Yafang Cheng

24.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
254 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Yafang Cheng is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yafang Cheng has authored 254 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Atmospheric Science, 134 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 125 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yafang Cheng's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (191 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (129 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (95 papers). Yafang Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (191 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (129 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (95 papers). Yafang Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Yafang Cheng's co-authors include Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Kebin He, Gregory R. Carmichael, Bo Zheng, Qiang Zhang, Guangjie Zheng, Alfred Wiedensohler, Meinrat O. Andreae and David G. Streets and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yafang Cheng

233 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

MIX: a mosaic Asian anthropogenic emission inventory under the international collaboration framework of the MICS-Asia and HTAP

2017 1.1k citations Qiang Zhang, Kebin He et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Reactive nitrogen chemistry in aerosol water as a source of sulfate during haze events in China

2016 950 citations Yafang Cheng, Guangjie Zheng et al. profile →
Exploring the severe winter haze in Beijing: the impact of synoptic weather, regional transport and heterogeneous reactions

2015 784 citations Guangjie Zheng, Hang Su et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

2010 478 citations Shuxiao Wang, Yafang Cheng et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals

2011 399 citations Hang Su, Yafang Cheng et al. profile →
Persistent growth of anthropogenic non-methane volatile organic compound (NMVOC) emissions in China during 1990–2017: drivers, speciation and ozone formation potential

2019 330 citations Qiang Zhang, Yuxuan Zhang et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission

