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D-Index
60
Citations
11081
World Ranking
2973
National Ranking
301

Overview

Weiping Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research covers a broad range of topics, with a particular focus on issues related to heavy metals in the environment and environmental health impacts.

Their published work spans several specific areas, including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects

Weiping Chen has published over a hundred papers primarily in Environmental Science, with notable subfields such as Plant Science, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Engineering. Their scientific output includes contributions in various journal venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • PubMed
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution

Their recent research papers demonstrate a balance between environmental issues and health-related topics. Examples include:

  • "Toward park design optimization to mitigate the urban heat Island: Assessment of the cooling effect in five U.S. cities" (2022, Sustainable Cities and Society)
  • "Short-term Outcomes of Laparoscopy-Assisted vs Open Surgery for Patients With Low Rectal Cancer" (2022, JAMA Oncology)
  • "Limestone dosage response of cadmium phytoavailability minimization in rice: A trade-off relationship between soil pH and amorphous manganese content" (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • "Effects of reclaimed wastewater irrigation on soil-crop systems in China: A review" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Sustainable decision-making for contaminated site risk management: A decision tree model using machine learning algorithms" (2022, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Weiping Chen has frequently collaborated with several researchers, indicating a networked research approach. Their most frequent coauthors include:

  • Meie Wang
  • Yang Yang
  • Tianqi Wang
  • Xiaonuo Li
  • Tian Xie

Best Publications

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soils of Beijing: status, sources, distribution and potential risk.

    Chi Peng;Weiping Chen;Xiaolan Liao;Meie Wang

  • Environmental risks of trace elements associated with long-term phosphate fertilizers applications: a review.

    Wentao Jiao;Weiping Chen;Andrew C. Chang;Albert L. Page

  • Wastewater reclamation and reuse in China: Opportunities and challenges.

    Sidan Lyu;Weiping Chen;Weiling Zhang;Yupeng Fan

  • An overview of reclaimed water reuse in China

    Lili Yi;Wentao Jiao;Xiaoning Chen;Weiping Chen

  • Assessing the effectiveness of green infrastructures on urban flooding reduction: A community scale study

    Wen Liu;Weiping Chen;Chi Peng

  • Effects of salinity and nitrogen on cotton growth in arid environment

    Weiping Chen;Weiping Chen;Zhenan Hou;Laosheng Wu;Yongchao Liang

  • Quantitative assessment on soil enzyme activities of heavy metal contaminated soils with various soil properties.

    Yu Xian;Meie Wang;Weiping Chen

  • Linking ecosystem services and ecosystem health to ecological risk assessment: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration

    Peng Kang;Weiping Chen;Ying Hou;Yuanzheng Li

  • Evaluating salinity distribution in soil irrigated with saline water in arid regions of northwest China

    Weiping Chen;Zhenan Hou;Laosheng Wu;Yongchao Liang

  • Simultaneous determination of pharmaceuticals, endocrine disrupting compounds and hormone in soils by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    Jian Xu;Laosheng Wu;Weiping Chen;Andrew C. Chang

  • Reclaimed water: A safe irrigation water source?

    Weiping Chen;Sidan Lu;Wentao Jiao;Meie Wang

  • The eco-toxic effects of pesticide and heavy metal mixtures towards earthworms in soil

    Herman Uwizeyimana;Meie Wang;Weiping Chen;Kifayatullah Khan

  • Assessing long-term environmental risks of trace elements in phosphate fertilizers.

    Weiping Chen;Andrew C. Chang;Laosheng Wu

  • Spatial pattern of heavy metals accumulation risk in urban soils of Beijing and its influencing factors.

    Rui Liu;Meie Wang;Weiping Chen;Chi Peng

  • Risk assessment of Cd polluted paddy soils in the industrial and township areas in Hunan, Southern China

    Meie Wang;Weiping Chen;Chi Peng

  • A GIS technology based potential eco-risk assessment of metals in urban soils in Beijing, China

    Meie Wang;Yanying Bai;Weiping Chen;Bernd Markert

  • Temporal variation and spatial scale dependency of ecosystem service interactions: a case study on the central Loess Plateau of China

    Ying Hou;Yihe Lü;Weiping Chen;Bojie Fu

  • Assessing the combined risks of PAHs and metals in urban soils by urbanization indicators

    Chi Peng;Zhiyun Ouyang;Meie Wang;Weiping Chen

  • Identification of heavy metal pollutants using multivariate analysis and effects of land uses on their accumulation in urban soils in Beijing, China

    Meie Wang;Bernd Markert;Weiping Chen;Chi Peng

  • Impact of reclaimed water irrigation on soil health in urban green areas

    Weiping Chen;Sidan Lu;Neng Pan;Yanchun Wang

  • Soil enzyme activities of long-term reclaimed wastewater-irrigated soils.

    Weiping Chen;Laosheng Wu;William T. Frankenberger;Andrew C. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew C. Chang
Andrew C. Chang University of California, Riverside
Laosheng Wu
Laosheng Wu University of California, Riverside
Wen Liu
Wen Liu Peking University
Zhiyun Ouyang
Zhiyun Ouyang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ravinesh C. Deo
Ravinesh C. Deo University of Southern Queensland
Bernd Markert
Bernd Markert RWTH Aachen University
Lianqing Li
Lianqing Li Nanjing Agricultural University
Baodong Chen
Baodong Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Andrew B. Cundy
Andrew B. Cundy National Oceanography Centre

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