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Earth Science 59 2093 1896 907 802 199 9781

Zhenxue Dai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhenxue Dai between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhenxue Dai published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 13.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2024. 96 of the 333 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2024. 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 24 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 48 publications 2025: 48 publications
2001 2025

333 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhenxue Dai: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 3
2002 1
2003 4
2004 6
2005 1
2006 6
2007 2
2008 5
2009 2
2010 3
2011 2
2012 5
2013 4
2014 8
2015 14
2016 15
2017 24
2018 21
2019 12
2020 20
2021 27
2022 27
2023 25
2024 48
2025 48
Total 333
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Zhenxue Dai publications per year - data summary

  • Zhenxue Dai, a Earth Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 333 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2001 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2024 and 2025, with 48 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2002 and 2005, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 13.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.3 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 175 publications, 53% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2001-2009: 30 publications (3.3 per year); 2010-2018: 96 publications (10.7 per year); 2019-2025: 207 publications (29.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Zhenxue Dai 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 Zhenxue Dai 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, 198–207 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: 199 publications — 63rd percentile

63% 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
198–207 333 199
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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Zhenxue Dai 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.
  • Zhenxue Dai, a Earth Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 199 publications - the 63rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 63% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Zhenxue Dai, and about 37% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Zhenxue Dai 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).

Zhenxue Dai 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 Zhenxue Dai 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, 59 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: 59 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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 59
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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Zhenxue Dai 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.
  • Zhenxue Dai, a Earth Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 59 D-Index - the 79th percentile of the discipline.
  • 79% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Zhenxue Dai, and about 21% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Zhenxue Dai 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

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Zhenxue Dai is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple aspects of engineering and environmental science, focusing primarily on environmental engineering and ocean engineering within those broad fields.

Their work explores several main topics, including:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions
  • Hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis
  • Enhanced oil recovery techniques
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Rock mechanics and modeling
  • Reservoir engineering and simulation methods

Zhenxue Dai has published extensively, with frequent appearances in specific venues such as:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Resources Research
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Among recent papers associated with or authored by Zhenxue Dai are:

  • Reactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Application of upscaling methods for fluid flow and mass transport in multi-scale heterogeneous media: A critical review, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Radionuclide transport in multi-scale fractured rocks: A review, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Machine learning based co-optimization of carbon dioxide sequestration and oil recovery in CO2-EOR project, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Impact of geological and operational conditions on underground hydrogen storage, 2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Co-authorship collaborations frequently include the following researchers:

  • Mohamad Reza Soltanian
  • Xiaoying Zhang
  • Hung Vo Thanh
  • Shangxian Yin
  • Zhijie Yang

Zhenxue Dai has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • An Integrated Framework for Optimizing CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Zhenxue Dai;Richard Middleton;Hari Viswanathan;Julianna Fessenden-Rahn

  • Land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal in the northern Beijing plain, China

    Lin Zhu;Huili Gong;Xiaojuan Li;Rong Wang

  • CO2 Accounting and Risk Analysis for CO2 Sequestration at Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites

    Zhenxue Dai;Hari Viswanathan;Richard Middleton;Feng Pan

  • Optimum design of CO2 storage and oil recovery under geological uncertainty

    W. Ampomah;R.S. Balch;M. Cather;R. Will

  • Evaluation of CO2 Storage Mechanisms in CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites: Application to Morrow Sandstone Reservoir

    William Ampomah;Robert Balch;Martha Cather;Dylan Rose-Coss

  • Simulation of industrial-scale CO2 storage: Multi-scale heterogeneity and its impacts on storage capacity, injectivity and leakage

    Hailin Deng;Philip H. Stauffer;Zhenxue Dai;Zunsheng Jiao

  • Inverse problem of multicomponent reactive chemical transport in porous media: Formulation and applications

    Zhenxue Dai;Zhenxue Dai;Javier Samper

  • Application of upscaling methods for fluid flow and mass transport in multi-scale heterogeneous media: A critical review

    Xiaoying Zhang;Funing Ma;Shangxian Yin;Corey D Wallace

  • Radionuclide transport in multi-scale fractured rocks: A review

    Xiaoying Zhang;Funing Ma;Zhenxue Dai;Ju Wang

  • Reactive chemical transport simulations of geologic carbon sequestration: Methods and applications

    Zhenxue Dai;Lulu Xu;Ting Xiao;Brian McPherson

  • Co‐optimization of CO2‐EOR and storage processes in mature oil reservoirs

    William Ampomah;Robert S. Balch;Reid B. Grigg;Brian Mcpherson

  • Key factors for determining groundwater impacts due to leakage from geologic carbon sequestration reservoirs

    Susan A. Carroll;Elizabeth Keating;Kayyum Mansoor;Zhenxue Dai

  • Impact of geological and operational conditions on underground hydrogen storage

    Unknown

  • Dissolution Trapping of Carbon Dioxide in Heterogeneous Aquifers

    Mohamad Reza Soltanian;Mohamad Reza Soltanian;Mohammad Amin Amooie;Naum Gershenzon;Zhenxue Dai;Zhenxue Dai

  • An integrated experimental design framework for optimizing solute transport monitoring locations in heterogeneous sedimentary media

    Unknown

  • Spatial correlation of permeability in cross‐stratified sediment with hierarchical architecture

    Robert W. Ritzi;Zhenxue Dai;David F. Dominic;Yoram N. Rubin

  • Pre-site characterization risk analysis for commercial-scale carbon sequestration.

    Zhenxue Dai;Philip H. Stauffer;J. William Carey;Richard S. Middleton

  • Machine learning based co-optimization of carbon dioxide sequestration and oil recovery in CO2-EOR project

    Junyu You;William Ampomah;Qian Sun;Eusebius Junior Kutsienyo

  • Heterogeneity-assisted carbon dioxide storage in marine sediments

    Zhenxue Dai;Zhenxue Dai;Ye Zhang;Jeffrey Bielicki;Mohammad Amin Amooie

  • Critical Dynamics of Gravito-Convective Mixing in Geological Carbon Sequestration

    Mohamad Reza Soltanian;Mohammad Amin Amooie;Zhenxue Dai;David Cole

  • Permeability prediction of shale matrix reconstructed using the elementary building block model

    Li Chen;Li Chen;Qinjun Kang;Zhenxue Dai;Hari S. Viswanathan

  • Improving Permeability Semivariograms with Transition Probability Models of Hierarchical Sedimentary Architecture Derived from Outcrop-Analog Studies

    Zhenxue Dai;Robert W. Ritzi;David F. Dominic

  • Uncertainty analysis of carbon sequestration in an active CO2-EOR field

    Feng Pan;Brian J. McPherson;Zhenxue Dai;Wei Jia

  • Probabilistic evaluation of shallow groundwater resources at a hypothetical carbon sequestration site

    Zhenxue Dai;Elizabeth Keating;Diana H. Bacon;Hari Viswanathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamad Reza Soltanian
Mohamad Reza Soltanian University of Cincinnati
Robert W. Ritzi
Robert W. Ritzi Wright State University
Brian McPherson
Brian McPherson University of Utah
Hari S. Viswanathan
Hari S. Viswanathan Los Alamos National Laboratory
Philip H. Stauffer
Philip H. Stauffer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Yoram Rubin
Yoram Rubin University of California, Berkeley
Ming Ye
Ming Ye Florida State University
Pietro Teatini
Pietro Teatini University of Padua
Rajesh J. Pawar
Rajesh J. Pawar United States Department of Energy
Yaqian Zhao
Yaqian Zhao Xi'an University of Technology

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