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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
89
Citations
21752
World Ranking
631
National Ranking
68

Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
20887
World Ranking
2353
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Jian Zhen Yu 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 Jian Zhen Yu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 326 publications — 89th percentile

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

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

Jian Zhen Yu 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 Jian Zhen Yu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jian Zhen Yu is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's work covers main topics including Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Vehicle emissions and performance, and Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure.

Jian Zhen Yu has contributed to numerous publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Environmental Science & Technology, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Key recent papers authored by Jian Zhen Yu include:

  • Assessment of Interactions between Transition Metals and Atmospheric Organics: Ascorbic Acid Depletion and Hydroxyl Radical Formation in Organic-Metal Mixtures (2020) in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Hourly Measurements of Organic Molecular Markers in Urban Shanghai, China: Primary Organic Aerosol Source Identification and Observation of Cooking Aerosol Aging (2020) in ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Comparative Assessment of Cooking Emission Contributions to Urban Organic Aerosol Using Online Molecular Tracers and Aerosol Mass Spectrometry Measurements (2021) in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Organosulfates in atmospheric aerosols in Shanghai, China: seasonal and interannual variability, origin, and formation mechanisms (2021) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Source apportionment of PM 2.5 in Shanghai based on hourly organic molecular markers and other source tracers (2020) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Collaboration plays a notable role in Jian Zhen Yu's career. Frequent co-authors include Qiongqiong Wang, Cheng Huang, Xu Yu, Shuhui Zhu, and Shan Wang.

Best Publications

  • Gas-phase ozone oxidation of monoterpenes: Gaseous and particulate products

    Jianzhen Yu;David R. Cocker;Robert J. Griffin;Richard C. Flagan

  • Ammonia emission control in China would mitigate haze pollution and nitrogen deposition, but worsen acid rain

    Mingxu Liu;Xin Huang;Yu Song;Jie Tang

  • ACE-Asia intercomparison of a thermal-optical method for the determination of particle-phase organic and elemental carbon.

    J. J. Schauer;B. T. Mader;J. T. DeMinter;G. Heidemann

  • Identification of Products Containing −COOH, −OH, and −C=O in Atmospheric Oxidation of Hydrocarbons

    Jianzhen Yu;Richard C. Flagan;John H. Seinfeld

  • The chemical composition of inorganic and carbonaceous materials in PM2.5 in Nanjing, China

    Hong Yang;Jian Zhen Yu;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Jinhui Xu

  • Optical properties and chemical composition of the atmospheric aerosol in urban Guangzhou, China

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Otmar Schmid;Hong Yang;Duli Chand

  • Elemental composition of HULIS in the Pearl River Delta Region, China: results inferred from positive and negative electrospray high resolution mass spectrometric data.

    Peng Lin;Angela G. Rincon;Markus Kalberer;Jian Zhen Yu

  • Ground-based aerosol climatology of China: aerosol optical depths from the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network (CARSNET) 2002–2013

    H. Che;X.-Y. Zhang;X. Xia;X. Xia;P. Goloub

  • When Aerosol Sulfate Goes Up, So Does Oxalate: Implication for the Formation Mechanisms of Oxalate

    Jian Zhen Yu;Xiao-Feng Huang;Jinhui Xu;Min Hu

  • Generation of reactive oxygen species mediated by humic-like substances in atmospheric aerosols.

    Peng Lin;Jian Zhen Yu

  • Source areas and chemical composition of fine particulate matter in the Pearl River Delta region of China

    G.S.W. Hagler;M.H. Bergin;L.G. Salmon;J.Z. Yu

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5 nitrate and sulfate in China using a source-oriented chemical transport model

    Hongliang Zhang;Jingyi Li;Qi Ying;Jian Zhen Yu

  • Atmospheric photooxidation of alkylbenzenes-I. Carbonyl product analyses

    Jianzhen Yu;Harvey E. Jeffries;Kenneth G. Sexton

  • Charring characteristics of atmospheric organic particulate matter in thermal analysis

    Jian Zhen Yu;Jinhui Xu;Hong Yang

  • Characteristics and health impacts of VOCs and carbonyls associated with residential cooking activities in Hong Kong

    Yu Huang;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Kin Fai Ho;Shun Cheng Lee

  • The formation of nitro-aromatic compounds under high NO x and anthropogenic VOC conditions in urban Beijing, China

    Yujue Wang;Min Hu;Yuchen Wang;Jing Zheng

  • Organosulfates in Humic-like Substance Fraction Isolated from Aerosols at Seven Locations in East Asia: A Study by Ultra-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

    Peng Lin;Jian Zhen Yu;Guenter Engling;Markus Kalberer

  • Contributions of isoprene, monoterpenes, β-caryophyllene, and toluene to secondary organic aerosols in Hong Kong during the summer of 2006

    Di Hu;Qijing Bian;Teresa W. Y. Li;Alexis K. H. Lau

  • Tracer‐based estimation of secondary organic carbon in the Pearl River Delta, south China

    Xiang Ding;Xin-Ming Wang;Bo Gao;Xiao-Xin Fu

  • Determination of primary combustion source organic carbon-to-elemental carbon (OC / EC) ratio using ambient OC and EC measurements: secondary OC-EC correlation minimization method

    Cheng Wu;Jian Zhen Yu

  • Identifying Airborne Carbonyl Compounds in Isoprene Atmospheric Photooxidation Products by Their PFBHA Oximes Using Gas Chromatography/Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry.

    Jianzhen. Yu;Harvey E. Jeffries;Richard M. Le Lacheur

  • Observation of gaseous and particulate products of monoterpene oxidation in forest atmospheres

    Jianzhen Yu;Robert J. Griffin;David R. Cocker;Richard C. Flagan

  • Water-soluble organic carbon and oxalate in aerosols at a coastal urban site in China: Size distribution characteristics, sources, and formation mechanisms

    Xiao-Feng Huang;Jian Zhen Yu;Ling-Yan He;Zibing Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis K.H. Lau
Alexis K.H. Lau Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peter K.K. Louie
Peter K.K. Louie Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Steven Sai Hang Ho Desert Research Institute
Jimmy Chi Hung Fung
Jimmy Chi Hung Fung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University
Xiao-Feng Huang
Xiao-Feng Huang Peking University
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Chak K. Chan
Chak K. Chan City University of Hong Kong
John H. Seinfeld
John H. Seinfeld California Institute of Technology

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