Yunning Cao

1.3k total citations
54 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yunning Cao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunning Cao has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atmospheric Science, 26 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Yunning Cao's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (25 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (9 papers). Yunning Cao is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (43 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (25 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (9 papers). Yunning Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yunning Cao's co-authors include Youfeng Ning, Weiguo Liu, Zhisheng An, Liu Weiguo, Jing Hu, Xiahong Feng, Huanye Wang, Hu Liu, Weiguo Liu and Yanjun Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, The Science of The Total Environment and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yunning Cao

48 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yunning Cao China 16 852 371 227 225 179 54 1.1k
Melissa A. Berke United States 16 872 1.0× 342 0.9× 262 1.2× 149 0.7× 215 1.2× 37 1.1k
Shailesh Agrawal India 19 647 0.8× 176 0.5× 217 1.0× 278 1.2× 104 0.6× 60 903
Tim Daley United Kingdom 18 831 1.0× 573 1.5× 205 0.9× 127 0.6× 85 0.5× 33 1.0k
Yuzhen Ma China 20 1.1k 1.3× 205 0.6× 399 1.8× 383 1.7× 299 1.7× 42 1.4k
Douglas D. Harkness United Kingdom 14 780 0.9× 473 1.3× 162 0.7× 342 1.5× 249 1.4× 19 1.2k
Meilin Yang China 12 1.2k 1.5× 262 0.7× 418 1.8× 229 1.0× 200 1.1× 37 1.5k
Stephen T. Grimes United Kingdom 19 544 0.6× 311 0.8× 138 0.6× 647 2.9× 149 0.8× 36 1.1k
Fuxi Shi China 18 598 0.7× 486 1.3× 129 0.6× 82 0.4× 84 0.5× 67 1.1k
Anu Kaakinen Finland 17 753 0.9× 194 0.5× 260 1.1× 403 1.8× 162 0.9× 51 1.0k
Jordon Bright United States 17 699 0.8× 332 0.9× 276 1.2× 214 1.0× 199 1.1× 51 858

Countries citing papers authored by Yunning Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunning Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunning Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yunning Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yunning Cao 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 Yunning Cao. Yunning Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Bi, Rong, Julian P. Sachs, Hailong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Effect of temperature on 2H/1H fractionation in semi-continuous cultures of a marine diatom, coccolithophore, and dinoflagellate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 393. 86–97.
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Dong, Jibao, Hong Yan, Yougui Song, et al.. (2025). Intra-shell stable isotopes in land snail as proxies of seasonal climate variability: Ontogenetic evidence from cultured and field specimens. Geoscience Frontiers. 16(6). 102164–102164.
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Liu, Jinzhao, Dongna Yan, Jiaju Zhao, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen and carbon isotopes of plant leaf wax n-alkanes over the entire Loess Plateau of China: Implications for paloehydroclimatic reconstructions. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 680. 113358–113358.
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Guo, Meiling, Yongming Han, Weiguo Liu, et al.. (2024). Source appointment of δ13C in sediments of a maar lake in southern China: Implications of fossil fuel CO2 emissions. Applied Geochemistry. 165. 105950–105950. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Jing, et al.. (2024). Elucidating the sources and transformation of nitrate in the Xianyang-Xi'an segment of the Weihe River basin, Northwest China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(50). 60126–60140.
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Liu, Hu, et al.. (2024). Lake water δD in Lake Qinghai decoupled from precipitation isotope during the last deglaciation. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 650. 112353–112353. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yunning, et al.. (2024). Self-refined variational transformer for image-conditioned layout generation. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 16(3). 1607–1624. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng, Xiangzhong Li, Meng Xing, et al.. (2024). A substantial meltwater event on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the middle to late Holocene transition. Quaternary Science Reviews. 344. 108996–108996. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Hu, Huanye Wang, Wang Zheng, et al.. (2024). Relationships between salinity and hydrogen isotopes of n-alkanes in aquatic plants across Chinese natural lakes. Chemical Geology. 674. 122570–122570. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jiaju, Jianbao Liu, Jinzhao Liu, et al.. (2024). Abrupt cooling of cold seasons at the middle-late Holocene transition revealed by alkenone records from North China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 330. 108594–108594. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jinzhao, S. Nemiah Ladd, Jiaju Zhao, et al.. (2024). Plant type effect overweighs seasonal variation in n-alkanoic acid biomarker on regional Loess Plateau of China. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(8). 2547–2562. 3 indexed citations
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Dong, Jibao, Yougui Song, Hong Yan, et al.. (2023). Precipitation δ18O paced the seasonal δ18O variations of terrestrial snail body water and shells in the East Asian monsoon region. Quaternary Science Reviews. 317. 108290–108290. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Hu, et al.. (2023). Apparent fractionation of hydrogen isotope from precipitation to leaf wax n-alkanes from natural environments and manipulation experiments. The Science of The Total Environment. 877. 162970–162970. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Huanye, Weiguo Liu, Qin Leng, et al.. (2023). 2000 years of lake-level fluctuations and human adaptation around China's largest freshwater lake. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 612. 111397–111397. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng, Fan Zhang, Yunning Cao, et al.. (2022). Linking sedimentary and speleothem precipitation isotope proxy records to improve lacustrine and marine 14C chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews. 282. 107444–107444. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Jing, et al.. (2021). Identification of nitrate sources in the Jing River using dual stable isotopes, Northwest China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(48). 68633–68641. 7 indexed citations
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Weiguo, Liu, et al.. (2005). δ13C variation of C3 and C4 plants across an Asian monsoon rainfall gradient in arid northwestern China. Global Change Biology. 11(7). 1094–1100. 164 indexed citations
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An, Zhisheng, Yongsong Huang, Liu Weiguo, et al.. (2005). Multiple expansions of C4 plant biomass in East Asia since 7 Ma coupled with strengthened monsoon circulation. Geology. 33(9). 705–705. 213 indexed citations
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Liu, Weiguo, Hong Yang, Yunning Cao, et al.. (2004). Did an extensive forest ever develop on the Chinese Loess Plateau during the past 130 ka?: a test using soil carbon isotopic signatures. Applied Geochemistry. 20(3). 519–527. 29 indexed citations
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Cao, Yunning, et al.. (1984). On the flower bug, Orius similis Zheng.. 6(1). 32–40. 1 indexed citations

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