Y. P. Chen *, Y. S. Lin, Y. Zhang. 2014. Chinese university: gear up for Nobels. Nature, 515: 492.（IF=40.137）

Y. P. Chen *, K. B. Wang, Y. S. Lin, W. Y. Shi, Y. Song, X. H. He*. 2015. Balancing green and grain trade. Nature Geoscience, 8: 739-741.（IF=13.941）

Y. P. Chen*, L. Maltby, Q. Liu, Y. Song, Y. J. Zheng, A. M. Ellison, Q. Y. Ma, and X.-m. Wu. 2016. Captive pandas are at risk from environmental toxins. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14:363-367.（IF=8.039）

Liu Q, Y. Q. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. P. Chen*. 2013. Filling gullies to create farmland on the Loess Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 47: 7589-7590.（IF=6.189）

Y. P. Chen*, Y. J. Zheng, Q. Liu, A. M. Ellison, Y. Zhao, and Q. Y. Ma. 2017. PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) pose a risk to captive giant pandas. Environmental Pollution 226:174-181.（IF=5.099）

Y. P. Chen*, Y. J. Zheng, Q. Liu, Y. Song, Z. S. An, Q. Y. Ma, and A. M. Ellison. 2017. Atmospheric deposition exposes Qinling pandas to toxic pollutants. Ecological Applications 27:343-348.（IF=4.314）

Y. P. Chen*, Q. Liu, Y. J. Liu, F. A. Jia, X. H. He. 2014. Response of soil microbial activity to cadmium pollution and elevated CO2. Scientific Reports, 4: 4287-4293.（IF=4.259）

Liu Q., Y. P. Chen *, L. Maltby, Q. Y. Ma. 2017. Conservation efforts of captive golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) are potentially compromised by the elevated chemical elements exposure. Ecotoxicology Environmental Safety, 143:72-79 （IF=3.974）

Y P Chen, * Liu Q, Ma Q Y, et al. Environmental toxicants impair liver and kidney function and sperm quality of captive pandas. [J]. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 2018, 162:218.（IF=3.974）

Zhao, M. M., Y. P. Chen*, L. G. Xue. T. T. Fan, B. Emaneghemi. 2018. Greater health risk in wet season than in dry season in the Yellow River of the Lanzhou region. Science of The Total Environment, 644: 873-883.（IF=4.61）