Tiannan Yang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tiannan Yang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tiannan Yang has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Geophysics, 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Tiannan Yang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (28 papers). Tiannan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (49 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (33 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (28 papers). Tiannan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Iran and United States. Tiannan Yang's co-authors include Hongrui Zhang, Kejun Hou, Y. Wang, Z.‐Q. Hou, Jiangtao Li, Zengqian Hou, Jinyi Li, Yi Ding, Shaofeng Liu and Yu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Scientific Reports and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Tiannan Yang

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab

2024 42 citations Zengqian Hou, Haijiang Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tiannan Yang China	23	1.3k	678	162	121	70	52	1.4k
Hua Xiang China	24	2.1k 1.6×	805 1.2×	204 1.3×	122 1.0×	90 1.3×	56	2.2k
He Huang China	24	1.5k 1.1×	774 1.1×	166 1.0×	106 0.9×	94 1.3×	64	1.5k
Ji‐Heng Zhang China	21	2.3k 1.8×	1.2k 1.7×	257 1.6×	140 1.2×	75 1.1×	37	2.3k
Wenbin Ji China	22	1.5k 1.2×	496 0.7×	126 0.8×	252 2.1×	68 1.0×	44	1.6k
Matthew O. Grant Australia	4	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	204 1.3×	100 0.8×	61 0.9×	5	1.7k
Junpeng Wang China	22	1.8k 1.4×	601 0.9×	201 1.2×	83 0.7×	87 1.2×	48	1.9k
Deliang Liu China	18	1.5k 1.1×	525 0.8×	173 1.1×	117 1.0×	66 0.9×	47	1.5k
Wenbin Zhu China	21	1.4k 1.1×	530 0.8×	157 1.0×	128 1.1×	107 1.5×	52	1.4k
Hao-Yang Lee Taiwan	13	2.3k 1.8×	929 1.4×	194 1.2×	173 1.4×	74 1.1×	24	2.4k

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Chen, Chu, et al.. (2026). The association of estimated glucose disposal rate with white matter hyperintensities: A large prospective cohort study. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease. 13(2). 100464–100464.

Zhang, Hongrui, Pinghua Liu, Shujuan Yang, et al.. (2025). Generation of the Zarshuran Gold Deposit in Northwest Iran Triggered by Exhumation of the Iman Khan Metamorphic Core Complex. Economic Geology. 120(6). 1503–1519.

Hou, Zengqian, Bo Xu, Tiannan Yang, et al.. (2025). Cenozoic Vertically‐tearing of Indian Slab Modified the Asian Lithosphere beneath the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 99(3). 627–633.

Xue, Chuandong, Tiannan Yang, Harald Furnes, et al.. (2023). Double arc–continent collision record in the latest Mesozoic–Cenozoic tectonic history of the Himalayan–Tibetan orogenic belt in western Pakistan. Journal of the Geological Society. 180(6). 6 indexed citations

Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2023). Coherent Chemical Variation Trends of the 55—25 Ma Magmatic Rocks in SE Tibet: N—S Direction Lithospheric Stretching of Eurasia during Early Stage of India—Eurasia Collision. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 97(5). 1283–1305. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2022). Early Late Triassic retro-foreland basin in response to flat subduction of the Paleo-Tethyan oceanic plate, SE Tibet. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2020). Eocene Basins on the SE Tibetan Plateau: Markers of Minor Offset along the Xuelongshan–Diancangshan–Ailaoshan Structural System. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 94(4). 1020–1041. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongrui, Tiannan Yang, Zengqian Hou, & Yang Wang. (2020). Magmatic expression of tectonic transition from oceanic subduction to continental collision: Insights from the Middle Triassic rhyolites of the North Qiangtang Block. Gondwana Research. 87. 67–82. 15 indexed citations

Moazzen, Mohssen, et al.. (2020). Early Cretaceous (Albian) intra‐oceanic subduction in northern branch of Neotethys in NW Iran: Zircon U–Pb geochronology and geochemistry of ophiolitic metagabbros from the Chaldoran area. Geological Journal. 56(3). 1638–1657. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongrui, Zengqian Hou, Tiannan Yang, et al.. (2019). Multiphase porphyry intrusions in the Sungun copper deposit, NW Iran: Evidence from SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating. China Geology. 2(2). 241–243. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhigao, et al.. (2017). Metallogenic age and hydrothermal evolution of the Jidetun Mo deposit in central Jilin Province, northeast China: Evidence from fluid inclusions, isotope systematics, and geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews. 89. 731–751. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongrui, Tiannan Yang, Zengqian Hou, et al.. (2017). Structural controls on carbonate-hosted Pb–Zn mineralization in the Dongmozhazhua deposit, central Tibet. Ore Geology Reviews. 90. 863–876. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongrui, et al.. (2016). Devonian Nb-enriched basalts and andesites of north-central Tibet: Evidence for the early subduction of the Paleo-Tethyan oceanic crust beneath the North Qiangtang Block. Tectonophysics. 682. 96–107. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Jinyi, Jin Zhang, Xixi Zhao, et al.. (2016). Mantle Subduction and Uplift of Intracontinental Mountains: A Case Study from the Chinese Tianshan Mountains within Eurasia. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28831–28831. 43 indexed citations

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Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2014). Early Permian mantle–crust interaction in the south-central Altaids: High-temperature metamorphism, crustal partial melting, and mantle-derived magmatism. Gondwana Research. 28(1). 371–390. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2013). Paleogene sedimentation, volcanism, and deformation in eastern Tibet: Evidence from structures, geochemistry, and zircon U–Pb dating in the Jianchuan Basin, SW China. Gondwana Research. 26(2). 521–535. 44 indexed citations

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Liu, Yingchao, Zengqian Hou, Zhusen Yang, et al.. (2011). Formation of the Dongmozhazhua Pb–Zn Deposit in the Thrust‐Fold Setting of the Tibetan Plateau, China: Evidence from Fluid Inclusion and Stable Isotope Data. Resource Geology. 61(4). 384–406. 30 indexed citations

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Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2010). Fold patterns indicating Triassic constrictional deformation on the Liaodong peninsula, eastern China, and tectonic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 40(1). 72–83. 36 indexed citations

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Ge, Liu, et al.. (2009). Geochemical characteristics of cold seep carbonates as records of gas venting in Shenhu area, northern South China Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73(13). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Tiannan, et al.. (2008). Late Early Permian (266 Ma) N–S compressional deformation of the Turfan basin, NW China: the cause of the change in basin pattern. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 98(6). 1311–1324. 25 indexed citations

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