Yalin Li

6.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
206 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Yalin Li is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yalin Li has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Geophysics, 41 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 40 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Yalin Li's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). Yalin Li is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (85 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (53 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (39 papers). Yalin Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yalin Li's co-authors include Chengshan Wang, Jingen Dai, Xixi Zhao, Stephan A. Graham, Jun Meng, Lidong Zhu, Zhifei Liu, Yushuai Wei, Robert S. Coe and Bo Ran and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yalin Li

191 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Constraints on the early uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau

2008 710 citations Chengshan Wang, Yalin Li et al. profile →
Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

2014 535 citations Chengshan Wang, Jingen Dai et al. Tectonophysics profile →
Propagation of the deformation and growth of the Tibetan–Himalayan orogen: A review

2015 252 citations Yalin Li, Chengshan Wang et al. profile →
Targeting gut microbiota and metabolism as the major probiotic mechanism - An evidence-based review

2023 183 citations Yalin Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yalin Li China	35	3.3k	892	838	791	738	206	5.3k
Mingsong Li China	28	1.0k 0.3×	268 0.3×	372 0.4×	1.8k 2.2×	627 0.8×	103	3.5k
Chunhui Song China	44	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	409 0.5×	3.1k 4.0×	882 1.2×	182	6.0k
J. S. Gee United States	34	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 2.0×	168 0.2×	1.4k 1.8×	260 0.4×	107	3.7k
Muhammad Asif Khan Pakistan	29	2.5k 0.7×	147 0.2×	545 0.7×	399 0.5×	155 0.2×	123	3.9k
Laura E. Webb United States	26	4.7k 1.4×	202 0.2×	1.3k 1.6×	408 0.5×	620 0.8×	71	5.4k
Yuandong Zhang China	36	908 0.3×	285 0.3×	184 0.2×	1.4k 1.8×	647 0.9×	231	4.5k
Rolf B. Pedersen Norway	29	1.0k 0.3×	394 0.4×	326 0.4×	275 0.3×	165 0.2×	71	2.3k
J.H. Sass United States	32	2.8k 0.8×	299 0.3×	339 0.4×	709 0.9×	318 0.4×	115	5.0k
Magnús T. Guðmundsson Iceland	41	1.5k 0.4×	308 0.3×	174 0.2×	2.3k 3.0×	106 0.1×	181	5.1k
David C. Tanner Germany	25	1.3k 0.4×	112 0.1×	202 0.2×	317 0.4×	113 0.2×	87	2.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Xusheng, et al.. (2025). Particle Size Control on Loess Geochemistry: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Implications for Provenance Tracing. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 26(3). 1 indexed citations

Li, Yalin, et al.. (2025). Formation of the Central Tibet Watershed Mountains in the Late Jurassic: Evidence From Provenance Mapping of the Source‐to‐Sink System in the Qiangtang Basin. Basin Research. 37(1).

Tan, Xiaodong, et al.. (2024). Paleolatitude of Mafic Dykes in the Xiugugabu ophiolite: Implications for the intraoceanic Trans-Tethyan subduction zone and multistage India-Eurasia collision. Tectonophysics. 889. 230466–230466. 1 indexed citations

Husinec, Antun, et al.. (2024). Depositional facies and diagenetic control on reservoir quality of the Aptian Dariyan Formation, NW Persian Gulf. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 165. 106895–106895. 8 indexed citations

Li, Xin, et al.. (2024). Evolution of the Neo-Tethys traced by Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous marine remnants in the eastern segment of the Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone, southern Tibet. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 265. 106090–106090.

Li, Shuai, et al.. (2024). Magnetostratigraphy of the Niubao Formation in the Bangong‐Nujiang Suture Zone: Constraints on the Amount of Crustal Shortening of the Tibetan Plateau Since 60 Ma. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(20). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Licheng, et al.. (2024). Discovery of the Callovian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Qiangtang Basin, eastern Tethys: Insights from in situ calcite U Pb dating. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 656. 112572–112572. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yalin, et al.. (2024). Concerning Imbalance and Bounding Box Loss to Detect Small Targets in Remote Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(17). 27631–27639. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yalin & Davide Elmo. (2024). A Critical Discussion on the Use of Discrete Fracture Network Models in Rock Engineering Practice: Why Rock Mass Characterisation Methods can Benefit from Considering Fracture Connectivity. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 58(10). 11401–11419. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenjie, et al.. (2023). An optimization model of tractor clutch pedal design parameters based on lower limb biomechanical characteristics. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 98. 103519–103519. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yalin, et al.. (2023). Differentiating mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma from atypical hepatocellular carcinoma using Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging combined with serum markers in at-risk patients with hepatitis B virus. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 13(10). 7156–7169. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhen, Ditao Niu, Daming Luo, et al.. (2023). Hybrid machine learning-based prediction model for the bond strength of corroded Cr alloy-reinforced coral aggregate concrete. Materials Today Communications. 35. 106141–106141. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Yalin, et al.. (2023). Application of Yu’s wavelet and supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry to enhance first arrivals: A case study from Kuche Mountain. Interpretation. 11(3). T503–T510.

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Zhou, Cheng, et al.. (2023). Seismic 3D full-horizon tracking based on a knowledge graph to represent the stratigraphic sequence relationship. Geophysics. 89(2). N15–N30. 2 indexed citations

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Meng, Jun, et al.. (2023). Magnetic fabric and sedimentological constraints on the paleocurrent changes within the early devonian strata from the northwestern Tarim, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 259. 105872–105872. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaojun, et al.. (2023). Using a dynamic representation of sedimentary structural features in prestack inversion: A case study in a tight sandstone in the Sichuan Basin. Geophysics. 89(1). B1–B15. 3 indexed citations

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Ibarra, Daniel, Jingen Dai, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2023). High-elevation Tibetan Plateau before India–Eurasia collision recorded by triple oxygen isotopes. Nature Geoscience. 16(9). 810–815. 30 indexed citations

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Meng, Jun, et al.. (2022). Remagnetization Age and Mechanism of Cretaceous Sediments in Relation to Dyke Intrusion, Hainan Island: Tectonic Implications for South China and the Red River Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 127(1). 10 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Yalin Li, Chengshan Wang, & Atsushi Matsuoka. (2013). Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Zhongba melange in the Yarlung-Tsangpo suture zone, southern Tibet. 28. 23–30. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Yalin. (2006). Characteristics of Mid-Upper Jurassic carbonate rocks in the Yichangma area, Qiangtang Basin, Tibet: Implications for the sedimentary environment. Zhongguo dizhi. 2 indexed citations

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