Zheng‐Xiang Li

41.4k total citations · 20 hit papers
376 papers, 35.7k citations indexed

About

Zheng‐Xiang Li is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng‐Xiang Li has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 35.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 302 papers in Geophysics, 83 papers in Geology and 81 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zheng‐Xiang Li's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (294 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (145 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (138 papers). Zheng‐Xiang Li is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (294 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (145 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (138 papers). Zheng‐Xiang Li collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Zheng‐Xiang Li's co-authors include Xian‐Hua Li, Wu‐Xian Li, C. McA. Powell, Peter D. Kinny, David A.D. Evans, Sergei Pisarevsky, Xuan‐Ce Wang, C.Mca. Powell, Richard E. Ernst and Hanwen Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zheng‐Xiang Li

358 papers receiving 34.5k citations

Hit Papers

Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodi... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2007 2007 2003 2009 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis
    2007 2.9k citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Svetlana Bogdanova et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  2. Formation of the 1300-km-wide intracontinental orogen and postorogenic magmatic province in Mesozoic South China: A flat-slab subduction model
    2007 1.8k citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Xian‐Hua Li Geology profile →
  3. Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: evidence for a mantle superplume that broke up Rodinia
    2003 1.1k citations Zheng‐Xiang Li Precambrian Research profile →
  4. Amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks in South China: Constraints from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages, geochemistry and Nd–Hf isotopes of the Shuangxiwu volcanic rocks
    2009 934 citations Xian‐Hua Li, Wu‐Xian Li et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  5. Grenvillian continental collision in south China: New SHRIMP U-Pb zircon results and implications for the configuration of Rodinia
    2002 759 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Xian‐Hua Li et al. Geology profile →
  6. Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: crustal melting above a mantle plume at ca. 825 Ma?
    2003 749 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li Precambrian Research profile →
  7. The breakup of Rodinia: did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China?
    1999 737 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  8. South China in Rodinia: Part of the missing link between Australia–East Antarctica and Laurentia?
    1995 687 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Geology profile →
  9. U–Pb zircon, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on age and origin of Jurassic I- and A-type granites from central Guangdong, SE China: A major igneous event in response to foundering of a subducted flat-slab?
    2007 671 citations Xian‐Hua Li, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Lithos profile →
  10. Magmatic and metamorphic events during the early Paleozoic Wuyi-Yunkai orogeny, southeastern South China: New age constraints and pressure-temperature conditions
    2009 615 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Geological Society of America Bulletin profile →
  11. Contrasting zircon Hf and O isotopes in the two episodes of Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: Implications for growth and reworking of continental crust
    2006 536 citations Xian‐Hua Li, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Lithos profile →
  12. U–Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian Rift of South China: implications for the initial rifting of Rodinia
    2002 517 citations Xian‐Hua Li, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  13. An outline of the palaeogeographic evolution of the Australasian region since the beginning of the Neoproterozoic
    2001 465 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. profile →
  14. Pre-Rodinia supercontinent Nuna shaping up: A global synthesis with new paleomagnetic results from North China
    2012 446 citations Shihong Zhang, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  15. Global record of 1600–700Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents
    2007 434 citations Richard E. Ernst, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  16. Neoproterozoic glaciations in a revised global palaeogeography from the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Gondwanaland
    2013 431 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. profile →
  17. Mesoproterozoic paleogeography: Supercontinent and beyond
    2013 391 citations Sergei Pisarevsky, Zheng‐Xiang Li et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  18. Magmatic switch-on and switch-off along the South China continental margin since the Permian: Transition from an Andean-type to a Western Pacific-type plate boundary
    2012 333 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Xian‐Hua Li et al. Tectonophysics profile →
  19. The supercontinent cycle
    2021 130 citations Ross N. Mitchell, Yebo Liu et al. profile →
  20. A dynamic 2000—540 Ma Earth history: From cratonic amalgamation to the age of supercontinent cycle
    2023 100 citations Zheng‐Xiang Li, Yebo Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia 97 32.2k 11.3k 5.6k 4.5k 4.4k 376 35.7k
Peter A. Cawood Australia 100 36.7k 1.1× 14.1k 1.2× 5.1k 0.9× 5.3k 1.2× 3.8k 0.9× 469 38.9k
Xian‐Hua Li China 95 31.6k 1.0× 12.4k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 5.0k 1.1× 3.2k 0.7× 479 37.1k
Alfred Kröner Germany 104 33.2k 1.0× 16.4k 1.5× 3.1k 0.6× 4.3k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 377 34.4k
