Yanan Shen

Yanan Shen 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 Yanan Shen sits on this spectrum.

Yanan Shen 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 Yanan Shen sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Tracing the stepwise oxygenation of the Proterozoic ocean

  C. Scott;T. W. Lyons;A. Bekker;A. Bekker;Y. Shen

  1139
  Citations

• Calibrating the End-Permian Mass Extinction

  Shu-zhong Shen;James L. Crowley;James L. Crowley;Yue Wang;Samuel A. Bowring

  864
  Citations

• Isotopic evidence for microbial sulphate reduction in the early Archaean era

  Yanan Shen;Roger Buick;Donald E. Canfield

  732
  Citations

• Middle Proterozoic ocean chemistry: Evidence from the McArthur Basin, northern Australia

  Yanan Shen;Donald E. Canfield;Andrew Herbert Knoll

  333
  Citations

• Evidence for low sulphate and anoxia in a mid-Proterozoic marine basin

  Yanan Shen;Andrew H. Knoll;Malcolm R. Walter

  320
  Citations

• The antiquity of microbial sulfate reduction

  Yanan Shen;Roger Buick

  317
  Citations

• Late inception of a resiliently oxygenated upper ocean.

  Wanyi Lu;Andy Ridgwell;Andy Ridgwell;Ellen Thomas;Ellen Thomas;Dalton S. Hardisty

  225
  Citations

• Evaluating the role of microbial sulfate reduction in the early Archean using quadruple isotope systematics

  Yanan Shen;James Farquhar;James Farquhar;Andrew Masterson;Alan J. Kaufman

  202
  Citations

• On the coevolution of Ediacaran oceans and animals

  Yanan Shen;Tonggang Zhang;Paul F. Hoffman

  197
  Citations

• New C isotope stratigraphy from southwest China: Implications for the placement of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary on the Yangtze Platform and global correlations

  Yanan Shen;Manfred Schidlowski

  176
  Citations

• Association of 34S‐depleted pyrite layers with negative carbonate δ13C excursions at the Permian‐Triassic boundary: Evidence for upwelling of sulfidic deep‐ocean water masses

  Thomas Algeo;Yanan Shen;Tonggang Zhang;Timothy Lyons

  173
  Citations

• Rapid enhancement of chemical weathering recorded by extremely light seawater lithium isotopes at the Permian–Triassic boundary

  He Sun;Yilin Xiao;Yongjun Gao;Guijie Zhang

  170
  Citations

• Multiple S-isotopic evidence for episodic shoaling of anoxic water during Late Permian mass extinction

  Yanan Shen;James Farquhar;Hua Zhang;Andrew Masterson

  166
  Citations

• Large perturbations of the carbon and sulfur cycle associated with the Late Ordovician mass extinction in South China

  Tonggang Zhang;Yanan Shen;Renbin Zhan;Shuzhong Shen

  144
  Citations

• Evidence for sulfidic deep water during the Late Permian in the East Greenland Basin

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  121
  Citations

• Termination of a continent-margin upwelling system at the Permian-Triassic boundary (Opal Creek, Alberta, Canada)

  Shane D. Schoepfer;Charles M. Henderson;Geoffrey H. Garrison;Julien Foriel

  117
  Citations

• Widespread shoaling of sulfidic waters linked to the end-Guadalupian (Permian) mass extinction

  Guijie Zhang;Xiaolin Zhang;Dandan Li;James Farquhar

  92
  Citations

• Sulfur isotope biogeochemistry of the Proterozoic McArthur Basin

  David T. Johnston;David T. Johnston;James Farquhar;Roger E. Summons;Yanan Shen

  86
  Citations

• Redox chemistry changes in the Panthalassic Ocean linked to the end-Permian mass extinction and delayed Early Triassic biotic recovery

  Guijie Zhang;Xiaolin Zhang;Dongping Hu;Dandan Li

  81
  Citations

• Large mass-independent sulphur isotope anomalies link stratospheric volcanism to the Late Ordovician mass extinction

  Dongping Hu;Menghan Li;Xiaolin Zhang;Alexandra V. Turchyn

  78
  Citations