Ming Tang

4.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
81 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Ming Tang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Tang has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Geophysics, 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 11 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Ming Tang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers). Ming Tang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (53 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (32 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers). Ming Tang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ming Tang's co-authors include Cin‐Ty A. Lee, Roberta L. Rudnick, Kang Chen, Xu Chu, Xiao‐Lei Wang, Monica E. Erdman, Wei‐Qiang Ji, Catherine Chauvel, Chen Chen and W. F. McDonough and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ming Tang

74 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics

2016 366 citations Ming Tang, Kang Chen et al. Science profile →
Reconstructing crustal thickness evolution from europium anomalies in detrital zircons

2020 224 citations Ming Tang, Wei‐Qiang Ji et al. profile →
How to make porphyry copper deposits

2019 199 citations Cin‐Ty A. Lee, Ming Tang Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
Orogenic quiescence in Earth’s middle age

2021 160 citations Ming Tang, Xu Chu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Tang China	26	2.5k	1.1k	573	299	214	81	3.1k
Ilya V. Veksler Germany	29	3.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	674 1.2×	172 0.6×	172 0.8×	73	3.3k
Dante Canil Canada	38	4.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	555 1.0×	244 0.8×	183 0.9×	107	5.1k
Jay B. Thomas United States	23	3.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	364 0.6×	121 0.4×	274 1.3×	65	3.5k
Jonathan D. Blundy United Kingdom	28	5.1k 2.1×	1.5k 1.4×	452 0.8×	155 0.5×	355 1.7×	42	5.3k
Dieter Rhede Germany	31	2.9k 1.2×	971 0.9×	792 1.4×	133 0.4×	205 1.0×	121	3.4k
Chris Ballhaus Germany	38	5.0k 2.0×	1.8k 1.7×	756 1.3×	169 0.6×	187 0.9×	80	5.5k
Malcolm P. Roberts Australia	25	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	572 1.0×	205 0.7×	148 0.7×	89	3.3k
E. A. Mathez United States	28	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	438 0.8×	159 0.5×	216 1.0×	61	3.1k
Matthew Steele‐MacInnis Canada	29	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	377 0.7×	148 0.5×	140 0.7×	108	2.9k
Bernd Wunder Germany	32	3.0k 1.2×	544 0.5×	796 1.4×	143 0.5×	226 1.1×	115	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Tang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Tang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tang, Ming, et al.. (2025). Extreme negative Eu anomalies in peraluminous granites of South China: implications for extensive fluid extraction. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Tang, Ming, et al.. (2025). A lower mantle origin for the young mare basalts returned by Chang'e-5?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 671. 119650–119650.

Wang, Chao, Mark B. Allen, Ming Tang, et al.. (2024). Rise of mantle oxidation by Neoarchean subduction in the North China Craton. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 646. 119006–119006. 3 indexed citations

Tang, Ming, et al.. (2024). Sluggish rise of the western Gangdese mountains after India-Eurasia collision. Lithos. 478-479. 107640–107640. 4 indexed citations

Tang, Ming, Hao Chen, Shuguang Song, Guozheng Sun, & Chao Wang. (2024). Zircon Eu/Eu* in Archean TTGs with implications for the role of endogenic oxidation in Archean crustal differentiation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 378. 259–269. 5 indexed citations

Tang, Ming, et al.. (2024). Reevaluating the oxidation effect of garnet crystallization. Lithos. 470-471. 107537–107537. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Ming, Ziyi Guo, Wenrong Cao, & Xu Chu. (2024). Revisiting zircon Eu anomaly as a proxy for crustal thickness: A case study of the Sierra Nevada Batholith. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 643. 118897–118897. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Kang, Ming Tang, Zhaochu Hu, & Yongsheng Liu. (2023). Generation of tholeiitic and calc-alkaline arc magmas and its implications for continental growth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 355. 173–183. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Qiliang, et al.. (2023). Structure and properties of fine diameter continuous SiC ceramic fiber reinforced Al matrix composites. Ceramics International. 49(22). 34937–34944. 2 indexed citations

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Chu, Xu, et al.. (2023). Exploring hindered decarbonation in contact metamorphism: A glimpse into marble aureoles in Southern Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 626. 118519–118519. 2 indexed citations

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Su, Bin, Yi Chen, Zongyu Yue, et al.. (2023). Crustal remelting origin of highly silicic magmatism on the Moon. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Bin, Chunjing Wei, Wei Tian, & Ming Tang. (2023). Ultrahigh‐Temperature Anatexis of Metapelites Generates Near‐Anhydrous Garnet Granitoids. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(11). 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2021). Detrital zircons record the evolution of the Cathaysian Coastal Mountains along the South China margin. Basin Research. 34(2). 688–701. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Junyong, Ming Tang, Cin‐Ty A. Lee, et al.. (2021). Rapid endogenic rock recycling in magmatic arcs. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3533–3533. 21 indexed citations

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Tang, Ming, Xu Chu, Jihua Hao, & Bing Shen. (2021). Orogenic quiescence in Earth’s middle age. Science. 371(6530). 728–731. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Guozheng, Shuwen Liu, Peter A. Cawood, et al.. (2021). Thermal state and evolving geodynamic regimes of the Meso- to Neoarchean North China Craton. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3888–3888. 58 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Cin‐Ty A. Lee, Ming Tang, Kevin T. Biddle, & Weidong Sun. (2020). Lithium systematics in global arc magmas and the importance of crustal thickening for lithium enrichment. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5313–5313. 59 indexed citations

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Tang, Ming, Cin‐Ty A. Lee, Kang Chen, et al.. (2019). Nb/Ta systematics in arc magma differentiation and the role of arclogites in continent formation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 235–235. 94 indexed citations

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Liu, He, Weidong Sun, Robert E. Zartman, & Ming Tang. (2019). Continuous plate subduction marked by the rise of alkali magmatism 2.1 billion years ago. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3408–3408. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jianwei, et al.. (1996). The Adsorption Kinetics and Characterization of Azobenzene Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 12(7). 581–588. 5 indexed citations

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