Xiaohua Shao

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaohua Shao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohua Shao has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xiaohua Shao's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Xiaohua Shao is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (5 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Xiaohua Shao collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Xiaohua Shao's co-authors include Yongjin Wang, Xinggong Kong, R. Lawrence Edwards, Hai Cheng, Xiuyang Jiang, Xianfeng Wang, Shitao Chen, Zhisheng An, Jiangying Wu and Zhigao Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohua Shao

12 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years

2008 1.6k citations Yongjin Wang, Hai Cheng et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Xiaohua Shao

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EP

ECOLO

ANTHR

PALEO

Roland Zech Germany

Yongbo Wang China

Carrie Morrill United States

Zhou Weijian China

Syee Weldeab Germany

Chaoyong Hu China

Michael Wille Germany

Abdulkarim Al-Subbary Yemen

Donald C. Barber United States

Charles G. Oviatt United States

Roland Zech Germany

Xiaohua Shao

2.1k ×1.2

AS

598 ×0.9

EP

431 ×0.8

ECOLO

660 ×1.5

ANTHR

453 ×1.4

PALEO

Citations per year, relative to Xiaohua Shao Xiaohua Shao (= 1×) peers Roland Zech

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaohua Shao

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaohua Shao

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaohua Shao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaohua Shao. The network helps show where Xiaohua Shao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaohua Shao

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Shao, Xiaohua, et al.. (2026). High-resolution stalagmite records from Southwest China reveal a North Atlantic link to the 8.2 ka event. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 686. 113565–113565.

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Shu, Heping, et al.. (2025). Relationship between continuous or discontinuous of controlling factors and landslide susceptibility in the high-cold mountainous areas, China. Ecological Indicators. 172. 113313–113313.

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Pu, Yang, Jianbao Liu, Ke Zhang, et al.. (2024). Relationship between environmental evolution and human activities in the northeastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau throughout the past millennium and its implications for the onset of the Anthropocene. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(11). 3536–3549. 5 indexed citations

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Pu, Yang, Min Zhan, Xiaohua Shao, et al.. (2023). Changes in lake area and water level in response to hydroclimate variations in the source area of the Yellow River: a case study from Lake Ngoring. Frontiers of Earth Science. 17(4). 920–932.

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Zhao, Kan, Yongjin Wang, Yijia Liang, et al.. (2022). Decadal modulation of East Asian summer monsoon variations by external forcing and internal variability. Quaternary Science Reviews. 293. 107720–107720. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kan, Yongjin Wang, Xinggong Kong, et al.. (2021). Modulation of centennial-scale hydroclimate variations in the middle Yangtze River Valley by the East Asian-Pacific pattern and ENSO over the past two millennia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 576. 117220–117220. 19 indexed citations

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Shao, Xiaohua, Tao Wang, Yongjin Wang, et al.. (2020). ENSO-Like Pacing of the Asian Summer Monsoon during the Early Holocene. Journal of Meteorological Research. 34(2). 325–335. 2 indexed citations

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Pu, Yang, et al.. (2018). Unusual hydrocarbon waxes detected in Salix oritrepha leaf from Nianbaoyeze Mountains, eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Mountain Science. 15(11). 2445–2452. 3 indexed citations

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Shao, Xiaohua, et al.. (2016). Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Using Thin Cylindrical Shell. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics. 17(8). 1750085–1750085. 7 indexed citations

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Pu, Yang, Philip A. Meyers, Hucai Zhang, et al.. (2013). Paleoclimate changes of the last 1000 yr on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau recorded by elemental, isotopic, and molecular organic matter proxies in sediment from glacial Lake Ximencuo. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 379-380. 39–53. 52 indexed citations

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Wang, Yongjin, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards, et al.. (2008). Millennial- and orbital-scale changes in the East Asian monsoon over the past 224,000 years. Nature. 451(7182). 1090–1093. 1597 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Renying, Hao Yang, Zhigao Zhou, et al.. (2007). Fractionation of Heavy Metals in Sediments from Dianchi Lake, China. Pedosphere. 17(2). 265–272. 56 indexed citations

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Wu, Jiangying, Xiaohua Shao, Xinggong Kong, & Yongjin Wang. (2006). Imprint of solar activity on Nanjing stalagmite annual layer thickness sequence during the Last Glacial Maximum. Chinese Science Bulletin. 51(4). 441–447. 14 indexed citations

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Shao, Xiaohua, Yongjin Wang, Hai Cheng, et al.. (2006). Long-term trend and abrupt events of the Holocene Asian monsoon inferred from a stalagmite δ10O record from Shennongjia in Central China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 51(2). 221–228. 141 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiuyang, et al.. (2005). Abrupt climate change of East Asian Monsoon at 130 kaBP inferred from a high resolution stalagmite δ18O record. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(23). 2765–2769. 2 indexed citations

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