Wei Chen

20.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
379 papers, 16.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Chen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Chen has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 16.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 110 papers in Materials Chemistry and 75 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Wei Chen's work include Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (51 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (33 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (31 papers). Wei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (51 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (33 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (31 papers). Wei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Chen's co-authors include Dongqiang Zhu, Xin Lin, Liangliang Ji, Shourong Zheng, Tong Zhang, Zhaoyi Xu, Lilin Wang, Pedro J. J. Alvarez, Zhichong Qi and Rong Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Chen

365 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms for strong adsorption of tetracycline to carbo... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2007 2009 2021 2023 200 400 600
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. Mechanisms for strong adsorption of tetracycline to carbon nanotubes: A comparative study using activated carbon and graphite as adsorbents
    2009 681 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  2. Adsorption of Polar and Nonpolar Organic Chemicals to Carbon Nanotubes
    2007 645 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  3. A high throughput Nile red method for quantitative measurement of neutral lipids in microalgae
    2009 561 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  4. Ultrasonic activation of inert poly(tetrafluoroethylene) enables piezocatalytic generation of reactive oxygen species
    2021 302 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
  5. Ozone pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular events
    2023 74 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Chen China 68 5.5k 4.7k 3.7k 3.5k 2.7k 379 16.6k
Mark R. Wiesner United States 67 7.0k 1.3× 5.8k 1.2× 5.7k 1.5× 3.5k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 227 16.9k
Liyuan Chai China 72 3.1k 0.6× 5.7k 1.2× 6.0k 1.6× 3.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.8× 467 18.7k
Éric Lichtfouse France 63 3.0k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 4.0k 1.1× 2.9k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 372 17.3k
Aimin Li China 70 3.4k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 6.8k 1.8× 2.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 395 15.8k
Wen‐Wei Li China 73 3.7k 0.7× 4.3k 0.9× 6.0k 1.6× 3.5k 1.0× 5.4k 2.0× 429 19.9k
Jingfu Liu China 70 6.2k 1.1× 4.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 4.4k 1.3× 1.4k 0.5× 460 20.1k
Arturo A. Keller United States 76 8.9k 1.6× 4.6k 1.0× 3.5k 1.0× 4.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 268 18.6k
Daohui Lin China 62 8.3k 1.5× 5.0k 1.1× 2.8k 0.8× 4.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 294 15.8k
Hong Chen China 65 2.4k 0.4× 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 552 15.7k
Yongsheng Chen United States 71 9.1k 1.6× 6.2k 1.3× 4.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 4.8k 1.7× 347 20.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei 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 Wei Chen. Wei Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Yu, Shuai, et al.. (2025). Cropland expansion is threatening terrestrial water storage in dryland watersheds. Journal of Cleaner Production. 501. 145333–145333. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yaping, Jianjun Zhang, Wei Chen, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effects of carbon and heat under disturbance of human activities: Evidence from a resource-based city of China. Environmental Pollution. 366. 125424–125424. 2 indexed citations
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An, Jibin, Guoqiang Li, Wantong Si, et al.. (2023). Highly efficient degradation of antibiotic residues with reagent-free photoelectro-fenton via hollow fiber gas diffusion electrode. Chemical Engineering Journal. 477. 147259–147259. 5 indexed citations
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Meng, Xin, et al.. (2023). Sulfide- and UV-induced aging differentially affect contaminant-binding properties of microplastics derived from commercial plastic products. The Science of The Total Environment. 869. 161800–161800. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). Anion Exchange Membrane Based on BPPO/PECH with Net Structure for Acid Recovery via Diffusion Dialysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(10). 8596–8596. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Pengkun, Zhichong Qi, Xuan Wu, Rong Ji, & Wei Chen. (2023). Biochar nanoparticles-mediated transport of organic contaminants in porous media: dependency on contaminant properties and effects of biochar aging. Carbon Research. 2(1). 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bohu, et al.. (2022). In situ stress inversion and fracture characteristics around local fault in deep heterogeneous strata. Petroleum Science and Technology. 42(4). 448–469. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Xinwei, et al.. (2021). Recovering Latent Causal Factor for Generalization to Distributional Shifts. Neural Information Processing Systems. 34. 12 indexed citations
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Tu, Zhaoxu, Ievgen S. Donskyi, Zhonglin Zhu, et al.. (2020). Graphene Oxide‐Cyclic R10 Peptide Nuclear Translocation Nanoplatforms for the Surmounting of Multiple‐Drug Resistance. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(35). 44 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Yuansen Liu, Yuan Liu, & Qi Wang. (2017). Preparation of alginate flame retardant containing P and Si and its flame retardancy in epoxy resin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 134(48). 22 indexed citations
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Li, Zaixing, Wei Chen, Liwen Qiang, et al.. (2016). Fate of TiO2 nanoparticles entering sewage treatment plants and bioaccumulation in fish in the receiving streams. NanoImpact. 3-4. 96–103. 94 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, Jianqiang Zhu, Fanfan Wang, et al.. (2016). Improved In Vitro and In Vivo Biocompatibility of Graphene Oxide through Surface Modification: Poly(Acrylic Acid)-Functionalization is Superior to PEGylation. ACS Nano. 10(3). 3267–3281. 329 indexed citations
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Chen, Wan Ping, Xiong Yao, Ye Sheng Li, et al.. (2016). Extraordinary room-temperature hydrogen sensing capabilities of porous bulk Pt–TiO 2 nanocomposite ceramics. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41(4). 3307–3312. 41 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Juan Cheng, Nimaichand Salam, et al.. (2016). Lysobacter cavernae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a cave sample. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109(7). 1047–1053. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, Meiqing Sun, Qingzhao Li, et al.. (2014). Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity of Cadmium Sulfide Nanomaterials to Mice: Comparison Between Nanorods and Nanodots. Environmental Engineering Science. 31(7). 373–380. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei. (2013). Biological effects of special bio-organic fertilizer on yam. Nanjing Nongye Daxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2011). Characterization of pLP18, a novel cryptic plasmid of Lactobacillus plantarum PC518 isolated from Chinese pickle. Plasmid. 65(3). 204–209. 9 indexed citations

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