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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
84
Citations
24339
World Ranking
793
National Ranking
81

Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
22752
World Ranking
3263
National Ranking
591

Ping'an Peng 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 Ping'an Peng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 421 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ping'an Peng 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 Ping'an Peng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

Ping'an Peng is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on areas such as Mechanics of Materials, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Analytical Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Petroleum Processing and Analysis
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Peng has contributed to a significant number of publications, frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • Organic Geochemistry
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jianzhong Song
  • Wanglu Jia
  • Yan-Rong Zou
  • Tian Liang
  • Zhao-Wen Zhan

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Ping'an Peng include:

  • "Molecular Characterization of Nitrogen-Containing Compounds in Humic-like Substances Emitted from Biomass Burning and Coal Combustion" (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • "The evolutionary behavior of chromophoric brown carbon during ozone aging of fine particles from biomass burning" (2020), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Evidence for the Formation of Imidazole from Carbonyls and Reduced Nitrogen Species at the Individual Particle Level in the Ambient Atmosphere" (2020), Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "Chemical composition, optical properties, and oxidative potential of water- and methanol-soluble organic compounds emitted from the combustion of biomass materials and coal" (2021), Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Large contribution of fossil-derived components to aqueous secondary organic aerosols in China" (2022), Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Comparison of quantification methods to measure fire-derived (black/elemental) carbon in soils and sediments using reference materials from soil, water, sediment and the atmosphere

    Karen Hammes;Michael W.I. Schmidt;Ronald J. Smernik;Lloyd A. Currie

  • Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediments of the Pearl River Delta and adjacent South China Sea.

    Bixian Mai;Shejun Chen;Xiaojun Luo;Laiguo Chen

  • Persistent organic pollutants in environment of the Pearl River Delta, China: an overview

    Jiamo Fu;Bixian Mai;Guoying Sheng;Gan Zhang

  • Effects of organic matter heterogeneity on sorption and desorption of organic contaminants by soils and sediments

    Weilin Huang;Ping'an Peng;Zhiqiang Yu;Jiamo Fu

  • Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the coastal region off Macao, China: assessment of input sources and transport pathways using compositional analysis.

    Bixian Mai;Shihua Qi;Eddy Y. Zeng;Qingshu Yang

  • Source identification of eight hazardous heavy metals in agricultural soils of Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.

    Limei Cai;Zhencheng Xu;Zhencheng Xu;Mingzhong Ren;Qingwei Guo

  • Distribution of particulate- and vapor-phase n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere of Guangzhou, China

    Xinhui Bi;Guoying Sheng;Ping’an Peng;Yingjun Chen

  • Black carbon and kerogen in soils and sediments. 1. Quantification and characterization.

    Jianzhong Song;Ping'an Peng;Weilin Huang

  • Severe PCDD/F and PBDD/F Pollution in Air around an Electronic Waste Dismantling Area in China

    Huiru Li;Liping Yu;Guoying Sheng;Jiamo Fu

  • Enhanced photocatalytic performance of nanosized coupled ZnO/SnO2 photocatalysts for methyl orange degradation

    Cun Wang;Cun Wang;Xinming Wang;Bo-Qing Xu;Jincai Zhao

  • Distribution and sources of organic carbon, nitrogen and their isotopes in sediments of the subtropical Pearl River estuary and adjacent shelf, Southern China

    Jianfang Hu;Ping'an Peng;Guodong Jia;Bixian Mai

  • The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Hirnantian Stage (the uppermost of the Ordovician System)

    Xu Chen;Jiayu Rong;Junxuan Fan;Renbin Zhan

  • Molecular Characterization of Water-Soluble Humic like Substances in Smoke Particles Emitted from Combustion of Biomass Materials and Coal Using Ultrahigh-Resolution Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry.

    Jianzhong Song;Meiju Li;Bin Jiang;Siye Wei

  • Influence of biochars on plant uptake and dissipation of two pesticides in an agricultural soil.

    Xiao-Bing Yang;Guang-Guo Ying;Ping-An Peng;Li Wang

  • Changes in terrestrial ecosystem since 30 Ma in East Asia: Stable isotope evidence from black carbon in the South China Sea

    Guodong Jia;Ping'an Peng;Quanhong Zhao;Zhimin Jian

  • Influence of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock on carbon fractions of biochar produced from pyrolysis of rice straw, pine wood, pig manure and sewage sludge

    Siye Wei;Mengbo Zhu;Xingjun Fan;Jianzhong Song

  • Comprehensive characterization of humic-like substances in smoke PM 2.5 emitted from the combustion of biomass materials and fossil fuels

    Xingjun Fan;Siye Wei;Mengbo Zhu;Jianzhong Song

  • The composition and its impact on the methane sorption of lacustrine shales from the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China

    Huijuan Guo;Wanglu Jia;Ping'an Peng;Yuhong Lei

  • Molecular compositions and optical properties of dissolved brown carbon in biomass burning, coal combustion, and vehicle emission aerosols illuminated by excitation–emission matrix spectroscopy and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry analysis

    Jiao Tang;Jun Li;Tao Su;Yong Han

  • Reductive transformation of tetrabromobisphenol A by sulfidated nano zerovalent iron

    Dan Li;Zhe Mao;Yin Zhong;Weilin Huang

  • Determination of Dechlorane Plus in Serum from Electronics Dismantling Workers in South China

    Guofa Ren;Zhiqiang Yu;Shengtao Ma;Huiru Li

  • About the Colloidal Nature of Asphaltenes and the MW of Covalent Monomeric Units

    Otto P. Strausz;Ping'an Peng;Juan Murgich

  • Sorption of steroid estrogens to soils and sediments

    Zhiqiang Yu;Zhiqiang Yu;Baohua Xiao;Weilin Huang;Ping'an Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoying Sheng
Guoying Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiamo Fu
Jiamo Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weilin Huang
Weilin Huang Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Xinming Wang
Xinming Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinhui Bi
Xinhui Bi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiqiang Yu
Zhiqiang Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guodong Jia
Guodong Jia Tongji University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bi-Xian Mai
Bi-Xian Mai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul F. Greenwood
Paul F. Greenwood Curtin University

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