Chen He

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Chen He is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen He has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Oceanography, 63 papers in Ecology and 32 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chen He's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (73 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (32 papers). Chen He is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (73 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (33 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (32 papers). Chen He collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Chen He's co-authors include Quan Shi, Ding He, Penghui Li, Xiaocun Zhuo, Yahe Zhang, Huazhang Zhao, Chunming Xu, Nianzhi Jiao, Yunyun Li and Weiming Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chen He

140 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Carbon Sequestration in the Form of Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Seaweed (Kelp) Farming Environment

2022 101 citations Zenghu Zhang, Chen He et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen He China	41	1.9k	1.6k	1.1k	1.0k	946	147	5.1k
Michael Gonsior United States	40	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	731 0.7×	848 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	99	5.2k
Zhidan Wen China	39	1.9k 1.0×	956 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	897 0.9×	994 1.1×	112	4.7k
Robert J. Kieber United States	41	2.3k 1.2×	782 0.5×	637 0.6×	805 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	117	5.2k
Huacheng Xu China	42	1.2k 0.6×	583 0.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	844 0.9×	139	5.4k
Jin Hur South Korea	55	3.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	2.5k 2.3×	1.2k 1.2×	2.0k 2.2×	179	8.3k
Hao Yang China	36	814 0.4×	986 0.6×	894 0.8×	899 0.9×	715 0.8×	233	4.6k
E. Parlanti France	19	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	455 0.4×	660 0.6×	576 0.6×	41	3.4k
Liyang Yang China	36	1.6k 0.8×	906 0.6×	561 0.5×	521 0.5×	724 0.8×	72	3.6k
Nicola Senesi Italy	37	815 0.4×	903 0.6×	474 0.4×	596 0.6×	782 0.8×	103	5.2k
Shiming Ding China	53	1.0k 0.5×	957 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	3.9k 3.7×	1.1k 1.2×	159	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chen He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chen He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chen He. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chen He. The network helps show where Chen He may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen He

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chen He. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chen He 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 He. Chen He 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

Du, Yang, Yiliang Liu, Qing Li, et al.. (2025). Evolution of atmospheric high-molecular-weight Organonitrates (HMW ONs) in urban Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1).

Wang, Jianjun, et al.. (2025). Environmental and microbial factors shape dissolved organic matter across multiple ecosystems. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Qi, Yulin, Jun Zhong, Yuanbi Yi, et al.. (2024). Deciphering dissolved organic matter characteristics and its fate in a glacier-fed desert river—the Tarim river, China. Environmental Research. 257. 119251–119251. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Jiaxing, Jing Zhang, Jiajia Du, et al.. (2024). Native corncob-derived biosorbent with grafted 1,3,4-thiadiazole for enhanced adsorption of palladium in metallurgical wastewater. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 681. 292–304. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zenghu, Shailesh Nair, Hongmei Li, et al.. (2024). Overlooked Vital Role of Persistent Algae‐Bacteria Interaction in Ocean Recalcitrant Carbon Sequestration and Its Response to Ocean Warming. Global Change Biology. 30(11). e17570–e17570. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Simin, Ting Liu, Erxiong Zhu, et al.. (2024). Potential retention of dissolved organic matter by soil minerals during wetland water-table fluctuations. Water Research. 254. 121412–121412. 26 indexed citations

Li, Yuguo, Chen He, Chunmao Chen, Fan Liu, & Quan Shi. (2024). Molecular investigation into the transformation of recalcitrant dissolved organic sulfur in refinery sour water during stripping process. Petroleum Science. 21(3). 2112–2119.

He, Chen, et al.. (2024). Molecular characteristics of organic matter derived from sulfonated biochar. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 26(9). 1641–1650. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Peng, et al.. (2024). Soil fungal networks exhibit sparser interactions than bacterial networks in diseased banana plantations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90(12). e0157224–e0157224.

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Gao, Zhipeng, Huaming Guo, Yu Chen, et al.. (2023). Transformation of dissolved organic matter and related arsenic mobility at a surface water-groundwater interface in the Hetao Basin, China. Environmental Pollution. 334. 122202–122202. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chen, Yuping Zhou, Yuntao Wang, et al.. (2023). Seasonal variations of dissolved organic matter chemistry in a semi-enclosed and eutrophic coastal bay in southeastern China: Implications for carbon cycling. Journal of Hydrology. 622. 129679–129679. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, Yu Pang, Yuanbi Yi, et al.. (2023). Response of dissolved organic matter chemistry to flood control of a large river reservoir during an extreme storm event. Water Research. 230. 119565–119565. 25 indexed citations

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Song, Fanhao, Tingting Li, Jin Hur, et al.. (2023). Molecular-level insights into the heterogeneous variations and dynamic formation mechanism of leached dissolved organic matter during the photoaging of polystyrene microplastics. Water Research. 242. 120114–120114. 50 indexed citations

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Xu, Yu, et al.. (2023). Mist cannon trucks can exacerbate the formation of water-soluble organic aerosol and PM _2.5 pollution in the road environment. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(12). 6775–6788. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Jiwei, Qixing Zhou, Xiangang Hu, et al.. (2022). Lake Chemodiversity Driven by Natural and Anthropogenic Factors. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(9). 5910–5919. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Yinghui, Peng Zhang, Chen He, et al.. (2022). Molecular signatures of soil-derived dissolved organic matter constrained by mineral weathering. Fundamental Research. 3(3). 377–383. 20 indexed citations

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Ye, Quanhui, Guodong Sun, Yinghui Wang, et al.. (2022). Lake reclamation alters molecular-level characteristics of lacustrine dissolved organic matter – A study of nine lakes in the Yangtze Plain, China. Water Research. 222. 118884–118884. 11 indexed citations

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Qu, Liyin, Chen He, Randy A. Dahlgren, et al.. (2022). Hypolimnetic deoxygenation enhanced production and export of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter in a large stratified reservoir. Water Research. 219. 118537–118537. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Xuejiao, Weidong Kong, Quan Shi, et al.. (2021). Patterns and drivers of the degradability of dissolved organic matter in dryland soils on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59(3). 884–894. 17 indexed citations

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Fang, Zhi, Lijie Li, Bin Jiang, et al.. (2019). Molecular Composition and Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Coal Gasification Wastewater. Energy & Fuels. 33(4). 3003–3011. 31 indexed citations

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