Zhikun Gai

565 total citations
32 papers, 373 citations indexed

About

Zhikun Gai is a scholar working on Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhikun Gai has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 373 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Paleontology, 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Zhikun Gai's work include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (25 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Zhikun Gai is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (25 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (21 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Zhikun Gai collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Zhikun Gai's co-authors include Min Zhu, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Philippe Janvier, Marco Stampanoni, Wenjin Zhao, Per Ahlberg, Bo Wang, Qiang Li, Humberto G. Ferrón and Guangbiao Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

In The Last Decade

Zhikun Gai

29 papers receiving 353 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhikun Gai China	11	274	199	60	25	22	32	373
Alice M. Clement Australia	13	240 0.9×	193 1.0×	53 0.9×	31 1.2×	19 0.9×	36	379
Katharine E. Criswell United States	11	209 0.8×	230 1.2×	90 1.5×	27 1.1×	14 0.6×	14	365
Joseph N. Keating United Kingdom	12	204 0.7×	125 0.6×	124 2.1×	16 0.6×	45 2.0×	19	364
Alison E. Moyer United States	9	321 1.2×	159 0.8×	35 0.6×	63 2.5×	27 1.2×	10	458
Laura C. Soul United Kingdom	10	204 0.7×	98 0.5×	28 0.5×	29 1.2×	39 1.8×	16	304
Humberto G. Ferrón United Kingdom	13	228 0.8×	270 1.4×	25 0.4×	40 1.6×	27 1.2×	38	393
Donald Davesne United Kingdom	11	146 0.5×	147 0.7×	64 1.1×	21 0.8×	34 1.5×	18	315
Jason P. Downs United States	9	241 0.9×	193 1.0×	82 1.4×	43 1.7×	5 0.2×	20	352
Chase Doran Brownstein United States	10	163 0.6×	137 0.7×	18 0.3×	33 1.3×	20 0.9×	44	234
Li-Jun Zhao China	14	577 2.1×	478 2.4×	49 0.8×	85 3.4×	22 1.0×	24	672

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gai, Zhikun, et al.. (2025). Deanaspis , a new genus of Galeaspida (jawless stem Gnathostomata) from the Silurian of Jiangxi, China, and its evolutionary implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23(1).

Li, Xutong, et al.. (2024). New findings of Changxingaspis (Xiushuiaspidae, Galeaspida) from the Silurian of Tarim Basin and Zhejiang Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 98(3). 531–540. 2 indexed citations

Gai, Zhikun & Philip C. J. Donoghue. (2023). Getting inside the oldest known vertebrate skull. Nature. 621(7980). 696–698. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Min, You-an Zhu, Zhikun Gai, et al.. (2023). How did Jawed Vertebrates Originate and Rise?. Journal of Earth Science. 34(4). 1299–1301. 1 indexed citations

Gai, Zhikun, et al.. (2023). Postcranial disparity of galeaspids and the evolution of swimming speeds in stem-gnathostomes. National Science Review. 10(7). nwad050–nwad050. 5 indexed citations

Gai, Zhikun, Qiang Li, Humberto G. Ferrón, et al.. (2022). Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages. Nature. 609(7929). 959–963. 21 indexed citations

Zhu, You-an, Jing Lü, Yang Chen, et al.. (2022). The oldest complete jawed vertebrates from the early Silurian of China. Nature. 609(7929). 954–958. 35 indexed citations

Zhao, Wenjin, et al.. (2022). A New Species ofJiangxialepis(Galeaspida) from the Lower Telychian (Silurian) of Jiangxi and its Biostratigraphic Significance. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 97(2). 393–403. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yang, Zhikun Gai, Qiang Li, et al.. (2022). A New Family of Galeaspids (Jawless Stem‐Gnathostomata) from the Early Silurian of Chongqing, Southwestern China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 96(2). 430–439. 8 indexed citations

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Zhu, Min, et al.. (2022). New data on the cranial anatomy of Pterogonaspis (Tridensaspidae, Galeaspida) from the lower Devonian of Yunnan, China and its evolutionary implications. The Anatomical Record. 308(10). 2534–2547. 1 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun, et al.. (2021). Redescription of the Sanqiaspidae (Galeaspida) from the Lower Devonian of South China and its biostratigraphic significance. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 102(1). 173–191. 4 indexed citations

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Dunlop, Jason A., et al.. (2021). First mixopterid eurypterids (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from the Lower Silurian of South China. Science Bulletin. 66(22). 2277–2280. 10 indexed citations

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Zhu, Min, et al.. (2020). A new genus of sinogaleaspids (Galeaspida, stem-Gnathostomata) from the Silurian Period in Jiangxi, China. PeerJ. 8. e9008–e9008. 16 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun, Min Zhu, & Philip C. J. Donoghue. (2019). The circulatory system of Galeaspida (Vertebrata; stem-Gnathostomata) revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy. Palaeoworld. 28(4). 441–460. 12 indexed citations

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Zhao, Wenjin, et al.. (2018). A review of Silurian fishes from north-western Hunan, China and related biostratigraphy. Acta Geologica Polonica. 68(3). 475–486. 10 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun, et al.. (2018). New polybranchiaspiform fishes (Agnatha: Galeaspida) from the Middle Palaeozoic of China and their ecomorphological implications. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0202217–e0202217. 17 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun, et al.. (2015). A new species of Siyingia from the Lower Devonian Xishancun Formation of Qujing, Yunnan. 3 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun & Min Zhu. (2012). The origin of the vertebrate jaw: Intersection between developmental biology-based model and fossil evidence. Chinese Science Bulletin. 57(30). 3819–3828. 20 indexed citations

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Gai, Zhikun, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Min Zhu, Philippe Janvier, & Marco Stampanoni. (2011). Fossil jawless fish from China foreshadows early jawed vertebrate anatomy. Nature. 476(7360). 324–327. 106 indexed citations

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Zhu, Min & Zhikun Gai. (2007). Phylogenetic relationships of galeaspids (Agnatha). Frontiers of Biology in China. 2(2). 151–169. 34 indexed citations

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