Shiling Yang

6.5k citations

107 papers · 5.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

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Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Earth-Surface Processes top 0.5%
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Geological formations and processes

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 72
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 71
Paleontology 25
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 23

Co-authors: Z. L. Ding (17 shared papers)Zhongli Ding (37 shared papers)Jimin Sun (14 shared papers)T.S. Liu (5 shared papers)Shangfa Xiong (17 shared papers)Edward Derbyshire (2 shared papers)Wenying Jiang (20 shared papers)Yu Zhang (2 shared papers)
Journals: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology (12 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (11 papers)Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (9 papers)Quaternary International (8 papers)Earth and Planetary Science Letters (6 papers)
Partner nations: China United Kingdom United States

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Shiling Yang

103 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Shiling Yang's Hit Papers

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Rates and causes of black soil erosion in Northeast China 2022 · 138 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	Stacked 2.6‐Ma grain size record from the Chinese loess based on five sections and correlation with the deep‐sea δ 18 O record Paleoceanography ·Z. L. Ding, Edward Derbyshire, Shiling Yang, Yu Zhang, Shangfa Xiong, Tao Liu	2002	534
2	Stepwise expansion of desert environment across northern China in the past 3.5 Ma and implications for monsoon evolution Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Edward Derbyshire, Shiling Yang, Jimin Sun, T.S. Liu	2005	372
3	Pedostratigraphy and paleomagnetism of a ∼7.0 Ma eolian loess–red clay sequence at Lingtai, Loess Plateau, north-central China and the implications for paleomonsoon evolution Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Z. L. Ding, Shangfa Xiong, Jimin Sun, Shiling Yang, Z.Y. Gu, T.S Liu	1999	327
4	Warming-induced northwestward migration of the East Asian monsoon rain belt from the Last Glacial Maximum to the mid-Holocene Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shiling Yang, Zhongli Ding, Xu Wang, Wenying Jiang, Xiaofang Huang +1 other	2015	270
5	The loess record in southern Tajikistan and correlation with Chinese loess Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Vadim Aleksandrovich Ranov, Shiling Yang, Alexander Finaev, Jibin Han, G.A. Wang	2002	268
6	Geochemistry of the Pliocene red clay formation in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for its origin, source provenance and paleoclimate change Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Z. L. Ding, Jimin Sun, Shiling Yang, T.S. Liu	2001	246
7	Pleistocene chemical weathering history of Asian arid and semi-arid regions recorded in loess deposits of China and Tajikistan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta ·Shiling Yang, Feng Hua Ding, Zhongli Ding	2006	238
8	Wind-blown origin of the Pliocene red clay formation in the central Loess Plateau, China Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Jimin Sun, T.S Liu, Rixiang Zhu, Shiling Yang +1 other	1998	213
9	Iron geochemistry of loess and red clay deposits in the Chinese Loess Plateau and implications for long-term Asian monsoon evolution in the last 7.0 Ma Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Shiling Yang, Jimin Sun, T.S. Liu	2001	191
10	Advance–retreat history of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall belt over northern China during the last two glacial–interglacial cycles Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Shiling Yang, Zhongli Ding	2008	180
11	Preliminary magnetostratigraphy of a thick eolian red clay‐loess sequence at Lingtai, the Chinese Loess Plateau Geophysical Research Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Jimin Sun, Shiling Yang, T.S. Liu	1998	162
12	Rates and causes of black soil erosion in Northeast China CATENA ·Heng Wang, Shiling Yang, Yongda Wang, Zhaoyan Gu, Shangfa Xiong, Xiaofang Huang, Minmin Sun, Shi-Hao Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2022	138
13	C3/C4 vegetation evolution over the last 7.0 Myr in the Chinese Loess Plateau: evidence from pedogenic carbonate δ13C Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Z. L. Ding, Shiling Yang	2000	133
14	Comparison of particle size characteristics of the Tertiary ‘red clay’ and Pleistocene loess in the Chinese Loess Plateau: implications for origin and sources of the ‘red clay’ Sedimentology ·Shiling Yang, Z. L. Ding	2004	120
15	Color reflectance of Chinese loess and its implications for climate gradient changes during the last two glacial‐interglacial cycles Geophysical Research Letters ·Shiling Yang, Z. L. Ding	2003	114
16	Re-arrangement of atmospheric circulation at about 2.6Ma over northern China: evidence from grain size records of loess-palaeosol and red clay sequences Quaternary Science Reviews ·Z. L. Ding, Nat W. Rutter, Jimin Sun, Shiling Yang, T.S Liu	2000	112
17	A 249 kyr stack of eight loess grain size records from northern China documenting millennial‐scale climate variability Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems ·Shiling Yang, Zhongli Ding	2014	106
18	Approaches and challenges to the study of loess—Introduction to the LoessFest Special Issue Quaternary Research ·Randall J. Schaetzl, E. Arthur Bettis, Onn Crouvi, Kathryn Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, David A. Grimley, Ulrich Hambach, Frank Lehmkuhl, Slobodan B. Marković	2018	101
19	Chinese Loess Plateau vegetation since the Last Glacial Maximum and its implications for vegetation restoration Journal of Applied Ecology ·Wenying Jiang, Yufen Cheng, Xiaoxiao Yang, Shiling Yang	2013	95
20	Climate as the dominant control on C3 and C4 plant abundance in the Loess Plateau: Organic carbon isotope evidence from the last glacial-interglacial loess-soil sequences Chinese Science Bulletin ·Zhaoyan Gu, Qiang Liu, Bing Xu, Jiamao Han, Shiling Yang, Zhongli Ding, Tungsheng Liu	2003	94

About Shiling Yang

Shiling Yang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Soil Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, having authored 107 papers that have together received 5.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (71 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (23 papers), Soil and Environmental Studies (12 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (10 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (8 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (5 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (4 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (3.4k citations), Earth-Surface Processes (1k citations), Paleontology (673 citations), Soil Science (920 citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (287 citations). Shiling Yang has collaborated with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Z. L. Ding, Zhongli Ding, Jimin Sun, T.S. Liu, Shangfa Xiong, Edward Derbyshire, Wenying Jiang, Yu Zhang, Xiaofang Huang and Feng Hua Ding. Their work appears in journals such as Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Geophysical Research Letters, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Quaternary International and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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