Chih‐Lin Wei

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Chih‐Lin Wei is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Chih‐Lin Wei has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Oceanography, 38 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Chih‐Lin Wei's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (37 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (15 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (14 papers). Chih‐Lin Wei is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (37 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (15 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (14 papers). Chih‐Lin Wei collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Canada. Chih‐Lin Wei's co-authors include Gilbert T. Rowe, Moriaki Yasuhara, Ke‐Sheng Cheng, Mark J. Costello, Yasuhiro Kubota, Clifton C. Nunnally, Daniel O. B. Jones, Yousria Soliman, Buntarou Kusumoto and Anne Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Chih‐Lin Wei

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages

2020 209 citations Anne Chao, Yasuhiro Kubota et al. Ecological Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chih‐Lin Wei Taiwan	20	882	882	542	238	184	53	1.6k
Kerstin Wasson United States	25	717 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	877 1.6×	131 0.6×	210 1.1×	70	1.8k
Kerry L. Howell United Kingdom	26	1.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.9×	108 0.5×	217 1.2×	83	2.2k
Michael L. Zettler Germany	30	1.6k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 2.4×	118 0.5×	182 1.0×	122	2.5k
Kari E. Ellingsen Norway	22	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	815 1.5×	281 1.2×	390 2.1×	36	2.1k
Lene Buhl‐Mortensen Norway	29	1.6k 1.8×	1.8k 2.0×	1.4k 2.6×	176 0.7×	239 1.3×	77	2.8k
Jason J. Roberts United States	21	505 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	810 1.5×	139 0.6×	351 1.9×	41	1.7k
Sarah L. Mincks United States	18	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	640 1.2×	166 0.7×	96 0.5×	41	1.8k
Amy R. Baco United States	26	1.4k 1.6×	1.6k 1.9×	935 1.7×	177 0.7×	227 1.2×	46	2.3k
Matthew J. Oliver United States	28	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	710 1.3×	328 1.4×	291 1.6×	89	2.5k
C. Brock Woodson United States	28	1.3k 1.5×	889 1.0×	798 1.5×	286 1.2×	191 1.0×	67	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Chih‐Lin Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chih‐Lin Wei

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Yu‐Shih, Chih‐Lin Wei, Yuan‐Pin Chang, et al.. (2025). Linking source-to-sink processes, organic matter composition, and oxygen consumption on a shallow passive margin shelf sustained by small mountainous rivers. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 408. 40–55.

Huang, Huai‐Hsuan May, Yuanyuan Hong, Chih‐Lin Wei, et al.. (2024). Testing the deep‐sea glacial disturbance hypothesis as a cause of low, present‐day Norwegian Sea diversity and resulting steep latitudinal diversity gradient, using fossil records. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(7). 2 indexed citations

Lin, Yu‐Shih, et al.. (2024). Contrasting carbon cycling in the benthic food webs between a river-fed, high-energy canyon and an upper continental slope. Biogeosciences. 21(7). 1729–1756. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingwen, Moriaki Yasuhara, Chih‐Lin Wei, et al.. (2024). Sight and blindness: The relationship between ostracod eyes, water depth, and light availability in the Arctic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography. 69(6). 1418–1428. 3 indexed citations

Langer, Martin R., et al.. (2024). Reefal ostracod assemblages from the Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania). Biogeosciences. 21(15). 3523–3536.

Château, Pierre-Alexandre, et al.. (2024). Drivers of coastal benthic communities in a complex environmental setting. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 203. 116462–116462. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Chih‐Lin, et al.. (2023). Response of the benthic biomass-size structure to a high-energy submarine canyon. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 5 indexed citations

Costello, Mark J., Ross Corkrey, Amanda E. Bates, et al.. (2023). The universal evolutionary and ecological significance of 20 oC. Frontiers of Biogeography. 15(4). 9 indexed citations

Chao, Anne, Yasuhiro Kubota, David Zelený, et al.. (2020). Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages. Ecological Research. 35(2). 292–314. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Chih‐Lin, et al.. (2020). Species and Functional Diversity of Deep-Sea Nematodes in a High Energy Submarine Canyon. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 10 indexed citations

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Stratmann, Tanja, Dick van Oevelen, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, et al.. (2020). The BenBioDen database, a global database for meio-, macro- and megabenthic biomass and densities. Scientific Data. 7(1). 206–206. 20 indexed citations

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Wei, Chih‐Lin, Mathieu Cusson, Philippe Archambault, et al.. (2019). Seafloor biodiversity of Canada's three oceans: Patterns, hotspots and potential drivers. Diversity and Distributions. 26(2). 226–241. 16 indexed citations

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Yasuhara, Moriaki, et al.. (2019). Benthic community history in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) mega-delta: Damming, urbanization, and environmental control. Paleobiology. 45(3). 469–483. 4 indexed citations

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Stratmann, Tanja, Karline Soetaert, Chih‐Lin Wei, Yu‐Shih Lin, & Dick van Oevelen. (2019). The SCOC database, a large, open, and global database with sediment community oxygen consumption rates. Scientific Data. 6(1). 242–242. 19 indexed citations

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Snelgrove, Paul V. R., Karline Soetaert, Martin Solan, et al.. (2017). Global Carbon Cycling on a Heterogeneous Seafloor. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 33(2). 96–105. 123 indexed citations

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Wei, Chih‐Lin, Gilbert T. Rowe, Richard L. Haedrich, & Gregory S. Boland. (2012). Long-Term Observations of Epibenthic Fish Zonation in the Deep Northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46707–e46707. 13 indexed citations

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Pitcher, C. Roland, Peter Lawton, Nick Ellis, et al.. (2012). Exploring the role of environmental variables in shaping patterns of seabed biodiversity composition in regional‐scale ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49(3). 670–679. 92 indexed citations

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Wei, Chih‐Lin, Gilbert T. Rowe, Clifton C. Nunnally, & Mary K. Wicksten. (2012). Anthropogenic “Litter” and macrophyte detritus in the deep Northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 64(5). 966–973. 43 indexed citations

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Wei, Chih‐Lin & Gilbert T. Rowe. (2009). Faunal zonation of large epibenthic invertebrates off North Carolina revisited. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 56(19-20). 1830–1833. 8 indexed citations

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Wei, Chih‐Lin, et al.. (2006). The Bathymetric Zonation and Community Structure of Deep-Sea Macrobenthos in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 8 indexed citations

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