Lin Ding

26.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
398 papers, 22.0k citations indexed

About

Lin Ding is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Ding has authored 398 papers receiving a total of 22.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 278 papers in Geophysics, 92 papers in Atmospheric Science and 64 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Lin Ding's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (256 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (193 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (124 papers). Lin Ding is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (256 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (193 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (124 papers). Lin Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Lin Ding's co-authors include Paul Kapp, An Yin, T. Mark Harrison, George E. Gehrels, Yahui Yue, Fulong Cai, Alex Pullen, Peter G. DeCelles, Houqi Wang and Liyun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lin Ding

378 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cretaceous-Tertiary shortening, basin development, and volcanism in central Tibet

2005 724 citations Lin Ding et al. profile →
Detrital zircon geochronology of pre‐Tertiary strata in the Tibetan‐Himalayan orogen

2011 718 citations Lin Ding et al. Tectonics profile →
Paleocene–Eocene record of ophiolite obduction and initial India‐Asia collision, south central Tibet

2005 639 citations Lin Ding et al. Tectonics profile →
Cenozoic Volcanism in Tibet: Evidence for a Transition from Oceanic to Continental Subduction

2003 546 citations Lin Ding profile →
Convergence rate across the Nepal Himalaya and interseismic coupling on the Main Himalayan Thrust: Implications for seismic hazard

2012 491 citations Lin Ding et al. profile →
Triassic continental subduction in central Tibet and Mediterranean-style closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean

2008 486 citations Lin Ding et al. profile →
Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Shiquanhe area of western Tibet

2003 455 citations Lin Ding et al. Tectonics profile →
Paleocene‐Eocene foreland basin evolution in the Himalaya of southern Tibet and Nepal: Implications for the age of initial India‐Asia collision

2014 442 citations Lin Ding et al. Tectonics profile →
Timing and mechanisms of Tibetan Plateau uplift

2022 430 citations Lin Ding, Fulong Cai et al. profile →
The Andean-type Gangdese Mountains: Paleoelevation record from the Paleocene–Eocene Linzhou Basin

2014 398 citations Lin Ding, Yahui Yue et al. profile →
The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates below Tibet

2010 384 citations Lin Ding et al. profile →
Quantifying the rise of the Himalaya orogen and implications for the South Asian monsoon

2017 353 citations Lin Ding, Fulong Cai et al. profile →
The rise and demise of the Paleogene Central Tibetan Valley

2022 120 citations Zhongyu Xiong, Lin Ding et al. profile →
Limited underthrusting of India below Tibet: ³ He/ ⁴ He analysis of thermal springs locates the mantle suture in continental collision

