Yan Cheng

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Yan Cheng is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cheng has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 38 papers in Atmospheric Science and 22 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Cheng's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (44 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (37 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (22 papers). Yan Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (44 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (37 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (22 papers). Yan Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yan Cheng's co-authors include Shuncheng Lee, Kin‐Fai Ho, Junji Cao, John G. Watson, J. C. Chow, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Mei Pan, Cheng‐Yong Su, Renjian Zhang and Zhaolin Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cheng

106 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Spatial and seasonal distributions of carbonaceous aerosols over China

2007 951 citations Junji Cao, Shuncheng Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Cheng China	37	2.3k	2.1k	1.1k	924	830	108	5.1k
Yongjie Li China	45	3.0k 1.3×	3.8k 1.8×	1.1k 0.9×	410 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	205	7.0k
Hongbo Fu China	40	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	457 0.5×	983 1.2×	106	5.9k
Ming Fang China	57	3.2k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	820 0.7×	713 0.8×	3.8k 4.5×	275	11.5k
Jorma Jokiniemi Finland	46	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	748 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	998 1.2×	264	6.4k
Jinzhu Ma China	49	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	573 0.5×	228 0.2×	4.6k 5.5×	157	7.7k
Andreas Limbeck Austria	41	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	303 0.3×	393 0.4×	1.5k 1.8×	200	5.8k
Qingxin Ma China	39	2.1k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	335 0.4×	842 1.0×	162	5.1k
Xinlei Ge China	53	4.9k 2.1×	5.3k 2.5×	1.9k 1.6×	709 0.8×	959 1.2×	223	9.3k
Zhijun Wu China	54	4.8k 2.1×	6.0k 2.8×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	881 1.1×	198	9.1k
Paola Fermo Italy	43	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	712 0.6×	467 0.5×	415 0.5×	178	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan 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 Yan Cheng. Yan 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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20 of 20 papers shown

Xiu, Meng, Yan Cheng, Shuting Liu, et al.. (2025). Characteristics, sources and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in a subway environment - A case study in Xi’an, China. Building and Environment. 283. 113438–113438. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Yan, et al.. (2025). Schwertmannite effectively reduced the mobility of arsenic in paddy soil and arsenic uptake by rice: a field experiment. Applied Geochemistry. 191. 106523–106523.

Li, Xiaokang, Jian Qin, Yan Cheng, et al.. (2024). Electron Spin Broken‐Symmetry of Fe–Co Diatomic Pairs to Promote Kinetics of Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis for Zinc–Air Batteries. Advanced Science. 11(35). e2401187–e2401187. 15 indexed citations

Cheng, Yan. (2024). Social Media as a Catalyst Among Student Organizations in a Selected University in China. Pacific International Journal. 6(4). 66–70. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Huijuan, Xiaoxuan Yang, Xiaokang Li, et al.. (2023). Local Single Co Sites at the Second Shell of Fe‐N₄ Active Sites to Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(9). 52 indexed citations

Wang, Yanni, et al.. (2022). Emission Factors and Inventories of Carbonaceous Aerosols from Residential Biomass Burning in Guizhou Province, China. Atmosphere. 13(10). 1595–1595. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Feng, Yan Cheng, Tafeng Hu, et al.. (2022). Saltation–Sandblasting Processes Driving Enrichment of Water-Soluble Salts in Mineral Dust. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 9(11). 921–928. 11 indexed citations

Cheng, Yan, et al.. (2021). [Concentration changes of ten metal and metalloid elements in atmospheric PM_(2. 5) in two districts of Lanzhou City from 2015 to 2018].. PubMed. 50(1). 79–85. 4 indexed citations

Xue, Yonggang, Liqin Wang, Suixin Liu, et al.. (2021). High impact of vehicle and solvent emission on the ambient volatile organic compounds in a major city of northwest China. Chinese Chemical Letters. 33(5). 2753–2756. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhizhou, Shuqing Fu, Yan Cheng, Jinshui Yao, & Weiliang Liu. (2019). Hyper-cross-linked polymers based on triphenylsilane for hydrogen storage and water treatment. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A. 56(2). 162–169. 10 indexed citations

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Tang, Jie, Yan Zha, & Yan Cheng. (2019). Heavy Metals Concentrations in Deposited Dustof Typical Chinese Tree Species in DifferentFunctional Areas in Nanjing. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 28(4). 2867–2875. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, et al.. (2019). Pollution Situation and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Barbecue. 40(9). 213–217. 1 indexed citations

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Li, He, et al.. (2018). Characteristics and forming potential of secondary organic aerosols of volatile organic compounds during an air pollution episode in autumn Chengdu. 38(8). 2840–2845. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiguang, Xiyong Liu, Yan Cheng, et al.. (2017). LEF1-AS1, a long non-coding RNA, promotes malignancy in glioblastoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, Yu, Shuncheng Lee, Steven Sai Hang Ho, et al.. (2015). Characterization of volatile organic compounds at a roadside environment in Hong Kong: An investigation of influences after air pollution control strategies. Atmospheric Environment. 122. 809–818. 74 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Shuncheng Lee, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2014). Real-time measurements of PM2.5, PM10–2.5, and BC in an urban street canyon. Particuology. 20. 134–140. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, Y.B. Wang, Qian Liu, et al.. (2012). In situ synthesis and biocompatibility of nano hydroxyapatite on pristine and chitosan functionalized graphene oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 1(4). 475–484. 213 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan. (2010). Overview of in-situ Enrichment Analytical Technology for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Seawater. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Shuncheng Lee, Kin‐Fai Ho, & Kochy Fung. (2009). Positive sampling artifacts in particulate organic carbon measurements in roadside environment. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 168(1-4). 645–656. 7 indexed citations

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Gao, Jing & Yan Cheng. (2009). 2,2′-[5-Bromo-o-phenylenebis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenol. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(5). o979–o979. 2 indexed citations

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