Shunping Pei

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Shunping Pei is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Shunping Pei has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Shunping Pei's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (65 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers). Shunping Pei is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (65 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (62 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (45 papers). Shunping Pei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Shunping Pei's co-authors include Junmeng Zhao, Qiang Xu, Zhi Wang, Xing Gao, Xiaohui Yuan, Hongbing Liu, Hongbing Liu, Zhonghuai Xu, Youshun Sun and M. Nafi Toksöz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Shunping Pei

61 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 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. The boundary between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates below Tibet
    2010 384 citations Junmeng Zhao, Xiaohui Yuan 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
Shunping Pei China 24 1.7k 132 73 57 55 70 1.8k
N. Purnachandra Rao India 23 1.3k 0.8× 160 1.2× 56 0.8× 105 1.8× 47 0.9× 60 1.4k
Alexandros Chatzipetros Greece 16 644 0.4× 122 0.9× 45 0.6× 53 0.9× 48 0.9× 53 833
Tadashi Maruyama Japan 16 775 0.5× 110 0.8× 90 1.2× 87 1.5× 56 1.0× 36 915
Rita de Nardis Italy 22 1.0k 0.6× 111 0.8× 45 0.6× 93 1.6× 59 1.1× 51 1.1k
Julie Albaric France 13 671 0.4× 72 0.5× 100 1.4× 41 0.7× 35 0.6× 33 767
Toshinori Sato Japan 20 1.1k 0.6× 117 0.9× 128 1.8× 79 1.4× 121 2.2× 70 1.3k
Federica Ferrarini Italy 14 717 0.4× 60 0.5× 36 0.5× 88 1.5× 48 0.9× 26 810
H. Nankali Iran 9 1.5k 0.9× 155 1.2× 32 0.4× 45 0.8× 98 1.8× 19 1.6k
Francesco Mirabella Italy 19 948 0.6× 91 0.7× 27 0.4× 77 1.4× 59 1.1× 49 1.1k
M. Wilkinson United Kingdom 11 566 0.3× 68 0.5× 100 1.4× 65 1.1× 29 0.5× 20 688

Countries citing papers authored by Shunping Pei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shunping Pei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shunping Pei

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

All Works

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Guo, Zhen, et al.. (2025). High‐Resolution Seismic Imaging of the Seismic Gap on the Mid‐to‐South Segment of the Red River Fault, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 130(7). 1 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, et al.. (2025). Co-seismic P-wave velocity changes of 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Doublet. Earthquake Science. 38(3). 263–272. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, Yongshun John Chen, Shunping Pei, et al.. (2024). High-resolution 3-D lithospheric structure beneath the Qinling-Dabie orogenic belt from joint inversion of receiver functions and ambient noise. Tectonophysics. 890. 230494–230494.
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Wang, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Relationship between seismic structures and the diverse rupture processes of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake doublet. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(9). 2810–2823. 3 indexed citations
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Lü, Yan, et al.. (2024). Uppermost Mantle Pn Velocity and Anisotropy Structures Beneath the Sakhalin–Kuril–Kamchatka Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(3).
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Zhao, Junmeng, et al.. (2023). Upper-Mantle Velocity Heterogeneity of Eastern Tibetan Plateau from Teleseismic P-Wave Tomography and Its Tectonic Implications. Journal of Earth Science. 34(1). 280–290. 2 indexed citations
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Bezada, Maximiliano, et al.. (2022). Variable Depths of Magma Genesis in the North China Craton and Central Asian Orogenic Belt Inferred From Teleseismic P Wave Attenuation. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(3). 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang, Hongbing Liu, Xiaohui Yuan, Junmeng Zhao, & Shunping Pei. (2020). Eastward Dipping Style of the Underthrusting Indian Lithosphere Beneath the Tethyan Himalaya Illuminated by P and S Receiver Functions. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(1). 4 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, et al.. (2014). Ductile Gap between the Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes Revealed from the Two-dimensional Pg Seismic Tomography. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6489–6489. 64 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, Yongshun John Chen, Biao Feng, Xing Gao, & Jinrong Su. (2012). High-resolution seismic velocity structure and azimuthal anisotropy around the 2010 Ms=7.1 Yushu earthquake, Qinghai, China from 2D tomography. Tectonophysics. 584. 144–151. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiang, Junmeng Zhao, Shunping Pei, & Hongbing Liu. (2011). The lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary revealed by S-receiver functions from the Hi-CLIMB experiment. Geophysical Journal International. 187(1). 414–420. 29 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, Jinrong Su, Haijiang Zhang, et al.. (2009). Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure across the 2008 Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake, Sichuan, China. Tectonophysics. 491(1-4). 211–217. 47 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, Junmeng Zhao, Youshun Sun, et al.. (2007). Upper mantle seismic velocities and anisotropy in China determined through Pn and Sn tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(B5). 152 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, Zhonghuai Xu, & Suyun Wang. (2004). Discussion on origin of Pn velocity variation in China and adjacent region. Acta Seismologica Sinica. 17(1). 1–11. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhonghuai, Suyun Wang, & Shunping Pei. (2003). Lateral variation of Pn velocity beneath northeastern marginal region of Qinghai-Xizang plateau. Acta Seismologica Sinica. 16(1). 26–33. 3 indexed citations
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Pei, Shunping, Zhonghuai Xu, Suyun Wang, & Thomas M. Hearn. (2002). Pn Velocity Tomography in Xinjiang, China and Adjacent Regions. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 45(2). 217–224. 13 indexed citations

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