Feixiang Wu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Feixiang Wu is a scholar working on Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Feixiang Wu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 20 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Feixiang Wu's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (17 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (16 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers). Feixiang Wu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (17 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (16 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers). Feixiang Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Feixiang Wu's co-authors include Tao Su, Zhe‐Kun Zhou, Tao Deng, Gongle Shi, Robert A. Spicer, Teresa E.V. Spicer, Paul J. Valdes, Alexander Farnsworth, Mee-mann Chang and Desui Miao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Feixiang Wu

43 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Why ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ is a myth 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 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. Why ‘the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau’ is a myth
    2020 241 citations Robert A. Spicer, Tao Su 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
Feixiang Wu China 22 466 455 372 295 247 44 1.2k
Elizabeth M. Kennedy New Zealand 20 341 0.7× 532 1.2× 478 1.3× 172 0.6× 205 0.8× 39 1.0k
Wei‐Yu‐Dong Deng China 12 208 0.4× 402 0.9× 310 0.8× 252 0.9× 109 0.4× 23 861
Jian Huang China 22 264 0.6× 900 2.0× 402 1.1× 580 2.0× 163 0.7× 95 1.7k
Yong‐Jiang Huang China 23 351 0.8× 1.0k 2.2× 561 1.5× 721 2.4× 236 1.0× 60 1.8k
Ronny Rößler Germany 24 714 1.5× 786 1.7× 406 1.1× 368 1.2× 205 0.8× 86 1.6k
Johanna Kovar‐Eder Germany 17 292 0.6× 550 1.2× 397 1.1× 193 0.7× 100 0.4× 43 951
Guo Shuangxing China 12 252 0.5× 558 1.2× 436 1.2× 370 1.3× 100 0.4× 20 1.1k
Daphne E. Lee New Zealand 25 566 1.2× 1.2k 2.7× 524 1.4× 576 2.0× 328 1.3× 90 1.9k
Dhananjay M. Mohabey India 18 749 1.6× 294 0.6× 252 0.7× 174 0.6× 279 1.1× 49 1.2k
Lutz Kunzmann Germany 19 323 0.7× 772 1.7× 273 0.7× 383 1.3× 124 0.5× 64 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feixiang Wu

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All Works

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Wu, Shaoyuan, Frank E. Rheindt, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Genomes, fossils, and the concurrent rise of modern birds and flowering plants in the Late Cretaceous. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(8). e2319696121–e2319696121. 14 indexed citations
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Deng, Tao, Xiaomin Fang, Qiang Li, et al.. (2023). Neogene integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(4). 1326–1359. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinwen, Uriel Gélin, Robert A. Spicer, et al.. (2022). Rapid Eocene diversification of spiny plants in subtropical woodlands of central Tibet. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3787–3787. 32 indexed citations
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Wu, Feixiang, et al.. (2022). The predatory fish Saurichthys reflects a complex underwater ecosystem of the Late Triassic Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Historical Biology. 35(8). 1449–1459. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weicheng, Jian Huang, Linlin Chen, et al.. (2022). Podocarpium (Fabaceae) from the late Eocene of central Tibetan Plateau and its biogeographic implication. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 305. 104745–104745. 8 indexed citations
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Rio, Cédric Del, Shufeng Li, Lin‐Bo Jia, et al.. (2021). Fruits of Firmiana and Craigia (Malvaceae) from the Eocene of the Central Tibetan Plateau with emphasis on biogeographic history. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Tao, Feixiang Wu, Shiqi Wang, Tao Su, & Zhe‐Kun Zhou. (2021). Major turnover of biotas across the Oligocene/Miocene boundary on the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 567. 110241–110241. 30 indexed citations
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Spicer, Robert A., Tao Su, Paul J. Valdes, et al.. (2020). The topographic evolution of the Tibetan Region as revealed by palaeontology. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 101(1). 213–243. 38 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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Wu, Feixiang, et al.. (2019). Into Africa via docked India: a fossil climbing perch from the Oligocene of Tibet helps solve the anabantid biogeographical puzzle. Science Bulletin. 64(7). 455–463. 22 indexed citations
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Huang, Jian, Tao Su, Shufeng Li, et al.. (2019). Pliocene flora and paleoenvironment of Zanda Basin, Tibet, China. Science China Earth Sciences. 63(2). 212–223. 23 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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Su, Tao, et al.. (2018). Oligocene Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Lunpola Basin in central Tibet and its implication for early diversification of the genus. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 175. 99–108. 37 indexed citations
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Jia, Lin‐Bo, Tao Su, Yong‐Jiang Huang, et al.. (2018). First fossil record of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: Implications for morphological evolution and biogeography. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 57(2). 94–104. 44 indexed citations
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Wu, Feixiang, Desui Miao, Mee-mann Chang, Gongle Shi, & Ning Wang. (2017). Fossil climbing perch and associated plant megafossils indicate a warm and wet central Tibet during the late Oligocene. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 878–878. 106 indexed citations
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Cai, Chenyang, et al.. (2017). Tertiary water striders (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha, Gerridae) from the central Tibetan Plateau and their palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 175. 121–127. 27 indexed citations
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Wu, Feixiang, et al.. (2015). A new species of Saurichthys (Actinopterygii; Saurichthyiformes) from the Middle Triassic of southwestern China, with remarks on pattern of the axial skeleton of saurichthyid fishes. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 275(3). 249–267. 9 indexed citations

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