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Jinnan Tong publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jinnan Tong sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 171 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Jinnan Tong D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jinnan Tong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jinnan Tong is affiliated with China University of Geosciences in China and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

Their work focuses on a range of main topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology.

Jinnan Tong has published extensively, with a notable presence in journals such as Nature Communications, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, Geology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Recent papers include:

  • Six-fold increase of atmospheric pCO2 during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Ecological disturbance in tropical peatlands prior to marine Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2020, Geology
  • Permo-Triassic boundary carbon and mercury cycling linked to terrestrial ecosystem collapse, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Metal-induced stress in survivor plants following the end-Permian collapse of land ecosystems, 2021, Geology
  • Conodont calcium isotopic evidence for multiple shelf acidification events during the Early Triassic, 2020, Chemical Geology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jinnan Tong include:

  • Daoliang Chu
  • Li Tian
  • Haijun Song
  • Jacopo Dal Corso
  • Yuyang Wu

Their work has contributed to understanding Earth's past environments, especially around the Permian-Triassic mass extinction and related geological and ecological phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Two pulses of extinction during the Permian-Triassic crisis

    Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Jinnan Tong;Hongfu Yin

  • The protracted Permo-Triassic crisis and multi-episode extinction around the Permian-Triassic boundary

    Hongfu Yin;Qinglai Feng;Xulong Lai;Aymon Baud

  • Anoxia/high temperature double whammy during the Permian-Triassic marine crisis and its aftermath.

    Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Daoliang Chu;Jinnan Tong

  • Plankton and productivity during the Permian–Triassic boundary crisis: An analysis of organic carbon fluxes

    Thomas J. Algeo;Charles M. Henderson;Jinnan Tong;Qinglai Feng

  • Exceptional vertebrate biotas from the Triassic of China, and the expansion of marine ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction

    Michael J. Benton;Qiyue Zhang;Shixue Hu;Zhong-Qiang Chen

  • Large vertical δ13CDIC gradients in Early Triassic seas of the South China craton: Implications for oceanographic changes related to Siberian Traps volcanism

    Huyue Song;Huyue Song;Jinnan Tong;Thomas J. Algeo;Micha Horacek

  • Geochemical evidence from bio-apatite for multiple oceanic anoxic events during Permian-Triassic transition and the link with end-Permian extinction and recovery

    Haijun Song;Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Jinnan Tong;David P.G. Bond

  • Recovery tempo and pattern of marine ecosystems after the end-Permian mass extinction

    Haijun Song;Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Jinnan Tong

  • Isotopic evidence for an anomalously low oceanic sulfate concentration following end-Permian mass extinction

    Genming Luo;Genming Luo;Lee R. Kump;Yongbiao Wang;Jinnan Tong

  • Integrated Sr isotope variations and global environmental changes through the Late Permian to early Late Triassic

    Haijun Song;Paul B. Wignall;Jinnan Tong;Huyue Song

  • Early Triassic seawater sulfate drawdown

    Huyue Song;Jinnan Tong;Thomas J. Algeo;Thomas J. Algeo;Haijun Song

  • Uncovering the spatial heterogeneity of Ediacaran carbon cycling

    Chao Li;Dalton S. Hardisty;Genming Luo;Junhua Huang

  • Composition and structure of microbialite ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction in South China

    Hao Yang;Z.Q. Chen;Yongbiao Wang;Jinnan Tong

  • Rare-earth element patterns in conodont albid crowns: Evidence for massive inputs of volcanic ash during the latest Permian biocrisis?

    Laishi Zhao;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Thomas J. Algeo;Jianbo Chen

  • Trace fossil evidence for restoration of marine ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction in the Lower Yangtze region, South China

    Zhong-Qiang Chen;Zhong-Qiang Chen;Jinnan Tong;Margaret L. Fraiser

  • Massive formation of early diagenetic dolomite in the Ediacaran ocean: Constraints on the "dolomite problem".

    Biao Chang;Chao Li;Deng Liu;Ian Foster

  • Stratigraphic position of the Ediacaran Miaohe biota and its constrains on the age of the upper Doushantuo δ13C anomaly in the Yangtze Gorges area, South China

    Zhihui An;Zhihui An;Ganqing Jiang;Jinnan Tong;Li Tian

  • Structural changes of marine communities over the Permian–Triassic transition: Ecologically assessing the end-Permian mass extinction and its aftermath

    Zhong-Qiang Chen;Jinnan Tong;Zhuo-Ting Liao;Jing Chen

  • The onset of widespread marine red beds and the evolution of ferruginous oceans

    Haijun Song;Ganqing Jiang;Simon W. Poulton;Paul B. Wignall

  • The survival of benthic macroscopic phototrophs on a Neoproterozoic snowball Earth

    Qin Ye;Jinnan Tong;Shuhai Xiao;Shixing Zhu

  • Evolutionary dynamics of the Permian–Triassic foraminifer size: Evidence for Lilliput effect in the end-Permian mass extinction and its aftermath

    Haijun Song;Jinnan Tong;Z.Q. Chen

  • A candidate of the Induan-Olenekian boundary stratotype in the Tethyan region

    Jinnan Tong;Yuri D. Zakharov;Michael J. Orchard;Hongfu Yin

Frequent Co-Authors

Haijun Song
Haijun Song China University of Geosciences
Huyue Song
Huyue Song China University of Geosciences
Zhong-Qiang Chen
Zhong-Qiang Chen China University of Geosciences
Thomas J. Algeo
Thomas J. Algeo University of Cincinnati
Kunio Kaiho
Kunio Kaiho Tohoku University
Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
Jianxin Yu
Jianxin Yu China University of Geosciences
Kexin Zhang
Kexin Zhang Florida State University

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