Xiangdong Wang

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
129 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Xiangdong Wang is a scholar working on Paleontology, Geology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangdong Wang has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Paleontology, 47 papers in Geology and 38 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Xiangdong Wang's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (97 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (43 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (38 papers). Xiangdong Wang is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (97 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (43 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (38 papers). Xiangdong Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xiangdong Wang's co-authors include Shu‐zhong Shen, Yuping Qi, Yue Wang, Tetsuo Sugiyama, Le Yao, Katsumi Ueno, Changqun Cao, Wenkun Qie, Charles M. Henderson and Yichun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiangdong Wang

119 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

A high-resolution summary of Cambrian to Early Triassic marine invertebrate biodiversity

2020 376 citations Shu‐zhong Shen, Douglas H. Erwin et al. profile →
Permian integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China

2018 187 citations Shu‐zhong Shen, Yichun Zhang et al. Science China Earth Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangdong Wang China	34	2.5k	1.1k	1.1k	666	665	129	3.3k
Nereo Preto Italy	31	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	516 0.8×	656 1.0×	115	3.4k
David B. Kemp China	30	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	907 0.9×	353 0.5×	671 1.0×	141	3.1k
David K. Loydell United Kingdom	29	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	986 0.9×	447 0.7×	609 0.9×	115	3.2k
Daniel J. Lehrmann United States	33	3.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	872 1.3×	1.2k 1.9×	84	4.3k
Michael J. Melchin Canada	31	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	724 0.7×	439 0.7×	734 1.1×	97	3.3k
Rossana Martini Switzerland	28	2.0k 0.8×	804 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	634 1.0×	308 0.5×	160	2.6k
Renbin Zhan China	34	3.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	873 0.8×	774 1.2×	928 1.4×	177	3.7k
Stefan Schröder United Kingdom	23	1.8k 0.7×	622 0.6×	937 0.9×	249 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	79	2.5k
Dong‐xun Yuan China	30	2.5k 1.0×	2.4k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	541 0.8×	911 1.4×	83	4.5k
Christopher R. Barnes Canada	29	2.2k 0.9×	873 0.8×	959 0.9×	379 0.6×	465 0.7×	95	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiangdong Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangdong Wang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Keyi, et al.. (2025). Temporal and spatial evolution of Mississippian conodonts: A case study. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 661. 112701–112701.

Chen, Jitao, et al.. (2025). Middle to Late Mississippian and Early Pennsylvanian foraminifers from the Dianzishang section, South China: Constraints on the Visean-Serpukhovian boundary and implications for biostratigraphic correlation across the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 287. 106601–106601.

Zheng, Quan-feng, Yue Wang, Xing Huang, et al.. (2025). Artinskian great deglaciation: Glacioeustasy evidence from South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 679. 113310–113310. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Shu‐zhong, Lin Ding, Maoyan Zhu, Xiangdong Wang, & Tao Deng. (2024). Preface to integrative stratigraphy, biotas, and paleogeographical evolution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding areas. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(4). 895–898. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Le, et al.. (2024). Upper Visean (Mississippian) coral biostromes during onset of the late Palaeozoic Ice Age: A record from the equatorial eastern Palaeotethys. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 642. 112148–112148.

Lyu, Zhengyi, et al.. (2023). Upper Triassic (middle Norian) conodont biostratigraphy succession from Qamdo, eastern Tibet. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 634. 111915–111915. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Le, Wei Lin, Markus Aretz, David J. Bottjer, & Xiangdong Wang. (2023). Colonial coral resilience by decreasing size: reaction to increased detrital influx during onset of the late Palaeozoic Ice Age. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 290(1999). 20230220–20230220. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xiangdong, et al.. (2023). Zonation and biofacies of the Early Mississippian conodonts from Baoshan, Yunnan, Southwest China. Palaeoworld. 33(3). 636–649. 3 indexed citations

Tang, Yong, Xiatian Wang, Xiatian Wang, et al.. (2022). A synthesis of Carboniferous stratigraphy in Xinjiang, Northwest China with emphasis on regional and global correlations. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 241. 105476–105476. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoming, et al.. (2022). Permian rugose coral Thomasiphyllum as a paleogeographical indicator of the Gondwana-derived Cimmerian Continent. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 228. 105146–105146. 3 indexed citations

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Fang, Qiang, Huaichun Wu, Shu‐zhong Shen, et al.. (2021). Trends and Rhythms in Climate Change During the Early Permian Icehouse. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(12). 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhe, et al.. (2020). Features and values of geological heritage resources in Shunping County, Hebei Province. Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering. 8(4). 349–357. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Laishi Zhao, Zhong‐Qiang Chen, et al.. (2017). Oceanic environmental changes on a shallow carbonate platform (Yangou, Jiangxi Province, South China) during the Permian-Triassic transition: Evidence from rare earth elements in conodont bioapatite. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 486. 6–16. 31 indexed citations

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Yao, Le, et al.. (2016). Gigantoproductid brachiopod storm shell beds in the Mississippian of South China: implications for their palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical significances. Geologica Belgica. 19(1-2). 57–67. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Yue, Peter M. Sadler, Shu‐zhong Shen, et al.. (2013). Quantifying the process and abruptness of the end-Permian mass extinction. Paleobiology. 40(1). 113–129. 83 indexed citations

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Lin, Wei, Xiangdong Wang, Édouard Poty, & Markus Aretz. (2012). Late Visean to Early Serpukhovian Rugose Corals from the Yashui Section, Guizhou, South China. Geologica Belgica. 15(4). 329–339. 7 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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Yugan, Jin & Xiangdong Wang. (2007). THE GLOBAL STRATOTYPE SECTION AND POINT (GSSP) FOR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE GUADALUPIAN AND LOPINGIAN SERIES (PERMIAN). Dicengxue zazhi. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangdong. (2005). ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CARBONIFEROUS GSSPs. Dicengxue zazhi. 5 indexed citations

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Shen, Shu‐zhong, et al.. (2002). The Himalayan Lopingian Series (Late Permian) in Southern Tibet, China. Acta Geological Sinica. 76(4). 454–461. 5 indexed citations

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