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Kai Zhang 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 Kai Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 170 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kai Zhang 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 Kai Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kai Zhang is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to atmospheric dynamics and environmental interactions. Main areas of study include:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Kai Zhang has contributed to a substantial body of research published across various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Among recent papers are the following:

  • The DOE E3SM Model Version 2: Overview of the Physical Model and Initial Model Evaluation, 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Ice-Nucleating Particles That Impact Clouds and Climate: Observational and Modeling Research Needs, 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Surprising similarities in model and observational aerosol radiative forcing estimates, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Impacts of Wildfire Aerosols on Global Energy Budget and Climate: The Role of Climate Feedbacks, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of the E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1, 2022, Geoscientific model development

Kai Zhang collaborates frequently with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Po-Lun Ma
  • Shixuan Zhang
  • Hailong Wang
  • Hui Wan
  • Shaocheng Xie

Best Publications

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution

    Jean Christophe Golaz;Peter M. Caldwell;Luke P. Van Roekel;Mark R. Petersen

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • E-waste recycling: where does it go from here?

    Kai Zhang;Jerald L. Schnoor;Eddy Y. Zeng

  • The global aerosol-climate model ECHAM-HAM, version 2: sensitivity to improvements in process representations

    K. Zhang;D. O'Donnell;D. O'Donnell;J. Kazil;J. Kazil;P. Stier

  • General overview: European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) - integrating aerosol research from nano to global scales

    M. Kulmala;A. Asmi;H. K. Lappalainen;H. K. Lappalainen;U. Baltensperger

  • An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model

    P. J. Rasch;S. Xie;P.-L. Ma;W. Lin

  • MAC‐v1: A new global aerosol climatology for climate studies

    Stefan Kinne;Declan O’Donnel;Philip Stier;Silvia Kloster

  • Black carbon vertical profiles strongly affect its radiative forcing uncertainty

    Bjørn Hallvard Samset;Gunnar Myhre;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Description and Results at High Resolution

    Peter M. Caldwell;Azamat Mametjanov;Qi Tang;Luke P. Van Roekel

  • Constraining cloud lifetime effects of aerosols using A‐Train satellite observations

    Minghuai Wang;Steven Ghan;Xiaohong Liu;Tristan S. L'Ecuyer

  • Aerosols in the E3SM Version 1: New Developments and Their Impacts on Radiative Forcing

    Hailong Wang;Richard C. Easter;Rudong Zhang;Po‐Lun Ma

  • Challenges in constraining anthropogenic aerosol effects on cloud radiative forcing using present-day spatiotemporal variability

    Steven Ghan;Minghuai Wang;Shipeng Zhang;Sylvaine Ferrachat

  • Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model

    Shaocheng Xie;Wuyin Lin;Philip J. Rasch;Po-Lun Ma

  • Aerosol nucleation and its role for clouds and Earth's radiative forcing in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM5-HAM

    J. Kazil;P. Stier;K. Zhang;J. Quaas

  • Modelled black carbon radiative forcing and atmospheric lifetime in AeroCom Phase II constrained by aircraft observations

    B. H. Samset;G. Myhre;Andreas Herber;Yutaka Kondo

  • Global transformation and fate of SOA: Implications of low-volatility SOA and gas-phase fragmentation reactions

    Manish Shrivastava;Richard C. Easter;Xiaohong Liu;Alla Zelenyuk

  • Technical Note: On the use of nudging for aerosol–climate model intercomparison studies

    Kai Zhang;Hui Wan;Xiaohong Liu;Steven J. Ghan

  • Intercomparison and evaluation of global aerosol microphysical properties among AeroCom models of a range of complexity

    G.W. Mann;K.S. Carslaw;C.L. Reddington;K.J. Pringle;K.J. Pringle

  • Constraining the instantaneous aerosol influence on cloud albedo.

    Edward Gryspeerdt;Johannes Quaas;Sylvaine Ferrachat;Andrew Gettelman

  • Global warming amplified by reduced sulphur fluxes as a result of ocean acidification

    Katharina D. Six;Silvia Kloster;Tatiana Ilyina;Stephen D. Archer;Stephen D. Archer

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaohong Liu
Xiaohong Liu Texas A&M University
Richard C. Easter
Richard C. Easter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Philip Stier
Philip Stier University of Oxford
Steven J. Ghan
Steven J. Ghan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Yun Qian
Yun Qian Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Trond Iversen
Trond Iversen Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Nicolas Bellouin
Nicolas Bellouin University of Reading

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