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D-Index
57
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12230
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3434
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364

Tongbin 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 Tongbin Chen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 213 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tongbin 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 Tongbin Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tongbin Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio in environmental science, with a particular focus on pollution and heavy metals in the environment. Their work spans closely related subfields including environmental chemistry, plant science, soil science, and biomaterials.

The primary topics in Tongbin Chen's research include:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Composting and vermicomposting techniques
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Plant stress responses and tolerance
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Their recent published papers cover various dimensions of heavy metal pollution and remediation. Notable papers include:

  • "Apportionment and location of heavy metal(loid)s pollution sources for soil and dust using the combination of principal component analysis, Geodetector, and multiple linear regression of distance" (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • "Identifying factors that influence soil heavy metals by using categorical regression analysis: A case study in Beijing, China" (2020, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering)
  • "Passivation of lead and cadmium and increase of the nutrient content during sewage sludge composting by phosphate amendments" (2020, Environmental Research)
  • "Three-year field experiment on the risk reduction, environmental merit, and cost assessment of four in situ remediation technologies for metal(loid)-contaminated agricultural soil" (2020, Environmental Pollution)
  • "Influencing factors and prediction of arsenic concentration in Pteris vittata: A combination of geodetector and empirical models" (2021, Environmental Pollution)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with significant co-authorship counts including:

  • Mei Lei (38 publications)
  • Xiaoming Wan (35 publications)
  • Jun Yang (30 publications)
  • Guodi Zheng (24 publications)
  • Junxing Yang (23 publications)

Tongbin Chen's work has appeared predominantly in several publication venues, with an emphasis on environmental and hazardous materials journals:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (12 publications)
  • PubMed (9 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (7 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (5 publications)
  • Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (4 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Tongbin Chen has contributed to academic books, including a publication with Springer International Publishing titled Phytoremediation of Arsenic Contaminated Sites in China (2020), which has been cited in the field.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils of urban parks in Beijing, China

    Tong-Bin Chen;Yuan-Ming Zheng;Mei Lei;Ze-Chun Huang

  • Effect of aeration rate, C/N ratio and moisture content on the stability and maturity of compost.

    Rui Guo;Guoxue Li;Tao Jiang;Frank Schuchardt

  • Assessment of trace metal distribution and contamination in surface soils of Hong Kong.

    T. B. Chen;Jonathan W C Wong;H. Y. Zhou;Ming Hung Wong

  • Spatial distribution of soil heavy metal pollution estimated by different interpolation methods: accuracy and uncertainty analysis.

    Yunfeng Xie;Tong-bin Chen;Mei Lei;Jun Yang

  • Cost-benefit calculation of phytoremediation technology for heavy-metal-contaminated soil

    Xiaoming Wan;Mei Lei;Tongbin Chen

  • Soil As contamination and its risk assessment in areas near the industrial districts of Chenzhou City, Southern China

    Xiao-Yong Liao;Tong-Bin Chen;Hua Xie;Ying-Ru Liu

  • Arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. and its arsenic accumulation

    Tongbin Chen;Chaoyang Wei;Zechun Huang;Qifei Huang

  • Assessing the health risk of heavy metals in vegetables to the general population in Beijing, China

    Bo Song;Mei Lei;Tongbin Chen;Yuanming Zheng

  • Quantitative analysis of the factors influencing spatial distribution of soil heavy metals based on geographical detector.

    Pengwei Qiao;Sucai Yang;Mei Lei;Tongbin Chen

  • Influence of aeration on CH4, N2O and NH3 emissions during aerobic composting of a chicken manure and high C/N waste mixture

    Yujun Shen;Limei Ren;Guoxue Li;Tongbin Chen

  • Effect of arsenic on chloroplast ultrastructure and calcium distribution in arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L.

    Wen-Xue Li;Tong-Bin Chen;Ze-Chun Huang;Mei Lei

  • Multivariate geostatistical analysis of heavy metals in topsoils from Beijing, China

    Yuan-Ming Zheng;Tong-Bin Chen;Ji-Zheng He

  • Arsenic accumulation by two brake ferns growing on an arsenic mine and their potential in phytoremediation

    Chao-Yang Wei;Tong-Bin Chen

  • Bacterial communities and their association with the bio-drying of sewage sludge.

    Lu Cai;Lu Cai;Tong-Bin Chen;Ding Gao;Jie Yu

  • Background concentrations of soil heavy metals in Beijing

    Tong-bin Chen;Yuan-ming Zheng;Huang Chen;Guo-di Zheng

  • Metabolic responses and their correlations with phytochelatins in Amaranthus hypochondriacus under cadmium stress.

    Mengdi Xie;Wenqing Chen;Xicong Lai;Haibo Dai

  • Designing Cropping Systems for Metal-Contaminated Sites: A Review

    Ye-Tao Tang;Ye-Tao Tang;Teng-Hao-Bo Deng;Qi-Hang Wu;Shi-Zhong Wang

  • Effect of phosphate amendments on improving the fertilizer efficiency and reducing the mobility of heavy metals during sewage sludge composting.

    Xiankai Wang;Guodi Zheng;Tongbin Chen;Xiaoxiao Shi

  • Review on remediation technologies for arsenic-contaminated soil

    Xiaoming Wan;Mei Lei;Tongbin Chen

  • Stabilization of nickel and chromium in sewage sludge during aerobic composting

    Guo-Di Zheng;Ding Gao;Tong-Bin Chen;Wei Luo

  • Regional assessment of cadmium pollution in agricultural lands and the potential health risk related to intensive mining activities: a case study in Chenzhou City, China.

    Limei Zhai;Xiaoyong Liao;Tongbin Chen;Xiulan Yan

  • Application of zerovalent iron (Fe0) to enhance degradation of HCHs and DDX in soil from a former organochlorine pesticides manufacturing plant

    Su-Cai Yang;Mei Lei;Tong-Bin Chen;Xiao-Yan Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Luo
Wei Luo Donghua University
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster
Lizhe An
Lizhe An Lanzhou University
Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Yu Chen
Yu Chen New York University
Guoxue Li
Guoxue Li China Agricultural University
Chaosheng Zhang
Chaosheng Zhang University of Galway
Rongliang Qiu
Rongliang Qiu South China Agricultural University
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Ye-Tao Tang
Ye-Tao Tang Sun Yat-sen University

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