Jun Shen

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Jun Shen is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Shen has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Paleontology, 42 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 33 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Jun Shen's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (58 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (42 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers). Jun Shen is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (58 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (42 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (32 papers). Jun Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Jun Shen's co-authors include Thomas J. Algeo, Qinglai Feng, Lian Zhou, Shane D. Schoepfer, Jianxin Yu, Hengye Wei, Noah J. Planavsky, Jiubin Chen, Ellery D. Ingall and Richard V. Tyson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Communications and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Jun Shen

87 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Total organic carbon, organic phosphorus, and biogenic barium fluxes as proxies for paleomarine productivity

2014 529 citations Jun Shen, Thomas J. Algeo et al. profile →
Impaired Glucose Transport as a Cause of Decreased Insulin-Stimulated Muscle Glycogen Synthesis in Type 2 Diabetes

1999 515 citations Jun Shen 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 Shen China	33	2.6k	1.9k	1.3k	1.1k	877	94	4.3k
Stefan V. Lalonde France	36	3.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	352 0.4×	94	5.5k
Aivo Lepland Norway	37	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	822 0.9×	164	4.4k
Linda C. Kah United States	40	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	548 0.6×	141	4.5k
Jeremy D. Owens United States	34	2.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	484 0.6×	97	3.6k
Lisa M. Pratt United States	36	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	857 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	1.2k 1.4×	115	5.6k
Armelle Riboulleau France	28	3.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	2.0k 2.3×	65	6.0k
Chao Li China	42	4.6k 1.7×	3.2k 1.7×	2.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.6×	1.0k 1.2×	201	6.4k
Xuelei Chu China	30	3.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	560 0.6×	73	4.5k
Alexander J. Dickson United Kingdom	31	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	811 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	522 0.6×	81	3.0k
R H Rainbird Canada	38	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	2.9k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	467 0.5×	93	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Shen

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All Works

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Yu, Jianxin, Hongfu Yin, Andrew Merdith, et al.. (2025). Early Triassic super-greenhouse climate driven by vegetation collapse. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5400–5400. 1 indexed citations

Lv, Dawei, Zhihui Zhang, Stephen E. Grasby, et al.. (2025). Carbon isotope perturbations are not primarily driven by volcanism during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Lu, Chang‐Tien, et al.. (2025). A continental record of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) vegetation and climate change based on palynology and clay mineralogy from the North China Craton. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 662. 112750–112750. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingyu, Wei Wei, Jun Shen, et al.. (2025). Boron isotope evidence for Ordovician-Silurian Transition postglacial marginal marine salinity with implications for redox conditions and biotic recovery. Chemical Geology. 690. 122891–122891. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Quanyou, Qian Pang, Jun Shen, et al.. (2025). Volcanic fertilization of Late Triassic lacustrine algal blooms. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 3 indexed citations

Kemp, David B., et al.. (2024). Mercury enrichments as a paleo-volcanism proxy: Sedimentary bias and a critical analysis across the end-Triassic. Global and Planetary Change. 242. 104589–104589. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Xin, Xiting Liu, Kaidi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Dominant host phase of mercury within the sediments of the East China Sea inner shelf: Implications for mercury inputs. Chemical Geology. 668. 122334–122334. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yongsheng, et al.. (2024). Mercury isotope profiles against the massive dissolved organic carbon remineralization for the largest Ediacaran carbonate-carbon isotope excursion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 642. 118862–118862.

Wei, Guang‐Yi, Mingyu Zhao, Erik A. Sperling, et al.. (2024). Lithium isotopic constraints on the evolution of continental clay mineral factory and marine oxygenation in the earliest Paleozoic Era. Science Advances. 10(13). eadk2152–eadk2152. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Sheng‐Ao, et al.. (2024). Intensified continental weathering and reductive surface runoff during the Triassic–Jurassic transition. Geology. 53(1). 13–17. 1 indexed citations

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Cui, Ying, et al.. (2023). Biogeochemical responses to global warming during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum in the eastern Tethys. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 636. 111969–111969. 7 indexed citations

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Jiao, Yu Yong, Lian Zhou, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2023). Zirconium and neodymium isotopes record intensive felsic volcanism in South China region during the Permian-Triassic boundary crisis. Chemical Geology. 636. 121653–121653. 5 indexed citations

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Fielding, Christopher R., Scott E. Bryan, James L. Crowley, et al.. (2023). A multidisciplinary approach to resolving the end-Guadalupian extinction. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1. 100014–100014. 7 indexed citations

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Algeo, Thomas J. & Jun Shen. (2023). THEORY AND CLASSIFICATION OF MASS EXTINCTIONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Jun, Jiubin Chen, Jianxin Yu, et al.. (2023). Mercury evidence from southern Pangea terrestrial sections for end-Permian global volcanic effects. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6–6. 40 indexed citations

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Xu, Guozhen, Jun Shen, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2023). Limited change in silicate chemical weathering intensity during the Permian–Triassic transition indicates ineffective climate regulation by weathering feedbacks. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 616. 118235–118235. 19 indexed citations

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Lu, Yangbo, Jun Shen, Yuxuan Wang, et al.. (2022). Seawater sources of Hg enrichment in Ordovician-Silurian boundary strata, South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 601. 111156–111156. 10 indexed citations

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Shen, Jun, Chao Li, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2017). Controls on regional marine redox evolution during Permian-Triassic transition in South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 486. 17–32. 42 indexed citations

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Zhou, Dingwu, et al.. (2012). Localized strong syn-rifting magmatism that might caused localized multi-oriented folding in the continent-ocean transition zone of northern South China Sea. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Shen, Jun, Thomas J. Algeo, Lian Zhou, et al.. (2011). Volcanic perturbations of the marine environment in South China preceding the latest Permian mass extinction and their biotic effects. Geobiology. 10(1). 82–103. 76 indexed citations

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