Weihong Chen

15.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
500 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Weihong Chen is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihong Chen has authored 500 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 116 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 92 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Weihong Chen's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (118 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (60 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (32 papers). Weihong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (118 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (60 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (32 papers). Weihong Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Weihong Chen's co-authors include Chi Chiu Leung, Ignatius Tak Sun Yu, Yun Zhou, Bin Wang, Jing Yuan, Yuewei Liu, Jixuan Ma, Tangchun Wu, Min Zhou and Ying‐Ling Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weihong Chen

476 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Silicosis

2012 886 citations Weihong Chen et al. profile →
A review of practical statistical methods used in epidemiological studies to estimate the health effects of multi-pollutant mixture

2022 141 citations Linling Yu, Wei Liu et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weihong Chen China	50	3.3k	2.5k	1.6k	1.1k	994	500	10.8k
Dario Consonni Italy	62	2.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	435	13.2k
Nicole Probst‐Hensch Switzerland	60	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	368	13.8k
Dominique Lison Belgium	73	4.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	277	15.5k
Harvey Checkoway United States	59	3.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	279	12.7k
Karl‐Heinz Jöckel Germany	61	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	703 0.7×	437	14.1k
Neela Guha France	39	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.6×	69	14.0k
Pau‐Chung Chen Taiwan	57	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	984 0.6×	996 0.9×	696 0.7×	475	12.8k
Lamia Benbrahim‐Tallaa France	38	3.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	53	14.0k
Debra T. Silverman United States	66	3.8k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	3.1k 2.0×	1.5k 1.4×	2.2k 2.2×	292	15.1k
Peter Hoet Belgium	62	6.0k 1.8×	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	294	16.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weihong Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Wei, Xuefeng Lai, Da Shi, et al.. (2025). Associations of Grip Strength Asymmetry With Multiple Health Outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 68(5). 974–981. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Chen, et al.. (2025). Effect of Clostridium butyricum and Bacillus coagulans on fecal and serum metabolic profiles in Helicobacter pylori-infected mice. Journal of Functional Foods. 130. 106938–106938.

Zhang, Songlin, et al.. (2024). Spatial functional division in urban agglomerations and carbon emission intensity: New evidence from 19 urban agglomerations in China. Energy. 300. 131541–131541. 11 indexed citations

Yu, Linling, Wei Liu, Da Shi, et al.. (2024). Exposure to acrylamide and increased risk of depression mediated by inflammation, oxidative stress, and alkaline phosphatase: Evidence from a nationally representative population-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 367. 434–441. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Identification of Long Noncoding RNAs Expression Profiles Between Gallstone and Gallbladder Cancer Using Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis. International Journal of General Medicine. Volume 17. 2417–2431. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Yujia, Shiyu Yang, Pei Gu, et al.. (2024). Interleukin-11 drives fibroblast metabolic reprogramming in crystalline silica-induced lung fibrosis. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 174976–174976. 4 indexed citations

Li, Jiulong, Weihong Chen, Ling Xu, et al.. (2024). The safety of trastuzumab deruxtecan (DS‐8201) with a focus on interstitial lung disease and/or pneumonitis: A systematic review and single‐arm meta‐analysis. Cancer. 130(17). 2968–2977. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Juan, et al.. (2024). Preliminary study on the potential impact of probiotic combination therapy on Helicobacter pylori infection in children using 16S gene sequencing and untargeted metabolomics approach. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1487978–1487978. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Fuyang, Liu Yang, Yaoyu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Study on the phase transformation mechanism and influencing factors of inorganic condensable particulate matter from coal-fired power plants. Environmental Pollution. 360. 124716–124716.

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Zhang, Jiake, Zi Ye, Lieyang Fan, et al.. (2024). miR-629-3p inhibits fine particulate matter exposure-induced lung function decline: Results from the two-stage population study and in vitro study. Environmental Pollution. 367. 125535–125535. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bo, et al.. (2024). MGAtt-LSTM: A multi-scale spatial correlation prediction model of PM2.5 concentration based on multi-graph attention. Environmental Modelling & Software. 179. 106095–106095. 12 indexed citations

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Liang, Ruyi, Xiaobing Feng, Da Shi, et al.. (2023). Associations of urinary 1,3-butadiene metabolite with glucose homeostasis, prediabetes, and diabetes in the US general population: Role of alkaline phosphatase. Environmental Research. 222. 115355–115355. 6 indexed citations

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Liang, Ruyi, Xiaobing Feng, Da Shi, et al.. (2023). Obesity modifies the association of environmental pyrethroid exposure with glucose homeostasis in the US general adults. Environmental Pollution. 328. 121671–121671. 12 indexed citations

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Qiu, Weihong, Heng He, Lieyang Fan, et al.. (2023). Ambient temperature exposure causes lung function impairment: The evidence from Controlled Temperature Study in Healthy Subjects (CTSHS). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 252. 114214–114214. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Shuting Cao, Da Shi, et al.. (2023). Single-chemical and mixture effects of multiple volatile organic compounds exposure on liver injury and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a representative general adult population. Chemosphere. 339. 139753–139753. 26 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ming, Jixuan Ma, Yinping Guo, et al.. (2023). Association of the triglyceride-glucose index variability with blood pressure and hypertension: a cohort study. QJM. 117(4). 277–282. 23 indexed citations

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Song, Jukun, et al.. (2020). Identification of immune-based prostate cancer subtypes using mRNA expression. Bioscience Reports. 41(1). 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, et al.. (2020). Mutational Characterization and Potential Prognostic Biomarkers of Chinese Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Cheng, Man, Yun Zhou, Bin Wang, et al.. (2020). IL-22: A potential mediator of associations between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites with fasting plasma glucose and type 2 diabetes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 401. 123278–123278. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2019). Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) is associated with carcinogenesis potential of human bladder cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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