Hechao Chen

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Hechao Chen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hechao Chen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hechao Chen's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (23 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (15 papers). Hechao Chen is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (32 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (23 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (15 papers). Hechao Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Hechao Chen's co-authors include Clifford J. Woolf, Se Hoon Choi, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Dora M. Kovacs, Steven L. Wagner, Doo Yeon Kim, Michael Peitz, Young Hye Kim, Matthias Hebisch and Basavaraj Hooli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hechao Chen

32 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease

2014 879 citations Se Hoon Choi, Young Hye Kim et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hechao Chen China	15	518	430	362	242	240	36	1.3k
Jing‐Zhi Yan China	14	317 0.6×	161 0.4×	113 0.3×	462 1.9×	14 0.1×	46	846
Douglas Ebert United States	14	808 1.6×	22 0.1×	620 1.7×	163 0.7×	27 0.1×	28	1.7k
Hiroshi Morii Japan	15	460 0.9×	32 0.1×	122 0.3×	288 1.2×	58 0.2×	42	1.0k
Christopher Cain United States	13	148 0.3×	117 0.3×	139 0.4×	43 0.2×	195 0.8×	27	831
Shinji Matsumura Japan	18	382 0.7×	41 0.1×	609 1.7×	546 2.3×	9 0.0×	51	1.1k
Richard G. Brusch United States	10	1.0k 1.9×	23 0.1×	631 1.7×	722 3.0×	18 0.1×	22	1.8k
Jeffrey L. Frost United States	15	356 0.7×	7 0.0×	708 2.0×	216 0.9×	21 0.1×	18	1.5k
Tomohiro Matsuda Japan	22	256 0.5×	670 1.6×	222 0.6×	144 0.6×	37 0.2×	101	1.3k
Hengli Zhao China	19	321 0.6×	16 0.0×	105 0.3×	70 0.3×	51 0.2×	33	878
Ian D’Souza United States	19	964 1.9×	8 0.0×	1.1k 3.1×	406 1.7×	25 0.1×	29	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hechao Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lu, Hongpeng, Hui Tian, Liyun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous Optical and Radio Observations of a Large Stellar Flare on EV Lac. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 990(2). L32–L32.

Duan, Yadan, Jungpyo Hong, Hechao Chen, et al.. (2025). Resolving interchange reconnection dynamics in a fan-spine-like topology observed by Solar Orbiter. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A1–A1.

Hou, Zhenyong, Hui Tian, Jingye Yan, et al.. (2025). Radio dimming associated with filament eruptions in the meter and decimeter wavebands. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A12–A12. 4 indexed citations

Tian, Hui, D. Berghmans, Yadan Duan, et al.. (2025). Reconnection Nanojets in an Erupting Solar Filament with Unprecedented High Speeds. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 985(1). L12–L12. 4 indexed citations

Duan, Yadan, Hechao Chen, Zhenyong Hou, Zheng Sun, & Yuandeng Shen. (2025). Ubiquitous Small-scale Extreme-ultraviolet Upflow-like Events above Network Regions Observed by the Solar Orbiter/Extreme Ultraviolet Imager. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(2). 195–195. 2 indexed citations

Xia, Chun, et al.. (2024). Formation of Polar Crown Filament Magnetic Fields by Supergranular Helicity Injection. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(2). 160–160. 3 indexed citations

Duan, Yadan, Hui Tian, Hechao Chen, et al.. (2024). Formation of Fan-spine Magnetic Topology through Flux Emergence and Subsequent Jet Production. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 962(2). L38–L38. 7 indexed citations

Hou, Zhenyong, Hui Tian, M. S. Madjarska, et al.. (2024). Numerous bidirectionally propagating plasma blobs near the reconnection site of a solar eruption. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 687. A190–A190. 12 indexed citations

Duan, Yadan, et al.. (2023). Macrospicules and Their Connection to Magnetic Reconnection in the Lower Solar Atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 942(1). L22–L22. 10 indexed citations

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Tian, Hui, Hechao Chen, Yu Xu, et al.. (2023). Full Velocities and Propagation Directions of Coronal Mass Ejections Inferred from Simultaneous Full-disk Imaging and Sun-as-a-star Spectroscopic Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(1). 68–68. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Hechao, et al.. (2023). Database and review of disinfection by-products since 1974: Constituent elements, molecular weights, and structures. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 462. 132792–132792. 30 indexed citations

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Sun, Zheng, Ting Li, Hui Tian, et al.. (2023). Observation of Two Splitting Processes in a Partial Filament Eruption on the Sun: The Role of Breakout Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(2). 148–148. 17 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhenyong, Hui Tian, Wei Su, et al.. (2023). A Type II Radio Burst Driven by a Blowout Jet on the Sun. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(2). 171–171. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Zheng, Hui Tian, P. F. Chen, et al.. (2022). Cross-loop Propagation of a Quasiperiodic Extreme-ultraviolet Wave Train Triggered by Successive Stretching of Magnetic Field Structures during a Solar Eruption. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 939(2). L18–L18. 13 indexed citations

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Hou, Zhenyong, Hui Tian, Jingsong Wang, et al.. (2022). Three-dimensional Propagation of the Global Extreme-ultraviolet Wave Associated with a Solar Eruption on 2021 October 28. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(2). 98–98. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Bin, et al.. (2022). Implications for Additional Plasma Heating Driving the Extreme-ultraviolet Late Phase of a Solar Flare with Microwave Imaging Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal. 932(1). 53–53. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Hechao, et al.. (2022). Detection of Flare-induced Plasma Flows in the Corona of EV Lac with X-Ray Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 92–92. 26 indexed citations

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Lu, Hongpeng, Hui Tian, Liyun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Possible detection of coronal mass ejections on late-type main-sequence stars in LAMOST medium-resolution spectra. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 663. A140–A140. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Hechao, Hui Tian, Leping Li, et al.. (2021). Coronal condensation as the source of transition-region supersonic downflows above a sunspot. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A107–A107. 16 indexed citations

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Choi, Se Hoon, Young Hye Kim, Matthias Hebisch, et al.. (2014). A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature. 515(7526). 274–278. 879 indexed citations breakdown →

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