Zhijun Zhao

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
129 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Zhijun Zhao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhijun Zhao has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Atmospheric Science, 39 papers in Paleontology and 28 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Zhijun Zhao's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (31 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (28 papers). Zhijun Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (50 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (31 papers) and Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (28 papers). Zhijun Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhijun Zhao's co-authors include Briana L. Gross, Jijun Li, Martin K. Jones, Dorian Q. Fuller, Dolores R. Piperno, Guoping Sun, Ling Qin, Yunfei Zheng, Xugao Chen and Leo Aoi Hosoya and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhijun Zhao

118 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Fermented beverages of pre- and proto-historic China

2004 564 citations Zhijun Zhao et al. profile →
Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 B.P.

2014 516 citations Zhijun Zhao et al. profile →
The Domestication Process and Domestication Rate in Rice: Spikelet Bases from the Lower Yangtze

2009 464 citations Zhijun Zhao et al. profile →
New Archaeobotanic Data for the Study of the Origins of Agriculture in China

2011 321 citations Zhijun Zhao profile →
From ecological opportunism to multi-cropping: Mapping food globalisation in prehistory

2019 137 citations Zhijun Zhao et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhijun Zhao China	34	2.2k	1.7k	1.6k	1.0k	916	129	5.1k
Houyuan Lü China	54	3.4k 1.5×	4.8k 2.9×	2.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.8×	1.6k 1.8×	169	8.2k
Daniel H. Sandweiss United States	26	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	665 0.4×	740 0.7×	282 0.3×	60	2.9k
Xiaohong Wu China	29	1.5k 0.7×	818 0.5×	843 0.5×	982 0.9×	145 0.2×	99	3.0k
Guanghui Dong China	33	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	94 0.1×	139	4.2k
Anna Maria Mercuri Italy	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	132 0.1×	746 0.7×	531 0.6×	185	3.9k
Richard Meadow United States	27	962 0.4×	533 0.3×	202 0.1×	534 0.5×	791 0.9×	82	2.8k
Marco Madella Spain	30	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	710 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	132	3.6k
G. W. Dimbleby United Kingdom	26	1.3k 0.6×	841 0.5×	275 0.2×	895 0.9×	470 0.5×	67	3.1k
José Antonio López Sáez Spain	40	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	47 0.0×	1.2k 1.1×	752 0.8×	335	5.3k
Dallas C. Mildenhall New Zealand	31	612 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	115 0.1×	153 0.1×	267 0.3×	86	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhijun Zhao

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhijun Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhijun Zhao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kong, Xinggong, et al.. (2025). Late Miocene Elevated Horizontal Karst Caves and Landform Evolution as a Response to Tectonic Uplift along with Regional Integration of Fluvial Drainage in Southwestern China. Journal of Earth Science. 36(4). 1717–1730.

Zhang, Zhigang, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal glacier retreat on the Tibetan Plateau since the LGMG to early holocene based on compilation of moraine boulder ages. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3723–3723. 1 indexed citations

He, Mengying, et al.. (2025). An Exploratory Study of Quartz Grain Surface Microtextures in Dam-Break Flood Deposits from the Middle Reaches of the Yarlung Tsangbo River. Minerals. 15(2). 183–183. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xianyan, Long Yang, Zhijun Zhao, et al.. (2024). Quantitative assessment of the erosion and deposition effects of landslide-dam outburst flood, Eastern Himalaya. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 7038–7038. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhijun, et al.. (2024). Beekeeping Behavior of Chinese Beekeepers Shows Spatial Contraction. Agriculture. 14(4). 540–540. 4 indexed citations

Xue, Hongmei, Jiquan Li, Lingling Ren, et al.. (2023). Seroprevalence and Molecular Characterization of Brucella abortus from the Himalayan Marmot in Qinghai, China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 16. 7721–7734. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xianyan, Baotian Pan, Shuangwen Yi, et al.. (2023). Multiple paleolakes caused by glacier river-blocking on the southeastern Tibetan plateau in response to climate changes since the last glacial maximum. Quaternary Science Reviews. 305. 108012–108012. 18 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhijun, et al.. (2021). Plant remains unearthed at the Donghulin site in Beijing: discussion on results of flotation. Chinese Archaeology. 21(1). 193–200. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhijun. (2013). Quaternary fluvial incision rates of the Western Sichuan Plateau inferred from ESR chronology. Journal of Lanzhou University. 10 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhijun. (2012). Aerosol distribution in North China Plain under different weather conditions. China Environmental Science. 6 indexed citations

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Ji-jun, LI, et al.. (2011). The sediments sequence and environmental oscillation of the core XH-1 in Subei Basin since late Cenozoic. 30(3). 513–522. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, et al.. (2010). Effect of changing grain and selenium supplementation on control of children's Kaschin-Beck disease in Qinghai province. 29(5). 522–524. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhijun. (2009). Study of Fault Diagnosis for Shearer Based on Fuzzy Decision Tree. Microcomputer Information. 1 indexed citations

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Ji-jun, LI, et al.. (2006). Cenozoic Uplift of West Qinling , Northeast Margin of Tibetan Plateau: The record of detrital apatite fission track data in Tianshui Basin. Chenji xuebao. 24(6). 783–789. 3 indexed citations

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Duan, Hancong, et al.. (2006). Analysis of Content Availability Optimization in BitTorrent. 525–529.

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Zhao, Zhijun. (2006). Prevalence state of Kashin-Beck disease in Qinghai Province: a retrospective analysis. 5 indexed citations

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Xiao, Jiayi, et al.. (2005). A study of pollen and climatic stratigraphy in the northern Jiangsu basin since Late Pleistocene. 44(4). 591–598. 1 indexed citations

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Ji-jun, LI, et al.. (2004). Review and Prospects of Quaternary Glaciation Research in China. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology. 48 indexed citations

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Ye, Yuguang, et al.. (2001). ESR dating of late Cenozoic molassic deposits in the Jiuxi Basin. Science China Earth Sciences. 44(1). 203–209. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhijun. (1998). Rice domestication in the middle Yangtze region, China : an application of phytolith analysis. UMI eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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