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Zhenyu Yang 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 Zhenyu Yang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 133 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhenyu Yang 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 Zhenyu Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhenyu Yang is affiliated with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant body of work in related subfields such as Geophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Paleontology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics that include Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Recent papers by Zhenyu Yang span from 2020 to 2022 and cover diverse themes within earth sciences and molecular biology. Notable publications include:

  • Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision, 2020, National Science Review
  • Differential crustal rotation and its control on giant ore clusters along the eastern margin of Tibet, 2020, Geology
  • Triple-stage India-Asia collision involving arc-continent collision and subsequent two-stage continent-continent collision, 2022, Global and Planetary Change
  • Melatonin exerts neuroprotective effects by inhibiting neuronal pyroptosis and autophagy in STZ-induced diabetic mice, 2020, The FASEB Journal
  • Crustal Clockwise Rotation of the Southeastern Edge of the Tibetan Plateau Since the Late Oligocene, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Yang include Yabo Tong, Junling Pei, Xinxin Sun, Zijian Zhang, and Lifu Hou, reflecting a collaborative network within the geophysical and earth sciences community.

Yang's work has been frequently published in venues such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Tectonics, Geology, and Nature Communications, underscoring a focus on geophysical and tectonic research.

Best Publications

  • Paleomagnetic constraints on the geodynamic history of the major blocks of China from the Permian to the present

    Randolph J. Enkin;Zhenyu Yang;Yan Chen;Vincent Courtillot

  • Carboniferous granitic plutons from the northern margin of the North China block: implications for a late Palaeozoic active continental margin

    Shuan-Hong Zhang;Yue Zhao;Biao Song;Zhen-Yu Yang

  • The 1.35 Ga diabase sills from the northern North China Craton: Implications for breakup of the Columbia (Nuna) supercontinent

    Shuan-Hong Zhang;Yue Zhao;Zhen-Yu Yang;Zhe-Feng He

  • Magnetostratigraphy of Paleogene sediments from northern Qaidam Basin, China: Implications for tectonic uplift and block rotation in northern Tibetan plateau

    Zhiming Sun;Zhenyu Yang;Junling Pei;Xiaohong Ge

  • A long connection (750-380 Ma) between South China and Australia: paleomagnetic constraints

    Zhenyu Yang;Zhiming Sun;Tienshui Yang;Junling Pei

  • Paleomagnetic study of Permian and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks from Northern Thailand supports the extrusion model for Indochina

    Zhenyu Yang;Jean Besse

  • The 1.33–1.30 Ga Yanliao large igneous province in the North China Craton: Implications for reconstruction of the Nuna (Columbia) supercontinent, and specifically with the North Australian Craton

    Shuan-Hong Zhang;Yue Zhao;Xian-Hua Li;Richard E. Ernst;Richard E. Ernst

  • The configuration of Asia prior to the collision of India: Cretaceous paleomagnetic constraints

    Yan Chen;Vincent Courtillot;Jean-Pascal Cogné;Jean Besse

  • New Mesozoic apparent polar wander path for south China: Tectonic consequences

    Zhenyu Yang;Jean Besse

  • A multilayered water column in the Ediacaran Yangtze platform? Insights from carbonate and organic matter paired δ13C

    M. Ader;M. Macouin;R. I. F. Trindade;M. H. Hadrien

  • Jurassic paleomagnetic constraints on the collision of the North and South China Blocks

    Zhenyu Yang;Vincent Courtillot;Jean Besse;Xinghua Ma

  • Palaeomagnetism of late Cretaceous sediments from southern Tibet: Evidence for the consistent palaeolatitudes of the southern margin of Eurasia prior to the collision with India

    Zhiming Sun;Junling Pei;Haibing Li;Wei Xu

  • Combined paleomagnetic and isotopic data from the Doushantuo carbonates, South China: implications for the “snowball Earth” hypothesis

    M. Macouin;J. Besse;M. Ader;S. Gilder

  • New insights into the India–Asia collision process from Cretaceous paleomagnetic and geochronologic results in the Lhasa terrane

    Tianshui Yang;Yiming Ma;Shihong Zhang;Weiwei Bian

  • Paleomagnetism and U‐Pb zircon geochronology of Lower Cretaceous lava flows from the western Lhasa terrane: New constraints on the India‐Asia collision process and intracontinental deformation within Asia

    Yiming Ma;Tianshui Yang;Zhenyu Yang;Shihong Zhang

  • How and when did the Yellow River develop its square bend

    Aiming Lin;Zhenyu Yang;Zhiming Sun;Tianshui Yang

  • Paleomagnetic results from Triassic sections in the Ordos Basin, North China

    Zhenyu Yang;Xinghua Ma;Jean Besse;Vincent Courtillot

  • Paleomagnetic study of middle Cretaceous rocks from Yunlong, western Yunnan, China: evidence of southward displacement of Indochina

    Ken Sato;Yuyan Liu;Zhicheng Zhu;Zhenyu Yang

  • Tertiary paleomagnetic data from northwestern Yunnan, China: further evidence for large clockwise rotation of the Indochina block and its tectonic implications

    Ken Sato;Yuyan Liu;Zhicheng Zhu;Zhenyu Yang

  • Rapid drift of the Tethyan Himalaya terrane before two-stage India-Asia collision

    Jie Yuan;Zhenyu Yang;Chenglong Deng;Wout Krijgsman

  • The Alashan Terrane did not amalgamate with North China block by the Late Permian: Evidence from Carboniferous and Permian paleomagnetic results

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  • Early Paleozoic paleomagnetic poles from the western part of the North China Block and their implications

    Baochun Huang;Baochun Huang;Zhenyu Yang;Yo-ichiro Otofuji;Rixiang Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiming Sun
Zhiming Sun Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Yo-ichiro Otofuji
Yo-ichiro Otofuji Kobe University
Baochun Huang
Baochun Huang Peking University
Reidar Løvlie
Reidar Løvlie University of Bergen
Tianshui Yang
Tianshui Yang China University of Geosciences
Jean Besse
Jean Besse Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Shihong Zhang
Shihong Zhang China University of Geosciences
Huaichun Wu
Huaichun Wu China University of Geosciences
Vincent Courtillot
Vincent Courtillot Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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