Ling Qin

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Ling Qin is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Paleontology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Qin has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 18 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ling Qin's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (20 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (5 papers). Ling Qin is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (20 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers) and Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (5 papers). Ling Qin collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Japan. Ling Qin's co-authors include Dorian Q. Fuller, Guoping Sun, Alison Weisskopf, Xugao Chen, Emma Karoune, Leo Aoi Hosoya, Yunfei Zheng, Zhijun Zhao, Chris J. Stevens and Eleanor Kingwell-Banham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ling Qin

29 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice:... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2014 100 200 300 400
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. The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze
    2009 464 citations Dorian Q. Fuller, Ling Qin et al. profile →
  2. Convergent evolution and parallelism in plant domestication revealed by an expanding archaeological record
    2014 279 citations Dorian Q. Fuller, Tim Denham et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ling Qin China 18 1.1k 1.1k 613 546 452 32 2.3k
Jade d’Alpoim Guedes United States 20 767 0.7× 564 0.5× 278 0.5× 314 0.6× 476 1.1× 53 1.6k
Katharina Neumann Germany 25 662 0.6× 295 0.3× 458 0.7× 645 1.2× 574 1.3× 79 2.1k
Dana Lepofsky Canada 27 606 0.5× 433 0.4× 184 0.3× 218 0.4× 301 0.7× 80 2.1k
Glynis Jones United Kingdom 37 2.4k 2.1× 870 0.8× 1.0k 1.7× 520 1.0× 700 1.5× 93 4.4k
Thegn N. Ladefoged New Zealand 28 1.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 116 0.2× 274 0.5× 234 0.5× 88 2.0k
R. Kyle Bocinsky United States 18 533 0.5× 187 0.2× 147 0.2× 241 0.4× 242 0.5× 38 1.1k
D. R. Harris United Kingdom 15 670 0.6× 289 0.3× 241 0.4× 157 0.3× 489 1.1× 31 1.4k
Paul Halstead United Kingdom 29 2.4k 2.1× 608 0.6× 121 0.2× 384 0.7× 1.1k 2.5× 87 3.5k
Frédérik Saltré Australia 20 336 0.3× 132 0.1× 51 0.1× 324 0.6× 349 0.8× 53 1.4k
Andrew Sherratt United Kingdom 24 1.1k 0.9× 258 0.2× 43 0.1× 100 0.2× 701 1.6× 67 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Qin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Qin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Qin

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhuang, Yijie, Yong‐Lei Wang, Yongsheng Niu, et al.. (2025). Geoarchaeological study of the evolution of rice farming fields in prehistoric Yangtze Delta and Huai River regions of China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 356. 109293–109293. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yanpeng, Y. Jeffrey Yang, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Bone-artefact production in late Neolithic central China: evidence from Pingliangtai. Antiquity. 98(399). 688–708. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Chunxia, Yanpeng Cao, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Earliest ceramic drainage system and the formation of hydro-sociality in monsoonal East Asia. Nature Water. 1(8). 694–704. 8 indexed citations
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Qin, Ling, et al.. (2022). Post-Neolithic broadening of agriculture in Yunnan, China: Archaeobotanical evidence from Haimenkou. Archaeological Research in Asia. 30. 100364–100364. 27 indexed citations
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Ning, Chao, Fan Zhang, Yanpeng Cao, et al.. (2021). Ancient genome analyses shed light on kinship organization and mating practice of Late Neolithic society in China. iScience. 24(11). 103352–103352. 15 indexed citations
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Min, Rui, Chris J. Stevens, Charles Higham, et al.. (2018). Early agriculture at the crossroads of China and Southeast Asia: Archaeobotanical evidence and radiocarbon dates from Baiyangcun, Yunnan. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 20. 711–721. 57 indexed citations
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Silva, Fábio, Alison Weisskopf, Cristina Castillo, et al.. (2018). A tale of two rice varieties: Modelling the prehistoric dispersals of japonica and proto-indica rices. The Holocene. 28(11). 1745–1758. 26 indexed citations
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Yan, Yalan, et al.. (2017). Decision quality and satisfaction: the effects of online information sources and self-efficacy. Internet Research. 27(4). 885–904. 38 indexed citations
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Weisskopf, Alison, et al.. (2015). Phytoliths and rice: from wet to dry and back again in the Neolithic Lower Yangtze. Antiquity. 89(347). 1051–1063. 74 indexed citations
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Silva, Fábio, Chris J. Stevens, Alison Weisskopf, et al.. (2015). Modelling the geographical origin of rice cultivation in Asia using the RiceArchaeological Database. Diffusion fundamentals.. 24. 2 indexed citations
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Silva, Fábio, Chris J. Stevens, Alison Weisskopf, et al.. (2015). Modelling the Geographical Origin of Rice Cultivation in Asia Using the Rice Archaeological Database. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137024–e0137024. 112 indexed citations
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Weisskopf, Alison, Zhenhua Deng, Ling Qin, & Dorian Q. Fuller. (2015). The interplay of millets and rice in Neolithic central China: Integrating phytoliths into the archaeobotany of Baligang. Archaeological Research in Asia. 4. 36–45. 28 indexed citations
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Fuller, Dorian Q., Tim Denham, Manuel Arroyo‐Kalin, et al.. (2014). Convergent evolution and parallelism in plant domestication revealed by an expanding archaeological record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(17). 6147–6152. 279 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fuller, Dorian Q. & Ling Qin. (2008). Immature rice and its archaeobotanical recognition: a reply to Pan. Antiquity. 12 indexed citations
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Fuller, Dorian Q., Ling Qin, & Emma Karoune. (2008). A critical assessment of Early Agriculture in East Asia, with emphasis on Lower Yangtze rice domestication. UCL Discovery (University College London). 10 indexed citations
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Fuller, Dorian Q., Emma Karoune, & Ling Qin. (2007). Presumed domestication? Evidence for wild rice cultivation and domestication in the fifth millennium BC of the Lower Yangtze region. Antiquity. 81(312). 316–331. 217 indexed citations
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Nachreiner, Friedhelm, et al.. (1993). Computer-aided design of shift schedules. Ergonomics. 36(1-3). 77–83. 11 indexed citations

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