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3176
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334

Qinghua 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 Qinghua Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 186 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qinghua 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 Qinghua Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qinghua Zhang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has established a significant research presence in the field of Environmental Science. Their research output includes over 210 publications primarily focused on environmental science and related subfields.

The main subfields of study for Qinghua Zhang encompass:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Cancer Research

The scientist's core research topics cover an array of issues related to environmental pollutants and their health impacts, including:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Qinghua Zhang has contributed frequently to various scientific journals, with the most common publication venues being:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Qinghua Zhang include:

  • Wet-chemistry hydrogen doped TiO2 with switchable defects control for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (2021, Matter)
  • Occurrence and Trophic Magnification of Organophosphate Esters in an Antarctic Ecosystem: Insights into the Shift from Legacy to Emerging Pollutants (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Associations between Novel and Legacy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Human Serum and Thyroid Cancer: A Case and Healthy Population in Shandong Province, East China (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Long-Term Investigation of the Temporal Trends and Gas/Particle Partitioning of Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Ambient Air of King George Island, Antarctica (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • A case-control study on the association of mineral elements exposure and thyroid tumor and goiter (2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety)

The frequent collaborators of Qinghua Zhang include:

  • Guibin Jiang
  • Yingming Li
  • Ruiqiang Yang
  • Pu Wang
  • Zhiguo Pei

Best Publications

  • High levels of heavy metals in rice (Oryza sativa L.) from a typical E-waste recycling area in southeast China and its potential risk to human health

    Jianjie Fu;Qunfang Zhou;Jiemin Liu;Wei Liu

  • Debromination of decabrominated diphenyl ether by resin-bound iron nanoparticles.

    An Li;Chao Tai;Zongshan Zhao;Yawei Wang

  • Evaluation of Soxhlet extraction, accelerated solvent extraction and microwave-assisted extraction for the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in soil and fish samples.

    Pu Wang;Qinghua Zhang;Yawei Wang;Thanh Wang

  • E-waste recycling induced polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzo-furans pollution in the ambient environment.

    Hanxia Liu;Qunfang Zhou;Yawei Wang;Qinghua Zhang

  • Concentrations, profiles and gas-particle partitioning of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs in the ambient air of an E-waste dismantling area, southeast China

    LI YingMing;Jiang GuiBin;Wang YaWei;Wang Pu

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides in sewage sludge of wastewater treatment plants in China.

    Yawei Wang;Qinghua Zhang;Jianxia Lv;An Li

  • Altitude dependence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in surface soil from Tibetan Plateau, China

    Pu Wang;Qinghua Zhang;Yawei Wang;Thanh Wang

  • Study of PCBs and PBDEs in King George Island, Antarctica, using PUF passive air sampling

    Yingming Li;Dawei Geng;Dawei Geng;Fubin Liu;Thanh Wang

  • Concentrations, profiles and gas-particle partitioning of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in the ambient air of Beijing, China

    Yingming Li;Guibin Jiang;Yawei Wang;Zongwei Cai

  • Separation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzo-furans in environmental samples using silica gel and florisil fractionation chromatography

    Hanxia Liu;Qinghua Zhang;Zongwei Cai;Zongwei Cai;An Li

  • Occurrence, bioaccumulation and long-range transport of short-chain chlorinated paraffins on the Fildes Peninsula at King George Island, Antarctica

    Huijuan Li;Jianjie Fu;Aiqian Zhang;Qinghua Zhang

  • Effect of municipal sewage treatment plant effluent on bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the recipient water.

    Yawei Wang;Xuemei Li;An Li;Thanh Wang

  • Occurrence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls pollution in sediments from the Haihe River and Dagu Drainage River in Tianjin City, China.

    Hanxia Liu;Qinghua Zhang;Yawei Wang;Zongwei Cai;Zongwei Cai

  • Sources and environmental behaviors of Dechlorane Plus and related compounds : A review

    Pu Wang;Qinghua Zhang;Qinghua Zhang;Haidong Zhang;Thanh Wang

  • Current Levels and Composition Profiles of Emerging Halogenated Flame Retardants and Dehalogenated Products in Sewage Sludge from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in China

    Lixi Zeng;Lixi Zeng;Ruiqiang Yang;Qinghua Zhang;Haidong Zhang

  • Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and aquatic organisms from the Taihu Lake, China.

    Qinghua Zhang;Guibin Jiang

  • Levels and Vertical Distributions of PCBs, PBDEs, and OCPs in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Observation from the Beijing 325-m Meteorological Tower

    Yingming Li;Qinghua Zhang;Dongsheng Ji;Thanh Wang

  • Bioaccumulation of PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs by earthworms in field soils of an E-waste dismantling area in China

    Hongtao Shang;Pu Wang;Thanh Wang;Yawei Wang

  • Three-year monitoring of atmospheric PCBs and PBDEs at the Chinese Great Wall Station, West Antarctica: Levels, chiral signature, environmental behaviors and source implication

    Pu Wang;Yingming Li;Qinghua Zhang;Qinghua Zhang;Qinghua Yang

  • Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in fish from lakes of the Tibetan Plateau and the implications.

    Ruiqiang Yang;Yawei Wang;An Li;Qinghua Zhang

  • Metagenomic characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in Antarctic soils.

    Ke Yuan;Ke Yu;Ruiqiang Yang;Qinghua Zhang

  • Presence and Partitioning Behavior of Polyfluorinated Iodine Alkanes in Environmental Matrices around a Fluorochemical Manufacturing Plant: Another Possible Source for Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids?

    Ting Ruan;Yawei Wang;Thanh Wang;Qinghua Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Guibin Jiang
Guibin Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yawei Wang
Yawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thanh Wang
Thanh Wang Linköping University
Jianjie Fu
Jianjie Fu Chinese Academy of Sciences
An Li
An Li University of Illinois at Chicago
Zongwei Cai
Zongwei Cai Hong Kong Baptist University
Jianbo Shi
Jianbo Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong Liang
Yong Liang Jianghan University
Chuanyong Jing
Chuanyong Jing Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangbo Qu
Guangbo Qu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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