Shiling Yang

6.5k citations

107 papers · 5.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 35

Impact in

Earth-Surface Processes top 0.2%
- Geological formations and processes
- Aeolian processes and effects
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Papers in

Atmospheric Science 88
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 87
Paleontology 33
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 22

Co-authors: Z. L. Ding (17 shared papers)Zhongli Ding (37 shared papers)Jimin Sun (14 shared papers)Shangfa Xiong (16 shared papers)T.S. Liu (3 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

101 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Shiling Yang's Hit Papers

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Rates and causes of black soil erosion in Northeast China 2022 · 119 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 CATENA
2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Paleoceanography

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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 δ¹⁸O record Paleoceanography ·Z. L. Ding, Edward Derbyshire, Shiling Yang, Yu Zhang, Shangfa Xiong, Tao Liu Hit paper breakdown →	2002	524
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	369
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	325
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, Yangyang Li, Xu Wang, Wenying Jiang, Xiaofang Huang Hit paper breakdown →	2015	263
5	The loess record in southern Tajikistan and correlation with Chinese loess Earth and Planetary Science Letters ·Z. L. Ding, Vadim A. Ranov, Shiling Yang, Alexander Finaev, Jibin Han, G.A. Wang	2002	258
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	242
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 Ding, Zhongli Ding	2006	235
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, Bo-Long Guo	1998	212
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	190
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	178
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	163
12	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	132
13	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	119
14	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, Shihao Zhang, Licheng Guo, Jingyi Cui, Zihua Tang, Zhongli Ding Hit paper breakdown →	2022	119
15	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 Rutter, Jimin Sun, Shiling Yang, T.S Liu	2000	116
16	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	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	103
18	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	92
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	92
20	Climate instability during the penultimate glaciation: Evidence from two high‐resolution loess records, China Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Z. L. Ding, Juangang Ren, Shiling Yang, T. S. Liu	1999	91

About Shiling Yang

Shiling Yang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Molecular Biology, having authored 107 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (87 papers), Geological formations and processes (23 papers), Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (22 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (14 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (12 papers), Plant Diversity and Evolution (10 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Earth-Surface Processes (1.9k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.4k citations), Paleontology (1.2k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (611 citations) and Anthropology (933 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, Shangfa Xiong, T.S. Liu, Edward Derbyshire, Wenying Jiang, Yu Zhang, Tao Liu and Xiaofang Huang. 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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