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Researcher · Jiangnan University · China

Wei Chen

Wei Chen publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics, on topics such as Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

ORCID 0000-0003-3348-4710 OpenAlex
World rank
#43,809
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#3,122
of 978,568
Works
1,143
Citations
42k
Citations per work
36.6
h-index
96
i10-index 745Top 0.3% in Molecular Biology
Wei Chen

What does Wei Chen research?

Wei Chen's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%), Medicine (8%).

Everything else: 491 works · 43.0% of their workLife Sciences: 463 works · 40.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 315 works · 27.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 315 works · 27.6% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 147 works · 12.9% of their workFood Science: 147 works · 12.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 189 works · 16.5% of their workMedicine: 95 works · 8.3% of their workPhysiology: 39 works · 3.4% of their workInfectious Diseases: 29 works · 2.5% of their workSurgery: 27 works · 2.4% of their workNursing: 94 works · 8.2% of their workNutrition and Dietetics: 94 works · 8.2% of their workTHEIR WORKWei Chen1,143works
Life Sciences40%Health Sciences16%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else49143.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31527.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14712.9%
    1. Medicine958.3%
    2. Nursing948.2%
  1. 1Molecular Biology28% of their works
  2. 2Food Science13% of their works
  3. 3Nutrition and Dietetics8% of their works
  4. 4Physiology3% of their works
  5. 5Infectious Diseases2% of their works
  6. 6Surgery2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wei Chen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gut Microbiota, Probiotics, Prebiotics, Microbiota, Microbial Communities, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Gut Health and Lactic Acid Bacteria.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Gut Microbiota4832 topics
  2. Probiotics4513 topics
  3. Prebiotics4372 topics
  4. Microbiota4032 topics
  5. Microbial Communities3901 topic
  6. Short-Chain Fatty Acids3901 topic
  7. Gut Health3441 topic
  8. Lactic Acid Bacteria3441 topic
  9. Inflammation1272 topics
  10. Genome-Scale Models981 topic
  11. Metabolic Engineering981 topic
  12. Fructans931 topic
  13. Inulin931 topic
  14. Ketogenic Diet681 topic
  15. Low-Carbohydrate Diet681 topic
  16. Gastrointestinal Disorders591 topic
  17. Irritable Bowel Syndrome591 topic
  18. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea581 topic
  19. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation581 topic
  20. Human Milk Composition481 topic
  21. Preterm Infants481 topic

Where does Wei Chen work?

Wei Chen's main affiliation in the publication record is Jiangnan University, China.

How many publications and citations does Wei Chen have?

OpenAlex counts 1,143 works and 41,863 citations for Wei Chen, an h-index of 96, ranking #43,809 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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