Sun Yiyin

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sun Yiyin is a scholar working on Geophysics, Paleontology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sun Yiyin has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Geophysics, 2 papers in Paleontology and 2 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Sun Yiyin's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (2 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers). Sun Yiyin is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (3 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (2 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers). Sun Yiyin collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Sun Yiyin's co-authors include R. SHACKLETON, Chang Chengfa, John Dewey, Péter Molnár, Pan Yusheng, M. P. Coward, W. S. F. Kidd and Augusto Gansser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sun Yiyin

4 papers receiving 1.2k 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 tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

1988 1.1k citations John Dewey, R. SHACKLETON et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sun Yiyin Taiwan	4	1.1k	249	150	112	87	4	1.2k
Chang Chengfa China	7	1.5k 1.3×	393 1.6×	172 1.1×	149 1.3×	108 1.2×	8	1.6k
Sören B. Dürr Germany	8	974 0.9×	220 0.9×	153 1.0×	125 1.1×	60 0.7×	12	1.1k
M. A. Murphy United States	5	1.0k 0.9×	244 1.0×	123 0.8×	114 1.0×	56 0.6×	12	1.1k
Paul Pasteels Belgium	13	759 0.7×	316 1.3×	80 0.5×	113 1.0×	93 1.1×	32	854
Xiaohong Ge China	10	638 0.6×	216 0.9×	144 1.0×	190 1.7×	92 1.1×	13	808
Xianglin Qian China	11	1.6k 1.4×	469 1.9×	129 0.9×	150 1.3×	193 2.2×	23	1.7k
K. D. Nelson United States	11	1.2k 1.1×	137 0.6×	79 0.5×	109 1.0×	33 0.4×	18	1.3k
Shuichi YANAI Japan	11	886 0.8×	246 1.0×	153 1.0×	122 1.1×	57 0.7×	27	983
Jinglin Wan China	19	1.3k 1.2×	309 1.2×	188 1.3×	326 2.9×	78 0.9×	35	1.5k
Guanghong Xie China	14	1.8k 1.6×	505 2.0×	319 2.1×	122 1.1×	241 2.8×	21	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sun Yiyin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sun Yiyin

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sun Yiyin. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sun Yiyin. The network helps show where Sun Yiyin may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sun Yiyin

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

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Kidd, W. S. F., Pan Yusheng, Chang Chengfa, et al.. (1988). Geological mapping of the 1985 Chinese—British Tibetan (Xizang—Qinghai) Plateau Geotraverse route. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1594). 287–305. 97 indexed citations

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Dewey, John, R. SHACKLETON, Chang Chengfa, & Sun Yiyin. (1988). The tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1594). 379–413. 1127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yiyin, Sun, et al.. (1988). Mass Extinction——A Fundamental Indicator for Major Natural Divisions of Geological History. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 1(1). 1–12. 5 indexed citations

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Yiyin, Sun, et al.. (1986). Significance of a δ13C anomaly near the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary at the Muhua section, South China. Nature. 321(6073). 854–855. 16 indexed citations

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