Yan Chen

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
202 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Yan Chen is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Chen has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Plant Science, 43 papers in Ecology and 22 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Yan Chen's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Yan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (21 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (18 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (17 papers). Yan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yan Chen's co-authors include Bo Sun, Chuan‐Chao Dai, Yuji Jiang, Xiaoyue Wang, Ruibo Sun, Yuting Liang, Yoshiyuki Shinogi, Xing‐Guang Xie, Michael Bonkowski and Gui‐Peng Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan Chen

188 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

  1. Nematode grazing promotes bacterial community dynamics in soil at the aggregate level
    2017 250 citations Yuji Jiang, Jiabao Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification
    2024 72 citations Ruibo Sun, Zixuan Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Community assembly of organisms regulates soil microbial functional potential through dual mechanisms
    2024 65 citations Lu Luan, Yan Chen et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yan Chen 1.9k 957 796 628 578 202 4.1k
Muhammad Saleem 2.0k 1.1× 876 0.9× 887 1.1× 746 1.2× 947 1.6× 91 4.1k
Jay Shankar Singh 1.8k 0.9× 933 1.0× 620 0.8× 719 1.1× 583 1.0× 89 4.2k
Wei Ran 2.6k 1.4× 2.0k 2.0× 941 1.2× 721 1.1× 696 1.2× 136 5.4k
Li Ji 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 574 0.7× 862 1.4× 742 1.3× 272 4.6k
Ornella Francioso 2.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.5× 419 0.5× 293 0.5× 417 0.7× 107 4.6k
Meng Wu 1.1k 0.6× 901 0.9× 703 0.9× 827 1.3× 329 0.6× 153 3.3k
Qing Liu 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.9× 1.1k 1.4× 334 0.5× 262 0.5× 243 4.5k
Yuan Li 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 530 0.7× 289 0.5× 752 1.3× 223 3.7k
Ming Nie 961 0.5× 1.6k 1.6× 1.7k 2.1× 371 0.6× 339 0.6× 158 4.0k
Zhe Chen 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 636 0.8× 417 0.7× 499 0.9× 146 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yan, Ying Fan Tay, Than Zaw Oo, et al.. (2025). Formamidinium-based Pb–Sn mixed-halide perovskite solar cells with near-optimal bandgap: FAPb 1− x Sn x (I 0.8 Br 0.2 ) 3. Nanoscale. 17(44). 25859–25867.
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Sun, Ruibo, Zixuan Wang, Kenneth Dumack, et al.. (2024). Legume rhizodeposition promotes nitrogen fixation by soil microbiota under crop diversification. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2924–2924. 72 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luan, Lu, Yan Chen, Xiaoyue Wang, et al.. (2024). Community assembly of organisms regulates soil microbial functional potential through dual mechanisms. Global Change Biology. 30(2). e17160–e17160. 65 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Mingli, et al.. (2023). Urbanization affects the composition, source, and risk of soil PAHs in lakeside residential area of the Yangtze River Delta, China. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 23(11). 3958–3973. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Shengwei, Yan Chen, Zhiyang Yu, et al.. (2023). Fate and transformation of uniformly 14C-ring-labeled bisphenol S in different aerobic soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167166–167166. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Kai, Yan Chen, Ruibo Sun, et al.. (2023). Responses of root architecture and the rhizosphere microbiome assembly of maize (Zea mays L.) to a soil texture gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 181. 109026–109026. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingshuang, Xueying Zhang, Yan Chen, et al.. (2023). Metabolic Composition and Quality Traits of Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua from Different Germplasms and Age Sections Based on Widely Targeted Metabolomics Analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6077–6077. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Yi, et al.. (2023). Orientation-driven photosynthesized carbon belowground mediates intercropped peanut microbiota changes for pathogen resistance. Plant and Soil. 506(1-2). 209–226. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyue, Lixia Zhao, Louis‐Pierre Comeau, et al.. (2022). Divergent carbon stabilization pathways in aggregates in Ultisols with and without organic amendments: Implications from 13C natural abundance and NMR analysis. Geoderma. 426. 116088–116088. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaomi, Ying Teng, Wenjie Ren, et al.. (2022). Variations of Bacterial and Diazotrophic Community Assemblies throughout the Soil Profile in Distinct Paddy Soil Types and Their Contributions to Soil Functionality. mSystems. 7(2). e0104721–e0104721. 13 indexed citations
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Jin, Yong, et al.. (2021). Development of an amplified luminescent proximity homogeneous assay for the detection of sulfonamides in animal‐derived products. Food Science & Nutrition. 9(9). 4938–4945. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Yuling, Yan Chen, Shuting Zhang, et al.. (2021). Molecular characterization of miRNA genes and their expression in Dimocarpus longan Lour. Planta. 253(2). 41–41. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Michael Bonkowski, Yi Shen, et al.. (2020). Root ethylene mediates rhizosphere microbial community reconstruction when chemically detecting cyanide produced by neighbouring plants. Microbiome. 8(1). 4–4. 156 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Feng‐Min Zhang, Ning Kang, et al.. (2019). Rice carbohydrate dynamics regulate endophytic colonization of Diaporthe liquidambaris in response to external nitrogen. Fungal ecology. 39. 213–224. 24 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2014). The application of phosphate solubilizing endophyte Pantoea dispersa triggers the microbial community in red acidic soil. Applied Soil Ecology. 84. 235–244. 57 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan & Yoshiyuki Shinogi. (2005). Influence of the Application of Conversion Biomass to Shimajiri-maji Soil on Vegetable Growth, Soil Physical and Chemical Properties. 73(6). 629–635. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yongzhen, et al.. (2000). Fish Fauna of Coral Reef Waters in the Centre & North of Nansha Islands. 臺灣水產學會刊. 27(3). 187–200. 1 indexed citations

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