Degan Shu

6.8k total citations
124 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Degan Shu is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Degan Shu has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Paleontology, 56 papers in Oceanography and 40 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Degan Shu's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (99 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (51 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers). Degan Shu is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (99 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (51 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (40 papers). Degan Shu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Japan. Degan Shu's co-authors include Jian Han, Zhifei Zhang, Xingliang Zhang, Simon Conway Morris, Jianni Liu, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Yusuke Sawaki, Shigenori Maruyama, Qiang Ou and Miyuki Tahata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Degan Shu

124 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Degan Shu China 40 4.3k 1.8k 1.6k 876 566 124 5.3k
Jian Han China 37 3.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 875 1.0× 456 0.8× 147 4.6k
Lars E. Holmer Sweden 39 3.9k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 414 0.5× 612 1.1× 211 5.0k
Nicholas J. Butterfield United Kingdom 48 5.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.0× 2.8k 1.8× 821 0.9× 889 1.6× 85 6.7k
Marc Laflamme Canada 32 4.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 2.3k 1.4× 631 0.7× 302 0.5× 76 4.6k
Bruce Runnegar United States 38 3.7k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 703 0.8× 440 0.8× 93 5.2k
Erik A. Sperling United States 38 4.1k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 1.7× 950 1.7× 86 6.0k
Stefan Bengtson Sweden 50 5.5k 1.3× 1.8k 1.0× 2.3k 1.4× 857 1.0× 881 1.6× 147 7.5k
Michael Steiner Germany 36 3.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 849 1.0× 213 0.4× 96 4.3k
Derek E. G. Briggs United Kingdom 55 5.9k 1.4× 2.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 601 0.7× 541 1.0× 115 8.2k
Richard A. Fortey United Kingdom 44 5.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 2.3k 1.4× 393 0.4× 470 0.8× 178 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Degan Shu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Degan Shu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Degan Shu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Degan Shu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Degan Shu 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 Degan Shu. Degan Shu 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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Hou, Jin‐bo, Nigel C. Hughes, Melanie J. Hopkins, & Degan Shu. (2023). Gill function in an early arthropod and the widespread adoption of the countercurrent exchange mechanism. Royal Society Open Science. 10(8). 230341–230341. 2 indexed citations
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Ou, Qiang, Degan Shu, Zhifei Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dawn of complex animal food webs: A new predatory anthozoan (Cnidaria) from Cambrian. The Innovation. 3(1). 100195–100195. 17 indexed citations
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Ou, Qiang, Jean Vannier, Ailin Chen, et al.. (2020). Evolutionary trade-off in reproduction of Cambrian arthropods. Science Advances. 6(18). eaaz3376–eaaz3376. 21 indexed citations
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Han, Jian, Simon Conway Morris, Jennifer F. Hoyal Cuthill, & Degan Shu. (2019). Sclerite-bearing annelids from the lower Cambrian of South China. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 4955–4955. 14 indexed citations
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Fu, Dongjing, Javier Ortega‐Hernández, Allison C. Daley, Xingliang Zhang, & Degan Shu. (2018). Anamorphic development and extended parental care in a 520 million-year-old stem-group euarthropod from China. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 147–147. 28 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, et al.. (2017). Multi‐jawed chaetognaths from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3) of Yunnan, China. Palaeontology. 60(6). 763–772. 17 indexed citations
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Holmer, Lars E., Glenn A. Brock, Uwe Balthasar, et al.. (2014). An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod characters. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4682–4682. 40 indexed citations
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Yasui, Kinya, James Davis Reimer, Yunhuan Liu, et al.. (2013). A Diploblastic Radiate Animal at the Dawn of Cambrian Diversification with a Simple Body Plan: Distinct from Cnidaria?. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65890–e65890. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianni, Michael Steiner, Jason A. Dunlop, et al.. (2011). An armoured Cambrian lobopodian from China with arthropod-like appendages. Nature. 470(7335). 526–530. 54 indexed citations
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Han, Jian, Shin Kubota, Xiaoyong Yao, et al.. (2010). Tiny Sea Anemone from the Lower Cambrian of China. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13276–e13276. 49 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan. (2009). Cambrian Explosion:Formation of Tree of Animals. Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment. 3 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, et al.. (2009). RESTUDY OF CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION AND FORMATION OF ANIMAL TREE. Gushengwu xuebao. 48(3). 414–427. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yong, Junfeng Guo, Xingliang Zhang, et al.. (2007). Vase-shaped microfossils from the Ediacaran Weng'an biota, Guizhou, South China. Gondwana Research. 14(1-2). 263–268. 12 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan. (2004). New information on Chuandianella from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang Fauna,Yunnan,China. Journal of Northwest University. 4 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, Simon Conway Morris, Jian Han, et al.. (2003). A New Species of Yunnanozoan with Implications for Deuterostome Evolution. Science. 299(5611). 1380–1384. 124 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, Simon Conway Morris, Jie Han, et al.. (2003). Head and backbone of the Early Cambrian vertebrate Haikouichthys. Nature. 421(6922). 526–529. 229 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, Ling Chen, Xingliang Zhang, Jian Han, & Yong Li. (2001). Chengjiang Lagerstatte and Earliest-known Chordates. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 18(4). 447–448. 3 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, et al.. (2001). An Early Cambrian tunicate from China. Nature. 411(6836). 472–473. 91 indexed citations
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Shu, Degan, et al.. (1996). Reinterpretation of Yunnanozoon as the earliest known hemichordate. Nature. 380(6573). 428–430. 86 indexed citations

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