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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 87 338 289 21 19 305 27397

Yi-Gang Xu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yi-Gang Xu between 1986 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yi-Gang Xu published across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026, averaging 12.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 62 publications in 2025. 63 of the 500 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1986 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 62. Peak 62 publications in 2025. 1986: 1 publication 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 43 publications 2023: 41 publications 2024: 55 publications 2025: 62 publications 2026: 1 publication
1986 2026

500 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yi-Gang Xu: publications per year, 1986 to 2026
Year Publications
1986 1
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 2
1996 3
1997 1
1998 5
1999 3
2000 2
2001 4
2002 3
2003 6
2004 7
2005 3
2006 6
2007 14
2008 8
2009 10
2010 19
2011 5
2012 21
2013 13
2014 14
2015 12
2016 19
2017 17
2018 15
2019 27
2020 29
2021 28
2022 43
2023 41
2024 55
2025 62
2026 1
Total 500
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Yi-Gang Xu publications per year - data summary

  • Yi-Gang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, has 500 publications recorded across 41 years, from 1986 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1986 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 62 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1986, 1993, 1997 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 7 of the 41 years in the span carry no publications at all (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 12.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.7 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 202 publications, 40% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1986-1999: 16 publications (1.1 per year); 2000-2013: 121 publications (8.6 per year); 2014-2026: 363 publications (27.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yi-Gang 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 Yi-Gang Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 298–307 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 305 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120 305
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Yi-Gang Xu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Yi-Gang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 305 publications - the 87th percentile of the discipline.
  • 87% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yi-Gang Xu, and about 13% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Yi-Gang Xu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Yi-Gang 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 Yi-Gang Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 87 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 96th percentile

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

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26 87
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Yi-Gang Xu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Yi-Gang Xu, a Earth Science scholar from Chinese Academy of Sciences, records 87 D-Index - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yi-Gang Xu, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Yi-Gang Xu ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Yi-Gang Xu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and conducts research primarily within the Earth and Planetary Sciences field. Their work extensively covers subfields including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Paleontology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's research topics focus on Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Planetary Science and Exploration, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Frequent coauthors associated with Yi-Gang Xu include:

  • Le Zhang
  • Xiao-Long Huang
  • Zexian Cui
  • Yuanyuan Hua
  • Yanqiang Zhang

Yi-Gang Xu has contributed to publications in several prominent venues, among them:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Yi-Gang Xu include:

  • "Magmatic perspective on subduction of Paleo-Pacific plate and initiation of big mantle wedge in East Asia," 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Felsic volcanism as a factor driving the end-Permian mass extinction," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Scientific objectives and payload configuration of the Chang'E-7 mission," 2023, National Science Review
  • "Cretaceous basin evolution in northeast Asia: tectonic responses to the paleo-Pacific plate subduction," 2021, National Science Review
  • "A sample of the Moon's far side retrieved by Chang'e-6 contains 2.83-billion-year-old basalt," 2024, Science

Best Publications

  • Thermo-tectonic destruction of the archaean lithospheric keel beneath the sino-korean craton in china: evidence, timing and mechanism

    Y.-G. Xu

  • Petrologic and geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of Permian Triassic Emeishan flood basalts in southwestern China

    Yigang Xu;Sun-Lin Chung;Bor-ming Jahn;Genyao Wu

  • Destruction of the North China Craton

    RiXiang Zhu;YiGang Xu;Guang Zhu;HongFu Zhang

  • Integration of geology, geophysics and geochemistry: A key to understanding the North China Craton

    Martin Menzies;Yigang Xu;Hongfu Zhang;Weiming Fan

  • Sedimentary evidence for a rapid, kilometer-scale crustal doming prior to the eruption of the Emeishan flood basalts

    Bin He;Bin He;Yi-Gang Xu;Sun-Ling Chung;Long Xiao

  • Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical consequences of plume involvement in the Emeishan flood-basalt province

    Yi-Gang Xu;Bin He;Sun-Lin Chung;Martin A. Menzies

  • Destruction of the North China Craton in the Mesozoic

    Fu-Yuan Wu;Jin-Hui Yang;Yi-Gang Xu;Simon A. Wilde

  • Distinct mantle sources of low-Ti and high-Ti basalts from the western Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: implications for plume–lithosphere interaction

    Long Xiao;Long Xiao;Y.G. Xu;H.J. Mei;Y.F. Zheng

  • Geodynamics of the North China Craton

    Martin A. Menzies;Yigang Xu

  • Lithospheric thinning and destruction of the North China Craton

    Wu Fy;Xu Yg;Gao S;Zheng Jp

  • Age and duration of the Emeishan flood volcanism, SW China: Geochemistry and SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating of silicic ignimbrites, post-volcanic Xuanwei Formation and clay tuff at the Chaotian section

    Bin He;Yi-Gang Xu;Xiao-Long Huang;Zhen-Yu Luo

  • Role of lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction in the genesis of Quaternary alkali and tholeiitic basalts from Datong, western North China Craton

    Yi-Gang Xu;Jin-Long Ma;Frederick A. Frey;Mark D. Feigenson

  • Mobilization and re-distribution of major and trace elements during extreme weathering of basalt in Hainan Island, South China

    Jin-Long Ma;Gang-Jian Wei;Yi-Gang Xu;Wen-Guo Long

  • Diachronous lithospheric thinning of the North China Craton and formation of the Daxin'anling–Taihangshan gravity lineament

    Yi-Gang Xu

  • On the timing and duration of the destruction of the North China Craton

    YiGang Xu;HongYan Li;ChongJin Pang;Bin He

  • The subduction of the west Pacific plate and the destruction of the North China Craton

    Rixiang Zhu;Yigang Xu

  • The Early Permian Tarim Large Igneous Province: Main characteristics and a plume incubation model

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  • Zircon U–Pb and Hf isotope constraints on crustal melting associated with the Emeishan mantle plume

    Yi-Gang Xu;Zhen-Yu Luo;Xiao-Long Huang;Bin He

  • Crust-mantle interaction during the tectono-thermal reactivation of the North China Craton: constraints from SHRIMP zircon U–Pb chronology and geochemistry of Mesozoic plutons from western Shandong

    Yi Gang Xu;Xiao-Long Huang;Jin-Long Ma;Yan-Bin Wang

  • Regional uplift associated with continental large igneous provinces: The roles of mantle plumes and the lithosphere

    A.D. Saunders;S.M. Jones;L.A. Morgan;K.L. Pierce

  • Evidence for crustal components in the mantle and constraints on crustal recycling mechanisms: pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China

    Yigang Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Long Huang
Xiao-Long Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martin Menzies
Martin Menzies Royal Holloway University of London
Jie Li
Jie Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sun-Lin Chung
Sun-Lin Chung National Taiwan University
Gangjian Wei
Gangjian Wei Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen-Liang Xu
Wen-Liang Xu Jilin University
Xiaoping Xia
Xiaoping Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
J. P. Zheng
J. P. Zheng China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Zheng-Xiang Li
Zheng-Xiang Li Curtin University
Ji-Feng Xu
Ji-Feng Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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