| 1 | Topographic growth of the Jishi Shan and its impact on basin and hydrology evolution, NE Tibetan Plateau | Basin Research | 2018 | 163 |
| 2 | The oldest known priapulid‐like scalidophoran animal and its implications for the early evolution of cycloneuralians and ecdysozoans | Evolution & Development | 2014 | 95 |
| 3 | The nature and origin of nucleus‐like intracellular inclusions in Paleoproterozoic eukaryote microfossils | Geobiology | 2013 | 85 |
| 4 | Juxtaposition of Western Pacific Subtropical High on Asian Summer Monsoon Shapes Subtropical East Asian Precipitation | Geophysical Research Letters | 2020 | 83 |
| 5 | 40Ar/39Ar dating of ignimbrite from Inner Mongolia, northeastern China, indicates a post-Middle Jurassic age for the overlying Daohugou Bed | Geophysical Research Letters | 2004 | 78 |
| 6 | The40Ar/39Ar dating of the early Jehol Biota from Fengning, Hebei Province, northern China | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2006 | 77 |
| 7 | 40Ar/39Ar dating of Lujiatun Bed (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 67 |
| 8 | Late Occupation of the High‐Elevation Northern Tibetan Plateau Based on Cosmogenic, Luminescence, and Radiocarbon Ages | Geoarchaeology - an International Journal | 2013 | 67 |
| 9 | A new fossil from the Jurassic of Patagonia reveals the early basicranial evolution and the origins of Crocodyliformes | Biological Reviews | 2013 | 54 |
| 10 | A multivariate assessment of the Dali hominin cranium from China: Morphological affinities and implications for Pleistocene evolution in East Asia | American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 2017 | 53 |
| 11 | Modern pollen assemblages from surface lake sediments and their environmental implications on the southwestern Tibetan Plateau | Boreas | 2017 | 50 |
| 12 | Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis sp. nov. | Evolutionary Anthropology | 2022 | 50 |
| 13 | Late Anisian radiolarian assemblages from the Yarlung‐Tsangpo Suture Zone in the Jinlu area, Zedong, southern Tibet: Implications for the evolution of Neotethys | Island Arc | 2019 | 47 |
| 14 | Twentieth anniversary of Homo antecessor (1997‐2017): a review | Evolutionary Anthropology | 2017 | 45 |
| 15 | First fossil record of Cedrelospermum (Ulmaceae) from the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau: Implications for morphological evolution and biogeography | Journal of Systematics and Evolution | 2019 | 43 |
| 16 | A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China | Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | 2010 | 42 |
| 17 | Cranial anatomy of Jeholosaurus shangyuanensis (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Early Cretaceous of China | Zootaxa | 2009 | 40 |
| 18 | Comparative Osteology and Phylogenetic Relationship ofEdmontosaurusandShantungosaurus(Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and East Asia | Acta Geologica Sinica | 2014 | 37 |
| 19 | Unique method of tooth replacement in durophagous placodont marine reptiles, with new data on the dentition of Chinese taxa | Journal of Anatomy | 2014 | 37 |
| 20 | A Comparative Morphological Study of the Jugal and Quadratojugal in Early Birds and Their Dinosaurian Relatives | Anatomical Record | 2017 | 37 |
| 21 | A mandible from the Middle Pleistocene Hexian site and its significance in relation to the variability of Asian Homo erectus | American Journal of Physical Anthropology | 2017 | 36 |
| 22 | Provenance Evolution of Age‐Calibrated Strata Reveals When and How South China Block Collided With Gondwana | Geophysical Research Letters | 2020 | 36 |
| 23 | Intricate Regolith Reworking Processes Revealed by Microstructures on Lunar Impact Glasses | Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets | 2022 | 36 |
| 24 | Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research | Biological Reviews | 2020 | 34 |
| 25 | Asclepiadospermumgen. nov., the earliest fossil record of Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) from the early Eocene of central Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau, and its biogeographic implications | American Journal of Botany | 2020 | 34 |
