Jun Cheng

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Jun Cheng is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Cheng has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Jun Cheng's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (12 papers). Jun Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Climate variability and models (21 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (12 papers). Jun Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Jun Cheng's co-authors include Zhengyu Liu, Bette L. Otto‐Bliesner, Esther C. Brady, Feng He, Anders E. Carlson, Huayu Lu, Xinyu Wen, Jean Lynch‐Stieglitz, Edward J. Brook and P. U. Clark and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jun Cheng

60 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transient Simulation of Last Deglaciation with a New Mechanism for Bølling-Allerød Warming

2009 880 citations Jun Cheng et al. profile →
Chinese cave records and the East Asia Summer Monsoon

2013 502 citations Zhengyu Liu, Huayu Lu et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →
Quantification of Asian monsoon variability from 68 ka BP through pollen-based climate reconstruction

2023 58 citations Zhuo Zheng, Kangyou Huang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Cheng China	21	3.0k	872	797	664	611	64	3.3k
Kerim H. Nisancioglu Norway	25	2.7k 0.9×	596 0.7×	606 0.8×	580 0.9×	401 0.7×	57	2.9k
Gayatri Kathayat China	23	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	734 0.9×	538 0.8×	719 1.2×	38	3.4k
Aifeng Zhou China	33	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	946 1.2×	622 0.9×	682 1.1×	117	3.7k
Carrie Morrill United States	27	2.4k 0.8×	767 0.9×	702 0.9×	475 0.7×	519 0.8×	50	2.6k
Gregor Knorr Germany	29	3.1k 1.0×	726 0.8×	771 1.0×	596 0.9×	499 0.8×	85	3.3k
Christopher M. Moy New Zealand	17	2.2k 0.7×	652 0.7×	826 1.0×	472 0.7×	394 0.6×	32	2.5k
Ricardo De Pol‐Holz Chile	32	2.2k 0.7×	583 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	441 0.7×	526 0.9×	72	3.0k
Dan Hammarlund Sweden	34	3.2k 1.0×	679 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	342 0.5×	619 1.0×	84	3.6k
Isla S. Castañeda United States	30	2.3k 0.7×	622 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	258 0.4×	662 1.1×	66	2.9k
Aaron E. Putnam United States	32	4.1k 1.4×	903 1.0×	925 1.2×	478 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	67	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Cheng

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Jun, Weiwei Sun, Xianqiang Meng, et al.. (2025). Mid-late Holocene meridional out-of-phase precipitation patterns in the margin of the East Asian monsoon region revealed by paleoclimate records and simulations. Quaternary Science Reviews. 352. 109211–109211. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zhengyu, Jun Cheng, Hongyan Liu, et al.. (2025). The seasonal temperature conundrum for the Holocene. Science Advances. 11(17). eadt8950–eadt8950.

Thirumalai, Kaustubh, Steven C. Clemens, Yair Rosenthal, et al.. (2025). Extreme Indian summer monsoon states stifled Bay of Bengal productivity across the last deglaciation. Nature Geoscience. 18(5). 443–449. 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Jun, et al.. (2025). Westerly jet waviness modulates mid-latitude hydroclimate variability. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10928–10928.

Zhou, Feifei, Keyan Fang, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, et al.. (2024). ENSO weakens the co-variability between the spring persistent rains and Asian summer monsoon: Evidences from tree-ring data in southeastern China. Journal of Hydrology. 634. 131080–131080. 1 indexed citations

Li, Qin, Haibin Wu, Jun Cheng, et al.. (2024). Hydroclimatic changes in eastern China during the Holocene based on pollen data and climate modeling. Global and Planetary Change. 234. 104391–104391. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Hai, Jian Cao, Jianghu Lan, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity of the East Asian rainfall influenced by solar-forced western Pacific subtropical high. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 8 indexed citations

Cheng, Liangqing, et al.. (2024). Retreating ice sheet caused a transition from cold-dry to cold-humid conditions in arid Central Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews. 345. 109057–109057. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Huanye, Hu Liu, Song Mu, et al.. (2024). Spatial patterns of Holocene temperature changes over mid-latitude Eurasia. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1507–1507. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingjing, Huayu Lu, Jun Cheng, & Cheng Zhao. (2023). Global terrestrial monsoon area variations since Last Glacial Maximum based on TraCE21ka and PMIP4-CMIP6 simulations. Global and Planetary Change. 231. 104308–104308. 5 indexed citations

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Lan, Jianghu, Jun Cheng, Sakonvan Chawchai, et al.. (2023). Fundamental Shift From Summer to Winter of Holocene Rainfall Regime in the Tropics. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(13). 7 indexed citations

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Du, Yunfei, et al.. (2023). Effects of spatial bottom friction parameterization scheme on the tidal dynamics in the macrotidal East China Seas. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Scholz, Florian, et al.. (2023). Benthic-pelagic coupling and isotopic fractionation of barium in Kiel Bight, SW Baltic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao, Kangyou Huang, Jun Cheng, et al.. (2023). Vertical biome shifts and climate changes since the last glacial maximum in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau, Southwest China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 324. 108441–108441. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Haibin, Jun Cheng, Qin Li, et al.. (2022). Holocene seasonal temperature evolution and spatial variability over the Northern Hemisphere landmass. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5334–5334. 82 indexed citations

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Zhao, Cheng, Jun Cheng, Jingjing Wang, et al.. (2021). Paleoclimate Significance of Reconstructed Rainfall Isotope Changes in Asian Monsoon Region. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(12). 49 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiyong, Xusheng Li, Yong Wang, et al.. (2020). Beach ridges of Dali Lake in Inner Mongolia reveal precipitation variation during the Holocene. Journal of Quaternary Science. 35(5). 716–725. 34 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhiwei, Joseph A. Mason, Chi Xu, et al.. (2020). Critical transitions in Chinese dunes during the past 12,000 years. Science Advances. 6(9). eaay8020–eaay8020. 62 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jun, et al.. (2004). Features of Interdecadal Variation of the North Pacific Heat Storage and Their Relation to the Aleutian Low. Haiyang kexue jinzhan. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jun. (2004). Longitudinal Variabilities and Vertical Distributions of Buoyancy Frequency in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean. Haiyang kexue jinzhan. 1 indexed citations

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