Qin Zhou

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Qin Zhou is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Qin Zhou has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Ocean Engineering and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Qin Zhou's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (41 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers). Qin Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (41 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (16 papers). Qin Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Qin Zhou's co-authors include Hui Tian, Xianming Xiao, Peng Cheng, Tengfei Li, Lei Pan, Xianming Xiao, Dehan Liu, Qiang Wei, Lei Pan and Jiagui Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geology and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Qin Zhou

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qin Zhou China	20	956	429	347	297	212	60	1.5k
Bei Liu China	22	866 0.9×	269 0.6×	247 0.7×	169 0.6×	174 0.8×	66	1.4k
Humberto Carvajal‐Ortiz United States	21	1.3k 1.4×	440 1.0×	211 0.6×	140 0.5×	313 1.5×	50	1.4k
T. Yang China	23	676 0.7×	261 0.6×	172 0.5×	396 1.3×	151 0.7×	109	1.8k
Dongxia Chen China	20	948 1.0×	296 0.7×	122 0.4×	155 0.5×	91 0.4×	88	1.2k
Tao Hu China	26	1.7k 1.8×	517 1.2×	424 1.2×	103 0.3×	321 1.5×	90	1.9k
Xuanlong Shan China	19	732 0.8×	199 0.5×	77 0.2×	372 1.3×	110 0.5×	99	1.1k
Jingkui Mi China	20	950 1.0×	211 0.5×	305 0.9×	98 0.3×	195 0.9×	60	1.1k
Qiang Jin China	19	844 0.9×	212 0.5×	109 0.3×	254 0.9×	84 0.4×	102	1.2k
Fujie Jiang China	28	2.0k 2.1×	708 1.7×	358 1.0×	130 0.4×	330 1.6×	116	2.2k

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Gai, Haifeng, Ping Gao, Chengang Lu, et al.. (2025). Nitrate reduction of dissolved organic carbon exported by episodic upwelling: A novel explanation for negative carbon isotope excursions during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Global and Planetary Change. 256. 105146–105146.

Li, Min, Khoi Chu, Qin Zhou, et al.. (2025). Dual-drug loaded hyaluronic acid conjugates coated polydopamine nanodrugs for synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy in triple negative breast cancer. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 308(Pt 2). 142559–142559. 4 indexed citations

Tian, Hui, Peng Cheng, Haifeng Gai, et al.. (2025). A preliminary investigation of pore development mechanisms in highly matured solid bitumen: Implications from the Ediacaran Dengying Formation solid bitumen in the central Sichuan Basin, Southwest China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 177. 107366–107366.

Liu, Wei, Xianming Xiao, Ping Gao, et al.. (2025). Nanopore characteristics of lower Cambrian shale based on gas adsorption and multifractal analysis: Implications for gas development and CO2 storage. Fuel. 406. 137047–137047. 1 indexed citations

Gai, Haifeng, et al.. (2025). Controls of organic matter content on shale oil occurrence and distribution: Insights from retained oil composition and pore structure in marine shales. Organic Geochemistry. 208. 105053–105053.

Gai, Haifeng, Xiumin Yang, Ping Gao, et al.. (2024). Occurrence and maturation transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen in the Lower Cambrian shelf–slope facies shale: Implications for overmature N2-rich shale reservoirs in Southern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 168. 107011–107011. 6 indexed citations

Feng, Yue, Xianming Xiao, Enze Wang, et al.. (2024). Quartz Crystallinity Characteristics and Their Effects on Shale Gas Reservoir Performance: A Case Study of the Deep Longmaxi Formation Shale in the Sichuan Basin, China. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 8(7). 1324–1338. 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Xianming, et al.. (2023). Influence of Water on the Methane Adsorption Capacity of Organic-Rich Shales and Its Controlling Factors: A Review. Energies. 16(8). 3305–3305. 10 indexed citations

Cheng, Peng, et al.. (2023). Influence of Thermal Maturity on the Time-Resolved Emission Spectrum (TRES) Fluorescence Lifetime Characteristics of Crude Oils: A Preliminary Study Based on a Thermal Simulation Experiment of Crude Oils. Energy & Fuels. 37(7). 5165–5178. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Wei, Peng Cheng, Chao Luo, et al.. (2023). Gas-in-Place (GIP) Variation and Main Controlling Factors for the Deep Wufeng-Longmaxi Shales in the Luzhou Area of the Southern Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Earth Science. 34(4). 1002–1011. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Ping, et al.. (2023). Pore Types and Characteristics of Ultra-Deep Shale of the Lower Paleozoic Wufeng-Longmaxi Formations in the Eastern Sichuan Basin. Energies. 16(17). 6102–6102. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Huijuan, Min Liu, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Pore Development Characteristics of Marine–Continental Transitional Shale of Benxi Formation from the Ordos Basin, China. Energy & Fuels. 38(2). 1126–1147. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Ping, et al.. (2022). A Review of the Heterogeneity of Organic-Matter-Hosted Pores in Shale Reservoirs. Energies. 15(23). 8805–8805. 10 indexed citations

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Tian, Hui, Wanglu Jia, Jie Li, et al.. (2021). Nitrogen isotope evidence for stratified ocean redox structure during late Ediacaran to Cambrian Age 3 in the Yangtze Block of South China. Chemical Geology. 589. 120679–120679. 15 indexed citations

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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2020). Paleo-environmental variation and its control on organic matter enrichment of black shales from shallow shelf to slope regions on the Upper Yangtze Platform during Cambrian Stage 3. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 545. 109653–109653. 45 indexed citations

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Wang, Xing, et al.. (2020). Origin and Formation of Pyrobitumen in Sinian–Cambrian Reservoirs of the Anyue Gas Field in the Sichuan Basin: Implications from Pyrolysis Experiments of Different Oil Fractions. Energy & Fuels. 35(2). 1165–1177. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangyun, Jun Li, Yangzhi Mo, et al.. (2018). Isolation and radiocarbon analysis of elemental carbon in atmospheric aerosols using hydropyrolysis. Atmospheric Environment. 198. 381–386. 12 indexed citations

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Xiong, Fuhao, Changqian Ma, Hong’an Jiang, et al.. (2013). Petrogenetic and tectonic significance of Permian calc-alkaline lamprophyres, East Kunlun orogenic belt, Northern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. International Geology Review. 55(14). 1817–1834. 44 indexed citations

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Liu, Dehan, Xianming Xiao, Hui Tian, et al.. (2012). Sample maturation calculated using Raman spectroscopic parameters for solid organics: Methodology and geological applications. Chinese Science Bulletin. 58(11). 1285–1298. 172 indexed citations

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Liao, Shiyong, Yao-Hui Jiang, Qin Zhou, et al.. (2011). Geochemistry and geodynamic implications of the Triassic bimodal magmatism from Western Kunlun Orogen, northwest China. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 101(2). 555–577. 8 indexed citations

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