Ming Chen

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
239 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Ming Chen is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Chen has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Pollution, 60 papers in Water Science and Technology and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ming Chen's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (27 papers), Heavy metals in environment (20 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (16 papers). Ming Chen is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (27 papers), Heavy metals in environment (20 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (16 papers). Ming Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Ming Chen's co-authors include Guangming Zeng, Q. Lena, Biao Song, Maocai Shen, Yaxin Zhang, Ruicheng Wei, Ran Wang, Feng Ge, Wei Huang and Siyu Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ming Chen

224 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

  1. (Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change
    2020 576 citations Ming Chen, Biao Song et al. profile →
  2. The application of different typological and structural MOFs-based materials for the dyes adsorption
    2018 374 citations Ming Chen, Guangming Zeng et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ming Chen 2.8k 2.0k 1.5k 1.2k 1.1k 239 7.9k
Wei Zhang 3.6k 1.3× 2.4k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 1.5k 1.2× 2.3k 2.0× 351 11.8k
Muhammad Usman 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 952 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 138 6.3k
Krishna Kumar Yadav 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.8k 1.6× 312 10.2k
Tiecheng Wang 2.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 1.9k 1.3× 1.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 254 9.3k
Mohammad Boshir Ahmed 2.1k 0.7× 3.1k 1.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 73 7.8k
Hyunook Kim 1.8k 0.6× 2.5k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.5× 213 8.7k
Hocheol Song 2.0k 0.7× 3.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 2.7k 2.4× 179 9.6k
Xiang Li 3.2k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 291 9.4k
Yiu Fai Tsang 3.5k 1.3× 3.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.2× 2.2k 1.8× 3.3k 3.0× 281 12.3k
Ram Naresh Bharagava 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 747 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 114 7.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming 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 Ming Chen. Ming 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, Ming, et al.. (2025). The N/C ratios of dissolved organic matter and their response to lake warming and nutrient enrichment. Journal of Lake Sciences. 37(1). 97–111.
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Yang, Lin, et al.. (2025). A Study on the Publication Performance of Preprints: A Case of BioRxiv. Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 56(3). 571–604.
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Chen, Ming, et al.. (2024). Application of polyelectrolytes for contaminant removal and recovery during water and wastewater treatment: A critical review. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105528–105528. 8 indexed citations
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Tang, Jian, et al.. (2024). Activation of peroxymonosulfate by sustainable biomass-based carbon nanotubes for controlling the spread of plant viruses in water environments. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 149. 99–112. 5 indexed citations
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Lin, Jiangtao, et al.. (2024). User Mapping and Radio Resource Management in Demand-based GEO Satellite Systems. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming, et al.. (2024). Investigation of microplastics in urban rivers of Eastern China in summer: abundance, characteristics and ecological risk assessment. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 26(7). 1245–1256. 1 indexed citations
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Kang, Peng, Chen Liu, Ming Chen, et al.. (2023). Thermal evolution of biochar in nature: A potential mode to enhance the self-cleaning of environmental DOC. 1. 100021–100021. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qi, et al.. (2022). Determination of tungsten’s toxicity coefficient for potential ecological risk assessment. Environmental Research Communications. 5(2). 25003–25003. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng, H. Y. Fu, Ming Chen, et al.. (2022). Grafting of R4N+-Bearing Organosilane on Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, and Zeolite for Simultaneous Adsorption of Ammonium and Nitrate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12562–12562. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Pei‐Zhi, et al.. (2022). Reversible Phase Transition and Second-Harmonic Response Based on a Zero-Dimensional Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Compound. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(36). 15274–15279. 17 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoying, Hongyu Han, Ming Chen, et al.. (2022). Functional analysis of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during the granulation of aerobic sludge: Relationship among EPS, granulation and nutrients removal. Environmental Research. 208. 112692–112692. 105 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming, et al.. (2020). The effects of excess food nutrient content on a tritrophic food chain model in the aquatic ecosystem. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 491. 110183–110183. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaojing, Chen Wang, Lixin Duan, et al.. (2019). Rational Reprogramming ofO-Methylation Regioselectivity for Combinatorial Biosynthetic Tailoring of Benzenediol Lactone Scaffolds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(10). 4355–4364. 37 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Min Cheng, Zhifeng Liu, et al.. (2019). Heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for treatment of rhamnolipid-solubilized hexadecane wastewater. Chemosphere. 236. 124387–124387. 112 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming. (2008). Rapid cultivation of aerobic granular sludge and influence of extracellular polymeric substances on granulation. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Ming, Liu Feng, & Jacques Yvon. (2005). Delayed geochemical hazard: Concept, digital model and case study. Science China Earth Sciences. 48. 311–311. 13 indexed citations

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