Ming Tan

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ming Tan is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Tan has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Atmospheric Science, 29 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 15 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Ming Tan's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Geological formations and processes (17 papers) and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (14 papers). Ming Tan is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (49 papers), Geological formations and processes (17 papers) and Karst Systems and Hydrogeology (14 papers). Ming Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ming Tan's co-authors include Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, Binggui Cai, Wuhui Duan, Dezhong Zhang, Pingzhong Zhang, Tungsheng Liu, Juzhi Hou, Yongjin Wang and Jian Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Ming Tan

52 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

A Test of Climate, Sun, and Culture Relationships from an 1810-Year Chinese Cave Record

2008 862 citations Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Tan China	23	2.8k	1.0k	700	616	602	54	3.0k
Matthew S. Lachniet United States	32	2.3k 0.8×	849 0.8×	591 0.8×	657 1.1×	421 0.7×	63	2.8k
James U.L. Baldini United Kingdom	30	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	737 1.1×	441 0.7×	384 0.6×	67	2.8k
Gayatri Kathayat China	23	3.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	699 1.0×	734 1.2×	538 0.9×	38	3.4k
Aifeng Zhou China	33	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	761 1.1×	946 1.5×	622 1.0×	117	3.7k
Chaoyong Hu China	22	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	660 0.9×	608 1.0×	278 0.5×	59	2.6k
Xiuyang Jiang China	19	2.5k 0.9×	981 0.9×	483 0.7×	805 1.3×	320 0.5×	63	2.8k
Adrian Gilli Switzerland	31	2.2k 0.8×	710 0.7×	682 1.0×	748 1.2×	309 0.5×	66	2.9k
Carrie Morrill United States	27	2.4k 0.8×	767 0.7×	457 0.7×	702 1.1×	475 0.8×	50	2.6k
Steve P. Lund United States	33	3.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	613 0.9×	915 1.5×	348 0.6×	97	3.8k
Jihong Cole‐Dai United States	25	3.0k 1.1×	505 0.5×	389 0.6×	838 1.4×	908 1.5×	63	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Tan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Duan, Wuhui, et al.. (2025). Spatial pattern of Asian stalagmite δ18O over the last millennium shaped by monsoon circulation changes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 662. 119382–119382. 1 indexed citations

Duan, Wuhui, et al.. (2024). Ma/Ca Ratio in Stalagmites as a Potential Palaeo‐Temperature Indicator. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(10). 2 indexed citations

Tan, Ming, et al.. (2024). Mathematical insights into the influence of delay and external recruitment on coral-macroalgae system. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 361(18). 107329–107329.

Wang, Xuefeng, Chunxue Xu, Wenlong Zhou, et al.. (2024). PXCG-1 and PXCG-2: two reference materials for gypsum U–Th dating. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 39(6). 1461–1469. 1 indexed citations

Duan, Wuhui, Binggui Cai, Tao Tao, Xiao Yang, & Ming Tan. (2023). Multi‐Timescale Variations of δ¹⁸O‐δ¹³C in Stalagmites: Insights Into Isotopic Disequilibrium and Human Activities. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(24). 7 indexed citations

Duan, Wuhui, et al.. (2023). Centennial-scale monsoon collapses during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS)7e detected in a northern Chinese stalagmite record. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(12). 2941–2952. 1 indexed citations

Zou, Xinqing, et al.. (2023). A taphonomic clock based on the coral grain size of beach sediments from the Yongle Atoll, South China Sea. Geomorphology. 435. 108737–108737. 1 indexed citations

Duan, Wuhui, et al.. (2022). Variable Phase Relationship Between Monsoon and Temperature in East Asia During Termination II Revealed by Oxygen and Clumped Isotopes of a Northern Chinese Stalagmite. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(15). 6 indexed citations

Duan, Wuhui, Hai Cheng, Ming Tan, et al.. (2022). Structural similarity between Termination III and I. Quaternary Science Reviews. 296. 107808–107808. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, Binggui Cai, Hai Cheng, et al.. (2022). Timing and Structure of 10.9 and 10.3 ka BP Events Revealed by Annually Laminated Stalagmite Records From Shihua Cave, Northern China. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 37(10). 5 indexed citations

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Duan, Wuhui, Zhibang Ma, Ming Tan, et al.. (2021). Timing and structure of early-Holocene climate anomalies inferred from north Chinese stalagmite records. The Holocene. 31(11-12). 1777–1785. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuefeng, Wuhui Duan, Ming Tan, et al.. (2021). Variability of PDO identified by a last 300-year stalagmite δ18O record in Southwest China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 261. 106947–106947. 5 indexed citations

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Duan, Wuhui, Hai Cheng, Ming Tan, Xianglei Li, & R. Lawrence Edwards. (2019). Timing and structure of Termination II in north China constrained by a precisely dated stalagmite record. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 512. 1–7. 15 indexed citations

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Baker, Andy, Christopher E. Marjo, Wuhui Duan, et al.. (2018). An optimized chronology for a stalagmite using seasonal trace element cycles from Shihua Cave, Beijing, North China. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4551–4551. 15 indexed citations

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Kotlia, Bahadur Singh, Anoop Kumar Singh, Jian‐xin Zhao, et al.. (2016). Stalagmite based high resolution precipitation variability for past four centuries in the Indian Central Himalaya: Chulerasim cave re-visited and data re-interpretation. Quaternary International. 444. 35–43. 37 indexed citations

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Nan, Sulan, Ming Tan, & Ping Zhao. (2014). Evaluation of the ability of the Chinese stalagmite δ ¹⁸ O to record the variation in atmospheric circulation during the second half of the 20th century. Climate of the past. 10(3). 975–985. 7 indexed citations

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Shen, Chuan‐Chou, Ke Lin, Wuhui Duan, et al.. (2013). Testing the annual nature of speleothem banding. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2633–2633. 48 indexed citations

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Cai, Binggui, Nathsuda Pumijumnong, Ming Tan, et al.. (2010). Effects of intraseasonal variation of summer monsoon rainfall on stable isotope and growth rate of a stalagmite from northwestern Thailand. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(D21). 42 indexed citations

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Tan, Ming. (2007). Climatic differences and similarities between Indian and East Asian monsoon regions of China over the last millennium: a perspective based mainly on stalagmite records. International Journal of Speleology. 36(2). 75–81. 15 indexed citations

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Tan, Ming, Xiaoguang Qin, Dongsheng Liu, & Tungsheng Liu. (1998). Interannual, decadal and century scale climatic changes revealed by stalagmite records. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 41(4). 416–421. 5 indexed citations

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