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Xiao-fa Yang

Xiao-fa Yang publishes mostly in Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Geological and Geophysical Studies and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

World rank
#761,960
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#61,064
of 187,979
Works
16
Citations
56
Citations per work
3.5

What does Xiao-fa Yang research?

Geophysics: 26.7%Geology: 20.0%Mechanics of Materials: 20.0%Earth-Surface Processes: 6.7%other fields: 26.6%27%top field
Geophysics26.7%Geology20.0%Mechanics of Materials20.0%Earth-Surface Processes6.7%other fields26.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Geophysics27% of their works
  2. 2Geology20% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials20% of their works
  4. 4Earth-Surface Processes7% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Xiao-fa Yang's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Plate Tectonics, Tectonics, Continental Margin, Crustal Structure, Pore Structure, Shale Gas, Cenozoic Evolution and Geochronology.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Plate Tectonics42 topics
  2. Tectonics43 topics
  3. Continental Margin32 topics
  4. Crustal Structure32 topics
  5. Pore Structure31 topic
  6. Shale Gas31 topic
  7. Cenozoic Evolution21 topic
  8. Geochronology21 topic
  9. Rifting21 topic
  10. Subduction22 topics
  11. Zircon21 topic
  12. Andean Geodynamics11 topic
  13. Arctic11 topic
  14. Caribbean Plate Boundary11 topic
  15. Earthquakes11 topic
  16. Fluvial Systems11 topic
  17. Machine Learning11 topic
  18. Mineral Prospectivity11 topic
  19. Plate Boundaries11 topic
  20. Sedimentation11 topic
  21. geology11 topic

Where does Xiao-fa Yang work?

Xiao-fa Yang's main affiliation in the publication record is Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China.

How many publications and citations does Xiao-fa Yang have?

Science Explorer counts 16 works and 56 citations for Xiao-fa Yang, ranking #761,960 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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