Leifu Zhang

927 total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 750 citations indexed

About

Leifu Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Leifu Zhang has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 750 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 9 papers in Ocean Engineering and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Leifu Zhang's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (29 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). Leifu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (29 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers) and Geological formations and processes (9 papers). Leifu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Ireland and Germany. Leifu Zhang's co-authors include Zhensheng Shi, Shangwen Zhou, Hongyan Wang, Xinhua Ma, Dazhong Dong, Zhen Qiu, Chenjun Wu, Songqi Pan, Pan Mao and Qin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology and AAPG Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Leifu Zhang

30 papers receiving 729 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.

Deep shale gas in China: Geological characteristics and development strategies

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leifu Zhang China	13	639	271	227	188	144	31	750
Guoheng Liu China	16	613 1.0×	255 0.9×	150 0.7×	148 0.8×	114 0.8×	29	677
Zongquan Hu China	13	610 1.0×	217 0.8×	167 0.7×	143 0.8×	153 1.1×	39	663
Ming Wen China	12	544 0.9×	258 1.0×	166 0.7×	140 0.7×	127 0.9×	21	609
Shengxiang Long China	14	612 1.0×	271 1.0×	257 1.1×	156 0.8×	118 0.8×	32	673
Haiyan Hu China	8	740 1.2×	370 1.4×	147 0.6×	252 1.3×	105 0.7×	18	825
Yue Feng China	16	766 1.2×	205 0.8×	269 1.2×	106 0.6×	212 1.5×	39	835
Gangyi Zhai China	20	886 1.4×	343 1.3×	265 1.2×	233 1.2×	166 1.2×	58	993
Xiaobo Guo China	16	611 1.0×	197 0.7×	200 0.9×	72 0.4×	155 1.1×	29	655
Elizabeth T. Baruch Australia	8	571 0.9×	243 0.9×	136 0.6×	184 1.0×	84 0.6×	12	662

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Hu, Yi, Leifu Zhang, Wenxue Tang, et al.. (2025). Response of geochemical characteristics of organic-rich shale of Longmaxi formation to the sedimentary environment in the Neijiang-Rongchang area, Sichuan Basin, China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 13.

Zhang, Leifu, Hongyan Wang, Dazhong Dong, Qun Zhao, & Chenjun Wu. (2023). Gravity-flow deposits and implications for unconventional oil and gas in the Ordovician–Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation, Sichuan Basin, South China. AAPG Bulletin. 107(6). 957–988. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Leifu, et al.. (2023). Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Reservoir Characteristics of the Middle Cretaceous Mishrif Formation, South Iraq. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(6). 1255–1255. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Leifu, Qun Zhao, Chenjun Wu, et al.. (2022). Pore Structures of the Lower Permian Taiyuan Shale and Limestone in the Ordos Basin and the Significance to Unconventional Natural Gas Generation and Storage. Geofluids. 2022. 1–16. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yuman, Guoqi Wei, Zhen Qiu, et al.. (2022). Analysis on distribution and main controlling factors of OM carbonization in marine shale in the Sichuan Basin of China and its periphery. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 181–197. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yong, et al.. (2022). A Novel Correction Method for Pressure Transient Analysis Results of Horizontal Wells in Stratified Carbonate Reservoir with High Permeability Zone. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Qun, Leifu Zhang, Zhongguo Liu, et al.. (2022). A Big Data Method Based on Random BP Neural Network and Its Application for Analyzing Influencing Factors on Productivity of Shale Gas Wells. Energies. 15(7). 2526–2526. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Yuman, Hongyan Wang, Zhen Qiu, et al.. (2022). Basic characteristics of key interfaces in Upper Ordovician Wufeng Formation – Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Sichuan Basin and its periphery, SW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 49(1). 37–51. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Leifu, et al.. (2021). Reservoir Characteristics of the Lower Permian Marine-Continental Transitional Shales: Example from the Shanxi Formation and Taiyuan Formation in the Ordos Basin. Geofluids. 2021. 1–17. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Xiangwen, et al.. (2021). Application of Iterative Inversion Incorporated Prior Knowledge of Strikeslip Fault Zone in Tight Limestone Reservoir Prediction. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu, Qun Zhao, Zhen Qiu, et al.. (2021). Paleoenvironment and Organic Matter Accumulation Mechanism of Marine–Continental Transitional Shales: Outcrop Characterizations of the Carboniferous–Permian Strata, Ordos Basin, North China. Energies. 14(21). 7445–7445. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongyan, Shangwen Zhou, Jiehui Zhang, et al.. (2021). Clarifying the Effect of Clay Minerals on Methane Adsorption Capacity of Marine Shales in Sichuan Basin, China. Energies. 14(20). 6836–6836. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu & Dazhong Dong. (2020). Thickening-upward cycles in deep-marine and deep-lacustrine turbidite lobes: examples from the Clare Basin and the Ordos Basin. Journal of Palaeogeography. 9(1). 12 indexed citations

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Xie, Zengye, et al.. (2020). Chemical characteristics of Middle Permian formation water and hydrocarbon preservation conditions in Northwest Sichuan. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 600(1). 12041–12041. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu, et al.. (2020). 3D modeling of deepwater turbidite lobes: a review of the research status and progress. Petroleum Science. 17(2). 317–333. 13 indexed citations

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Zou, Caineng, Songqi Pan, Brian Horsfield, et al.. (2019). Oil retention and intrasource migration in the organic-rich lacustrine Chang 7 shale of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, central China. AAPG Bulletin. 103(11). 2627–2663. 78 indexed citations

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Wu, Chenjun, Leifu Zhang, Tongwei Zhang, et al.. (2019). Reconstruction of paleoceanic redox conditions of the lower Cambrian Niutitang shales in northern Guizhou, Upper Yangtze region. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 538. 109457–109457. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu, et al.. (2018). 黑色页岩微裂缝发育控制因素——以长宁双河剖面五峰组—龙马溪组为例. 45(5). 763–774. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu, et al.. (2017). Quantitative characterization of sandstone amalgamation and its impact on reservoir connectivity. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 44(2). 226–233. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Leifu, Pan Mao, & Hongliang Wang. (2017). Deepwater Turbidite Lobe Deposits: A Review of the Research Frontiers. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 91(1). 283–300. 25 indexed citations

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