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D-Index
42
Citations
5576
World Ranking
7503
National Ranking
2666

Daniel Tong 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 Daniel Tong sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Daniel Tong 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 Daniel Tong sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Daniel Tong is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with numerous publications contributing to these fields. The main subfields of study include global and planetary change, atmospheric science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and automotive engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several core topics, notably atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and climate change and health impacts.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Siqi Ma, Patrick Campbell, Youhua Tang, Barry Baker, and Yunyao Li, indicating ongoing collaborations in related scientific areas.

They have published in several recurrent academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • GeoHealth

Recent publications provide insight into the scientist's current research interests. These include:

  • "Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond," 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "A Review of Earth Artificial Intelligence," 2022, Computers & Geosciences
  • "Satellite Monitoring for Air Quality and Health," 2021, Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science
  • "Dominance of Wildfires Impact on Air Quality Exceedances During the 2020 Record-Breaking Wildfire Season in the United States," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Impacts of Post-Harvest Open Biomass Burning and Burning Ban Policy on Severe Haze in the Northeastern China," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • An estimate of the global burden of anthropogenic ozone and fine particulate matter on premature human mortality using atmospheric modeling.

    Susan C. Anenberg;Larry W. Horowitz;Daniel Q. Tong;J. Jason West

  • Intensified dust storm activity and Valley fever infection in the southwestern United States

    Daniel Q. Tong;Daniel Q. Tong;Daniel Q. Tong;Julian X. L. Wang;Thomas E. Gill;Hang Lei;Hang Lei

  • A Systematic Review of Global Desert Dust and Associated Human Health Effects

    Xuelei Zhang;Lijing Zhao;Daniel Q. Tong;Guangjian Wu

  • Long-term NOx trends over large cities in the United States during the great recession: Comparison of satellite retrievals, ground observations, and emission inventories

    Daniel Q. Tong;Daniel Q. Tong;Daniel Q. Tong;Lok Lamsal;Lok Lamsal;Li Pan;Li Pan;Charles Ding;Charles Ding

  • Global assessment of sand and dust storms

    Gemma Shepherd;Enric Terradellas;Alexander Baklanov;Utchang Kang

  • Evaluation of real‐time PM2.5 forecasts and process analysis for PM2.5 formation over the eastern United States using the Eta‐CMAQ forecast model during the 2004 ICARTT study

    Shaocai Yu;Rohit Mathur;Kenneth Schere;Daiwen Kang

  • Evaluation of the United States National Air Quality Forecast Capability experimental real-time predictions in 2010 using Air Quality System ozone and NO 2 measurements

    T. Chai;T. Chai;H.-C. Kim;H.-C. Kim;P. Lee;D. Tong;D. Tong;D. Tong

  • Summertime weekly cycles of observed and modeled NO x and O 3 concentrations as a function of satellite-derived ozone production sensitivity and land use types over the Continental United States

    Y. Choi;Y. Choi;H. Kim;H. Kim;D. Tong;D. Tong;P. Lee

  • Effect of fires on soil organic carbon pool and mineralization in a Northeastern China wetland.

    Hongmei Zhao;Daniel Q. Tong;Daniel Q. Tong;Qianxin Lin;Qianxin Lin;Xianguo Lu

  • Long-term dust climatology in the western United States reconstructed from routine aerosol ground monitoring

    D. Q. Tong;D. Q. Tong;M. Dan;T. Wang;P. Lee

  • The Association between Ambient Air Pollution and Allergic Rhinitis: Further Epidemiological Evidence from Changchun, Northeastern China.

    Bo Teng;Xuelei Zhang;Chunhui Yi;Yan Zhang

  • Satellite Monitoring for Air Quality and Health.

    Tracey Holloway;Daegan Miller;Susan Anenberg;Minghui Diao

  • The impact of chemical lateral boundary conditions on CMAQ predictions of tropospheric ozone over the continental United States

    Youhua Tang;Youhua Tang;Pius Lee;Marina Tsidulko;Ho Chun Huang

  • NAQFC Developmental Forecast Guidance for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)

    Pius Lee;Pius Lee;Jeffery McQueen;Ivanka Stajner;Jianping Huang

  • Dominance of Wildfires Impact on Air Quality Exceedances during the 2020 Record-Breaking Wildfire Season in the United States

    Yunyao Li;Daniel Tong;Siqi Ma;Xiaoyang Zhang

  • Spatial variability of summertime tropospheric ozone over the continental United States: Implications of an evaluation of the CMAQ model

    Daniel Q. Tong;Denise L. Mauzerall

  • Impacts of post-harvest open biomass burning and burning ban policy on severe haze in the Northeastern China

    Guangyi Yang;Hongmei Zhao;Daniel Q. Tong;Aijun Xiu

  • Effects of Agricultural Biomass Burning on Regional Haze in China: A Review

    Hongmei Zhao;Xuelei Zhang;Shichun Zhang;Weiwei Chen

  • The particle dry deposition component of total deposition from air quality models: right, wrong or uncertain?

    Rick D. Saylor;Barry D. Baker;Barry D. Baker;Pius Lee;Daniel Tong;Daniel Tong;Daniel Tong

  • Eta-CMAQ air quality forecasts for O 3 and related species using three different photochemical mechanisms (CB4, CB05, SAPRC-99): comparisons with measurements during the 2004 ICARTT study

    S. Yu;R. Mathur;G. Sarwar;D. Kang

  • Model development of dust emission and heterogeneous chemistry within the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system and its application over East Asia

    Xinyi Dong;Joshua S. Fu;Kan Huang;Daniel Tong;Daniel Tong;Daniel Tong

  • Multi-year downscaling application of two-way coupled WRF v3.4 and CMAQ v5.0.2 over east Asia for regional climate and air quality modeling: model evaluation and aerosol direct effects

    Chaopeng Hong;Chaopeng Hong;Qiang Zhang;Yang Zhang;Youhua Tang;Youhua Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Youhua Tang
Youhua Tang George Mason University
Shobha Kondragunta
Shobha Kondragunta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Shaocai Yu
Shaocai Yu Zhejiang University
Thomas E. Gill
Thomas E. Gill The University of Texas at El Paso
Viney P. Aneja
Viney P. Aneja North Carolina State University
J. Jason West
J. Jason West University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daiwen Kang
Daiwen Kang Environmental Protection Agency
Lok N. Lamsal
Lok N. Lamsal Goddard Space Flight Center
Rohit Mathur
Rohit Mathur Environmental Protection Agency
Susan C. Anenberg
Susan C. Anenberg George Washington University

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