2021 236 citations Yafang Cheng, Nan Ma et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yafang Cheng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Compositional gradient induced by heterogeneous domain synergy strategy toward high-performance diffusion bonding 2025 ·Composites Part B Engineering ·(unknown), Zhijie Ding, Peng Li, Zhiwei Qin, (unknown), (unknown), Chao Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yafang Cheng, (unknown)	7
2	Corrosion and wear resistance of inconel 625 and inconel 718 laser claddings on 45 steel 2025 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Yafang Cheng, Yaoning Sun, Shilin Zhang, Wangjun Cheng, Yifei Xu, Shiyu Wei, (unknown)	13
3	Ozone sensitivity regimes vary at different heights in the planetary boundary layer 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Xin Li, Wenjie Wang, Suding Yang, Yafang Cheng, (unknown), Xuena Yu, (unknown), Ying Liu, (unknown), Shaodong Xie, Xiaofeng Huang, Jun Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Shuchen Lin, Hefan Liu, (unknown), Danlin Song, (unknown), Yuanhang Zhang	4
4	Silica-coated nano zero-valent iron as a slow-release electron donor for sustained enhancement of aerobic denitrification in oligotrophic source water: Performance and mechanism 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Ruihua Cao, Xiaojie Chen, (unknown), Yafang Cheng, Baoshan Wang, Tinglin Huang, Gang Wen	1
5	Frequent haze events associated with transport and stagnation over the corridor between the North China Plain and Yangtze River Delta 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Feifan Yan, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Ru‐Jin Huang, (unknown), Ting Yang, Yuanyuan Zhu, Shaoqing Zhang, Lifang Sheng, (unknown), (unknown), Shengnan Xiang, Xiaohong Yao, Huiwang Gao, Yang Gao	6
6	Response of the algal-bacterial community to thermal stratification succession in a deep-water reservoir: Community structure, co-assembly patterns, and functional groups 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Meng Yang, Yafang Cheng, Kai Li, Tinglin Huang, Gang Wen	3
7	Opinion: A paradigm shift in investigating the general characteristics of atmospheric new particle formation using field observations 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Markku Kulmala, Diego Aliaga, Santeri Tuovinen, Runlong Cai, Heikki Junninen, Chao Yan, Federico Bianchi, Yafang Cheng, Aijun Ding, Douglas R. Worsnop, Tuukka Petäjä, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Pauli Paasonen, Veli‐Matti Kerminen	6
8	Rapid hydrolysis of NO ₂ at High Ionic Strengths of Deliquesced Aerosol Particles 2024 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Masao Gen, Haotian Zheng, Yele Sun, Wanyun Xu, Nan Ma, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Shuxiao Wang, Jia Xing, Shuping Zhang, Likun Xue, Chaoyang Xue, Yujing Mu, (unknown), Atsushi Matsuki, Shaojie Song	4
9	Effect of B on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu–Cu joints with in-situ Ag–Cu–Zn–Sn filler metal 2023 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), Sujuan Zhong, Yunpeng Li, Zongye Ding, (unknown), Jian Qin, Yafang Cheng, (unknown), (unknown)	4
10	Size-dependent hygroscopicity of levoglucosan and D-glucose aerosol nanoparticles 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ting Lei, Hang Su, Nan Ma, Ulrich Pöschl, Alfred Wiedensohler, Yafang Cheng	11
11	Vertical profiles of cloud condensation nuclei number concentration and its empirical estimate from aerosol optical properties over the North China Plain 2022 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Yuying Wang, Zhanqing Li, Zhibin Wang, Russell R. Dickerson, Xinrong Ren, Hao He, Fei Wang, (unknown), Xi Chen, Jialu Xu, Yafang Cheng, Hang Su	8
12	Reactive Nitrogen Hotspots Related to Microscale Heterogeneity in Biological Soil Crusts 2022 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Stefanie Maier, (unknown), Minsu Kim, Giacomo Mele, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Praß, Raeid M. M. Abed, Yafang Cheng, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Bettina Weber	10
13	Water-driven microbial nitrogen transformations in biological soil crusts causing atmospheric nitrous acid and nitric oxide emissions 2021 ·The ISME Journal ·Stefanie Maier, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fobang Liu, Adam Thomas Clark, Raeid M. M. Abed, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Thilo Eickhorst, Sabine Fiedler, Ulrich Pöschl, Bettina Weber	32
14	Distinct diurnal variation in organic aerosol hygroscopicity and its relationship with oxygenated organic aerosol 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ye Kuang, Yao He, Wanyun Xu, Pusheng Zhao, Yafang Cheng, Gang Zhao, Jiangchuan Tao, Nan Ma, Hang Su, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cheng, (unknown), Shaobin Zhang, Cheng Wu, Yele Sun, Chunsheng Zhao	54
15	Chemical Differences Between PM₁ and PM_2.5 in Highly Polluted Environment and Implications in Air Pollution Studies 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Yele Sun, Yao He, Ye Kuang, Wanyun Xu, Shaojie Song, Nan Ma, Jiangchuan Tao, Peng Cheng, Cheng Wu, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Conghui Xie, Chun Chen, Lu Lei, Yanmei Qiu, Pingqing Fu, Philip Croteau, Douglas R. Worsnop	87
16	Nano-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) for investigating hygroscopic properties of sub-10 nm aerosol nanoparticles 2020 ·Ting Lei, Nan Ma, Juan Hong, Thomas Tuch, Xin Wang, Zhibin Wang, Mira L. Pöhlker, Maofa Ge, Weigang Wang, Eugene Mikhailov, Thorsten Hoffmann, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Alfred Wiedensohler, Yafang Cheng	1
17	Natural sea-salt emissions moderate the climate forcing of anthropogenic nitrate 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ying Chen, Yafang Cheng, Nan Ma, Chao Wei, Liang Ran, Ralf Wolke, Johannes Größ, Qiaoqiao Wang, Andrea Pozzer, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Gerald Spindler, Jos Lelieveld, Ina Tegen, Hang Su, Alfred Wiedensohler	16
18	Light absorption of brown carbon in eastern China based on 3-year multi-wavelength aerosol optical property observations and an improved absorption Ångström exponent segregation method 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jiaping Wang, Wei Nie, Yafang Cheng, Yicheng Shen, Xuguang Chi, Jiandong Wang, Xin Huang, Yuning Xie, Peng Sun, Zheng Xu, Ximeng Qi, Hang Su, Aijun Ding	79
19	Regional modelling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: WRF-Chem-PAH model development and East Asia case studies 2017 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Qing Mu, Gerhard Lammel, Christian N. Gencarelli, Ian M. Hedgecock, Ying Chen, Petra Příbylová, Monique Teich, Yuxuan Zhang, Guangjie Zheng, Dominik van Pinxteren, Qiang Zhang, Hartmut Herrmann, Manabu Shiraiwa, Peter Spichtinger, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Yafang Cheng	4
20	Measuring the morphology and density of internally mixed black carbon with SP2 and VTDMA: new insight into the absorption enhancement of black carbon in the atmosphere 2016 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Yuxuan Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Yafang Cheng, Hang Su, Simonas Kecorius, Zhibin Wang, Zhijun Wu, Min Hu, Tong Zhu, Alfred Wiedensohler, Kebin He	71

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