Xiangru Kong

899 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Xiangru Kong is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangru Kong has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Geophysics, 5 papers in Geology and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiangru Kong's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (5 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (5 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (4 papers). Xiangru Kong is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (5 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (5 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (4 papers). Xiangru Kong collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United Kingdom. Xiangru Kong's co-authors include Xiaobing Ma, Denghai Bai, Ciping Zhao, Martyn Unsworth, Pengfei Xiao, Max A. Meju, Jiwen Teng, Lifeng Wang, Yi Sun and Jie Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Geoscience, Science in China Series D Earth Sciences and Chinese Science Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Xiangru Kong

8 papers receiving 739 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Crustal deformation of the eastern Tibetan plateau revealed by magnetotelluric imaging

2010 693 citations Denghai Bai, Martyn Unsworth et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangru Kong China	6	725	77	50	31	27	8	774
Xiaobing Ma China	7	800 1.1×	76 1.0×	48 1.0×	30 1.0×	29 1.1×	10	865
Pengfei Xiao China	3	655 0.9×	57 0.7×	41 0.8×	27 0.9×	24 0.9×	8	702
D.M. Mall India	15	569 0.8×	98 1.3×	46 0.9×	16 0.5×	33 1.2×	21	597
Ye Guan China	12	491 0.7×	96 1.2×	63 1.3×	27 0.9×	11 0.4×	22	526
Georges Herquel France	12	1.1k 1.5×	53 0.7×	76 1.5×	35 1.1×	20 0.7×	14	1.1k
Elena Bataleva Russia	12	442 0.6×	68 0.9×	99 2.0×	39 1.3×	20 0.7×	48	476
J. F. Ni United States	12	1.6k 2.2×	45 0.6×	68 1.4×	27 0.9×	16 0.6×	30	1.6k
Yinshuang Ai China	21	1.3k 1.8×	92 1.2×	69 1.4×	34 1.1×	28 1.0×	74	1.4k
Aleš Špičák Czechia	13	801 1.1×	57 0.7×	51 1.0×	51 1.6×	9 0.3×	47	840
V. K. Rao India	11	438 0.6×	82 1.1×	62 1.2×	11 0.4×	38 1.4×	18	473

Countries citing papers authored by Xiangru Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiangru Kong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangru Kong

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Bai, Denghai, Martyn Unsworth, Max A. Meju, et al.. (2010). Crustal deformation of the eastern Tibetan plateau revealed by magnetotelluric imaging. Nature Geoscience. 3(5). 358–362. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Xiaobing, Xiangru Kong, Hongbing Liu, & Yongli Yan. (2005). The Electrical Structure of Northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 48(3). 761–770. 11 indexed citations

3.

Gao, Rui, Pengwu Li, Qiusheng Li, et al.. (2001). Deep process of the collision and deformation on the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Revelation from investigation of the deep seismic profiles. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 44(S1). 71–78. 38 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaobing, Xiangru Kong, Hongbing Liu, & Yongli Yan. (2001). Magnetotelluric sounding results in eastern Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 44(S1). 79–85. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongbing, et al.. (2001). Physical structure features of the crust at southeast region of Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 44(S1). 64–70. 6 indexed citations

6.

Kong, Xiangru, et al.. (1999). Comprehensive geophysical profile and lithosphere structures and geodynamics in western Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin. 44(22). 2022–2031. 13 indexed citations

7.

Ma, Xiaobing, et al.. (1997). Magnetotelluric sounding in western Tibet. Chinese Science Bulletin. 42(8). 678–681. 5 indexed citations

8.

Bai, Denghai, et al.. (1993). A magnetotelluric study of the Paleozoic collision zone in the East of Inner-Mongolia. I: Observations and data analysis. 36(3). 326–336. 6 indexed citations

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