Qingyan Chen

25.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
396 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Qingyan Chen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingyan Chen has authored 396 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Environmental Engineering, 153 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 139 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Qingyan Chen's work include Wind and Air Flow Studies (209 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (152 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (138 papers). Qingyan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Wind and Air Flow Studies (209 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (152 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (138 papers). Qingyan Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Qingyan Chen's co-authors include Chao‐Hsin Lin, Zhiqiang Zhai, Dayi Lai, Z. Zhang, Tengfei Zhang, Jitendra Gupta, Wei Liu, Zhao Zhang, Yi Jiang and Jelena Srebric and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Qingyan Chen

378 papers receiving 19.5k 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. Ventilation performance prediction for buildings: A method overview and recent applications
    2008 730 citations Qingyan Chen Building and Environment profile →
  2. Elemental ratio measurements of organic compounds using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization, improved calibration, and implications
    2015 692 citations Manjula R. Canagaratna, J. L. Jiménez et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  3. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTk-ε MODELS FOR INDOOR AIR FLOW COMPUTATIONS
    1995 642 citations Qingyan Chen profile →
  4. A review of mitigating strategies to improve the thermal environment and thermal comfort in urban outdoor spaces
    2019 618 citations Qingyan Chen et al. profile →
  5. Evaluation of Various Turbulence Models in Predicting Airflow and Turbulence in Enclosed Environments by CFD: Part 2—Comparison with Experimental Data from Literature
    2007 599 citations Qingyan Chen et al. profile →
  6. Flow dynamics and characterization of a cough
    2009 455 citations Qingyan Chen et al. Indoor Air profile →
  7. Characterizing exhaled airflow from breathing and talking
    2009 417 citations Qingyan Chen et al. Indoor Air profile →
  8. Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China
    2014 413 citations Qingyan Chen et al. Building and Environment profile →
  9. A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces
    2020 255 citations Qingyan Chen 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
Qingyan Chen 12.0k 8.1k 7.3k 4.1k 3.1k 396 20.3k
Bert Blocken 18.8k 1.6× 7.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.2× 2.2k 0.5× 9.7k 3.1× 346 23.1k
Jianlei Niu 5.8k 0.5× 4.9k 0.6× 2.8k 0.4× 2.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 276 11.8k
Junjie Liu 2.8k 0.2× 2.4k 0.3× 1.7k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 588 11.2k
William W. Nazaroff 5.3k 0.4× 1.8k 0.2× 3.5k 0.5× 12.3k 3.0× 341 0.1× 261 19.6k
Bin Zhao 3.5k 0.3× 1.5k 0.2× 2.5k 0.3× 4.8k 1.2× 425 0.1× 323 10.8k
Jan Carmeliet 6.5k 0.5× 4.1k 0.5× 215 0.0× 974 0.2× 2.4k 0.8× 314 12.8k
Zhiqiang Zhai 3.3k 0.3× 3.6k 0.4× 1.5k 0.2× 554 0.1× 616 0.2× 190 7.9k
Ryozo Ooka 4.0k 0.3× 3.1k 0.4× 554 0.1× 912 0.2× 852 0.3× 304 6.9k
Zhang Lin 4.9k 0.4× 6.1k 0.8× 3.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 501 0.2× 348 11.0k
Akashi Mochida 6.4k 0.5× 2.8k 0.3× 437 0.1× 868 0.2× 2.7k 0.9× 192 8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingyan Chen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Qingyan, Jiaojiao Zhao, Yifei Wang, et al.. (2025). The efficacy and safety of first-line monotherapies in primary therapy of invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1530999–1530999.
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Chen, Qingyan, et al.. (2025). Investigation of combined ventilation systems for infection risk mitigation during dynamic elevator rides. Building and Environment. 277. 112938–112938.
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Liu, Sumei, et al.. (2025). Recent progress in optimization of RANS turbulence models for accurate urban airflow and contaminant dispersion simulations. Sustainable Cities and Society. 125. 106336–106336. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2025). Doping C60 with single or dual fe atoms for nitrogen reduction reaction: a DFT study. Physica Scripta. 100(5). 55949–55949.
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Liu, Sumei, et al.. (2024). An energy-efficient exhaust hood for industrial buildings with strong thermal buoyancy. Energy and Buildings. 308. 114036–114036. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tengfei, Hui Yuan, Feng Wang, Zhengwei Long, & Qingyan Chen. (2024). Inverse identification of a pollutant source in an apartment with multiple rooms by joint multi-zone model and CFD. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105633–105633. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Sumei, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the uncertainty of the effects of varying wind conditions on outdoor airflow and pollutant dispersion. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105698–105698. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Qingyan, Da Gan, Bei Li, et al.. (2024). Causal relationship between neuroticism and frailty: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 360. 71–78. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2024). Walking-induced particle resuspension in a commercial airliner cabin under different ventilation systems. Building and Environment. 265. 111987–111987. 1 indexed citations
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You, Ruoyu, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of physiological and thermal comfort effectiveness of ceiling fan and table fan during a heat wave. Energy and Buildings. 322. 114706–114706. 6 indexed citations
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Yin, Yihui, Lei Zhao, Ruoyu You, et al.. (2024). Prediction of air quality perception in aircraft cabin based on psychophysical model and artificial neural network (ANN)-based model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). 100044–100044.
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Chen, Qingyan, et al.. (2024). Ventilation performance of induction displacement units in indoor spaces within cold regions. Sustainable Cities and Society. 114. 105755–105755. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Shuo Liu, Shuqin Ma, et al.. (2024). Quantile Regression Illuminates the Heterogeneous Effect of Water Quality on Phytoplankton in Lake Taihu, China. Water. 16(18). 2570–2570.
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Liu, Sumei, et al.. (2023). Development of a new dynamic smagorinsky model by an artificial neural network for prediction of outdoor airflow and pollutant dispersion. Building and Environment. 243. 110624–110624. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Qingyan, et al.. (2023). Static and dynamic airflow and contaminant transport in a full-scale elevator-lobby mockup. Sustainable Cities and Society. 101. 105164–105164. 9 indexed citations
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Guo, Lifeng, Xiaoye Zhang, Junting Zhong, et al.. (2023). Construction and Application of a Regional Kilometer-Scale Carbon Source and Sink Assimilation Inversion System (CCMVS-R). Engineering. 33. 263–275. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Feng, Ruoyu You, Tengfei Zhang, & Qingyan Chen. (2022). Recent progress on studies of airborne infectious disease transmission, air quality, and thermal comfort in the airliner cabin air environment. Indoor Air. 32(4). e13032–e13032. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2022). HEPA filters for airliner cabins: State of the art and future development. Indoor Air. 32(9). e13103–e13103. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Qingyan, et al.. (2022). Virus transport and infection evaluation in a passenger elevator with a COVID ‐19 patient. Indoor Air. 32(10). e13125–e13125. 14 indexed citations
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Canagaratna, Manjula R., J. L. Jiménez, Jesse H. Kroll, et al.. (2015). Elemental ratio measurements of organic compounds using aerosol mass spectrometry: characterization, improved calibration, and implications. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(1). 253–272. 692 indexed citations breakdown →

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