Jian Han

6.0k total citations
147 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Jian Han is a scholar working on Paleontology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jian Han has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Paleontology, 62 papers in Oceanography and 52 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Jian Han's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (104 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (54 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers). Jian Han is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (104 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (54 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (52 papers). Jian Han collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United Kingdom. Jian Han's co-authors include Degan Shu, Zhifei Zhang, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Jianni Liu, Xingliang Zhang, Simon Conway Morris, Yusuke Sawaki, Shigenori Maruyama, Qiang Ou and Takafumi Hirata and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jian Han

140 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jian Han China	37	3.6k	1.5k	1.4k	875	584	147	4.6k
Degan Shu China	40	4.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	876 1.0×	550 0.9×	124	5.3k
Marc Laflamme Canada	32	4.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	631 0.7×	620 1.1×	76	4.6k
Lars E. Holmer Sweden	39	3.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	414 0.5×	670 1.1×	211	5.0k
Michael Steiner Germany	36	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	849 1.0×	668 1.1×	96	4.3k
Erik A. Sperling United States	38	4.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	913 1.6×	86	6.0k
Bruce Runnegar United States	38	3.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	703 0.8×	801 1.4×	93	5.2k
Richard J. Aldridge United Kingdom	36	3.8k 1.0×	787 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	455 0.5×	923 1.6×	100	4.6k
Nicholas J. Butterfield United Kingdom	48	5.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	2.8k 2.0×	821 0.9×	839 1.4×	85	6.7k
Shanan E. Peters United States	37	2.8k 0.8×	830 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	422 0.5×	649 1.1×	89	4.1k
Crispin T. S. Little United Kingdom	33	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	573 0.7×	644 1.1×	98	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Jian Han

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian Han

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Han, Jian, et al.. (2025). Petrography and Geochemistry of Lower Jurassic Sandstones in the Eastern Junggar Basin: Implications for Provenance and Tectonic Setting. Minerals. 15(3). 279–279. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Qingshan, et al.. (2025). Unveiling shallow marine redox context for the first Phanerozoic mass extinction event. Global and Planetary Change. 257. 105215–105215.

Sawaki, Yusuke, et al.. (2025). Intense continental weathering during the early Ediacaran; in the aftermath of the Marinoan snowball Earth. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 679. 113270–113270.

Yang, Aihua, Jian Han, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, et al.. (2024). Niche expansion of archaeocyaths during their palaeogeographic migration: Evidence from the Chengjiang Biota. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 653. 112419–112419. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Deng, Junfeng Guo, Jean Vannier, et al.. (2024). Early evolution of the ecdysozoan body plan. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Han, Jian, et al.. (2024). Microhabitat selection by François’ langur Trachypithecus francoisi in Mayanghe National Nature Reserve, China. Endangered Species Research. 55. 83–92.

Li, Guoxiang, et al.. (2023). Early Cambrian Anabarella plana from Three Gorges area, South China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 3 indexed citations

Guo, Junfeng, et al.. (2023). Aldanella attleborensis (Mollusca) from Cambrian Stage 2 of the Three Gorges Area and Its Stratigraphic Implications. Biology. 12(2). 261–261. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xing, Jean Vannier, Lucas Leclère, et al.. (2022). Muscle systems and motility of early animals highlighted by cnidarians from the basal Cambrian. eLife. 11. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Ping, Bin Wang, Qingqin Tang, et al.. (2022). Hydrodynamic Simulations of Millimeter‐Scale Cambrian Sedentary Medusozoans. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(10). 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhiliang, Zhifei Zhang, Junye Ma, et al.. (2021). Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa. Nature. 599(7884). 251–255. 45 indexed citations

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Tang, Qingqin, Ping Liu, Xiaoyong Yao, et al.. (2021). Characterization of the Multicellular Membrane‐Bearing Algae From the Kuanchuanpu Biota (Cambrian: Terreneuvian). Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(6). 3 indexed citations

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Ou, Qiang, Degan Shu, Zhifei Zhang, et al.. (2021). Dawn of complex animal food webs: A new predatory anthozoan (Cnidaria) from Cambrian. The Innovation. 3(1). 100195–100195. 17 indexed citations

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Ou, Qiang, Jean Vannier, Ailin Chen, et al.. (2020). Evolutionary trade-off in reproduction of Cambrian arthropods. Science Advances. 6(18). eaaz3376–eaaz3376. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xing, Jian Han, Jean Vannier, et al.. (2017). Anatomy and affinities of a new 535‐million‐year‐old medusozoan from the Kuanchuanpu Formation, South China. Palaeontology. 60(6). 853–867. 14 indexed citations

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Shu, Degan, et al.. (2017). Multi‐jawed chaetognaths from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3) of Yunnan, China. Palaeontology. 60(6). 763–772. 17 indexed citations

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Han, Jian, Shin Kubota, Xiaoyong Yao, et al.. (2010). Tiny Sea Anemone from the Lower Cambrian of China. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13276–e13276. 49 indexed citations

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Han, Jian & Shixue Hu. (2006). Response to “Discussion on the systematic position of the early cambrian priapulomorph worms”. Chinese Science Bulletin. 51(2). 250–256. 7 indexed citations

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Shu, Degan, Simon Conway Morris, Jian Han, et al.. (2003). A New Species of Yunnanozoan with Implications for Deuterostome Evolution. Science. 299(5611). 1380–1384. 124 indexed citations

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Shu, Degan, Ling Chen, Xingliang Zhang, Jian Han, & Yong Li. (2001). Chengjiang Lagerstatte and Earliest-known Chordates. ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 18(4). 447–448. 3 indexed citations

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