Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

^†Corresponding author；^#Equal contribution

Junbo Wang^#, Haofeng Tan^#, Bowen Liao, Albert Jiang, Teng Fei, Qixing Huang, Bing Zhou, Zhengzhong Tu, Shan Ye^†, Yuhao Kang^† (2026), SounDiT: Geo-contextual soundscape-to-landscape generation, CVPR.

Peng Zhou, Jieming Chou^†, Shan Ye, Mengting Sun, Jie Luo, Zhaoxiang Cao, Qian Yao, Hao Zhang, Muhammad Bilal, Li Dan (2026), Global assessment of vegetation ozone exposure using a remote sensing-based index: A new potential reference for critical levels and gross primary production simulations, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 64, 4401318.

Xinyi Zhang, Hanting Zhong^†, Xin Li^†, Hui Chen, Shan Ye, Mingcai Hou, Chao Ma (2026), Application of machine learning in radiolarian taxonomy: A case study on Early Cretaceous Turbocapsula lineage, Palaeoworld, 35(1), 201005.

Shan Ye^†#, Xuelei Duan^†#, Youlin Xia, Aitor Moreno, Rongjuan Cong, fuyue Tian, Yu Zhou, Lin Liu, Yue Yu, Peiqian Yu, Linfeng Chen, Shuai Shao, Congyun Liu, Linge Ma^†, Zhe Zhou^† (2025), AI-Optimized Quantitative RINEPT (AIOQ-RINEPT) 1D ¹³C NMR for rapid polyolefin microstructure analysis, ACS Omega, 10(38), 44633-44641.

Zhining Gu, Wenwen Li, Bing Zhou, Yikang Wang, Yanbing Chen, Shan Ye, Kejin Wang, Hongkai Gu, Yuhao Kang^† (2025), GISphere knowledge graph for geography education: Recommending graduate geographic information system/science programs, Transactions in GIS, 29(1), e13283.

Yanbing Chen, Jonathan K Nelson, Bing Zhou, Ryan Zhenqi Zhou, Shan Ye, Haokun Liu, Zhining Gu, Armita Kar, Hoeyun Kwon, Pengyu Chen, Maoran Sun, Yuhao Kang^† (2025), Where are GIScience faculty hired from? Analyzing faculty mobility and research themes through hiring networks, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 1-25.

Peng Zhou, Jieming Chou^†, Shan Ye, Leiku Yang, Mengting Sun, Pengao Li, Huanpeng Wang, Jie Luo, Zhaoxiang Cao, Qian Yao, Hao Zhang, Hongze Pei (2025), A novel ensemble learning algorithm integrating WRF-CMAQ and downscaling models for hourly estimation of regional air pollution along with vegetation exposure risk detection, International Journal of Digital Earth, 18(1), 2509825.

Zhe Zhou^†, Xuelei Duan, Yue Yu, Linge Ma, Aitor Moreno, Youlin Xia, Linfeng Chen, Shan Ye, Rongjuan Cong^† (2025), Recent advances and applications of NMR techniques in plastic characterizations, Analytical Chemistry, 97(11), 5847-5865.

Shan Ye, Jiuyuan Wang^†, Quanyou Liu, Lidya G Tarhan (2024), International collaboration in geoscience lags behind other scientific disciplines, Nature Geoscience, 17(11), 1068-1071.

Shan Ye^† (2024), A sensitivity test on the modifiable areal unit problem in the spatial aggregation of fossil data, Geosciences, 14(9), 247.

Hang He, Chao Ma^†, Shan Ye, Wenqiang Tang, Yuxuan Zhou, Zhen Yu, Jiaxin Yi, Li Hou, Mingcai Hou (2024), Low resource Chinese geological text named entity recognition based on prompt learning, Journal of Earth Science, 35(3), 1035-1043.

Zhisong Cao, Chao Ma^†, Wenqiang Tang, Yuxuan Zhou, Hanting Zhong, Shan Ye, Kunyu Wu, Xiaodong Chen, Dongyu Zheng, Li Hou, Yan Zhang, Mingcai Hou (2024), CoreViT: A new vision transformer model for lithofacies identification in cores, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 240, 213012.

Shan Ye^† (2024), Investigating the role of contemporary climate on fossil collecting bias, Paleontological Research, 28(4), 413-425.

Li Hou, Chao Ma^†, Wenqiang Tang, Yuxuan Zhou, Shan Ye, Xiaodong Chen, Xingxing Zhang, Congyu Yu, Anqing Chen, Dongyu Zheng, Zhisong Cao, Yan Zhang, Mingcai Hou (2024), DDViT: Advancing lithology identification on FMI image logs through a dual modal transformer model with less information drop, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 234, 212662.

Shan Ye^†, Shanan E Peters (2023), Bedrock geological map predictions for Phanerozoic fossil occurrences, Paleobiology, 49(3), 394-413.

Shan Ye^†, Joshua K Cuzzone, Shaun A Marcott, Joseph M Licciardi, Dylan J Ward, Jakob Heyman, Daven P Quinn (2023), A quantitative assessment of snow shielding effects on surface exposure dating from a western North American ¹⁰Be data compilation, Quaternary Geochronology, 76, 101440.

Yikang Wang, Yuhao Kang, Haokun Liu, Ce Hou, Bing Zhou, Shan Ye, Yuyan Liu, Jinmeng Rao, Zhenghao Pei, Xiang Ye, Song Gao^† (2023), Choosing GIS graduate programs from afar: Chinese students’ perspectives, Transactions in GIS, 27(2), 450-475.

Yuhao Kang, Kunlin Wu, Song Gao^†, Ignavier Ng, Jinmeng Rao, Shan Ye, Fan Zhang, Teng Fei (2022), STICC: A multivariate spatial clustering method for repeated geographic pattern discovery with consideration of spatial contiguity, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36(8), 1518-1549.

Thesis

Ph.D. Dissertation (2022): A quantitative investigation of large geoscientific datasets: how records of geochronology and macroevolution are distorted by paleoclimate, paleoenvironment, and sediment preservation.

M.S. Thesis (2018): Finite element method analysis of multi-layer buckling systems with heterogeneous matrices.

Pop-sci Books

I authored the following non-academic pop-science books:

A History of Earth Exploration (Hunan Science & Technology Press/Chinese National Geography，2025) ISBN: 9787571035969

American History on the Road (Chongqing University Press，2023) ISBN: 9787568928366

Fossil Hunters (E-Book on Zhihu, 2018)