Yen-Nien Cheng

1.2k total citations
28 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yen-Nien Cheng is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yen-Nien Cheng has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Paleontology, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Yen-Nien Cheng's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (25 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (20 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers). Yen-Nien Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (25 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (20 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (19 papers). Yen-Nien Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Taiwan and China. Yen-Nien Cheng's co-authors include Xiao‐Chun Wu, Tamaki Sato, Xiaochun Wu, Qiang Ji, Xing Xu, Chun Li, Xiaolin Wang, Robert B. Holmes, Darla K. Zelenitsky and Liting Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Asian Earth Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yen-Nien Cheng

28 papers receiving 980 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yen-Nien Cheng Canada 20 964 595 122 65 65 28 1.0k
А. Г. Сенников Russia 20 1.2k 1.3× 595 1.0× 152 1.2× 101 1.6× 83 1.3× 74 1.3k
Tomasz Sulej Poland 22 1.1k 1.1× 605 1.0× 141 1.2× 25 0.4× 79 1.2× 46 1.2k
Philippe Taquet France 19 1.0k 1.1× 639 1.1× 191 1.6× 24 0.4× 75 1.2× 47 1.1k
Alan L. Titus United States 12 650 0.7× 328 0.6× 98 0.8× 25 0.4× 76 1.2× 26 712
Miguel Moreno‐Azanza Spain 20 892 0.9× 555 0.9× 98 0.8× 16 0.2× 54 0.8× 68 956
Joseph J. W. Sertich United States 20 1.2k 1.2× 784 1.3× 209 1.7× 17 0.3× 41 0.6× 42 1.2k
Tony Thulborn Australia 10 750 0.8× 370 0.6× 107 0.9× 32 0.5× 37 0.6× 17 824
Jinyou Mo China 15 893 0.9× 487 0.8× 145 1.2× 15 0.2× 42 0.6× 27 999
Rafael Royo‐Torres Spain 23 1.3k 1.4× 911 1.5× 183 1.5× 70 1.1× 40 0.6× 62 1.4k
Nour‐Eddine Jalil France 23 1.2k 1.2× 767 1.3× 229 1.9× 18 0.3× 111 1.7× 57 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yen-Nien Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yen-Nien Cheng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Tzu-Ruei, Jasmina Wiemann, Li Xu, et al.. (2019). Reconstruction of oviraptorid clutches illuminates their unique nesting biology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 64. 20 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiao‐Chun, et al.. (2017). Maomingosuchus petrolica , a restudy of ‘ Tomistoma ’ petrolica Yeh, 1958. Palaeoworld. 26(4). 672–690. 19 indexed citations
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Sato, Tamaki, et al.. (2013). Diandongosaurus acutidentatusShang, Wu & Li, 2011 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) and the relationships of Chinese eosauropterygians. Geological Magazine. 151(1). 121–133. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, et al.. (2012). A new eosauropterygian (Diapsida, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32(6). 1335–1349. 29 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, et al.. (2012). The first fossil skull of Alligator sinensis from the Pleistocene, Taiwan, with a paleogeographic implication of the species. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 69. 17–25. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiao‐Chun, Yen-Nien Cheng, Chun Li, Li-Jun Zhao, & Tamaki Sato. (2011). New information onWumengosaurus delicatomandibularisJiang et al., 2008 (Diapsida: Sauropterygia), with a revision of the osteology and phylogeny of the taxon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31(1). 70–83. 40 indexed citations
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Ji, Qiang, Xiao‐Chun Wu, & Yen-Nien Cheng. (2010). Cretaceous choristoderan reptiles gave birth to live young. Die Naturwissenschaften. 97(4). 423–428. 19 indexed citations
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Sato, Tamaki, Yen-Nien Cheng, Xiao‐Chun Wu, & Li Chun. (2010). Osteology ofYunguisaurusChenget al., 2006 (Reptilia; Sauropterygia), a Triassic Pistosauroid from China. Paleontological Research. 14(3). 179–195. 38 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaochun, et al.. (2009). MIODENTOSAURUS BREVIS CHENG ET AL.,2007(DIAPSIDA:THALATTOSAURIA):ITS POSTCRANIAL SKELETON AND PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS. Gujizhui dongwu xuebao. 47(1). 1–20. 19 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaochun, et al.. (2009). A new tomistomine (Crocodylia) from the Miocene of Taiwan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 46(7). 529–555. 28 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, et al.. (2008). Oviraptorosaurian Eggs (Dinosauria) with Embryonic Skeletons Discovered for the First Time in China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 82(6). 1089–1094. 32 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, Tamaki Sato, Xiao‐Chun Wu, & Chun Li. (2006). First complete pistosauroid from the Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26(2). 501–504. 50 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujing, et al.. (2006). Lopingian (Upper Permian) radiolarian biostratigraphy of South China. Palaeoworld. 15(1). 31–53. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Chun, Xiao‐Chun Wu, Yen-Nien Cheng, Tamaki Sato, & Liting Wang. (2006). An unusual archosaurian from the marine Triassic of China. Die Naturwissenschaften. 93(4). 200–206. 79 indexed citations
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Ji, Qiang, JI Shu'an, Yen-Nien Cheng, et al.. (2004). Pterosaur egg with a leathery shell. Nature. 432(7017). 572–572. 41 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, Xiao‐Chun Wu, & Qiang Ji. (2004). Triassic marine reptiles gave birth to live young. Nature. 432(7015). 383–386. 82 indexed citations
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Xu, Xing, et al.. (2003). Pygostyle‐like Structure from Beipiaosaurus (Theropoda, Therizinosauroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 77(3). 294–298. 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Xing, et al.. (2002). An unusual oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from China. Nature. 419(6904). 291–293. 115 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien, et al.. (1996). Jurassic Radiolarians from the Northwest Coast of Busuanga Island, North Palawan Block, Philippines. Micropaleontology. 42(2). 93–93. 25 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yen-Nien. (1986). Taxonomic studies on upper paleozoic radiolaria. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 58 indexed citations

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