Wendong Liang

956 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Wendong Liang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendong Liang has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Wendong Liang's work include Geological formations and processes (9 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Wendong Liang is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (9 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (8 papers). Wendong Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, Italy and United Kingdom. Wendong Liang's co-authors include Yoshio Inouchi, Qinghai Xu, Xiaolan Yang, Jule Xiao, Toshio Nakamura, Baolin Liu, Jule Xiao, Toshio Nakamura, Jintao Wu and Eduardo Garzanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wendong Liang

17 papers receiving 746 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Holocene vegetation variation in the Daihai Lake region of north-central China: a direct indication of the Asian monsoon climatic history
    2004 459 citations Jule Xiao, Qinghai Xu et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wendong Liang China 9 620 255 196 186 169 20 774
Yanbin Lü China 13 624 1.0× 269 1.1× 134 0.7× 218 1.2× 112 0.7× 26 758
Feng Xian China 11 723 1.2× 272 1.1× 148 0.8× 192 1.0× 168 1.0× 46 795
Phillip Toms United Kingdom 18 781 1.3× 340 1.3× 242 1.2× 260 1.4× 238 1.4× 57 1.0k
B. F. Hardt United States 13 649 1.0× 253 1.0× 168 0.9× 223 1.2× 191 1.1× 16 770
Lupeng Yu China 20 951 1.5× 585 2.3× 224 1.1× 141 0.8× 205 1.2× 58 1.2k
Lawrence R. Edwards United States 14 748 1.2× 298 1.2× 241 1.2× 176 0.9× 172 1.0× 27 882
Petra Bajo Australia 18 687 1.1× 349 1.4× 195 1.0× 110 0.6× 183 1.1× 39 822
Stacy Carolin United Kingdom 11 465 0.8× 185 0.7× 102 0.5× 106 0.6× 96 0.6× 19 545
Hitoshi Fukusawa Japan 15 603 1.0× 196 0.8× 194 1.0× 178 1.0× 137 0.8× 37 730
Linda Ampel Sweden 13 696 1.1× 211 0.8× 208 1.1× 167 0.9× 175 1.0× 18 821

Countries citing papers authored by Wendong Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wendong Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendong Liang

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

All Works

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Liang, Wendong, et al.. (2025). Contrasting provenance budgets for suspended load and bedload of the Yarlung Tsangpo, Tibet: Lhasa block or Himalaya?. Geology. 53(4). 333–337. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiumian, Eduardo Garzanti, Marcelle K. BouDagher‐Fadel, et al.. (2024). The “underfilled trinity model” of foreland basins revisited: reality or myth?. Journal of Palaeogeography. 13(4). 675–705.
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Liang, Wendong, et al.. (2023). Fluvial‐Aeolian Interaction and Compositional Variability in the River‐Fed Yarlung Tsangpo Dune System (Southern Tibet). Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(5). 7 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiumian, Eduardo Garzanti, Wendong Liang, et al.. (2023). The extraordinary Namche Barwa sediment factory in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. Basin Research. 35(6). 2193–2216. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Wendong, Xiumian Hu, Eduardo Garzanti, Huaguo Wen, & Mingcai Hou. (2023). Petrographic composition and heavy minerals in modern river sand: A global database. Geoscience Data Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Weiwei, Xiumian Hu, Anlin Ma, et al.. (2023). Oligocene Orogen‐Parallel Extension in Southern Tibet During Indian Continental Subduction. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(20). 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Wendong, Eduardo Garzanti, Xiumian Hu, et al.. (2021). Tracing erosion patterns in South Tibet: Balancing sediment supply to the Yarlung Tsangpo from the Himalaya versus Lhasa Block. Basin Research. 34(1). 411–439. 17 indexed citations
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Garzanti, Eduardo, Wendong Liang, Sergio Andò, et al.. (2020). Provenance of Thal Desert sand: Focused erosion in the western Himalayan syntaxis and foreland-basin deposition driven by latest Quaternary climate change. Earth-Science Reviews. 207. 103220–103220. 31 indexed citations
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Liang, Wendong, et al.. (2020). Multimineral fingerprinting of modern sand generated from the Tethys Himalaya (Nianchu River, Tibet). Sedimentary Geology. 399. 105604–105604. 8 indexed citations
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Liang, Wendong, Eduardo Garzanti, Sergio Andò, Paolo Gentile, & Alberto Resentini. (2019). Multimineral Fingerprinting of Transhimalayan and Himalayan Sources of Indus-Derived Thal Desert Sand (Central Pakistan). Minerals. 9(8). 457–457. 17 indexed citations
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Liang, Wendong, et al.. (2018). 山东东部早白垩世青山期穿地壳岩浆系统与热隆滑脱成盆. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences. 43(10). 3373–3373. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jule, Jintao Wu, Wendong Liang, et al.. (2006). Holocene climate changes in the monsoon/arid transition reflected by carbon concentration in Daihai Lake of Inner Mongolia. The Holocene. 16(4). 551–560. 141 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jule, Qinghai Xu, Toshio Nakamura, et al.. (2004). Holocene vegetation variation in the Daihai Lake region of north-central China: a direct indication of the Asian monsoon climatic history. Quaternary Science Reviews. 23(14-15). 1669–1679. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Xiaolan, et al.. (2000). Vegetation changes of the Taihang Mountains since the last glacial. Chinese Geographical Science. 10(3). 261–269. 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (1990). Field occurrences and petrology of eclogites from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, central China. Lithos. 25(1-3). 119–131. 40 indexed citations

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