Qiliang Sun

1.9k total citations
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Qiliang Sun is a scholar working on Geology, Environmental Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiliang Sun has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Geology, 34 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 31 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Qiliang Sun's work include Geological and Geophysical Studies (48 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (31 papers). Qiliang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geophysical Studies (48 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (31 papers). Qiliang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Qiliang Sun's co-authors include Shiguo Wu, Joe Cartwright, Xinong Xie, Tiago M. Alves, Dongdong Dong, Yintao Lu, Duanxin Chen, Mads Huuse, Fang Zhao and Lijun Mi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Qiliang Sun

53 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qiliang Sun China 23 1.1k 801 715 605 474 58 1.6k
Xiong Pang China 34 2.3k 2.1× 841 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.9× 1.1k 2.2× 80 2.8k
Lijun Mi China 17 914 0.8× 510 0.6× 421 0.6× 561 0.9× 358 0.8× 38 1.2k
Hervé Nouzé France 20 492 0.4× 617 0.8× 396 0.6× 490 0.8× 884 1.9× 38 1.6k
Chenglin Gong China 21 706 0.6× 247 0.3× 985 1.4× 438 0.7× 277 0.6× 56 1.2k
Patrice Imbert France 20 394 0.4× 575 0.7× 906 1.3× 369 0.6× 432 0.9× 50 1.4k
Guangfa Zhong China 16 485 0.4× 310 0.4× 437 0.6× 206 0.3× 275 0.6× 49 946
Christine Fichler Norway 16 449 0.4× 295 0.4× 310 0.4× 395 0.7× 695 1.5× 38 1.2k
Gwang H. Lee South Korea 18 502 0.5× 510 0.6× 254 0.4× 427 0.7× 514 1.1× 34 1.1k
Lars Ole Boldreel Denmark 20 689 0.6× 233 0.3× 484 0.7× 351 0.6× 645 1.4× 82 1.3k
Stefan Back Germany 21 627 0.6× 219 0.3× 504 0.7× 283 0.5× 585 1.2× 65 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Qiliang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiliang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiliang Sun

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

All Works

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Hou, Zhenan, et al.. (2025). Predicting the habitat suitability of Ilex verticillata (Aquifoliaceae) in China with field-test validations. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0315908–e0315908. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, Chen Zhang, Junyi Liao, et al.. (2025). Knockdown of LncRNA H19 inhibits vascularization and endochondral ossification via the MiRNA-21a-5p-Smad7/p-Smad2/3 pathway in fracture repair. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 26054–26054.
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Lu, Yin, Ed Pope, Qiliang Sun, & Michael Strasser. (2024). Clustered slumping in the northern South China Sea: Implications for chronology and geohazards. Global and Planetary Change. 244. 104623–104623. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xingxing, et al.. (2024). Flow conditions of the Quaternary Deep-water Current reconstructed by sediment waves in the northeastern South China Sea. Marine Geology. 477. 107414–107414. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Qing, et al.. (2024). Overpressure‐driven hydrofracture growth in the northern South China Sea. Basin Research. 36(4).
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Sun, Qiliang, et al.. (2023). Reutilization of fluid flow pathways over 54 million years, offshore New Zealand. Basin Research. 35(6). 2349–2363. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, et al.. (2023). Post-rift magma plumbing system in the northern Great South Basin, New Zealand. Tectonophysics. 864. 230030–230030.
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Wang, Chang, Qiliang Sun, C.K. Morley, & Haibo Huang. (2023). Post-rift magmatism controlled by detachment faults in a microplate, northwestern South China Sea. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xingxing, Ben Kneller, & Qiliang Sun. (2023). Sediment waves control origins of submarine canyons: REPLY. Geology. 51(6). e563–e563. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, Tiago M. Alves, Shiguo Wu, Minghui Zhao, & Xinong Xie. (2022). Early Miocene magmatism in the Baiyun Sag (South China Sea): A view to the origin of intense post-rift magmatism. Gondwana Research. 120. 127–144. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, Qing Wang, Fengyan Shi, et al.. (2022). Runup of landslide-generated tsunamis controlled by paleogeography and sea-level change. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 45 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, et al.. (2021). Submarine landslides in the northern South China Sea: characteristics, geohazard evaluation and perspectives. Dixue qianyuan. 28(2). 258. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, Christopher Jackson, Craig Magee, & Xinong Xie. (2019). Deeply buried ancient volcanoes control hydrocarbon migration in the South China Sea. Basin Research. 32(1). 146–162. 32 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, Christopher Jackson, Craig Magee, S. J. Mitchell, & Xinong Xie. (2019). Extrusion dynamics of deep-water volcanoes. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, et al.. (2019). Extrusion dynamics of deepwater volcanoes revealed by 3-D seismic data. Solid Earth. 10(4). 1269–1282. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang, et al.. (2019). Tsunamigenic potential of an incipient submarine slope failure in the northern South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 112. 104111–104111. 18 indexed citations
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Sun, Qiliang. (2012). Geometry and genesis of polygonal faults in epicontinental deepwater basins, northern South China Sea. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Shiguo, et al.. (2011). Sedimentary facies and evolution of aeolianites on Shidao Island, Xisha Islands. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 29(2). 398–413. 15 indexed citations

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