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43
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7147
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Duofu Chen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Duofu Chen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Duofu Chen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Duofu Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Duofu Chen is affiliated with Shanghai Ocean University in China. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and earth sciences, focusing on methane hydrates, geochemistry, and associated geological phenomena. Chen's publication record includes extensive contributions to both environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong emphasis on the chemistry of environmental processes and material mechanics related to their fields of study.

Their recent scholarly output includes significant papers such as:

  • Trace elements in methane-seep carbonates: Potentials, limitations, and perspectives, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • An Accurate Model for Estimating H2 Solubility in Pure Water and Aqueous NaCl Solutions, 2022, Energies
  • The impact of diffusive transport of methane on pore-water and sediment geochemistry constrained by authigenic enrichments of carbon, sulfur, and trace elements: A case study from the Shenhu area of the South China Sea, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Macro-ecology of cold seeps in the South China Sea, 2022, Geosystems and Geoenvironment
  • Molecular evidence for the production of labile, sulfur-bearing dissolved organic matter in the seep sediments of the South China Sea, 2023, Water Research

Chen has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Dong Feng
  • Jörn Peckmann
  • Min Luo
  • Niu Li
  • Yu Hu

The scientist's work commonly appears in several publication venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Minerals
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

Their research fields include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chen's narrower subfields of study demonstrate specialization within broader disciplines:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

The main topics explored in Chen's body of work encompass:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Best Publications

  • The physics of gas chimney and pockmark formation, with implications for assessment of seafloor hazards and gas sequestration

    L.M. Cathles;Zheng Su;Duofu Chen

  • Cold seep systems in the South China Sea: An overview

    Dong Feng;Jian-Wen Qiu;Yu Hu;Jörn Peckmann

  • Authigenic carbonates from newly discovered active cold seeps on the northwestern slope of the South China Sea: Constraints on fluid sources, formation environments, and seepage dynamics

    Qianyong Liang;Yu Hu;Dong Feng;Jörn Peckmann;Jörn Peckmann

  • Seep carbonates and preserved methane oxidizing archaea and sulfate reducing bacteria fossils suggest recent gas venting on the seafloor in the Northeastern South China Sea

    Duo Fu Chen;Yong Yang Huang;Xun Lai Yuan;Lawrence M. Cathles

  • Authigenic carbonates from an active cold seep of the northern South China Sea: New insights into fluid sources and past seepage activity

    Dong Feng;Duofu Chen

  • The behavior of trace elements in seawater, sedimentary pore water, and their incorporation into carbonate minerals: a review

    D. Smrzka;J. Zwicker;W. Bach;D. Feng

  • Authigenic carbonates from seeps on the northern continental slope of the South China Sea: New insights into fluid sources and geochronology

    Hongpeng Tong;Dong Feng;Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Shengxiong Yang

  • New insights into cerium anomalies and mechanisms of trace metal enrichment in authigenic carbonate from hydrocarbon seeps

    Yu Hu;Dong Feng;Joern Peckmann;Harry H. Roberts

  • Authigenic carbonates from methane seeps of the northern Congo fan: Microbial formation mechanism

    Dong Feng;Duofu Chen;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of the lacustrine black shales from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation of the Ordos Basin, China: Implications for the organic matter accumulation

    Cheng Wang;Qinxian Wang;Guojun Chen;Long He

  • Pb–Pb ages of Neoproterozoic Doushantuo phosphorites in South China: constraints on early metazoan evolution and glaciation events

    Duo Fu Chen;Wei Quan Dong;Wei Quan Dong;Bin Quan Zhu;Xian Pei Chen

  • Using Bathymodiolus tissue stable carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotopes to infer biogeochemical process at a cold seep in the South China Sea

    Dong Feng;Ming Cheng;Steffen Kiel;Jian Wen Qiu

  • Rare earth elements in seep carbonates as tracers of variable redox conditions at ancient hydrocarbon seeps

    Dong Feng;Duofu Chen;Jörn Ludwig Peckmann

  • Petrographic and geochemical characterization of seep carbonate from Bush Hill (GC 185) gas vent and hydrate site of the Gulf of Mexico

    Dong Feng;Duofu Chen;Harry H. Roberts

  • Evidence of intense methane seepages from molybdenum enrichments in gas hydrate-bearing sediments of the northern South China Sea

    Fang Chen;Yu Hu;Dong Feng;Xin Zhang

  • Provenances, distribution, and accumulation of organic matter in the southern Mariana Trench rim and slope: Implication for carbon cycle and burial in hadal trenches

    Min Luo;Joris Gieskes;Linying Chen;Xuefa Shi

  • Impact of anaerobic oxidation of methane on the geochemical cycle of redox-sensitive elements at cold-seep sites of the northern South China Sea

    Yu Hu;Dong Feng;Qianyong Liang;Zhen Xia

  • Trace elements in methane-seep carbonates: Potentials, limitations, and perspectives

    D. Smrzka;D. Feng;T. Himmler;J. Zwicker

  • A carbonate-based proxy for sulfate-driven anaerobic oxidation of methane

    Dong Feng;Yongbo Peng;Huiming Bao;Jörn Peckmann;Jörn Peckmann

  • A kinetic model for the pattern and amounts of hydrate precipitated from a gas steam: Application to the Bush Hill vent site, Green Canyon Block 185, Gulf of Mexico

    Duo Fu Chen;Duo Fu Chen;Lawrence M. Cathles

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörn Peckmann
Jörn Peckmann Universität Hamburg
Harry H. Roberts
Harry H. Roberts Louisiana State University
Lawrence M. Cathles
Lawrence M. Cathles Cornell University
Yongbo Peng
Yongbo Peng Tongji University
Gerhard Bohrmann
Gerhard Bohrmann University of Bremen
Jinqiang Liang
Jinqiang Liang Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey
Daniel Birgel
Daniel Birgel Universität Hamburg
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Sabine Kasten
Sabine Kasten University of Bremen
Joris M. Gieskes
Joris M. Gieskes Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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