Yun Chen

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
304 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Yun Chen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Chen has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 62 papers in Water Science and Technology and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yun Chen's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (41 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers). Yun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (41 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers). Yun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Yun Chen's co-authors include Chang Huang, Jianping Wu, Jia Yu, Shahbaz Khan, Linyi Li, Kaifang Shi, Shiqiang Zhang, Tingbao Xu, Da Ouyang and Lu Han and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yun Chen

270 papers receiving 7.7k 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 sensitivity analysis of multi-criteria weights in GIS-based land suitability evaluation

2010 549 citations Yun Chen et al. profile →
Detecting, Extracting, and Monitoring Surface Water From Space Using Optical Sensors: A Review

2018 532 citations Chang Huang, Yun Chen et al. profile →
Activation mechanism of peroxymonosulfate by biochar for catalytic degradation of 1,4-dioxane: Important role of biochar defect structures

2019 502 citations Yun Chen et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yun Chen	3.4k	2.2k	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	304	7.9k
Zhifeng Liu	4.3k 1.3×	980 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	771 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	111	7.0k
Brett A. Bryan	6.1k 1.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	639 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	239	11.7k
Yaolin Liu	4.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	357	11.1k
T. V. Ramachandra	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	731 0.6×	853 0.7×	279	7.8k
Yanpeng Cai	2.4k 0.7×	3.9k 1.8×	2.1k 1.4×	411 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	414	11.2k
Ram Avtar	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	819 0.6×	773 0.7×	248	7.2k
Zhang Fei	2.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.9×	657 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	447	7.8k
Hong Yang	2.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	712 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	228	7.7k
Ming Xu	4.5k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	4.6k 3.0×	2.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.2×	440	17.9k
Ni‐Bin Chang	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	994 0.8×	791 0.7×	325	10.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Yun, et al.. (2025). Higher-density river discharge observation through integration of multiple satellite data: Midstream Yellow River, China. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 137. 104433–104433. 1 indexed citations

Du, Boxue, et al.. (2025). Effects of defect locations and loading voltages on breakdown of GIL tri-post insulators. Results in Engineering. 25. 104227–104227.

Li, Yonggang, Zhenyu Xi, Yun Chen, et al.. (2025). A “grab-and-throw” access for monomer diffusion in interfacial polymerization process for high-efficiency polyamide membrane in water purification. Journal of Membrane Science. 722. 123871–123871. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Cancan, Xiaoxu Zheng, Ping Lv, et al.. (2025). Integrated constructed wetland-river (ICWR) system for efficient nitrogen removal from secondary effluent: Performance, cost and carbon footprint analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 388. 125984–125984.

Meng, Xia, et al.. (2025). Associations of long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and its constituents with risk of incident hypertension in rural China. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 16(11). 102665–102665.

Zhang, Anqi, et al.. (2024). Short-term longitudinal relationship between cumulative ecological risk and smartphone addiction in Chinese adolescents: Gratitude and impulsivity as moderators. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 93. 101677–101677. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Sihan, Yonggang Li, Zhenyu Xi, et al.. (2024). Porous organic polymer nanosheets doped multistage water channel ultrafiltration membrane: Accelerated phase inversion process and in-situ covalent crosslinking strategy. Separation and Purification Technology. 343. 127083–127083. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Sihan, Changjun Mu, Zhenyu Xi, et al.. (2024). Swelling-assisted surface grafting strategy for multichannel antifouling membranes: Reconstruction of surface pore structure and applications in microalgae harvesting and blood purification. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156181–156181. 11 indexed citations

Li, Zhenzhe, Bowan Tao, Kai Yang, et al.. (2024). Interface Modification Based on the Homoepitaxial MOCVD-MgO Process: Optimizing the Performance of the Flexible Atomic Layer Thermopile Heat Flux Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(3). 4218–4226. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Yi, et al.. (2023). Organic geochemical characteristics and organic matter accumulation of the Eocene lacustrine source rock in the Yingxi area, Western Qaidam Basin, China. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 112(4). 1277–1292. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Kunhua, Dengdeng Jiang, Yun Chen, et al.. (2022). Spatial-Temporal Distribution, Morphological Transformation, and Potential Risk of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen in the Contaminated Unconfined Aquifer from a Retired Nitrogenous Fertilizer Plant. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(13). 8022–8022. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, et al.. (2021). Effects of machine transplanting density and panicle nitrogen fertilizer reduction on grains starch synthesis in good taste rice cultivars. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 47(8). 1540–1550. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaowei, Yun Chen, Xingxing Liu, Yuliang Li, & Xiaolong Wang. (2021). Investigating historical dynamics and mitigation scenarios of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from pig production system in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 296. 126572–126572. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Rui, Yun Chen, Jianping Wu, et al.. (2018). Mapping spatial accessibility of public transportation network in an urban area – A case study of Shanghai Hongqiao Transportation Hub. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 59. 478–495. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fenghua, et al.. (2016). Assessment of Reclamation Treatments of Abandoned Farmland in an Arid Region of China. Sustainability. 8(11). 1183–1183. 26 indexed citations

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Zhou, Mingwei, D. J. Barrett, Yun Chen, et al.. (2013). A scenario model for mine water management under extreme climate variability. Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Lei, D. J. Barrett, Yun Chen, et al.. (2013). Secure mine water use with compliant discharge. Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 3 indexed citations

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Huang, Chang, Yun Chen, & Jianping Wu. (2013). DEM-based modification of pixel-swapping algorithm for enhancing floodplain inundation mapping. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 35(1). 365–381. 62 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, et al.. (2011). Linking inundation timing and extent to ecological response models using the Murray-Darling Basin Floodplain Inundation Model (MDB-FIM). Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Yun, et al.. (2011). Effect of climate variables on the modeling of vegetation net primary productivity in karst areas. Chan, F., Marinova, D. and Anderssen, R.S. (eds) MODSIM2011, 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation.. 5 indexed citations

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