Shaocheng Ji

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
122 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Shaocheng Ji is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaocheng Ji has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Geophysics, 32 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 11 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Shaocheng Ji's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers). Shaocheng Ji is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (70 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (60 papers). Shaocheng Ji collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Japan. Shaocheng Ji's co-authors include Robin Lacassin, Philippe Hervé Leloup, Urs Schärer, Matthew H. Salisbury, Xiaohan Liu, Zhiqin Xu, Bin Xia, Paul Tapponnier, Pinglao Zhao and Zhong Dalai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Shaocheng Ji

120 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

The Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone (Yunnan, China), Tertiary transform boundary of Indochina

1995 1.1k citations Shaocheng Ji et al. Tectonophysics profile →
The Ailao Shan/Red River metamorphic belt: Tertiary left-lateral shear between Indochina and South China

1990 902 citations Shaocheng Ji et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaocheng Ji Canada	46	5.9k	1.1k	1.0k	694	357	122	7.3k
Cees W. Passchier Germany	46	5.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	506 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	914 2.6×	168	6.9k
Hemin Koyi Sweden	44	4.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	683 0.7×	551 0.8×	1.3k 3.7×	168	5.8k
Olivier Lacombe France	52	6.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	631 0.6×	644 0.9×	921 2.6×	132	6.8k
William Bosworth United States	29	3.0k 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	512 0.7×	1.4k 3.8×	59	4.6k
Dougal A. Jerram United Kingdom	43	3.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	1.1k 3.1×	128	5.5k
Malcolm J. Hole United Kingdom	32	2.6k 0.4×	541 0.5×	490 0.5×	718 1.0×	525 1.5×	86	3.5k
Onno Oncken Germany	51	7.3k 1.2×	596 0.6×	393 0.4×	971 1.4×	675 1.9×	183	8.1k
Ken McClay United Kingdom	50	5.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	636 0.9×	2.1k 6.0×	133	7.3k
Stephen Marshak United States	35	3.6k 0.6×	554 0.5×	308 0.3×	955 1.4×	563 1.6×	92	4.5k
David S. Chapman United States	42	4.0k 0.7×	973 0.9×	427 0.4×	419 0.6×	202 0.6×	136	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaocheng Ji

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Yuchen, Ziyi Zhou, Bo Wen, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of carbon/Co composites from waste tires for superior electromagnetic wave absorption. Applied Materials Today. 43. 102645–102645. 3 indexed citations

Ji, Shaocheng, Lin Chen, Yingjie Yang, et al.. (2024). Quantifying permafrost thawing and its impact on lake storage dynamics in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Hydrology. 650. 132529–132529. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Zhiqin, Haibing Li, Qin Wang, et al.. (2024). Formation, reactivation and exhumation of the extruded basement wedge in the southern Longmen Shan, eastern Tibetan plateau. Journal of the Geological Society. 181(6). 2 indexed citations

Xu, Zhiqin, Qin Wang, Hanwen Dong, et al.. (2021). Middle Eocene‐Oligocene anatexis and exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Sequence in central Nepal. Terra Nova. 33(6). 590–601. 4 indexed citations

Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (2020). An alternative interpretation for the formation of doubly plunging folds in sandstone terrains. Terra Nova. 32(5). 325–333. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Zhiqin, Yuan Li, Shaocheng Ji, et al.. (2019). Qinling gneiss domes and implications for tectonic evolution of the Early Paleozoic Orogen in Central China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 188. 104052–104052. 23 indexed citations

Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (2019). Geometrical characterization of stream potholes in sandstone from the Sunxi River (Chongqing, China) and implications for the development of bedrock channels. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 173. 374–385. 11 indexed citations

Ji, Shaocheng, Le Li, Hem Bahadur Motra, et al.. (2018). Poisson's Ratio and Auxetic Properties of Natural Rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(2). 1161–1185. 82 indexed citations

Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (2018). The relationship between diameter and depth of potholes eroded by running water. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 10(5). 818–831. 22 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (2016). S-wave velocities and anisotropy of typical rocks from Yunkai metamorphic complex and constraints on the composition of the crust beneath Southern China. Tectonophysics. 686. 27–50. 11 indexed citations

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Shao, Tongbin, et al.. (2016). Mica-dominated seismic properties of mid-crust beneath west Yunnan (China) and geodynamic implications. Tectonophysics. 677-678. 324–338. 19 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (2013). Seismic Velocities, Anisotropy and Petrofabrics of Amphibolite from the Gaoligong Mts., Yunnan. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 59(4). 769–780. 1 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng. (2009). Correlation between Crustal Thickness and Poisson's Ratio in the North China Craton and Its Implication for Lithospheric Thinning. Acta Geological Sinica. 12 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng. (2008). Continental Extrusion and Seismicity in China. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 11 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng. (2008). Break-Up of the North China Craton through Lithospheric Thinning. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 13 indexed citations

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Zhiqin, Xu, et al.. (2007). Senses and timings of two kinds of shear in the Kangxiwar strike-slip shear zone, West Kunlun, and their tectonic significance. Dizhi tongbao. 26(10). 1252–1261. 12 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng. (2006). Pressure-Dependence of P-Wave Velocities in Sulu UHP Metamorphic Rocks. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal).

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Xia, Bin, et al.. (2004). On deposits controlled by tectonic lenses. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 47(12). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Zichao & Shaocheng Ji. (2000). Diffusion creep of fine‐grained garnetite: Implications for the flow strength of subducting slabs. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(15). 2333–2336. 30 indexed citations

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Ji, Shaocheng, et al.. (1999). Deformation of silicate garnets; brittle-ductile transition and its geological implications. The Canadian Mineralogist. 37(2). 525–541. 61 indexed citations

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