Zhongqi Cheng

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Zhongqi Cheng is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongqi Cheng has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 35 papers in Pollution and 30 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhongqi Cheng's work include Heavy metals in environment (31 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (31 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (30 papers). Zhongqi Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (31 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (31 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (30 papers). Zhongqi Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bangladesh and Russia. Zhongqi Cheng's co-authors include Alexander van Geen, Habibul Ahsan, Joseph H. Graziano, Yan Zheng, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Pam Factor‐Litvak, Xinhua Liu, Kazi Matin Ahmed and Gail A. Wasserman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhongqi Cheng

73 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Water Manganese Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

2005 889 citations Alexander van Geen, Zhongqi Cheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhongqi Cheng United States	38	2.8k	2.5k	1.7k	650	541	76	5.0k
Dipankar Chakraborti India	41	3.5k 1.3×	4.9k 1.9×	2.5k 1.5×	532 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	71	6.7k
J. C. Ng Australia	36	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	347 0.5×	412 0.8×	152	4.8k
Thorjørn Larssen Norway	40	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	263 0.4×	611 1.1×	101	6.2k
Fernando Díaz‐Barriga Mexico	40	3.1k 1.1×	786 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	481 0.7×	429 0.8×	157	5.5k
Faruque Parvez United States	48	5.8k 2.0×	5.3k 2.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 2.8×	1.2k 2.3×	161	9.5k
Dianne F. Jolley Australia	36	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	173 0.3×	463 0.9×	120	4.3k
Vesna Slavkovich United States	49	5.9k 2.1×	4.4k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 3.1×	1.0k 1.9×	128	9.0k
Li Zhang China	38	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	257 0.4×	617 1.1×	281	5.7k
Michael J. Watts United Kingdom	43	1.9k 0.7×	574 0.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	779 1.4×	163	5.4k
Claire Deacon United Kingdom	35	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.4×	3.3k 2.0×	571 0.9×	437 0.8×	53	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongqi Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongqi Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongqi Cheng

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

Cheng, Zhongqi, et al.. (2025). Effects of Corn–Soybean Strip Intercropping on Control Efficiency of Insect Pests and Crop Yields. Plants. 14(21). 3358–3358.

Pavilonis, Brian, Jin Y. Shin, Zhongqi Cheng, et al.. (2025). Low Meconium Metal Concentrations in Newborns from NYC: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Exposure and Health. 17(4). 1037–1046.

Cheng, Zhongqi, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of constructed soils for tree planting – A pilot study in New York City. Urban forestry & urban greening. 96. 128342–128342.

Groffman, Peter M., et al.. (2023). Surprising relationships between soil pH and microbial biomass and activity in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry. 163(3). 265–277. 22 indexed citations

Egendorf, Sara Perl, Henry M. Spliethoff, Hannah A. Shayler, et al.. (2021). Soil lead (Pb) and urban grown lettuce: Sources, processes, and implications for gardener best management practices. Journal of Environmental Management. 286. 112211–112211. 14 indexed citations

Egendorf, Sara Perl, et al.. (2021). Applying a novel systems approach to address systemic environmental injustices. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 9(1). 5 indexed citations

Sgrigna, Gregorio, et al.. (2020). Relationships between air particulate matter capture efficiency and leaf traits in twelve tree species from an Italian urban-industrial environment. The Science of The Total Environment. 718. 137310–137310. 118 indexed citations

Vasenev, Viacheslav, Еlvira A. Dovletyarova, Zhongqi Cheng, et al.. (2019). Urbanization: Challenge and Opportunity for Soil Functions and Ecosystem Services Proceedings of the 9th SUITMA Congress. 1 indexed citations

Rosenzweig, B., Benjamin L. Ruddell, Lauren McPhillips, et al.. (2019). Developing knowledge systems for urban resilience to cloudburst rain events. Environmental Science & Policy. 99. 150–159. 62 indexed citations

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Paltseva, Anna, et al.. (2019). A Field Procedure To Screen Soil for Hazardous Lead. Analytical Chemistry. 91(13). 8192–8198. 26 indexed citations

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Deeb, Maha, Peter M. Groffman, Jessica Lee Joyner, et al.. (2018). Soil and microbial properties of green infrastructure stormwater management systems. Ecological Engineering. 125. 68–75. 41 indexed citations

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Walsh, Daniel C. I., et al.. (2018). Sediment exchange to mitigate pollutant exposure in urban soil. Journal of Environmental Management. 214. 354–361. 24 indexed citations

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Rangarajan, S., et al.. (2015). Measuring the flow: green infrastructure grows in Brooklyn. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 17. 36–41. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhongqi, Anna Paltseva, Hermine Huot, et al.. (2015). Trace Metal Contamination in New York City Garden Soils. Soil Science. 180(4/5). 167–174. 75 indexed citations

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Huang, Tao, Liguang Sun, John Stark, et al.. (2011). Relative Changes in Krill Abundance Inferred from Antarctic Fur Seal. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27331–e27331. 25 indexed citations

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Dhar, Ratan, Yan Zheng, M. Stute, et al.. (2008). Temporal variability of groundwater chemistry in shallow and deep aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 99(1-4). 97–111. 103 indexed citations

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Geen, Alexander van, Yan Zheng, Zhongqi Cheng, et al.. (2006). Impact of irrigating rice paddies with groundwater containing arsenic in Bangladesh. The Science of The Total Environment. 367(2-3). 769–777. 97 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhongqi, Yan Zheng, Richard A. Mortlock, & Alexander van Geen. (2004). Rapid multi-element analysis of groundwater by high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 379(3). 512–518. 173 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhongqi, Alexander van Geen, Chuanyong Jing, et al.. (2004). Performance of a Household-Level Arsenic Removal System during 4-Month Deployments in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology. 38(12). 3442–3448. 42 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhongqi. (2001). Refinement of isotopic analysis techniques for trace Pb and Sr and their selected applications /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 2 indexed citations

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