1. Sun CF, Liu Y*, Wang L, Zhang CP, Fang CX, Grießinger J, Wu X, Song HM, Cai QF, Ren M, Jing MD, Li JJ, Liu JZ, Li ZY, Li Q*. (2026), Summer warming in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau reduces the  discharge of the lower Brahmaputra River. npj Palaeoecosystems,  DOI : 10.1038/s44513-026-00003-7.

2. Jing MD, Sun CF*, Liu Y, Wu X, Li ZY, Wang YX, Jia ZX, Song HM, Cai QF, Ren M, Li Q. (2026). Forest growth in Central China: Rapid recovery from short-term drought but persistent suppression after prolonged drought. Forest  Ecology and Management, 610, 123675.

3. Wu X, Sun CF*, Liu Y, Jing MD, Song HM, Cai QF, Ren M, Li ZY, Li Q*. (2026). Decoupled climate relationships of tree radial growth and canopy dynamics  along environmental gradients in Qinling Mountains, central China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 66, e04060.

4. Li Q*, Jia ZC, Wang JC, Wu YF, Xu Y, Wang L, Sun CF*, Song HM, Wang YC, Ren M, Cai QF, Liu Y*. (2026). Differential Responses and Mechanisms of Radial Growth Between Abies fargesii and Quercus mongolica in the Middle-Eastern Qinling Mountains Under Current Warming-Induced Aridification. International Journal of Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.70423.

5. Jing MD, Sun CF*, Liu Y*, Song HM, Wu X, Cai QF, Ren M, Li ZY, Ma YY, Li Q*. (2025). Tree rings reveal spatial differences in temperature changes between the Altai and Tianshan Mountains over the past 289 years. Dendrochronologia, 93, 126383.

6. Wu X, Sun CF*, Liu Y, Song HM, Jing MD, Li ZY, Cai QF, Ren M, Li Q*. (2025). Precipitation pattern changes in Northern China before and after the weakening of the Asian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics, 63, 368

7. Wang JC, Li Q*, Liu Y, Ren M, Jia ZC, Wu YF, Xu Y, Seo JW, Sun CF*, Song HM, Cai QF, Niu ZC, Pang WX, Duan XY, Liu WT. (2025). Water vapor signals and climate      influences in northeastern China: insights from tree-rings and precipitation δ¹⁸O. Journal of Forestry Research, 36, 128

8. Sun CF, Wu X, Li Q*, Liu Y*, Ren M, Cai QF, Song HM, Ma YY. (2024). Tree-Ring Stable Oxygen Isotope Ratio (δ18O) Records Precipitation Changes over the past Century in the Central Part of Eastern China. Forests, 15, 128.

9. Sun CF, Li Q*, Liu Y, Cai QF, Ren M, Song HM, Fang CX, Liu RH, Sun JY. (2023). Human activities have more impacts on the recent discharge reduction of the largest tributary of the Yellow River relative to last three centuries. Science of the Total Environment, 890, 164217

10. Sun CF, Li Q*, Liu Y*, Song HM, Fang CX, Cai QF, Ren M, Ye YD, Liu RS, Sun JY. (2022). Tree rings reveal changes in the temperature pattern in eastern China before and during the Anthropocene. Environmental Research Letter, 17, 124034.

11. Sun CF*, Liu Y*, Li Q, Song HM, Cai QF, Fang CX, Liu RS, Ren YF. (2021). Tree rings reveal the impacts of the Northern Hemisphere temperature on precipitation reduction in the low latitudes of East Asia since 1259 CE. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033603.

12. Sun CF*, Liu Y*, Cai QF, Li Q, Song HM, Fang CX, Liu RS. (2020). Similarities and differences in driving factors of precipitation changes on the western Loess Plateau and the northeastern Tibetan Plateau at different timescales. Climate Dynamics, 55, 2889-2902.

13. Sun CF*, Liu Y*, Song HM, Li Q, Cai QF, Wang L, Fang CX, Liu RS. (2020). Tree-ring evidence of the impacts of climate change and agricultural cultivation on vegetation coverage in the upper reaches of the Weihe River, northwest China. Science of the Total Environment, 707, 136160.

14. Sun CF, Liu Y*. (2019). Tree-ring-based drought variability in the eastern region of the Silk Road and its linkages to the Pacific Ocean. Ecological Indicators, 96, 421-429.

15. Sun CF, Liu Y*, Song HM, Cai QF, Li Q, Wang L, Mei RC, Fang CX. (2018). Sunshine duration reconstruction in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau based on tree-ring width and its relationship to volcanic eruptions. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 707-714.

16. Sun CF, Liu Y*, Song HM, Mei RC, Payomratet P, Wang L, Liu RS. (2018). Tree-ring-based precipitation reconstruction in the source region of Weihe River, northwest China since AD 1810. International Journal of Climatology, 38, 3421-3431.

17. Sun CF, Liu Y*. (2016). Climate Response of Tree Radial Growth at Different Timescales in the Qinling Mountains, PLoS One, 11(8), e0160938.

18. Sun CF*, Ma YY. (2015). Effects of non-linear temperature and precipitation trends on Loess Plateau droughts. Quaternary International, 372, 175-179.

19. Liu Y*, Song HM*, An ZS, Li Q, Leavitt SW, Büntgen U, Cai QF, Liu RS, Fang CX, Sun CF, Treydte K, Ren M, Mo LD, Song Y, Cai WJ, Zhang Q, Zhou WJ, Bräuning A, Grießinger J, Chen DL, Linderholm HW, Sinha A, Cheng H, Wang L, Lei Y, Sun JY, Gong W, Li XX, Cui LL, Ning L, Wan LF, Crowther TW, Zohner CZ. (2025). Recent centennial drought on the Tibetan Plateau is outstanding within the past 3500 years. Nature Communications, 16, 1311.

20. Liu Y*, Song HM, An ZS*, Sun CF, Trouet V, Cai QF, Liu RS, Leavitt SW, Song Y, Li Q, Fang CX, Zhou WJ, Yang YK, Jin Z, Wang YQ, Sun JY, Mu XM, Lei Y, Wang L, Li XX, Cui LL, Ren M, Zeng XL. (2020). Recent anthropogenic curtailing of Yellow River runoff and sediment load is unprecedented over the past 500 y. PNAS, 117(31), 18251-18257.

21. Liu Y*, Song HM, Sun CF, Song Y, Cai QF, Liu RS, Lei Y, Li Q. (2019). The 600-mm precipitation isoline distinguishes tree-ring-width responses to climate in China. National Science Review, 6, 359-368. 

22. Liu Y*, Cobb KM, Song HM, Li Q, Li C-Y, Nakatsuka T, An ZS, Zhou WJ, Cai QF, Li JB, Leavitt SW, Sun CF, Mei RC, Shen C-Z, Chan M-H, Sun JY, Yan LB, Lei Y, Ma YY, Li XX, Chen DL, Linderholm HW. (2017). Recent enhancement of central Pacific El Niño variability relative to last eight centuries. Nature Communications, 8, 15386.