Fahu Chen

39.3k total citations · 13 hit papers
586 papers, 27.9k citations indexed

About

Fahu Chen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fahu Chen has authored 586 papers receiving a total of 27.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 475 papers in Atmospheric Science, 146 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 143 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Fahu Chen's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (389 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (129 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (128 papers). Fahu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (389 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (129 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (128 papers). Fahu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Fahu Chen's co-authors include Jianhui Chen, Wei Huang, Xiaohua Gou, Yan Zhao, Jiawu Zhang, Guanghui Dong, Zicheng Yu, Xiaozhong Huang, Xiaojian Zhang and Aifeng Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fahu Chen

571 papers receiving 27.0k 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.

Holocene moisture evolution in arid central Asia and its out-of-phase relationship with Asian monsoon history

2008 1.0k citations Fahu Chen, Xiaozhong Huang et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →
A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record

2008 862 citations Fahu Chen et al. profile →
Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 B.P.

2014 516 citations Fahu Chen, Guanghui Dong et al. profile →
Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

2019 470 citations Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
Agricultural origins and the isotopic identity of domestication in northern China

2009 391 citations Fahu Chen et al. profile →
Estimation of China’s terrestrial ecosystem carbon sink: Methods, progress and prospects

2022 333 citations Shilong Piao, Fahu Chen et al. Science China Earth Sciences profile →
Holocene East Asian summer monsoon records in northern China and their inconsistency with Chinese stalagmite δ18O records

2015 301 citations Jianbao Liu, Jianhui Chen et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau

2019 278 citations Fahu Chen, Guanghui Dong et al. profile →
Climate change, vegetation history, and landscape responses on the Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene: A comprehensive review

2020 255 citations Fahu Chen, Jianbao Liu et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →
Discussion of the “warming and wetting” trend and its future variation in the drylands of Northwest China under global warming

2023 83 citations Fahu Chen, Shengqian Chen et al. Science China Earth Sciences profile →
Human activities have reduced plant diversity in eastern China over the last two millennia

2022 75 citations Fahu Chen et al. profile →
Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China

2022 53 citations Jishuai Yang, Xuke Shen et al. profile →
Nature-based Solutions can help restore degraded grasslands and increase carbon sequestration in the Tibetan Plateau

