Weilin Zhang

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
142 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Weilin Zhang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weilin Zhang has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Atmospheric Science, 52 papers in Geophysics and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Weilin Zhang's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (71 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (50 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (36 papers). Weilin Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (71 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (50 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (36 papers). Weilin Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and France. Weilin Zhang's co-authors include Xiaomin Fang, Chunhui Song, Maodu Yan, Jinbo Zan, Yibo Yang, Qingquan Meng, Shuang Dai, Erwin Appel, Yunfa Miao and Tao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weilin Zhang

132 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

High-resolution magnetostratigraphy of the Neogene Huaitoutala section in the eastern Qaidam Basin on the NE Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Province, China and its implication on tectonic uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau

2007 473 citations Xiaomin Fang, Weilin Zhang et al. profile →
Revised chronology of central Tibet uplift (Lunpola Basin)

2020 154 citations Xiaomin Fang, Chunhui Song et al. profile →
A new biologic paleoaltimetry indicating Late Miocene rapid uplift of northern Tibet Plateau

2022 112 citations Yunfa Miao, Xiaomin Fang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weilin Zhang China	36	2.1k	1.7k	1.1k	1.0k	708	142	4.7k
Yuandong Zhang China	36	1.4k 0.7×	908 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	285 0.3×	208 0.3×	231	4.5k
Samuel M. Savin United States	37	3.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	148 0.1×	589 0.8×	76	6.0k
Kozo Takahashi Japan	39	2.4k 1.1×	374 0.2×	465 0.4×	998 1.0×	162 0.2×	209	6.1k
Brian Kendall United States	37	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	3.7k 3.4×	342 0.3×	91 0.1×	101	6.0k
Zhenyu Yang China	49	1.6k 0.7×	5.8k 3.3×	1.3k 1.2×	2.1k 2.1×	590 0.8×	183	7.4k
Chris Harris South Africa	38	496 0.2×	3.3k 1.9×	341 0.3×	681 0.7×	118 0.2×	168	4.7k
William C. McIntosh United States	40	2.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.9×	873 0.8×	459 0.4×	643 0.9×	214	5.4k
Qingchen Wang China	47	576 0.3×	5.2k 3.0×	883 0.8×	351 0.3×	219 0.3×	181	7.0k
Pei‐Ling Wang Taiwan	31	599 0.3×	1.9k 1.1×	744 0.7×	500 0.5×	161 0.2×	175	5.4k

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Zhou, Yufan, Wei Liu, Cindy Ke Zhou, et al.. (2025). Machine learning‑based signature for prognosis and drug sensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma using glycolysis‑related gene. Oncology Letters. 31(1). 1–13.

Kang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Amplified dust cycle in Central Asia linked to desert expansion and environmental transformations since 1980. CATENA. 260. 109421–109421. 2 indexed citations

Ye, Chengcheng, et al.. (2025). Uplift-enhanced Neogene silicate weathering intensity over the northern East Asian summer monsoon region. Global and Planetary Change. 252. 104899–104899. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Lijie, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic removal of U( vi ) from wastewater using g-C ₃ N ₄ @C-PAN nanofiber membranes. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(5). 1836–1844.

Kang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Luminescence dating of three loess-paleosol sequences in the western Pamir Plateau and their paleoclimatic implications during the Late Pleistocene. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 680. 113317–113317. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Weilin, Tao Zhang, Xiaoqing Chen, et al.. (2024). 1414P Iparomlimab and tuvonralimab (QL1706) with definitive chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: An open-label phase II study. Annals of Oncology. 35. S883–S883. 1 indexed citations

Zan, Jinbo, Julien Louys, Robin Dennell, et al.. (2024). Mid-Pleistocene aridity and landscape shifts promoted Palearctic hominin dispersals. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10279–10279. 7 indexed citations

Zan, Jinbo, et al.. (2024). Middle Pleistocene weakening of the Indian summer monsoon driven by global cooling. Global and Planetary Change. 241. 104550–104550.

Zhang, Weilin, Xiaomin Fang, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Magnetostratigraphy of the Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene sediments from the Tulsipur section, western Nepal: Tectonic implications for the Indian northern passive margin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 647. 112207–112207.

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Zhang, Weilin, Mengzhen Du, Peiqing Cong, et al.. (2024). Surface Regulation via Carboxylate Polymer for Efficient and Stable CsPbI ₂ Br Perovskite Solar Cells. Small. 20(51). e2407826–e2407826. 6 indexed citations

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Zan, Jinbo, Friedrich Heller, Thomas Stevens, et al.. (2024). Mineralogical and magnetic variations of periglacial loess in SE Tibet reveal mid-Pleistocene expansion of Tibetan glacial activity. Quaternary Science Reviews. 330. 108592–108592. 4 indexed citations

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Fang, Xiaomin, Yibo Yang, Chengcheng Ye, et al.. (2023). Identification and origin of the Late Oligocene to Miocene pyroclastic rocks in the Lunpola Basin and link with deep geodynamics in the Lhasa terrane, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 247. 105575–105575. 1 indexed citations

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Khan, Ahsan Ali, et al.. (2023). Global warming drove the Mid-Miocene climate humidification in the northern Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change. 226. 104135–104135. 8 indexed citations

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Feng, Zhantao, Weilin Zhang, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Early‐Middle Eocene Hydroclimate Variations Recorded by Environmental Magnetism in the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(11). 5 indexed citations

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Fang, Xiaomin, Maodu Yan, Weilin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Paleogeography control of Indian monsoon intensification and expansion at 41 Ma. Science Bulletin. 66(22). 2320–2328. 62 indexed citations

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Fang, Xiaomin, Jinbo Zan, Weilin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Cenozoic magnetostratigraphy of the Xining Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, and its constraints on paleontological, sedimentological and tectonomorphological evolution. Earth-Science Reviews. 190. 460–485. 115 indexed citations

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Bai, Yan, et al.. (2019). A Late Miocene Terrestrial Temperature History for the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau's Period of Tectonic Expansion. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(14). 8375–8386. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanbo, Junxia Li, Yuhong Wang, et al.. (2019). Application of pulse index continuous cardiac output system in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock: A prospective randomized study. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 7(11). 1291–1301. 9 indexed citations

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Zan, Jinbo, et al.. (2018). Late Eocene rock magnetic characteristics of the Qujing basin, Yunnan and its Significance. Progress in geophysics. 33(1). 133–141. 1 indexed citations

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Ye, Chengcheng, Yibo Yang, Xiaomin Fang, et al.. (2018). Chlorite chemical composition change in response to the Eocene-Oligocene climate transition on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 512. 23–32. 31 indexed citations

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