Yongchao Lu

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yongchao Lu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongchao Lu has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 48 papers in Geology and 25 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Yongchao Lu's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (71 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (24 papers). Yongchao Lu is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (71 papers), Geological and Geophysical Studies (34 papers) and Geological formations and processes (24 papers). Yongchao Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Yongchao Lu's co-authors include Fang Hao, Huayao Zou, Xuebin Du, Shu Jiang, Yiquan Ma, Yangbo Lu, Haiyan Hu, Zhanhong Liu, Youliang Feng and Thomas J. Algeo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Yongchao Lu

96 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms of shale gas storage: Implications for shale g... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Mechanisms of shale gas storage: Implications for shale gas exploration in China
    2013 516 citations Yongchao Lu et al. profile →

Peers

Yongchao Lu
Zhen Qiu China
Zaixing Jiang China
Nicholas B. Harris Canada
Tonglou Guo China
Yuman Wang China
Gary G. Lash United States
Shang Xu China
Omid H. Ardakani Canada
Huayao Zou China
Guoqi Wei China
Zhen Qiu China
Yongchao Lu
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Countries citing papers authored by Yongchao Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongchao Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongchao Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yongchao Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yongchao Lu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Yongchao Lu. Yongchao Lu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Huang, Jun, Pengfei Nie, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2025). Efficient adsorption of hardness ions by a mordenite-loaded, nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofiber cathode in capacitive deionization. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 41(7). 100066–100066. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Yi, Yongchao Lu, Boshuang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Constructing 3D hierarchical porous carbon networks via N, B co-doping and pore engineering for enhanced capacitive deionization. Desalination. 601. 118591–118591. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Wei, David B. Kemp, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2024). Astronomically forcing salinity variations in a marginal-marine environment, Bohai Bay Basin, NE China. Chemical Geology. 665. 122300–122300. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Yongchao, et al.. (2024). The effect of grandparental care on social networking sites addiction in college: mediated by social anxiety and loneliness. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 721–721. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Yangbo, Yongchao Lu, Mianmo Meng, et al.. (2024). Geological Controls on Reservoir Characteristics Influencing Shale Oil Occurrence in Lacustrine Mixed Fine-Grained Sediments of the Paleogene Funing Formation, Subei Basin. Energy & Fuels. 38(15). 14199–14220. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Juan, Juye Shi, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2024). Astronomical forcing of terrestrial organic carbon burial in East Asia during the Eocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 646. 119014–119014. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Juan, Yongchao Lu, James G. Ogg, et al.. (2023). Astronomically forced late Paleocene-early Eocene climate variability in the Subei Basin, East China. Global and Planetary Change. 232. 104350–104350. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, Yongchao, Yongchao Lu, Lanting Zhang, et al.. (2022). A metadata schema for lattice thermal conductivity from first-principles calculations. 2(4). 17–17. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Yangbo, Jun Shen, Yuxuan Wang, et al.. (2022). Seawater sources of Hg enrichment in Ordovician-Silurian boundary strata, South China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 601. 111156–111156. 10 indexed citations
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Xing, Fengcun, et al.. (2021). Origin and formation model of Eocene dolomite in the upper Niubao Formation of the Lunpola Basin, Tibetan Plateau. Interpretation. 9(3). SF11–SF22. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yufang, Gangyi Zhai, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2019). Sedimentary lithofacies characteristics and sweet-spot interval characterization of the Sinian Doushantuo Formation in Upper Yangtze Platform, South China. China Geology. 2(3). 259–273. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Wei, Thomas J. Algeo, Yangbo Lu, et al.. (2018). Identifying marine incursions into the Paleogene Bohai Bay Basin lake system in northeastern China. International Journal of Coal Geology. 200. 1–17. 198 indexed citations
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Huang, Chuanyan, et al.. (2018). Sedimentology and lithofacies of lacustrine shale: A case study from the Dongpu sag, Bohai Bay Basin, Eastern China. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 60. 174–189. 19 indexed citations
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Yin, Changchun, et al.. (2018). Transdimensional Bayesian inversion of time-domain airborne EM data. Applied Geophysics. 15(2). 318–331. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Lin, et al.. (2017). Sedimentary facies and gas accumulation model of Lower Shihezi Formation in Shenguhao area, northern Ordos basin, China. EGUGA. 3896. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Yiquan, Majie Fan, Yongchao Lu, et al.. (2016). Geochemistry and sedimentology of the Lower Silurian Longmaxi mudstone in southwestern China: Implications for depositional controls on organic matter accumulation. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 75. 291–309. 114 indexed citations
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Xie, Xinong, Ming Su, Yuhong Xie, et al.. (2010). Depositional Architecture and Evolution of the Central Canyon in offshore Hainan, northern South China Sea. Geotemas ( Madrid ). 85–86. 2 indexed citations

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