistry and tectonic setting of the Neoproterozoic (ca 830 Ma) gabbros on the southern margin of the North China Craton

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Shao-Yong Jiang;Bao-Zhang Dai;William L Griffin

  • Petrogenesis of the Middle Jurassic Yinshan volcanic-intrusive complex, SE China: Implications for tectonic evolution and Cu-Au mineralization

    Guo-Guang Wang;Pei Ni;Kui-Dong Zhao;Xiao-Lei Wang

  • Influence of radiation damage on Late Jurassic zircon from southern China: Evidence from in situ measurements of oxygen isotopes, laser Raman, U-Pb ages, and trace elements

    Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Matthew A. Coble;John W. Valley;Xu-Jie Shu

  • The link between subduction-modified lithosphere and the giant Dexing porphyry copper deposit, South China: Constraints from high-Mg adakitic rocks

    Guo-Guang Wang;Pei Ni;Jing Yao;Xiao-Lei Wang

  • Refining the spatio-temporal distributions of Mesozoic granitoids and volcanic rocks in SE China

    Jia-Xuan Liu;Shuo Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;De-Hong Du

  • Unraveling the Precambrian crustal evolution by Neoproterozoic conglomerates, Jiangnan orogen: U–Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons

    Di Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Xiao-Lei Wang;Jin-Cheng Zhou;Xu-Jie Shu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinhai Yu
Jinhai Yu Nanjing University
Shao-Yong Jiang
Shao-Yong Jiang China University of Geosciences
Tao Sun
Tao Sun University of Virginia
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Jian-Feng Gao
Jian-Feng Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xisheng Xu
Xisheng Xu Nanjing University
Pei Ni
Pei Ni Nanjing University
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences

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