Maotang Cai

757 total citations
20 papers, 464 citations indexed

About

Maotang Cai is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maotang Cai has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 464 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atmospheric Science, 8 papers in Paleontology and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Maotang Cai's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Maotang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Maotang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Russia. Maotang Cai's co-authors include Yunfa Miao, Fuli Wu, Xiaomin Fang, Erwin Appel, Li Xu, Qingquan Meng, Chunhui Song, Junping Wang, Feng Qin and Yan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Quaternary Science Reviews and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

Maotang Cai

18 papers receiving 451 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maotang Cai China 12 388 143 131 95 68 20 464
Anju Saxena India 13 280 0.7× 220 1.5× 120 0.9× 62 0.7× 59 0.9× 39 536
Junwu Shu China 13 386 1.0× 198 1.4× 126 1.0× 95 1.0× 37 0.5× 38 567
Stefanie Kaboth‐Bahr Germany 15 454 1.2× 155 1.1× 189 1.4× 137 1.4× 76 1.1× 51 566
Zhengchuang Hui China 13 367 0.9× 188 1.3× 134 1.0× 37 0.4× 100 1.5× 29 469
Ánchel Belmonte Spain 11 454 1.2× 140 1.0× 210 1.6× 80 0.8× 68 1.0× 21 624
Bruce D. Allen United States 9 311 0.8× 121 0.8× 114 0.9× 96 1.0× 46 0.7× 17 445
Jack H. Lacey United Kingdom 14 395 1.0× 107 0.7× 78 0.6× 78 0.8× 59 0.9× 46 559
Fengyan Lu China 14 675 1.7× 214 1.5× 252 1.9× 135 1.4× 100 1.5× 28 808
Matthew King United States 11 309 0.8× 56 0.4× 195 1.5× 45 0.5× 65 1.0× 13 435
Ethan G. Hyland United States 15 398 1.0× 332 2.3× 104 0.8× 29 0.3× 99 1.5× 32 587

Countries citing papers authored by Maotang Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maotang Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maotang Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maotang Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maotang Cai 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 Maotang Cai. Maotang Cai 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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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2024). Paleomagnetic chronology and paleoenvironmental records from a drill core in the Liupan Mountain area, NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 642. 112173–112173.
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Zhao, Yan, Liang Chen, Qiaoyu Cui, et al.. (2021). Temperature reconstructions for the last 1.74-Ma on the eastern Tibetan Plateau based on a novel pollen-based quantitative method. Global and Planetary Change. 199. 103433–103433. 29 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2021). Vegetation and climate change since the late glacial period on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 572. 110403–110403. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Wei, Yong Yang, Maotang Cai, et al.. (2021). Late Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental change in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from a drill core in the Wuwei Basin, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 224. 105023–105023. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2020). The paleolake hydrology and climate change since the ~40 ka in the Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Quaternary International. 553. 73–82. 7 indexed citations
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Pan, Baolin, Maotang Cai, Junping Wang, et al.. (2020). Wildfire evolution and response to climate change in the Yinchuan Basin during the past 1.5 Ma based on the charcoal records of the PL02 core. Quaternary Science Reviews. 241. 106393–106393. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weilin, et al.. (2020). Aridification recorded by lithofacies and grain size in a continuous Pliocene-Quaternary lacustrine sediment record in the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 556. 109903–109903. 20 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, Peisheng Ye, Chenglu Li, et al.. (2018). Provenance of aeolian sands in the Hetao Plain, northwestern China. Aeolian Research. 32. 92–101. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2018). Vegetation and climate change in the Hetao Basin (Northern China) during the last interglacial-glacial cycle. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 171. 1–8. 13 indexed citations
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Hao, Qingzhen, Andrei Andreev, Junping Wang, et al.. (2017). Phased uplift of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau inferred from a pollen record from Yinchuan Basin, northwestern China. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 18023–18023. 17 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2017). Late Pleistocene paleolake evolution in the Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia, China. Quaternary International. 464. 386–395. 18 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, et al.. (2015). Vegetation and climate change in the Beijing plain during the last million years and implications for Homo erectus occupation in North China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 432. 29–35. 3 indexed citations
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Qin, Feng, Yan Zhao, Quan Li, & Maotang Cai. (2015). Modern pollen assemblages from surface lake sediments in northwestern China and their importance as indicators of vegetation and climate. Science China Earth Sciences. 58(9). 1643–1655. 33 indexed citations
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Miao, Yunfa, Xiaomin Fang, Fuli Wu, et al.. (2013). Late Cenozoic continuous aridification in the western Qaidam Basin: evidence from sporopollen records. Climate of the past. 9(4). 1863–1877. 94 indexed citations
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Cai, Maotang, Xiaomin Fang, Fuli Wu, Yunfa Miao, & Erwin Appel. (2012). Pliocene–Pleistocene stepwise drying of Central Asia: Evidence from paleomagnetism and sporopollen record of the deep borehole SG-3 in the western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change. 94-95. 72–81. 130 indexed citations
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