Wenbo Rao

1.8k total citations
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wenbo Rao is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenbo Rao has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 23 papers in Atmospheric Science and 8 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Wenbo Rao's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (12 papers). Wenbo Rao is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (12 papers). Wenbo Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wenbo Rao's co-authors include Jun Chen, Gaojun Li, Junfeng Ji, Hongbing Tan, Jiedong Yang, Jiedong Yang, Huayu Lu, Youbin Sun, William Balsam and Yinxi Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wenbo Rao

47 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenbo Rao China 20 911 656 479 340 154 49 1.5k
Seulgi Moon United States 19 711 0.8× 677 1.0× 266 0.6× 451 1.3× 211 1.4× 43 1.7k
Damien Calmels France 19 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 339 0.7× 343 1.0× 123 0.8× 27 2.0k
Hongbing Tan China 26 470 0.5× 858 1.3× 226 0.5× 216 0.6× 294 1.9× 64 1.4k
J. L. Dixon United States 17 718 0.8× 358 0.5× 246 0.5× 272 0.8× 58 0.4× 34 1.2k
Martin Králík Austria 19 551 0.6× 693 1.1× 195 0.4× 459 1.4× 281 1.8× 44 1.7k
Ondřej Bábek Czechia 27 685 0.8× 496 0.8× 395 0.8× 855 2.5× 113 0.7× 102 2.3k
Abraham Starinsky Israel 22 640 0.7× 745 1.1× 226 0.5× 234 0.7× 67 0.4× 43 1.7k
David P. Dethier United States 20 750 0.8× 250 0.4× 275 0.6× 324 1.0× 108 0.7× 75 1.4k
Alan E. Kehew United States 23 656 0.7× 321 0.5× 304 0.6× 164 0.5× 160 1.0× 57 1.4k
Craig R. Glenn United States 22 459 0.5× 884 1.3× 248 0.5× 254 0.7× 119 0.8× 45 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenbo Rao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenbo Rao

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

All Works

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Li, Xiaohui, Tianning Li, Wenbo Rao, & Changping Mao. (2025). Characteristics and Relevance of Reduced Inorganic Sulphur Forms and Heavy Metal Elements in Surface Sediments of the Dongzhai Harbour Mangrove Wetland. Sustainability. 17(5). 2029–2029. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Tianyu Jiang, Qinglong Zhao, et al.. (2025). Size effect and damage mechanism of Double–Double open-hole composite laminates. Composites Science and Technology. 266. 111158–111158. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2023). Isotopic variations in surface waters and groundwaters of an extremely arid basin and their responses to climate change. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(21). 4019–4038. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhihua, et al.. (2023). Pollution source identification of nitrogen and phosphorus in the lower West Main Canal, the Ganfu Plain irrigation district (South China). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(8). 1011–1011. 5 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, et al.. (2022). Controlling factors and health risks of groundwater chemistry in a typical alpine watershed based on machine learning methods. The Science of The Total Environment. 854. 158737–158737. 32 indexed citations
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Tan, Hongbing, et al.. (2021). Rapid groundwater circulation inferred from temporal water dynamics and isotopes in an arid system. Hydrological Processes. 35(6). 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuai, et al.. (2020). Phosphorus species in bottom sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir during low and high water level periods. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(15). 17923–17934. 11 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, et al.. (2019). Compressibility and hydraulic conductivity of sand-attapulgite cut-off wall backfills. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A. 20(3). 218–228. 11 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, Hongbing Tan, Jun Chen, et al.. (2015). Nd–Sr isotope geochemistry of fine-grained sands in the basin-type deserts, West China: Implications for the source mechanism and atmospheric transport. Geomorphology. 246. 458–471. 28 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, et al.. (2015). Chemical and Sr isotopic compositions of rainwater on the Ordos Desert Plateau, Northwest China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 74(7). 5759–5771. 23 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, Jun Chen, Hongbing Tan, Stephan M. Weise, & Yinxi Wang. (2013). Nd–Sr isotopic and REE geochemical compositions of Late Quaternary deposits in the desert–loess transition, north-central China: Implications for their provenance and past wind systems. Quaternary International. 334-335. 197–212. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Hongbing, et al.. (2010). Hydrogen, oxygen, helium and strontium isotopic constraints on the formation of oilfield waters in the western Qaidam Basin, China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 40(2). 651–660. 46 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiedong, Gaojun Li, Wenbo Rao, & Junfeng Ji. (2009). Isotopic evidences for provenance of East Asian Dust. Atmospheric Environment. 43(29). 4481–4490. 61 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiansheng, Hongbing Tan, Wenbo Rao, et al.. (2009). Study on the mechanism of isotope fractionation in soil water during the evaporation process under equilibrium condition. Geochemistry. 28(4). 351–357. 6 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, Jiedong Yang, Jun Chen, & Gaojun Li. (2006). Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of eolian dust of the arid-semiarid areas in China: Implications for loess provenance and monsoon evolution. Science Bulletin. 51(12). 1401–1412. 56 indexed citations
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Rao, Wenbo, Jun Chen, Taiyi Luo, & Lianwen Liu. (2005). Phosphorus geochemistry in the Luochuan loess section, North China and its paleoclimatic implications. Quaternary International. 144(1). 72–83. 3 indexed citations

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