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D-Index
63
Citations
13873
World Ranking
2481
National Ranking
996

Joshua S. Fu 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 Joshua S. Fu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 266 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joshua S. Fu 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 Joshua S. Fu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Meteorology
  • Air pollution

Joshua S. Fu mainly investigates Air quality index, Air pollution, Aerosol, Pollution and CMAQ. Joshua S. Fu focuses mostly in the field of Air quality index, narrowing it down to topics relating to Ozone and, in certain cases, Downscaling, Global warming and Weather Research and Forecasting Model. His Air pollution research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Meteorology, Troposphere, Environmental engineering and Acid deposition.

His Aerosol research integrates issues from Haze, East Asia and Acid rain. Joshua S. Fu has researched Pollution in several fields, including Dust storm and Pollutant. The concepts of his CMAQ study are interwoven with issues in Particulates and Environmental protection.

His most cited work include:

  • Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission (1533 citations)
  • Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (401 citations)
  • A hybrid ARIMA and artificial neural networks model to forecast particulate matter in urban areas: The case of Temuco, Chile (226 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Air quality index, Aerosol, CMAQ, Air pollution and Pollution. His research integrates issues of Particulates, Environmental engineering and Pollutant in his study of Air quality index. His work deals with themes such as Environmental chemistry, Sulfate, Haze and East Asia, which intersect with Aerosol.

His work carried out in the field of CMAQ brings together such families of science as Terrain, Downscaling, MM5 and Weather Research and Forecasting Model. His studies in Air pollution integrate themes in fields like Environmental protection, Seasonality and Beijing. He conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Pollution and Delta through his research.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Air quality index (43.21%)
  • Aerosol (27.57%)
  • CMAQ (28.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Air quality index (43.21%)
  • Air pollution (25.51%)
  • Climate change (16.46%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Joshua S. Fu spends much of his time researching Air quality index, Air pollution, Climate change, Aerosol and Emission inventory. His study on CMAQ is often connected to Delta as part of broader study in Air quality index. His CMAQ study which covers Weather Research and Forecasting Model that intersects with Environmental protection.

Joshua S. Fu works mostly in the field of Air pollution, limiting it down to concerns involving Environmental chemistry and, occasionally, Reactive nitrogen, Atmospheric research, Ammonia and Pollution. Joshua S. Fu interconnects Building energy, Pollutant and Environmental resource management in the investigation of issues within Climate change. His Aerosol research incorporates themes from Haze, Plume and Precipitation.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • MICS-Asia III: Overview of model intercomparison and evaluation of acid deposition over Asia (13 citations)
  • Evaluation and uncertainty investigation of the NO2, CO and NH3 modeling over China under the framework of MICS-Asia III (13 citations)
  • Analysis of air quality and health co-benefits regarding electric vehicle promotion coupled with power plant emissions (9 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Statistics
  • Meteorology
  • Organic chemistry

Joshua S. Fu mainly focuses on Pollutant, Air quality index, Air pollution, Reactive nitrogen and Environmental chemistry. The various areas that Joshua S. Fu examines in his Pollutant study include Daytime, Ozone and Pollution. His work in the fields of CMAQ overlaps with other areas such as Southeast asian.

His Relative risk research extends to the thematically linked field of Air pollution. His Environmental chemistry study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chemical transport model, Plateau, Tin and Ecosystem. His work on Sulfate aerosol as part of general Aerosol research is frequently linked to Delta, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.

Best Publications

  • Asian emissions in 2006 for the NASA INTEX-B mission

    Q. Zhang;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets;G. R. Carmichael;K. B. He

  • Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    David G. Streets;Joshua S. Fu;Carey J. Jang;Jiming Hao

  • A hybrid ARIMA and artificial neural networks model to forecast particulate matter in urban areas: The case of Temuco, Chile

    Luis A. Díaz-Robles;Juan C. Ortega;Joshua S. Fu;Gregory D. Reed

  • Impact assessment of ammonia emissions on inorganic aerosols in East China using response surface modeling technique.

