Caineng Zou

5.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
91 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Caineng Zou is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Caineng Zou has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 40 papers in Geology and 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Caineng Zou's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (68 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (28 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (23 papers). Caineng Zou is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (68 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (28 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (23 papers). Caineng Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Caineng Zou's co-authors include Bo Xiong, Zhang Guo-sheng, Qun Zhao, Songqi Pan, Zhen Qiu, Zhi Yang, Songtao Wu, Rukai Zhu, Xuanjun Yuan and Huaqing Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Caineng Zou

85 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Energy revolution: From a fossil energy era to a new energy era

2016 596 citations Caineng Zou, Qun Zhao et al. Natural Gas Industry B profile →
The role of new energy in carbon neutral

2021 447 citations Caineng Zou, Bo Xiong et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →
Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (II)

2016 407 citations Caineng Zou, Qun Zhao et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →
Applications of Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in the Geological Sciences—A Review

2015 303 citations Caineng Zou et al. profile →
Development, challenges and strategies of natural gas industry under carbon neutral target in China

2024 50 citations Caineng Zou, Feng Ma et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caineng Zou China	31	2.3k	1.1k	878	726	483	91	4.3k
Qun Zhao China	20	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	371 0.5×	617 1.3×	96	3.1k
Songqi Pan China	30	1.6k 0.7×	685 0.6×	711 0.8×	472 0.7×	353 0.7×	82	2.7k
Songtao Wu China	37	4.3k 1.9×	2.1k 2.0×	2.0k 2.3×	1.0k 1.4×	690 1.4×	201	6.2k
Zhang Guo-sheng China	18	978 0.4×	684 0.6×	588 0.7×	251 0.3×	210 0.4×	47	2.2k
Jinchuan Zhang China	35	3.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.7×	515 0.7×	1.0k 2.2×	125	3.9k
Mark Wilkinson United Kingdom	33	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	792 0.9×	163 0.2×	582 1.2×	136	4.7k
Mehdi Ostadhassan China	41	4.1k 1.8×	2.3k 2.1×	2.5k 2.9×	345 0.5×	436 0.9×	257	5.4k
Tao Zhang China	33	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	104 0.1×	172 0.4×	246	3.9k
Xiangjun Liu China	28	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	86 0.1×	411 0.9×	154	3.0k
Zhi Yang China	45	6.3k 2.7×	4.0k 3.8×	2.9k 3.3×	1.8k 2.5×	1.3k 2.6×	288	9.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Zhengfu, Caineng Zou, Alexander J. Dickson, et al.. (2025). Sub-millimeter molybdenum and uranium isotopes track millennial redox events in the Cambrian ocean. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Lu, Guanwen, Caineng Zou, Songqi Pan, et al.. (2025). Occurrence Characteristics of Initial Free and Adsorbed Methane under Pressure-Preserved Coring Conditions and the Influence of Initial Free Methane on Deep Coalbed Methane Production. Energy & Fuels. 39(11). 5295–5311. 1 indexed citations

Zou, Caineng, Shixiang Li, Bo Xiong, et al.. (2024). Connotation, pathway and significance of carbon neutrality “super energy system”: A case study of the Ordos Basin, NW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 51(4). 1066–1082. 11 indexed citations

Zou, Caineng, Shixiang Li, Bo Xiong, Hanlin Liu, & Feng Ma. (2024). Revolution and significance of “Green Energy Transition” in the context of new quality productive forces: A discussion on theoretical understanding of “Energy Triangle”. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 51(6). 1611–1627. 8 indexed citations

Zou, Caineng, Songqi Pan, Guosheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Ranking the oil contribution of individual layers in a lacustrine shale oil system based on non-hydrocarbon analysis by FT-ICR MS. International Journal of Coal Geology. 288. 104528–104528. 1 indexed citations

Qiu, Zhen, Benjamin Mills, Caineng Zou, Simon W. Poulton, & Yijun Xiong. (2024). A nutrient control on expanded anoxia and global cooling during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. 1 indexed citations

Zou, Caineng, et al.. (2023). Principal characteristics of marine shale gas, and the theory and technology of its exploration and development in China. Natural Gas Industry B. 10(1). 1–13. 15 indexed citations

Qiu, Zhen, Caineng Zou, Benjamin Mills, et al.. (2022). A nutrient control on expanded anoxia and global cooling during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 56 indexed citations

Zou, Caineng & Zhen Qiu. (2021). Preface: New advances in unconventional petroleum sedimentology in China. 39(1). 1–9. 20 indexed citations

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Qiu, Zhen & Caineng Zou. (2020). Unconventional Petroleum Sedimentology:Connotation and prospect. 38(1). 1–29. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Guoheng, Caineng Zou, Xianghua Xia, et al.. (2019). Silicon sources and hydrocarbon accumulation in shale, Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin. 41(1). 45–55. 5 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng, et al.. (2019). Importance of graptolite evolution and biostratigraphic calibration on shale gas exploration. Zhongguo shiyou kantan. 24(1). 1. 9 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng. (2012). Reservoir and Oil-gas Pool Characteristics of Paleozoic Marine Clastic Rocks in China. Earth Science(Journal of China University of Geosciences). 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rukai, et al.. (2011). Progresses in the Global Petroleum Exploration and Its Demand in Reservoir Research. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 26(11). 1150. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng, et al.. (2011). Evidence analysis of natural gas near-source migration-accumulation model in the Sulige large gas province, Ordos basin, China. 27(3). 857–866. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng. (2008). Formation and Distribution of Shallow-water Deltas and Central-basin Sandbodies in Large Open Depression Lake Basins. Acta Geological Sinica. 49 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng. (2007). COMPARISON OF FORMATION CONDITIONS OF "SWEET POINT" RESERVOIRS IN SULIGE GAS FIELD AND XIANGXI GROUP GAS FIELD IN THE CENTRAL SICHUAN BASIN. Tianranqi gongye. 4 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng, et al.. (2006). Water-soluble gas accumulation process of Hetianhe gas field in Tarim Basin,NW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 10 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng. (2005). Accumulation dynamics and distribution of litho-stratigraphic reservoirs in South Songliao Basin. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 23 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng. (2005). Accumulation and distribution of natural gases in Xihu Sag, East China Sea Basin. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 13 indexed citations

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