Meng Chuan Ong

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Meng Chuan Ong is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Chuan Ong has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Pollution, 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 19 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Meng Chuan Ong's work include Heavy metals in environment (32 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (18 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (16 papers). Meng Chuan Ong is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (32 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (18 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (16 papers). Meng Chuan Ong collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Japan and Indonesia. Meng Chuan Ong's co-authors include Kesaven Bhubalan, Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik, Tan Suet May Amelia, Yi Ta Shao, Hui-Juan Pan, B. Y. Kamaruzzaman, B.Y. Kamaruzzam, Naima Hamid, Muhammad Junaid and K.C.A. Jalal and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Meng Chuan Ong

72 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans

2021 409 citations Tan Suet May Amelia, Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik et al. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Meng Chuan Ong Malaysia	15	756	345	295	138	128	82	1.1k
Junxiao Wang China	20	987 1.3×	334 1.0×	414 1.4×	200 1.4×	77 0.6×	39	1.5k
P. F. Rodríguez-Espinosa Mexico	17	660 0.9×	390 1.1×	252 0.9×	167 1.2×	33 0.3×	50	981
Zhenyi Jia China	16	946 1.3×	349 1.0×	354 1.2×	79 0.6×	56 0.4×	30	1.3k
Seo Joon Yoon South Korea	18	620 0.8×	183 0.5×	496 1.7×	69 0.5×	132 1.0×	38	1.0k
Isdaryanto Iskandar Indonesia	18	516 0.7×	112 0.3×	192 0.7×	147 1.1×	163 1.3×	76	1.2k
Mehrzad Keshavarzifard Iran	20	749 1.0×	219 0.6×	609 2.1×	93 0.7×	100 0.8×	38	1.1k
Carlos Green-Ruíz Mexico	19	518 0.7×	152 0.4×	446 1.5×	273 2.0×	91 0.7×	43	1.1k
Deyi Ma China	18	1.1k 1.5×	544 1.6×	458 1.6×	91 0.7×	186 1.5×	39	1.6k
Ruiqing Zhang China	17	682 0.9×	120 0.3×	407 1.4×	154 1.1×	88 0.7×	50	1.2k
M. Richer-Laflèche Canada	11	645 0.9×	158 0.5×	215 0.7×	152 1.1×	149 1.2×	16	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Chuan Ong

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Anderson, Jillian, et al.. (2025). Vantage point photography and deep learning methods save time in monitoring seabird nesting colonies. Ornithological applications. 127(2).

Yap, Chee Kong, Meng Chuan Ong, Rosimah Nulit, et al.. (2025). The Role of Molluscs in Monitoring Marine Pollution and its Connection to Climate Change and ESG. Current World Environment. 19(3). 1047–1060.

Yap, Chee Kong, et al.. (2025). Public Awareness of Drinking Water Safety and Contamination Issues in Selangor: A Case Study Among Non-university Malaysians. Natural and Engineering Sciences. 10(2). 209–230.

Wang, Chong, et al.. (2024). Level of heavy metals in marine stingrays (chondrichthyes: dasyatidae) landed from Johor Waters, Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 209(Pt B). 117281–117281. 1 indexed citations

Mazlan, Nurzafirah, et al.. (2024). Microplastics Isolated from Saltwater Clam Paratapes undulatus from Wet Market at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences. 20(1). 89–99. 5 indexed citations

Ong, Meng Chuan, et al.. (2023). Polyethylene degradation and heavy metals leaching under realistic tropical marine climate. Marine Environmental Research. 191. 106113–106113. 11 indexed citations

Mazlan, Nurzafirah, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of microplastics isolated from sea cucumber Acaudina molpadioides in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. Heliyon. 9(6). e16822–e16822. 16 indexed citations

Yap, Chee Kong, Wan Hee Cheng, Ram Avtar, et al.. (2023). Heavy Metal Exposures on Freshwater Snail Pomacea insularum: Understanding Its Biomonitoring Potentials. Applied Sciences. 13(2). 1042–1042. 3 indexed citations

Ong, Meng Chuan, et al.. (2023). Faunus ater (Mollusca, Gastropoda) as a potential bioindicator contamination by heavy metals. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1251(1). 12006–12006. 2 indexed citations

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Ghazali, Adiana, et al.. (2022). Determination of arsenic and mercury in longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol) collected from Terengganu waters: risk assessment of dietary exposure. Fisheries and aquatic sciences. 25(3). 167–174. 2 indexed citations

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Pradit, Siriporn, et al.. (2022). Laboratoty Experiment on Copper and Lead Adsorption Ability of Microplastics. Sains Malaysiana. 51(4). 993–1004. 11 indexed citations

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Ong, Meng Chuan, et al.. (2021). Comparison of Proximate Composition of Raw and Cooked Intramuscle Tissue ofThunnus tonggol from Terengganu, Malaysia. Pertanika journal of science & technology. 29(1).

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Amelia, Tan Suet May, Wan Mohd Afiq Wan Mohd Khalik, Meng Chuan Ong, et al.. (2021). Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 8(1). 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ong, Meng Chuan, Huijuan Pan, David Menier, et al.. (2021). Heavy Metals Concentration in Sediments of South Brittany Waters, France: An Ecological Risk Assessment Approach. Open Journal of Marine Science. 11(1). 55–68. 4 indexed citations

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Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, et al.. (2020). Longtail Tuna (Thunnus tonggol) Consumption Frequency in Terengganu, Malaysia. Open Journal of Marine Science. 10(3). 141–148. 3 indexed citations

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Shah, Nor Nadiah Abdul Karim, et al.. (2020). Ultrasound-assisted extraction and gaseous ozone as preservation method for Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) fruit juice. Food Research. 4(S6). 85–95. 2 indexed citations

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Joseph, Baby, Meng Chuan Ong, Hafizan Juahir, et al.. (2018). The Evaluation of Brunei Bay Sediment Cores Sedimentation Rate Using 210Pb Radiometric Dating Technique. International Journal of Engineering & Technology. 7(3.14). 107–107. 6 indexed citations

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Ong, Meng Chuan, et al.. (2017). METALS CONTAMINATION USING Polymesoda expansa (MARSH CLAM) AS BIO-INDICATOR IN KELANTAN RIVER, MALAYSIA. Malaysian Journal of Analytical Science. 21(3). 3 indexed citations

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Kamaruzzaman, B. Y., et al.. (2010). Spatial and temporal bottom sediment characteristics of Pahang River-Estuary, Pahang, Malaysia. Oriental Journal Of Chemistry. 26(1). 39–44. 3 indexed citations

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Kamaruzzaman, B. Y., et al.. (2010). The temporal variation of organic carbon during the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in Pahang River-estuary, Pahang, Malaysia.. Oriental Journal Of Chemistry. 26(4). 1309–1313. 5 indexed citations

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