Saihong Yang

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Saihong Yang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Saihong Yang has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Saihong Yang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). Saihong Yang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (28 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (18 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (17 papers). Saihong Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Azerbaijan and Canada. Saihong Yang's co-authors include Yuan‐Bao Wu, Shan Gao, Wen-Fang Jiao, Hao Wang, Zhengwei Qin, Min Peng, Guangyan Zhou, Yongsheng Liu, Xiao‐Chi Liu and Jing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Saihong Yang

33 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Non-KREEP origin for Chang’e-5 basalts in the Procellarum... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2024 2024 50 100 150 200
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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. Non-KREEP origin for Chang’e-5 basalts in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane
    2021 208 citations Heng‐Ci Tian, Hao Wang et al. Nature profile →
  2. Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission
    2024 77 citations Chunlai Li, Hao Hu et al. National Science Review profile →
  3. Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang’e-6 basalts
    2024 52 citations Qiuli Li, Yu Liu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saihong Yang China 23 1.9k 657 341 300 166 35 2.4k
S. W. Parman United States 29 3.5k 1.8× 902 1.4× 559 1.6× 286 1.0× 180 1.1× 85 4.0k
Olivier Namur Belgium 28 1.5k 0.8× 542 0.8× 545 1.6× 215 0.7× 73 0.4× 82 1.9k
P. Boehnke United States 19 1.8k 0.9× 760 1.2× 477 1.4× 262 0.9× 263 1.6× 38 2.3k
A. J. Irving United States 22 2.4k 1.2× 394 0.6× 1.1k 3.3× 220 0.7× 125 0.8× 232 3.1k
Dustin Trail United States 17 2.6k 1.4× 1.2k 1.8× 311 0.9× 364 1.2× 235 1.4× 59 3.0k
D. Phinney United States 19 1.7k 0.9× 498 0.8× 504 1.5× 249 0.8× 48 0.3× 49 2.2k
D. S. Draper United States 25 1.5k 0.8× 239 0.4× 1.0k 3.1× 140 0.5× 101 0.6× 72 2.2k
J. J. Foster Australia 13 935 0.5× 461 0.7× 116 0.3× 131 0.4× 124 0.7× 21 1.1k
J. Longhi United States 24 1.3k 0.7× 303 0.5× 777 2.3× 175 0.6× 70 0.4× 72 1.8k
Nicolas Coltice France 30 2.5k 1.3× 245 0.4× 358 1.0× 174 0.6× 310 1.9× 66 3.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saihong Yang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Yanhong, Dingshuai Xue, Shun Guo, et al.. (2025). Measurement of Major and Trace Elements by ICP-MS in Lunar Basalt Fragments (1–2 mg) from Chang’e-6 Mission. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 9(11). 2591–2596.
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Zhou, Qin, Wei Yang, Zhu‐Yin Chu, et al.. (2025). Ultra-depleted mantle source of basalts from the South Pole–Aitken basin. Nature. 643(8071). 371–375. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Christina Yan Wang, Saihong Yang, & İ̇brahim Uysal. (2024). Hydrothermal origin of platinum-group minerals during serpentinization of the podiform chromitites from the Kızıldağ ophiolite in southern Türkiye. Chemical Geology. 674. 122563–122563. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Shuhui, Saihong Yang, Jie Fang, et al.. (2024). A reinforced lunar dynamo recorded by Chang’e-6 farside basalt. Nature. 643(8071). 361–365. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Chunlai, Hao Hu, Mengfei Yang, et al.. (2024). Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission. National Science Review. 11(11). nwae328–nwae328. 77 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Saihong, Yi Chen, Xian‐Hua Li, et al.. (2023). High-Resolution Cathodoluminescence Images of Igneous and Metamorphic Monazite. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 29(4). 1357–1372.
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Zhou, Qin, Yu Liu, Saihong Yang, et al.. (2023). The youngest lunar zircon reveals an extremely fractionated nature of Chang’e-5 basalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 358. 126–133. 11 indexed citations
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Tian, Heng‐Ci, Hao Wang, Yi Chen, et al.. (2021). Non-KREEP origin for Chang’e-5 basalts in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane. Nature. 600(7887). 59–63. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Saihong, Ben‐Xun Su, Xiaowen Huang, et al.. (2018). Platinum-Group Mineral Occurrences and Platinum-Group Elemental Geochemistry of the Xiadong Alaskan-Type Complex in the Southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Minerals. 8(11). 494–494. 8 indexed citations
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Bai, Yang, Ben‐Xun Su, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2018). Origin of Reverse Zoned Cr-Spinels from the Paleoproterozoic Yanmenguan Mafic–Ultramafic Complex in the North China Craton. Minerals. 8(2). 62–62. 17 indexed citations
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Zhou, Guangyan, Yuan‐Bao Wu, Long Li, et al.. (2018). Identification of ca. 2.65 Ga TTGs in the Yudongzi complex and its implications for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block. Precambrian Research. 314. 240–263. 92 indexed citations
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Zhou, Guangyan, Yuan‐Bao Wu, Hao Wang, et al.. (2017). Petrogenesis of the Huashanguan A-type granite complex and its implications for the early evolution of the Yangtze Block. Precambrian Research. 292. 57–74. 78 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiao‐Chi, Yuan‐Bao Wu, Shan Gao, et al.. (2014). Record of multiple stage channelized fluid and melt activities in deeply subducted slab from zircon U–Pb age and Hf–O isotope compositions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 144. 1–24. 53 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Yuan‐Bao Wu, Shan Gao, et al.. (2013). Continental origin of eclogites in the North Qinling terrane and its tectonic implications. Precambrian Research. 230. 13–30. 116 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xin-Miao, Hong-Fu Zhang, Fei Su, et al.. (2012). Phlogopite40Ar/39Ar geochronology of mantle xenoliths from the North China Craton: Constraints on the eruption ages of Cenozoic basalts. Gondwana Research. 23(1). 208–219. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Yuqi, Shan Gao, Hujun Gong, et al.. (2009). Zircon U–Pb age, trace element and Hf isotope composition of Kongling terrane in the Yangtze Craton: refining the timing of Palaeoproterozoic high‐grade metamorphism. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 27(6). 461–477. 170 indexed citations
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