Weitao Wang

4.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
148 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Weitao Wang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Weitao Wang has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Geophysics, 35 papers in Atmospheric Science and 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Weitao Wang's work include earthquake and tectonic studies (96 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Weitao Wang is often cited by papers focused on earthquake and tectonic studies (96 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (74 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (48 papers). Weitao Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Weitao Wang's co-authors include Peizhen Zhang, Dewen Zheng, Wenjun Zheng, Huiping Zhang, Jianzhang Pang, Jingxing Yu, Caicai Liu, Yizhou Wang, Daoyang Yuan and Carmala N. Garzione and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weitao Wang

134 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

A seismic reference model... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 2022 2024 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. A seismic reference model for the crust and uppermost mantle beneath China from surface wave dispersion
    2016 302 citations Weitao Wang et al. profile →
  2. Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene
    2017 232 citations Weitao Wang, Wenjun Zheng et al. profile →
  3. Pulsed rise and growth of the Tibetan Plateau to its northern margin since ca. 30 Ma
    2022 104 citations Weitao Wang, Peizhen Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Slow rupture in a fluid-rich fault zone initiated the 2024 M w 7.5 Noto earthquake
    2024 36 citations Weitao Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weitao Wang China 32 3.2k 1.1k 513 510 426 148 3.8k
Isabelle Manighetti France 35 3.9k 1.2× 847 0.8× 324 0.6× 477 0.9× 354 0.8× 67 4.3k
Stéphane Dominguez France 32 3.3k 1.0× 969 0.9× 396 0.8× 304 0.6× 582 1.4× 81 3.8k
Haibing Li China 38 3.8k 1.2× 812 0.7× 370 0.7× 626 1.2× 282 0.7× 180 4.4k
Matthias Bernet France 34 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 254 0.5× 503 1.0× 513 1.2× 118 3.6k
Daoyang Yuan China 20 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 315 0.6× 240 0.5× 326 0.8× 51 2.7k
Xu Zhiqin China 21 5.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 588 1.1× 833 1.6× 374 0.9× 56 5.8k
A. Alexander G. Webb United States 27 3.2k 1.0× 507 0.5× 245 0.5× 657 1.3× 271 0.6× 60 3.7k
Anne Replumaz France 28 3.2k 1.0× 561 0.5× 939 1.8× 260 0.5× 381 0.9× 58 3.7k
G. Wittlinger France 27 5.5k 1.7× 936 0.8× 529 1.0× 467 0.9× 298 0.7× 38 6.2k
Nadine McQuarrie United States 41 6.0k 1.9× 1.0k 0.9× 386 0.8× 1.2k 2.3× 465 1.1× 87 6.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weitao Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weitao Wang

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All Works

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Wang, Weitao, Yiran Wang, Youli Li, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the tectonic and climatic influences on River Erosion: A late Quaternary case from the Dongda River, northeast tibet. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 275. 106297–106297. 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Fanchang, Zhigang Li, Weitao Wang, et al.. (2024). The discovery of an active fault in the Qiongdongnan Basin of the northern South China Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 163. 106777–106777. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Weitao, Fengzhen Liu, Pei Wang, et al.. (2024). TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVALUATION OF ECOLOGICAL SECURITY IN THE DRY AND HOT VALLEY AREA OF THE JINSHA RIVER IN YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA, FROM 2000 TO 2020. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 22(2). 1355–1368. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Linlin, Weitao Wang, Kan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Analysis of recent atypical tsunami source events worldwide and their implications for tsunami research in the South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version).
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Xiong, Jianguo, Peizhen Zhang, Chenglong Deng, et al.. (2024). Neogene–Quaternary Channel Evolution and Provenance Shift of the Middle Yellow River. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 129(10). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhigang, Weitao Wang, Yang Xue, et al.. (2024). Growth of the northeastern Tibetan plateau since the Middle Miocene as revealed by syn-tectonic growth strata. Journal of Structural Geology. 185. 105176–105176. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhigang, et al.. (2024). The latest activity of the slope fault zone (Pearl River Mouth) in northern South China Sea and implications for earthquake hazard assessments. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 166. 106937–106937. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Ying, Zhiqi Zhang, Huajian Yao, et al.. (2023). The high-resolution community velocity model V2.0 of southwest China, constructed by joint body and surface wave tomography of data recorded at temporary dense arrays. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(10). 2368–2385. 45 indexed citations
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Yu, Jingxing, Dewen Zheng, Weitao Wang, et al.. (2023). Cenozoic tectonic development in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from thermochronological and sedimentological records. Global and Planetary Change. 224. 104098–104098. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Xue, Zhigang Li, Weitao Wang, et al.. (2023). Quaternary Crustal Shortening of the Houyanshan Structure in the Eastern Chinese Tian Shan: Constrained from Geological and Geomorphological Analyses. Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1603–1603. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Zhigang, Chuang Sun, Weitao Wang, et al.. (2023). Quantifying and modeling curved thrust fault-propagation folds at different scales. Journal of Structural Geology. 172. 104888–104888. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Hao, Ke Zhang, Xiaoyang Li, et al.. (2022). How headward erosion breaches upstream paleolakes: Insights from dated longitudinal fluvial terrace correlations within the Sanmen Gorge, Yellow River. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhiliang, et al.. (2018). Neogene Paleomagnetic Study of the Western Baicheng Depression: Implications for the Intensified Deformation of Tian Shan Since the Latest Miocene. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 123(12). 27 indexed citations
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Wang, Yating, et al.. (2018). Seismic Remote Sensing of Super Typhoon Lupit (2009) with Seismological Array Observation in NE China. Remote Sensing. 10(2). 235–235. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Weitao, Peizhen Zhang, Wenjun Zheng, et al.. (2016). Uplift-driven sediment redness decrease at ~16.5 Ma in the Yumen Basin along the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29568–29568. 13 indexed citations
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Ding, Yong, et al.. (2010). Speeding Scalar Multiplication of Elliptic Curve Over GF(2 mn ). International journal of network security. 11. 70–77. 4 indexed citations

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