David Dian Zhang

1.0k total citations
43 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

David Dian Zhang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David Dian Zhang has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 13 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 11 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David Dian Zhang's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (19 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers). David Dian Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Tree-ring climate responses (19 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 papers). David Dian Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. David Dian Zhang's co-authors include Jingan Chen, Qing Pei, Tangfu Xiao, Guojiang Wan, Ronggui Huang, Sheng‐Da Zhang, Harry F. Lee, Shijie Wang, Jinbao Li and Feng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Dian Zhang

43 papers receiving 718 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Dian Zhang China 16 479 212 158 146 126 43 743
E Chongyi China 15 540 1.1× 183 0.9× 194 1.2× 114 0.8× 101 0.8× 59 701
Aubrey L. Hillman United States 16 487 1.0× 173 0.8× 144 0.9× 73 0.5× 186 1.5× 34 689
Norm Catto Canada 14 536 1.1× 108 0.5× 150 0.9× 88 0.6× 89 0.7× 62 732
Hanan Ginat Israel 16 372 0.8× 108 0.5× 220 1.4× 84 0.6× 126 1.0× 36 740
Zhibo Dai China 3 787 1.6× 221 1.0× 179 1.1× 249 1.7× 174 1.4× 4 888
Cody Routson United States 13 818 1.7× 136 0.6× 142 0.9× 248 1.7× 242 1.9× 19 959
H. S. Sundqvist Sweden 15 710 1.5× 257 1.2× 165 1.0× 270 1.8× 109 0.9× 21 904
Revital Bookman Israel 20 748 1.6× 345 1.6× 337 2.1× 109 0.7× 245 1.9× 57 1.4k
Lawrence R. Edwards United States 14 748 1.6× 241 1.1× 298 1.9× 113 0.8× 176 1.4× 27 882
Jule Xiao China 11 815 1.7× 269 1.3× 258 1.6× 120 0.8× 262 2.1× 17 923

Countries citing papers authored by David Dian Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Dian Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Dian Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Dian Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Dian Zhang 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 David Dian Zhang. David Dian Zhang 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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Zhang, Sheng‐Da & David Dian Zhang. (2023). Centralization or decentralization? A spatial analysis of archaeological sites in northern China during the 4.2 ka BP event. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Su, Jiajia, et al.. (2023). Increasing ENSO variability synchronizes tree growth in subtropical forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 345. 109830–109830. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, David Dian, David Dian Zhang, Matthew R. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Earliest parietal art: hominin hand and foot traces from the middle Pleistocene of Tibet. Science Bulletin. 66(24). 2506–2515. 32 indexed citations
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Dong, Guanghui, Leibin Wang, David Dian Zhang, et al.. (2021). Climate-driven desertification and its implications for the ancient Silk Road trade. Climate of the past. 17(3). 1395–1407. 20 indexed citations
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Dong, Guanghui, Leibin Wang, David Dian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Climate-driven desertification triggered the end of the Ancient Silk Road. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, David Dian, Qing Pei, Harry F. Lee, et al.. (2020). Climate change fostered cultural dynamics of human resilience in Europe in the past 2500 years. The Science of The Total Environment. 744. 140842–140842. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Haipeng, Jianhui Chen, Sheng‐Da Zhang, et al.. (2018). A chironomid-based record of temperature variability during the past 4000 years in northern China and its possible societal implications. Climate of the past. 14(3). 383–396. 24 indexed citations
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Xu, Chong, et al.. (2018). Western wind meets eastern soil: road to industrialization in China (1874–1927). Asian Geographer. 35(2). 161–175. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Jinbao, Shang‐Ping Xie, Edward R. Cook, et al.. (2018). Deciphering Human Contributions to Yellow River Flow Reductions and Downstream Drying Using Centuries‐Long Tree Ring Records. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(2). 898–905. 41 indexed citations
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Lee, Harry F., David Dian Zhang, Qing Pei, & Jie Fei. (2016). Downscaling and disaggregating NAO-conflict nexus in pre-industrial Europe. Chinese Geographical Science. 26(5). 609–622. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Jingan, Haiquan Yang, David Dian Zhang, et al.. (2015). A Particular River-Whiting Phenomenon Caused by Discharge of Hypolimnetic Water from a Stratified Reservoir. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137860–e0137860. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Baosheng, Mu‐Hong Chen, David Dian Zhang, et al.. (2012). Kiloyear-scale climate events and evolution during the Last Interglacial, Mu Us Desert, China. Quaternary International. 263. 63–70. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Fushun, et al.. (2008). δ13 C‐δ18 O Covariance: An Effective Indicator of Hydrological Closure for Lakes?. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 82(5). 975–981. 4 indexed citations
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Wen, Xiaohao, et al.. (2008). Climate variability in the Salawusu River valley of the Ordos Plateau (Inner Mongolia, China) during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Journal of Quaternary Science. 24(1). 61–74. 13 indexed citations
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Yuan, Baoyin, Weiwen Huang, & David Dian Zhang. (2007). New evidence for human occupation of the northern Tibetan Plateau, China during the Late Pleistocene. Chinese Science Bulletin. 52(19). 2675–2679. 48 indexed citations
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Chen, Jingan, Guojiang Wan, David Dian Zhang, Feng Zhang, & Ronggui Huang. (2004). Environmental records of lacustrine sediments in different time scales: Sediment grain size as an example. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 47(10). 954–960. 95 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuhong, et al.. (2001). Grain-size cycles in Salawusu River valley since 150 ka BP. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 11(4). 461–472. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, David Dian, et al.. (2000). Natural water softening processes by waterfall effects in karst areas. Desalination. 129(3). 247–259. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, David Dian. (1998). A Mineralogical Analysis of Karst Sediments and its Implications to the Middle-Late Pleistocene Climatic Changes on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of the Geological Society of India. 52(3). 351–359. 1 indexed citations

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