Zhongyin Cai

1.7k total citations
35 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zhongyin Cai is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongyin Cai has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Atmospheric Science, 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Zhongyin Cai's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers). Zhongyin Cai is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (20 papers), Climate variability and models (17 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (16 papers). Zhongyin Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Zhongyin Cai's co-authors include Gabriel J. Bowen, Lide Tian, Richard P. Fiorella, Annie Putman, Lide Tian, Lili Shao, Jiangpeng Cui, Xiaoqiang Yang, Hongyu Zhang and Congjian Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Climate, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhongyin Cai

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhongyin Cai China 17 783 624 604 221 164 35 1.1k
Christophe Sturm Sweden 12 921 1.2× 541 0.9× 277 0.5× 146 0.7× 96 0.6× 14 1.1k
Ana María Durán‐Quesada Costa Rica 21 1.1k 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 226 0.4× 180 0.8× 259 1.6× 52 1.7k
R. W. Vachon United States 5 532 0.7× 374 0.6× 344 0.6× 151 0.7× 97 0.6× 6 744
Wolfgang Papesch Austria 12 340 0.4× 198 0.3× 376 0.6× 157 0.7× 109 0.7× 24 663
R. A. Jani India 16 406 0.5× 242 0.4× 391 0.6× 117 0.5× 91 0.6× 22 776
D. Rank Austria 11 332 0.4× 225 0.4× 489 0.8× 117 0.5× 187 1.1× 27 770
Karen MacClune Austria 7 469 0.6× 278 0.4× 233 0.4× 134 0.6× 75 0.5× 15 641
Yves Goddéris France 4 404 0.5× 393 0.6× 185 0.3× 90 0.4× 357 2.2× 4 942
Amzad H. Laskar India 16 402 0.5× 218 0.3× 143 0.2× 130 0.6× 50 0.3× 51 706

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongyin Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongyin Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongyin Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhongyin Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhongyin Cai 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 Zhongyin Cai. Zhongyin Cai 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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Cai, Zhongyin, et al.. (2025). Moisture sources and dynamics over the Southeast Tibetan Plateau reflected in dual water vapor isotopes. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(19). 11633–11650.
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Cai, Zhongyin, Rong Li, Lide Tian, Chenxi Xu, & Gabriel J. Bowen. (2025). Phase shifts in precipitation isotope seasonality across East Asia track monsoon dynamics. Global and Planetary Change. 257. 105212–105212.
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Cui, Yanfen, et al.. (2025). Spatially inhomogeneous response of precipitation δ18O in China to ENSO cycles. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhongyin, et al.. (2025). Atmospheric controls on precipitation isotopes in North China and their response to record-breaking torrential rainfall. Journal of Hydrology. 661. 133762–133762. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Lide, et al.. (2024). A reconstructed PDO history from an ice core isotope record on the central Tibetan Plateau. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Lars, et al.. (2023). Improved representation of volcanic sulfur dioxide depletion in Lagrangian transport simulations: a case study with MPTRAC v2.4. Geoscientific model development. 16(17). 5197–5217. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Lide, et al.. (2023). A Century Ammonium Record Retrieved From the Central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(9). 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhongyin, Sabine Grießbach, & Lars Hoffmann. (2022). Improved estimation of volcanic SO 2 injections from satellite retrievals and Lagrangian transport simulations: the 2019 Raikoke eruption. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(10). 6787–6809. 17 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Lars, Zhongyin Cai, Sabine Grießbach, et al.. (2022). Massive-Parallel Trajectory Calculations version 2.2 (MPTRAC-2.2): Lagrangian transport simulations on graphics processing units (GPUs). Geoscientific model development. 15(7). 2731–2762. 14 indexed citations
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Cui, Jiangpeng, Lide Tian, Zhongwang Wei, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the Controls on Evapotranspiration Partitioning in the Highest Alpine Meadow Ecosystem. Water Resources Research. 56(4). 43 indexed citations
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Shao, Lili, Lide Tian, Guangjian Wu, et al.. (2020). Dating of an alpine ice core from the interior of the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International. 544. 88–95. 6 indexed citations
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Shi, Shiyuan, Jiangfeng Shi, Chenxi Xu, et al.. (2020). Tree-ring δ18O from Southeast China reveals monsoon precipitation and ENSO variability. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 558. 109954–109954. 17 indexed citations
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Bowen, Gabriel J., Zhongyin Cai, Richard P. Fiorella, & Annie Putman. (2019). Isotopes in the Water Cycle: Regional- to Global-Scale Patterns and Applications. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 47(1). 453–479. 221 indexed citations
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Putman, Annie, Richard P. Fiorella, Gabriel J. Bowen, & Zhongyin Cai. (2019). A Global Perspective on Local Meteoric Water Lines: Meta‐analytic Insight Into Fundamental Controls and Practical Constraints. Water Resources Research. 55(8). 6896–6910. 136 indexed citations
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Sun, Congjian, et al.. (2019). Stable isotopes of atmospheric precipitation and its environmental drivers in the Eastern Chinese Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Hydrology. 581. 124404–124404. 54 indexed citations
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Ruan, Jiaoyang, Hongyu Zhang, Zhongyin Cai, Xiaoqiang Yang, & Jian Yin. (2019). Regional controls on daily to interannual variations of precipitation isotope ratios in Southeast China: Implications for paleomonsoon reconstruction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 527. 115794–115794. 69 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhongyin & Lide Tian. (2016). Processes Governing Water Vapor Isotope Composition in the Indo-Pacific Region: Convection and Water Vapor Transport. Journal of Climate. 29(23). 8535–8546. 34 indexed citations

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