Yanjun Cai

13.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
131 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Yanjun Cai is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanjun Cai has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Atmospheric Science, 50 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 31 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Yanjun Cai's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (30 papers). Yanjun Cai is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (94 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (31 papers) and Geological formations and processes (30 papers). Yanjun Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yanjun Cai's co-authors include Hai Cheng, Zhisheng An, R. Lawrence Edwards, Liangcheng Tan, C. A. Dykoski, Megan J. Kelly, Haiwei Zhang, Yung‐Yang Lin, Meiqi Zhang and Rodney K. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yanjun Cai

123 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

A high-resolution, absolute-dated Holocene and deglacial Asian monsoon record from Dongge Cave, China

2005 1.6k citations Hai Cheng, Yanjun Cai et al. profile →
Timing, Duration, and Transitions of the Last Interglacial Asian Monsoon

2004 1.1k citations Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards et al. profile →
Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change

2014 435 citations Zhisheng An, Youbin Sun et al. profile →
The variation of summer monsoon precipitation in central China since the last deglaciation

2010 387 citations Yanjun Cai, Hai Cheng et al. profile →
The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China

2015 277 citations Wu Liu, María Martinón‐Torres et al. profile →
Variability of stalagmite-inferred Indian monsoon precipitation over the past 252,000 y

2015 276 citations Yanjun Cai, R. Lawrence Edwards et al. profile →
Indian monsoon variability on millennial-orbital timescales

2016 263 citations Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yanjun Cai	8.0k	3.0k	2.3k	2.3k	2.3k	131	9.4k
Zhengtang Guo	10.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	300	13.8k
Achim Brauer	7.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	243	8.9k
Françoise Gasse	8.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	102	11.1k
Blas L. Valero‐Garcés	6.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	240	8.6k
Stephen Burns	9.7k 1.2×	3.7k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.5×	150	12.0k
Huayu Lu	11.1k 1.4×	5.6k 1.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	340	13.2k
Larry C. Peterson	7.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	82	8.9k
Martín Grosjean	7.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	174	9.4k
Pavel E. Tarasov	9.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	230	12.0k
Irka Hajdas	10.1k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.5×	267	13.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cai, Yanjun, et al.. (2025). Population genomics reveals population structure and local adaptation of the Helicoverpa armigera lineage in Xinjiang, China. Pest Management Science. 81(8). 4403–4415. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Yanhong, Mei He, Youfeng Ning, et al.. (2025). Dipolar hydroclimate pattern changes in southwest China during the last deglaciation. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 2 indexed citations

Cai, Yanjun, Yanhong Zheng, Haiwei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Western Pacific Subtropical High Modulates Regional Hydroclimate Changes on Multiple Timescales Over Central China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(7). 4 indexed citations

Wu, Xiujie, María Martinón‐Torres, Song Xing, et al.. (2025). The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China. Journal of Human Evolution. 206. 103727–103727. 1 indexed citations

Sharp, Warren D., et al.. (2025). Coeval Holocene Stalagmites Record Multi‐Centennial Climate Variability and Drought in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(17).

He, Mei, Yanjun Cai, Yanbin Lü, et al.. (2024). Calcite recrystallization and its impact on speleothem geochemistry. Sedimentary Geology. 470. 106725–106725. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Jing, et al.. (2024). Early-Middle Holocene climate change and its impact on the succession of Neolithic cultures in southern Hangzhou Bay. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 659. 112652–112652.

Baker, Jonathan L., Rik Tjallingii, Yanjun Cai, et al.. (2024). Western Caucasus regional hydroclimate controlled by cold-season temperature variability since the Last Glacial Maximum. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 6 indexed citations

Yao, Yuan, Lu Wang, Yongsong Huang, et al.. (2023). Pre‐Industrial (1750–1850 CE) Cold Season Warmth in Northeastern China. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 6 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiujie, Shuwen Pei, Yanjun Cai, et al.. (2023). Morphological and morphometric analyses of a late Middle Pleistocene hominin mandible from Hualongdong, China. Journal of Human Evolution. 182. 103411–103411. 6 indexed citations

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Louys, Julien, Mathieu Duval, Gilbert J. Price, et al.. (2022). Speleological and environmental history of Lida Ajer cave, western Sumatra. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1849). 20200494–20200494. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Qingmin, Xing Cheng, Yanjun Cai, et al.. (2022). Asian Summer Monsoon Changes Inferred From a Stalagmite δ18O Record in Central China During the Last Glacial Period. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 6 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanjun, Yanbin Lü, Le Ma, et al.. (2021). Speleothem‐Based Hydroclimate Reconstructions During the Penultimate Deglaciation in Northern China. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(4). 14 indexed citations

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Li, Gaojun, Yanjun Cai, Xing Cheng, et al.. (2021). Millennial‐Scale Monsoon Variability Modulated by Low‐Latitude Insolation During the Last Glaciation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(1). 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiujie, Shuwen Pei, Yanjun Cai, et al.. (2021). Morphological description and evolutionary significance of 300 ka hominin facial bones from Hualongdong, China. Journal of Human Evolution. 161. 103052–103052. 11 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuan, Jianghu Lan, Jiaju Zhao, et al.. (2020). Abrupt Freshening Since the Early Little Ice Age in Lake Sayram of Arid Central Asia Inferred From an Alkenone Isomer Proxy. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(16). 19 indexed citations

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Xing, Song, Xiujie Wu, Wu Liu, et al.. (2020). Middle Pleistocene human femoral diaphyses from Hualongdong, Anhui Province, China. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174(2). 285–298. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Luyuan, Miao Fang, Hailong Sun, et al.. (2020). Analysis of Iodine Isotopes in Travertine from Baishuitai, Yunnan Province, China. Atomic Spectroscopy. 41(5). 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanjun. (2008). The simulation of Pacific Ocean temperature with the global warming during 1960-1999. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xianfeng, et al.. (2005). THE STUDY ON THE INITIAL THORIUM CORRECTION OF THE 230Th-234U-238U DATING OF THE SPLEOTHEM BY USING ISOCHRON METHOD. Diqiu kexue jinzhan. 20(4). 414–420. 1 indexed citations

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