Simon A. Wilde Australia 125 52.8k 1.6× 22.9k 2.0× 2.6k 0.5× 6.3k 1.4× 2.4k 0.6× 426 55.1k
Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan 98 32.6k 1.0× 15.6k 1.4× 1.9k 0.3× 5.5k 1.2× 2.2k 0.5× 283 35.0k
An Yin United States 74 25.4k 0.8× 6.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.3× 1.6k 0.4× 3.1k 0.7× 234 28.9k
Guochun Zhao Hong Kong 123 50.7k 1.6× 20.5k 1.8× 2.8k 0.5× 6.2k 1.4× 3.1k 0.7× 485 52.4k
Fernando Corfú Norway 65 20.7k 0.6× 9.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 283 22.2k
Sun‐Lin Chung Taiwan 91 28.0k 0.9× 10.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.2× 2.8k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 329 29.4k
Yi‐Gang Xu China 77 18.8k 0.6× 5.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 3.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.4× 420 21.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Li, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Dawei Luo, et al.. (2025). O‐to‐N Atom Substitution in h‐BN Impedes its Interlayer Slip in Humid Environments. Small. 21(51). e09672–e09672.
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Wu, Lei, Sergei Pisarevsky, Zheng‐Xiang Li, J. Brendan Murphy, & Yebo Liu. (2024). A new reconstruction of Phanerozoic Earth evolution: Toward a big-data approach to global paleogeography. Tectonophysics. 874. 230198–230198. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, et al.. (2024). Global mantle isotopic anomalies linked to supercontinent-superocean evolution for the past 700 million years. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Doucet, Luc S., Bertrand Moine, Jean-Yves Cottin, et al.. (2023). Kerguelen carbonatite tuff sourced from deep recycled material. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 621. 118375–118375.
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Wang, Yanjun, Weiguang Zhu, Zheng‐Xiang Li, et al.. (2023). Two episodes of late Mesoproterozoic magmatism in the southwestern Yangtze Block, China, and their association with Grenville-aged orogenic cycles. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yebo, Ross N. Mitchell, Zheng‐Xiang Li, et al.. (2021). Archean geodynamics: Ephemeral supercontinents or long-lived supercratons. Geology. 49(7). 794–798. 38 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, Kai Rankenburg, Noreen J. Evans, et al.. (2021). Recalibrating Rodinian rifting in the northwestern United States. Geology. 49(6). 617–622. 9 indexed citations
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Dien, Hamed Gamal El, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Mohamed Abu Anbar, et al.. (2021). The largest plagiogranite on Earth formed by re-melting of juvenile proto-continental crust. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 25 indexed citations
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Volante, Silvia, William J. Collins, Amaury Pourteau, et al.. (2020). Structural Evolution of a 1.6 Ga Orogeny Related to the Final Assembly of the Supercontinent Nuna: Coupling of Episodic and Progressive Deformation. Tectonics. 39(10). 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Chong, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Peng Peng, et al.. (2019). Long-lived connection between the North China and North Australian cratons in supercontinent Nuna: paleomagnetic and geological constraints. Science Bulletin. 64(13). 873–876. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Shize, Yi Li, Jingcheng Wu, et al.. (2018). Fabrication of Crystallized Porous Anodic Aluminum Oxide under Ultra-High Anodization Voltage. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 165(13). E623–E627. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, Yi Li, Shize Li, et al.. (2018). A Modified Quantitative Method for Regularity Evaluation of Porous AAO and Related Intrinsic Mechanisms. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 165(5). E214–E220. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, et al.. (2014). Zircon SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Yaoshan Group, Southeastern Yunnan, China and Its Geological Significance. Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry. 33(2). 154–162. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, Svetlana Bogdanova, Alan S. Collins, et al.. (2007). Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis. Precambrian Research. 160(1-2). 179–210. 2850 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xian‐Hua, Wu‐Xian Li, Zheng‐Xiang Li, & Ying Liu. (2007). 850–790 Ma bimodal volcanic and intrusive rocks in northern Zhejiang, South China: A major episode of continental rift magmatism during the breakup of Rodinia. Lithos. 102(1-2). 341–357. 418 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang & Xiaoqi Yang. (2002). Satellite Remote Sensing Study of Ground Surface Feature BRDF under GIS Holding. Science Technology and Engineering.
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang. (2001). Zircon U-Pb age and petrochemical characteristics of the Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanics from western Yangtze block. Geochimica. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shihong, Zheng‐Xiang Li, Huaichun Wu, & Zhen Wang. (2000). New paleomagnetic results from the Neoproterozoic successions in southern North China Block and paleogeographic implications. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 43(1). 233–244. 35 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, et al.. (2000). "Longsheng Ophiolite" in North Guangxi revisited. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 16(1). 111–118. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Zheng‐Xiang, et al.. (1995). Correlation of the Neoproterozoic sequences between the Yangtze and the Australian paleocontinent, and a paleocontinental reconstruction. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 20(6). 657–667. 2 indexed citations

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