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Xiaochun Liu

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
4574
World Ranking
7626
National Ranking
483

Xiaochun Liu 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 Xiaochun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 97 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaochun Liu 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 Xiaochun Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiaochun Liu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in China and has a research focus primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences, contributing to 47 publications in this area. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Geology.

The scientist's research spans a range of topics, with major contributions in geological and geochemical analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, market dynamics and volatility, and geological and geophysical studies.

Frequent publication venues for Xiaochun Liu include Acta Petrologica Sinica and SSRN Electronic Journal, each featuring four of their works. They have also published in the Journal of Petrology and Lithos, with two papers in each, and contributed to the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth twice.

Collaboration is an important facet of Xiaochun Liu's research, with regular coauthors including Longyao Chen, Yue Zhao, Juan Hu, Mengmeng Xia, and Wei Wang, reflecting interdisciplinary cooperation within geological sciences.

Selected recent papers by Xiaochun Liu illustrate the scope of their contributions:

  • Carboniferous eclogite and garnet-omphacite granulite from northeastern Hainan Island, South China: Implications for the evolution of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys, 2020, Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China, 2020, Geology
  • Geophysical Evidence of the Collisional Suture Zone in the Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, 2024, Geophysical Research Letters
  • High-Ultrahigh Temperature Metamorphism in the Larsemann Hills: Insights into the Tectono-Thermal Evolution of the Prydz Bay Region, East Antarctica, 2022, Journal of Petrology
  • Metamorphic evolution and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Wuguan complex, eastern Qinling area, China: Implications for the late Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Qinling orogen, 2020, Lithos

Best Publications

  • Collision leading to multiple-stage large-scale extrusion in the Qinling orogen: Insights from the Mianlue suture

    Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Lu Wang;Guowei Zhang

  • Triassic southeastward subduction of North China Block to South China Block: Insights from new geological, geophysical and geochemical data

    Sanzhong Li;Bor-ming Jahn;Bor-ming Jahn;Shujuan Zhao;Liming Dai

  • Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic mafic–ultramafic complexes from the northern North China Block: Constraints on the composition and evolution of the lithospheric mantle

    Shuan-Hong Zhang;Yue Zhao;Xiao-Chun Liu;Dun-Yi Liu

  • A ∼2.5 Ga magmatic event at the northern margin of the Yangtze craton: Evidence from U-Pb dating and Hf isotope analysis of zircons from the Douling Complex in the South Qinling orogen

    Juan Hu;XiaoChun Liu;LongYao Chen;Wei Qu

  • Petrogenesis of Neoarchean TTG rocks in the Yangtze Craton and its implication for the formation of Archean TTGs

    Yuanbao Wu;Guangyan Zhou;Shan Gao;Xiaochun Liu

  • SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating of a metagabbro and eclogites from western Dabieshan (Hong'an Block), China, and its tectonic implications

    Xiaochun Liu;Bor-ming Jahn;Dunyi Liu;Shuwen Dong

  • UPb zircon age and geochemical constraints on tectonic evolution of the Paleozoic accretionary orogenic system in the Tongbai orogen, central China

    Xiaochun Liu;Bor-ming Jahn;Sanzhong Li;Yongsheng Liu

  • Metamorphic patterns and SHRIMP zircon ages of medium‐to‐high grade rocks from the Tongbai orogen, central China: implications for multiple accretion/collision processes prior to terminal continental collision

    X. C. Liu;X. C. Liu;B.-M. Jahn;B.-M. Jahn;J. Hu;S. Z. Li

  • High-pressure metamorphic rocks from Tongbaishan, central China: U–Pb and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the provenance of protoliths and timing of metamorphism

    Xiaochun Liu;Bor-ming Jahn;Bor-ming Jahn;Shuwen Dong;Yuxing Lou

  • Two-stage Triassic exhumation of HP–UHP terranes in the western Dabie orogen of China: Constraints from structural geology

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Guochun Zhao;Xiaochun Liu

  • Thermochronological constraints on two-stage extrusion of HP/UHP terranes in the Dabie–Sulu orogen, east-central China

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Guochun Zhao;Xiaochun Liu

  • High-pressure/ultrahigh-pressure eclogites from the Hong’an Block, East-Central China: geochemical characterization, isotope disequilibrium and geochronological controversy

    Bor-ming Jahn;Bor-ming Jahn;Xiaochun Liu;Tzen-Fu Yui;N. Morin

  • Thermobaric structure of a traverse across western Dabieshan: implications for collision tectonics between the Sino‐Korean and Yangtze cratons

    X. Liu;C. Wei;S. Li;S. Dong

  • Early Paleozoic (ca. 465 Ma) eclogites from Beishan (NW China) and their bearing on the tectonic evolution of the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt

    Xiaochun Liu;Bolin Chen;Bor-ming Jahn;Ganguo Wu

  • Triassic retrograded eclogites and Cretaceous gneissic granites in the Tongbai Complex, central China: Implications for the architecture of the HP/UHP Tongbai–Dabie–Sulu collision zone

    Xiaochun Liu;Bor-ming Jahn;Jianjun Cui;Sanzhong Li

  • SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the Ordos Basin basement and its tectonic significance

    JianMin Hu;XinShe Liu;ZhenHong Li;Yue Zhao

  • Late Pan-African granitoids from the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica: Age, origin and tectonic implications

    Xiaochun Liu;Bor-ming Jahn;Yue Zhao;Miao Li

  • Crustal structure of the southern Dabie ultrahigh‐pressure orogen and Yangtze foreland from deep seismic reflection profiling

    Shuwen Dong;Rui Gao;Bolin Cong;Zhongyan Zhao

  • SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of high-grade rocks and charnockites from the eastern Amery Ice Shelf and southwestern Prydz Bay, East Antarctica: Constraints on Late Mesoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonothermal events related to supercontinent assembly

    Xiaochun Liu;Yue Zhao;Biao Song;Jian Liu

  • Two-stage collision-related extrusion of the western Dabie HP–UHP metamorphic terranes, central China: Evidence from quartz c-axis fabrics and structures

    Sanzhong Li;Sanzhong Li;Timothy M. Kusky;Timothy M. Kusky;Xiaochun Liu;Guowei Zhang

  • Formation of the First Bend in the late Eocene gave birth to the modern Yangtze River, China

    Hongbo Zheng;Hongbo Zheng;Peter D. Clift;Peter D. Clift;Mengying He;Zixuan Bian

  • Tectonic evolution of the Tongbai-Hong'an orogen in central China: From oceanic subduction/accretion to continent-continent collision

    XiaoChun Liu;SanZhong Li;Bor-Ming Jahn

  • Origin of the Tongbai-Dabie-Sulu Neoproterozoic low-δ18O igneous province, east-central China

    Bin Fu;Noriko T. Kita;Simon A. Wilde;Xiaochun Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University
Sanzhong Li
Sanzhong Li Ocean University of China
Shuwen Dong
Shuwen Dong Nanjing University
Guochun Zhao
Guochun Zhao University of Hong Kong
Shuan-Hong Zhang
Shuan-Hong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Timothy M. Kusky
Timothy M. Kusky China University of Geosciences
Chunjing Wei
Chunjing Wei Peking University
Guowei Zhang
Guowei Zhang Northwest University
Biao Song
Biao Song Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

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