Suping Yao

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Suping Yao is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Paleontology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Suping Yao has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 23 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Suping Yao's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (30 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (15 papers). Suping Yao is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (30 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (15 papers). Suping Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Suping Yao's co-authors include Jian Cao, Wenxuan Hu, Wenxuan Hu, Yong Tang, Xulong Wang, Kun Jiao, Yueqian Zhang, Yijie Zhang, Yuqiao Gao and Hao Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Earth-Science Reviews and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Suping Yao

50 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The characterization and quantitative analysis of nanopor... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. The characterization and quantitative analysis of nanopores in unconventional gas reservoirs utilizing FESEM–FIB and image processing: An example from the lower Silurian Longmaxi Shale, upper Yangtze region, China
    2014 257 citations Kun Jiao, Suping Yao et al. International Journal of Coal Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Suping Yao China 24 1.1k 559 427 389 337 53 1.7k
Omid H. Ardakani Canada 23 1.4k 1.3× 437 0.8× 308 0.7× 329 0.8× 567 1.7× 94 2.0k
Dongya Zhu China 23 1.4k 1.3× 465 0.8× 241 0.6× 458 1.2× 179 0.5× 96 1.8k
Yangbo Lu China 16 851 0.8× 492 0.9× 353 0.8× 159 0.4× 245 0.7× 32 1.2k
Gary G. Lash United States 26 1.2k 1.1× 814 1.5× 502 1.2× 825 2.1× 319 0.9× 102 2.3k
Xiucheng Tan China 24 1.2k 1.1× 791 1.4× 430 1.0× 512 1.3× 186 0.6× 135 1.9k
Wenxuan Hu China 24 1.4k 1.3× 321 0.6× 165 0.4× 389 1.0× 258 0.8× 64 1.7k
Nicholas B. Harris Canada 28 1.7k 1.6× 562 1.0× 362 0.8× 462 1.2× 527 1.6× 72 2.5k
Fang Hao China 20 700 0.6× 366 0.7× 234 0.5× 248 0.6× 148 0.4× 84 1.2k
Chao Liang China 22 1.4k 1.3× 340 0.6× 179 0.4× 184 0.5× 325 1.0× 55 1.7k
Qingyong Luo China 20 1.1k 1.0× 261 0.5× 188 0.4× 205 0.5× 307 0.9× 66 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Suping Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Suping Yao

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

All Works

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Wang, Yuhui, et al.. (2025). Nanomechanical properties of anthracite and graphite: The role of heteroatom functional groups and structural evolution. International Journal of Coal Geology. 301. 104714–104714. 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Suping, et al.. (2025). The K isotopic signatures of coals: A reconnaissance study. International Journal of Coal Geology. 304. 104770–104770.
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Yao, Suping, Simon W. Poulton, Paul B. Wignall, et al.. (2023). Widespread marine euxinia along the western Yangtze Platform caused by oxygen minimum zone expansion during the Capitanian mass extinction. Global and Planetary Change. 230. 104273–104273. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bolin, Jian Cao, Lan Mu, et al.. (2023). The Permian Chert Event in South China: New geochemical constraints and global implications. Earth-Science Reviews. 244. 104513–104513. 16 indexed citations
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Xia, Liuwen, Jian Cao, Wenxuan Hu, et al.. (2023). Effects on global warming by microbial methanogenesis in alkaline lakes during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age (LPIA). Geology. 51(10). 935–940. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bolin, Suping Yao, Wenxuan Hu, et al.. (2022). Middle Permian palaeoclimatic-palaeoceanographic evolution and its controls on organic matter accumulation in the Lower Yangtze upwelling region. International Journal of Coal Geology. 264. 104132–104132. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ningyuan, Suping Yao, & Yuhui Wang. (2022). Nanopore Structure and Mechanical Properties in Brittle Tectonically Deformed Coals Explored by Atomic Force Microscopy. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingkun, Jian Cao, Chunhua Shi, et al.. (2022). Evaluating novel trace element proxies for oil-source rock correlations. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 68(10). 1247–1265. 2 indexed citations
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Yao, Suping, et al.. (2021). Diagenetic alteration and geochemical evolution during sandstones bleaching of deep red-bed induced by methane migration in petroliferous basins. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 127. 104940–104940. 9 indexed citations
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Shi, Chunhua, et al.. (2020). A review of polymetallic mineralization in lower Cambrian black shales in South China: Combined effects of seawater, hydrothermal fluids, and biological activity. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 561. 110073–110073. 34 indexed citations
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Liu, Huimin, Shun Zhang, Guoqi Song, et al.. (2019). Effect of shale diagenesis on pores and storage capacity in the Paleogene Shahejie Formation, Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, east China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 103. 738–752. 56 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan, Ulrich Struck, Hong‐Fei Ling, et al.. (2015). Marine redox variations and nitrogen cycle of the early Cambrian southern margin of the Yangtze Platform, South China: Evidence from nitrogen and organic carbon isotopes. Precambrian Research. 267. 209–226. 75 indexed citations
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Jin, Zhijun, Jian Cao, Wenxuan Hu, et al.. (2008). Episodic petroleum fluid migration in fault zones of the northwestern Junggar Basin (northwest China): Evidence from hydrocarbon-bearing zoned calcite cement. AAPG Bulletin. 92(9). 1225–1243. 84 indexed citations
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Cao, Jian, Suping Yao, Wenxuan Hu, et al.. (2006). Detection of water in petroleum inclusions and its implications. Science Bulletin. 51(12). 1501–1507. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Suping, Wenxuan Hu, Longsheng Chen, Dongya Zhu, & Chunyan Xue. (2005). High-quality hydrocarbon source rock in the Paleogene sequence of the Ping Chau Formation, Hong Kong. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(2). 145–154. 6 indexed citations

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