Zhineng Cheng

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Zhineng Cheng is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhineng Cheng has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 41 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Zhineng Cheng's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (24 papers). Zhineng Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (39 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (24 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (24 papers). Zhineng Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Sweden. Zhineng Cheng's co-authors include Gan Zhang, Jun Li, Chunling Luo, Jabir Hussain Syed, Ishwar Chandra Yadav, Kevin C. Jones, Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi, Yan Wang, Guangcai Zhong and Chongguo Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhineng Cheng

69 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Current status of persistent organic pesticides residues in air, water, and soil, and their possible effect on neighboring countries: A comprehensive review of India

2014 440 citations Zhineng Cheng, Jun Li et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhineng Cheng China	28	1.4k	892	701	227	196	73	2.3k
Julián Campo Spain	25	1.0k 0.7×	856 1.0×	336 0.5×	250 1.1×	159 0.8×	56	2.1k
Pavel Čupr Czechia	28	1.6k 1.1×	708 0.8×	447 0.6×	98 0.4×	192 1.0×	91	2.2k
Guangcai Zhong China	29	1.4k 1.0×	557 0.6×	865 1.2×	213 0.9×	97 0.5×	80	2.0k
Javier Castro-Jiménez France	29	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	390 0.6×	101 0.4×	95 0.5×	49	2.4k
Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi India	24	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	230 0.3×	115 0.5×	303 1.5×	53	2.2k
Petr Kukučka Czechia	31	2.0k 1.4×	605 0.7×	675 1.0×	102 0.4×	112 0.6×	81	2.4k
Petra Příbylová Czechia	29	1.5k 1.1×	776 0.9×	531 0.8×	84 0.4×	134 0.7×	89	2.1k
Maria Luisa Astolfi Italy	27	942 0.7×	460 0.5×	295 0.4×	59 0.3×	181 0.9×	89	1.9k
Sang-Jin Lee South Korea	19	637 0.5×	398 0.4×	262 0.4×	94 0.4×	133 0.7×	95	1.2k
Claudia Moeckel United Kingdom	21	1.2k 0.9×	530 0.6×	237 0.3×	94 0.4×	63 0.3×	36	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhineng Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhineng Cheng

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Li, Jing, Weimin Wang, Pingyang Li, et al.. (2025). High-Resolution Mapping of Fossil Fuel CO ₂ Using Plant Radiocarbon and Bayesian Inversion: Toward a City-Scale Emission Audit. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(44). 23825–23836.

Li, Jing, Pingyang Li, Wenfang Feng, et al.. (2025). Continental-scale impact of bomb radiocarbon affects historical fossil fuel carbon dioxide reconstruction. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

Yi, Xin, Guangcai Zhong, Xiaofei Geng, et al.. (2024). Dual-carbon isotope analysis of benzene polycarboxylic acids for tracking black carbon across different environments. Applied Geochemistry. 170. 106062–106062. 3 indexed citations

Mo, Yangzhi, Jun Li, Guangcai Zhong, et al.. (2024). The Sources and Atmospheric Processes of Strong Light‐Absorbing Components in Water Soluble Brown Carbon: Insights From a Multi‐Proxy Study of PM_2.5 in 10 Chinese Cities. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(2). 4 indexed citations

Yi, Xin, Xiaofei Geng, Yangzhi Mo, et al.. (2023). Compound-specific radiocarbon analysis of benzene polycarboxylic acids for source apportionment of polyaromatic organic matter in ambient aerosols. Atmospheric Environment. 307. 119832–119832. 7 indexed citations

Bao, Mengying, Yanlin Zhang, Fang Cao, et al.. (2023). Impact of fossil and non-fossil fuel sources on the molecular compositions of water-soluble humic-like substances in PM _2.5 at a suburban site of Yangtze River Delta, China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(14). 8305–8324. 9 indexed citations

Geng, Xiaofei, Jordahna Haig, Chongguo Tian, et al.. (2023). Provenance of Aerosol Black Carbon over Northeast Indian Ocean and South China Sea and Implications for Oceanic Black Carbon Cycling. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(35). 13067–13078. 12 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhineng, Buqing Xu, Bolong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Source Diversity of Intermediate Volatility n-Alkanes Revealed by Compound-Specific δ¹³C−δD Isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(20). 14262–14271. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Buqing, Gan Zhang, Örjan Gustafsson, et al.. (2022). Large contribution of fossil-derived components to aqueous secondary organic aerosols in China. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5115–5115. 41 indexed citations

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Mo, Yangzhi, Jun Li, Zhineng Cheng, et al.. (2021). Dual Carbon Isotope‐Based Source Apportionment and Light Absorption Properties of Water‐Soluble Organic Carbon in PM _2.5 Over China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(8). 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dayi, Nick Ostle, Chunling Luo, et al.. (2021). FLEXIBLE SOIL MICROBIAL CARBON METABOLISM ACROSS AN ASIAN ELEVATION GRADIENT. Radiocarbon. 63(5). 1397–1413. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Buqing, Zhineng Cheng, Örjan Gustafsson, et al.. (2021). Compound-Specific Radiocarbon Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Dicarboxylic Acids in Ambient Aerosols Using Preparative Gas Chromatography: Method Development. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 8(2). 135–141. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Junwen, Ming Chang, Zhineng Cheng, et al.. (2021). High Contribution of South Asian Biomass Burning to Southeastern Tibetan Plateau Air: New Evidence from Radiocarbon Measurement. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 8(12). 1026–1031. 17 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhineng, Buqing Xu, Bolong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Triple Isotopes (δ¹³C, δ²H, and Δ¹⁴C) Compositions and Source Apportionment of Atmospheric Naphthalene: A Key Surrogate of Intermediate-Volatility Organic Compounds (IVOCs). Environmental Science & Technology. 54(9). 5409–5418. 28 indexed citations

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Geng, Xiaofei, Guangcai Zhong, Jun Li, et al.. (2019). Molecular marker study of aerosols in the northern South China Sea: Impact of atmospheric outflow from the Indo-China Peninsula and South China. Atmospheric Environment. 206. 225–236. 25 indexed citations

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Mao, Shuduan, Gan Zhang, Shizhen Zhao, et al.. (2019). High Abundance of Unintentionally Produced Tetrachlorobiphenyls (PCB47/48/75, 51, and 68) in the Atmosphere at a Regional Background Site in East China. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(7). 3464–3470. 36 indexed citations

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Mo, Yangzhi, Jun Li, Bin Jiang, et al.. (2018). Sources, compositions, and optical properties of humic-like substances in Beijing during the 2014 APEC summit: Results from dual carbon isotope and Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry analyses. Environmental Pollution. 239. 322–331. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiangyun, Jun Li, Yangzhi Mo, et al.. (2018). Isolation and radiocarbon analysis of elemental carbon in atmospheric aerosols using hydropyrolysis. Atmospheric Environment. 198. 381–386. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Junwen, Yangzhi Mo, Jun Li, et al.. (2016). Radiocarbon‐derived source apportionment of fine carbonaceous aerosols before, during, and after the 2014 Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(8). 4177–4187. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaohong, et al.. (2013). [Groundwater organic pollution source identification technology system research and application].. PubMed. 34(2). 662–7. 1 indexed citations

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