Chen Chen

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
144 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Chen Chen is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Chen has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 43 papers in Soil Science and 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Chen Chen's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). Chen Chen is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (35 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (12 papers). Chen Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Chen Chen's co-authors include Marie‐Claude Boudreau, Watson, Han Y. H. Chen, Xinli Chen, Zhiqun Huang, Wenya Xiao, Eric B. Searle, Lanlan Guo, Yafeng Zhang and Bin He and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chen Chen

138 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Information Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Devel... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2019 2025 250 500 750
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.

  1. Information Systems and Environmentally Sustainable Development: Energy Informatics and New Directions for the IS Community1
    2010 755 citations Chen Chen et al. profile →
  2. Meta-analysis shows positive effects of plant diversity on microbial biomass and respiration
    2019 321 citations Chen Chen, Han Y. H. Chen et al. profile →
  3. Meta-analysis reveals global variations in plant diversity effects on productivity
    2025 23 citations Chen Chen, Wenya Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chen Chen China 27 1.1k 863 796 670 527 144 3.7k
Tek Maraseni Australia 45 603 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 2.8k 3.5× 509 0.8× 264 0.5× 304 6.8k
Florian Kraxner Austria 43 388 0.3× 1.8k 2.0× 2.8k 3.5× 310 0.5× 587 1.1× 148 7.3k
Astley Hastings United Kingdom 35 1.2k 1.1× 956 1.1× 778 1.0× 700 1.0× 279 0.5× 121 5.0k
Gaihe Yang China 55 3.3k 2.9× 2.2k 2.5× 656 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 81 0.2× 184 8.1k
Clevo Wilson Australia 35 442 0.4× 449 0.5× 467 0.6× 569 0.8× 198 0.4× 154 4.1k
Erwin Schmid Austria 47 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 2.2k 2.8× 1.8k 2.6× 598 1.1× 168 8.9k
G. Cornelis van Kooten Canada 40 347 0.3× 670 0.8× 2.8k 3.5× 208 0.3× 366 0.7× 280 5.5k
Madhu Khanna United States 44 437 0.4× 355 0.4× 750 0.9× 529 0.8× 202 0.4× 231 7.5k
Robert Finger Switzerland 50 2.1k 1.9× 1.0k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 2.1k 3.1× 78 0.1× 264 7.7k
Timothy A. Volk United States 37 378 0.3× 699 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 638 1.0× 113 0.2× 158 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chen Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chen Chen 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 Chen Chen. Chen Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Chen, Hong Song, Lina Yang, et al.. (2025). Soybean hull polysaccharides ameliorate lipid metabolic disorders and gut microbiota dysbiosis in high-fat diet-fed zebrafish. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 305(Pt 2). 141123–141123. 4 indexed citations
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Pan, Junxiao, Xinyu Zhang, Shuang Liu, et al.. (2024). Precipitation alleviates microbial C limitation but aggravates N and P limitations along a 3000-km transect on the Tibetan Plateau. CATENA. 247. 108535–108535. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Li, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of N-doped microporous biochar decreased Cd transition in rhizosphere soils and its impact on soil bacterial community composition. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175873–175873. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Wenya, Chen Chen, & Han Y. H. Chen. (2024). Nitrogen deposition suppresses soil respiration by reducing global belowground activity. The Science of The Total Environment. 921. 171246–171246. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, et al.. (2024). Sustainable manufacturing process thermal energy environment detection and green economy development based on image classification. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 55. 102948–102948. 1 indexed citations
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He, Xiong Zhao, et al.. (2024). Age and Density of Mated Females Affect Dispersal Strategies in Spider Mite Tetranychus ludeni Zacher. Insects. 15(6). 387–387. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, et al.. (2023). Life history and behavior of Tamarixia triozae parasitizing the tomato-potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli. Biological Control. 179. 105152–105152. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Shirong, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen addition alleviates drought effects on water status and growth of Moso bamboo (Phllostachys edulis). Forest Ecology and Management. 530. 120768–120768. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen & Yufeng Xu. (2023). Spatial heterogeneity of human activities and its driving factors in karst areas of Southwest China over the past 20 years. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Qin, Jinliang, Xi Wang, & Chen Chen. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Child Neglect Scale and Risk Factors for Child Neglect in Chinese Young Males Who Were Incarcerated. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(5). 4659–4659. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Wenya Xiao, & Han Y. H. Chen. (2023). Mapping global soil acidification under N deposition. Global Change Biology. 29(16). 4652–4661. 68 indexed citations
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Xu, Chonghua, Xia Xu, Yiqi Luo, et al.. (2021). Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tropical ecosystems following fire. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(2). 378–391. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Bin He, Wenping Yuan, Lanlan Guo, & Yafeng Zhang. (2019). Increasing interannual variability of global vegetation greenness. Environmental Research Letters. 14(12). 124005–124005. 61 indexed citations
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Xue, Feng, Yuhang Wang, Muyi Kang, et al.. (2019). Base cation concentrations in forest litter and topsoil have different responses to climate and tree species along elevational gradients. Journal of Mountain Science. 16(1). 30–42. 4 indexed citations
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He, Bin, Junjie Liu, Lanlan Guo, et al.. (2018). Recovery of Ecosystem Carbon and Energy Fluxes From the 2003 Drought in Europe and the 2012 Drought in the United States. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(10). 4879–4888. 56 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Bin He, Lanlan Guo, et al.. (2018). Identifying Critical Climate Periods for Vegetation Growth in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 123(8). 2541–2552. 63 indexed citations
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Yamaguchi, Kentaro, et al.. (2016). A STUDY OF TIME SERIES CHANGE IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND ACTIVATING FACTORS IN A COMMUNITY CENTER. Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). 81(723). 1089–1099. 2 indexed citations

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