Youfan Chen

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Youfan Chen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Youfan Chen has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Youfan Chen's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (18 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (7 papers). Youfan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (18 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (7 papers). Youfan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Youfan Chen's co-authors include Lin Zhang, Yuepeng Pan, Yuanhong Zhao, Mi Zhou, Xuejun Liu, Xiao Lu, Tzung‐May Fu, Qiang Zhang, Bo Zheng and Ke Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Youfan Chen

21 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM _2.5 air pollution

2021 325 citations Baojing Gu, Lin Zhang et al. Science profile →
Exploring 2016–2017 surface ozone pollution over China: source contributions and meteorological influences

2019 294 citations Xiao Lu, Lin Zhang et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Youfan Chen China	14	880	622	417	345	210	23	1.6k
Shengji Luan China	19	565 0.6×	486 0.8×	230 0.6×	282 0.8×	217 1.0×	33	1.6k
Junfeng Liu China	27	1.1k 1.3×	879 1.4×	523 1.3×	347 1.0×	54 0.3×	77	1.9k
Jesús Miguel Santamaría Spain	27	655 0.7×	972 1.6×	534 1.3×	246 0.7×	177 0.8×	77	1.9k
Zhongjun Xu China	17	385 0.4×	398 0.6×	200 0.5×	196 0.6×	79 0.4×	58	967
Youwei Hong China	30	1.0k 1.2×	1.5k 2.4×	588 1.4×	291 0.8×	164 0.8×	103	2.4k
Buqing Zhong China	19	385 0.4×	363 0.6×	151 0.4×	250 0.7×	196 0.9×	36	1.2k
Yahui Zhuang China	18	424 0.5×	307 0.5×	217 0.5×	373 1.1×	367 1.7×	36	1.6k
Xiaoxiu Lun China	20	430 0.5×	564 0.9×	269 0.6×	193 0.6×	58 0.3×	62	1.1k
David Elustondo Spain	20	455 0.5×	662 1.1×	372 0.9×	148 0.4×	100 0.5×	48	1.2k
Xueqiang Lu China	22	279 0.3×	407 0.7×	142 0.3×	132 0.4×	174 0.8×	87	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Youfan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youfan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youfan Chen

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

Wang, Jingxu, Zhengzhong Liu, Peng Liu, et al.. (2025). Significant inequality shown in Chinese provincial export-related fine particle matter pollution and their contributors. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1).

Zhao, Yuanhong, Youfan Chen, S. Hou, et al.. (2025). Rising importance of agricultural nitrogen oxide emissions in China’s future PM2.5 pollution mitigation. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 8(1). 4 indexed citations

Chen, Youfan, Yuanhong Zhao, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2025). High-resolution inventories for Reactive Nitrogen Emissions from China’s livestock during 2005–2022. Scientific Data. 12(1). 1062–1062. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Shaofei, Yuanhong Zhao, Jingxu Wang, et al.. (2025). Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen Deposition to the Global Ocean During the 2010s: Interannual Variation and Source Attribution. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(8).

Xu, Jiayu, Yixin Guo, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Summertime Urban Ammonia Emissions May Be Substantially Underestimated in Beijing, China. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(35). 13124–13135. 11 indexed citations

Shi, Wenbin, et al.. (2023). Source Attribution and Process Analysis of Summertime Ozone Pollution in Guanzhong Basin, Northwestern China. Atmosphere. 14(12). 1742–1742. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Youfan, Yuanhong Zhao, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2022). The Response of Nitrogen Deposition in China to Recent and Future Changes in Anthropogenic Emissions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(23). 16 indexed citations

Guo, Yixin, Pan He, Tim Searchinger, et al.. (2022). Environmental and human health trade-offs in potential Chinese dietary shifts. One Earth. 5(3). 268–282. 46 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaolin, Tzung‐May Fu, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Sensitivities of Ozone Air Pollution in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Area to Local and Upwind Precursor Emissions Using Adjoint Modeling. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(9). 5752–5762. 58 indexed citations

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Liu, Xueying, Amos P. K. Tai, Youfan Chen, et al.. (2021). Dietary shifts can reduce premature deaths related to particulate matter pollution in China. Nature Food. 2(12). 997–1004. 36 indexed citations

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Miao, Ruqian, Qi Chen, Manish Shrivastava, et al.. (2021). Process-based and observation-constrained SOA simulations in China: the role of semivolatile and intermediate-volatility organic compounds and OH levels. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(21). 16183–16201. 28 indexed citations

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Gu, Baojing, Lin Zhang, Rita Van Dingenen, et al.. (2021). Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM _2.5 air pollution. Science. 374(6568). 758–762. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ni, Ruijing, Lulu Chen, Jamiu Adetayo Adeniran, et al.. (2021). Environmental Benefits of Ultra-Low Emission (ULE) Technology Applied in China. Atmosphere. 12(12). 1693–1693. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Youfan, Han Han, Yuanhong Zhao, et al.. (2021). Trends and Variability of Ozone Pollution over the Mountain-Basin Areas in Sichuan Province during 2013–2020: Synoptic Impacts and Formation Regimes. Atmosphere. 12(12). 1557–1557. 10 indexed citations

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Zhou, Mi, Youfan Chen, Dan Chen, et al.. (2021). The nonlinear response of fine particulate matter pollution to ammonia emission reductions in North China. Environmental Research Letters. 35 indexed citations

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Guo, Yixin, Youfan Chen, Timothy D. Searchinger, et al.. (2020). Air quality, nitrogen use efficiency and food security in China are improved by cost-effective agricultural nitrogen management. Nature Food. 1(10). 648–658. 209 indexed citations

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Lu, Xiao, Lin Zhang, Youfan Chen, et al.. (2019). Exploring 2016–2017 surface ozone pollution over China: source contributions and meteorological influences. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(12). 8339–8361. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Lin, Youfan Chen, Yuanhong Zhao, et al.. (2018). Agricultural ammonia emissions in China: reconciling bottom-up and top-down estimates. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(1). 339–355. 252 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuanhong, Lin Zhang, Amos P. K. Tai, Youfan Chen, & Yuepeng Pan. (2017). Responses of surface ozone air quality to anthropogenic nitrogen deposition in the Northern Hemisphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(16). 9781–9796. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuanhong, Lin Zhang, Youfan Chen, et al.. (2017). Atmospheric nitrogen deposition to China: A model analysis on nitrogen budget and critical load exceedance. Atmospheric Environment. 153. 32–40. 170 indexed citations

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