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Chien Wang

Chien Wang

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
8828
World Ranking
5765
National Ranking
2099

Chien Wang 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 Chien Wang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 134 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chien Wang 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 Chien Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Chien Wang is affiliated with MIT in the United States and primarily works in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research explores various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, such as Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

Chien Wang has authored several recent papers published in well-known scientific journals. These include:

  • Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • The rise of Indian summer monsoon precipitation extremes and its correlation with long-term changes of climate and anthropogenic factors, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Large global variations in measured airborne metal concentrations driven by anthropogenic sources, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The impacts of biomass burning activities on convective systems over the Maritime Continent, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Radiative and microphysical responses of clouds to an anomalous increase in fire particles over the Maritime Continent in 2015, 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Their frequent coauthors include Azusa Takeishi, Hong Zhang, Qinjian Jin, Jiangfeng Wei, and William K. M. Lau, indicating collaborative research activity within their domain.

Publication venues where Chien Wang frequently publishes comprise Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Scientific Reports, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth-Science Reviews, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Best Publications

  • Impact of Aerosols on Convective Clouds and Precipitation

    Wei Kuo Tao;Jen Ping Chen;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Chien Wang

  • Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol

    John M. Reilly;Ronald G. Prinn;Jochen. Harnisch;Jean. Fitzmaurice

  • Uncertainty Analysis of Climate Change and Policy Response

    Mort David. Webster;Chris Eliot. Forest;John M. Reilly;Mustafa H.M. Babiker

  • Probabilistic forecast for twenty-first-century climate based on uncertainties in emissions (without policy) and climate parameters.

    A. P. Sokolov;P. H. Stone;C. E. Forest;R. Prinn

  • Effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a biogeochemistry model

    Benjamin S. Felzer;David W. Kicklighter;Jerry M. Melillo;C. Wang

  • Integrated global system model for climate policy assessment : feedbacks and sensitivity studies

    R. Prinn;H. Jacoby;A. Sokolov;C. Wang

  • Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms

    Chien Wang;Ronald G. Prinn

  • A revival of Indian summer monsoon rainfall since 2002

    Qinjian Jin;Chien Wang

  • A modeling study of the response of tropical deep convection to the increase of cloud condensation nuclei concentration: 1. Dynamics and microphysics

    Chien Wang

  • Impact of anthropogenic aerosols on Indian summer monsoon

    Chien Wang;Dongchul Kim;Dongchul Kim;Annica M. L. Ekman;Mary C. Barth

  • Uncertainty in emissions projections for climate models

    Mort David. Webster;Mustafa H.M. Babiker;Monika. Mayer;John M. Reilly

  • MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) Version 2: Model Description and Baseline Evaluation

    Andrei P. Sokolov;C. Adam. Schlosser;Stephanie. Dutkiewicz;Sergey. Paltsev

  • Variation in global chemical composition of PM 2.5 : emerging results from SPARTAN

    Graydon Snider;Crystal L. Weagle;Kalaivani K. Murdymootoo;Amanda Ring

  • Future Effects of Ozone on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Policy Using a Global Biogeochemical Model

    Benjamin S. Felzer;John M. Reilly;Jerry M. Melillo;David W. Kicklighter

  • Estimating global black carbon emissions using a top‐down Kalman Filter approach

    Jason Blake Cohen;Jason Blake Cohen;Chien Wang;Chien Wang

  • A modeling study on the climate impacts of black carbon aerosols

    Chien Wang

  • Global Economic Effects of Changes in Crops, Pasture, and Forests due to Changing Climate, Carbon Dioxide, and Ozone

    John M. Reilly;Sergey. Paltsev;Benjamin Seth. Felzer;Xiaodong. Wang

  • Analysis of climate policy targets under uncertainty

    Mort Webster;Andrei P. Sokolov;John M. Reilly;Chris E. Forest

  • Global Sources of Fine Particulate Matter: Interpretation of PM2.5 Chemical Composition Observed by SPARTAN using a Global Chemical Transport Model

    Crystal L. Weagle;Graydon Snider;Chi Li;Aaron van Donkelaar

  • Impact of anthropogenic absorbing aerosols on clouds and precipitation: A review of recent progresses

    Chien Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Kicklighter
David W. Kicklighter Marine Biological Laboratory
Jerry M. Melillo
Jerry M. Melillo Marine Biological Laboratory
Chris E. Forest
Chris E. Forest Pennsylvania State University
Qianlai Zhuang
Qianlai Zhuang Purdue University West Lafayette
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis

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