G.Q. Chen

15.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
265 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

G.Q. Chen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, G.Q. Chen has authored 265 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Environmental Engineering, 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 36 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in G.Q. Chen's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (114 papers), Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (62 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (24 papers). G.Q. Chen is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (114 papers), Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (62 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (24 papers). G.Q. Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. G.Q. Chen's co-authors include Z.M. Chen, Jiashuo Li, Zi Wu, Bin Chen, M.M. Jiang, Qing Yang, Zhanming Chen, Mengyao Han, Ling Shao and Bo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

G.Q. Chen

258 papers receiving 13.3k 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.

Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals

2021 292 citations Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
G.Q. Chen	8.5k	2.6k	2.1k	2.0k	1.9k	265	13.5k
Bin Chen	4.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	779 0.4×	382	10.2k
Bin Chen	5.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	284	10.1k
Christian Bauer	4.3k 0.5×	740 0.3×	328 0.2×	2.0k 1.0×	876 0.5×	120	12.2k
Roberto Schaeffer	3.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.1×	698 0.3×	3.1k 1.5×	339 0.2×	194	10.5k
Wei Chen	1.9k 0.2×	2.3k 0.9×	367 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	342 0.2×	268	7.0k
Rolf Frischknecht	5.2k 0.6×	632 0.2×	462 0.2×	985 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	129	10.2k
Michael Wang	2.4k 0.3×	599 0.2×	419 0.2×	3.2k 1.6×	471 0.2×	193	12.5k
Gunnar Luderer	3.9k 0.5×	5.1k 1.9×	447 0.2×	4.4k 2.2×	314 0.2×	154	13.2k
Roland Clift	2.4k 0.3×	407 0.2×	576 0.3×	483 0.2×	968 0.5×	226	8.5k
Shafiqur Rehman	2.2k 0.3×	332 0.1×	1.3k 0.6×	3.0k 1.5×	303 0.2×	412	16.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G.Q. Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, G.Q., et al.. (2025). The evolution, current situation and prospects of China's health food regulatory system. 1(2). 100025–100025.

Kan, Siyi, Jing Meng, U. Martin Persson, et al.. (2025). Identifying global hotspots of agricultural expansion into non-forest ecosystems. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10739–10739.

Jiang, Weiquan, et al.. (2025). Buoyancy–flow coupled dispersion of active spheroids in a vertical pipe: effects of elongation and settling. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1007. 4 indexed citations

Li, Chaohui, Prajal Pradhan, Xudong Wu, et al.. (2024). Livestock sector can threaten planetary boundaries without regionally differentiated strategies. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122444–122444. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Qingrui, et al.. (2024). Life cycle techno-economic-environmental optimization for capacity design and operation strategy of grid-connected building distributed multi-energy system. Renewable Energy. 230. 120766–120766. 7 indexed citations

Tang, Yi, et al.. (2024). How Do Muscle Function and Quality Affect the Progression of KOA? A Narrative Review. Orthopaedic Surgery. 16(4). 802–810. 14 indexed citations

Guo, Jinlan, Shan Huang, Joseph Hun‐wei Lee, & G.Q. Chen. (2024). Characterizing suspended particle dispersion in wetland flows: Impact of settling velocity and vegetation factor. Physics of Fluids. 36(2). 2 indexed citations

Chen, G.Q., et al.. (2024). How Land Resource Misallocation AffectsGreen and Low-Carbon Sustainable UrbanDevelopment in China: A Discussionof Mechanisms and Empirical Evidence. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 34(4). 4617–4632. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Weiquan, et al.. (2024). Migration of confined micro-swimmers subject to anisotropic diffusion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 985. 8 indexed citations

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Khan, M. Ijaz, et al.. (2023). Understanding Prandtl fluid flow in conduits with slip boundary conditions: Implications for engineering and physiology. Physics of Fluids. 35(11). 23 indexed citations

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Long, Jun, Xiaofang Wu, Qing Yang, et al.. (2022). Tracing energy-water-greenhouse gas nexus in national supply chains: China 2017. Journal of Cleaner Production. 352. 131586–131586. 13 indexed citations

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Kan, Siyi, Bin Chen, Mengyao Han, et al.. (2021). China’s forest land use change in the globalized world economy: Foreign trade and unequal household consumption. Land Use Policy. 103. 105324–105324. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, et al.. (2021). Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1698–1698. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Xudong, Xudong Wu, Jinlan Guo, et al.. (2021). Energy use flows in the supply chains of the world economy: A full account of both primary and intermediate inputs. Journal of Cleaner Production. 320. 128621–128621. 9 indexed citations

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Wu, Xudong, Jinlan Guo, Chaohui Li, G.Q. Chen, & Xi Ji. (2019). Carbon emissions embodied in the global supply chain: Intermediate and final trade imbalances. The Science of The Total Environment. 707. 134670–134670. 74 indexed citations

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Wu, Xudong, Jinlan Guo, Xi Ji, & G.Q. Chen. (2018). Energy use in world economy from household-consumption-based perspective. Energy Policy. 127. 287–298. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhanming, Stephanie Ohshita, Manfred Lenzen, et al.. (2018). Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions accounting with capital stock change highlights dynamics of fast-developing countries. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3581–3581. 133 indexed citations

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Chen, G.Q., et al.. (2016). The effect of ω-3 fatty acids immune-nutrition therapy on immunological function in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Zhonghua laonian yixue zazhi. 35(10). 1094–1098. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, G.Q., et al.. (2009). Extended-exergy analysis of the Chinese society. Energy. 34(9). 1127–1144. 120 indexed citations

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Chen, G.Q., et al.. (2006). Turbulence Modelling of a Lock-Release Oil Slick. China Ocean Engineering. 20(1). 123–132. 1 indexed citations

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