Ji’en Zhang

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ji’en Zhang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ji’en Zhang has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Geophysics, 45 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ji’en Zhang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (54 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (45 papers). Ji’en Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (54 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (45 papers). Ji’en Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Ji’en Zhang's co-authors include Wenjiao Xiao, Songjian Ao, Chunming Han, Brian F. Windley, Bo Wan, Dongfang Song, Zhiyong Zhang, Qigui Mao, Zhiyong Zhang and Wei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ji’en Zhang

86 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia
    2017 467 citations Wenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ji’en Zhang China 31 3.4k 1.9k 482 358 270 88 3.6k
Songjian Ao China 34 4.3k 1.2× 2.5k 1.3× 542 1.1× 285 0.8× 245 0.9× 125 4.4k
Jian‐Wei Zi Australia 31 2.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 571 1.2× 299 0.8× 323 1.2× 106 3.1k
Touping Peng China 34 4.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 656 1.4× 303 0.8× 564 2.1× 72 4.5k
Shunbao Gao China 18 4.8k 1.4× 2.3k 1.2× 676 1.4× 267 0.7× 213 0.8× 51 5.0k
Shu Sun China 13 3.5k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 516 1.1× 366 1.0× 377 1.4× 29 3.8k
D. V. Alexeiev Russia 22 5.4k 1.6× 3.4k 1.8× 547 1.1× 320 0.9× 428 1.6× 50 5.6k
Yuruo Shi China 31 5.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.3× 714 1.5× 417 1.2× 311 1.2× 90 5.4k
Keda Cai China 36 4.9k 1.4× 3.3k 1.7× 770 1.6× 201 0.6× 223 0.8× 102 5.0k
Jian‐Bo Zhou China 32 5.1k 1.5× 2.8k 1.4× 548 1.1× 246 0.7× 504 1.9× 110 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ji’en Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ji’en Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ji’en Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ji’en Zhang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ji’en Zhang. Ji’en Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wu, Jing, Yinshuang Ai, Stephen S. Gao, et al.. (2025). Mantle Flow and Fault Zone Related Seismic Anisotropy Revealed by a Dense Linear Broadband Array in Southeast Tibet. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(16).
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Yin, Jiyuan, Wenjiao Xiao, Tao Wang, et al.. (2024). Maturation from oceanic arcs to continental crust: Insights from Paleozoic magmatism in West Junggar, NW China. Earth-Science Reviews. 253. 104795–104795. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian, Lanfang He, Wei‐Ying Chen, et al.. (2023). Constraints and insights into the tectonics of the Bayan Obo deposit from the shallow velocity structure. Geophysics. 89(1). WB1–WB12. 6 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yikang, Yibo Wang, Ji’en Zhang, Ya Xu, & Liang Zhao. (2023). Reflection seismic imaging of subsurface geologic structures in the Bayan Obo mining area, China. Geophysics. 89(1). WB81–WB87. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ji’en, Wenjiao Xiao, Bo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Continental‐scale shearing triggered by Oligocene subduction in Myanmar‐Indochina, SE Asia. Geological Journal. 59(3). 1018–1038.
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Wang, Nan, Zhiyong Zhang, Marco G. Malusà, et al.. (2023). Geo‐thermochronological analysis reveals transition from transverse to axial detrital inputs during Cretaceous rifting in the Songliao Basin, NE China. Terra Nova. 36(1). 89–96. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengpeng, Lin Chen, Wenjiao Xiao, & Ji’en Zhang. (2022). Topographic Response of Hinterland Basins in Tibet to the India–Asia Convergence: 3D Thermo-Mechanical Modeling. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 7 indexed citations
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Mao, Qigui, Jingbin Wang, Wenjiao Xiao, et al.. (2021). From Ordovician nascent to early Permian mature arc in the southern Altaids: Insights from the Kalatage inlier in the Eastern Tianshan, NW China. Geosphere. 17(2). 647–683. 21 indexed citations
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Ao, Songjian, et al.. (2021). Metallogenic regularity and metallogenic series of West Kunlun and its adjacent areas. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 37(12). 3615–3644. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yichao, et al.. (2021). The structure of suture in orogenic belts and its tectonic implications. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 37(8). 2324–2338. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yichao, Ji’en Zhang, Wenjiao Xiao, et al.. (2020). Late Silurian to early Devonian development of the Chingiz accretion arc, West Junggar: insights into accretion arc evolution in the Central Asia Orogenic Belt. International Geology Review. 63(17). 2083–2103. 12 indexed citations
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Xiao, Wenjiao, Brian F. Windley, Alan S. Collins, et al.. (2020). Late Paleozoic Chingiz and Saur Arc Amalgamation in West Junggar (NW China): Implications for Accretionary Tectonics in the Southern Altaids. Tectonics. 39(7). 24 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhenyu, Wenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley, et al.. (2019). Latest Permian–early Triassic arc amalgamation of the Eastern Tianshan (NW China): Constraints from detrital zircons and Hf isotopes of Devonian–Triassic sediments. Geological Journal. 55(3). 1708–1727. 25 indexed citations
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Xiao, Wenjiao, Brian F. Windley, Chunming Han, et al.. (2017). Late Paleozoic to early Triassic multiple roll-back and oroclinal bending of the Mongolia collage in Central Asia. Earth-Science Reviews. 186. 94–128. 467 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wan, Bo, Brian F. Windley, Wenjiao Xiao, Jianyun Feng, & Ji’en Zhang. (2015). Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metamorphism in the northern North China Craton and implications for the Nuna supercontinent. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8344–8344. 89 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhongmei, Chunming Han, Wenjiao Xiao, et al.. (2014). Petrology and geochronology of Paleoproterozoic garnet-bearing amphibolites from the Dunhuang Block, Eastern Tarim Craton. Precambrian Research. 255. 163–180. 47 indexed citations
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Han, Chunming, Wenjiao Xiao, Ben‐Xun Su, et al.. (2014). Formation age and genesis of the Gongchangling Neoarchean banded iron deposit in eastern Liaoning Province: Constraints from geochemistry and SHRIMP zircon U–Pb dating. Precambrian Research. 254. 306–322. 46 indexed citations
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Han, Chunming, Wenjiao Xiao, Guochun Zhao, et al.. (2012). Palaeozoic porphyry Cu–Au and ultramafic Cu–Ni deposits in the eastern Tianshan orogenic belt: temporal constraints from U–Pb geochronology. International Geology Review. 55(7). 842–862. 12 indexed citations

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