| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 2,747 |
| 2 | Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited | Precambrian Research | 2005 | 2,147 |
| 3 | Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P–T path constraints and tectonic evolution | Precambrian Research | 2001 | 1,657 |
| 4 | Precambrian geology of China | Precambrian Research | 2012 | 1,241 |
| 5 | Distribution of yttrium and rare-earth elements in the Penge and Kuruman iron-formations, Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa | Precambrian Research | 1996 | 1,183 |
| 6 | Partial melting of amphibolite/eclogite and the origin of Archean trondhjemites and tonalites | Precambrian Research | 1991 | 1,131 |
| 7 | Geochronology of Neoproterozoic syn-rift magmatism in the Yangtze Craton, South China and correlations with other continents: evidence for a mantle superplume that broke up Rodinia | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 1,020 |
| 8 | Archean crustal evolution in the northern Yilgarn Craton: U–Pb and Hf-isotope evidence from detrital zircons | Precambrian Research | 2004 | 983 |
| 9 | History of Neoproterozoic rift basins in South China: implications for Rodinia break-up | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 969 |
| 10 | Neoproterozoic variations in the C-isotopic composition of seawater: stratigraphic and biogeochemical implications | Precambrian Research | 1995 | 878 |
| 11 | Amalgamation between the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks in South China: Constraints from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon ages, geochemistry and Nd–Hf isotopes of the Shuangxiwu volcanic rocks | Precambrian Research | 2009 | 857 |
| 12 | An Outline of the precambrian evolution of the baltic shield | Precambrian Research | 1987 | 810 |
| 13 | Amalgamation of the North China Craton: Key issues and discussion | Precambrian Research | 2012 | 806 |
| 14 | Assembling North China Craton within the Columbia supercontinent: The role of double-sided subduction | Precambrian Research | 2010 | 748 |
| 15 | Neoproterozoic granitoids in South China: crustal melting above a mantle plume at ca. 825 Ma? | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 719 |
| 16 | Alteration and geochemical patterns in the 3.7–3.8 Ga Isua greenstone belt, West Greenland | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 673 |
| 17 | Geological and geochronological evidence for the Precambrian evolution of the Tarim Craton and surrounding continental fragments | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 578 |
| 18 | 3800 to 2500 Ma crustal evolution in the Anshan area of Liaoning Province, northeastern China | Precambrian Research | 1996 | 574 |
| 19 | Metamorphism of basement rocks in the Central Zone of the North China Craton: implications for Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution | Precambrian Research | 2000 | 566 |
| 20 | Detrital zircon geochronology of Precambrian basement sequences in the Jiangnan orogen: Dating the assembly of the Yangtze and Cathaysia Blocks | Precambrian Research | 2007 | 554 |
| 21 | Geological characteristics and tectonic setting of proterozoic iron oxide (CuUAuREE) deposits | Precambrian Research | 1992 | 551 |
| 22 | SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in the North China Craton: Evidence for a major Late Palaeoproterozoic tectonothermal event | Precambrian Research | 2006 | 540 |
| 23 | Geochemistry of Neoproterozoic mafic intrusions in the Panzhihua district (Sichuan Province, SW China): Implications for subduction-related metasomatism in the upper mantle | Precambrian Research | 2007 | 515 |
| 24 | A review of the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield, a product of Archean accretion | Precambrian Research | 1990 | 511 |
| 25 | Rift melting of juvenile arc-derived crust: Geochemical evidence from Neoproterozoic volcanic and granitic rocks in the Jiangnan Orogen, South China | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 501 |
| 26 | Long-lived (1.8–1.0 Ga) convergent orogen in southern Laurentia, its extensions to Australia and Baltica, and implications for refining Rodinia | Precambrian Research | 2001 | 497 |
| 27 | Theoretical constraints on oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in the Precambrian atmosphere | Precambrian Research | 1987 | 493 |
| 28 | U–Pb zircon geochronology, geochemistry and Nd isotopic study of Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanic rocks in the Kangdian Rift of South China: implications for the initial rifting of Rodinia | Precambrian Research | 2002 | 492 |
| 29 | Lithotectonic elements of the Grenville Province: review and tectonic implications | Precambrian Research | 1997 | 489 |
| 30 | Late Archaean (2550–2520 Ma) juvenile magmatism in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: constraints from geochronology, Nd–Sr isotopes and whole rock geochemistry | Precambrian Research | 2000 | 482 |
| 31 | Palaeoproterozoic tectonic history of the North China craton: a review | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 460 |
| 32 | The assembly of Rodinia: The correlation of early Neoproterozoic (ca. 900 Ma) high-grade metamorphism and continental arc formation in the southern Beishan Orogen, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB) | Precambrian Research | 2017 | 453 |
| 33 | The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3900-3600 Ma) | Precambrian Research | 1996 | 450 |
| 34 | Frontiers in the Baltic Shield | Precambrian Research | 1993 | 447 |
| 35 | The Palaeo-Asian ocean in the Neoproterozoic and early Palaeozoic: new geochronologic data and palaeotectonic reconstructions | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 441 |
| 36 | The Dharwar craton, southern India, interpreted as the result of Late Archaean oblique convergence | Precambrian Research | 2000 | 438 |
| 37 | The Yanbian Terrane (Southern Sichuan Province, SW China): A Neoproterozoic arc assemblage in the western margin of the Yangtze Block | Precambrian Research | 2006 | 435 |
| 38 | SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology of the Liaoji granitoids: Constraints on the evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Jiao-Liao-Ji belt in the Eastern Block of the North China Craton | Precambrian Research | 2007 | 435 |
| 39 | The origin and evolution of Archean lithospheric mantle | Precambrian Research | 2003 | 432 |
| 40 | Timing of Paleoproterozoic ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in the North China Craton: Evidence from SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology | Precambrian Research | 2007 | 432 |
| 41 | Precambrian metamorphic basement and sedimentary cover of the North China Craton: A review | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 432 |
| 42 | The crust of Cathaysia: Age, assembly and reworking of two terranes | Precambrian Research | 2007 | 428 |
| 43 | Global record of 1600–700Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 425 |
| 44 | New U–Pb and Sm–Nd data from north-central Cameroon and its bearing on the pre-Pan African history of central Africa | Precambrian Research | 2001 | 421 |
| 45 | Single zircon grains record two Paleoproterozoic collisional events in the North China Craton | Precambrian Research | 2010 | 414 |
| 46 | On Archean granites, greenstones, cratons and tectonics: does the evidence demand a verdict? | Precambrian Research | 1998 | 410 |
| 47 | The Adelaide Geosyncline of South Australia and its significance in Neoproterozoic continental reconstruction | Precambrian Research | 2000 | 406 |
| 48 | Zircon geochronology and metamorphic evolution of mafic dykes in the Hengshan Complex of northern China: Evidence for late Palaeoproterozoic extension and subsequent high-pressure metamorphism in the North China Craton | Precambrian Research | 2006 | 402 |
| 49 | Episodic zircon age spectra of orogenic granitoids: The supercontinent connection and continental growth | Precambrian Research | 2010 | 398 |
| 50 | Transamazonian Orogeny in the Southern São Francisco Craton Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil: evidence for Paleoproterozoic collision and collapse in the Quadrilátero FerrÃfero | Precambrian Research | 1998 | 394 |
