Xilin Sun

671 total citations
35 papers, 538 citations indexed

About

Xilin Sun is a scholar working on Geophysics, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Xilin Sun has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 538 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Geophysics, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 14 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Xilin Sun's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Xilin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (23 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (17 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (15 papers). Xilin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Ireland. Xilin Sun's co-authors include Zengjie Zhang, LI Chang-an, Yuntao Tian, J. Stephen Daly, Shane Tyrrell, J.R. Wijbrans, Klaudia F. Kuiper, Yi Yan, Rui Li and Pieter Vermeesch and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Earth-Science Reviews and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Xilin Sun

33 papers receiving 527 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xilin Sun China 14 352 215 159 143 71 35 538
Mai Thành Tân Vietnam 7 287 0.8× 139 0.6× 191 1.2× 130 0.9× 85 1.2× 18 492
Massimo Dall’Asta France 12 355 1.0× 147 0.7× 120 0.8× 228 1.6× 36 0.5× 22 519
Héctor de Santa Ana Uruguay 11 190 0.5× 134 0.6× 88 0.6× 213 1.5× 26 0.4× 37 422
Michel Lopez France 14 277 0.8× 117 0.5× 66 0.4× 208 1.5× 68 1.0× 31 505
Anna Świerczewska Poland 13 350 1.0× 84 0.4× 157 1.0× 135 0.9× 46 0.6× 36 508
Haralambos Kranis Greece 13 319 0.9× 207 1.0× 51 0.3× 177 1.2× 17 0.2× 34 496
James E. Conrad United States 14 314 0.9× 222 1.0× 40 0.3× 225 1.6× 45 0.6× 47 566
Chi-Yue Huang Taiwan 10 247 0.7× 256 1.2× 254 1.6× 195 1.4× 69 1.0× 11 595
William H. Craddock United States 11 187 0.5× 177 0.8× 80 0.5× 113 0.8× 29 0.4× 31 467
R. Vially France 13 500 1.4× 154 0.7× 202 1.3× 202 1.4× 21 0.3× 26 692

Countries citing papers authored by Xilin Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xilin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xilin Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Ziwei, Qing‐Zhu Yin, & Xilin Sun. (2025). Detrital zircon geochronology of river sands from the Salween River: Implications for sedimentary provenance and erosion pattern. Geomorphology. 480. 109754–109754.
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Liu, Benli, Xiao Wang, Lei Hua, et al.. (2025). Revolutionizing toxicological risk assessment: integrative advances in new approach methodologies (NAMs) and precision toxicology. Archives of Toxicology. 99(12). 4697–4707. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xianyan, Xilin Sun, Zengjie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Anthropogenic filtering of detrital zircon and rutile signals in the Yangtze River: Implications for provenance reconstruction. Global and Planetary Change. 256. 105185–105185. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xilin, LI Chang-an, David Chew, et al.. (2024). Rutile and zircon U-Pb dating as a constraint on sedimentary provenance of the Jianchuan Basin: Implications for paleo-drainage evolution. Geomorphology. 456. 109208–109208. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xilin, Wenna Ding, Klaudia F. Kuiper, et al.. (2023). New early Oligocene age for the Mouding Basin, Southwestern China: Source and paleoenvironment. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 636. 111983–111983. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, Yuntao Tian, et al.. (2023). Sedimentary recycling in Jianchuan Basin, SE Tibetan Plateau: A solution to the debate on the formation age of the First Bend (Yangtze River). Geomorphology. 440. 108888–108888. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, Yuntao Tian, et al.. (2023). Late Oligocene Formation of the Pearl River Triggered by the Opening of the South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guihong, Yuntao Tian, Rui Li, et al.. (2022). Progressive tectonic evolution from crustal shortening to mid-lower crustal expansion in the southeast Tibetan Plateau: A synthesis of structural and thermochronological insights. Earth-Science Reviews. 226. 103951–103951. 58 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, Yi Yan, et al.. (2021). No connection between the Yangtze and Red rivers since the late Eocene. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 129. 105115–105115. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, LI Chang-an, et al.. (2021). Formation of the Three Gorges (Yangtze River) no earlier than 10 Ma. Earth-Science Reviews. 216. 103601–103601. 32 indexed citations
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Sun, Xilin, et al.. (2021). Cenozoic evolution of the Yangtze River: Constraints from detrital zircon U Pb ages. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 579. 110586–110586. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, LI Chang-an, et al.. (2020). Southeastern Tibetan Plateau serves as the dominant sand contributor to the Yangtze River: Evidence from Pb isotopic compositions of detrital K‐feldspar. Terra Nova. 33(2). 195–207. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Xilin, Klaudia F. Kuiper, Yuntao Tian, et al.. (2019). Impact of hydraulic sorting and weathering on mica provenance studies: An example from the Yangtze River. Chemical Geology. 532. 119359–119359. 7 indexed citations
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Kuiper, Klaudia F., et al.. (2019). Improving the precision of single grain mica 40Ar/39Ar-dating on smaller and younger muscovite grains: Application to provenance studies. Chemical Geology. 511. 100–111. 8 indexed citations
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Tian, Yuntao, Rui Li, Pieter Vermeesch, et al.. (2018). Late Triassic tectonic inversion in the upper Yangtze Block: Insights from detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology from south‐western Sichuan Basin. Basin Research. 31(1). 92–113. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, J. Stephen Daly, LI Chang-an, et al.. (2017). Sedimentary provenance constraints on drainage evolution models for SE Tibet: Evidence from detrital K‐feldspar. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(9). 4064–4073. 37 indexed citations
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Sun, Xilin, et al.. (2017). A new detrital mica 40Ar/39Ar dating approach for provenance and exhumation of the Eastern Alps. Tectonics. 36(8). 1521–1537. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, Shane Tyrrell, LI Chang-an, et al.. (2016). Provenance of detrital K-feldspar in Jianghan Basin sheds new light on the Pliocene–Pleistocene evolution of the Yangtze River. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 128(9-10). 1339–1351. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zengjie, et al.. (2014). Pb isotope compositions of detrital K‐feldspar grains in the upper‐middle Yangtze River system: Implications for sediment provenance and drainage evolution. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 15(7). 2765–2779. 40 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jun, LI Chang-an, & Xilin Sun. (2013). The Detrital Apatite Fission-track Evidence for Tectonic Processes since Mesozoic—Cenozoic in Wujiang River Catchments. 59(3). 537–543. 2 indexed citations

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