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D-Index
77
Citations
26509
World Ranking
1117
National Ranking
110

Hong Liao 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 Hong Liao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 257 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong Liao 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 Hong Liao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hong Liao is affiliated with Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Environmental Engineering and Automotive Engineering.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models

Hong Liao has contributed frequently to key publication venues such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Environment

Among the recent papers from their collaboration network, with themselves as a co-author or contributing author, are:

  • "Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences" (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Ozone pollution in the North China Plain spreading into the late-winter haze season" (2021) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Fast sulfate formation from oxidation of SO2 by NO2 and HONO observed in Beijing haze" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China" (2021) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Quantifying the anthropogenic and meteorological influences on summertime surface ozone in China over 2012-2017" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Hong Liao collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Yang Yang
  • Pinya Wang
  • Xu Yue
  • Ke Li
  • Hailong Wang

Best Publications

  • Clouds and Aerosols

    Olivier Boucher;David Randall;Paulo Artaxo;Christopher Bretherton

  • Anthropogenic drivers of 2013–2017 trends in summer surface ozone in China

    Ke Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Hong Liao;Lu Shen

  • Clouds and Aerosols

    O. Boucher;D. Randall;P. Artaxo;C. Bretherton

  • Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Jianping Guo;Aijun Ding;Hong Liao

  • A two-pollutant strategy for improving ozone and particulate air quality in China

    Ke Li;Ke Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Hong Liao;Jia Zhu

  • Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) trends in China, 2013–2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology

    Shixian Zhai;Daniel J. Jacob;Xuan Wang;Lu Shen

  • A Large Organic Aerosol Source in the Free Troposphere Missing from Current Models

    Colette L. Heald;Daniel J. Jacob;Rokjin J. Park;Lynn M. Russell

  • Weather conditions conducive to Beijing severe haze more frequent under climate change

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Ke Li;Hong Liao;Huijun Wang

  • Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences

    Ke Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Lu Shen;Xiao Lu

  • Effect of changes in climate and emissions on future sulfate-nitrate-ammonium aerosol levels in the United States

    H.O.T. Pye;H. Liao;S. Wu;S. Wu;Loretta J. Mickley

  • Radiative forcing by mineral dust aerosols : sensitivity to key variables

    H. Liao;J. H. Seinfeld

  • Ozone pollution in the North China Plain spreading into the late-winter haze season.

    Ke Li;Daniel J. Jacob;Hong Liao;Yulu Qiu

  • The role of chlorine in global tropospheric chemistry

    Xuan Wang;Daniel J. Jacob;Sebastian D. Eastham;Melissa P. Sulprizio

  • Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China

    Shixian Zhai;Daniel J. Jacob;Xuan Wang;Zirui Liu

  • Fast sulfate formation from oxidation of SO 2 by NO 2 and HONO observed in Beijing haze

    Junfeng Wang;Junfeng Wang;Jingyi Li;Jianhuai Ye;Jian Zhao

  • Role of Climate Change in Global Predictions of Future Tropospheric Ozone and Aerosols

    Hong Liao;Wei-Ting Chen;John H. Seinfeld

  • Global impacts of gas‐phase chemistry‐aerosol interactions on direct radiative forcing by anthropogenic aerosols and ozone

    Hong Liao;John H. Seinfeld

  • Aqueous production of secondary organic aerosol from fossil-fuel emissions in winter Beijing haze.

    Junfeng Wang;Jianhuai Ye;Qi Zhang;Jian Zhao

  • Ozone and haze pollution weakens net primary productivity in China

    Xu Yue;Nadine Unger;Kandice Harper;Xiangao Xia

  • Biogenic secondary organic aerosol over the United States: Comparison of climatological simulations with observations

    Hong Liao;Daven K. Henze;John H. Seinfeld;Shiliang Wu

  • Increase in winter haze over eastern China in recent decades: Roles of variations in meteorological parameters and anthropogenic emissions

    Yang Yang;Hong Liao;Sijia Lou

  • Anthropogenic drivers of 2013-2017 trends in summer surface ozone in China

    K. Li;D. Jacob;H. Liao;L. Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology
Jianlin Hu
Jianlin Hu Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Loretta J. Mickley
Loretta J. Mickley Harvard University
Mizuo Kajino
Mizuo Kajino Japan Meteorological Agency
Zifa Wang
Zifa Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qi Ying
Qi Ying Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Huijun Wang
Huijun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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