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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 114 57 46 10 9 447 45693

Yong-Fei Zheng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yong-Fei Zheng between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yong-Fei Zheng published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 14.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2025. 62 of the 532 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2025. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 6 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 3 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 22 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 31 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 42 publications
1989 2025

532 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yong-Fei Zheng: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 6
1991 3
1992 4
1993 5
1994 4
1995 1
1996 3
1997 6
1998 11
1999 7
2000 5
2001 9
2002 6
2003 20
2004 13
2005 8
2006 20
2007 22
2008 11
2009 18
2010 12
2011 12
2012 15
2013 16
2014 17
2015 16
2016 24
2017 21
2018 16
2019 15
2020 32
2021 31
2022 38
2023 22
2024 20
2025 42
Total 532
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Yong-Fei Zheng publications per year - data summary

  • Yong-Fei Zheng, a Earth Science scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, has 532 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 42 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1989 and 1995, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 14.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.4 per year counting only the 37 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 153 publications, 29% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 65 publications (5.0 per year); 2002-2014: 190 publications (14.6 per year); 2015-2025: 277 publications (25.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yong-Fei Zheng 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 Yong-Fei Zheng 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, 438–447 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: 447 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.

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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
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 36 447
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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Yong-Fei Zheng 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.
  • Yong-Fei Zheng, a Earth Science scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, records 447 publications - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yong-Fei Zheng, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Yong-Fei Zheng 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).

Yong-Fei Zheng 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 Yong-Fei Zheng 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, 106+ 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: 114 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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+ 98 114
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Yong-Fei Zheng 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.
  • Yong-Fei Zheng, a Earth Science scholar from University of Science and Technology of China, records 114 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Yong-Fei Zheng, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Yong-Fei Zheng 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).

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
  • 2017 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Yong-Fei Zheng is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work dedicated to Geophysics. Other notable subfields include Artificial Intelligence applications, Geochemistry and Petrology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Materials Chemistry.

Their scientific contributions mainly address topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of interests and collaborations, including:

  • Interplay between oceanic subduction and continental collision in building continental crust, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The production of granitic magmas through crustal anatexis at convergent plate boundaries, 2021, Lithos
  • Flower-like carbon cathode prepared via in situ assembly for Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors, 2021, Carbon
  • Tectonic evolution of convergent plate margins and its geological effects, 2022, Science China Earth Sciences
  • Chitosan nanoparticles embedded with curcumin and its application in pork antioxidant edible coating, 2022, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Zheng frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Zi-Fu Zhao, Ren-Xu Chen, Yi-Xiang Chen, Xiao-Ying Gao, and Li-Qun Dai.

Their work is published in several prominent venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in Lithos. Other frequent publication venues are Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Science China Earth Sciences, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Precambrian Research.

In 2017, Yong-Fei Zheng was recognized as a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Further characterisation of the 91500 zircon crystal

    Michael Wiedenbeck;John M. Hanchar;William H. Peck;Paul Sylvester

  • Genesis of zircon and its constraints on interpretation of U-Pb age

    Yuanbao Wu;Yongfei Zheng

  • Stable isotope geochemistry of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks from the Dabie–Sulu orogen in China: implications for geodynamics and fluid regime

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Bin Fu;Bing Gong;Long Li

  • 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

  • Calculation of oxygen isotope fractionation in hydroxyl-bearing silicates

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng

  • Introduction to tectonics of China

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Wen-Jiao Xiao;Guochun Zhao

  • Tectonic evolution of a composite collision orogen: An overview on the Qinling–Tongbai–Hong'an–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt in central China

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng

  • 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

  • Rift melting of juvenile arc-derived crust: Geochemical evidence from Neoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks in the Jiangnan Orogen, South China

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Rong-Xin Wu;Rong-Xin Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Metamorphic chemical geodynamics in continental subduction zones

    Yong-Fei Zheng

  • Zircon U-Pb and oxygen isotope evidence for a large-scale 18O depletion event in igneous rocks during the Neoproterozoic

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Fu-Kun Chen;Bing Gong

  • Zircon U-Pb age, Hf and O isotope constraints on protolith origin of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite and gneiss in the Dabie orogen

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

  • 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

  • Oxygen isotope fractionation in carbonate and sulfate minerals

    Yong-Fei Zheng

  • A perspective view on ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism and continental collision in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt

    YongFei Zheng

  • Zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotope evidence for Paleoproterozoic metamorphic event in South China

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

  • Zircon isotope evidence for ≥3.5Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of China

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

  • Reworking of juvenile crust: Element and isotope evidence from Neoproterozoic granodiorite in South China

    Rong-Xin Wu;Rong-Xin Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Subduction zone geochemistry

    Yong Fei Zheng

  • Zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope evidence for 3.8 Ga crustal remnant and episodic reworking of Archean crust in South China

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

  • Metamorphic effect on zircon Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotope systems in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite-facies metagranite and metabasite

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Zi-Fu Zhao
Zi-Fu Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Yuan-Bao Wu
Yuan-Bao Wu China University of Geosciences
Ren-Xu Chen
Ren-Xu Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Bin Fu
Bin Fu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fukun Chen
Fukun Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Qiu-Li Li
Qiu-Li Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bor-ming Jahn
Bor-ming Jahn National Taiwan University
Yilin Xiao
Yilin Xiao University of Science and Technology of China

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