Shu Sun is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Paleontology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Shu Sun has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Geophysics, 12 papers in Geology and 8 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Shu Sun's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (12 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (8 papers). Shu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (16 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (12 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (8 papers). Shu Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Shu Sun's co-authors include Jiliang Li, Wenjiao Xiao, Baochun Huang, Chao Yuan, Chunming Han, Hanlin Chen, Min Sun, Chunming Han, Brian F. Windley and Zilong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Tectonophysics.
In The Last Decade
Shu Sun
26 papers
receiving
3.7k citations
Hit Papers
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within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research
topics.
A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion
20151.1k citationsWenjiao Xiao, Brian F. Windley et al.Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciencesprofile →
Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia
2007885 citationsWenjiao Xiao, Chunming Han et al.Journal of Asian Earth Sciencesprofile →
A review of the western part of the Altaids: A key to understanding the architecture of accretionary orogens
2010852 citationsWenjiao Xiao, Baochun Huang et al.profile →
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shu Sun
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All Works
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Xiao, Wenjiao, Brian F. Windley, Shu Sun, et al.. (2015). A Tale of Amalgamation of Three Permo-Triassic Collage Systems in Central Asia: Oroclines, Sutures, and Terminal Accretion. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 43(1). 477–507.1087 indexed citations breakdown →
Xiao, Wenjiao, Chunming Han, Chao Yuan, et al.. (2007). Middle Cambrian to Permian subduction-related accretionary orogenesis of Northern Xinjiang, NW China: Implications for the tectonic evolution of central Asia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 32(2-4). 102–117.885 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Shu. (2006). ICHNEUMONIDS PARASITIZING CHLOROPHORUS DIADEMA WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA, ICHNEUMONIDAE). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica.2 indexed citations
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Sun, Shu. (2006). DISCOVERY OF MEGAFOSSILS FROM THE MESOPROTEROZOIC GAOYUZHUANG FORMATION IN THE JIXIAN SECTION, TIANJIN AND ITS STRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE. Gushengwu xuebao.8 indexed citations
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Sun, Shu. (2005). Sedimentology in China: Perspectives and suggestions. Dixue qianyuan.12 indexed citations
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