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, Chengsheng Jin, Gordon D. Love, 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

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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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Chao Li	4.6k	3.2k	2.3k	1.7k	1.0k	201	6.4k
Armelle Riboulleau	3.6k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	2.0k 2.0×	65	6.0k
Benjamin C. Gill	5.5k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.4×	920 0.9×	89	7.2k
Ian Jarvis	3.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	886 0.9×	117	6.1k
Hong‐Fei Ling	3.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	4.1k 1.8×	1.6k 0.9×	615 0.6×	162	7.1k
Ganqing Jiang	6.9k 1.5×	3.6k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	3.7k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	101	8.5k
David T. Johnston	5.3k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	3.5k 2.0×	783 0.8×	112	8.8k
Xuelei Chu	3.6k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	560 0.5×	73	4.5k
Nicolas J. Beukes	5.2k 1.1×	5.1k 1.6×	4.5k 2.0×	1.9k 1.1×	511 0.5×	154	9.4k
Qinglai Feng	4.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	3.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	216	7.3k
Stefan V. Lalonde	3.4k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	352 0.3×	94	5.5k

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Cheng, Meng, et al.. (2025). Reconciling redox proxy contradiction with active Fe Mn shuttle in the Cryogenian Nanhua Basin of South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 667. 112899–112899. 1 indexed citations

Li, Chao, Yongbo Peng, Junpeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Two-billion-year transitional oxygenation of the Earth’s surface. Nature. 645(8081). 665–671.

Tong, Jinnan, Meng Cheng, Jun Hu, et al.. (2025). Zinc isotopic evidence for enhanced oceanic primary productivity during termination of the late Ediacaran Shuram Excursion. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 405. 66–79.

Ren, Hongyu, et al.. (2025). Genesis of the Boka vein-type Au deposit, Dongchuan, southwestern China: Insights from rutile U–Pb dating and pyrite chemistry. Ore Geology Reviews. 184. 106716–106716.

Wang, Zhenfei, Xiqiang Zhou, Chao Li, et al.. (2024). Marine redox fluctuations during the Marinoan glaciation. Global and Planetary Change. 235. 104396–104396. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Liu, et al.. (2024). 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. Lithos. 482-483. 107722–107722. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Guang‐Yi, Mingyu Zhao, Erik A. Sperling, et al.. (2024). Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era. Science Advances. 10(13). eadk2152–eadk2152. 21 indexed citations

Papineau, Dominic, et al.. (2024). Upwelling-driven high organic production in the late Ediacaran. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 8 indexed citations

Cheng, Meng, Zihu Zhang, Chengsheng Jin, et al.. (2023). Salinity variation and hydrographic dynamics in the early Cambrian Nanhua Basin (South China). Science China Earth Sciences. 66(6). 1268–1278. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Chao, et al.. (2023). Geochemical prospectivity mapping using compositional balance analysis and multifractal modeling: A case study in the Jinshuikou area, Qinghai, China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 257. 107361–107361. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Wenjie, Zhongyang Chen, Clive Burrett, et al.. (2023). 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. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 625. 111686–111686. 3 indexed citations

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Xiao, Qian, Zhenbing She, Dominic Papineau, et al.. (2023). Ubiquitous occurrence of organogenic dolomite in a late Ediacaran limestone-dominated succession from the Eastern Yangtze Gorges area of South China. Precambrian Research. 400. 107269–107269. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangli, Thomas J. Algeo, Chao Li, & Maoyan Zhu. (2023). Spatial pattern of marine oxygenation set by tectonic and ecological drivers over the Phanerozoic. Nature Geoscience. 16(11). 1020–1026. 14 indexed citations

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Dodd, Matthew S., Wei Shi, Chao Li, et al.. (2023). Uncovering the Ediacaran phosphorus cycle. Nature. 618(7967). 974–980. 60 indexed citations

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Shi, Wei, Benjamin Mills, Chao Li, et al.. (2022). Decoupled oxygenation of the Ediacaran ocean and atmosphere during the rise of early animals. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 591. 117619–117619. 28 indexed citations

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Chang, Biao, Chao Li, Deng Liu, et al.. (2020). Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the “dolomite problem”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14005–14014. 111 indexed citations

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Cheng, Meng, Chao Li, Chengsheng Jin, et al.. (2020). Evidence for high organic carbon export to the early Cambrian seafloor. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 287. 125–140. 64 indexed citations

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Jin, Chengsheng, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2019). Controls on organic matter accumulation on the early-Cambrian western Yangtze Platform, South China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 111. 75–87. 64 indexed citations

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Wang, Haiyang, et al.. (2019). Spatiotemporal redox heterogeneity and transient marine shelf oxygenation in the Mesoproterozoic ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 270. 201–217. 54 indexed citations

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Shen, Jun, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2017). Controls on regional marine redox evolution during Permian-Triassic transition in South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 486. 17–32. 42 indexed citations

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