Chao Wei

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Chao Wei is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Wei has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Chao Wei's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (11 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers). Chao Wei is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (11 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (8 papers). Chao Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Chao Wei's co-authors include Yafang Cheng, Gregory R. Carmichael, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Guangjie Zheng, Qiang Zhang, Meng Gao, Qing Mu, Bo Zheng and Kebin He and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Atmospheric Environment and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

In The Last Decade

Chao Wei

21 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Reactive nitrogen chemistry in aerosol water as a source of sulfate during haze events in China

2016 950 citations Yafang Cheng, Guangjie Zheng et al. Science Advances profile →
Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

2010 478 citations Zifeng Lü, David G. Streets et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Wei United States	14	1.8k	1.2k	1.0k	458	212	22	2.3k
Min Shao China	21	954 0.5×	786 0.6×	431 0.4×	465 1.0×	206 1.0×	87	1.6k
Erika von Schneidemesser Germany	23	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.5×	978 1.0×	884 1.9×	384 1.8×	56	3.0k
Xiao Tang China	23	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	861 0.8×	668 1.5×	234 1.1×	79	2.3k
Chang Xu China	20	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	657 0.6×	666 1.5×	244 1.2×	57	2.2k
Brian McDonald United States	28	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	886 0.9×	801 1.7×	677 3.2×	73	3.1k
Dan Chen China	22	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	489 1.1×	234 1.1×	71	2.1k
Yun Zhu China	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	328 0.3×	834 1.8×	428 2.0×	85	2.2k
Miaomiao Cheng China	22	818 0.5×	815 0.7×	346 0.3×	398 0.9×	190 0.9×	59	1.6k
Da Pan United States	15	566 0.3×	472 0.4×	423 0.4×	479 1.0×	199 0.9×	38	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Chao Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao Wei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chao Wei. Chao Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Chao, et al.. (2025). Predicting the Concentration Levels of PM2.5 and O3 for Highly Urbanized Areas Based on Machine Learning Models. Sustainability. 17(20). 9211–9211.

Wang, Hongwei, Li Ma, Shengqian Dou, et al.. (2024). Penetrative Ionic Organic Molecular Cage Nanozyme for the Targeted Treatment of Keratomycosis. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(26). e2401179–e2401179. 1 indexed citations

Li, Hongran, et al.. (2024). Assessing water quality environmental grades using hyperspectral images and a deep learning model: A case study in Jiangsu, China. Ecological Informatics. 84. 102854–102854. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Jiandong, Hang Su, Chao Wei, et al.. (2023). Black-carbon-induced regime transition of boundary layer development strongly amplifies severe haze. One Earth. 6(6). 751–759. 13 indexed citations

Su, Hang, Siwen Wang, Chao Wei, et al.. (2023). Strong particle production and condensational growth in the upper troposphere sustained by biogenic VOCs from the canopy of the Amazon Basin. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(1). 251–272. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Ying, Yafang Cheng, Nan Ma, et al.. (2020). Natural sea-salt emissions moderate the climate forcing of anthropogenic nitrate. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(2). 771–786. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Lixia, Yafang Cheng, Siwen Wang, et al.. (2020). Impact of biomass burning aerosols on radiation, clouds, and precipitation over the Amazon: relative importance of aerosol–cloud and aerosol–radiation interactions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(21). 13283–13301. 82 indexed citations

Tao, Wei, Hang Su, Guangjie Zheng, et al.. (2020). Aerosol pH and chemical regimes of sulfate formation in aerosol water during winter haze in the North China Plain. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(20). 11729–11746. 58 indexed citations

Liu, Lixia, Yafang Cheng, Siwen Wang, et al.. (2020). Impact of biomass burning aerosols on radiation, clouds, and precipitation over the Amazon during the dry season: dependence of aerosol-cloud and aerosol-radiation interactions on aerosol loading. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Chao, et al.. (2018). The Whole-Page Optimization via Dynamic Ad Allocation. 1407–1411. 9 indexed citations

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Gan, Chuen‐Meei, Christian Hogrefe, Rohit Mathur, et al.. (2016). Assessment of the effects of horizontal grid resolution on long-term air quality trends using coupled WRF-CMAQ simulations. Atmospheric Environment. 132. 207–216. 32 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yafang, Guangjie Zheng, Chao Wei, et al.. (2016). Reactive nitrogen chemistry in aerosol water as a source of sulfate during haze events in China. Science Advances. 2(12). e1601530–e1601530. 950 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xing, Jia, Rohit Mathur, Jonathan Pleim, et al.. (2015). Observations and modeling of air quality trends over 1990–2010 across the Northern Hemisphere: China, the United States and Europe. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(5). 2723–2747. 149 indexed citations

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Xing, Jia, Rohit Mathur, Jonathan Pleim, et al.. (2015). Can a coupled meteorology–chemistry model reproduce the historical trend in aerosol direct radiative effects over the Northern Hemisphere?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(17). 9997–10018. 35 indexed citations

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Gan, Chuen‐Meei, Jonathan Pleim, Rohit Mathur, et al.. (2015). Assessment of long-term WRF–CMAQ simulations for understanding direct aerosol effects on radiation "brightening" in the United States. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(21). 12193–12209. 32 indexed citations

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Xing, Jia, Rohit Mathur, Jonathan Pleim, et al.. (2015). Air pollution and climate response to aerosol direct radiative effects: A modeling study of decadal trends across the northern hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(23). 47 indexed citations

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Xing, Jia, Jonathan Pleim, Rohit Mathur, et al.. (2013). Historical gaseous and primary aerosol emissions in the United States from 1990 to 2010. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(15). 7531–7549. 144 indexed citations

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D’Allura, A., Gregory R. Carmichael, Sandro Finardi, et al.. (2011). Meteorological and air quality forecasting using the WRF–STEM model during the 2008 ARCTAS field campaign. Atmospheric Environment. 45(38). 6901–6910. 10 indexed citations

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Lü, Zifeng, David G. Streets, Q. Zhang, et al.. (2010). Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(13). 6311–6331. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Min, Gregory R. Carmichael, B. Adhikary, et al.. (2010). Impacts of transported background ozone on California air quality during the ARCTAS-CARB period – a multi-scale modeling study. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(14). 6947–6968. 43 indexed citations

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