Wei Chen

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
268 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Chen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Chen has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Environmental Engineering, 58 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Chen's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (47 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (35 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (15 papers). Wei Chen is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (47 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (35 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (15 papers). Wei Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Chen's co-authors include Jinglan Hong, Suleman Sarwar, Yong Geng, Rida Waheed, Changqing Xu, Yanan Wang, Dongfeng Chang, Zhijun Feng, Zhen Huang and Xingcai Lü and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wei Chen

228 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Forest, agriculture, renewable energy, and CO2 emission

2017 460 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
The survey of economic growth, energy consumption and carbon emission

2019 342 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →
The need for energy efficiency and economic prosperity in a sustainable environment

2023 152 citations Wei Chen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Wei Chen	2.3k	1.9k	1.1k	765	663	268	7.0k
Jiashuo Li	2.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.0×	744 1.0×	416 0.6×	173	6.8k
Bin Chen	2.7k 1.2×	4.2k 2.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	456 0.7×	382	10.2k
Sai Liang	2.9k 1.3×	4.8k 2.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	653 1.0×	208	9.2k
Yutao Wang	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	774 0.7×	986 1.3×	763 1.2×	285	10.1k
Xian Zhang	2.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	873 1.1×	361 0.5×	279	9.0k
Lixiao Zhang	1.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	796 0.8×	959 1.3×	280 0.4×	236	8.1k
Liang Dong	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	648 0.6×	761 1.0×	787 1.2×	211	7.6k
Bin Chen	1.8k 0.8×	5.8k 3.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	601 0.9×	284	10.1k
J. Steinberger	2.4k 1.1×	3.0k 1.5×	2.3k 2.2×	910 1.2×	894 1.3×	97	10.7k
Kornelis Blok	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 2.3×	618 0.8×	328 0.5×	182	8.3k

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

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Chen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Chen. The network helps show where Wei Chen may publish in the future.

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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20 of 20 papers shown

Su, Chang, et al.. (2025). Measuring the “side effects” of tungsten recycling: Evidence from life cycle assessment. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(5). 1684–1697.

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2025). Mapping knowledge structure and themes trends of corrosion detection of steel: A bibliometric analysis. Computational Materials Science. 253. 113889–113889.

Wang, Leiming, et al.. (2025). Pore structure evolution and fractal characteristics of sandstone uranium ore under different leaching temperatures. Powder Technology. 454. 120713–120713. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, et al.. (2024). Research on the coupling mechanism and influencing factors of digital economy and green technology innovation in Chinese urban agglomerations. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5150–5150. 13 indexed citations

Xu, Xuming, et al.. (2024). Research on the Impact of International Cooperation of Ports in Hainan Free Trade Port on Regional Economic Development. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). Improved flow direction algorithm for WSN coverage optimization. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41(2). 241–247.

Liang, Jingjing, Yong Geng, Chang Su, & Wei Chen. (2024). An emergy-based comparison between primary and secondary tungsten production in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 107. 107548–107548. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Tianzuo, Shuo Wang, Ziyue Cheng, et al.. (2024). Promoting sustainable potato production - Insights from an integrated life cycle environmental–economic assessment. Agricultural Systems. 219. 104029–104029. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Luqi, Dongsheng Liu, Yinsheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Machine learning-based analysis of heavy metal contamination in Chinese lake basin sediments: Assessing influencing factors and policy implications. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 283. 116815–116815. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Bin, Cancan Zhang, Bowen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Response of tree growth to nutrient addition is size dependent in a subtropical forest. The Science of The Total Environment. 923. 171501–171501. 4 indexed citations

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Jia, Xin, Zhiping Zhang, Yonggang Sun, et al.. (2024). Amelioration of habitat since the early Holocene contributed to the origin of agriculture in the farming-pastoral zone of northern China. Science China Earth Sciences. 67(8). 2535–2546. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Yalin, et al.. (2023). Does the integration of manufacturing and producer services improve carbon emission efficiency?. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 26(5). 1603–1619. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). COP26 perspective of natural resources extraction: Oil and mineral resources perspective of developed economies. Resources Policy. 82. 103477–103477. 6 indexed citations

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Sha, Zhenghui, et al.. (2023). A network-based discrete choice model for decision-based design. Design Science. 9. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). Is broadcaster always effective in rural tourism promoting? The congruence effect of broadcaster–rural tour in live streaming. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. 28(8). 877–888. 6 indexed citations

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Geng, Yong, et al.. (2023). Dynamic material flow analysis of lutetium resources in China during 2011-2020. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 45(2). 344–360. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Meng, et al.. (2023). Assessing GHG emissions of food consumption towards low-carbon transformation in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 105. 107408–107408. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2023). Carbon emission efficiency of 284 cities in China based on machine learning approach: Driving factors and regional heterogeneity. Energy Economics. 129. 107222–107222. 66 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Different Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Mortar Gas Permeability and Pore Structure. Fluid dynamics & materials processing. 19(6). 1623–1636. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Yang, Wei Chen, Feifei Luo, et al.. (2019). Anthropogenic Warming has Substantially Increased the Likelihood of July 2017–Like Heat Waves over Central Eastern China. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(1). S91–S95. 41 indexed citations

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