got Ph.D in Chinese, working at analytical chemistry field here.
10 Jounals here,( 8 of them are first author)
100 citations
7 reference letter
My feeling is either citations or reference letter from Federal or national instuit is critical.
In my case, references are just so,so
But people from Harvard, National labs cited my papers, and gave very good comment when they cited .
so just enphasis your strenght.
