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D-Index
66
Citations
16621
World Ranking
1303
National Ranking
82

Zi-Fu Zhao publications per year

1998: 1 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 1 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 30 publications 2026: 1 publications
1998 2026

230 publications in total across all disciplines

Zi-Fu Zhao publication distribution in Earth Science in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Zi-Fu Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 170 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zi-Fu Zhao D-index placement in Earth Science in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Zi-Fu Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zi-Fu Zhao is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Zi-Fu Zhao has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Lithos
  • Chemical Geology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Geology

Their recent papers showcase research across different geological and geochemical topics:

  • Accurate and precise in situ U-Pb isotope dating of wolframite series minerals via LA-SF-ICP-MS, 2020, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
  • Miocene high-temperature leucogranite magmatism in the Himalayan orogen, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Identification of Jurassic mafic arc magmatism in the eastern North China Craton: Geochemical evidence for westward subduction of the Paleo-Pacific slab, 2020, Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • Generation of andesite through partial melting of basaltic metasomatites in the mantle wedge: Insight from quantitative study of Andean andesites, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Zinc isotope fractionation in mantle rocks and minerals, and a revised δ66Zn value for the Bulk Silicate Earth, 2022, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Zi-Fu Zhao include:

  • Li-Qun Dai
  • Yong-Fei Zheng
  • Guochao Sun
  • Wei Fang
  • Li-Tao Ma

Best Publications

  • Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Implications for growth and reworking of continental crust

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Shao-Bing Zhang;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu

  • Zircon U-Pb and oxygen isotope evidence for a large-scale 18O depletion event in igneous rocks during the Neoproterozoic

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Fu-Kun Chen;Bing Gong

  • Zircon U-Pb age, Hf and O isotope constraints on protolith origin of ultrahigh-pressure eclogite and gneiss in the Dabie orogen

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zi-Fu Zhao;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yuan-Bao Wu;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Zircon U-Pb age and Hf-O isotope evidence for Paleoproterozoic metamorphic event in South China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Zircon isotope evidence for ≥3.5Ga continental crust in the Yangtze craton of China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Reworking of juvenile crust: Element and isotope evidence from Neoproterozoic granodiorite in South China

    Rong-Xin Wu;Rong-Xin Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Zircon U–Pb age and Hf isotope evidence for 3.8 Ga crustal remnant and episodic reworking of Archean crust in South China

    Shao-Bing Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Metamorphic effect on zircon Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotope systems in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite-facies metagranite and metabasite

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Yuan-Bao Wu;Zi-Fu Zhao;Shao-Bing Zhang

  • Chemical geodynamics of continental subduction-zone metamorphism: Insights from studies of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling (CCSD) core samples

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Ren-Xu Chen;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Calculation of oxygen isotope fractionation in magmatic rocks

    Zi-Fu Zhao;Yong-Fei Zheng

  • U Pb, Hf and O isotope evidence for two episodes of fluid-assisted zircon growth in marble-hosted eclogites from the Dabie orogen

    Yuan-Bao Wu;Yuan-Bao Wu;Yong-Fei Zheng;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zi-Fu Zhao;Zi-Fu Zhao;Bing Gong

  • Geochemical evidence for interaction between oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle in the origin of Cenozoic continental basalts in east-central China

    Jun-Jun Zhang;Yong-Fei Zheng;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Developing plate tectonics theory from oceanic subduction zones to collisional orogens

    YongFei Zheng;YiXiang Chen;LiQun Dai;ZiFu Zhao

  • Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere

    Yongfei Zheng;Zheng Xu;Zifu Zhao;Liqun Dai

  • Remelting of subducted continental lithosphere: Petrogenesis of Mesozoic magmatic rocks in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt

    ZiFu Zhao;YongFei Zheng

  • Experimental melts from crustal rocks: A lithochemical constraint on granite petrogenesis

    Peng Gao;Yong–Fei Zheng;Zi–Fu Zhao

  • Postcollisional magmatism: Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of Mesozoic granitoids in the Sulu orogen, China

    Juan Zhang;Zi-Fu Zhao;Yong-Fei Zheng;Mengning Dai

  • Post-collisional granitoids from the Dabie orogen in China: Zircon U–Pb age, element and O isotope evidence for recycling of subducted continental crust

    Zi-Fu Zhao;Yong-Fei Zheng;Chun-Sheng Wei;Yuan-Bao Wu

  • Oxygen isotope equilibrium between eclogite minerals and its constraints on mineral Sm-Nd chronometer

    Yong-Fei Zheng;Zheng-Rong Wang;Shu-Guang Li;Zi-Fu Zhao

  • Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope compositions of migmatite from the North Dabie terrane in China: constraints on partial melting

    Y.-B. Wu;Y.-B. Wu;Y.-B. Wu;Y.-F. Zheng;Y.-F. Zheng;S.-B. Zhang;Z.-F. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong-Fei Zheng
Yong-Fei Zheng University of Science and Technology of China
Yuan-Bao Wu
Yuan-Bao Wu China University of Geosciences
Fu-Yuan Wu
Fu-Yuan Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ren-Xu Chen
Ren-Xu Chen University of Science and Technology of China
Yue-Heng Yang
Yue-Heng Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shan Gao
Shan Gao China University of Geosciences
Jin-Hui Yang
Jin-Hui Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lie-Wen Xie
Lie-Wen Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Roger H. Mitchell
Roger H. Mitchell Lakehead University
John W. Valley
John W. Valley University of Wisconsin–Madison

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