Xiaomeng Sun

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaomeng Sun is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaomeng Sun has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Geophysics, 9 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 9 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Xiaomeng Sun's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (8 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (8 papers). Xiaomeng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (12 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (8 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (8 papers). Xiaomeng Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Xiaomeng Sun's co-authors include Ping Jian, Dunyi Liu, Alfred Kröner, Qi Zhang, Yizhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Pujun Wang, Xuqing Zhang and Han Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Lithos, Gondwana Research and Marine and Petroleum Geology.

In The Last Decade

Xiaomeng Sun

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Devonian to Permian plate tectonic cycle of the Paleo-Tet... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Devonian to Permian plate tectonic cycle of the Paleo-Tethys Orogen in southwest China (II): Insights from zircon ages of ophiolites, arc/back-arc assemblages and within-plate igneous rocks and generation of the Emeishan CFB province
    2009 364 citations Ping Jian, Dunyi Liu et al. Lithos profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaomeng Sun China 14 1.0k 448 299 172 170 21 1.2k
Xinquan Liang China 20 1.2k 1.2× 460 1.0× 368 1.2× 182 1.1× 136 0.8× 48 1.4k
Di Li China 20 799 0.8× 428 1.0× 226 0.8× 179 1.0× 327 1.9× 54 1.1k
Xiaoqing Zhu China 12 623 0.6× 266 0.6× 134 0.4× 118 0.7× 148 0.9× 21 810
M. J. Jackson Australia 12 617 0.6× 290 0.6× 275 0.9× 90 0.5× 115 0.7× 14 756
Maurice Colpron Canada 16 982 1.0× 500 1.1× 228 0.8× 74 0.4× 119 0.7× 35 1.1k
Rukui Lu China 9 616 0.6× 283 0.6× 150 0.5× 105 0.6× 109 0.6× 25 743
G. R. Watt United Kingdom 17 1.1k 1.1× 459 1.0× 106 0.4× 126 0.7× 128 0.8× 21 1.2k
Alexander Kisters South Africa 22 1.5k 1.5× 920 2.1× 183 0.6× 178 1.0× 74 0.4× 69 1.6k
Stefan Bernstein Denmark 19 1.7k 1.6× 404 0.9× 318 1.1× 83 0.5× 134 0.8× 39 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaomeng Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaomeng Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaomeng Sun

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All Works

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Wang, Pujun, et al.. (2021). Tectonic Evolution and Key Geological Issues of the Proto‐South China Sea. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 95(1). 77–90. 13 indexed citations
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Mao, Anqi, Han Zheng, & Xiaomeng Sun. (2020). Microstructure Investigation of Oil-Bearing Rhyolites: A Case Study from the Hailar Basin, NE China. Minerals. 10(8). 699–699. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Han, et al.. (2019). Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Proto-South China Sea: A perspective from radiolarian paleobiogeography. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 179. 37–55. 23 indexed citations
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Zheng, Han, et al.. (2018). Devitrification pores and their contribution to volcanic reservoirs: A case study in the Hailar Basin, NE China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 98. 718–732. 17 indexed citations
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Zheng, Han, et al.. (2018). Characteristics and factors controlling reservoir space in the Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the Hailar Basin, NE China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 91. 749–763. 32 indexed citations
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Zheng, Han, et al.. (2018). Structure and tectonic evolution of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Wandashan accretionary complex, NE China. International Geology Review. 61(1). 17–38. 14 indexed citations
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Zheng, Han, Xiaomeng Sun, Defeng Zhu, et al.. (2015). The structural characteristics, age of origin, and tectonic attribute of the Erguna Fault, NE China. Science China Earth Sciences. 58(9). 1553–1565. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2014). Texture and tectonic attribute of Cenozoic basin basement in the northern South China Sea. Science China Earth Sciences. 57(6). 1199–1211. 65 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2013). Reservoir space types and the factors influencing the characteristics of spherulite in rhyolite. Science China Earth Sciences. 56(5). 748–755. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2013). Cenozoic volcanic rocks in the Pearl River Mouth and Southeast Hainan Basins of South China Sea and their implications for petroleum geology. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 40(6). 704–713. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Shuang‐Qing, et al.. (2012). Late Mesozoic tectonic evolution of the Songliao basin, NE China: Evidence from detrital zircon ages and Sr–Nd isotopes. Gondwana Research. 22(3-4). 943–955. 107 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2010). ~(40)Ar/~(39)Ar dating on the Late Devonian volcanic rocks from Kuruktag and its implications for regional geology,Xinjiang. 26(1). 302–308. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2007). Distribution, migration and derivation of Mesozoic-Cenozoic regional fault systems in the central continental margin of eastern China. Frontiers of Earth Science in China. 1(1). 12–20. 1 indexed citations
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Jian, Ping, Dunyi Liu, & Xiaomeng Sun. (2007). SHRIMP dating of the Permo-Carboniferous Jinshajiang ophiolite, southwestern China: Geochronological constraints for the evolution of Paleo-Tethys. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 32(5-6). 371–384. 114 indexed citations
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Wang, Pujun, et al.. (2007). The Cretaceous Songliao Basin: Volcanogenic Succession, Sedimentary Sequence and Tectonic Evolution, NE China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 81(6). 1002–1011. 87 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2005). Study on Tanlu Fault Zone and Adjacent Area by Gravity and Magnetic Field. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2005). Space-time Distribution Features,Migration Regularities and Genetic Types of Regional Fault System of Meso-Cenozoic in the Central Section of Epicontinent of the East China. 2 indexed citations

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