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Shaojun Zhang

Shaojun Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
8595
World Ranking
4790
National Ranking
501

Shaojun 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 Shaojun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 119 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shaojun 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 Shaojun Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

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

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

Overview

Shaojun Zhang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering and environmental science. With a significant publication record, Zhang's work spans several main fields and subfields linking automotive engineering, environmental engineering, and atmospheric science.

The main fields of study for Zhang include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

The scientist's subfields of focus are:

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

Key research topics covered in Zhang's work involve:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Shaojun Zhang has published several recent papers including:

  • "Progress of Air Pollution Control in China and Its Challenges and Opportunities in the Ecological Civilization Era," 2020, Engineering
  • "Four-Month Changes in Air Quality during and after the COVID-19 Lockdown in Six Megacities in China," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • "On-road emission measurements of reactive nitrogen compounds from heavy-duty diesel trucks in China," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "From COVID-19 to future electrification: Assessing traffic impacts on air quality by a machine-learning model," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A data-driven method of traffic emissions mapping with land use random forest models," 2021, Applied Energy

Frequent co-authors in Zhang's research include:

  • Ye Wu
  • Yifan Wen
  • Xiaomeng Wu
  • Liqiang He
  • Jiming Hao

Zhang's publications often appear in prominent venues such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Best Publications

  • On-road vehicle emissions and their control in China: A review and outlook.

    Ye Wu;Shaojun Zhang;Jiming Hao;Huan Liu

  • Progress of Air Pollution Control in China and Its Challenges and Opportunities in the Ecological Civilization Era

    Xi Lu;Shaojun Zhang;Jia Xing;Yunjie Wang

  • Real-world performance of battery electric buses and their life-cycle benefits with respect to energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions

    Boya Zhou;Ye Wu;Bin Zhou;Renjie Wang

  • Air quality and health benefits from fleet electrification in China

    Xinyu Liang;Shaojun Zhang;Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Jia Xing

  • Real-world fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of urban public buses in Beijing

    Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Huan Liu;Ruikun Huang

  • Well-to-wheels energy consumption and emissions of electric vehicles: Mid-term implications from real-world features and air pollution control progress

    Wenwei Ke;Shaojun Zhang;Xiaoyi He;Ye Wu

  • Assessment of vehicle emission programs in China during 1998-2013: Achievement, challenges and implications

    Xiaomeng Wu;Ye Wu;Shaojun Zhang;Huan Liu

  • Historic and future trends of vehicle emissions in Beijing, 1998–2020: A policy assessment for the most stringent vehicle emission control program in China

    Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Xiaomeng Wu;Mengliang Li

  • Real-world fuel consumption and CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions by driving conditions for light-duty passenger vehicles in China

    Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Huan Liu;Ruikun Huang

  • The challenge to NO x emission control for heavy-duty diesel vehicles in China

    Y. Wu;S. J. Zhang;M. L. Li;Y. S. Ge

  • Four-Month Changes in Air Quality during and after the COVID-19 Lockdown in Six Megacities in China

    Yunjie Wang;Yifan Wen;Yue Wang;Shaojun Zhang

  • On-road emission measurements of reactive nitrogen compounds from heavy-duty diesel trucks in China.

    Liqiang He;Shaojun Zhang;Jingnan Hu;Zhenhua Li

  • Emission trends of air pollutants and CO2 in China from 2005 to 2021

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  • Transition in source contributions of PM2.5 exposure and associated premature mortality in China during 2005-2015.

    Haotian Zheng;Bin Zhao;Bin Zhao;Shuxiao Wang;Tong Wang

  • High-resolution mapping of vehicle emissions of atmospheric pollutants based on large-scale, real-world traffic datasets

    Daoyuan Yang;Shaojun Zhang;Shaojun Zhang;Tianlin Niu;Yunjie Wang

  • Characterization of personal exposure concentration of fine particles for adults and children exposed to high ambient concentrations in Beijing, China.

    Xuan Du;Qian Kong;Weihua Ge;Shaojun Zhang

  • Advances in emission control of diesel vehicles in China.

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  • Characterization and source apportionment of particulate PAHs in the roadside environment in Beijing.

    Ye Wu;Liu Yang;Xuan Zheng;Shaojun Zhang

  • Can Euro V heavy-duty diesel engines, diesel hybrid and alternative fuel technologies mitigate NOX emissions? New evidence from on-road tests of buses in China

    Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Jingnan Hu;Ruikun Huang

  • Fine-grained vehicle emission management using intelligent transportation system data

    Shaojun Zhang;Tianlin Niu;Ye Wu;K. Max Zhang

  • Mapping dynamic road emissions for a megacity by using open-access traffic congestion index data

    Yifan Wen;Shaojun Zhang;Jingran Zhang;Shuanghui Bao

  • Experimental Assessment of NOx Emissions from 73 Euro 6 Diesel Passenger Cars

    Liuhanzi Yang;Liuhanzi Yang;Vicente Franco;Peter Mock;Reinhard Kolke

  • Assessing the Future Vehicle Fleet Electrification: The Impacts on Regional and Urban Air Quality

    Wenwei Ke;Shaojun Zhang;Ye Wu;Bin Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Ye Wu
Ye Wu Tsinghua University
Jiming Hao
Jiming Hao Tsinghua University
K. Max Zhang
K. Max Zhang Cornell University
Huan Liu
Huan Liu Tsinghua University
Timothy J. Wallington
Timothy J. Wallington Ford Motor Company (United States)
Shuxiao Wang
Shuxiao Wang Tsinghua University
Markku Kulmala
Markku Kulmala University of Helsinki
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Tsinghua University
Richard Baldauf
Richard Baldauf Environmental Protection Agency
Jia Xing
Jia Xing Tsinghua University

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