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D-Index
69
Citations
20375
World Ranking
1758
National Ranking
167

Wen 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 Wen Chen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 624 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wen 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 Wen Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wen Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. The main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography, with additional work in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Wen Chen has contributed to numerous academic publications. Their recent papers include:

  • "Structure and dynamics of a springtime atmospheric wave train over the North Atlantic and Eurasia" (2020), Climate Dynamics
  • "The record-breaking heat wave of June 2019 in Central Europe" (2020), Atmospheric Science Letters
  • "Recent pronounced warming on the Mongolian Plateau boosted by internal climate variability" (2024), Nature Geoscience
  • "The asymmetric nexus between air pollution and COVID-19: Evidence from a non-linear panel autoregressive distributed lag model" (2022), Environmental Research
  • "Distinct Impacts of ENSO on Haze Pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region between Early and Late Winters" (2021), Journal of Climate

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Journal of Climate
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Collaboration is an integral part of their work. Wen Chen's most frequent coauthors are:

  • Shangfeng Chen
  • Renguang Wu
  • Lin Wang
  • Tianjiao Ma
  • Peng Hu

Best Publications

  • The interannual variability of East Asian Winter Monsoon and its relation to the summer monsoon

    Chen Wen;Hans F. Graf;Huang Ronghui

  • A CMIP5 multimodel projection of future temperature, precipitation, and climatological drought in China

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Interdecadal modulation of PDO on the impact of ENSO on the east Asian winter monsoon

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen;Ronghui Huang

  • Roles of ENSO and PDO in the Link of the East Asian Winter Monsoon to the following Summer Monsoon

    Wen Chen;Juan Feng;Renguang Wu

  • Different impacts of El Niño and El Niño Modoki on China rainfall in the decaying phases

    Juan Feng;Wen Chen;C.-Y. Tam;Wen Zhou

  • Synoptic-Scale Controls of Persistent Low Temperature and Icy Weather over Southern China in January 2008

    Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan;Wen Chen;Jian Ling

  • The Progresses of Recent Studies on the Variabilities of the East Asian Monsoon and Their Causes

    Ronghui Huang;Liantong Zhou;Wen Chen

  • Three Eurasian teleconnection patterns: spatial structures, temporal variability, and associated winter climate anomalies

    Yuyun Liu;Lin Wang;Wen Zhou;Wen Chen

  • How well do existing indices measure the strength of the East Asian winter monsoon

    Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Water Quality Assessment and Pollution Source Identification of the Eastern Poyang Lake Basin Using Multivariate Statistical Methods

    Weili Duan;Bin He;Daniel Nover;Guishan Yang

  • Interannual Variations of East Asian Trough Axis at 500 hPa and its Association with the East Asian Winter Monsoon Pathway

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen;Wen Zhou;Ronghui Huang

  • An Intensity Index for the East Asian Winter Monsoon

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Relationship between stationary planetary wave activity and the East Asian winter monsoon

    Wen Chen;Song Yang;Rong-Hui Huang

  • Interdecadal Variations of the East Asian Winter Monsoon and Their Association with Quasi-Stationary Planetary Wave Activity

    Lin Wang;Ronghui Huang;Lei Gu;Wen Chen

  • Different impacts of two types of Pacific Ocean warming on Southeast Asian rainfall during boreal winter

    Juan Feng;Lin Wang;Wen Chen;Soi Kun Fong

  • How Does the East Asian Summer Monsoon Behave in the Decaying Phase of El Niño during Different PDO Phases

    Juan Feng;Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Downward Arctic Oscillation signal associated with moderate weak stratospheric polar vortex and the cold December 2009

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Recent advances in studies of the interaction between the East Asian winter and summer monsoons and ENSO cycle

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  • Floods and associated socioeconomic damages in China over the last century

    Weili Duan;Bin He;Daniel Nover;Jingli Fan

  • An analysis on the physical process of the influence of AO on ENSO

    Shangfeng Chen;Bin Yu;Wen Chen

  • Effect of the climate shift around mid 1970s on the relationship between wintertime Ural blocking circulation and East Asian climate.

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen;Wen Chen;Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan

  • The combined effects of the ENSO and the Arctic Oscillation on the winter climate anomalies in East Asia

    Wen Chen;XiaoQing Lan;Lin Wang;Yin Ma

  • The East Asian winter monsoon: re-amplification in the mid-2000s

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen

  • Interdecadal modulation of PDO on the impact of ENSO on the east

    Lin Wang;Wen Chen;Ronghui Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Renguang Wu
Renguang Wu Zhejiang University
Ronghui Huang
Ronghui Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen Zhou
Wen Zhou Fudan University
Bin Yu
Bin Yu Southeast University
Gang Huang
Gang Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans-F. Graf
Hans-F. Graf University of Cambridge
Lin Liu
Lin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tim Li
Tim Li University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jianping Guo
Jianping Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiong Zhang
Qiong Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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