Xinping Liang

865 total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 634 citations indexed

About

Xinping Liang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinping Liang has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 634 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 14 papers in Geology and 11 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Xinping Liang's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (26 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (12 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Xinping Liang is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (26 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (12 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Xinping Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, Russia and United States. Xinping Liang's co-authors include Zhijun Jin, Rukai Zhu, Yunqi Shen, Quanyou Liu, Peng Li, Dongya Zhu, Jiayi Liu, Qingqiang Meng, Xiaoqi Wu and Qi Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, The Science of The Total Environment and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Xinping Liang

36 papers receiving 613 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Several issues worthy of attention in current lacustrine shale oil exploration and development

2021 189 citations Zhijun Jin, Rukai Zhu et al. Petroleum Exploration and Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xinping Liang China	13	519	184	156	132	110	37	634
Xiaobo Guo China	16	611 1.2×	155 0.8×	200 1.3×	197 1.5×	63 0.6×	29	655
Mingshui Song China	15	455 0.9×	151 0.8×	158 1.0×	151 1.1×	63 0.6×	38	599
Xiujian Ding China	16	659 1.3×	193 1.0×	178 1.1×	153 1.2×	80 0.7×	48	737
Xiuxiang Lü China	16	606 1.2×	261 1.4×	138 0.9×	124 0.9×	113 1.0×	44	760
Jinqiang Tian China	17	752 1.4×	333 1.8×	155 1.0×	156 1.2×	105 1.0×	54	826
Congsheng Bian China	13	415 0.8×	144 0.8×	138 0.9×	133 1.0×	66 0.6×	35	467
Yue Feng China	16	766 1.5×	212 1.2×	269 1.7×	205 1.6×	110 1.0×	39	835
Guoheng Liu China	16	613 1.2×	114 0.6×	150 1.0×	255 1.9×	78 0.7×	29	677
Wenzhong Han China	17	692 1.3×	302 1.6×	200 1.3×	152 1.2×	139 1.3×	40	756
Shengbin Feng China	11	498 1.0×	144 0.8×	227 1.5×	177 1.3×	87 0.8×	21	556

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Du, Xiaoyu, Zhijun Jin, Lianbo Zeng, et al.. (2025). Characteristics, controlling factors and mechanisms of natural fractures formation in lacustrine shale oil reservoirs: The Chang 7 member in Ordos Basin, China. Petroleum Science. 22(4). 1391–1406. 1 indexed citations

Li, Changrong, Zhijun Jin, Liuping Zhang, & Xinping Liang. (2025). Mechanism of supercritical water in-suite conversion of low-maturity shale. Fuel. 403. 135581–135581. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Jia‐Hong, Zhijun Jin, & Xinping Liang. (2025). Lacustrine organic carbon sequestration driven by volcanism: A case study of the third submember of the Chang 7 Member of the Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin. Petroleum Science. 22(9). 3497–3511. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Quanyou, Qian Pang, Jun Shen, et al.. (2025). Volcanic fertilization of Late Triassic lacustrine algal blooms. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

Liu, Quanyou, Juye Shi, Yanan Shen, et al.. (2025). Volcanics-driven episodic events enhancing organic carbon accumulation in black shale during the Middle Eocene. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 413. 233–240.

Liu, Quanyou, Peng Li, Lei Jiang, et al.. (2024). Distinctive volcanic ash–rich lacustrine shale deposition related to chemical weathering intensity during the Late Triassic: Evidence from lithium contents and isotopes. Science Advances. 10(11). eadi6594–eadi6594. 24 indexed citations

Liang, Xinping, Sergei Katsev, Quanyou Liu, Gleb S. Pokrovski, & Zhijun Jin. (2024). Carbon, iron and sulfur records of lacustrine paleo-environments during the middle Eocene in eastern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 956. 177270–177270. 1 indexed citations

Li, Changrong, Zhijun Jin, Liuping Zhang, & Xinping Liang. (2024). Thermodynamic and microstructural properties of the lacustrine Chang-7 shale kerogen: Implications for in-situ conversion of shale. International Journal of Coal Geology. 283. 104447–104447. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Kouqi, Zhijun Jin, Lianbo Zeng, et al.. (2023). Enrichment of free oil in alkaline lacustrine Fengcheng Formation in Mahu Sag. Geoenergy Science and Engineering. 228. 212015–212015. 3 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhijun, Lianbo Zeng, Guoping Liu, et al.. (2023). Characteristics and controlling factors of natural fractures in deep lacustrine shale oil reservoirs of the Permian Fengcheng Formation in the Mahu Sag, Junggar Basin, China. Journal of Structural Geology. 175. 104923–104923. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wang, Xinping Liang, Peng Li, & Guoheng Liu. (2023). The Exquisite Comparison of Shale Mineralogical-Geochemical Characteristics between Chang 7 Member and Chang 9 Member in Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin. Geofluids. 2023. 1–22. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhijun, Rukai Zhu, Xinping Liang, & Yunqi Shen. (2021). Several issues worthy of attention in current lacustrine shale oil exploration and development. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 48(6). 1471–1484. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Xinping, et al.. (2021). Reservoir Characteristics and Its Comprehensive Evaluation of Gray Relational Analysis on the Western Sulige Gas Field, Ordos Basin, China. Geofluids. 2021. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Quanyou, Peng Li, Zhijun Jin, et al.. (2021). Organic-rich formation and hydrocarbon enrichment of lacustrine shale strata: A case study of Chang 7 Member. Science China Earth Sciences. 65(1). 118–138. 51 indexed citations

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Морозов, В. П., Zhijun Jin, Xinping Liang, et al.. (2020). Comparison of source rocks from the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation in the Yangzi Platform and the Upper Devonian Semiluksk Formation in East European Platform. Energy Geoscience. 2(1). 63–72. 21 indexed citations

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Jin, Zhijun, Guangxian Liu, Quanyou Liu, et al.. (2020). Geological implications of gamma ray (GR) anomalies in marine shales: A case study of the Ordovician-Silurian Wufeng-Longmaxi succession in the Sichuan Basin and its periphery, Southwest China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 199. 104359–104359. 11 indexed citations

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Liang, Xinping, et al.. (2020). Sedimentary characteristics and evolution of Domanik facies from the Devonian–Carboniferous regression in the southern Volga-Ural Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 119. 104438–104438. 28 indexed citations

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Liang, Xinping, et al.. (2015). Conditions of Domanicites Formation in the South-Eastern Part of the Russian Platform. Georesursy. 62(3). 54–63. 10 indexed citations

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Liang, Xinping, Eric Sandvol, L. D. Brown, et al.. (2011). The Q images of southern Puna plateau from bodywave attenuation tomography. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Sandvol, Eric, et al.. (2006). Receiver Function Images of the Crust and Upper Mantle Structure of Southern Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 3 indexed citations

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