Yong Chen

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
369 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Yong Chen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Chen has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 262 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 174 papers in Ecology and 104 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Yong Chen's work include Marine and fisheries research (235 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (121 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (104 papers). Yong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (235 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (121 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (104 papers). Yong Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Yong Chen's co-authors include Xinjun Chen, Yiping Ren, Bilin Liu, Siquan Tian, Chongliang Zhang, Kisei R. Tanaka, Jie Cao, Ying Xue, Richard A. Wahle and Binduo Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Yong Chen

350 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Fisheries Management in a Changing Climate: Lessons From the 2012 Ocean Heat Wave in the Northwest Atlantic

2013 533 citations Katherine E. Mills, Yong Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Chen United States	38	4.2k	3.0k	1.4k	1.0k	769	369	6.2k
Julia L. Blanchard Australia	51	5.2k 1.2×	4.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	558 0.6×	1.4k 1.9×	140	8.6k
Ricardo S. Santos Portugal	48	3.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	625 0.6×	1.8k 2.4×	242	7.2k
Malin L. Pinsky United States	43	4.6k 1.1×	4.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.3×	521 0.5×	1.7k 2.2×	117	7.7k
André M. de Roos Netherlands	52	3.4k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	3.4k 2.4×	2.1k 2.1×	690 0.9×	184	9.7k
Les Kaufman United States	42	2.1k 0.5×	3.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	393 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	135	6.3k
Timothy E. Essington United States	45	4.6k 1.1×	3.8k 1.3×	2.7k 2.0×	320 0.3×	929 1.2×	164	6.8k
Wolf M. Mooij Netherlands	50	2.0k 0.5×	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	845 0.8×	2.3k 3.0×	143	8.9k
Derek P. Tittensor Canada	38	2.9k 0.7×	4.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	713 0.7×	2.2k 2.9×	79	7.5k
Helene Marsh Australia	46	2.3k 0.6×	5.3k 1.8×	2.1k 1.5×	458 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	218	6.7k
Trevor A. Branch United States	42	4.0k 1.0×	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	183 0.2×	899 1.2×	111	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong 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 Yong Chen. Yong Chen 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

Ren, Qingqiang, et al.. (2025). An evaluation of vulnerability settings in Ecopath with Ecosim on ecosystem hindcast and forecast skills. Ecological Informatics. 86. 103040–103040. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yong, et al.. (2024). Unlocking sustainability in China's small-scale fisheries: A case study of livelihood analysis in the Bohai Region. Ocean & Coastal Management. 258. 107405–107405. 3 indexed citations

Fan, Hao, et al.. (2024). Real-Scale 3-D Reconstruction With Monocular Zoom Technology. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–8.

Ye, Zhenjiang, et al.. (2023). Interannual variability in otolith biogeochemical signatures of Japanese Spanish mackerel in the Yellow Sea. Journal of Marine Systems. 242. 103933–103933.

Chen, Yong, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Living Environment Quality in Urban Residential Areas under the Concept of Urban Renewal—A Case Study of Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China. Sustainability. 15(19). 14104–14104. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Ming, Kristin M. Kleisner, Katherine E. Mills, et al.. (2023). Social–ecological vulnerability and risk of China’s marine capture fisheries to climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(1). e2313773120–e2313773120. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Ming, et al.. (2023). Evaluating adaptive management frameworks for data-limited crustacean fisheries. Journal of Environmental Management. 341. 118074–118074. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yong, et al.. (2022). Implications of stock structure in understanding juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) habitat suitability in the Gulf of Maine. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 54. 102473–102473. 4 indexed citations

Shank, Burton, et al.. (2022). Developing a framework to estimate dynamic reference points for American lobster using a thermally explicit spawning stock biomass/recruitment relationship. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79(12). 2112–2125. 3 indexed citations

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Friedland, Kevin D., et al.. (2021). Consequences of model assumptions when projecting habitat suitability: a caution of forecasting under uncertainties. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78(6). 2092–2108. 12 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kisei R., et al.. (2021). Incorporating spatial heterogeneity and environmental impacts into stock-recruitment relationships for Gulf of Maine lobster. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 79(2). 362–372. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, et al.. (2016). Appraisal of the Impact of Three Insecticides on the Principal Rice Pests and Their Predators in China. Florida Entomologist. 99(2). 210–220. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, et al.. (2013). Evaluating alternative management strategies for bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the Indian Ocean. Scientia Marina. 77(3). 449–460. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong. (2012). Two-way analysis of variance of effects of cut-opening ratio and surface shape facing flowing in artificial fish-reefs on the flowing field. Journal of Dalian Ocean University. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong. (2011). EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON FOULING CHARACTERISTIC OF OUTER SPIRALLY CORRUGATED TUBE. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics.

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Xu, Liuxiong, et al.. (2011). Comparative analysis of depth distribution for seventeen large pelagic fish species captured in a longline fishery in the central-eastern Pacific Ocean. Scientia Marina. 76(1). 149–157. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyong, et al.. (2010). Analysis on complementariness and potential of Sino-Russian forest products trade.. 23(5). 73–76. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Yi‐Jay, Chi‐Lu Sun, Yong Chen, Su‐Zan Yeh, & Wei‐Chuan Chiang. (2009). Incorporating uncertainty into the estimation of biological reference points for a spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) fishery. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 43(1). 429–442. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong, Minoru Kanaiwa, & Carl Wilson. (2005). Developing and evaluating a size‐structured stock assessment model for the American lobster, Homarus americanus, fishery. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 39(3). 645–660. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Yong. (2004). Effect of Pen Fish Culture on the Ecological Environment of Taihu Lake. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 1 indexed citations

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