Fan Zhao

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 678 citations indexed

About

Fan Zhao is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Zhao has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 678 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 10 papers in Geology and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Fan Zhao's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (14 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (6 papers). Fan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (14 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (9 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (6 papers). Fan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Germany. Fan Zhao's co-authors include Tao Su, He Tang, Zhe‐Kun Zhou, Jia Liu, Robert A. Spicer, Jian Huang, Congli Xu, Wei‐Yu‐Dong Deng, Gaurav Srivastava and Yaowu Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Fan Zhao

42 papers receiving 655 citations

Hit Papers

No high Tibetan Plateau until the Neogene 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. No high Tibetan Plateau until the Neogene
    2019 236 citations Tao Su, Robert A. Spicer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fan Zhao China 14 178 125 116 110 109 45 678
F. Bastida Spain 23 157 0.9× 163 1.3× 181 1.6× 40 0.4× 1.3k 12.1× 113 2.2k
Michelle C. Tappert Canada 13 43 0.2× 42 0.3× 62 0.5× 63 0.6× 201 1.8× 19 559
Chris Roman United States 17 110 0.6× 52 0.4× 21 0.2× 109 1.0× 192 1.8× 39 1.1k
Mehdi Hosseini Canada 18 404 2.3× 25 0.2× 101 0.9× 99 0.9× 26 0.2× 51 1.1k
José Antonio Gámez Vintaned Spain 18 322 1.8× 614 4.9× 73 0.6× 17 0.2× 271 2.5× 73 933
Satish K. Srivastava Canada 20 333 1.9× 534 4.3× 93 0.8× 24 0.2× 107 1.0× 95 1.2k
Yanjun Yang China 12 109 0.6× 25 0.2× 108 0.9× 279 2.5× 25 0.2× 28 778

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fan Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fan Zhao 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 Fan Zhao. Fan Zhao 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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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of climate prediction models in Yunnan, China: traditional methods and AI approaches. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 43347–43347.
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Chen, Yingming, Fan Zhao, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of measurement uncertainty in BPC time service monitoring and study on time service performance and characteristics. Measurement. 257. 118803–118803.
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2025). The mechanism of 3D-printed high internal phase Pickering emulsion gels improved by soybean protein isolate / bacterial cellulose co-assemblies. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 302. 140435–140435. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhe, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the regional climate model for the forest area of Yunnan in China. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 5. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongshu, Chengzao Jia, Guoxin Li, et al.. (2023). Salt‐Lake Basin Bedrock Weathered Crust Gas Reservoir in the Altun Mountains Front of the Qaidam Basin, Western China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 97(5). 1555–1567. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2022). How Environmental Factors Affect Forest Fire Occurrence in Yunnan Forest Region. Forests. 13(9). 1392–1392. 15 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yulong, et al.. (2022). Relationships between the Water Uptake and Nutrient Status of Rubber Trees in a Monoculture Rubber Plantation. Agronomy. 12(9). 1999–1999. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Junen, Huanhuan Zeng, Fan Zhao, et al.. (2020). Recognizing the role of plant species composition in the modification of soil nutrients and water in rubber agroforestry systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 723. 138042–138042. 42 indexed citations
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Wu, Junen, Huanhuan Zeng, Fan Zhao, et al.. (2020). The Nutrient Status of Plant Roots Reveals Competition Intensities in Rubber Agroforestry Systems. Forests. 11(11). 1163–1163. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, He, Jia Liu, Feixiang Wu, et al.. (2019). Extinct genus Lagokarpos reveals a biogeographic connection between Tibet and other regions in the Northern Hemisphere during the Paleogene. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 57(6). 670–677. 31 indexed citations
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Shi, Yajun, et al.. (2019). Unique hydrocarbon-generating mechanism of Oligocene evaporites of Qaidam Basin, West China. Carbonates and Evaporites. 34(4). 1455–1467. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, Ze‐Xin Fan, Tao Su, et al.. (2019). Tree-ring δ18O inferred spring drought variability over the past 200 years in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 518. 22–33. 13 indexed citations
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Farnsworth, Alexander, Tao Su, Robert A. Spicer, et al.. (2018). NO HIGH TIBETAN PLATEAU UNTIL THE NEOGENE. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2017). Porosity characteristics of the Eocene mixed-sediment reservoirs in the saline lacustrine basin, Qaidam, China. Carbonates and Evaporites. 33(4). 601–612. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2016). Saline fluid interaction experiment in clastic reservoir of lacustrine basin. Carbonates and Evaporites. 32(2). 167–175. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan. (2014). Identification of Neogene mixed lacustrine carbonate in western Qaidam basin. Carbonates and Evaporites. 30(3). 281–285. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2013). V-coupling-blades beam position monitor for NSRL undulator source. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 425(4). 42008–42008. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan, et al.. (2013). Combination of support vector regression and artificial neural networks for prediction of critical heat flux. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 62. 481–494. 43 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fan. (2012). Study on Strike-slip Fault and Its Control Effect on Oil and Gas Accumulation in Western Qaidam Basin,China. Dizhi lunping. 3 indexed citations

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