Chao Li

8.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
201 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Chao Li is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Li has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Paleontology, 86 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 80 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Chao Li's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (126 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (81 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (78 papers). Chao Li is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (126 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (81 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (78 papers). Chao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chao Li's co-authors include Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons, Meng Cheng, Xuelei Chu, Gordon D. Love, Chengsheng Jin, Noah J. Planavsky, Alex L. Sessions, Shucheng Xie and Christopher T. Reinhard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chao Li

185 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Stratified Redox Model for the Ediacaran Ocean

2010 556 citations Chao Li, Timothy W. Lyons et al. profile →
Widespread iron-rich conditions in the mid-Proterozoic ocean

2011 410 citations Noah J. Planavsky, Chao Li et al. Nature profile →
Redox classification and calibration of redox thresholds in sedimentary systems

2020 403 citations Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta profile →
A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity

2020 376 citations Chao Li et al. profile →
Oxygenation, Life, and the Planetary System during Earth's Middle History: An Overview

2021 149 citations Timothy W. Lyons, Noah J. Planavsky et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reconciling redox proxy contradiction with active Fe Mn shuttle in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin of South China 2025 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, (unknown), Haiyang Wang, (unknown), Chao Li	1
2	Zinc isotopic evidence for enhanced oceanic primary productivity during termination of the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion 2025 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Jinnan Tong, Meng Cheng, Jun Hu, Xinyang Chen, (unknown), Thomas J. Algeo, Mingcai Hou, Chao Li	0
3	Marine redox fluctuations during the Marinoan glaciation 2024 ·Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), Zhenfei Wang, (unknown), Xiqiang Zhou, Chao Li, Zihu Zhang, Xingliang Zhang, Kang‐Jun Huang	3
4	Post–peak petrochronology and C–O–H fluid influx in the lower crust: A case study of garnet–orthopyroxene granulites from the Rauer Islands, East Antarctica 2024 ·Lithos ·Liu Zhao, (unknown), Bruna B. Carvalho, Chao Li	1
5	Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era 2024 ·Science Advances ·Guang‐Yi Wei, Mingyu Zhao, Erik A. Sperling, Robert R. Gaines, Boriana Kalderon-Asael, Jun Shen, Chao Li, Feifei Zhang, Gaojun Li, Chuanming Zhou, Chunfang Cai, Daizhao Chen, Ke‐Qing Xiao, Lei Jiang, Hong‐Fei Ling, Noah J. Planavsky, Lidya G. Tarhan	21
6	Ubiquitous occurrence of organogenic dolomite in a late Ediacaran limestone-dominated succession from the Eastern Yangtze Gorges area of South China 2023 ·Precambrian Research ·Qian Xiao, (unknown), Zhenbing She, Dominic Papineau, Genming Luo, Biao Chang, Deng Liu, Roger Mason, Mingtao Li, Chao Li	1
7	Salinity variation and hydrographic dynamics in the early Cambrian Nanhua Basin (South China) 2023 ·Science China Earth Sciences ·Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, Chengsheng Jin, Wei Wei, Haiyang Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li	16
8	Geochemical prospectivity mapping using compositional balance analysis and multifractal modeling: A case study in the Jinshuikou area, Qinghai, China 2023 ·Journal of Geochemical Exploration ·Chao Li, Kefa Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Qiu	3
9	Coupled sedimentary and δ13C records of western Thailand and South China from Middle to Late Ordovician: Sea-level and climate changes prior to the Hirnantian glaciation 2023 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Wenjie Li, Zhongyang Chen, Clive Burrett, Xiang Fang, Chao Li, Mongkol Udchachon, Jitao Chen, Yuandong Zhang	3
10	Sulfate triple-oxygen-isotope evidence confirming oceanic oxygenation 570 million years ago 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Yongbo Peng, Chao Li, Xiaobin Cao, Meng Cheng, Huiming Bao	23
11	Spatial pattern of marine oxygenation set by tectonic and ecological drivers over the Phanerozoic 2023 ·Nature Geoscience ·Xiangli Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li, Maoyan Zhu	14
12	Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle 2023 ·Nature ·Matthew S. Dodd, Wei Shi, Chao Li, Zihu Zhang, Meng Cheng, (unknown), Dalton Hardisty, S. J. Loyd, Malcolm W. Wallace, (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin Mills, Simon W. Poulton, Timothy W. Lyons	60
13	Improving SO2 and/or NO removal by activated carbon through comprehensive utilization of inherent pyrite and calcite in coal 2023 ·Fuel ·Huirong Zhang, Chao Li, Jian Niu, Yanxia Guo, Fangqin Cheng	17
14	Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals 2022 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Wei Shi, Benjamin Mills, Chao Li, Simon W. Poulton, Alexander J. Krause, Tianchen He, Ying Zhou, Meng Cheng, Graham Shields	28
15	Formation of the massive bedded chert and coupled Silicon and Iron cycles during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition 2022 ·Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·(unknown), Lin Dong, Haoran Ma, Hui Liu, Chao Li, (unknown), Bing Shen	10
16	Evidence for high organic carbon export to the early Cambrian seafloor 2020 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Meng Cheng, Chao Li, Chengsheng Jin, Haiyang Wang, Thomas J. Algeo, Timothy W. Lyons, Feifei Zhang, Ariel D. Anbar	64
17	Redox classification and calibration of redox thresholds in sedimentary systems breakdown → 2020 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li	403
18	Spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity and transient marine shelf oxygenation in the Mesoproterozoic ocean 2019 ·Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Haiyang Wang, Zihu Zhang, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, Meng Cheng, (unknown)	54
19	Controls on organic matter accumulation on the early-Cambrian western Yangtze Platform, South China 2019 ·Marine and Petroleum Geology ·Chengsheng Jin, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, (unknown), Meng Cheng, Zihu Zhang, Wei Shi	64
20	Global marine redox changes drove the rise and fall of the Ediacara biota 2019 ·Geobiology ·Feifei Zhang, Shuhai Xiao, Stephen J. Romaniello, Dalton Hardisty, Chao Li, Victor A. Melezhik, B. G. Pokrovsky, Meng Cheng, Wei Shi, Timothy M. Lenton, Ariel D. Anbar	115

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