Yan Zheng

15.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
225 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Yan Zheng is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Zheng has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 68 papers in Pollution and 54 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Yan Zheng's work include Arsenic contamination and mitigation (87 papers), Heavy metals in environment (51 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (41 papers). Yan Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Arsenic contamination and mitigation (87 papers), Heavy metals in environment (51 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (41 papers). Yan Zheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Bangladesh. Yan Zheng's co-authors include Alexander van Geen, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Ratan Dhar, Robert F. Anderson, M. Stute, Sara V. Flanagan, Zhongqi Cheng, Joseph H. Graziano, M. A. Hoque and Habibul Ahsan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yan Zheng

211 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

Water Manganese Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Func... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 250 500 750
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. Water Manganese Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh
    2005 889 citations Alexander van Geen, Yan Zheng 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
Yan Zheng China 56 5.4k 3.5k 3.4k 2.1k 1.4k 225 10.9k
Alexander van Geen United States 74 9.8k 1.8× 7.8k 2.2× 5.0k 1.5× 2.8k 1.3× 2.1k 1.5× 228 18.1k
Laurent Charlet France 72 5.6k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.2× 3.0k 2.1× 245 16.9k
André Tessier Canada 51 4.5k 0.8× 5.6k 1.6× 12.1k 3.6× 3.6k 1.8× 2.6k 1.8× 116 18.4k
Jerome O. Nriagu United States 69 4.1k 0.7× 8.7k 2.5× 9.9k 2.9× 2.5k 1.2× 2.7k 1.9× 293 21.2k
Scott Fendorf United States 80 11.3k 2.1× 6.8k 2.0× 7.2k 2.2× 4.8k 2.3× 3.8k 2.6× 252 22.8k
Clemens Reimann Norway 57 1.3k 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 7.3k 2.2× 3.0k 1.4× 1.5k 1.1× 188 14.5k
Peter G. C. Campbell Canada 57 3.6k 0.7× 7.3k 2.1× 11.6k 3.4× 3.0k 1.4× 2.6k 1.8× 270 19.5k
Cong‐Qiang Liu China 69 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.8× 6.2k 3.0× 2.3k 1.6× 623 17.3k
Ulrich Förstner Germany 43 2.3k 0.4× 3.4k 1.0× 7.8k 2.3× 2.0k 1.0× 2.7k 1.9× 153 11.6k
Hiroshi Hasegawa Japan 52 2.6k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 2.5k 0.7× 474 0.2× 1.6k 1.1× 503 11.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Zheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Zheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Zheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Zheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Zheng 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 Zheng. Yan Zheng 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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Antolín‐Amérigo, Darío, et al.. (2025). Validation of an Environmental Exposure Chamber for Assessment of Allergy to Grass Pollen. Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology. 35(5). 364–372.
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Kolditz, Olaf, et al.. (2025). Environmental earth sciences. Environmental Earth Sciences. 84(19). 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Yanhua, Alejandro Palomo, Zengyi Li, et al.. (2024). MnO2-modified activated carbon and granular nano-TiO2 in tandem succeed in treating domestic well water arsenic at point of use. Nature Water. 2(7). 674–683. 11 indexed citations
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Pan, Feng, Kai Xiao, Yu Cai, et al.. (2023). Integrated effects of bioturbation, warming and sea-level rise on mobility of sulfide and metalloids in sediment porewater of mangrove wetlands. Water Research. 233. 119788–119788. 29 indexed citations
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Li, Zengyi, Yanhua Duan, Shuangbao Han, et al.. (2023). Beyond the geological origin of sediment arsenic in groundwater systems: arsenic redux by redox. Science Bulletin. 68(15). 1616–1620. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kexin, Hailong Li, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2023). Multiple Seepage‐Faces in Tidal Flat With Very Gentle Slopes. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(14). 4 indexed citations
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Shen, Yating, Jingyu Liu, Rachel N. Austin, et al.. (2023). Zinc localization and speciation in rice grain under variable soil zinc deficiency. Plant and Soil. 491(1-2). 605–626. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Min, et al.. (2021). Hillslopes in Headwaters of Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau as Hotspots for Subsurface Dissolved Organic Carbon Processing During Permafrost Thaw. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(5). 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Jing, Maurizio Barbieri, Nicolò Colombani, et al.. (2021). In situ arsenic immobilisation for coastal aquifers using stimulated iron cycling: Lab-based viability assessment. Applied Geochemistry. 136. 105155–105155. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Na, Xiaowei Jin, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2020). Occurrence and multiple-level ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in two shallow lakes of China. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 33 indexed citations
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Barbieri, Maurizio, Benjamín C. Bostick, Nicolò Colombani, et al.. (2020). Redox Dependent Arsenic Occurrence and Partitioning in an Industrial Coastal Aquifer: Evidence from High Spatial Resolution Characterization of Groundwater and Sediments. Water. 12(10). 2932–2932. 21 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yan, et al.. (2018). A typology analysis on resilient cities based on adaptive cycle--taking cases of Chinese sponge cities and climate resilient cites pilot projects. 28(3). 31–38. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yan. (2010). Analysis on the Effect of Employment from the Afforestation Action in China.
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Zheng, Yan. (2010). Marriage Quality from Perspective of Psychological Control among Female Civil Servants.
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Zheng, Yan, et al.. (2005). Variable Structure Control Based on Sliding Model for a Class of Underactuated Mechanical System. Journal of Northeastern University. 3 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yan, S. Datta, M. Stute, et al.. (2005). Stable Isotope (18O, 2H) and Arsenic Distribution in the Shallow Aquifers in Araihazar, Bangladesh. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yan. (2004). R&D inputs and productivity growth in China. MPRA Paper. 1 indexed citations

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