Quanzhong Guan

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Quanzhong Guan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Global and Planetary Change and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Quanzhong Guan has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Quanzhong Guan's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (22 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (8 papers). Quanzhong Guan is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (22 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers) and Geological Studies and Exploration (8 papers). Quanzhong Guan collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Quanzhong Guan's co-authors include Dazhong Dong, Jinliang Huang, Xinjing Li, Chenchen Zhang, Dexun Liu, Zhen Qiu, Shasha Sun, Qun Zhao, Honglin Liu and Hongyan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Marine and Petroleum Geology and Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Quanzhong Guan

22 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prosp... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2016 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (I)
    2015 508 citations Caineng Zou, Dazhong Dong et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →
  2. Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (II)
    2016 407 citations Dazhong Dong, Yuman Wang et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Quanzhong Guan China 15 1.5k 669 639 533 315 24 1.7k
Shasha Sun China 16 1.5k 1.0× 673 1.0× 627 1.0× 514 1.0× 352 1.1× 40 1.7k
Dexun Liu China 15 1.5k 1.0× 689 1.0× 614 1.0× 552 1.0× 318 1.0× 25 1.7k
Haikuan Nie China 26 1.6k 1.1× 675 1.0× 601 0.9× 578 1.1× 386 1.2× 65 1.8k
Wen Lin China 14 1.3k 0.9× 608 0.9× 512 0.8× 465 0.9× 296 0.9× 21 1.5k
Dongfeng Hu China 19 1.3k 0.9× 626 0.9× 458 0.7× 406 0.8× 321 1.0× 54 1.5k
Wenhua Bai China 8 1.2k 0.8× 562 0.8× 490 0.8× 454 0.9× 264 0.8× 15 1.3k
Xusheng Guo China 22 1.7k 1.1× 733 1.1× 545 0.9× 415 0.8× 421 1.3× 38 2.0k
Yuman Wang China 12 1.0k 0.7× 439 0.7× 384 0.6× 403 0.8× 250 0.8× 24 1.2k
Senhu Lin China 21 1.8k 1.2× 559 0.8× 604 0.9× 368 0.7× 534 1.7× 56 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Quanzhong Guan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Quanzhong Guan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Quanzhong Guan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Quanzhong Guan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Quanzhong Guan 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 Quanzhong Guan. Quanzhong Guan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhuang, Hongkai, et al.. (2025). Pore Evolution and Fractal Characteristics of Marine Shale: A Case Study of the Silurian Longmaxi Formation Shale in the Sichuan Basin. Fractal and Fractional. 9(8). 492–492. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Feng, Quanzhong Guan, Yuqiang Jiang, et al.. (2023). Development model and identification of evaluation technology for Wufeng Formation–Longmaxi Formation quality shale gas reservoirs in the Sichuan Basin. Natural Gas Industry B. 10(2). 165–182. 15 indexed citations
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Guan, Quanzhong, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the characteristics of natural fractures in shale based on the modified petrophysical model. Natural Gas Industry B. 8(4). 325–333. 5 indexed citations
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Guan, Quanzhong, et al.. (2019). Origin and significance of organic-matter pores in Upper Ordovician Wufeng-Lower Silurian Longmaxi mudstones, Sichuan Basin. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 176. 554–561. 19 indexed citations
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Dong, Dazhong, Zhensheng Shi, Shasha Sun, et al.. (2018). Factors controlling microfractures in black shale: A case study of Ordovician Wufeng Formation–Silurian Longmaxi Formation in Shuanghe Profile, Changning area, Sichuan Basin, SW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 45(5). 818–829. 57 indexed citations
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Dong, Dazhong, Zhensheng Shi, Quanzhong Guan, et al.. (2018). Progress, challenges and prospects of shale gas exploration in the Wufeng–Longmaxi reservoirs in the Sichuan Basin. Natural Gas Industry B. 5(5). 415–424. 70 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chenchen, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of the Wufeng-Longmaxi shale brittleness and prediction of "sweet spot layers" in the Sichuan Basin. Tianranqi gongye. 36(9). 60. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chenchen, et al.. (2016). Brittleness characteristics of Wufeng-Longmaxi shale in Changning region,Southern Sichuan,China. 27(9). 1639. 7 indexed citations
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Guan, Quanzhong, Dazhong Dong, Shufang Wang, et al.. (2016). Preliminary study on shale gas microreservoir characteristics of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 31. 382–395. 37 indexed citations
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Dong, Dazhong, Yuman Wang, Xinjing Li, et al.. (2016). Breakthrough and prospect of shale gas exploration and development in China. Natural Gas Industry B. 3(1). 12–26. 188 indexed citations
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Dong, Dazhong, Caineng Zou, Jinxing Dai, et al.. (2016). Suggestions on the development strategy of shale gas in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(6). 413–423. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Shufang, Wenzhi Zhao, Caineng Zou, et al.. (2015). Organic Carbon and Stable C-O Isotopic Study of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation Black Shales in Sichuan Basin, SW China: Paleoenvironmental and Shale Gas Implications. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. 33(3). 439–457. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Shufang, Dazhong Dong, Yuman Wang, et al.. (2015). Sedimentary geochemical proxies for paleoenvironment interpretation of organic-rich shale: A case study of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation, Southern Sichuan Basin, China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 28. 691–699. 49 indexed citations
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Dong, Dazhong, Shikui Gao, Jinliang Huang, et al.. (2015). Discussion on the exploration & development prospect of shale gas in the Sichuan Basin. Natural Gas Industry B. 2(1). 9–23. 46 indexed citations
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Zou, Caineng, Dazhong Dong, Yuman Wang, et al.. (2015). Shale gas in China: Characteristics, challenges and prospects (I). Petroleum Exploration and Development. 42(6). 753–767. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Shufang, Caineng Zou, Dazhong Dong, et al.. (2015). Multiple controls on the paleoenvironment of the Early Cambrian marine black shales in the Sichuan Basin, SW China: Geochemical and organic carbon isotopic evidence. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 66. 660–672. 83 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuman, Jinliang Huang, Xinjing Li, et al.. (2015). Quantitative characterization of fractures and pores in shale beds of the Lower Silurian, Longmaxi Formation, Sichuan Basin. Natural Gas Industry B. 2(6). 481–488. 22 indexed citations

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