Wei Lin

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Lin is a scholar working on Geophysics, Geology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Lin has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Geology and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Wei Lin's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (101 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (84 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Wei Lin is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (101 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (84 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Wei Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Vietnam. Wei Lin's co-authors include Michel Faure, Qingchen Wang, Yang Chu, Pierre Trap, Patrick Monié, Claude Lepvrier, Wenbin Ji, Nicole Le Breton, Olivier Bruguier and Urs Schärer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wei Lin

107 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

The South China block-Ind... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 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 South China block-Indochina collision: Where, when, and how?
    2013 329 citations Michel Faure, Claude Lepvrier et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wei Lin 5.2k 1.6k 927 423 243 108 5.4k
Dan‐Ping Yan 4.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 556 0.6× 723 1.7× 318 1.3× 73 4.6k
Shengyao Yu 4.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 543 0.6× 397 0.9× 237 1.0× 123 4.3k
Touping Peng 4.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 564 0.6× 656 1.6× 303 1.2× 72 4.5k
D. V. Alexeiev 5.4k 1.1× 3.4k 2.2× 428 0.5× 547 1.3× 320 1.3× 50 5.6k
Jianping Zheng 7.2k 1.4× 2.2k 1.4× 340 0.4× 817 1.9× 313 1.3× 193 7.6k
Liangshu Shu 3.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 497 0.5× 332 0.8× 139 0.6× 27 3.2k
Chuan‐Zhou Liu 5.8k 1.1× 1.7k 1.1× 323 0.3× 469 1.1× 207 0.9× 119 6.1k
Jian‐Bo Zhou 5.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.7× 504 0.5× 548 1.3× 246 1.0× 110 5.3k
Gombosuren Badarch 6.4k 1.2× 4.0k 2.5× 764 0.8× 654 1.5× 399 1.6× 31 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Lin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Lin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Wei, Yin Wang, Fei Liu, et al.. (2025). Indochina orogenic belt and related geodynamics. Science China Earth Sciences. 68(6). 1691–1715. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, Fei Liu, Yin Wang, et al.. (2024). Temporal and spatial heterogeneity of the Ailaoshan–Song Ma–Song Chay ophiolitic mélange, and its significance on the evolution of Paleo-Tethys. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 356(S2). 115–136. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Wei, Wei Lin, Yan Chen, et al.. (2023). Tectonic Controls on Magmatic Tempo in an Active Continental Margin: Insights From the Early Cretaceous Syn‐Tectonic Magmatism in the Changle‐Nan’ao Belt, South China. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 128(2). 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Fei, Wei Lin, Yin Wang, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneity of the Ailaoshan–Song Ma ophiolitic mélange and its palaeogeographic implications for the evolution of Eastern Palaeo-Tethys. Tectonophysics. 858. 229848–229848. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Wen, Wei Lin, Pingcuo Zhaxi, et al.. (2023). First record of the late Famennian conodonts in Qamdo, Tibet and their biostratigraphic implications. Palaeoworld. 33(3). 624–635. 1 indexed citations
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Chu, Yang, et al.. (2023). Lithospheric reworking and thinning by cyclical continental extension: a synthesis of Cretaceous extensional domes in the South China Block. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 356(S2). 137–162. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Quanlin, Qing Liu, Wei Lin, et al.. (2019). Mesozoic tectonic regime and evolution of eastern China: A mini-review based on the recent development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 159–165. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Xia, Ben‐Xun Su, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2019). Initial subduction of Neo-Tethyan ocean: Geochemical records in chromite and mineral inclusions in the Pozantı-Karsantı ophiolite, southern Turkey. Ore Geology Reviews. 110. 102926–102926. 32 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Ben‐Xun Su, Yan Xiao, et al.. (2018). Intermediate chromitite in Kızıldağ ophiolite (SE Turkey) formed during subduction initiation in Neo-Tethys. Ore Geology Reviews. 104. 88–100. 49 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, Wei‐Qiang Ji, Michel Faure, et al.. (2015). Early Cretaceous extensional reworking of the Triassic HP-UHP metamorphic orogen in Eastern China. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015.
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Faure, Michel, Wei Lin, Yang Chu, & Claude Lepvrier. (2015). Triassic tectonics of the southern margin of the South China Block. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 348(1). 5–14. 143 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, et al.. (2013). Geochronological constraint of Early Mesozoic tectonic event at Northeast Vietnam. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 29(5). 1825–1840. 15 indexed citations
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Qi, Yuping, Keyi Hu, Qiulai Wang, & Wei Lin. (2013). Carboniferous conodont biostratigraphy of the Dianzishang section, Zhenning, Guizhou, South China. Geological Magazine. 151(2). 311–327. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangdong, Wei Lin, Shu‐zhong Shen, et al.. (2012). Early Permian rugose coral Cyathaxonia faunas from the Sibumasu Terrane (Southeast Asia) and the southern Sydney Basin (Southeast Australia): Paleontology and paleobiogeography. Gondwana Research. 24(1). 185–191. 22 indexed citations
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Chu, Yang, Wei Lin, Michel Faure, Qingchen Wang, & Wenbin Ji. (2012). Phanerozoic tectonothermal events of the Xuefengshan Belt, central South China: Implications from UPb age and LuHf determinations of granites. Lithos. 150. 243–255. 155 indexed citations
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Lin, Wei, Qingchen Wang, Jun Wang, et al.. (2011). Late Mesozoic extensional tectonics of the Liaodong Peninsula massif: Response of crust to continental lithosphere destruction of the North China Craton. Science China Earth Sciences. 54(6). 843–857. 45 indexed citations
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Trap, Pierre, Michel Faure, Wei Lin, Nicole Le Breton, & Patrick Monié. (2011). Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen: Toward a comprehensive model. Precambrian Research. 222-223. 191–211. 211 indexed citations
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Faure, Michel, Wei Lin, Patrick Monié, & Sebastién Meffre. (2007). Palaeozoic collision between the North and South China blocks, Triassic intracontinental tectonics, and the problem of the ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism. Comptes Rendus Géoscience. 340(2-3). 139–150. 95 indexed citations
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