Shanpin Liu

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

Shanpin Liu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Shanpin Liu has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Shanpin Liu's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Geological formations and processes (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Shanpin Liu is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Geological formations and processes (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Shanpin Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Shanpin Liu's co-authors include Junsheng Nie, Daniel F. Stöckli, Thomas Stevens, Xiaofei Hu, Wenbin Peng, Anna Bird, Tingjiang Peng, Chunhui Song, Jijun Li and Shunchuan Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Shanpin Liu

16 papers receiving 914 citations

Hit Papers

Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-der... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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.

  1. Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment
    2015 346 citations Junsheng Nie, Thomas Stevens et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shanpin Liu China 12 640 444 356 124 112 17 927
Gérôme Calvès France 16 526 0.8× 577 1.3× 353 1.0× 183 1.5× 109 1.0× 31 1.1k
Zaijun Li China 17 708 1.1× 206 0.5× 447 1.3× 178 1.4× 71 0.6× 31 879
Hoang Van Long United Kingdom 7 505 0.8× 518 1.2× 324 0.9× 163 1.3× 133 1.2× 14 1.1k
Davor Pavelić Croatia 20 591 0.9× 897 2.0× 225 0.6× 334 2.7× 106 0.9× 60 1.3k
Leping Yue China 15 635 1.0× 245 0.6× 324 0.9× 265 2.1× 63 0.6× 38 949
Chunsheng Jin China 17 581 0.9× 337 0.8× 256 0.7× 157 1.3× 73 0.7× 41 897
Pierre Lahitte France 19 603 0.9× 859 1.9× 129 0.4× 75 0.6× 52 0.5× 36 1.2k
Philippe Sorrel France 17 613 1.0× 220 0.5× 346 1.0× 168 1.4× 37 0.3× 33 968
Rainer Petschick Germany 13 529 0.8× 405 0.9× 247 0.7× 289 2.3× 169 1.5× 26 1.0k
Tivadar Gaudenyi Serbia 13 664 1.0× 277 0.6× 120 0.3× 151 1.2× 48 0.4× 43 969

Countries citing papers authored by Shanpin Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shanpin Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shanpin Liu

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Gao, Jay, Zhanjie Qin, Fujun Niu, et al.. (2025). Northeastern Tibetan Plateau paleo-Yellow River drainage expansion at ~3 Ma linked to the East Asian summer monsoon intensification. Geomorphology. 495. 110133–110133.
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Xia, Yanqing, et al.. (2021). Controlling the Iron Migration Mechanism for the Cretaceous Sediment Color Variations in Sichuan Basin, China. ACS Omega. 7(1). 480–495. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Tingjiang, Hao Yu, Zhengchuang Hui, et al.. (2020). Magnetostratigraphy and Palaeoclimatic Significance of the Late Pliocene Red Clay‐Quaternary Loess Sequence in the Lanzhou Basin, Western Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(3). 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Shanpin, Jijun Li, Daniel F. Stöckli, et al.. (2019). Reappraisal of Miocene eolian deposition in Tianshui Basin, China, based on an investigation of stratigraphy and provenance. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 131(7-8). 1312–1332. 16 indexed citations
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Feng, Zhantao, Tingjiang Peng, Shanpin Liu, et al.. (2019). Quaternary drainage evolution of the Datong River, Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Geomorphology. 353. 107021–107021. 16 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Gregory Ruetenik, Kerry Gallagher, et al.. (2018). Rapid incision of the Mekong River in the middle Miocene linked to monsoonal precipitation. Nature Geoscience. 11(12). 944–948. 193 indexed citations
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Liu, Shanpin, Tingjiang Peng, Zhantao Feng, et al.. (2017). Late Pliocene establishment of exorheic drainage in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau as evidenced by the Wuquan Formation in the Lanzhou Basin. Geomorphology. 303. 271–283. 40 indexed citations
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Hui, Zhengchuang, Jijun Li, Chunhui Song, et al.. (2017). Vegetation and climatic changes during the Middle Miocene in the Wushan Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from a high-resolution palynological record. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 147. 116–127. 8 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Thomas Stevens, Martin Rittner, et al.. (2015). Loess Plateau storage of Northeastern Tibetan Plateau-derived Yellow River sediment. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8511–8511. 346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Shanpin, Jijun Li, Daniel F. Stöckli, et al.. (2015). Late Tertiary reorganizations of deformation in northeastern Tibet constrained by stratigraphy and provenance data from eastern Longzhong Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 120(8). 5804–5821. 48 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Wenbin Peng, Andreas Möller, et al.. (2014). Provenance of the upper Miocene–Pliocene Red Clay deposits of the Chinese loess plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 407. 35–47. 94 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Wenbin Peng, Katharina Pfaff, et al.. (2013). Controlling factors on heavy mineral assemblages in Chinese loess and Red Clay. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 381-382. 110–118. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Shanpin & Jia Liu. (2013). Gomphotherium wimani from Wushan County, China, and its implications for the Miocene stratigraphy of the Tianshui area. 51(1). 14 indexed citations
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Hou, Zhanfang, Jun Zhang, Chunhui Song, et al.. (2011). THE OXYGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPIC RECORDS OF MIOCENE SEDIMENTS IN THE TIANSHUI BASIN OF THE NORTHESTERN TIBETAN PLATEAU AND THEIR PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology. 31(3). 69–78. 2 indexed citations
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Zattin, Massimiliano, Jijun Li, Chunhui Song, et al.. (2011). Eocene to Pliocene exhumation history of the Tianshui-Huicheng region determined by Apatite fission track thermochronology: Implications for evolution of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau margin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 42(1-2). 97–110. 65 indexed citations

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