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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 38 6665 6181 421 415 164 3700

Zaicong Wang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zaicong Wang between 2010 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zaicong Wang published across 16 years, from 2010 to 2025, averaging 11.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2023. 45 of the 183 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2010 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2023. 2010: 2 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 0 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 4 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 23 publications
2010 2025

183 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zaicong Wang: publications per year, 2010 to 2025
Year Publications
2010 2
2011 1
2012 0
2013 2
2014 4
2015 4
2016 1
2017 4
2018 4
2019 11
2020 26
2021 19
2022 27
2023 33
2024 22
2025 23
Total 183
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Zaicong 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 Zaicong Wang 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, 158–167 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: 164 publications — 46th percentile

46% 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
158–167 458 164
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
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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Zaicong 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 Zaicong Wang 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, 38 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: 38 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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 38
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
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Overview

Zaicong Wang is affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a substantial body of work spanning over 205 publications in this field. They have contributed extensively to several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atmospheric Science.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics, which include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Zaicong Wang has published frequently in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Chemical Geology
  • Lithos
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences

Some recent notable papers include:

  • Bulk compositions of the Chang'E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basalts (2022), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Tanz zircon megacrysts: a new zircon reference material for the microbeam determination of U-Pb ages and Zr-O isotopes (2021), published in Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Detailed petrogenesis of the unsampled Oceanus Procellarum: The case of the Chang'e-5 mare basalts (2022), published in Icarus
  • Gold endowment of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle for giant gold deposits: Insights from lamprophyre dykes (2021), published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Significant Zr isotope variations in single zircon grains recording magma evolution history (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Wang's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Zhaochu Hu
  • Yongsheng Liu
  • Keqing Zong
  • Wen Zhang
  • Zongqi Zou

Best Publications

  • A 6000-year record of changes in drought and precipitation in northeastern China based on a δ13C time series from peat cellulose

    Y.T. Hong;Z.G. Wang;H.B. Jiang;Q.H. Lin

  • Ratios of S, Se and Te in the silicate Earth require a volatile-rich late veneer

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker

  • Detailed petrogenesis of the unsampled Oceanus Procellarum: The case of the Chang'e-5 mare basalts

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  • Calcium isotope fractionation during magmatic processes in the upper mantle

    Chunfei Chen;Wei Dai;Zaicong Wang;Yongsheng Liu

  • Partial re-equilibration of highly siderophile elements and the chalcogens in the mantle: A case study on the Baldissero and Balmuccia peridotite massifs (Ivrea Zone, Italian Alps)

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker;Timo Gawronski

  • Sulfide-bearing cumulates in deep continental arcs: The missing copper reservoir

    Kang Chen;Kang Chen;Ming Tang;Cin-Ty A. Lee;Zaicong Wang

  • Gold endowment of the metasomatized lithospheric mantle for giant gold deposits: Insights from lamprophyre dykes

    Xiang Wang;Zaicong Wang;Huai Cheng;Keqing Zong

  • Earth's moderately volatile element composition may not be chondritic: Evidence from In, Cd and Zn

    Zaicong Wang;Vera Laurenz;Sylvain Petitgirard;Harry Becker

  • Multiple isotope composition (S, Pb, H, O, He, and Ar) and genetic implications for gold deposits in the Jiapigou gold belt, Northeast China

    Qingdong Zeng;Zaicong Wang;Huaiyu He;Yongbin Wang

  • Calcium isotopic compositions of oceanic crust at various spreading rates

    Chunfei Chen;Chunfei Chen;Jakub Ciazela;Wei Li;Wei Dai

  • Determination of Zr isotopic ratios in zircons using laser-ablation multiple-collector inductively coupled-plasma mass-spectrometry

    Wen Zhang;Zaicong Wang;Frédéric Moynier;Edward Inglis

  • Abundances of Ag and Cu in mantle peridotites and the implications for the behavior of chalcophile elements in the mantle

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker

  • Copper isotope fractionation during partial melting and melt percolation in the upper mantle: Evidence from massif peridotites in Ivrea-Verbano Zone, Italian Alps

    Jian Huang;Fang Huang;Zaicong Wang;Xingchao Zhang

  • Mass Fractions of S, Cu, Se, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Te, Ba, Sm, W, Tl and Bi in Geological Reference Materials and Selected Carbonaceous Chondrites Determined by Isotope Dilution ICP-MS

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker;Frank Wombacher

  • Thermal-chemical conditions of the North China Mesozoic lithospheric mantle and implication for the lithospheric thinning of cratons

    Xianlei Geng;Stephen F. Foley;Yongsheng Liu;Zaicong Wang

  • Carbonated sediment recycling and its contribution to lithospheric refertilization under the northern North China Craton

    Chunfei Chen;Chunfei Chen;Yongsheng Liu;Stephen F. Foley;Mihai N. Ducea;Mihai N. Ducea

  • How mafic was the Archean upper continental crust? Insights from Cu and Ag in ancient glacial diamictites

    Kang Chen;Roberta L. Rudnick;Roberta L. Rudnick;Zaicong Wang;Ming Tang

  • Significant Zr isotope variations in single zircon grains recording magma evolution history.

    Jing Liang Guo;Jing Liang Guo;Zaicong Wang;Wen Zhang;Frédéric Moynier;Frédéric Moynier

  • High-precision Ca isotopic measurement using a large geometry high resolution MC-ICP-MS with a dummy bucket

    Ming Li;Yv Lei;Lanping Feng;Zaicong Wang

  • Chalcophile elements in Martian meteorites indicate low sulfur content in the Martian interior and a volatile element-depleted late veneer

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker

  • Abundances of Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, Rhenium and Platinum-Group Elements in Eighteen Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution Sector-Field ICP-MS and Negative TIMS

    Zaicong Wang;Harry Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhaochu Hu
Zhaochu Hu China University of Geosciences
Yongsheng Liu
Yongsheng Liu Yangtze University
Harry Becker
Harry Becker Freie Universität Berlin
Frédéric Moynier
Frédéric Moynier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Stephen F. Foley
Stephen F. Foley Macquarie University
Lian Zhou
Lian Zhou China University of Geosciences
Keqing Zong
Keqing Zong China University of Geosciences
Christina Yan Wang
Christina Yan Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qingdong Zeng
Qingdong Zeng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mihai N. Ducea
Mihai N. Ducea University of Arizona

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