Guochun Zhao

58.9k total citations · 27 hit papers
485 papers, 52.4k citations indexed

About

Guochun Zhao is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guochun Zhao has authored 485 papers receiving a total of 52.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 463 papers in Geophysics, 178 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 33 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Guochun Zhao's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (461 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (336 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (301 papers). Guochun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (461 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (336 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (301 papers). Guochun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Australia. Guochun Zhao's co-authors include Min Sun, Simon A. Wilde, Peter A. Cawood, Sanzhong Li, Jian Zhang, Yuejun Wang, Xiaoping Xia, Liangzhao Lu, Chao Yuan and Changqing Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Guochun Zhao

462 papers receiving 50.7k citations

Hit Papers

Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North C... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2004 2001 2002 2012 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited
    2004 2.3k citations Guochun Zhao, Min Sun et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  2. Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P–T path constraints and tectonic evolution
    2001 1.7k citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  3. Review of global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent
    2002 1.5k citations Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  4. Precambrian geology of China
    2012 1.4k citations Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood Precambrian Research profile →
  5. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: assembly, growth and breakup
    2004 1.1k citations Guochun Zhao, Min Sun et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  6. Lithotectonic elements of Precambrian basement in the North China Craton: Review and tectonic implications
    2012 930 citations Guochun Zhao et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  7. Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion
    2012 904 citations Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  8. Geological reconstructions of the East Asian blocks: From the breakup of Rodinia to the assembly of Pangea
    2018 775 citations Guochun Zhao, Yuejun Wang et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  9. Introduction to tectonics of China
    2012 730 citations Guochun Zhao et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  10. Locating South China in Rodinia and Gondwana: A fragment of greater India lithosphere?
    2013 587 citations Peter A. Cawood, Yuejun Wang et al. profile →
  11. Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution
    2000 576 citations Guochun Zhao, Peter A. Cawood et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  12. Thermal Evolution of Archean Basement Rocks from the Eastern Part of the North China Craton and Its Bearing on Tectonic Setting
    1998 554 citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. profile →
  13. Development of the North China Craton During the Late Archaean and its Final Amalgamation at 1.8 Ga: Some Speculations on its Position Within a Global Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinent
    2002 526 citations Simon A. Wilde, Guochun Zhao et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  14. Reconstructing South China in Phanerozoic and Precambrian supercontinents
    2017 476 citations Peter A. Cawood, Guochun Zhao et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  15. Precambrian metamorphic basement and sedimentary cover of the North China Craton: A review
    2007 442 citations Guochun Zhao et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  16. SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Liaoji granitoids: Constraints on the evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton
    2007 437 citations Sanzhong Li, Guochun Zhao Precambrian Research profile →
  17. The onset of Pacific margin accretion in NE China: Evidence from the Heilongjiang high-pressure metamorphic belt
    2009 424 citations Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde et al. profile →
  18. Jiangnan Orogen in South China: Developing from divergent double subduction
    2014 424 citations Guochun Zhao Gondwana Research profile →
  19. Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton
    2010 418 citations Guochun Zhao, Simon A. Wilde et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  20. Final closure of the Paleo‐Asian Ocean along the Solonker Suture Zone: Constraints from geochronological and geochemical data of Permian volcanic and sedimentary rocks
    2014 369 citations Guochun Zhao, Min Sun et al. Tectonics profile →
  21. Final amalgamation of the Tianshan and Junggar orogenic collage in the southwestern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Constraints on the closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean
    2017 361 citations Yigui Han, Guochun Zhao Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  22. Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System
    2017 346 citations Guochun Zhao, Jianhua Li et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  23. Nature and assembly of microcontinental blocks within the Paleo-Asian Ocean
    2017 316 citations Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  24. Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments
    2017 302 citations Yuejun Wang, Xin Qian et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  25. Geochemical zonation across a Neoproterozoic orogenic belt: Isotopic evidence from granitoids and metasedimentary rocks of the Jiangnan orogen, China
    2014 298 citations Guochun Zhao et al. Precambrian Research profile →
  26. Jiangnan Orogen, South China: A ~970–820 Ma Rodinia margin accretionary belt
