Xunlai Yuan is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Geology.
According to data from OpenAlex, Xunlai Yuan has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Paleontology, 63 papers in Atmospheric Science and 26 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Xunlai Yuan's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (123 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers). Xunlai Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (123 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (63 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (28 papers). Xunlai Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xunlai Yuan's co-authors include Shuhai Xiao, Chuanming Zhou, Zhe Chen, Andrew H. Knoll, Hong Hua, Ke Pang, Qing Tang, Bin Wan, Alan J. Kaufman and Michael Steiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In The Last Decade
Xunlai Yuan
132 papers
receiving
7.1k citations
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Pulsed oxidation and biological evolution in the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation
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Wang, Wei, Yaoping Cai, Chengguo Guan, et al.. (2013). PRESERVATIONAL MODES AND TEMPO-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF EDIACARAN FOSSILS IN CHINA. Gushengwu xuebao. 52(1). 68–79.3 indexed citations
Yuan, Xunlai. (2009). ANIMALS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO EPOCH. Gushengwu xuebao.1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xunlai. (2006). BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF EARLY PALAEOZOIC AND PRECAMBRIAN HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS BASED ON C_(27)/C_(29) STERANE RATIO AND ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPE. Weiti gushengwu xuebao.8 indexed citations
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Leiming, Yin, Xunlai Yuan, Lizeng Bian, & Jie Hu. (2004). Late Mesoproterozoic microfossil assemblage on northern slope of eastern Qinling Mountains, China: a new window on early eukaryotes. 43(1). 1–13.3 indexed citations
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Ruiji, Cao & Xunlai Yuan. (2003). Brief history and current status of stromatolite study in Chian. 21(1). 5–14.4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xunlai, et al.. (2002). An assemblage of the neoproterozoic stromatolites from the Xuzhou-Huainan region. 41(3). 403–418.3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chuanming, Kui Yan, Jie Hu, et al.. (2001). The Neoproterozoic tillites at Lantian, Xiuning County, Anhui Province. Dicengxue zazhi.13 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xunlai, et al.. (2000). New material of metaphytes from the neoproterozoic Jinshanzhai Formation in Huaibei, North Anhui, China. 39(4). 516–520.8 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xunlai. (1999). A review of studies on a Neoproterozoic microfossil assemblage: Weng^an biota at Weng^an, Guizhou, SW China. 16(3). 281–286.1 indexed citations
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