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Yadong Sun 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 Yadong Sun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Yadong Sun 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 Yadong Sun sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Yadong Sun is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and has made contributions primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Oceanography.

Their recent published research includes:

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic), 2020, Science Advances
  • Environmental crises at the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Five million years of high atmospheric CO2 in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, 2022, Geology
  • Integrated bio-chemostratigraphy of Lower and Middle Triassic marine successions at Spiti in the Indian Himalaya: Implications for the Early Triassic nutrient crisis, 2020, Global and Planetary Change
  • Carnian-Norian (Late Triassic) climate change: Evidence from conodont oxygen isotope thermometry with implications for reef development and Wrangellian tectonics, 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yadong Sun include:

  • Michael M. Joachimski
  • Johann Müller
  • Paul B. Wignall
  • Jacopo Dal Corso
  • Stephen E. Grasby

The scientist has published multiple works in several key venues, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Sedimentology

Yadong Sun's research topics cover a broad range within Earth sciences, such as:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geological formations and processes

Their publications reflect an integration of paleontological and geochemical perspectives, particularly focusing on mass extinction events, climate changes during the Triassic period, and marine biostratigraphy.

Best Publications

  • Lethally Hot Temperatures During the Early Triassic Greenhouse

    Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun;Michael M. Joachimski;Paul B. Wignall;Chunbo Yan

  • Climate warming in the latest Permian and the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

    Michael M. Joachimski;Xulong Lai;Shuzhong Shen;Haishui Jiang

  • Volcanism, mass extinction, and carbon isotope fluctuations in the Middle Permian of China.

    Paul B. Wignall;Yadong Sun;David P. G. Bond;Gareth Izon

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

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

  • Environmental crises at the Permian–Triassic mass extinction

    Unknown

  • Dating the onset and nature of the Middle Permian Emeishan large igneous province eruptions in SW China using conodont biostratigraphy and its bearing on mantle plume uplift models

    Yadong Sun;Xulong Lai;Paul B. Wignall;Mike Widdowson

  • The Middle Permian (Capitanian) mass extinction on land and in the oceans

    David P.G. Bond;Jason Hilton;Paul B. Wignall;Jason R. Ali

  • Extinction and dawn of the modern world in the Carnian (Late Triassic).

    Jacopo Dal Corso;Jacopo Dal Corso;Massimo Bernardi;Massimo Bernardi;Yadong Sun;Haijun Song

  • Climate warming, euxinia and carbon isotope perturbations during the Carnian (Triassic) Crisis in South China

    Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun;P. B. Wignall;Michael M. Joachimski;David P. G. Bond

  • The mid-Capitanian (Middle Permian) mass extinction and carbon isotope record of South China

    D.P.G. Bond;P.B. Wignall;W. Wang;G. Izon

  • Revised conodont zonation and conodont evolution across the Permian–Triassic boundary at the Shangsi section, Guangyuan, Sichuan, South China

    Haishui Jiang;Xulong Lai;Chunbo Yan;Richard J. Aldridge

  • Carbon and conodont apatite oxygen isotope records of Guadalupian–Lopingian boundary sections: Climatic or sea-level signal?

    Bo Chen;Michael M. Joachimski;Yadong Sun;Shuzhong Shen

  • Ultra-shallow-marine anoxia in an Early Triassic shallow-marine clastic ramp (Spitsbergen) and the suppression of benthic radiation

    Paul B. Wignall;David P. G. Bond;Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun;Stephen E. Grasby;Stephen E. Grasby

  • Palaeoenvironmental change during the end-Guadalupian (Permian) mass extinction in Sichuan, China

    Xulong Lai;Wei Wang;P.B. Wignall;D.P.G. Bond

  • An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification

    David P.G. Bond;Paul B. Wignall;Michael M. Joachimski;Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun

  • Five million years of high atmospheric CO2 in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

    Unknown

  • Constraining the cause of the end-Guadalupian extinction with coupled records of carbon and calcium isotopes

    Adam B. Jost;Roland Mundil;Bin He;Shaun T. Brown;Shaun T. Brown

  • Permian-Triassic conodonts from Dajiang (Guizhou, South China) and their implication for the age of microbialite deposition in the aftermath of the End-Permian mass extinction

    Haishui Jiang;Xulong Lai;Yadong Sun;Paul B. Wignall

  • Palaeomagnetic re-investigation of Early Permian rift basalts from the Baoshan Block, SW China: constraints on the site-of-origin of the Gondwana-derived eastern Cimmerian terranes

    Jason R. Ali;Haz M. C. Cheung;Jonathan C. Aitchison;Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun

  • Submarine palaeoenvironments during Emeishan flood basalt volcanism, SW China : Implications for plume–lithosphere interaction during the Capitanian, Middle Permian (‘end Guadalupian’) extinction event

    Dougal A. Jerram;Dougal A. Jerram;Mike Widdowson;Paul B. Wignall;Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun

  • Size variation of conodonts during the Smithian–Spathian (Early Triassic) global warming event

    Yanlong Chen;Yanlong Chen;Richard J. Twitchett;Haishui Jiang;Sylvain Richoz

  • High amplitude redox changes in the late Early Triassic of South China and the Smithian–Spathian extinction

    Yadong Sun;Yadong Sun;P. B. Wignall;Michael M. Joachimski;David P. G. Bond

  • Uppermost Permian to Lower Triassic conodonts at Bianyang Section, Guihzou Province, South China

    Chunbo Yan;Lina Wang;Haishui Jiang;Paul B Wignall

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Wignall
Paul B. Wignall University of Leeds
Xulong Lai
Xulong Lai China University of Geosciences
Michael M. Joachimski
Michael M. Joachimski University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
David P.G. Bond
David P.G. Bond University of Hull
Stephen E. Grasby
Stephen E. Grasby Geological Survey of Canada
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Benoit Beauchamp
Benoit Beauchamp University of Calgary
Jason R. Ali
Jason R. Ali Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden
Mike Widdowson
Mike Widdowson University of Hull
Donald J. DePaolo
Donald J. DePaolo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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