Zhou Weijian

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Zhou Weijian is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Anthropology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhou Weijian has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 4 papers in Anthropology and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Zhou Weijian's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers) and Geological formations and processes (4 papers). Zhou Weijian is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers) and Geological formations and processes (4 papers). Zhou Weijian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Zhou Weijian's co-authors include Zhisheng An, Stephen C. Porter, Xiaoqiang Li, John E. Kutzbach, Wu Xihao, Xiaodong Liu, Suming Wang, Hong Chang, Yanjun Cai and Li Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Quaternary Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zhou Weijian

12 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon

2000 834 citations Zhisheng An, Stephen C. Porter et al. Quaternary Science Reviews profile →
Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change

2014 435 citations Zhisheng An, Wu Guoxiong et al. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhou Weijian China	9	1.8k	696	555	477	460	12	2.0k
E. Van Campo France	19	1.7k 1.0×	668 1.0×	472 0.9×	503 1.1×	531 1.2×	25	2.1k
Meiliang Zhang China	16	1.8k 1.0×	817 1.2×	540 1.0×	468 1.0×	365 0.8×	50	2.0k
Wenying Jiang China	21	1.5k 0.8×	537 0.8×	437 0.8×	401 0.8×	399 0.9×	45	1.8k
Martina Stebich Germany	23	1.9k 1.1×	586 0.8×	639 1.2×	640 1.3×	616 1.3×	37	2.3k
Matthew S. Lachniet United States	32	2.3k 1.3×	849 1.2×	657 1.2×	390 0.8×	591 1.3×	63	2.8k
Anthony Newton United Kingdom	25	1.8k 1.0×	555 0.8×	609 1.1×	418 0.9×	635 1.4×	71	2.3k
Yongbo Wang China	20	1.6k 0.9×	556 0.8×	520 0.9×	399 0.8×	279 0.6×	67	1.8k
E. A. Meyerson United States	10	2.1k 1.1×	545 0.8×	592 1.1×	415 0.9×	661 1.4×	11	2.4k
Xiaohua Shao China	8	1.7k 0.9×	675 1.0×	558 1.0×	438 0.9×	314 0.7×	15	1.9k
Carrie Morrill United States	27	2.4k 1.3×	767 1.1×	702 1.3×	519 1.1×	457 1.0×	50	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhou Weijian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhou Weijian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhou Weijian. 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 Zhou Weijian. The network helps show where Zhou Weijian may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhou Weijian

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

Bhattacharyya, Amalava, et al.. (2015). Vegetational and climatic variations during the past 3100 years in southern India: evidence from pollen, magnetic susceptibility and particle size data. Environmental Earth Sciences. 74(4). 3559–3572. 29 indexed citations

An, Zhisheng, Wu Guoxiong, Jianping Li, et al.. (2014). Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 43(1). 29–77. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Pu, et al.. (2010). A test of stable carbon isotope record characteristics of phreatic and outcrop profiles. Quaternary International. 227(1). 75–80. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinbao, et al.. (2007). On the source of radioisotope <sup>137</sup>Cs in the surface sediments of Lake Qinghai. Journal of Lake Sciences. 19(5). 516–521. 5 indexed citations

Porter, Stephen C. & Zhou Weijian. (2006). Synchronism of Holocene East Asian monsoon variations and North Atlantic drift-ice tracers. Quaternary Research. 65(3). 443–449. 52 indexed citations

An, Zhisheng, Yongsong Huang, Liu Weiguo, et al.. (2005). Multiple expansions of C4 plant biomass in East Asia since 7 Ma coupled with strengthened monsoon circulation. Geology. 33(9). 705–705. 213 indexed citations

Weiguo, Liu, et al.. (2003). Carbon isotope and C/N ratios of suspended matter in rivers. Applied Geochemistry. 18(8). 1241–1249. 61 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoqiang, Zhou Weijian, Zhisheng An, & John Dodson. (2003). The vegetation and monsoon variations at the desert-boess transition belt at Midiwan in northern China for the last 13 ka. The Holocene. 13(5). 779–784. 59 indexed citations

An, Zhisheng, Stephen C. Porter, John E. Kutzbach, et al.. (2000). Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon. Quaternary Science Reviews. 19(8). 743–762. 834 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weijian, Zhou, Douglas J. Donahue, Stephen C. Porter, et al.. (1996). Variability of Monsoon Climate in East Asia at the End of the Last Glaciation. Quaternary Research. 46(3). 219–229. 147 indexed citations

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Weijian, Zhou & Daizhou Zhang. (1995). Accumulation sequence of Chinese loess and climatic records of Greenland ice core during the last 130 ka. 科学通报(英文版). 6 indexed citations

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An, Zhisheng, Stephen C. Porter, Zhou Weijian, et al.. (1993). Episode of Strengthened Summer Monsoon Climate of Younger Dryas Age on the Loess Plateau of Central China. Quaternary Research. 39(1). 45–54. 160 indexed citations

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