Youbin Sun

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
148 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Youbin Sun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Youbin Sun has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Atmospheric Science, 71 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 39 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Youbin Sun's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (128 papers), Geological formations and processes (50 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (39 papers). Youbin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (128 papers), Geological formations and processes (50 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (39 papers). Youbin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Youbin Sun's co-authors include Zhisheng An, Steven C. Clemens, Huayu Lu, Junfeng Ji, Jun Chen, Qingsong Liu, Warren L Prell, Xulong Wang, Delia W Oppo and Jef Vandenberghe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Youbin Sun

141 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Influence of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on the East Asian winter monsoon

2011 465 citations Youbin Sun, Steven C. Clemens et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change

2014 435 citations Zhisheng An, Youbin Sun et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youbin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youbin Sun

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lithium isotope fractionation in Weinan loess and implications for pedogenic processes and groundwater impact 2025 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Maoyong He, Jibao Dong, Xingxing Liu, Shugang Kang, Youbin Sun, Li Deng, Ning Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang	7
2	Assessing tetraether lipids as a paleotemperature proxy on western edge of the Chinese Loess Plateau: A cautionary tale 2025 ·Organic Geochemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Martin Ziegler, Youbin Sun, Francien Peterse	1
3	North Atlantic Influence on the Glacial Amplitude of East Asian Millennial-Scale Monsoon Variability 2024 ·Journal of Climate ·Fei Guo, Steven C. Clemens, Xiaojing Du, Xiang Liu, Yuming Liu, Jimin Sun, Fan Huang, Ting Wang, Youbin Sun	0
4	Formation and evolution of a loess sinkhole in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau 2023 ·CATENA ·Junli Ren, Wei Gong, Cheng Xue, Peng Cheng, Ting Li, Li Ai, Huan Jiang, Xingxing Liu, Yukun Fan, Jianghu Lan, Liangcheng Tan, Youbin Sun	4
5	Evolution of sedimentary environment in the Eastern Henan Basin since the Late Pliocene 2023 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Jianguang Zhang, (unknown), Hongyun Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Xingxing Liu, Yuming Liu, Hang Zhang, Bo Liu, Xiaoke Qiang, Shugang Kang, Youbin Sun	9
6	Fundamental Shift From Summer to Winter of Holocene Rainfall Regime in the Tropics 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Jianghu Lan, Jun Cheng, Sakonvan Chawchai, Xingxing Liu, Peng Cheng, Yitao Liu, (unknown), Hong Yan, Youbin Sun, Jibao Dong, Hai Xu, Xiaolin Ma, Haiwei Zhang, Fengyan Lu, Libin Ma, Liangcheng Tan, Zhengyu Liu	7
7	Ice Volume and Insolation Forcing of Abrupt Strengthening of East Asian Winter Monsoon During Glacial Inceptions 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Tao Li, Gaojun Li, Tianyu Chen, Youbin Sun, Qiuzhen Yin, Zhipeng Wu, Laura F. Robinson, Le Li, (unknown), Xianqiang Meng, Liang Zhao, Junfeng Ji, Jun Chen	3
8	Isotopic and magnetic proxies are good indicators of millennial-scale variability of the East Asian monsoon 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Enno Schefuß, Youbin Sun, Fei Guo, Martin Ziegler, Francien Peterse	7
9	Detection of abrupt changes in East Asian monsoon from Chinese loess and speleothem records 2023 ·Global and Planetary Change ·Denis‐Didier Rousseau, (unknown), Youbin Sun	6
10	Greenhouse gases modulate the strength of millennial-scale subtropical rainfall, consistent with future predictions 2022 ·Climate of the past ·Fei Guo, Steven C. Clemens, Yuming Liu, Ting Wang, (unknown), Xingxing Liu, Youbin Sun	1
11	Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene 2021 ·Nature Geoscience ·Youbin Sun, Jerry F McManus, Steven C. Clemens, Xu Zhang, Hendrik Vogel, David A Hodell, Fei Guo, Ting Wang, Xingxing Liu, Zhisheng An	70
12	Speleothem‐Based Hydroclimate Reconstructions During the Penultimate Deglaciation in Northern China 2021 ·Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology ·(unknown), Yanjun Cai, Yanbin Lü, Le Ma, Xing Cheng, Chengcheng Liu, Hong Yan, Youbin Sun, Dong Li, (unknown), (unknown), Mei He, Hai Cheng, R. Lawrence Edwards	14
13	Application of XRF Scanning to Different Geological Archives 2021 ·Earth and Space Science ·Fei Guo, Steven C. Clemens, Xingxing Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Liangcheng Tan, Chengcheng Liu, Hong Yan, Youbin Sun	7
14	Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability 2021 ·Nature Geoscience ·Xu Zhang, S. Barker, Gregor Knorr, Gerrit Lohmann, Russell N. Drysdale, Youbin Sun, David A Hodell, Fahu Chen	53
15	Millennial‐Scale Monsoon Variability Modulated by Low‐Latitude Insolation During the Last Glaciation 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Gaojun Li, Yanjun Cai, Xing Cheng, Youbin Sun, Jiaju Zhao, (unknown), Le Ma, Zhisheng An	18
16	Centennial- to millennial-scale monsoon changes since the last deglaciation linked to solar activities and North Atlantic cooling 2020 ·Climate of the past ·Xingxing Liu, Youbin Sun, Jef Vandenberghe, Peng Cheng, Xu Zhang, Evan J. Gowan, Gerrit Lohmann, Zhisheng An	62
17	Monsoon variations inferred from high-resolution geochemical records of the Linxia loess/paleosol sequence, western Chinese Loess Plateau 2020 ·CATENA ·Fei Guo, Steven C. Clemens, Ting Wang, (unknown), Yuming Liu, Feng Wu, Xingxing Liu, Zhangdong Jin, Youbin Sun	27
18	Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake 2019 ·Science Advances ·Fei Zhang, Zhangdong Jin, A. Joshua West, Zhisheng An, Robert Hilton, Jin Wang, Gen Li, Alexander L. Densmore, Jimin Yu, Xiaoke Qiang, Youbin Sun, Liangbo Li, Long‐Fei Gou, Yang Xu, Xinwen Xu, Xingxing Liu, Yanhui Pan, Chen-Feng You	39
19	Magnetic signatures of natural and anthropogenic sources of urban dust aerosol 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Haijiao Liu, Yan Yan, Hong Chang, Hongyun Chen, Lianji Liang, Xingxing Liu, Xiaoke Qiang, Youbin Sun	31
20	Polluted dust derived from long-range transport as a major end member of urban aerosols and its implication of non-point pollution in northern China 2014 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Yan Yan, Youbin Sun, (unknown), Lianji Liang, (unknown)	15

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