Heping Su

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heping Su is a scholar working on Geophysics, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Heping Su has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Geophysics, 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering and 1 paper in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Heping Su's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers). Heping Su is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (13 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (10 papers). Heping Su collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Heping Su's co-authors include Jérôme Vergne, Jiang Mei, John Chen, Bor‐Shouh Huang, György Hetényi, J. Nábělek, Soma Nath Sapkota, Guangqi Xue, Wenjin Zhao and Danian Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Heping Su

13 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Reveale... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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. Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment
    2009 687 citations J. Nábělek, György Hetényi et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heping Su China 10 1.2k 86 47 29 22 15 1.2k
Xiaobing Ma China 7 800 0.7× 48 0.6× 76 1.6× 30 1.0× 21 1.0× 10 865
You Tian China 15 1.4k 1.2× 111 1.3× 77 1.6× 41 1.4× 29 1.3× 47 1.5k
S. G. Gokarn India 13 798 0.7× 93 1.1× 66 1.4× 18 0.6× 10 0.5× 17 827
Georges Herquel France 12 1.1k 0.9× 76 0.9× 53 1.1× 35 1.2× 66 3.0× 14 1.1k
Ye Guan China 12 491 0.4× 63 0.7× 96 2.0× 27 0.9× 26 1.2× 22 526
Youjin Su China 15 703 0.6× 94 1.1× 37 0.8× 13 0.4× 11 0.5× 37 754
N. Okaya China 8 461 0.4× 36 0.4× 47 1.0× 26 0.9× 26 1.2× 10 485
A. W. Frederiksen Canada 19 1.4k 1.2× 82 1.0× 27 0.6× 14 0.5× 29 1.3× 47 1.4k
Е. Х. Турутанов Russia 9 517 0.4× 146 1.7× 104 2.2× 52 1.8× 19 0.9× 17 547
Benjamín Heit Germany 18 1.0k 0.9× 134 1.6× 30 0.6× 12 0.4× 41 1.9× 54 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Heping Su

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heping Su

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heping Su

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heping Su. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heping Su 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 Heping Su. Heping Su is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Feng, Mei, Hui Qian, J. Mechie, et al.. (2020). Crustal seismogenic structures and deformation styles along the Longmen Shan Fault belt in the eastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from ambient noise tomography. Tectonophysics. 798. 228689–228689. 9 indexed citations
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Feng, Mei, Meijian An, J. Mechie, et al.. (2020). Lithospheric structures of and tectonic implications for the central–east Tibetan plateau inferred from joint tomography of receiver functions and surface waves. Geophysical Journal International. 223(3). 1688–1707. 18 indexed citations
3.
Karplus, M. S., S. L. Klemperer, Wenjin Zhao, et al.. (2019). Receiver-function imaging of the lithosphere at the Kunlun-Qaidam boundary, Northeast Tibet. Tectonophysics. 759. 30–43. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Danian, Yang Shen, Wenjin Zhao, et al.. (2017). Growth of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau by squeezing up of the crust at the boundaries. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10591–10591. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Danian, Wenjin Zhao, S. L. Klemperer, et al.. (2016). West–east transition from underplating to steep subduction in the India–Tibet collision zone revealed by receiver-function profiles. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 452. 171–177. 53 indexed citations
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Qian, Hui, J. Mechie, Haibing Li, et al.. (2015). An approach to jointly invert hypocenters and 1D velocity structure and its application to the Lushan earthquake series. Journal of Seismology. 20(1). 213–232. 2 indexed citations
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Shi, Danian, Zhenhan Wu, S. L. Klemperer, et al.. (2015). Receiver function imaging of crustal suture, steep subduction, and mantle wedge in the eastern India–Tibet continental collision zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 414. 6–15. 92 indexed citations
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Su, Heping, et al.. (2011). Analysis of Motion Characteristic of Deflection Slider-Double-Crank Mechanism. 35(9). 41–43.
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Li, Fangcai, et al.. (2011). Application of syphilis serology test in diagnosis of syphilis. Zhongguo yiyuan ganranxue zazhi. 21(1). 199–200. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wenjin, Prakash Kumar, J. Mechie, et al.. (2011). Tibetan plate overriding the Asian plate in central and northern Tibet. Nature Geoscience. 4(12). 870–873. 222 indexed citations
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Nábělek, J., György Hetényi, Jérôme Vergne, et al.. (2009). Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment. Science. 325(5946). 1371–1374. 687 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Guangqi, Jiang Mei, Heping Su, et al.. (2005). Tomographic study of the deep tectonics in the Yecheng-Shiquanhe area of the Tibetan Plateau. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 48(4). 477–483. 1 indexed citations
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Mei, Jiang, Audrey Galvé, A. Hirn, et al.. (2005). Crustal thickening and variations in architecture from the Qaidam basin to the Qang Tang (North–Central Tibetan Plateau) from wide-angle reflection seismology. Tectonophysics. 412(3-4). 121–140. 60 indexed citations
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Vergne, Jérôme, G. Wittlinger, Véronique Farra, & Heping Su. (2003). Evidence for upper crustal anisotropy in the Songpan‐Ganze (northeastern Tibet) terrane. Geophysical Research Letters. 30(11). 41 indexed citations
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Karplus, M. S., S. L. Klemperer, Wenjin Zhao, et al.. (1970). Northeast Tibetan Crustal Structure from INDEPTH IV Controlled- Source Seismic Data. 5(7). 76–77. 1 indexed citations

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