Wei‐Lei Wang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 643 citations indexed

About

Wei‐Lei Wang is a scholar working on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Lei Wang has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 643 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Lei Wang's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Wei‐Lei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (7 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Wei‐Lei Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Wei‐Lei Wang's co-authors include François Primeau, Adam C. Martiny, J. Keith Moore, Pedro Flombaum, Thomas G. Bell, Gui‐Peng Yang, E. S. Saltzman, Yi Liu, Robert T. Letscher and Guisheng Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Lei Wang

29 papers receiving 638 citations

Hit Papers

Convergent estimates of marine nitrogen fixation 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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. Convergent estimates of marine nitrogen fixation
    2019 217 citations Wei‐Lei Wang, J. Keith Moore et al. Nature 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‐Lei Wang United States 11 444 264 185 125 119 33 643
Il‐Nam Kim South Korea 13 397 0.9× 224 0.8× 149 0.8× 119 1.0× 78 0.7× 47 599
Margaret Estapa United States 17 607 1.4× 222 0.8× 138 0.7× 89 0.7× 102 0.9× 29 700
Eric Rehm United States 9 915 2.1× 303 1.1× 282 1.5× 142 1.1× 91 0.8× 20 1.1k
Alexander Chekalyuk United States 14 556 1.3× 241 0.9× 184 1.0× 78 0.6× 87 0.7× 31 710
Zuchuan Li United States 14 431 1.0× 223 0.8× 155 0.8× 107 0.9× 123 1.0× 19 669
Thomas Ryan‐Keogh South Africa 16 512 1.2× 212 0.8× 125 0.7× 150 1.2× 60 0.5× 40 652
Rochelle G. Labiosa United States 8 538 1.2× 282 1.1× 162 0.9× 156 1.2× 109 0.9× 20 786
Nils Haëntjens United States 16 812 1.8× 264 1.0× 260 1.4× 168 1.3× 65 0.5× 27 972
Jérôme Harlay Belgium 17 1.1k 2.4× 329 1.2× 352 1.9× 145 1.2× 220 1.8× 29 1.3k
Kevin L. Mahoney United States 6 534 1.2× 350 1.3× 206 1.1× 147 1.2× 101 0.8× 9 769

Countries citing papers authored by Wei‐Lei Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei‐Lei Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei‐Lei Wang. 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‐Lei Wang. The network helps show where Wei‐Lei Wang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Lei Wang

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

All Works

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Yang, Guang, Angus Atkinson, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, et al.. (2025). Seasonally migrating zooplankton strongly enhance Southern Ocean carbon sequestration. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(8). 2208–2222.
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Meng, Jie & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2025). Modeling of 231Pa cycle and its implications on particle scavenging in the global ocean. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 414. 247–258.
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Shen, Yuxin & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2025). Autotrophic Dissolved Organic Phosphorus Uptake Stimulates Nitrogen Fixation in Subtropical Gyres. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(2). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yuanlong, et al.. (2024). Indian Ocean Intermediate Water Masses and Their Simulations by CMIP6 Models. Journal of Climate. 37(23). 6285–6303. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Weiwei Fu, Frédéric A.C. Le Moigne, et al.. (2023). Biological carbon pump estimate based on multidecadal hydrographic data. Nature. 624(7992). 579–585. 29 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2022). Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2022). Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation. Nature Climate Change. 13(1). 83–90. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, J. Keith Moore, François Primeau, & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2022). Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Honghai, Guangchao Zhuang, Xiaojun Li, et al.. (2022). Aerobic oxidation of methane significantly reduces global diffusive methane emissions from shallow marine waters. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7309–7309. 73 indexed citations
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Fu, Weiwei & Wei‐Lei Wang. (2022). Biogeochemical Equilibrium Responses to Maximal Productivity in High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll Regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(5). 7 indexed citations
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Bell, Thomas G., Wei‐Lei Wang, Michael J. Lawler, et al.. (2021). Predictability of Seawater DMS During the North Atlantic Aerosol and Marine Ecosystem Study (NAAMES). Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 17 indexed citations
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Moreno, Allison R., Catherine A. Garcia, Alyse A. Larkin, et al.. (2020). Latitudinal gradient in the respiration quotient and the implications for ocean oxygen availability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(37). 22866–22872. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Guisheng Song, François Primeau, et al.. (2020). Global ocean dimethyl sulfide climatology estimated from observations and an artificial neural network. Biogeosciences. 17(21). 5335–5354. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Cindy Lee, & François Primeau. (2019). A Bayesian statistical approach to inferring particle dynamics from in-situ pump POC and chloropigment data from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Chemistry. 214. 103654–103654. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Cindy Lee, & François Primeau. (2018). Inferring particle dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea from in-situpump POC and chloropigment data using Bayesian statistics. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Robert A. Armstrong, J. Kirk Cochran, & Christina Heilbrun. (2016). 230Th and 234Th as coupled tracers of particle cycling in the ocean: A maximum likelihood approach. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers. 111. 61–70. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei. (2015). Using geochemical tracers and mathematical models to estimate sinking particle interaction rate constants. Academic Commons (Stony Brook University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei‐Lei, Gui‐Peng Yang, & Xiaolan Lu. (2015). Carbon monoxide distribution and microbial consumption in the Southern Yellow Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 163. 125–133. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Song, et al.. (2009). Large Scale Analysis of Chinese Mobile Query Behavior.. 23(1). 258–264.

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