Qian W.L. Zhang

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Qian W.L. Zhang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian W.L. Zhang has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Geophysics, 25 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Qian W.L. Zhang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (38 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (33 papers). Qian W.L. Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (38 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (33 papers). Qian W.L. Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Austria and Rwanda. Qian W.L. Zhang's co-authors include Chun‐Ming Wu, Jiahui Liu, Hao Wang, Hui C.G. Zhang, Hong‐Xu Chen, Mengyan Shi, Tao Peng, Xiaoqing Zhu, Quanlin Hou and Quanren Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Qian W.L. Zhang

65 papers receiving 952 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang’e-6 basalts
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qian W.L. Zhang China 20 763 346 104 90 69 70 998
D. V. Kuzmin Russia 10 669 0.9× 194 0.6× 63 0.6× 69 0.8× 41 0.6× 25 786
X.H. Li China 9 934 1.2× 329 1.0× 123 1.2× 67 0.7× 34 0.5× 17 1.3k
M. Pertermann United States 13 1.3k 1.7× 243 0.7× 105 1.0× 76 0.8× 39 0.6× 17 1.4k
Н. С. Карманов Russia 14 570 0.7× 270 0.8× 169 1.6× 60 0.7× 19 0.3× 80 736
Yana Fedortchouk Canada 18 1.1k 1.4× 264 0.8× 66 0.6× 223 2.5× 19 0.3× 46 1.1k
A. M. Dorfman Germany 15 1.1k 1.5× 384 1.1× 231 2.2× 89 1.0× 33 0.5× 29 1.3k
Kamal Lochan Pruseth India 17 881 1.2× 468 1.4× 168 1.6× 27 0.3× 23 0.3× 46 984
Phillip Gopon United Kingdom 13 560 0.7× 238 0.7× 94 0.9× 41 0.5× 20 0.3× 37 726
Emmanuel Gardès France 16 773 1.0× 116 0.3× 63 0.6× 149 1.7× 23 0.3× 41 965
N. P. Pokhilenko Russia 21 1.4k 1.9× 360 1.0× 95 0.9× 279 3.1× 48 0.7× 111 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Qian W.L. Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qian W.L. Zhang

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All Works

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Cao, Zhong‐Min, Qian W.L. Zhang, Yonghu Chen, et al.. (2025). Sm2+ doped Ba2B5O9Cl for temperature imaging with ultrahigh sensitivity. Ceramics International. 51(27). 55470–55477.
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Yang, Mengxi, Qian W.L. Zhang, Qiuli Li, et al.. (2025). 2.2-billion-year-old KREEP-rich volcanism on the Moon. Science Bulletin. 70(19). 3265–3271. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian W.L., et al.. (2022). Identification of continental fragments in orogen: an example from Dunhuang Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Science Bulletin. 67(15). 1549–1552. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Qian W.L. Zhang, Mengyan Shi, et al.. (2021). Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphism and Geochronology of Garnet Clinopyroxenite in the Paleozoic Dunhuang Orogenic Belt, Northwestern China. Minerals. 11(2). 117–117. 3 indexed citations
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Shi, Mengyan, Quanlin Hou, Chun‐Ming Wu, et al.. (2021). Origins of the meta‐mafic rocks in the southern Dunhuang Block (NW China): Implication for tectonic framework of the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Geological Journal. 56(8). 3959–3973. 4 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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Shi, Mengyan, Quanlin Hou, Chun‐Ming Wu, et al.. (2019). Paleozoic Sanweishan arc in the northern Dunhuang region, NW China: The Dunhuang block is a Phanerozoic orogen, not a Precambrian block. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 194. 103954–103954. 25 indexed citations
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Liang, Chenyue, Yongjiang Liu, Changqing Zheng, et al.. (2019). Deformation of granitic rocks within Derbugan Fault belt, Erguna Massif, Northeast China: Implication of the subduction of Mongol‐Okhotsk oceanic plate. Geological Journal. 55(6). 4159–4183. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian W.L., Jiahui Liu, Hao Wang, et al.. (2019). Amphibolite facies metamorphism and geochronology of the Paleoproterozoic Aketashitage Orogenic Belt, northwestern China. Precambrian Research. 328. 146–160. 23 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian W.L., et al.. (2019). Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications of the Jintonghu Granitic Porphyry in Zijinshan Orefield, Fujian Province. 33(5). 1025–1035. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Qian W.L. Zhang, Jun‐Sheng Lu, et al.. (2018). Metamorphic evolution and geochronology of the tectonic mélange of the Dongbatu and Mogutai blocks, middle Dunhuang orogenic belt, northwestern China. Geosphere. 14(2). 883–906. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Juan Wang, Guo-Dong Wang, et al.. (2016). Metamorphic evolution and geochronology of the Dunhuang orogenic belt in the Hongliuxia area, northwestern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 135. 51–69. 50 indexed citations
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Li, Bin, Shao‐Yong Jiang, Qian W.L. Zhang, Hai-Xiang Zhao, & Kui-Dong Zhao. (2015). Cretaceous crust–mantle interaction and tectonic evolution of Cathaysia Block in South China: Evidence from pulsed mafic rocks and related magmatism. Tectonophysics. 661. 136–155. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian W.L.. (2008). The adakite and mineralization of the Shaxi porphyry copper-gold deposit,Central Anhui. Zhongguo dizhi. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yixian, et al.. (2003). Proterozoic anorogenic magmatic rocks and their constraints on mineralizations in the Bayan Obo deposit region, Inner Mongolia. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 46(S1). 26–40. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian W.L.. (2001). ISLANDS-OCEAN STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF MID-WESTERN CONTINENT IN INNER MONGULIA. Dadi gouzao yu chengkuangxue. 2 indexed citations

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