    Shuxiao Wang;Jia Xing;Carey Jang;Yun Zhu

  • An Overview of Regional Experiments on Biomass Burning Aerosols and Related Pollutants in Southeast Asia: From BASE-ASIA and the Dongsha Experiment to 7-SEAS

    Neng Huei Lin;Si Chee Tsay;Hal B. Maring;Ming Cheng Yen

  • Impact of national NOx and SO2 control policies on particulate matter pollution in China

    Bin Zhao;Shuxiao Wang;Jiandong Wang;Joshua S. Fu

  • Projected changes of extreme weather events in the eastern United States based on a high resolution climate modeling system

    Y. Gao;J. S. Fu;J. B. Drake;Y. Liu

  • Typical Types and Formation Mechanisms of Haze in an Eastern Asia Megacity, Shanghai

    K. Huang;K. Huang;G. Zhuang;Y. Lin;J. S. Fu

  • Impact assessment of biomass burning on air quality in Southeast and East Asia during BASE-ASIA

    Kan Huang;Joshua S. Fu;Joshua S. Fu;N. Christina Hsu;Yang Gao

  • Mixing of Asian dust with pollution aerosol and the transformation of aerosol components during the dust storm over China in spring 2007

    Kan Huang;Guoshun Zhuang;Juan Li;Qiongzhen Wang

  • Air quality and emissions in the Yangtze River Delta, China

    L. Li;C. H. Chen;Joshua Fu;C. Huang

  • Associations of wildfire smoke PM2.5 exposure with cardiorespiratory events in Colorado 2011-2014.

    Jennifer D. Stowell;Guannan Geng;Eri Saikawa;Howard H. Chang

  • MICS-Asia II: The model intercomparison study for Asia Phase II methodology and overview of findings

    G.R. Carmichael;T. Sakurai;D. Streets;Y. Hozumi

  • The impact of emission and climate change on ozone in the United States under representative concentration pathways (RCPs)

    Y. Gao;Y. Gao;J. S. Fu;J. B. Drake;J.-F. Lamarque

  • Process analysis of regional ozone formation over the Yangtze River Delta, China using the Community Multi-scale Air Quality modeling system

    L. Li;C. H. Chen;C. Huang;H. Y. Huang

  • Russian anthropogenic black carbon: Emission reconstruction and Arctic black carbon simulation

    Kan Huang;Joshua S. Fu;Vitaly Y. Prikhodko;John M. Storey

  • Impact of anthropogenic emission on air quality over a megacity – revealed from an intensive atmospheric campaign during the Chinese Spring Festival

    K Huang;K Huang;G Zhuang;Y Lin;Q Wang

  • Environmental effects of the recent emission changes in China: implications for particulate matter pollution and soil acidification

    Bin Zhao;Shuxiao Wang;Xinyi Dong;Jiandong Wang

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5 in top polluted cities in Hebei, China using the CMAQ model

    Litao Wang;Litao Wang;Zhe Wei;Wei Wei;Joshua S. Fu

  • Probing the Severe Haze Pollution in Three Typical Regions of China: Characteristics, Sources and Regional Impacts

    Qiongzhen Wang;Guoshun Zhuang;Kan Huang;Tingna Liu

  • Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Impacts of Future Heat Waves on Mortality in the Eastern United States

    Jianyong Wu;Ying Zhou;Yang Gao;Joshua S. Fu

  • Spatial variation of modelled total, dry and wet nitrogen deposition to forests at global scale

    Donna B. Schwede;David Simpson;Jiani Tan;Joshua S. Fu

  • A hybrid ARIMA and artificial neural networks model to forecast particulate matter in urban areas: The case of Temuco, Chile

    J.C. Ortega-Bravo;M. Ramírez;J.S. Fu;G.D. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

Kan Huang
Kan Huang Fudan University
Yang Gao
Yang Gao Ocean University of China
Guoshun Zhuang
Guoshun Zhuang Fudan University
Carey Jang
Carey Jang Environmental Protection Agency
David G. Streets
David G. Streets Harvard University
Zifa Wang
Zifa Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Neng-Huei Lin
Neng-Huei Lin National Central University
Shuxiao Wang
Shuxiao Wang Tsinghua University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University

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