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Min Hu 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 Min Hu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 500 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Min Hu 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 Min Hu sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 123 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Min Hu is affiliated with Peking University in China and has made significant contributions in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily focuses on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Min Hu's frequent coauthors include:

  • Song Guo
  • Shiyi Chen
  • Limin Zeng
  • Zhijun Wu

They have published extensively in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent published papers highlight a range of research interests and include:

  • Financial markets under the global pandemic of COVID-19, 2020, Finance Research Letters
  • An unexpected catalyst dominates formation and radiative forcing of regional haze, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Remarkable nucleation and growth of ultrafine particles from vehicular exhaust, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Explosive Secondary Aerosol Formation during Severe Haze in the North China Plain, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Field Determination of Nitrate Formation Pathway in Winter Beijing, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Elucidating severe urban haze formation in China

    Song Guo;Min Hu;Misti L. Zamora;Jianfei Peng

  • Persistent sulfate formation from London Fog to Chinese haze

    Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Gehui Wang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Mario E. Gomez;Mario E. Gomez;Lingxiao Yang;Lingxiao Yang

  • Formation of Urban Fine Particulate Matter

    Renyi Zhang;Gehui Wang;Song Guo;Misti L. Zamora

  • Nucleation and Growth of Nanoparticles in the Atmosphere

    Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Renyi Zhang;Alexei Khalizov;Lin Wang;Min Hu

  • Ultrafine particles in cities

    Prashant Kumar;Lidia Morawska;Wolfram Birmili;Pauli Paasonen

  • Markedly enhanced absorption and direct radiative forcing of black carbon under polluted urban environments

    Jianfei Peng;Min Hu;Song Guo;Zhuofei Du

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • A high‐resolution ammonia emission inventory in China

    Xin Huang;Yu Song;Mengmeng Li;Jianfeng Li

  • Air pollutant emissions from Chinese households: A major and underappreciated ambient pollution source.

    Jun Liu;Denise Leonore Mauzerall;Qi Chen;Qiang Zhang

  • Formation and evolution mechanism of regional haze: a case study in the megacity Beijing, China

    X. G. Liu;X. G. Liu;J. Li;Y. Qu;T. Han

  • Association between changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics and biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in healthy young adults.

    David Q Rich;Howard M Kipen;Wei Huang;Guangfa Wang

  • Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China – Part 1: Size-resolved measurements and implications for the modeling of aerosol particle hygroscopicity and CCN activity

    D. Rose;A. Nowak;P. Achtert;A. Wiedensohler

  • Measurement of emissions of fine particulate organic matter from Chinese cooking

    Ling-Yan He;Min Hu;Xiao-Feng Huang;Ben-De Yu

  • Chemical composition, sources, and aging process of submicron aerosols in Beijing: Contrast between summer and winter

    Weiwei Hu;Weiwei Hu;Min Hu;Wei Hu;Jose L. Jimenez

  • Observation and modelling of OH and HO 2 concentrations in the Pearl River Delta 2006: a missing OH source in a VOC rich atmosphere

    K. D. Lu;K. D. Lu;F. Rohrer;F. Holland;H. Fuchs

  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban air: How chemistry affects the interpretation of positive matrix factorization (PMF) analysis

    Bin Yuan;Min Shao;Joost de Gouw;Joost de Gouw;David D. Parrish

  • 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

  • A review of single aerosol particle studies in the atmosphere of East Asia: morphology, mixing state, source, and heterogeneous reactions

    Weijun Li;Longyi Shao;Daizhou Zhang;Chul-Un Ro

  • Highly time-resolved chemical characterization of atmospheric submicron particles during 2008 Beijing Olympic Games using an Aerodyne High-Resolution Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

    X.-F. Huang;L.-Y. He;M. Hu;M. R. Canagaratna

  • Particle number size distribution in the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Peng Lin;Shang Liu

  • Regional Integrated Experiments on Air Quality over Pearl River Delta 2004 (PRIDE-PRD2004): Overview

    Y. H. Zhang;M. Hu;L. J. Zhong;A. Wiedensohler

  • New particle formation in Beijing, China: Statistical analysis of a 1‐year data set

    Zhijun Wu;Min Hu;Shang Liu;Birgit Wehner

Frequent Co-Authors

Song Guo
Song Guo Peking University
Zhijun Wu
Zhijun Wu Peking University
Yuanhang Zhang
Yuanhang Zhang Peking University
Tong Zhu
Tong Zhu Peking University
Yusheng Wu
Yusheng Wu Hublet Oy
Limin Zeng
Limin Zeng Peking University
Ling-Yan He
Ling-Yan He Peking University
Xiao-Feng Huang
Xiao-Feng Huang Peking University
Min Shao
Min Shao Peking University
Keding Lu
Keding Lu Peking University

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