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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Chemistry

D-Index
104
Citations
39748
World Ranking
1053
National Ranking
183

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
107
Citations
44230
World Ranking
237
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Gan Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has made significant contributions to environmental and Earth sciences through extensive research and publications.

The primary fields of study for their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields that Zhang focuses on cover:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pollution
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology

The main research topics reflected in their publications are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Gan Zhang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (36 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (32 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (17 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (16 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (13 publications)

Principal recent papers authored or co-authored by Gan Zhang include:

  • Molecular compositions and optical properties of dissolved brown carbon in biomass burning, coal combustion, and vehicle emission aerosols illuminated by excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry analysis, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Human impacts on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon distribution in Chinese intertidal zones, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the soil-plant system: Sorption, root uptake, and translocation, 2021, Environment International
  • Emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water, sediment, and air of the Bohai Sea and its surrounding rivers, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Molecular Dynamics and Light Absorption Properties of Atmospheric Dissolved Organic Matter, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gan Zhang include:

  • Jun Li
  • Shizhen Zhao
  • Guangcai Zhong
  • Chongguo Tian
  • Chunling Luo

Best Publications

  • Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetables near an e-waste processing site, south China

    Chunling Luo;Chuanping Liu;Yan Wang;Xiang Liu

  • Occurrence and elimination of antibiotics at four sewage treatment plants in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China

    Weihai Xu;Gan Zhang;Xiangdong Li;Shichun Zou

  • Current status of persistent organic pesticides residues in air, water, and soil, and their possible effect on neighboring countries: a comprehensive review of India.

    Ishwar Chandra Yadav;Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi;Jabir Hussain Syed;Zhineng Cheng

  • Trace metal distribution in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary and the surrounding coastal area, South China.

    Carman C.M. Ip;Xiang-Dong Li;Gan Zhang;Onyx W.H. Wai

  • Chlorinated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in riverine and estuarine sediments from Pearl River Delta, China.

    Bi-Xian Mai;Jia-Mo Fu;Guo-Ying Sheng;Yue-Hui Kang

  • Persistent organic pollutants in environment of the Pearl River Delta, China: an overview

    Jiamo Fu;Bixian Mai;Guoying Sheng;Gan Zhang

  • Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics in coastal water of the Bohai Bay, China: Impacts of river discharge and aquaculture activities

    Shichun Zou;Weihai Xu;Ruijie Zhang;Jianhui Tang

  • Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the coastal region off Macao, China: assessment of input sources and transport pathways using compositional analysis.

    Bixian Mai;Shihua Qi;Eddy Y. Zeng;Qingshu Yang

  • Determination of selected antibiotics in the Victoria Harbour and the Pearl River, South China using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.

    Wei-hai Xu;Gan Zhang;Shi-chun Zou;Xiang-dong Li

  • Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Coby Sze-chung Wong;Xiangdong Li;Gan Zhang;Shi-hua Qi

  • Sedimentary Records of DDT and HCH in the Pearl River Delta, South China

    Gan Zhang;Andrew Parker;Alan House;Bixian Mai

  • Passive air sampling of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine compounds, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers across Asia

    Foday M Jaward;Gan Zhang;Jae Jak Nam;Andrew J Sweetman

  • Source seasonality of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a subtropical city, Guangzhou, South China.

    Li J;Zhang G;Zhang G;Li Xd;Qi Sh

  • Concentrations, enantiomeric compositions, and sources of HCH, DDT and chlordane in soils from the Pearl River Delta, South China

    Jun Li;Gan Zhang;Shihuan Qi;Xiangdong Li

  • Occurrence and risks of antibiotics in the Laizhou Bay, China: Impacts of river discharge

    Ruijie Zhang;Gan Zhang;Qian Zheng;Jianhui Tang

  • PM 2.5 in the Yangtze River Delta, China: Chemical compositions, seasonal variations, and regional pollution events

    Lili Ming;Ling Jin;Jun Li;Pingqing Fu

  • Heavy metals and Pb isotopic composition of aerosols in urban and suburban areas of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, South China—Evidence of the long-range transport of air contaminants

    Celine Siu-lan Lee;Xiangdong Li;Gan Zhang;Jun Li

  • Antibiotics in the offshore waters of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea in China: Occurrence, distribution and ecological risks

    Ruijie Zhang;Jianhui Tang;Jun Li;Qian Zheng

  • Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South Asian region: a review.

    Usman Ali;Jabir Hussain Syed;Riffat Naseem Malik;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • Distribution and sources of organic carbon, nitrogen and their isotopes in sediments of the subtropical Pearl River estuary and adjacent shelf, Southern China

    Jianfang Hu;Ping'an Peng;Guodong Jia;Bixian Mai

  • Mercury in the marine boundary layer and seawater of the South China Sea: Concentrations, sea/air flux, and implication for land outflow

    Xuewu Fu;Xinbin Feng;Gan Zhang;Weihai Xu;Weihai Xu

  • Pesticide levels and environmental risk in aquatic environments in China--A review.

    Merete Grung;Yan Lin;Hua Zhang;Anne Orderdalen Steen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunling Luo
Chunling Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chongguo Tian
Chongguo Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Yan Wang
Yan Wang Dalian University of Technology
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
Jun Li
Jun Li Applied Biological Materials (Canada)
Jianhui Tang
Jianhui Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jabir Hussain Syed
Jabir Hussain Syed COMSATS University Islamabad
Tian Lin
Tian Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences

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