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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
70
Citations
15478
World Ranking
1705
National Ranking
164

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhonghe Zhou is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. The scientist's research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Engineering. Within these broad domains, their work covers subfields such as Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics of their research include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Plant and animal studies, Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, and Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies.

Zhonghe Zhou has contributed to various journals and publication venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Plant Diversity
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Phytotaxa
  • Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of topics and collaboration with different coauthors. Notable publications include:

  • "Shining a light on species delimitation in the tree genus Engelhardia Leschenault ex Blume (Juglandaceae)" (2020) in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "Involucre fossils of Carpinus, a northern temperate element, from the Miocene of China and the evolution of its species diversity in East Asia" (2020) in Plant Diversity
  • "Digital-twin-based predictive compensation control strategy for seam tracking in steel sheets welding of large cruise ships" (2024) in Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
  • "Decoupling in science and education: A collateral damage beyond deteriorating US-China relations" (2021) in Science and Public Policy
  • "A real-time green construction optimization strategy for engineering vessels considering fuel consumption and productivity: A case study on a cutter suction dredger" (2023) in Energy

Frequent coauthors include Gang Shang, Zhun Xu, Zheng Wang, Hang Sun, and Liyun Xu. Gang Shang, Zhun Xu, and Zheng Wang have each coauthored five papers with Zhou, Hang Sun has four collaborative papers, and Liyun Xu has coauthored three.

Best Publications

  • An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem

    Zhonghe Zhou;Paul M. Barrett;Paul M. Barrett;Jason Hilton

  • Four-winged dinosaurs from China

    Xing Xu;Zhonghe Zhou;Xiaolin Wang;Xuewen Kuang

  • The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur

    Xing Xu;Zhonghe Zhou;Xiaolin Wang;Xiaolin Wang

  • Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

    Fucheng Zhang;Stuart L. Kearns;Patrick J. Orr;Michael J. Benton

  • Further support for a Cretaceous age for the feathered-dinosaur beds of Liaoning, China: new 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Yixian and Tuchengzi formations

    Carl Swisher;Xiaolin Wang;Zhonghe Zhou;Yuanqing Wang

  • An integrative approach to understanding bird origins

    Xing Xu;Zhonghe Zhou;Robert Dudley;Susan Mackem

  • A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers.

    Fucheng Zhang;Zhonghe Zhou

  • A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China

    Zhonghe Zhou;Fucheng Zhang

  • Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China, and its implications

    H. Y. He;X. L. Wang;Z. H. Zhou;F. Wang

  • A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers

    Fucheng Zhang;Zhonghe Zhou;Xing Xu;Xiaolin Wang

  • Branched integumental structures in Sinornithosaurus and the origin of feathers

    Xing Xu;Zhong-he Zhou;Richard O. Prum

  • Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

    Zhonghe Zhou;Fucheng Zhang

  • Insight into the evolution of avian flight from a new clade of Early Cretaceous ornithurines from China and the morphology of Yixianornis grabaui

    Julia A. Clarke;Zhonghe Zhou;Fucheng Zhang

  • Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Xiaolin Wang;Alexander W. A. Kellner;Zhonghe Zhou;Diogenes de Almeida Campos

  • The origin and early evolution of birds: discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence

    Zhonghe Zhou

  • Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

    Gregory M. Erickson;Gregory M. Erickson;Oliver W. M. Rauhut;Zhonghe Zhou;Alan H. Turner;Alan H. Turner

  • A beaked bird from the Jurassic of China

    Lian-hai Hou;Zhonghe Zhou;Zhonghe Zhou;Larry D. Martin;Alan Feduccia

  • The Jehol Biota: Definition and distribution of exceptionally preserved relicts of a continental Early Cretaceous ecosystem

    Yanhong Pan;Jingeng Sha;Zhonghe Zhou;Franz T. Fürsich

  • Early diversification of birds: Evidence from a new opposite bird

    Fucheng Zhang;Zhonghe Zhou;Lianhai Hou;Gang Gu

  • Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerstätten

    ZhongHe Zhou;Yuan Wang

  • Early Adaptive Radiation of Birds: Evidence from Fossils from Northeastern China

    Lianhai Hou;Larry D. Martin;Zhonghe Zhou;Alan Feduccia

  • Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous climates

    Romain Amiot;Xu Wang;Zhonghe Zhou;Xiaolin Wang

  • A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits.

    Fucheng Zhang;Zhonghe Zhou;Xing Xu;Xiaolin Wang

  • Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China

    Zhonghe Zhou;Fucheng Zhang

  • Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird

    Zhonghe Zhou;Julia Allison Clarke;Fucheng Zhang

  • The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstätte: new discoveries and implications

    Zhonghe Zhou

  • Jeholornis compared to Archaeopteryx, with a new understanding of the earliest avian evolution.

    Zhonghe Zhou;Fucheng Zhang

  • A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China and its implications for biostratigraphy

    Xiaolin Wang;Zhonghe Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jingmai K. O’Connor
Jingmai K. O’Connor Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Wang
Min Wang Qingdao University
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huaiyu He
Huaiyu He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Julia A. Clarke
Julia A. Clarke The University of Texas at Austin
Christophe Lécuyer
Christophe Lécuyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Chenglong Deng
Chenglong Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alexander W. A. Kellner
Alexander W. A. Kellner Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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