Chao Cheng

878 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 646 citations indexed

About

Chao Cheng is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Cheng has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 646 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Paleontology and 3 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Chao Cheng's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). Chao Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (12 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (8 papers). Chao Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Australia. Chao Cheng's co-authors include Yunpeng Dong, Shengsi Sun, Bo Hui, Dengfeng He, Xiaohui Shi, Jiaopeng Sun, M. Santosh, Guowei Zhang, Jie Zhao and Feifei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Precambrian Research.

In The Last Decade

Chao Cheng

19 papers receiving 626 citations

Hit Papers

Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asia... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents
    2021 277 citations Yunpeng Dong, Shengsi Sun et al. Gondwana Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chao Cheng China 10 600 272 102 65 59 20 646
Xiaohu Zhou China 6 538 0.9× 316 1.2× 84 0.8× 56 0.9× 47 0.8× 11 598
Debin Yang China 12 909 1.5× 413 1.5× 143 1.4× 87 1.3× 70 1.2× 27 994
Chuanwan Dong China 10 509 0.8× 206 0.8× 75 0.7× 50 0.8× 76 1.3× 19 583
Bile Li China 13 408 0.7× 289 1.1× 80 0.8× 70 1.1× 34 0.6× 48 509
Yuting Cao China 17 992 1.7× 437 1.6× 86 0.8× 60 0.9× 53 0.9× 35 1.1k
Jiang Zhu China 13 442 0.7× 245 0.9× 104 1.0× 38 0.6× 37 0.6× 29 509
Jiyuan Yin China 17 1.1k 1.9× 613 2.3× 97 1.0× 58 0.9× 63 1.1× 53 1.2k
Owen Weller United Kingdom 16 1.1k 1.8× 343 1.3× 63 0.6× 41 0.6× 74 1.3× 40 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Cheng

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dong, Yunpeng, Bo Hui, Shengsi Sun, et al.. (2024). Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution and proto-basin of the Yangtze Block, China. Earth-Science Reviews. 249. 104669–104669. 20 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, et al.. (2024). The Ediacaran palaeo-ocean environment in the northwest margin of South China Craton: Constraints of C–O–Mo isotopic and element geochemistry. Earth-Science Reviews. 250. 104712–104712. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Chao, et al.. (2024). Boudinage and folding of oblique single layers in bulk constrictional strain fields: Results from analogue modelling. Journal of Structural Geology. 184. 105153–105153. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Shengsi, Yunpeng Dong, Yixi Li, et al.. (2023). Rheology of continental lithosphere and seismic anisotropy. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(1). 31–60. 2 indexed citations
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Neubauer, Franz, Jörg Robl, Xiaohu Zhou, et al.. (2023). Northeastward expansion of the Tibetan Plateau: Topographic evidence from the North Qinling Mts.–Weihe Graben Coupling system, Central China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 623. 111612–111612. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Shengsi, Yunpeng Dong, Chao Cheng, et al.. (2022). Mesozoic intracontinental ductile shearing along the Paleozoic Shangdan suture in the Qinling Orogen: Constraints from deformation fabrics and geochronology. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 134(9-10). 2649–2666. 14 indexed citations
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Cheng, Chao, Shengsi Sun, Yunpeng Dong, Bin Zhang, & Zhao Guo. (2022). Exhumation of plutons controlled by boundary faults: Insights from the kinematics, microfabric, and geochronology of the Taibai shear zone, Qinling Orogen, China. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 134(11-12). 2723–2744. 5 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, Shengsi Sun, M. Santosh, et al.. (2022). Cross Orogenic Belts in Central China: Implications for the tectonic and paleogeographic evolution of the East Asian continental collage. Gondwana Research. 109. 18–88. 68 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, Shengsi Sun, M. Santosh, et al.. (2021). Central China Orogenic Belt and amalgamation of East Asian continents. Gondwana Research. 100. 131–194. 277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Xiaohui, et al.. (2020). Transient Fluvial Incision in the Central Segment of the Lancang River Orogenic Belt, Yunnan Province, SW China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 94(5). 1728–1730. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Shengsi, Yunpeng Dong, Yali Sun, et al.. (2019). Re-Os geochronology, O isotopes and mineral geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic Songshugou ultramafic massif in the Qinling Orogenic Belt, China. Gondwana Research. 70. 71–87. 27 indexed citations
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Sun, Shengsi, Yunpeng Dong, Dengfeng He, Chao Cheng, & Xiaoming Liu. (2019). Thickening and partial melting of the Northern Qinling Orogen, China: insights from zircon U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotopic composition of migmatites. Journal of the Geological Society. 176(6). 1218–1231. 14 indexed citations
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Cheng, Chao, Shengsi Sun, & Yunpeng Dong. (2019). Fabrics and geochronology of the Taibai ductile shear zone: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Qinling Orogenic Belt, central China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 177. 1–16. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Shengsi, Yunpeng Dong, Xiaoming Liu, Dengfeng He, & Chao Cheng. (2019). Fabrics, geothermometry, and geochronology of the Songshugou ophiolite: Insights into the tectonic evolution of the Shangdan suture, Qinling orogen, China. Lithosphere. 11(6). 784–803. 10 indexed citations
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Hui, Bo, Yunpeng Dong, Feifei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Geochronology and geochemistry ofca. 2.48 Ga granitoid gneisses from theYudongzi Complexin the north‐westernYangtze Block,China. Geological Journal. 54(2). 879–896. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Bo, et al.. (2015). Paleogene lacustrine dolomitization, Xingou region, southern Qianjiang Depression, China. Geosciences Journal. 20(2). 183–197. 4 indexed citations
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