2024 52 citations Jian Sun, Yingxin Wang et al. Communications Earth & Environment profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fahu Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Zhengzhou 2024 Ecosummit declaration: Building eco-civilization for a sustainable and desirable future 2025 ·Ecological Indicators ·Junguo Liu, Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, (unknown), Fahu Chen, John W. Day, Peter H. Gleick, Anastassia M. Makarieva, Jacqueline McGlade, Stuart L. Pimm, Natalie Stoeckl, Yong‐Guan Zhu	1
2	Multi-proxy records of climate change in the northeastern Iranian plateau over the past 1500 years 2025 ·CATENA ·(unknown), Shuai Ma, Shengqian Chen, J.C. Pang, (unknown), (unknown), Heikki Seppä, Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen	0
3	Model seasonal and proxy spatial biases revealed by assimilated mid-Holocene seasonal temperatures 2025 ·Science Bulletin ·(unknown), Xu Zhang, Yanwu Duan, Evan J. Gowan, Jiang Zhu, Alexandre Cauquoin, Jie Chen, Martin Werner, Fahu Chen	1
4	Warming-Induced Increase in Flooding in the Taklimakan Desert 2025 ·Journal of Earth Science ·(unknown), Xin Wang, (unknown), Shengqian Chen, Yaqi Chen, Fan Yang, Jiaqiang Lei, Fahu Chen	0
5	The 4.2 ka event in the Northern Hemisphere: Spatial heterogeneity and driving mechanisms of hydroclimatic change 2025 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·N. D. Qi, Shengqian Chen, (unknown), Shuai Ma, (unknown), Lingxin Huang, Jianhui Chen, Jürg Luterbacher, Michael E. Meadows, Fahu Chen	2
6	Southward retreat of the Keriya River drove human migration in the Taklimakan Desert during the late Holocene 2024 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·(unknown), Hui Zhao, Minmin Ma, (unknown), Yuan Li, Zhilin Shi, Keqi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Fahu Chen	5
7	Spatiotemporal evolution of aeolian sedimentary landscapes on the southern Tibetan Plateau during the late Quaternary: A review and recent advances 2024 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Junhuai Yang, Shengqian Chen, Zhiyong Ling, (unknown), (unknown), Haoyu Wang, Shuyuan Wang, Fuyuan Gao, Iván Lizaga, Fei Wang, Shengli Yang, Fahu Chen	3
8	Nature-based Solutions can help restore degraded grasslands and increase carbon sequestration in the Tibetan Plateau breakdown → 2024 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Jian Sun, Yingxin Wang, Tien Ming Lee, Xiaowei Nie, Tao Wang, Eryuan Liang, Yafeng Wang, Lin Zhang, Jun Wang, Shilong Piao, Fahu Chen, Bojie Fu	52
9	SedaDNA reveals mid-to late Holocene aquatic plant and algae changes in Luanhaizi Lake on the Tibetan Plateau 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Hanqiu Xu, Lian‐Fang Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Zhengquan Gu, Xiaozhong Huang, Xiaoyan Yang, Fahu Chen	1
10	Effect of plant roots on the radiocarbon age of loess deposits in arid central Asia 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Leibin Wang, (unknown), Hui Zhao, Huan Xia, Aifeng Zhou, Qiang Wang, Fahu Chen	0
11	Holocene dust storm variations across northern monsoonal Asia and arid central Asia: Contrasting impacts of climate change 2024 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Shengqian Chen, Jianbao Liu, Shuai Ma, (unknown), Jia Jia, Jianhui Chen, Fahu Chen	4
12	Quantification of Middle to Late Holocene precipitation in the Gonghe Basin, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, from the geochemistry of aeolian surface soil 2024 ·Quaternary Science Reviews ·Bing Liu, (unknown), Sen Li, Heqiang Du, (unknown), Heling Jin, Jianhui Jin, Hui Zhao, Fahu Chen	1
13	The early milk consumption on the Tibetan Plateau 2023 ·Science Bulletin ·Yunan Zhang, Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, (unknown), Yunming Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Xuke Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Zhikun Ma, Zhiyong Ling, Hui Wang, Xiaoyan Yang, Fahu Chen	4
14	The northern boundary of the Asian summer monsoon and division of westerlies and monsoon regimes over the Tibetan Plateau in present-day 2023 ·Science China Earth Sciences ·Lingxin Huang, Jie Chen, Kun Yang, Yujie Yang, Wei Huang, Xu Zhang, Fahu Chen	43
15	Climate change fostered rise and fall of the Tibetan Empire during 600–800 AD 2023 ·Science Bulletin ·Juzhi Hou, (unknown), (unknown), Guanghui Dong, Tao Tong, Guoqiang Chu, Weiguo Liu, Wenxiang Wu, (unknown), Jade d’Alpoim Guedes, Fahu Chen	14
16	Spatiotemporal differences in Holocene climate change in the Yarlung Tsangpo catchment, southern Tibetan Plateau, reconstructed from two sandy loess sequences 2023 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Zhiyong Ling, Junhuai Yang, Zhenqian Wang, Jianhui Jin, Dunsheng Xia, Shengli Yang, Xin Wang, Fahu Chen	7
17	Abrupt climate change in arid central Asia during the Holocene: A review 2023 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Xiaokang Liu, Jianhui Chen, Shengqian Chen, Haipeng Wang, Wei Huang, Song Feng, Fahu Chen	24
18	Precipitation variations in arid central Asia over past 2500 years: Possible effects of climate change on development of Silk Road civilization 2023 ·Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), Jianhui Chen, Yanbin Lei, Feiya Lv, Rui Ma, Shengqian Chen, Shuai Ma, (unknown), Yuecong Li, Haipeng Wang, Zhilin Shi, Heikki Seppä, Fahu Chen	20
19	Early human impacts on vegetation on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during the middle to late Holocene 2017 ·Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ·Xiaozhong Huang, Sisi Liu, Guanghui Dong, Mingrui Qiang, (unknown), Yan Zhao, Fahu Chen	75
20	Variation in the Stable Carbon Isotope Composition of Tulipa iliensis Regel in Junggar Basin 2009 ·CHINESE BULLETIN OF BOTANY ·Huiling Sun, Jianying Ma, Fahu Chen, Shaoming Wang	3

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