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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 61 1782 1600 107 102 149 14012

Zhongli Ding publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhongli Ding between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhongli Ding published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 1998. 6 of the 159 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 1998. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 5 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 3 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1991 2025

159 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhongli Ding: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 2
1994 2
1995 2
1996 2
1997 2
1998 12
1999 11
2000 5
2001 7
2002 9
2003 8
2004 1
2005 5
2006 3
2007 2
2008 8
2009 3
2010 8
2011 4
2012 4
2013 5
2014 8
2015 3
2016 6
2017 7
2018 2
2019 4
2020 2
2021 6
2022 5
2023 4
2024 2
2025 4
Total 159
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Zhongli Ding 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 Zhongli Ding 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, 148–157 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: 149 publications — 38th percentile

38% 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
148–157 495 149
158–167 458
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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Zhongli Ding 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 Zhongli Ding 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, 61 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: 61 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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
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 61
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Zhongli Ding is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and actively contributes to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on geology, paleoclimatology, atmospheric science, and related subfields such as ecology, anthropology, paleontology, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of specialized topics including geology and paleoclimatology research, isotope analysis in ecology, studies related to Pleistocene-era hominins and archaeology, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, geological formations and processes, geological and geochemical analysis, and methane hydrates and related phenomena.

Recent publications reflect a diverse range of interests and venues. Key papers include:

  • Coupling between uplift of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt-NE Tibetan Plateau and accumulation of aeolian Red Clay in the inner Asia began at ~7 Ma (2022, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Warming-Induced Northwestward Migration of the Asian Summer Monsoon in the Geological Past: Evidence From Climate Simulations and Geological Reconstructions (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • BrGDGTs-based temperature and hydrological reconstruction from fluvio-lacustrine sediments in the monsoonal North China Plain since 31 kyr BP (2021, Quaternary Science Reviews)
  • Spatial change of precipitation in response to the Paleocene-Eocene thermal Maximum warming in China (2020, Global and Planetary Change)
  • Early-middle Permian drying in the North China Block induced by large igneous provinces (2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology)

Zhongli Ding collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Shiling Yang, with 14 joint publications
  • Zuoling Chen, with 9 joint publications
  • Yongda Wang, with 7 joint publications
  • Xiaofang Huang, with 6 joint publications
  • Minmin Sun, with 6 joint publications

The scientist's research is regularly published in selected venues such as Global and Planetary Change, Quaternary Science Reviews, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Geophysical Research Letters, and Earth-Science Reviews. Among these, Global and Planetary Change features four of their publications, while Quaternary Science Reviews accounts for three.

In recognition of their work, Zhongli Ding was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2006.

Best Publications

  • CHINESE LOESS AND THE PALEOMONSOON

    Tungsheng Liu;Zhongli Ding

  • Stacked 2.6‐Ma grain size record from the Chinese loess based on five sections and correlation with the deep‐sea δ18O record

    Z. L. Ding;E. Derbyshire;S. L. Yang;Z. W. Yu

  • Ice-Volume Forcing of East Asian Winter Monsoon Variations in the Past 800,000 Years

    Zhongli Ding;Tungsheng Liu;Nat W. Rutter;Zhiwei Yu

  • Towards an orbital time scale for chinese loess deposits

    Z. Ding;Z. Yu;N.W. Rutter;T. Liu

  • Stepwise expansion of desert environment across northern China in the past 3.5 Ma and implications for monsoon evolution

    Z.L. Ding;E. Derbyshire;S.L. Yang;J.M. Sun

  • Pedostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of a ̃7.0 Ma eolian loess-red clay sequence at Lingtai, Loess Plateau, north-central China and the implications for paleomonsoon evolution

    Z.L Ding;S.F Xiong;J.M Sun;S.L Yang

  • The loess record in southern Tajikistan and correlation with Chinese loess

    Z.L. Ding;V. Ranov;S.L. Yang;A. Finaev

  • Geochemistry of the Pliocene red clay formation in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for its origin, source provenance and paleoclimate change

    Z.L. Ding;J.M. Sun;S.L. Yang;T.S. Liu

  • Warming-induced northwestward migration of the East Asian monsoon rain belt from the Last Glacial Maximum to the mid-Holocene.

    Shiling Yang;Zhongli Ding;Yangyang Li;Xu Wang

  • Wind-blown origin of the Pliocene red clay formation in the central Loess Plateau, China

    Z.L Ding;J.M Sun;T.S Liu;R.X Zhu

  • Climate extremes in Loess of China coupled with the strength of deep-water formation in the North Atlantic

    Zhengtang Guo;Tungsheng Liu;Nicolas Fedoroff;Lanying Wei

  • Pleistocene chemical weathering history of Asian arid and semi-arid regions recorded in loess deposits of China and Tajikistan

    Shiling Yang;Feng Ding;Zhongli Ding

  • Iron geochemistry of loess and red clay deposits in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for long-term Asian monsoon evolution in the last 7.0 Ma

    Z.L. Ding;S.L. Yang;J.M. Sun;T.S. Liu

  • Preliminary magnetostratigraphy of a thick eolian red clay-loess sequence at Lingtai, the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Z. L. Ding;J. M. Sun;S. L. Yang;T. S. Liu

  • Advance–retreat history of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall belt over northern China during the last two glacial–interglacial cycles

    Shiling Yang;Zhongli Ding

  • Changes in Sand Content of Loess Deposits along a North–South Transect of the Chinese Loess Plateau and the Implications for Desert Variations

    Zhongli Ding;Jimin Sun;Nat W. Rutter;Dean Rokosh

  • A ∼6 Ma chemical weathering history, the grain size dependence of chemical weathering intensity, and its implications for provenance change of the Chinese loess–red clay deposit

    Shangfa Xiong;Zhongli Ding;Yuanjian Zhu;Ru Zhou

  • C3/C4 vegetation evolution over the last 7.0 Myr in the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from pedogenic carbonate δ13C

    Z.L. Ding;S.L. Yang

  • Constraints from loess on the Hf–Nd isotopic composition of the upper continental crust

    Catherine Chauvel;Catherine Chauvel;Marion Garçon;Marion Garçon;Sarah Bureau;Sarah Bureau;Adeline Besnault;Adeline Besnault

  • A 20 Ma pollen record of East-Asian summer monsoon evolution from Guyuan, Ningxia, China

    Hanchao Jiang;Zhongli Ding

  • Comparison of particle size characteristics of the Tertiary 'red clay' and Pleistocene loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau : implications for origin and sources of the 'red clay'

    S. L. Yang;Z. L. Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiling Yang
Shiling Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jimin Sun
Jimin Sun Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tungsheng Liu
Tungsheng Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nat Rutter
Nat Rutter University of Alberta
Rixiang Zhu
Rixiang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhengtang Guo
Zhengtang Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jule Xiao
Jule Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baochun Huang
Baochun Huang Peking University
Eric Buffetaut
Eric Buffetaut École Normale Supérieure
Christophe Lécuyer
Christophe Lécuyer Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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