Zhao Yang

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Zhao Yang is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhao Yang has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Geophysics, 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zhao Yang's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (28 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (21 papers). Zhao Yang is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (40 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (28 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (21 papers). Zhao Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Germany. Zhao Yang's co-authors include Yunpeng Dong, Shengsi Sun, Dengfeng He, Guowei Zhang, Feifei Zhang, Xiaoming Liu, Bin Cheng, Xiaoming Liu, Xiaoning Zhang and Franz Neubauer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hydrology and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zhao Yang

47 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System
    2017 346 citations Yunpeng Dong, Dengfeng He et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers

Zhao Yang
Johann Genser Austria
J. Gregory Shellnutt Taiwan
Tung-Yi Lee Taiwan
Wen Chen China
В. С. Буртман Russia
Amy L. Weislogel United States
Calvin G. Barnes United States
Wei‐Qiang Ji China
Henriette Lapierre France
Johann Genser Austria
Zhao Yang
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Countries citing papers authored by Zhao Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhao Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhao Yang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Chao, Fan Zhang, Chen Zeng, Zhao Yang, & Wei Yang. (2025). Dynamics of suspended sediment sources in the Kuoqionggangri glacier Basin, Tibetan Plateau, under diverse hydrometeorological conditions. Journal of Hydrology. 660. 133510–133510.
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Dong, Yunpeng, Bo Hui, Shengsi Sun, et al.. (2024). Neoproterozoic tectonic evolution and proto-basin of the Yangtze Block, China. Earth-Science Reviews. 249. 104669–104669. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2024). A Review of Mineral Prospectivity Mapping Using Deep Learning. Minerals. 14(10). 1021–1021. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhao, et al.. (2023). Exhumation and Deformation of the Daba Shan Orocline as Determined from Modern River Sands Apatite Fission-Track. Journal of Earth Science. 34(4). 1140–1149. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhao, et al.. (2021). Three periods of gold mineralization in the Liaodong Peninsula, North China Craton. International Geology Review. 64(20). 2922–2940. 8 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiaohui, Zhao Yang, Yunpeng Dong, & Bo Zhou. (2019). Tectonic uplift of the northern Qinling Mountains (Central China) during the late Cenozoic: Evidence from DEM-based geomorphological analysis. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 184. 104005–104005. 27 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiaohui, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal profile of the Upper Weihe River: Evidence for the late Cenozoic uplift of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Geological Journal. 53(S1). 364–378. 18 indexed citations
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Kang, Xun, Wenxuan Hu, Jian Cao, et al.. (2017). Selective dissolution of alkali feldspars and its effect on Lower Triassic sandy conglomerate reservoirs in the Junggar Basin, northwestern China. Geological Journal. 53(2). 475–499. 26 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, Dengfeng He, Shengsi Sun, et al.. (2017). Subduction and accretionary tectonics of the East Kunlun orogen, western segment of the Central China Orogenic System. Earth-Science Reviews. 186. 231–261. 346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Sanzhong, Zhao Yang, Shujuan Zhao, et al.. (2016). Global Early Paleozoic Orogens (I): Collision-Type Orogeny. 46(4). 967. 22 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhao, Lothar Ratschbacher, Raymond Jonckheere, et al.. (2013). Late-stage foreland growth of China’s largest orogens (Qinling, Tibet): Evidence from the Hannan-Micang crystalline massifs and the northern Sichuan Basin, central China. Lithosphere. 5(4). 420–437. 52 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, Guowei Zhang, Zhao Yang, Hongjun Qu, & Xiaoming Liu. (2010). A New Model of the Early Paleozoic Tectonics and Evolutionary History in the Northern Qinling, China. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3746. 1 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, Guowei Zhang, Christoph Hauzenberger, et al.. (2010). Palaeozoic tectonics and evolutionary history of the Qinling orogen: Evidence from geochemistry and geochronology of ophiolite and related volcanic rocks. Lithos. 122(1-2). 39–56. 300 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhao. (2008). Geochemistry and geologic significance of basic rocks in the Xiaomoling complex in the Zhashui area,South Qinling,China.. Dizhi tongbao. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunpeng, et al.. (2007). Geochemistry of the E-MORB type ophiolite and related volcanic rocks from the Wushan area, West Qinling. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 50(S2). 234–245. 15 indexed citations

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