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D-Index
59
Citations
12479
World Ranking
2028
National Ranking
133

Zhong-Qiang Chen 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 Zhong-Qiang Chen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 266 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhong-Qiang Chen 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 Zhong-Qiang Chen sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Overview

Zhong-Qiang Chen is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China. Their research spans across Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on several subfields including Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Geological and Geophysical Studies.

Chen's recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Coronene, mercury, and biomarker data support a link between extinction magnitude and volcanic intensity in the Late Devonian" (2021) in Global and Planetary Change
  • "The stability and collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction" (2023) in Current Biology
  • "Transient and stepwise ocean oxygenation during the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion: Insights from carbonate δ238U of northwestern Mexico" (2020) in Precambrian Research
  • "OMPS LP Observations of PSC Variability During the NH 2019-2020 Season" (2020) in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Comparison of Ediacaran platform and slope δ238U records in South China: Implications for global-ocean oxygenation and the origin of the Shuram Excursion" (2020) in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent collaborators of Zhong-Qiang Chen include Laishi Zhao, Yuangeng Huang, Zhen Guo, Xueqian Feng, and Xuefeng Wang.

The scientist has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Geological Journal
  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences

Best Publications

  • The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction

    Zhong-Qiang Chen;Michael J. Benton

  • Organic-matter-rich shales of China

    Caineng Zou;Rukai Zhu;Zhong-Qiang Chen;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg;James G. Ogg

  • Terrestrial–marine teleconnections in the collapse and rebuilding of Early Triassic marine ecosystems

    Thomas J. Algeo;Zhong Q. Chen;Margaret L. Fraiser;Richard J. Twitchett

  • End-Permian catastrophe by a bolide impact: Evidence of a gigantic release of sulfur from the mantle

    Kunlo Kaiho;Yoshimichi Kajiwara;Takanori Nakano;Yasunori Miura

  • Diagenetic uptake of rare earth elements by bioapatite, with an example from Lower Triassic conodonts of South China

    Jianbo Chen;Jianbo Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Laishi Zhao;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • Exceptional vertebrate biotas from the Triassic of China, and the expansion of marine ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

    Michael J. Benton;Qiyue Zhang;Shixue Hu;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • Large vertical δ13CDIC gradients in Early Triassic seas of the South China craton: Implications for oceanographic changes related to Siberian Traps volcanism

    Huyue Song;Huyue Song;Jinnan Tong;Thomas J. Algeo;Micha Horacek

  • Permian flood basalts from the Tarim Basin, Northwest China: SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating and geochemical characteristics

    Xing Yu;Xing Yu;Shu-Feng Yang;Han-Lin Chen;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • Early Triassic carbon isotope excursions from South China: proxies for devastation and restoration of marine ecosystems following the end‐Permian mass extinction

    Tong Jinnan;Zuo Jingxun;Z Q Chen;Z Q Chen

  • Recovery tempo and pattern of marine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction

    Haijun Song;Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Jinnan Tong

  • Complete biotic and sedimentary records of the Permian–Triassic transition from Meishan section, South China: Ecologically assessing mass extinction and its aftermath

    Zhong Qiang Chen;Hao Yang;Mao Luo;Michael J. Benton

  • The Luoping biota: exceptional preservation, and new evidence on the Triassic recovery from end-Permian mass extinction

    Shi-xue Hu;Qi-yue Zhang;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Chang-yong Zhou

  • Paleoclimate proxies for cyclostratigraphy: Comparative analysis using a Lower Triassic marine section in South China

    Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Chunju Huang;James Ogg;James Ogg;James Ogg;Yang Zhang

  • Astronomical tuning of the end-Permian extinction and the Early Triassic Epoch of South China and Germany

    Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;James Ogg;James Ogg;Yang Zhang;Yang Zhang;Chunju Huang

  • Obliquity-forced climate during the Early Triassic hothouse in China

    Mingsong Li;Mingsong Li;Chunju Huang;Linda Hinnov;Linda Hinnov;Linda Hinnov;James Ogg;James Ogg

  • Mercury anomalies across the end Permian mass extinction in South China from shallow and deep water depositional environments

    Xiangdong Wang;Peter A. Cawood;He Zhao;Laishi Zhao

  • Congruent Permian-Triassic δ238U records at Panthalassic and Tethyan sites: Confirmation of global-oceanic anoxia and validation of the U-isotope paleoredox proxy

    Feifei Zhang;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Stephen J. Romaniello;Ying Cui

  • A rapid and synchronous initiation of the wide spread Cryogenian glaciations

    Zhongwu Lan;Xianhua Li;Maoyan Zhu;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • Early Triassic recovery of the brachiopod faunas from the end-Permian mass extinction: A global review

    Zhong Qiang Chen;Kunio Kaiho;Annette D. George

  • Global-ocean redox variation during the middle-late Permian through Early Triassic based on uranium isotope and Th/U trends of marine carbonates

    Maya Elrick;Victor Polyak;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Stephen Romaniello

  • Composition and structure of microbialite ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Hao Yang;Z.Q. Chen;Yongbiao Wang;Jinnan Tong

  • Survival strategies of brachiopod faunas from the end-Permian mass extinction

    Zhong Qiang Chen;Kunio Kaiho;Annette D. George

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Laishi Zhao
Laishi Zhao China University of Geosciences
Guang Rong Shi
Guang Rong Shi University of Wollongong
James G. Ogg
James G. Ogg Chengdu University of Technology
Kunio Kaiho
Kunio Kaiho Tohoku University
Jinnan Tong
Jinnan Tong China University of Geosciences
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Linda A. Hinnov
Linda A. Hinnov George Mason University
Michael J. Orchard
Michael J. Orchard Geological Survey of Canada
Haijun Song
Haijun Song China University of Geosciences

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