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Renjie Chen

Renjie Chen

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 82 893 848 91 90 288 22961

Renjie Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Renjie Chen between 2008 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Renjie Chen published across 18 years, from 2008 to 2025, averaging 26.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 66 publications in 2023. 122 of the 470 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2008 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 66. Peak 66 publications in 2023. 2008: 1 publication 2009: 4 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 47 publications 2022: 61 publications 2023: 66 publications 2024: 64 publications 2025: 58 publications
2008 2025

470 publications in total across all disciplines

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Renjie Chen: publications per year, 2008 to 2025
Year Publications
2008 1
2009 4
2010 3
2011 8
2012 7
2013 16
2014 14
2015 17
2016 19
2017 17
2018 22
2019 20
2020 26
2021 47
2022 61
2023 66
2024 64
2025 58
Total 470
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Renjie 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 Renjie Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–290 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 288 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130 288
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Renjie 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 Renjie Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48 82
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Renjie Chen is affiliated with Fudan University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Environmental Science and Medicine. Their work is characterized by a strong emphasis on health impacts related to air quality and climate change.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, their subfields of study focus on:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Pollution
  • General Health Professions
  • Physiology

Renjie Chen's research specifically covers several key topics:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses

Their publication record includes articles in notable venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environment International
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Renjie Chen include:

  • Hourly Air Pollutants and Acute Coronary Syndrome Onset in 1.29 Million Patients, 2022, Circulation
  • Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities, 2021, BMJ
  • Long-term exposure to ozone and cardiovascular mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • The effects of night-time warming on mortality burden under future climate change scenarios: a modelling study, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health

Frequent coauthors in Renjie Chen's research collaborations include:

  • Haidong Kan
  • Xia Meng
  • Cong Liu
  • Yue Niu
  • Yixiang Zhu

Best Publications

  • Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

    Cong Liu;Renjie Chen;Francesco Sera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Ambient air pollution, climate change, and population health in China

    Haidong Kan;Renjie Chen;Shilu Tong

  • Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality. A Nationwide Analysis in 272 Chinese Cities

    Renjie Chen;Peng Yin;Xia Meng;Cong Liu

  • Association between ambient temperature and mortality risk and burden: time series study in 272 main Chinese cities

    Renjie Chen;Peng Yin;Lijun Wang;Cong Liu

  • Particulate Matter Exposure and Stress Hormone Levels: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial of Air Purification

    Huichu Li;Jing Cai;Renjie Chen;Zhuohui Zhao

  • Association of Particulate Air Pollution With Daily Mortality The China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study

    Renjie Chen;Haidong Kan;Bingheng Chen;Wei Huang

  • Association between long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and mortality in China: a cohort study.

    Jie Cao;Chunxue Yang;Jianxin Li;Renjie Chen

  • Ambient Ozone Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Nationwide Study in 272 Chinese Cities.

    Peng Yin;Renjie Chen;Lijun Wang;Xia Meng

  • Cardiopulmonary Benefits of Reducing Indoor Particles of Outdoor Origin: A Randomized, Double-Blind Crossover Trial of Air Purifiers

    Renjie Chen;Ang Zhao;Honglei Chen;Zhuohui Zhao

  • Long-term exposure to ozone and cardiovascular mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study.

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  • Visibility, air quality and daily mortality in Shanghai, China.

    Wei Huang;Jianguo Tan;Haidong Kan;Ni Zhao

  • Hourly Air Pollutants and Acute Coronary Syndrome Onset in 1.29 Million Patients

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  • The effects of night-time warming on mortality burden under future climate change scenarios: a modelling study.

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  • Ambient air pollution and hospital admission in Shanghai, China.

    Renjie Chen;Chen Chu;Jianguo Tan;Junshan Cao

  • Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: multilocation analysis in 398 cities

    Xia Meng;Cong Liu;Renjie Chen;Francesco Sera;Francesco Sera

  • Temperature-related mortality in 17 large Chinese cities: How heat and cold affect mortality in China

    Wenjuan Ma;Renjie Chen;Haidong Kan

  • Short-term exposure to sulfur dioxide and daily mortality in 17 Chinese cities: The China air pollution and health effects study (CAPES)

    Renjie Chen;Wei Huang;Chit-Ming Wong;Zongshuang Wang

  • Ambient carbon monoxide and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide time-series analysis in 272 cities in China.

    Cong Liu;Peng Yin;Renjie Chen;Xia Meng

  • Associations between short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and mortality in 17 Chinese cities: the China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES).

    Renjie Chen;Evangelia Samoli;Chit-Ming Wong;Wei Huang

  • Associations between long-term exposure to ambient particulate air pollution and type 2 diabetes prevalence, blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in China.

    Cong Liu;Changyuan Yang;Yaohui Zhao;Zongwei Ma

  • Size-fractionated particle number concentrations and daily mortality in a Chinese city.

    Xia Meng;Yanjun Ma;Renjie Chen;Zhijun Zhou

  • Fine particulate air pollution and daily mortality in Shenyang, China.

    Yanjun Ma;Renjie Chen;Guowei Pan;Xiaohui Xu

  • Associations between Coarse Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Nationwide Analysis in 272 Chinese Cities.

    Renjie Chen;Peng Yin;Xia Meng;Lijun Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Haidong Kan
Haidong Kan Fudan University
Bingheng Chen
Bingheng Chen Fudan University
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Qingyan Fu
Qingyan Fu Fudan University
Jianmin Chen
Jianmin Chen Fudan University
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Aaron van Donkelaar
Aaron van Donkelaar Washington University in St. Louis
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Honglei Chen
Honglei Chen Michigan State University
Klea Katsouyanni
Klea Katsouyanni National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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