Zhongli Sha

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 850 citations indexed

About

Zhongli Sha is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongli Sha has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 850 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Ecology, 50 papers in Oceanography and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhongli Sha's work include Marine Biology and Ecology Research (46 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (37 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (21 papers). Zhongli Sha is often cited by papers focused on Marine Biology and Ecology Research (46 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (37 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (21 papers). Zhongli Sha collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhongli Sha's co-authors include Jiao Cheng, Min Hui, Yanrong Wang, Ning Xiao, Minxiao Wang, Chao‐Dong Zhu, Da‐Wei Huang, Robert W. Murphy, Tin‐Yam Chan and Shanshan Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zhongli Sha

77 papers receiving 838 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.

The seas around China in a warming climate

2023 86 citations Fan Wang, Xuegang Li et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

Peers

Zhongli Sha

ECOLO

OCEAN

MB

GPC

AS

Minxiao Wang China

Guizhong Wang China

Sylvie M. Gaudron France

Amin Eimanifar United States

Thijs Frenken Netherlands

Lucile Durand France

Carl J. Berg United States

Εvangelia Μichaloudi Greece

Darcy J. Lonsdale United States

S.J. Hawkins United Kingdom

Minxiao Wang China

Zhongli Sha

636 ×1.5

ECOLO

438 ×1.6

OCEAN

334 ×1.5

MB

349 ×1.9

GPC

54 ×0.5

AS

Citations per year, relative to Zhongli Sha Zhongli Sha (= 1×) peers Minxiao Wang

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongli Sha

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongli Sha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhongli Sha. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhongli Sha. The network helps show where Zhongli Sha may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongli Sha

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhongli Sha. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhongli Sha 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 Zhongli Sha. Zhongli Sha 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

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Zhang, Zheng, Jiao Cheng, Yanrong Wang, et al.. (2025). Integrating eDNA and morphology reveals arsenic-associated assembly processes of benthic invertebrates in coral reef ecosystems. Environmental Research. 285(Pt 4). 122647–122647.

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2024). One new species of Stegocephalus Krøyer, 1842 (Amphipoda, Stegocephalidae) described from a seamount of the Caroline Plate, NW Pacific. ZooKeys. 1195. 121–130.

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Wang, Aiyang, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity of Nematodes from Coral Reef Sediments in the South China Sea Based on eDNA Metabarcoding. Diversity. 16(7). 362–362.

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Ma, Wen-Long, Jiawei Li, Shuhui Sun, et al.. (2024). Liquid–Solid Triboelectric Nanogenerator‐Based DNA Barcode Detection Biosensor for Species Identification. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2408718–e2408718. 4 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2024). Lebbeus dentatus n. sp. (Decapoda, Thoridae) described from a seamount of the Caroline Plate, NW Pacific. Zootaxa. 5468(1). 191–200. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jiao, Zhixin Zhang, Yulong Li, et al.. (2024). Rolling with the punches: Organism-environment interactions shape spatial pattern of adaptive differentiation in the widespread mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria. The Science of The Total Environment. 917. 170244–170244. 4 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2023). Medaeops Guinot, 1967 (Brachyura, Xanthidae) from China seas, with the resurrection of Medaeops japonicus (Rathbun, 1898). Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 41(6). 2403–2417.

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Wang, Fan, Xuegang Li, Xiaohui Tang, et al.. (2023). The seas around China in a warming climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(8). 535–551. 86 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hui, Min, Yu Zhang, Aiyang Wang, & Zhongli Sha. (2023). The First Genome Survey of the Snail Provanna glabra Inhabiting Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Animals. 13(21). 3313–3313. 3 indexed citations

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Ni, Gang, et al.. (2023). Highly rearranged gene orders and rapid evolutionary rates in the mitochondrial genomes of Apodida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, De-Chao, et al.. (2023). The Diversity and Metabolism of Culturable Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from the Photic Zone of the Western North Pacific Ocean. Microbial Ecology. 86(4). 2781–2789. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangning, Junhua Liang, Zhongli Sha, et al.. (2023). Microplastic sink that cannot be ignored in chemosynthetic organisms. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 189. 114815–114815. 4 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2022). A review of the common crab genus Macromedaeus Ward, 1942 (Brachyura, Xanthidae) from China Seas with description of a new species using integrative taxonomy methods. PeerJ. 10. e12735–e12735. 4 indexed citations

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Hui, Min, Jiao Cheng, & Zhongli Sha. (2018). First comprehensive analysis of lysine acetylation in Alvinocaris longirostris from the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. BMC Genomics. 19(1). 352–352. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanrong & Zhongli Sha. (2017). Description of two new species of the genus Automate De Man, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the South China Sea. Zootaxa. 4238(1). zootaxa.4238.1.2–zootaxa.4238.1.2. 1 indexed citations

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Su, Mingqing, Huan Wang, Zhongli Sha, et al.. (2016). Gas hydrates distribution in the Shenhu Area, northern South China Sea : comparisons between the eight drilling sites with gas-hydrate petroleum system. Geologica Acta. 14(2). 79–100. 73 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2015). Probathylepadidae, a new family of Scalpelliformes (Thoracica: Cirripedia: Crustacea), for Probathylepas faxian gen. nov., sp. nov., from a hydrothermal vent in the Okinawa Trough. Zootaxa. 4033(1). 144–50. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenliang & Zhongli Sha. (2015). Litarcturus kexueiae sp. nov., a new deep-sea isopod from the Okinawa Trough (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera, Antarcturidae). Zootaxa. 4013(4). 531–40. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanrong, Tin‐Yam Chan, & Zhongli Sha. (2015). A new deep-sea species of the genus Urocaridella (Crustacea: Decapoda: <br />Caridea: Palaemonidea) from Yap Seamount in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa. 4012(1). 191–7. 4 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhongli, et al.. (2013). Two new species and one newly recorded species of the genus Kamaka (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Hainan Province, South China Sea. Zootaxa. 3630(2). 391–9.

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