Yongjun Lu

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Yongjun Lu is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongjun Lu has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Geophysics, 35 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 5 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Yongjun Lu's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (66 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (49 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Yongjun Lu is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (66 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (49 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (40 papers). Yongjun Lu collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Yongjun Lu's co-authors include Zhiming Yang, T. Campbell McCuaig, Leon Bagas, Zengqian Hou, Changming Wang, Zengqian Hou, Marco L. Fiorentini, Yuanchuan Zheng, Lianfeng Duan and Anthony I.S. Kemp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Yongjun Lu

75 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Lithospheric Architecture of the Lhasa Terrane and Its Co... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2021 100 200 300 400
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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. Lithospheric Architecture of the Lhasa Terrane and Its Control on Ore Deposits in the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen
    2015 436 citations Zengqian Hou, Yongjun Lu et al. profile →
  2. A genetic linkage between subduction- and collision-related porphyry Cu deposits in continental collision zones
    2015 415 citations Zengqian Hou, Zhiming Yang et al. Geology profile →
  3. Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth’s earliest continental crust
    2021 102 citations R.H. Smithies, Yongjun Lu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yongjun Lu Australia 37 4.3k 2.7k 489 233 195 76 4.7k
Craig J.R. Hart Canada 31 3.4k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 501 1.0× 114 0.5× 165 0.8× 85 3.7k
Ming‐Xing Ling China 35 4.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 720 1.5× 173 0.7× 129 0.7× 99 4.7k
Xin-Fu Zhao China 32 4.1k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 1.0k 2.1× 187 0.8× 155 0.8× 98 4.5k
Kezhang Qin China 51 8.5k 2.0× 5.7k 2.1× 1.0k 2.1× 409 1.8× 260 1.3× 241 8.9k
Jun Gao China 43 6.3k 1.5× 3.0k 1.1× 659 1.3× 75 0.3× 335 1.7× 103 6.7k
Hong Zhong China 41 3.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 698 1.4× 126 0.5× 83 0.4× 107 4.0k
John H. Dilles United States 30 2.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 368 0.8× 67 0.3× 250 1.3× 65 3.2k
Changqian Ma China 41 4.9k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 736 1.5× 166 0.7× 125 0.6× 177 5.1k
Bin Chen China 39 5.7k 1.3× 3.0k 1.1× 787 1.6× 138 0.6× 136 0.7× 121 5.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yongjun Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yongjun Lu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Huawei, Zhiming Yang, Yongjun Lu, & Zengqian Hou. (2025). Redox state of subducted sediments controls porphyry copper mineralization along the Tethyan belt. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6456–6456. 1 indexed citations
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Audétat, Andreas, et al.. (2023). New constraints on Ti diffusion in quartz and the priming of silicic volcanic eruptions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4277–4277. 13 indexed citations
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Smithies, R.H., Klaus Gessner, Yongjun Lu, et al.. (2023). Geochemical mapping of lithospheric architecture disproves Archean terrane accretion in the Yilgarn craton. Geology. 52(2). 141–146. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhi-Yu, Zengqian Hou, Qingtian Lü, et al.. (2023). Crustal architectural controls on critical metal ore systems in South China based on Hf isotopic mapping. Geology. 51(8). 738–742. 26 indexed citations
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Johnson, Tim, Christopher L. Kirkland, Yongjun Lu, et al.. (2022). Giant impacts and the origin and evolution of continents. Nature. 608(7922). 330–335. 47 indexed citations
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Caruso, Stefano, Marco L. Fiorentini, D.C. Champion, et al.. (2022). Sulfur isotope systematics of granitoids from the Yilgarn Craton sheds new light on the fluid reservoirs of Neoarchean orogenic gold deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 326. 199–213. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Qian, He Liu, Tim Johnson, et al.. (2022). Intraplate continental basalts over the past billion years track cooling of the mantle and the onset of modern plate tectonics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 597. 117804–117804. 16 indexed citations
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Smithies, R.H., Yongjun Lu, Christopher L. Kirkland, et al.. (2021). Oxygen isotopes trace the origins of Earth’s earliest continental crust. Nature. 592(7852). 70–75. 102 indexed citations breakdown →
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Haines, Peter, Paul Henson, M.T.D. Wingate, et al.. (2021). Barnicarndy Graben, southern Canning Basin: stratigraphy defined by the Barnicarndy 1 stratigraphic well. The APPEA Journal. 61(1). 224–235. 8 indexed citations
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Mole, David R., P. C. Thurston, J. H. Marsh, et al.. (2021). The formation of Neoarchean continental crust in the south-east Superior Craton by two distinct geodynamic processes. Precambrian Research. 356. 106104–106104. 75 indexed citations
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Smithies, R.H., Yongjun Lu, Tim Johnson, et al.. (2019). No evidence for high-pressure melting of Earth’s crust in the Archean. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5559–5559. 121 indexed citations
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Holwell, David A., Marco L. Fiorentini, Iain McDonald, et al.. (2019). A metasomatized lithospheric mantle control on the metallogenic signature of post-subduction magmatism. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3511–3511. 146 indexed citations
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Wang, Changming, Jun Deng, Yongjun Lu, et al.. (2015). Age, nature, and origin of Ordovician Zhibenshan granite from the Baoshan terrane in the Sanjiang region and its significance for understanding Proto-Tethys evolution. International Geology Review. 57(15). 1922–1939. 65 indexed citations
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Zeng, Qingtao, T. Campbell McCuaig, E. Tohver, Leon Bagas, & Yongjun Lu. (2014). Episodic Triassic magmatism in the western South Qinling Orogen, central China, and its implications. Geological Journal. 49(4-5). 402–423. 39 indexed citations
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Lu, Yongjun, et al.. (2007). Megacrysts in the Cenozoic basalt of the Tuoyun Basin, Southwest Tianshan. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 50(1). 55–66. 2 indexed citations
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Lu, Yongjun, et al.. (1996). Dielectric properties of human fetal organ tissues at radio frequencies. Bioelectromagnetics. 17(5). 425–426. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Yongjun, et al.. (1994). Dielectric properties of human red blood cells in suspension at radio frequencies. Bioelectromagnetics. 15(6). 589–591. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Yongjun, et al.. (1992). Dielectric properties of human glioma and surrounding tissue. International Journal of Hyperthermia. 8(6). 755–760. 47 indexed citations

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