Keqing Zong

15.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
153 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Keqing Zong is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keqing Zong has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Geophysics, 46 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 18 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Keqing Zong's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (117 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (76 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (65 papers). Keqing Zong is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (117 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (76 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (65 papers). Keqing Zong collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Keqing Zong's co-authors include Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu, Shan Gao, Zhaoping Hu, Dongyan Wang, Shunbao Gao, Chengjin Gao, Haihong Chen, Wen Zhang and Changgui Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Keqing Zong

147 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt-Peri... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2010 2012 2016 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. Continental and Oceanic Crust Recycling-induced Melt-Peridotite Interactions in the Trans-North China Orogen: U-Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes and Trace Elements in Zircons from Mantle Xenoliths
    2009 3.2k citations Yongsheng Liu, Keqing Zong et al. profile →
  2. Reappraisement and refinement of zircon U-Pb isotope and trace element analyses by LA-ICP-MS
    2010 1.5k citations Yongsheng Liu, Zhaochu Hu et al. profile →
  3. Improved in situ Hf isotope ratio analysis of zircon using newly designed X skimmer cone and jet sample cone in combination with the addition of nitrogen by laser ablation multiple collector ICP-MS
    2012 929 citations Zhaochu Hu, Yongsheng Liu et al. profile →
  4. The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB)
    2016 547 citations Keqing Zong, Reiner Klemd et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  5. Geochemistry and magmatic history of eclogites and ultramafic rocks from the Chinese continental scientific drill hole: Subduction and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism of lower crustal cumulates
    2007 542 citations Yongsheng Liu, Keqing Zong et al. Chemical Geology profile →
  6. “Wave” Signal-Smoothing and Mercury-Removing Device for Laser Ablation Quadrupole and Multiple Collector ICPMS Analysis: Application to Lead Isotope Analysis
    2014 511 citations Zhaochu Hu, Wen Zhang et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →
  7. 3.45 Ga granitic gneisses from the Yangtze Craton, South China: Implications for Early Archean crustal growth
    2014 279 citations Jingliang Guo, Shan Gao et al. Precambrian Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keqing Zong China 47 11.8k 5.5k 2.0k 869 630 153 13.0k
Yue‐Heng Yang China 69 17.9k 1.5× 7.7k 1.4× 3.1k 1.5× 915 1.1× 796 1.3× 248 19.4k
Lie‐Wen Xie China 44 9.1k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 514 0.6× 628 1.0× 131 10.1k
Jan Košler Norway 40 8.8k 0.7× 4.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 98 9.7k
Andreas Stracke Germany 42 9.8k 0.8× 2.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 629 0.7× 977 1.6× 113 10.7k
Steven B. Shirey United States 59 10.7k 0.9× 2.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 608 0.7× 913 1.4× 167 11.8k
Noreen J. Evans Australia 50 8.1k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 529 0.6× 883 1.4× 308 9.0k
David Chew Ireland 43 6.1k 0.5× 3.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 883 1.0× 985 1.6× 230 7.0k
Jun‐Ichi Kimura Japan 52 8.2k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 669 0.8× 1.3k 2.1× 240 9.4k
Reid R. Keays Australia 59 8.2k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 664 0.8× 945 1.5× 154 10.0k
Chad Paton Denmark 24 5.3k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 888 0.4× 588 0.7× 803 1.3× 32 6.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Yiheng, Zaicong Wang, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2025). Sulfur isotopes from the lunar farside reveal global volatile loss following the giant impact. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5780–5780. 1 indexed citations
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Aulbach, Sonja, Keqing Zong, Zongqi Zou, et al.. (2025). Subduction-related transfer of sulfur and chalcophile elements recorded in continental mantle wedge peridotites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 398. 11–28. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lang, Huayun Tang, Keqing Zong, et al.. (2024). 华北克拉通东部早白垩世火山岩：再循环物质差异性改造的记录. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences. 49(2). 669–669.
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Wang, Zaicong, Pu Sun, Zong‐Feng Yang, et al.. (2024). Primary Sulfur Isotopes of Intraplate Basalts and Implications for Deep S Recycling of Altered Oceanic Crust. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(24). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zaicong, Keqing Zong, Yiheng Li, et al.. (2024). Young KREEP-like mare volcanism from Oceanus Procellarum. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 373. 17–34. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Yiheng, Zaicong Wang, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Rb-Sr isotopes record complex thermal modification of Chang’e-5 lunar soils. Science Bulletin. 68(22). 2724–2728. 7 indexed citations
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He, Detao, Yongsheng Liu, Frédéric Moynier, et al.. (2023). Tightly coupled Ca-Zn-Sr isotope co-variations in basalts caused by recycled calcium carbonate in the mantle source. Chemical Geology. 637. 121678–121678. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhensheng, Junfeng Zhang, Keqing Zong, Timothy Kusky, & Yanxin Wang. (2023). Plate Tectonics: The Stabilizer of Earth’s Habitability. Journal of Earth Science. 34(6). 1645–1662. 9 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yun, Jinting Kang, Shiyong Liao, et al.. (2023). Fe and Mg Isotope Compositions Indicate a Hybrid Mantle Source for Young Chang’E 5 Mare Basalts. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 945(2). L26–L26. 38 indexed citations
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Dey, Sukanta, et al.. (2020). Mechanism of Paleoarchean continental crust formation as archived in granitoids from northern part of Singhbhum Craton, eastern India. Geological Society London Special Publications. SP489–2019. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wen, Zhaochu Hu, Detlef Günther, et al.. (2016). Direct lead isotope analysis in Hg-rich sulfides by LA-MC-ICP-MS with a gas exchange device and matrix-matched calibration. Analytica Chimica Acta. 948. 9–18. 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Yongsheng, Keqing Zong, Lüyun Zhu, et al.. (2016). Trace element and Sr isotope records of multi‐episode carbonatite metasomatism on the eastern margin of the North China Craton. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 18(1). 220–237. 45 indexed citations
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Zong, Keqing, Reiner Klemd, Yu Yuan, et al.. (2016). The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). Precambrian Research. 290. 32–48. 547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hu, Zhaochu, Wen Zhang, Yongsheng Liu, et al.. (2014). “Wave” Signal-Smoothing and Mercury-Removing Device for Laser Ablation Quadrupole and Multiple Collector ICPMS Analysis: Application to Lead Isotope Analysis. Analytical Chemistry. 87(2). 1152–1157. 511 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Zhenyu, Zeming Zhang, Keqing Zong, Hua Xiang, & Reiner Klemd. (2014). Metamorphic P–T–t evolution of mafic HP granulites in the northeastern segment of the Tarim Craton (Dunhuang block): Evidence for early Paleozoic continental subduction. Lithos. 196-197. 1–13. 74 indexed citations
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Guo, Jingliang, Shan Gao, Yuanbao Wu, et al.. (2014). Titanite evidence for Triassic thickened lower crust along southeastern margin of North China Craton. Lithos. 206-207. 277–288. 10 indexed citations
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Ye, Xiaofeng, Keqing Zong, Zhenyu He, et al.. (2013). Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic granite in Liuyuan area of southern Beishan orogenic belt and its geological significance. Dizhi tongbao. 32(2). 307–317. 31 indexed citations

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