2022 85 citations Lin Ding et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Review of sediment connectivity: Conceptual connotations, characterization indicators, and their relationships with soil erosion and sediment yield 2025 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·(unknown), Yue Liang, Wei Qin, Lin Ding, Wenhong Cao, Minghao Zhang, Qin Zhang	5
2	Uplift from orogenic belts to the Tibetan Plateau: mechanisms connectivity between geological evolution and climate change 2025 ·Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version) ·Lin Ding, Zhongyu Xiong, (unknown), Songlin He, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jianhong Ren, Houqi Wang, Fulong Cai, Chao Wang	0
3	Low-angle subduction of the Indian plate and megathrust geometry below the Eastern Himalayas 2025 ·National Science Review ·Ling Bai, Hongru Li, Zhiwen Chen, (unknown), Guohui Li, James Mori, Lin Ding	0
4	Reconstructing high-resolution gridded precipitation data in the southwest China highland canyon area using an improved (MGWR) downscaling method 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Lihong Wang, Yuechen Li, (unknown), Long Zhao, Lei Fan, Wei Qin, Lin Ding	6
5	Proterozoic tectonic affinity and evolution of the East Kunlun–Qaidam Block, NW China: Insight from Precambrian metasedimentary rocks and early Neoproterozoic granitoids 2024 ·Precambrian Research ·Xiaodong Wang, Lin Ding, Chao Wang, Deng Zeng, Zhejun Wang, (unknown), Yahui Yue, Jing Xie	1
6	Discovery of the Callovian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: Insights from in situ calcite U Pb dating 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Licheng Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yalin Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yahui Yue, (unknown), Lin Ding	2
7	The Cretaceous suturing process of the eastern Bangong–Nujiang Ocean, Basu area 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·(unknown), Lin Ding, Jinxiang Li, (unknown), Houqi Wang, Chao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yahui Yue, (unknown), Fulong Cai	1
8	Precambrian tectonic evolution of the Qaidam block, northern Tibet: Implications for the assembly and breakup of Proterozoic supercontinents 2024 ·Earth-Science Reviews ·Chen Wu, Jie Li, (unknown), Andrew V. Zuza, Peter J. Haproff, Lin Ding	1
9	Coseismic deformation analysis of the 2017 Milin Ms 6.9 earthquake in the Namche Barwa Syntaxis: Implications for regional tectonics 2024 ·Fundamental Research ·(unknown), Shishu Zhang, (unknown), Fulong Cai, Chao Wang, Jiankun He, Lin Ding	0
10	Metal sulfide-based Z-scheme heterojunctions in photocatalytic removal of contaminants, H2 evolution and CO2 reduction: Current status and future perspectives 2023 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Fang Deng, Junlong Peng, Xibao Li, Xubiao Luo, Priyanka Ganguly, Suresh C. Pillai, Bangxing Ren, Lin Ding, Dionysios D. Dionysiou	88
11	Ag quantum dots decorated ultrathin g-C3N4 nanosheets for boosting degradation of pharmaceutical contaminants: Insight from interfacial electric field induced by local surface plasma resonance 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Zhenzhou Wang, Danqi Wang, Fang Deng, Xinggang Liu, Xibao Li, Xubiao Luo, (unknown), Jian Zhang, Jian‐Ping Zou, Lin Ding, (unknown)	66
12	Early Cretaceous climate for the southern Tethyan Ocean: Insights from the geochemical and paleoecological analyses of extinct cephalopods 2023 ·Global and Planetary Change ·(unknown), René Hoffmann, Songlin He, Qinghai Zhang, Guobiao Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yahui Yue, Lin Ding	11
13	Magnetic hydrochar derived from waste lignin for thallium removal from wastewater: Performance and mechanisms 2023 ·Bioresource Technology ·Huabin Wang, Ran Duan, Lin Ding, Lin Tian, Ying Liu, Yong Zhang, Rui Xu	22
14	Contractional deformation between extensional dome exhumation in Central Pamir at 17–15 Ma constrained by metamorphic and paleomagnetic data from the Bartang volcanic rocks, Tajikistan 2023 ·Tectonophysics ·Jovid Aminov, Pierrick Roperch, Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet, Carole Cordier, Stéphane Guillot, Johannes Glodny, Martin J. Timmerman, Masafumi Sudo, Gilles Ruffet, Max Wilke, France Lagroix, Lin Ding, (unknown)	2
15	Provenance of Late Cretaceous accretionary complex within the Yarlung–Zangpo suture zone, Bainang, southern Tibet: Implications for the subduction–accretion of the Neo-Tethyan ocean 2022 ·Gondwana Research ·Xudong Guo, Lin Ding, Andrew K. Laskowski, Houqi Wang, Upendra Baral, Deng Zeng, (unknown), Yahui Yue, Jing Xie, Fulong Cai	4
16	A Partial Molten Low‐Velocity Layer Atop the Mantle Transition Zone Beneath the Western Junggar: Implication for the Formation of Subduction‐Induced Sub‐Slab Mantle Plume 2022 ·Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Guohui Li, (unknown), Lin Ding, Yuan Gao, Ling Bai, Heng Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
17	Configuration and Timing of Collision Between Arabia and Eurasia in the Zagros Collision Zone, Fars, Southern Iran 2021 ·Tectonics ·Fulong Cai, Lin Ding, Houqi Wang, Andrew K. Laskowski, Liyun Zhang, Bo Zhang, Ali Mohammadi, Jinxiang Li, Peiping Song, Zhenyu Li, Qinghai Zhang	24
18	Sedimentology and provenance of newly identified Upper Cretaceous trench basin strata, Dênggar, southern Tibet: Implications for development of the Eurasian margin prior to India–Asia collision 2020 ·Basin Research ·Devon Orme, Andrew K. Laskowski, (unknown), Chao Wang, Xudong Guo, Fulong Cai, Lin Ding	14
19	Nanogoethite as a Potential Indicator of Remagnetization in Red Beds 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Wentao Huang, Mike Jackson, Mark J. Dekkers, (unknown), Bo Zhang, Zhaojie Guo, Lin Ding	10
20	Clinical study on the incidence of vancomycin intraocular injection in treatment with suppurative endophthalmitis 2015 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Lin Ding, Zhongping Chen, (unknown)	0

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