World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
9913
World Ranking
3893
National Ranking
418

Qianggong 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 Qianggong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 283 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 25 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 18 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–686 publications: 3 scientists 687+ publications: 100 scientists
41 publications 687+

This scientist: 183 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qianggong 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 Qianggong Zhang 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: 199 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: 19 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: 99 scientists
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

Qianggong Zhang is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, primarily focusing on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work encompasses a wide range of topics related to environmental chemistry, ecology, and atmospheric processes.

They have produced 128 publications in the field of Environmental Science and 48 in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields of study include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Pollution.

The principal research topics covered by Qianggong Zhang include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Heavy metals in environment

Their recent scholarly output features several papers spanning environmental microbiology, air pollution, and carbon cycling, including:

  • Soil microbial trait-based strategies drive metabolic efficiency along an altitude gradient, 2021, ISME Communications
  • Local temperature increases reduce soil microbial residues and carbon stocks, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Light absorption properties of elemental carbon (EC) and water-soluble brown carbon (WS-BrC) in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: A 5-year study, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Spatio-temporal characteristics of air pollutants over Xinjiang, northwestern China, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Black carbon and organic carbon dataset over the Third Pole, 2022, Earth system science data

Frequent co-authors with whom Qianggong Zhang has collaborated extensively include Shichang Kang, Junming Guo, Xiufeng Yin, Lekhendra Tripathee, and Yindong Tong.

The research contributions are often published in several notable venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget

    D. V. Spracklen;J. L. Jimenez;K. S. Carslaw;D. R. Worsnop

  • Sources of black carbon to the Himalayan–Tibetan Plateau glaciers

    Chaoliu Li;Carme Bosch;Shichang Kang;August Andersson

  • Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Yun Qian;Zhenming Ji

  • Decline in Chinese lake phosphorus concentration accompanied by shift in sources since 2006

    Yindong Tong;Wei Zhang;Xuejun Wang;Raoul-Marie Couture;Raoul-Marie Couture

  • 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

  • Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives

    Hemraj Bhattarai;Eri Saikawa;Xin Wan;Hongxia Zhu

  • Major ionic composition of precipitation in the Nam Co region, Central Tibetan Plateau

    Chaoliu Li;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Susan Kaspari

  • Water-Soluble Brown Carbon in Atmospheric Aerosols from Godavari (Nepal), a Regional Representative of South Asia

    Guangming Wu;Kirpa Ram;Kirpa Ram;Pingqing Fu;Wan Wang

  • Atmospheric Mercury Depositional Chronology Reconstructed from Lake Sediments and Ice Core in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau.

    Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Jie Huang;Jie Huang;Jie Huang;Feiyue Wang;Qianggong Zhang;Qianggong Zhang

  • Soil microbial trait-based strategies drive metabolic efficiency along an altitude gradient

    Unknown

  • Elemental composition of Tibetan Plateau top soils and its effect on evaluating atmospheric pollution transport.

    Chaoliu Li;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang

  • Simulation of carbonaceous aerosols over the Third Pole and adjacent regions: distribution, transportation, deposition, and climatic effects

    Zhenming Ji;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Zhiyuan Cong;Zhiyuan Cong;Qianggong Zhang;Qianggong Zhang

  • Atmospheric transport of mercury to the Tibetan Plateau.

    Mark Loewen;Shichang Kang;Debbie Armstrong;Qianggong Zhang

  • Organic molecular tracers in the atmospheric aerosols from Lumbini, Nepal, in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain: influence of biomass burning

    Xin Wan;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Quanlian Li;Dipesh Rupakheti

  • Spatial and seasonal variations of elemental composition in Mt. Everest (Qomolangma) snow/firn

    Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Susan Kaspari;Dahe Qin

  • Mercury Distribution and Deposition in Glacier Snow over Western China

    Qianggong Zhang;Jie Huang;Feiyue Wang;Loewen Mark

  • Heavy metals in surface sediments in the trans-Himalayan Koshi River catchment: Distribution, source identification and pollution assessment.

    Mingyue Li;Qianggong Zhang;Qianggong Zhang;Xuejun Sun;Kabita Karki

  • Recent temperature increase recorded in an ice core in the source region of Yangtze River

    ShiChang Kang;YongJun Zhang;DaHe Qin;JiaWen Ren

  • Top-down constraints on atmospheric mercury emissions and implications for global biogeochemical cycling

    Shaoije Song;Noelle Eckley Selin;Anne L. Soerensen;Anne L. Soerensen;Hélène Angot

  • Wet deposition of mercury at a remote site in the Tibetan Plateau: Concentrations, speciation, and fluxes

    Jie Huang;Shichang Kang;Qianggong Zhang;Haiyu Yan

  • Characteristics and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric aerosols in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.

    Pengfei(陈鹏飞) Chen;Shichang(康世昌) Kang;Chaoliu(李潮流) Li;Maheswar Rupakheti

  • Carbonaceous aerosol characteristics on the Third Pole: A primary study based on the Atmospheric Pollution and Cryospheric Change (APCC) network.

    Pengfei Chen;Shichang Kang;Chaoliu Li;Qianggong Zhang

  • Surface ozone at Nam Co in the inland Tibetan Plateau: variation, synthesis comparison and regional representativeness

    Xiufeng Yin;Shichang Kang;Shichang Kang;Benjamin de Foy;Zhiyuan Cong

Frequent Co-Authors

Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyuan Cong
Zhiyuan Cong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaoliu Li
Chaoliu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Huang
Jie Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mika Sillanpää
Mika Sillanpää University of Johannesburg
Maheswar Rupakheti
Maheswar Rupakheti Research Institute for Sustainability
Dahe Qin
Dahe Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuejun Wang
Xuejun Wang Peking University
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiawen Ren
Jiawen Ren Chinese Academy of Sciences

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For those interested in expanding their expertise beyond Environmental Sciences, exploring interdisciplinary studies can be highly beneficial. Pursuing a best online bachelor degree in sociology offers valuable insights into social dynamics that influence environmental policies and community engagement.

For advanced professional development, educators and environmental leaders may consider enrolling in accredited eds to edd programs. These pathways help in honing leadership and research skills relevant to sustainability education and organizational change.

Doctoral candidates looking for flexible options should explore online doctoral programs without dissertation, which allow focus on practical applications rather than lengthy dissertation research, accelerating career advancement.

Additionally, those aiming to combine social work with environmental advocacy can benefit from fully funded dsw programs. These programs emphasize community-focused solutions, crucial for addressing environmental justice issues.

Best Scientists Citing Qianggong Zhang

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles