Wen Cheng

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Wen Cheng is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Cheng has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Water Science and Technology, 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 36 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Wen Cheng's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (20 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (15 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (14 papers). Wen Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (20 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (15 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (14 papers). Wen Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Wen Cheng's co-authors include Pokeung Eric Tsang, Fung Hwa, Zhanqiang Fang, Zhanqiang Fang, Jianzhang Fang, Dongye Zhao, Ruey Fang Yu, Xiaomin Yan, Liuchun Zheng and Xiuqi Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wen Cheng

122 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic biochar for environmental remediation: A review 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Magnetic biochar for environmental remediation: A review
    2019 387 citations Wen Cheng 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
Wen Cheng China 35 1.9k 1.3k 897 737 675 130 4.1k
Joseph R.V. Flora United States 34 1.9k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 903 1.0× 640 0.9× 951 1.4× 97 4.8k
Yves Andrès France 44 2.3k 1.2× 894 0.7× 986 1.1× 1.5k 2.0× 763 1.1× 153 6.0k
Changsheng Peng China 42 2.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 848 1.2× 819 1.2× 162 5.4k
S.G.J. Heijman Netherlands 40 3.3k 1.7× 1.8k 1.4× 903 1.0× 690 0.9× 576 0.9× 140 4.7k
Onur G. Apul United States 29 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 862 1.0× 576 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 86 3.5k
Huijun He China 35 1.4k 0.7× 688 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 720 1.0× 739 1.1× 96 4.7k
Linling Wang China 30 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 702 0.8× 358 0.5× 553 0.8× 86 3.5k
Qinyan Yue China 38 3.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.1× 789 0.9× 992 1.3× 897 1.3× 118 6.0k
Xin Jin China 39 2.2k 1.1× 964 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 1.0k 1.4× 741 1.1× 195 5.7k
Guangzhou Qu China 40 1.5k 0.8× 958 0.7× 633 0.7× 494 0.7× 780 1.2× 106 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wen Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wen Cheng. 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 Wen Cheng. The network helps show where Wen Cheng may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Cheng

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

All Works

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Ren, Jiehui, et al.. (2025). Exploring the influence of carbon source on extracellular polymeric substances, nitrogen metabolic pathways and electron transfer during nitrogen biodegradation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 199. 107229–107229. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Dong, Wen Cheng, Xiaoping Zhou, et al.. (2024). Insight into the role of stress response and toxic mechanism induced by Chloro-haloacetonitrile in vitro. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 284. 116999–116999.
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Zhang, Menghan, Wen Cheng, Yuwen Bao, et al.. (2024). A room-temperature MEMS hydrogen sensor for lithium ion battery gas detecting based on Pt-modified Nb doped TiO2 nanosheets. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 74. 307–315. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Menghan, Wen Cheng, Haoshuang Gu, et al.. (2024). Reduced graphene oxide modified Nb-doped TiO2 nanosheet for hydrogen micro-electro-mechanical system gas sensor. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 100. 678–687. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2024). Insights into the mechanism of phosphorus enrichment and stripping in side-stream enhanced biological phosphorus removal and enrichment process. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112905–112905. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2024). Influence of oxygen transfer performance on nitrogen metabolism and microbial community structure in an aerobic fluidized bed biofilm reactor under different aeration aperture. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(6). 114780–114780. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yutong, et al.. (2023). Effects of water environmental factors and antibiotics on bacterial community in urban landscape lakes. Aquatic Toxicology. 265(32). 106740–106740. 17 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2023). Leveraging Interpretable Feature Representations for Advanced Differential Diagnosis in Computational Medicine. Bioengineering. 11(1). 29–29. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2023). Effect of zeolite–sponge iron combined substrate on microbial community in ecological floating bed. Environmental Research Communications. 5(8). 85011–85011. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Huajian, Liuchun Zheng, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Adsorption behavior of Cd (II) on TEMPO-oxidized cellulose in inorganic/ organic complex systems. Environmental Research. 195. 110848–110848. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoliang, Gang Tang, Dou Zhang, et al.. (2019). Fouling control in ultrafiltration of secondary effluent using polyaniline/TiO2 adsorption and subsequent treatment of desorption eluate using electrochemical oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 382. 122915–122915. 29 indexed citations
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Wu, Jian, et al.. (2018). The Effect of Particulate Matter on Visibility in Hangzhou, China. Journal of Environmental Science and Management. 21(1). 100–100. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2011). Assessing Coagulant Dosage in Full-Scale Drinking Water Treatment Plants Using Nephelometry. Environmental Engineering Science. 29(3). 212–217. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2010). The Relationship Between Particle Size andTurbidity Fluctuations in Coagulation Process. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology. 7(2). 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen, et al.. (2008). Preparing Polyaluminum Chloride Coagulants Using Ultrasonic-Assisted NaOH Dosing. Environmental Engineering Science. 25(3). 451–460. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wen. (2002). Comparison of hydrolysis/coagulation behavior of polymeric and monomeric iron coagulants in humic acid solution. Chemosphere. 47(9). 963–969. 128 indexed citations

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