Fulong Cai

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Fulong Cai is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Fulong Cai has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Geophysics, 18 papers in Geology and 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Fulong Cai's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (67 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers). Fulong Cai is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (67 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (57 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (38 papers). Fulong Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Fulong Cai's co-authors include Lin Ding, Yahui Yue, Houqi Wang, Paul Kapp, Liyun Zhang, Qiang Xu, Qingzhou Lai, Qiang Xu, Shun Li and Zhongyu Xiong and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Fulong Cai

82 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

2022 430 citations Lin Ding, Fulong Cai et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
The Andean-type Gangdese Mountains: Paleoelevation record from the Paleocene–Eocene Linzhou Basin

2014 398 citations Lin Ding, Yahui Yue et al. profile →
Quantifying the rise of the Himalaya orogen and implications for the South Asian monsoon

2017 353 citations Lin Ding, Robert A. Spicer et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Uplift from orogenic belts to the Tibetan Plateau: mechanisms connectivity between geological evolution and climate change 2025 ·Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) ·Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, (unknown), Songlin He, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jianhong Ren, Houqi Wang, Fulong Cai, Chao Wang	0
2	Back to an ice-free future: Early Cretaceous seasonal cycles of sea surface temperature and glacier ice 2025 ·Science Advances ·Songlin He, (unknown), Robert A. Spicer, Alex Farnsworth, Andreas Mulch, Mike Widdowson, Qinghai Zhang, Fulong Cai, Paul J. Valdes, Chao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Lin Ding	1
3	Timing of initial collision and suturing processes in the Himalaya and Zagros 2025 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Chao Wang, Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, Mark B. Allen, Andrew K. Laskowski, Eduardo Garzanti, Qinghai Zhang, Fulong Cai, Houqi Wang, Peiping Song, (unknown), Ping Fan, Alex Farnsworth, Daniel J. Lunt, Paul J. Valdes, Zhenyu Li, Chen Wu, Muhammad Qasim	6
4	The raising and westward expansion of central Tibet 2025 ·National Science Review ·(unknown), Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, Robert A. Spicer, Fulong Cai, Songlin He, Chao Wang, (unknown), Jinxiang Li, Houqi Wang, Yin Zheng, Xiaoyan Xu, Jing Xie, Yahui Yue, Deng Zeng, (unknown)	6
5	The Cretaceous suturing process of the eastern Bangong–Nujiang Ocean, Basu area 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·(unknown), Lin Ding, Jinxiang Li, (unknown), Houqi Wang, Chao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yahui Yue, (unknown), Fulong Cai	1
6	Coseismic deformation analysis of the 2017 Milin Ms 6.9 earthquake in the Namche Barwa Syntaxis: Implications for regional tectonics 2024 ·Fundamental Research ·(unknown), Shishu Zhang, (unknown), Fulong Cai, Chao Wang, Jiankun He, Lin Ding	0
7	Kinematic Evolution of the Tangra Yumco Rift, South-Central Tibet 2024 ·(unknown), Andrew K. Laskowski, (unknown), Devon Orme, Kurt E. Sundell, Michael H. Taylor, Adam M. Forte, Fulong Cai, Xudong Guo, Lin Ding	1
8	Late Mesozoic subduction-accretion in the southern Qiangtang: Insights from the Sumxi igneous complex of west-central Tibet 2024 ·Geological Society of America Bulletin ·Chao Wang, Lin Ding, Fulong Cai, Deng Zeng, Jinxiang Li, Liyun Zhang, Yahui Yue	2
9	Slab Tear of Subducted Indian Lithosphere Beneath the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis Region 2024 ·Tectonics ·(unknown), Bo Zhang, Lei Guo, (unknown), Bernhard Grasemann, Fulong Cai, Houqi Wang	2
10	Paleomagnetism From Central Iran Reveals Arabia‐Eurasia Collision Onset at the Eocene/Oligocene Boundary 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Peiping Song, Lin Ding, Liyun Zhang, Fulong Cai, Qinghai Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Houqi Wang, (unknown), Morteza Talebian	8
11	Formation and evolution of a magmatic system in the Indian passive margin: Insights from the Triassic Yumai Complex from the eastern Tethyan Himalaya 2023 ·Geosphere ·Chao Wang, Lin Ding, Houqi Wang, Fulong Cai, Xiaodong Wang, Liyun Zhang, Yahui Yue	2
12	A climate-driven transcontinental drainage system in the southeast Tibetan Plateau during the Early Cretaceous 2023 ·Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ·Licheng Wang, Matthew A. Malkowski, Fulong Cai, (unknown), Abdus Saboor, Chenglin Liu, Lin Ding	7
13	Provenance of Late Cretaceous accretionary complex within the Yarlung–Zangpo suture zone, Bainang, southern Tibet: Implications for the subduction–accretion of the Neo-Tethyan ocean 2022 ·Gondwana Research ·Xudong Guo, Lin Ding, Andrew K. Laskowski, Houqi Wang, Upendra Baral, Deng Zeng, (unknown), Yahui Yue, Jing Xie, Fulong Cai	4
14	A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of eastern Tibet 2022 ·Science Bulletin ·Songlin He, Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, Robert A. Spicer, Alex Farnsworth, Paul J. Valdes, Chao Wang, Fulong Cai, Houqi Wang, Yong Sun, Deng Zeng, Jing Xie, Yahui Yue, (unknown), Peiping Song, Chen Wu	65
15	Configuration and Timing of Collision Between Arabia and Eurasia in the Zagros Collision Zone, Fars, Southern Iran 2021 ·Tectonics ·Fulong Cai, Lin Ding, Houqi Wang, Andrew K. Laskowski, Liyun Zhang, Bo Zhang, Ali Mohammadi, Jinxiang Li, Peiping Song, Zhenyu Li, Qinghai Zhang	24
16	Sedimentology and provenance of newly identified Upper Cretaceous trench basin strata, Dênggar, southern Tibet: Implications for development of the Eurasian margin prior to India–Asia collision 2020 ·Basin Research ·Devon Orme, Andrew K. Laskowski, (unknown), Chao Wang, Xudong Guo, Fulong Cai, Lin Ding	14
17	Quaternary Volcanism in Myanmar: A Record of Indian Slab Tearing in a Transition Zone From Oceanic to Continental Subduction 2020 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Liyun Zhang, Wu Fan, Lin Ding, Mihai N. Ducea, Alex Pullen, Jiaxing Li, Yang Sun, Yahui Yue, Fulong Cai, Chao Wang, Touping Peng, Kyaing Sein	15
18	Paleomagnetic results from the Early Cretaceous Zenong Group volcanic rocks, Cuoqin, Tibet, and their paleogeographic implications 2011 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Weitao Chen, Tianshui Yang, (unknown), Zhenyu Yang, (unknown), Huaichun Wu, Junfeng Zhang, Yiming Ma, Fulong Cai	59
19	Provenance and tectonic evolution of the Yalu-Zangbo peripheral foreland basin 2008 ·Acta Petrologica Sinica ·Fulong Cai, Lin Ding, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Liyuan Zhang, (unknown)	6
20	Main controlling factors analysis and prediction of coalbed gas content 2005 ·Meitan xuebao ·(unknown), Zhao Yong-jun, Han-Lin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Fulong Cai, Juntao Zhang	4

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