Huai Zhang

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
196 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Huai Zhang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Huai Zhang has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Geophysics, 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Huai Zhang's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (41 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Huai Zhang is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (69 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (41 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Huai Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Huai Zhang's co-authors include Yao Shi, Jinran Yu, Qijun Sun, Xixi Yang, Youhui Chen, Yujun Sun, Guoyun Gao, Kwang Ik Kim, David A. Yuen and Prashant Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Huai Zhang

176 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huai Zhang China	23	663	453	341	199	178	196	2.1k
Francisco Melo Chile	31	134 0.2×	193 0.4×	626 1.8×	35 0.2×	801 4.5×	133	4.0k
Dong‐Hun Lee South Korea	31	740 1.1×	668 1.5×	214 0.6×	36 0.2×	206 1.2×	238	3.4k
Chen Cao China	23	80 0.1×	601 1.3×	217 0.6×	172 0.9×	205 1.2×	71	2.2k
Yukihiro Takahashi Japan	36	428 0.6×	1.9k 4.3×	289 0.8×	446 2.2×	1.6k 9.0×	192	5.0k
Lun Li China	21	96 0.1×	613 1.4×	520 1.5×	46 0.2×	387 2.2×	80	1.9k
D. J. Vine United States	27	56 0.1×	659 1.5×	285 0.8×	105 0.5×	282 1.6×	82	2.2k
Pierre A. Deymier United States	31	285 0.4×	395 0.9×	2.5k 7.4×	30 0.2×	911 5.1×	214	4.6k
Yong Wei China	40	584 0.9×	1.3k 2.9×	2.1k 6.3×	1.3k 6.5×	597 3.4×	362	7.0k
Dipankar Sarkar India	27	1.0k 1.5×	413 0.9×	614 1.8×	22 0.1×	465 2.6×	122	2.9k
Lucas Goehring Germany	26	107 0.2×	515 1.1×	348 1.0×	66 0.3×	393 2.2×	49	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huai Zhang

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All Works

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Zhang, Zhengfeng, et al.. (2025). Reconciling high-resolution strain rate of continental China from GNSS data with the spherical spline interpolation. Tectonophysics. 898. 230614–230614.

Ke, Yifen, et al.. (2025). Fractional order dung beetle optimizer with reduction factor for global optimization and industrial engineering optimization problems. Artificial Intelligence Review. 58(10). 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Xiaomei, et al.. (2025). Cathode catalyst-assisted microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide: promising material selection. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 160. 394–404. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Huai, et al.. (2024). Seismicity changes and numerical simulation of coseismic deformation following the 2022 Ms6.8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan, China. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(8). 2507–2521. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zefang, Huai Zhang, Qingping Wang, et al.. (2024). Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3-xGaTe2 with ultrafast laser writability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1017–1017. 40 indexed citations

Liu, Can, Huai Zhang, Zefang Li, et al.. (2023). Nontrivial spin textures induced remarkable topological Hall effect and extraordinary magnetoresistance in kagome magnet TmMn6Sn6. Surfaces and Interfaces. 39. 102866–102866. 9 indexed citations

Zhuang, Jiancang, et al.. (2023). Detection and Characterization of Earthquake Swarms in Nankai and Its Association With Slow Slip Events. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(3). 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Huai, et al.. (2023). A globally convergent smoothing Newton method for the second order cone complementarity approach of elastoplasticity problems. Computers and Geotechnics. 156. 105282–105282. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Huai, Yajiu Zhang, Zhipeng Hou, et al.. (2023). Magnetic skyrmions: materials, manipulation, detection, and applications in spintronic devices. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 32201–32201. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Shi, et al.. (2023). Insights on the uplift mechanism of the eastern Tibetan Plateau from the flexural isostasy study. Terra Nova. 35(6). 533–541. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai, et al.. (2022). Plume‐Induced Rifting of Thickened Crust: 2D Numerical Model and Implications for N–S Rifts in Southern Tibet. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 3 indexed citations

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She, Xuefeng, et al.. (2022). Element migration and phase distribution characteristics during crystallization of rare earth phase in rare earth slag. Journal of Rare Earths. 41(5). 780–788. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai, et al.. (2019). GENERALIZED MODULUS-BASED MATRIX SPLITTING ITERATION METHODS FOR SECOND-ORDER CONE LINEAR COMPLEMENTARITY PROBLEMS. 41(4). 395. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yujun, et al.. (2017). Numerical study on the dynamics of lithospheric deformation pattern in the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Progress in geophysics. 32(6). 2383–2393.

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Zhang, Huai. (2011). Coupled Models and Parallel Simulations for Three-Dimensional Full-Stokes Ice Sheet Modeling. Numerical Mathematics Theory Methods and Applications. 4(3). 396–418. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai. (2008). Design of an embedded micrograph processing system based on DSP.

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Zhang, Huai. (2003). On the Eco-ethics of Chinese Buddhism. Journal of Jishou University. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai. (2002). The Fractal Dimension of Profile of Spherical and Cutting Wear Debris. Tribology. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai, et al.. (1995). Effects of spray on the momentum, heat and vapor transfers over the sea. I. Equations and initial values. Qingdao Haiyang Daxue xuebao. 25(2). 131–138. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huai, et al.. (1995). Effects of spray on the momentum, heat and vapor transfers over the sea. II. Numerical calculations and comparison of results. Qingdao Haiyang Daxue xuebao. 25(2). 139–145. 2 indexed citations

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