Shucheng Xie

13.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
252 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Shucheng Xie is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shucheng Xie has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Atmospheric Science, 95 papers in Paleontology and 78 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Shucheng Xie's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (150 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (86 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (56 papers). Shucheng Xie is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (150 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (86 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (56 papers). Shucheng Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Shucheng Xie's co-authors include Junhua Huang, Genming Luo, Thomas J. Algeo, Richard D. Pancost, Huan Yang, Richard P. Evershed, Chaoyong Hu, Philip A. Meyers, Xianyu Huang and Yanhong Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Shucheng Xie

236 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

  1. Quantification of Holocene Asian monsoon rainfall from spatially separated cave records
    2007 679 citations Junhua Huang, Shucheng Xie et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters profile →
  2. Rapid oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago
    2016 263 citations Genming Luo, Shucheng Xie et al. Science Advances profile →
  3. East Asian hydroclimate modulated by the position of the westerlies during Termination I
    2018 253 citations Hongbin Zhang, Michael L. Griffiths et al. profile →
  4. The microbial carbon pump and climate change
    2024 122 citations Nianzhi Jiao, Shucheng Xie et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shucheng Xie China 57 6.1k 4.3k 2.9k 2.4k 1.8k 252 10.7k
Judith A. McKenzie Switzerland 58 5.0k 0.8× 5.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.9× 1.5k 0.8× 136 10.2k
Katherine H. Freeman United States 61 7.7k 1.3× 4.4k 1.0× 5.1k 1.8× 1.5k 0.6× 2.8k 1.5× 182 14.3k
Lorenz Schwark Germany 55 3.3k 0.5× 3.5k 0.8× 3.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 2.7k 1.5× 203 11.6k
Walter E. Dean United States 47 5.8k 0.9× 3.2k 0.7× 2.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 147 10.2k
Gert J. de Lange Netherlands 68 6.9k 1.1× 2.9k 0.7× 3.4k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 228 12.4k
Hans‐Jürgen Brumsack Germany 57 4.5k 0.7× 4.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 4.6k 1.9× 1.9k 1.1× 193 11.1k
Peter K. Swart United States 61 4.6k 0.8× 4.9k 1.1× 4.4k 1.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 286 12.2k
Gert‐Jan Reichart Netherlands 60 7.8k 1.3× 4.0k 0.9× 4.6k 1.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 335 12.5k
Gideon M. Henderson United Kingdom 63 7.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 3.1k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 427 0.2× 206 11.6k
Jess F. Adkins United States 62 9.1k 1.5× 3.1k 0.7× 5.0k 1.7× 2.1k 0.9× 656 0.4× 182 14.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Shucheng Xie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shucheng Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shucheng Xie

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Kai, Guocan Wang, T. Mark Harrison, et al.. (2025). Late Cenozoic river reorganization related to tectonic extrusion formed the modern drainage system in southeastern Tibet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2424554122–e2424554122. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhengyu, Jun Cheng, Hongyan Liu, et al.. (2025). The seasonal temperature conundrum for the Holocene. Science Advances. 11(17). eadt8950–eadt8950.
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Zhang, Hongbin, Michael L. Griffiths, Chengfei He, et al.. (2024). A high-resolution multiproxy speleothem record of Eastern China hydroclimate variation during last glacial maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 350. 109152–109152. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongyan, Hongya Wang, Shucheng Xie, et al.. (2024). Millennial changes and cooling trends in land surface warm-season temperatures during the Holocene. Science Bulletin. 69(18). 2930–2937. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zenghu, Shailesh Nair, Hongmei Li, et al.. (2024). Overlooked Vital Role of Persistent Algae‐Bacteria Interaction in Ocean Recalcitrant Carbon Sequestration and Its Response to Ocean Warming. Global Change Biology. 30(11). e17570–e17570. 8 indexed citations
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Qian, Shi, et al.. (2024). Decoupled terrestrial temperature and hydroclimate during the Plio-Pleistocene in the East Asian monsoonal region. Quaternary Science Reviews. 344. 108955–108955. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Jie, et al.. (2024). Archaeal Hydroxylated Isoprenoid GDGTs in Asian Lake Sediments: A New Tool for Terrestrial Paleotemperature Reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(6). 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wang, Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2023). Mercury isotope evidence for recurrent photic-zone euxinia triggered by enhanced terrestrial nutrient inputs during the Late Devonian mass extinction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 613. 118175–118175. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Yi, Chao Gao, Kweku Afrifa Yamoah, et al.. (2023). Contributions of the Yangtze River and Yellow River to terrestrial organic carbon deposition in the Yangtze River Estuary during the last 700 years. Marine Chemistry. 255. 104298–104298. 4 indexed citations
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Qin, Yangmin, Anatoly Bobrov, Daniel Puppe, et al.. (2023). Testate amoebae (Protozoa) in lakes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Biodiversity, community structures, and protozoic biosilicification in relation to environmental properties and climate warming. The Science of The Total Environment. 913. 169661–169661. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Jie, Caiming Shen, Huan Yang, Shi Qian, & Shucheng Xie. (2023). Holocene temperature variability in China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 312. 108184–108184. 28 indexed citations
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Chang, Biao, Junhua Huang, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2022). Episodic massive release of methane during the mid-Cretaceous greenhouse. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 134(11-12). 2958–2970. 8 indexed citations
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Chang, Biao, Chao Li, Deng Liu, et al.. (2020). Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the “dolomite problem”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14005–14014. 111 indexed citations
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Yang, Huan, Richard D. Pancost, Xinyue Dang, et al.. (2013). Correlations between microbial tetraether lipids and environmental variables in Chinese soils: Optimizing the paleo-reconstructions in semi-arid and arid regions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 126. 49–69. 179 indexed citations
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Xie, Shucheng, Richard D. Pancost, Yuhang Wang, et al.. (2011). Cyanobacterial blooms tied to volcanism during the 5 m.y. Permo-Triassic biotic crisis: REPLY. Geology. 39(9). e249–e249. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Yangmin, et al.. (2008). Pontigulasia pentangulostoma nov. spec., a New Testate Amoeba from the Da Jiuhu Peatland of the Shennongjia Mountains, China. Acta Protozoologica. 47(2). 155–160. 5 indexed citations
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Xie, Shucheng, Bin Liang, Yi Yi, et al.. (2003). Biomarkers and the related global change. Research Repository (University of Gloucestershire). 8 indexed citations

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