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D-Index
49
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13806
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3515
National Ranking
233

Xisheng Xu 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 Xisheng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 118 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xisheng Xu 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 Xisheng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xisheng Xu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a research focus primarily on Geophysics. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics explored in their research include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Earthquake Detection and Analysis, and the Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits.

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Xisheng Xu are Yan Xia, Kai Zhao, Dingsheng Jiang, Zhenyu He, and Gang Zeng.

The scientist has published regularly in several notable journals. The most frequent publication venues include Lithos, Chemical Geology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), American Mineralogist, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Xu include:

  • "Cretaceous volcanic-plutonic magmatism in SE China and a genetic model," 2020, Lithos
  • "Tracking crystal-melt segregation and magma recharge using zircon trace element data," 2020, Chemical Geology
  • "Formation of lunar highlands anorthosites," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Introduction to the origin of granites and related rocks," 2021, Lithos
  • "Deciphering Cryptic Multi-Stage Crystal-Melt Separation during Construction of the Tonglu Volcanic-Plutonic Complex, SE China," 2021, Journal of Petrology

Best Publications

  • Zircon chemistry and magma mixing, SE China: In-situ analysis of Hf isotopes, Tonglu and Pingtan igneous complexes

    W.L Griffin;W.L Griffin;Xiang Wang;Xiang Wang;S.E Jackson;N.J Pearson

  • 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

  • Major, trace element, and Nd, Sr and Pb isotope studies of Cenozoic basalts in SE China: mantle sources, regional variations, and tectonic significance

    Haibo Zou;Alan Zindler;Xisheng Xu;Qu Qi

  • 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

  • Magmatic switch-on and switch-off along the South China continental margin since the Permian: Transition from an Andean-type to a Western Pacific-type plate boundary

    Zheng Xiang Li;Xian Hua Li;Sun Lin Chung;Ching Hua Lo

  • Early Paleozoic depositional environment and intraplate tectono-magmatism in the Cathaysia Block (South China): Evidence from stratigraphic, structural, geochemical and geochronological investigations

    L. S. Shu;B. M. Jahn;J. Charvet;M. Santosh

  • Genesis of Young Lithospheric Mantle in Southeastern China: an LAM–ICPMS Trace Element Study

    Xisheng Xu;Suzanne Y. O’Reilly;W.L. Griffin;Xinmin Zhou

  • Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of a Mesozoic granite-syenite-gabbro association from inland South China

    Zhen Yu He;Xi Sheng Xu;Yaoling Niu

  • Carbonated mantle sources for Cenozoic intra-plate alkaline basalts in Shandong, North China

    Gang Zeng;Li Hui Chen;Xi Sheng Xu;Shao Yong Jiang

  • Petrogenesis of the Late Yanshanian mantle-derived intrusions in southeastern China: Response to the geodynamics of paleo-Pacific plate subduction

    Zhen Yu He;Xi Sheng Xu

  • The Taihua group on the southern margin of the North China craton: further insights from U–Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions of zircons

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;William L. Griffin;Xi Ma;Suzanne Y. O’Reilly

  • The Nature of the Cenozoic Lithosphere at Nushan, Eastern China

    Xisheng Xu;Suzanne Y. O'Reilly;W. L. Griffin;Xinmin Zhou

  • Mobility of high field strength elements (HFSE) in magmatic-, metamorphic-, and submarine-hydrothermal systems

    Shao Yong Jiang;Ru Cheng Wang;Xi Sheng Xu;Kui Dong Zhao

  • Constraints on the origin of historic potassic basalts from northeast China by U–Th disequilibrium data

    Haibo Zou;Mary R Reid;Yongshun Liu;Yupeng Yao

  • 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

  • Paleoproterozoic S- and A-type granites in southwestern Zhejiang: Magmatism, metamorphism and implications for the crustal evolution of the Cathaysia basement

    Yan Xia;Xi Sheng Xu;Kong Yang Zhu

  • Relict Proterozoic basement in the Nanling Mountains (SE China) and its tectonothermal overprinting

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;S. Y. O'Reilly;W. L. Griffin;W. L. Griffin;Ping Deng

  • Re–Os isotopes of sulfides in mantle xenoliths from eastern China: Progressive modification of lithospheric mantle

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;William Lindsay Griffin;Suzanne O'Reilly;Norman Pearson

  • Enrichment of upper mantle peridotite: petrological, trace element and isotopic evidence in xenoliths from SE China

    Xisheng Xu;Xisheng Xu;Suzanne Y O'Reilly;W.L Griffin;W.L Griffin;Xinmin Zhou

  • A xenolith-derived geotherm and the crust-mantle boundary at Qilin, southeastern China

    X. Xu;X. Xu;S.Y. O'Reilly;X. Zhou;W.L. Griffin

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Suzanne Y. O'Reilly Macquarie University
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
Xiao-Lei Wang
Xiao-Lei Wang Nanjing University
Haibo Zou
Haibo Zou Auburn University
Shao-Yong Jiang
Shao-Yong Jiang China University of Geosciences
Rucheng Wang
Rucheng Wang Nanjing University
Jinhai Yu
Jinhai Yu Nanjing University
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Simon A. Wilde
Simon A. Wilde Curtin University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nanjing University

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