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D-Index
55
Citations
10622
World Ranking
3866
National Ranking
415

Shihua Qi 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 Shihua Qi sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 270 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shihua Qi 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 Shihua Qi sits on this spectrum.

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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

Shihua Qi is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work addresses multiple topics including Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Heavy metals in the environment, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants.

Shihua Qi has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • PubMed
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Chemosphere

The scientist has coauthored numerous papers in collaboration with several frequent partners. Notable coauthors are:

  • Xinli Xing
  • Shaofei Kong
  • Tianpeng Hu
  • Mingming Shi
  • Yao Mao

Five recent papers reflecting their research focus include:

  • "Significant changes in the chemical compositions and sources of PM2.5 in Wuhan since the city lockdown as COVID-19" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds: Implications to reactivity, ozone formation, and secondary organic aerosol potential" (2020), published in Atmospheric Research
  • "The moving of high emission for biomass burning in China: View from multi-year emission estimation and human-driven forces" (2020), published in Environment International
  • "First High-Resolution Emission Inventory of Levoglucosan for Biomass Burning and Non-Biomass Burning Sources in China" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Status and prospects of atmospheric microplastics: A review of methods, occurrence, composition, source and health risks" (2022), published in Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in the Pearl River Delta, China

    Coby Sze-chung Wong;Xiangdong Li;Gan Zhang;Shi-hua Qi

  • Source seasonality of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a subtropical city, Guangzhou, South China.

    Li J;Zhang G;Zhang G;Li Xd;Qi Sh

  • Concentrations, enantiomeric compositions, and sources of HCH, DDT and chlordane in soils from the Pearl River Delta, South China

    Jun Li;Gan Zhang;Shihuan Qi;Xiangdong Li

  • Significant changes in the chemical compositions and sources of PM2.5 in Wuhan since the city lockdown as COVID-19.

    Huang Zheng;Shaofei Kong;Nan Chen;Yingying Yan

  • Sedimentary record of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a sediment core from the Pearl River Estuary, South China.

    G. Q. Liu;G. Zhang;Xiangdong Li;J. Li

  • Monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from an oil and gas station in northwest China for 1 year

    Huang Zheng;Shaofei Kong;Xinli Xing;Yao Mao

  • Compositions, sources and health risks of ambient volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at a petrochemical industrial park along the Yangtze River.

    Huang Zheng;Shaofei Kong;Yingying Yan;Nan Chen

  • Fine particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) at an urban site of Wuhan, central China: Characteristics, potential sources and cancer risks apportionment.

    Yuan Zhang;Huang Zheng;Li Zhang;Zezhou Zhang

  • An enhanced adsorption of organic dyes onto NH2 functionalization titanium-based metal-organic frameworks and the mechanism investigation

    Yu-Han Fan;Shou-Wen Zhang;Shi-Bin Qin;Xiao-Shui Li

  • Risk assessment and influence factors of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in agricultural soils of the hill region: A case study from Ningde, southeast China

    Chengkai Qu;Chengkai Qu;Shihua Qi;Dan Yang;Huanfang Huang

  • Compositional fractionation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in mosses (Hypnum plumaeformae WILS.) from the northern slope of Nanling Mountains, South China

    Xiang Liu;Gan Zhang;Gan Zhang;Kevin C Jones;Xiangdong Li

  • Estimating the open biomass burning emissions in central and eastern China from 2003 to 2015 based on satellite observation

    Jian Wu;Shaofei Kong;Fangqi Wu;Yi Cheng

  • Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds: Implications to reactivity, ozone formation, and secondary organic aerosol potential

    Huang Zheng;Shaofei Kong;Nan Chen;Zhenzhen Niu

  • Seven thousand years of records on the mining and utilization of metals from lake sediments in central China

    Celine Siu-lan Lee;Shi-hua Qi;Gan Zhang;Chunling Luo

  • Organochlorine pesticides in soil, water and sediment along the Jinjiang River mainstream to Quanzhou Bay, southeast China

    Dan Yang;Shihua Qi;Jiaquan Zhang;Chenxi Wu

  • Historical contamination and sources of organochlorine pesticides in sediment cores from Quanzhou Bay, Southeast China

    Xiangyi Gong;Shihua Qi;Yanxin Wang;E.B. Julia

  • Environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil from Himalayas, India: Implications for spatial distribution, sources apportionment and risk assessment.

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  • Levels, sources and potential risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in multimedia environment along the Jinjiang River mainstream to Quanzhou Bay, China.

    Dan Yang;Shihua Qi;Yuan Zhang;Xinli Xing

  • The moving of high emission for biomass burning in China: View from multi-year emission estimation and human-driven forces.

    Jian Wu;Shaofei Kong;Fangqi Wu;Yi Cheng

  • Organochlorine pesticides in the surface water and sediments from the Peacock River Drainage Basin in Xinjiang, China: a study of an arid zone in Central Asia

    Wei Chen;Mingming Jing;Jianwei Bu;Julia Ellis Burnet;Julia Ellis Burnet

  • Diurnal and nocturnal variations of PAHs in the Lhasa atmosphere, Tibetan Plateau: Implication for local sources and the impact of atmospheric degradation processing

    Junwen Liu;Jun Li;Tian Lin;Di Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaofei Kong
Shaofei Kong China University of Geosciences
Dantong Liu
Dantong Liu Zhejiang University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stefano Albanese
Stefano Albanese University of Naples Federico II
Annamaria Lima
Annamaria Lima University of Naples Federico II
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yanxin Wang
Yanxin Wang China University of Geosciences
Chenxi Wu
Chenxi Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xianzhi Peng
Xianzhi Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University

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