    2019 248 citations Jinlong Yao, Peter A. Cawood et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  27. Long-lasting farside volcanism in the Apollo basin: Chang'e-6 landing site
    2024 52 citations Yuqi Qian, J. W. Head et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guochun Zhao Hong Kong 123 50.7k 20.5k 6.2k 3.1k 2.8k 485 52.4k
Peter A. Cawood Australia 100 36.7k 0.7× 14.1k 0.7× 5.3k 0.8× 3.8k 1.2× 5.1k 1.8× 469 38.9k
Suzanne Y. O’Reilly Australia 99 41.3k 0.8× 13.6k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 548 43.0k
Alfred Kröner Germany 104 33.2k 0.7× 16.4k 0.8× 4.3k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 377 34.4k
Bor‐ming Jahn Taiwan 98 32.6k 0.6× 15.6k 0.8× 5.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 283 35.0k
Wenjiao Xiao China 75 23.8k 0.5× 13.5k 0.7× 2.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 505 25.0k
Mei‐Fu Zhou Hong Kong 92 25.8k 0.5× 12.0k 0.6× 5.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 387 27.9k
Sun‐Lin Chung Taiwan 91 28.0k 0.6× 10.0k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 329 29.4k
Zheng‐Xiang Li Australia 97 32.2k 0.6× 11.3k 0.6× 4.5k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 5.6k 2.0× 376 35.7k
Yaoling Niu China 88 25.4k 0.5× 8.5k 0.4× 2.9k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 288 26.7k
Елена Белоусова Australia 64 24.9k 0.5× 12.0k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 311 25.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, Simon, et al.. (2025). Linking detrital zircon record and supercontinent over the past 3.5 billion years. Precambrian Research. 420. 107680–107680.
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Williams, Simon, et al.. (2024). Mapping paleoelevations along active continental margins with igneous geochemistry: A case study from South America. Gondwana Research. 134. 285–297. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jing-Yuan, Yigui Han, Jinlong Yao, et al.. (2024). Detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes of late Meso-Neoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the South Altyn Tagh: Implications for tectonic affinity of microcontinents in NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 275. 106298–106298. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Peiyuan, Qing‐guo Zhai, Peter A. Cawood, et al.. (2024). Detrital zircon REE and tectonic settings. Lithos. 480-481. 107661–107661. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hui C.G., et al.. (2024). Tectono-metamorphic evolution of paragneiss in the Chengde metamorphic Complex, northern Paleoproterozoic Trans-North China Orogen. Precambrian Research. 406. 107381–107381. 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Yuqi, J. W. Head, J. R. Michalski, et al.. (2024). Long-lasting farside volcanism in the Apollo basin: Chang'e-6 landing site. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 637. 118737–118737. 52 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jianhua, Shuwen Dong, Peter A. Cawood, et al.. (2022). The Thinnest Crust in South China Associated With the Cretaceous Lithospheric Extension: Evidence From SINOPROBE Seismic Reflection Profiling. Tectonics. 41(8). 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Ting, Jian Zhang, Guochun Zhao, et al.. (2022). Coexisting diverse P–T–t paths during Neoarchean Sagduction: Insights from numerical modeling and applications to the eastern North China Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 586. 117529–117529. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hui C.G., et al.. (2022). Phase equilibria modelling and zircon U-Pb geochronology of Paleoproterozoic mafic granulites from the Chengde Complex, North China Craton. Precambrian Research. 371. 106576–106576. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Jianhua, Yueqiao Zhang, Lothar Ratschbacher, et al.. (2021). Polyphase deformation in the Badu complex: Insights into Triassic intraplate orogeny in South China. Journal of Structural Geology. 154. 104475–104475. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuejun, Xin Qian, Peter A. Cawood, et al.. (2017). Closure of the East Paleotethyan Ocean and amalgamation of the Eastern Cimmerian and Southeast Asia continental fragments. Earth-Science Reviews. 186. 195–230. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Long, Xiaoping, Chao Yuan, Min Sun, et al.. (2016). Paleozoic adakitic rocks in the northern Altyn Tagh, northwest China: Evidence for progressive crustal thickening beneath the Dunhuang Block. Lithos. 272-273. 1–15. 24 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jian‐Bo, et al.. (2014). Geochemistry and U–Pb zircon dating of the Toudaoqiao blueschists in the Great Xing’an Range, northeast China, and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 97. 197–210. 117 indexed citations
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Dong, Xin, et al.. (2012). Metamorphism and tectonic evolution of the Lhasa terrane, Central Tibet. Gondwana Research. 25(1). 170–189. 227 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun & Peter A. Cawood. (2012). Precambrian geology of China. Precambrian Research. 222-223. 13–54. 1410 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Taofa, et al.. (2008). Multitypes of ore-forming fluid systems in the Mesozoic polymetallic middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River area mineralization belt, china. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 1 indexed citations
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He, Yanhong, Guochun Zhao, Min Sun, & Xiaoping Xia. (2008). SHRIMP and LA ICP MS zircon analyses on the Xiong'er volcanic rocks along the southern margin of the North China Craton. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 72(12). 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guochun, Min Sun, Simon A. Wilde, & Sanzhong Li. (2004). Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research. 136(2). 177–202. 2293 indexed citations breakdown →

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