Yaoping Cai

1.3k citations

25 papers · 1.1k indexed · h-index 18

Impact in

Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Geochemistry and Petrology top 2%
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Papers in ⓘ

Paleontology 24
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 24
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 12
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 3
Atmospheric Science 14
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 14

Co-authors: Hong Hua (14 shared papers)James D. Schiffbauer (11 shared papers)Shuhai Xiao (10 shared papers)Alan J. Kaufman (3 shared papers)Xunlai Yuan (4 shared papers)Yongbo Peng (2 shared papers)John Warren Huntley (2 shared papers)Guoxiang Li (1 shared paper)
Journals: Precambrian Research (8 papers)Geological Magazine (3 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)Gondwana Research (2 papers)GSA Today (1 paper)
Partner nations: China United States Spain

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Yaoping Cai

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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1	A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression Nature Communications ·James D. Schiffbauer, Shuhai Xiao, Yaoping Cai, Adam F. Wallace, Hong Hua, Jerry Hunter, Huifang Xu, Yongbo Peng, Alan J. Kaufman	2014	140
2	Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Yaoping Cai, James D. Schiffbauer, Hong Hua, Shuhai Xiao	2012	119
3	The Latest Ediacaran Wormworld Fauna: Setting the Ecological Stage for the Cambrian Explosion GSA Today ·James D. Schiffbauer, John Warren Huntley, Gretchen R. O’Neil, Simon A.F. Darroch, Marc Laflamme, Yaoping Cai	2016	108
4	Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals Geobiology ·Huan Cui, Alan J. Kaufman, Shuhai Xiao, Sara Peek, H. Cao, X. Min, Yaoping Cai, Z. Siegel, Xiaoming Liu, Yongbo Peng, James D. Schiffbauer, Aaron J. Martin	2016	82
5	Diverse biomineralizing animals in the terminal Ediacaran Period herald the Cambrian explosion Geology ·Yaoping Cai, Shuhai Xiao, Guoxiang Li, Hong Hua	2019	81
6	Morphology and paleoecology of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Conotubus hemiannulatus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte of southern Shaanxi Province, South China Precambrian Research ·Yaoping Cai, James D. Schiffbauer, Hong Hua, Shuhai Xiao	2011	65
7	Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy of the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation at the Gaojiashan section, South China Geological Magazine ·Huan Cui, Shuhai Xiao, Yaoping Cai, Sara Peek, Rebecca E. Plummer, Alan J. Kaufman	2019	62
8	Tube growth patterns and microbial mat-related lifestyles in the Ediacaran fossil Cloudina, Gaojiashan Lagerstätte, South China Gondwana Research ·Yaoping Cai, Hong Hua, James D. Schiffbauer, Bo Sun, Xunlai Yuan	2013	61
9	Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period Nature Communications ·James D. Schiffbauer, Tara Selly, Sarah Jacquet, Rachel A. Merz, Lyle L. Nelson, Michael A. Strange, Yaoping Cai, Emily F. Smith	2020	53
10	New material of the biomineralizing tubular fossil Sinotubulites from the late Ediacaran Dengying Formation, South China Precambrian Research ·Yaoping Cai, Shuhai Xiao, Hong Hua, Xunlai Yuan	2015	48
11	Taxonomy of the late Ediacaran index fossil Cloudina and a new similar taxon from South China Precambrian Research ·Yaoping Cai, Iván Cortijo, James D. Schiffbauer, Hong Hua	2017	42
12	Life history and autecology of an Ediacaran index fossil: Development and dispersal of Cloudina Gondwana Research ·Iván Cortijo, Yaoping Cai, Hong Hua, James D. Schiffbauer, Shuhai Xiao	2014	41
13	A new cloudinid fossil assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada, USA Journal of Systematic Palaeontology ·Tara Selly, James D. Schiffbauer, Sarah Jacquet, Emily F. Smith, Lyle L. Nelson, Brock D. Andreasen, John Warren Huntley, Michael A. Strange, Gretchen R. O’Neil, Casey A. Thater, Natalia Bykova, Michael Steiner, Ben Yang, Yaoping Cai	2019	41
14	Tube construction and life mode of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Gaojiashania cyclus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte Precambrian Research ·Yaoping Cai, Hong Hua, Xingliang Zhang	2012	40
15	Pyritization in the Gaojiashan Biota Chinese Science Bulletin ·Yaoping Cai, Hong Hua	2007	26
16	Discussion of ‘First finds of problematic Ediacaran fossil Gaojiashania in Siberia and its origin’ Geological Magazine ·Yaoping Cai, Hong Hua, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, José Antonio Gámez Vintaned, A. Yu. Ivantsov	2010	26
17	ACloudina-like fossil with evidence of asexual reproduction from the lowest Cambrian, South China Geological Magazine ·Jian Han, Yaoping Cai, James D. Schiffbauer, Hong Hua, Xing Wang, Xiaoguang Yang, Kentaro Uesugi, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Jie Sun	2017	21
18	The earliest Foraminifera from southern Shaanxi, China Science China Earth Sciences ·Hong Hua, Zhe Chen, Xunlai Yuan, Shuhai Xiao, Yaoping Cai	2010	21
19	The terminal Ediacaran tubular fossil Cloudina in the Yangtze Gorges area of South China Precambrian Research ·Dandan Liang, Yaoping Cai, Morrison Nolan, Shuhai Xiao	2020	12
20	Two tubular fossil assemblages from the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in southern Shaanxi Province of South China Precambrian Research ·Wei Chen, Yaoping Cai, Dandan Liang, Xiaoyang Wang	2022	8

About Yaoping Cai

Yaoping Cai is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geology, having authored 25 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (12 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (6 papers), Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (5 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (4 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (3 papers) and Phytochemistry and Biological Activities (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.0k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (291 citations), Atmospheric Science (508 citations), Geology (117 citations) and Oceanography (239 citations). Yaoping Cai has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Hong Hua, James D. Schiffbauer, Shuhai Xiao, Alan J. Kaufman, Xunlai Yuan, Yongbo Peng, John Warren Huntley, Guoxiang Li, Simon A.F. Darroch and Marc Laflamme. Their work appears in journals such as Precambrian Research, Geological Magazine, Nature Communications, Gondwana Research and GSA Today.

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