| Paleo-CO2 variation trends and the Cretaceous greenhouse climate Y Wang, C Huang, B Sun, C Quan, J Wu, Z Lin Earth-Science Reviews 129, 136-147, 2014 | 214 | 2014 |
| Eocene monsoon prevalence over China: A paleobotanical perspective C Quan, YSC Liu, T Utescher Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 365, 302-311, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
| Validation of temperature–precipitation based aridity index: Paleoclimatic implications C Quan, S Han, T Utescher, C Zhang, YSC Liu Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386, 86-95, 2013 | 110 | 2013 |
| Revisiting the Paleogene climate pattern of East Asia: a synthetic review C Quan, Z Liu, T Utescher, J Jin, J Shu, Y Li, YSC Liu Earth-Science Reviews 139, 213-230, 2014 | 104 | 2014 |
| Paleogene temperature gradient, seasonal variation and climate evolution of northeast China C Quan, YSC Liu, T Utescher Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 313, 150-161, 2012 | 91 | 2012 |
| Paleogene evolution of precipitation in northeastern China supporting the middle Eocene intensification of the east Asian monsoon C Quan, YS Liu, T Utescher Palaios 26 (11), 743-753, 2011 | 87 | 2011 |
| High resolution estimates of paleo-CO2 levels through the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) based on Ginkgo cuticles C Quan, C Sun, Y Sun, G Sun Cretaceous Research 30 (2), 424-428, 2009 | 75 | 2009 |
| Eocene prevalence of monsoon-like climate over eastern China reflected by hydrological dynamics D Wang, S Lu, S Han, X Sun, C Quan Journal of Asian earth sciences 62, 776-787, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| Miocene shift of European atmospheric circulation from trade wind to westerlies C Quan, YS Liu, H Tang, T Utescher Scientific Reports 4 (1), 5660, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| First Oligocene mummified plant Lagerstätte in the low latitudes of East Asia C Quan, QY Fu, GL Shi, YS Liu, L Li, XY Liu, JH Jin Sci. China Earth Sci 59, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Late Cretaceous biota and the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary in Jiayin of Heilongjiang, China G Sun, M Akhmetiev, V Markevich, AR Ashraf, E Bugdaeva, P Godefroit, ... Global Geology 14 (3), 115-143, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Late Cretaceous plants from Jiayin along Heilongjiang river, northeast China G Sun, MA Akhmetiev, L Golovneva, E Bugdaeva, C Quan, TM Kodrul, ... Courier-Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 258, 75, 2007 | 36 | 2007 |
| Tertiary Ginkgo Ovulate Organs with Associated Leaves from North Dakota, U.S.A., and Their Evolutionary Significance Z Zhou, C Quan, YS Liu International Journal of Plant Sciences 173 (1), 67-80, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Trend of Santonian (Late Cretaceous) atmospheric CO2 and global mean land surface temperature: Evidence from plant fossils CB Wan, DH Wang, ZP Zhu, C Quan Science China Earth Sciences 54, 1338-1345, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| Cenozoic environmental changes in the northern Qaidam Basin inferred from n-alkane records ZH Liu, KX Zhang, YY Sun, WG Liu, YS Liu, C Quan Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 88 (5), 1547-1555, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| A new Tertiary Ginkgo (Ginkgoaceae) from the Wuyun Formation of Jiayin, Heilongjiang, northeastern China and its paleoenvironmental implications C Quan, G Sun, Z Zhou American Journal of Botany 97 (3), 446-457, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
| Mummified fossil woods of Fagaceae from the upper Oligocene of Guangxi, South China L Huang, J Jin, C Quan, AA Oskolski Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 152, 39-51, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Late Cretaceous aquatic angiosperms from Jiayin, Heilongjiang, Northeast China Q Cheng, S Ge Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition 82 (6), 1133-1140, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Dacrycarpus pattern shedding new light on the early floristic exchange between Asia and Australia X Wu, X Liu, T Kodrul, C Quan, J Jin National Science Review 6 (6), 1086-1090, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| Fossil fruits of Canarium (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history M Han, SR Manchester, Y Wu, J Jin, C Quan Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (10), 841-852, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