| 26 | Pleistocene Chinese cave hyenas and the recent Eurasian history of the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta | Molecular Ecology | 2014 | 33 |
| 27 | TheLeporidDatum: a lateMiocene biotic marker | Mammal Review | 2014 | 33 |
| 28 | Evolution and functional significance of derived sternal ossification patterns in ornithothoracine birds | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | 2015 | 32 |
| 29 | A new specimen of theTriassic pistosauroidYunguisaurus, with implications for the origin ofPlesiosauria (Reptilia,Sauropterygia) | Palaeontology | 2014 | 30 |
| 30 | A New Genus of Psittacosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) and the Origin and Early Evolution of Marginocephalian Dinosaurs | Acta Geologica Sinica | 2003 | 29 |
| 31 | Paleofire, Vegetation, and Climate Reconstructions of the Middle to Late Holocene From Lacustrine Sediments of the Toushe Basin, Taiwan | Geophysical Research Letters | 2020 | 28 |
| 32 | Facies analysis of the Middle and Late Quaternary sediment infill of the northern Weihe Basin, Central China | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2016 | 27 |
| 33 | Neogene magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetic study of the Kashi Depression, NW China: Implications to neotectonics in the SW Tianshan Mountains | Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth | 2016 | 27 |
| 34 | A multi-proxy approach to exploring Homo sapiens’ arrival, environments and adaptations in Southeast Asia | Scientific Reports | 2021 | 27 |
| 35 | 辽西建昌玲珑塔地区侏罗纪地层的离子探针锆石U-Pb定年: 对最古老带羽毛恐龙的年代制约 | Chinese Science Bulletin | 2013 | 25 |
| 36 | Optically stimulated luminescence ages for human occupation during the penultimate glaciation in the western Loess Plateau of China | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2016 | 24 |
| 37 | Micro‐CT reconstruction reveals the colony pattern regulations of four dominant reef‐building corals | Ecology and Evolution | 2021 | 24 |
| 38 | Braincase Anatomy of the Basal TheropodSinosaurusfrom the Early Jurassic of China | Acta Geologica Sinica | 2014 | 23 |
| 39 | Synchronous Sedimentation in Gonjo Basin, Southeast Tibet in Response to India‐Asia Collision Constrained by Magnetostratigraphy | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems | 2021 | 23 |
| 40 | The middle Miocene duck Chenoanas (Aves, Anatidae): new species, phylogeny and geographical range | Papers in Palaeontology | 2018 | 22 |
| 41 | Comparative transcriptomic analysis of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) to explore the molecular adaptations to fresh water | Molecular Ecology | 2020 | 22 |
| 42 | Anatomy and relationships of the early diverging Crocodylomorphs Junggarsuchus sloani and Dibothrosuchus elaphros | Anatomical Record | 2022 | 22 |
| 43 | Lipid residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the Liujiawa site of the Rui State (early Iron Age, north China) | Journal of Quaternary Science | 2022 | 21 |
| 44 | The subsistence patterns of the Shengedaliang site (~4,000 yr BP) revealed by stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in northern Shaanxi, China | Science China Earth Sciences | 2016 | 20 |
| 45 | Evolution patterns of seawater carbon isotope composition during the Cambrian and their stratigraphic significance | Geological Journal | 2021 | 20 |
| 46 | Summer temperature reconstruction on the central Tibetan Plateau during 1860–2002 derived from annually resolved ice core pollen | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 19 |
| 47 | The Plumage of Basal Birds | Fascinating Life Sciences | 2020 | 19 |
| 48 | Rhinocerotids in China - systematics and material analysis | Geobios | 2001 | 18 |
| 49 | Species diversity and postcranial anatomy of eocene primates from Shanghuang, China | Evolutionary Anthropology | 2012 | 18 |
| 50 | New chiropterans from the middle Eocene of Shanghuang (Jiangsu Province, Coastal China): new insight into the dawn horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) in Asia | Zoologica Scripta | 2014 | 18 |
