Shoufa Lin

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
149 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Shoufa Lin is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shoufa Lin has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Geophysics, 65 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Shoufa Lin's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (126 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (84 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (65 papers). Shoufa Lin is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (126 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (84 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (65 papers). Shoufa Lin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Hong Kong. Shoufa Lin's co-authors include Wenjiao Xiao, Min Sun, Chao Yuan, Longming Li, Chunming Han, Paul F. Williams, Donald W. Davis, Dazhi Jiang, Guangfu Xing and Hanlin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Shoufa Lin

140 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia

2007 885 citations Wenjiao Xiao, Chunming Han et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →
Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids

2009 514 citations Wenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley et al. American Journal of Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shoufa Lin Canada	36	5.7k	2.9k	703	420	355	149	6.1k
Feng Guo China	39	5.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	718 1.0×	403 1.0×	227 0.6×	150	6.0k
Douglas M. Morton United States	22	1.8k 0.3×	771 0.3×	248 0.4×	42 0.1×	128 0.4×	87	2.4k
Haiyan Li China	34	2.4k 0.4×	591 0.2×	414 0.6×	754 1.8×	1.3k 3.7×	129	3.8k
Svetlana Bogdanova Sweden	27	5.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	645 0.9×	599 1.4×	934 2.6×	72	5.6k
GJ Davidson Australia	25	1.8k 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	566 0.8×	114 0.3×	215 0.6×	66	2.1k
Patrick Ledru France	32	3.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	412 0.6×	133 0.3×	178 0.5×	84	3.4k
Pascal Affaton France	24	1.8k 0.3×	922 0.3×	387 0.6×	225 0.5×	346 1.0×	50	2.2k
Roland Gorbatschev Sweden	27	3.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	315 0.4×	283 0.7×	206 0.6×	48	3.5k
Jifeng Xu China	47	9.2k 1.6×	4.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	349 0.8×	433 1.2×	160	9.7k
Mark Barley Australia	25	1.8k 0.3×	818 0.3×	1.0k 1.4×	171 0.4×	1.1k 3.1×	44	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shoufa Lin

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Shoufa, et al.. (2025). Structural evolution of the southern Swayze greenstone belt, Superior Craton: Implications for the Neoarchean crustal dynamics. Journal of Structural Geology. 195. 105373–105373.

Yue, Yue, et al.. (2025). Preliminary Study on the Structure of Fungal Communities in Artificial Reef Areas in the Northern Yellow Sea. Oceans. 6(1). 11–11. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Shoufa, Wenjiao Xiao, John M. Hanchar, et al.. (2024). Identifying and characterizing missing source orogens for syn-orogenic basins based on detrital accessory mineral U-Pb geochronology and trace element geochemistry. Geology. 52(8). 577–582. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Fenglin, Jian Wang, Xiaozhuang Cui, et al.. (2024). A latest Mesoproterozoic arc–back-arc system in the southwestern Yangtze Block, South China: Implications for paleogeographic configuration of the Rodinia supercontinent. Precambrian Research. 409. 107432–107432. 3 indexed citations

Staal, Cees R. van, et al.. (2024). An Early Permian transpressional continental arc and arc–arc collision recorded in the Baidunzi Complex, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China. Journal of the Geological Society. 182(2).

Li, Longming, et al.. (2023). Geochronology and geochemistry of basalts from the Yingchuan Formation, eastern Jiangnan Orogen: Implications for the Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the South China Block. Geological Journal. 58(4). 1673–1692. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Changqing, Xiaoman Wang, Shoufa Lin, et al.. (2023). Archean ultrahigh temperature event in the northwestern Superior Province, Canada: Metamorphic evolution and tectonic implications of the Pikwitonei Granulite Domain. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 41(7). 899–923. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Shoufa, et al.. (2023). Modeling Multi‐Material Structural Patterns in Tectonic Flow With a Discontinuous Galerkin Level Set Method. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(11). 1 indexed citations

Lin, Shoufa, Wenjiao Xiao, Guangfu Xing, et al.. (2023). The early Paleozoic Wuyi–Yunkai orogeny in South China: a collisional orogeny with a major lag in time between onset of collision and peak metamorphism in subducted continental crust. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 619–641. 13 indexed citations

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Staal, Cees R. van, et al.. (2023). Evolving Permian magmatism associated with arc migration in the southern Beishan Orogenic Collage, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China. Geological Society London Special Publications. 542(1). 593–618. 2 indexed citations

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Staal, Cees R. van, et al.. (2022). Permian back‐arc basin formation and arc migration in the southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt, Northwest China. Geological Journal. 58(2). 523–533. 4 indexed citations

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Staal, Cees R. van, et al.. (2022). Mapping uncovered a multi-phase arc–back-arc system in the southern Beishan during the Permian. National Science Review. 10(2). nwac204–nwac204. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Longming, et al.. (2021). Geochronology and geochemistry of granites from the Hengjian area, Qinling Orogenic Belt: Implications for the Late Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the North Qinling Terrane, China. Geological Journal. 56(10). 5140–5162. 4 indexed citations

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Lin, Shoufa, et al.. (2020). Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the southern central Asian orogenic belt from early Permian–middle Triassic granitoids from the central Dunhuang orogenic belt, NW China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 194. 104283–104283. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Longming, et al.. (2020). Geochronological and geochemical data of paragneiss and amphibolite from the Chencai Group in South China: Implications for petrogenesis and tectonic significance. Geological Journal. 55(10). 6823–6840. 8 indexed citations

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Lin, Shoufa, et al.. (2011). The Study of Microstructure Characters and the Condition of Metamorphism and Deformation of Garnets from Garnet—Mica Schist in the Tongbai Moutain,East Section of Shangnan—Danfeng Fault Belt. Dizhi lunping. 57(6). 799–809.

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Xiao, Wenjiao, Qigui Mao, Brian F. Windley, et al.. (2010). Paleozoic multiple accretionary and collisional processes of the Beishan orogenic collage. American Journal of Science. 310(10). 1553–1594. 351 indexed citations

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Lin, Shoufa, et al.. (2010). Mesozoic tectonic regime transition of the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River and its adjacent area. 26(9). 2835–2849. 17 indexed citations

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Xiao, Wenjiao, Brian F. Windley, Chao Yuan, et al.. (2009). Paleozoic multiple subduction-accretion processes of the southern Altaids. American Journal of Science. 309(3). 221–270. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yuan, Chao, Min Sun, Xiaoping Long, et al.. (2007). Constraining the deposition time and tectonic background of the Habahe Group of the Altai. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 18 indexed citations

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