Wei Leng

1.7k total citations
65 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Wei Leng is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Leng has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Leng's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers). Wei Leng is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (37 papers). Wei Leng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Kazakhstan. Wei Leng's co-authors include Shijie Zhong, Michael Gurnis, Hao Liu, Nan Zhang, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Eh Tan, D. V. Helmberger, Risheng Chu, Zhongqing Wu and Ting Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Wei Leng

61 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Leng China 18 1.1k 88 67 49 47 65 1.2k
Gabriele Morra United States 19 1.6k 1.5× 37 0.4× 58 0.9× 24 0.5× 44 0.9× 66 1.8k
Juliane Dannberg United States 14 627 0.6× 42 0.5× 48 0.7× 33 0.7× 63 1.3× 32 700
Dave A. Yuen United States 15 997 0.9× 66 0.8× 17 0.3× 95 1.9× 64 1.4× 25 1.3k
S. W. French United States 10 1.7k 1.6× 44 0.5× 56 0.8× 29 0.6× 106 2.3× 16 1.8k
Abdolreza Ghods Iran 21 1.1k 1.0× 78 0.9× 39 0.6× 82 1.7× 86 1.8× 73 1.3k
Siavash Ghelichkhan Australia 12 547 0.5× 42 0.5× 51 0.8× 11 0.2× 100 2.1× 23 637
T. V. Gerya Switzerland 14 1.2k 1.1× 14 0.2× 72 1.1× 46 0.9× 52 1.1× 26 1.3k
N. J. Vlaar Netherlands 20 1.3k 1.2× 31 0.4× 53 0.8× 73 1.5× 79 1.7× 37 1.4k
Maxim Smirnov Sweden 16 787 0.7× 151 1.7× 77 1.1× 74 1.5× 30 0.6× 72 889
Makoto Uyeshima Japan 23 1.8k 1.6× 107 1.2× 108 1.6× 33 0.7× 30 0.6× 73 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Leng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Leng

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

All Works

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Li, Zhong‐Hai, et al.. (2025). 2D Versus 3D Numerical Simulations of Mantle Plume and Lithosphere Interaction: Quantitative Comparison and Scaling Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(9).
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Wang, Yuzhe, Wei Leng, Hongyu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Projections of Peak Water Timing From the East Rongbuk Glacier, Mt. Everest, Using a Higher‐Order Ice Flow Model. Earth s Future. 12(5). 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Hao, Wei Leng, Wenzhong Wang, & Yong Zheng. (2023). Deciphering the deep Earth heterogeneities from the temperature fluctuation of mantle plumes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 618. 118275–118275. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Yiliang, et al.. (2023). Photoferrotrophic Bacteria Initiated Plate Tectonics in the Neoarchean. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(13). 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Huijun & Wei Leng. (2023). Aseismic ridge subduction and flat subduction: Insights from three-dimensional numerical models. Earth and Planetary Physics. 7(2). 269–281. 3 indexed citations
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Leng, Wei & Hao Liu. (2023). Progress in the numerical modeling of mantle plumes. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(4). 685–702. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, F., Wei Leng, Qinwei Lu, et al.. (2022). Ratiometric fluorescent sensing of phosphate ion in environmental water samples using flavin mononucleotide-functionalized Fe3O4 particles. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 1). 159249–159249. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Li, et al.. (2022). 6-Gingerol, a functional polyphenol of ginger, reduces pulmonary fibrosis by activating Sirtuin1. Allergologia et Immunopathologia. 50(2). 104–114. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Hao, Michael Gurnis, & Wei Leng. (2021). Constraints on Mantle Viscosity From Slab Dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(8). 9 indexed citations
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Leng, Wei, et al.. (2021). Thermal structure of continental subduction zone: high temperature caused by the removal of the preceding oceanic slab. Earth and Planetary Physics. 5(3). 1–6. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Ting, Shaofeng Liu, Peng Guo, Wei Leng, & An Yang. (2020). Yanshanian Orogeny During North China's Drifting Away From the Trench: Implications of Numerical Models. Tectonics. 39(12). 11 indexed citations
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Peng, Hong & Wei Leng. (2017). Progress in the study of subduction initiation. JUSTC. 47(2). 163.
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Helmberger, D. V., Risheng Chu, Wei Leng, & Michael Gurnis. (2012). Hidden Hotspot Track Beneath Eastern United States. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations
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Leng, Wei & Shijie Zhong. (2011). Implementation and application of adaptive mesh refinement for thermochemical mantle convection studies. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 12(4). 19 indexed citations
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Tan, Eh, et al.. (2009). On the Fixity of the Thermo-Chemical Piles at the Base of Mantle. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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King, Scott D., Wei Leng, Shijie Zhong, et al.. (2008). A Community Benchmark for 2D Cartesian Compressible Convection. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Eh, Wei Leng, Sun Zhong, & Michael Gurnis. (2007). CitcomS v3.0 - A compressible thermo-chemical mantle convection code. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 4 indexed citations

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