Guoping Sun

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Guoping Sun is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geography, Planning and Development and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Guoping Sun has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 23 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 14 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Guoping Sun's work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Guoping Sun is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (23 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (23 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers). Guoping Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United Kingdom. Guoping Sun's co-authors include Xugao Chen, Ling Qin, Yunfei Zheng, Dorian Q. Fuller, Zhijun Zhao, Leo Aoi Hosoya, Yunfei Zheng, Houyuan Lü, Leping Jiang and Xiujia Huan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Guoping Sun

47 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice:... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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. The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze
    2009 464 citations Dorian Q. Fuller, Ling Qin 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
Guoping Sun China 18 707 653 456 302 276 48 1.4k
Luc Vrydaghs Belgium 18 697 1.0× 381 0.6× 467 1.0× 929 3.1× 318 1.2× 67 1.8k
Carol Lentfer Australia 21 776 1.1× 784 1.2× 377 0.8× 719 2.4× 451 1.6× 43 1.8k
Jacob Morales Spain 21 584 0.8× 91 0.1× 145 0.3× 125 0.4× 348 1.3× 67 1.2k
Ramón Buxó Spain 18 810 1.1× 214 0.3× 424 0.9× 177 0.6× 240 0.9× 46 1.3k
Christopher Morgan United States 15 493 0.7× 136 0.2× 182 0.4× 63 0.2× 481 1.7× 38 807
Rebecca Fraser United Kingdom 16 1.4k 1.9× 638 1.0× 321 0.7× 85 0.3× 373 1.4× 18 1.8k
Margareta Tengberg France 19 395 0.6× 89 0.1× 66 0.1× 340 1.1× 239 0.9× 56 964
Rose‐Marie Arbogast France 14 743 1.1× 266 0.4× 155 0.3× 29 0.1× 342 1.2× 54 1.2k
Mélanie Roffet‐Salque United Kingdom 15 758 1.1× 179 0.3× 62 0.1× 33 0.1× 284 1.0× 33 1.3k
Allan Hall United Kingdom 17 286 0.4× 34 0.1× 323 0.7× 173 0.6× 223 0.8× 62 951

Countries citing papers authored by Guoping Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guoping Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guoping Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guoping Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guoping Sun 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 Guoping Sun. Guoping Sun 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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Zhuang, Yijie, Yong‐Lei Wang, Yongsheng Niu, et al.. (2025). Geoarchaeological study of the evolution of rice farming fields in prehistoric Yangtze Delta and Huai River regions of China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 356. 109293–109293. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhen, Chunmei Ma, Zeyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Early-mid Holocene vegetation and diversity evolution on the Ningshao Plain, eastern China. CATENA. 246. 108446–108446.
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He, Keyang, Guoping Sun, Yong‐Lei Wang, Yunfei Zheng, & Houyuan Lü. (2024). Early Holocene rice cultivation integrated into marine adaptation in eastern China. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 54. 104421–104421. 5 indexed citations
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He, Keyang, Yong‐Lei Wang, Yunfei Zheng, et al.. (2024). Geographic mosaics of rice domestication in the lower Yangtze River indicated by morphological characteristics of rice bulliform phytoliths. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 16(2). 7 indexed citations
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Sawada, Junmei, et al.. (2023). Paleopathological characteristics of Neolithic early rice farmers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 1 indexed citations
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He, Keyang, Guoping Sun, Yong‐Lei Wang, et al.. (2023). Earliest Neolithic occupation and maritime adaptation on the West Pacific coast. Journal of Archaeological Science. 160. 105874–105874. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ying, Guoping Sun, Yong‐Lei Wang, et al.. (2022). Sustainable Hunting Strategy of Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze River Region, China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Guoping, et al.. (2021). The earliest lacquerwares of China were discovered at Jingtoushan site in the Yangtze River Delta. Archaeometry. 64(1). 218–226. 17 indexed citations
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He, Keyang, Houyuan Lü, Hongbo Zheng, et al.. (2020). Role of dynamic environmental change in sustaining the protracted process of rice domestication in the lower Yangtze River. Quaternary Science Reviews. 242. 106456–106456. 36 indexed citations
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Shoda, Shinya, Alexandre Lucquin, Yastami Nishida, et al.. (2018). Molecular and isotopic evidence for the processing of starchy plants in Early Neolithic pottery from China. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17044–17044. 38 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaoyan, Xiujia Huan, Yu Gao, et al.. (2018). Multiple indicators of rice remains and the process of rice domestication: A case study in the lower Yangtze River region, China. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208104–e0208104. 34 indexed citations
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Sun, Guoping, et al.. (2017). Neolithic cultivation of water chestnuts (Trapa L.) at Tianluoshan (7000-6300 cal BP), Zhejiang Province, China. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 16206–16206. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianping, Houyuan Lü, Guoping Sun, et al.. (2016). Phytoliths reveal the earliest fine reedy textile in China at the Tianluoshan site. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18664–18664. 17 indexed citations
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Zuo, Xinxin, Houyuan Lü, Jianping Zhang, et al.. (2016). Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric phytoliths: a preliminary study of archaeological sites in China. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 26769–26769. 22 indexed citations
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Weisskopf, Alison, et al.. (2015). Phytoliths and rice: from wet to dry and back again in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze. Antiquity. 89(347). 1051–1063. 74 indexed citations
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Wang, Minghui, et al.. (2012). An oral health assessment of coastal and inland early and middle Neolithic south China and Taiwan. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yunfei, et al.. (2011). Response of rice cultivation to fluctuating sea level during the Mid-Holocene. Chinese Science Bulletin. 57(4). 370–378. 71 indexed citations
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Wu, Lijun, et al.. (2010). Intelligent Monitoring of Blast Furnace Stave Hot Surface Status. Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications. 45(10). 22–26. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Lijun, et al.. (2009). Study on intelligent monitoring methodology based on the mathematical model of heat transfer for blast furnace stave. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 34(8). 2129–2135. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yunfei, Guoping Sun, & Xugao Chen. (2007). Characteristics of the short rachillae of rice from archaeological sites dating to 7000 years ago. Chinese Science Bulletin. 52(12). 1654–1660. 67 indexed citations

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