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2025

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 108 882 780 153 148 526 39254
Environmental Sciences 124 108 103 13 13 698 52271

Shu Tao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shu Tao between 1987 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shu Tao published across 39 years, from 1987 to 2025, averaging 25.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 99 publications in 2023. 148 of the 1,012 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 99. Peak 99 publications in 2023. 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 11 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 23 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 25 publications 2005: 28 publications 2006: 27 publications 2007: 32 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 28 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 28 publications 2014: 30 publications 2015: 31 publications 2016: 44 publications 2017: 49 publications 2018: 37 publications 2019: 41 publications 2020: 52 publications 2021: 67 publications 2022: 77 publications 2023: 99 publications 2024: 65 publications 2025: 83 publications
1987 2025

1,012 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shu Tao: publications per year, 1987 to 2025
Year Publications
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 1
1993 0
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 1
1998 5
1999 11
2000 12
2001 10
2002 23
2003 12
2004 25
2005 28
2006 27
2007 32
2008 21
2009 20
2010 28
2011 29
2012 19
2013 28
2014 30
2015 31
2016 44
2017 49
2018 37
2019 41
2020 52
2021 67
2022 77
2023 99
2024 65
2025 83
Total 1,012
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Shu Tao 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 Shu Tao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 690+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 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: 282 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: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 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 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 698 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100 698
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Shu Tao 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 Shu Tao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 124 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 198 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: 20 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: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7 124
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Shu Tao is a researcher affiliated with Peking University in China, specializing in environmental science. Their work primarily focuses on air quality, pollution, atmospheric chemistry, and health impacts associated with environmental factors. The scope of their research includes health, toxicology, mutagenesis, atmospheric science, pollution, environmental engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics covered by Shu Tao's research are:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Shu Tao has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

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

Among their recent papers are studies on microplastics, emissions, and carbon-neutral pathways published between 2020 and 2023, including:

  • Distribution characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soils from the largest vegetable production base in China, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Residential solid fuel emissions contribute significantly to air pollution and associated health impacts in China, 2020, Science Advances
  • Global iron and steel plant CO2 emissions and carbon-neutrality pathways, 2023, Nature
  • Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in the Haihe River: An investigation of a seagoing river flowing through a megacity in northern China, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Shu Tao frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors who have contributed to numerous joint publications. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Guofeng Shen
  • Huizhong Shen
  • Hefa Cheng
  • Jianmin Ma
  • Junfeng Liu

Best Publications

  • Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in Tianjin, China via consumption of vegetables and fish.

    Xilong Wang;T. Sato;Baoshan Xing;S. Tao

  • Global atmospheric emission inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for 2004

    Yanxu Zhang;Shu Tao

  • Global atmospheric emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from 1960 to 2008 and future predictions.

    Huizhong Shen;Ye Huang;Rong Wang;Dan Zhu

  • The Challenges and Solutions for Cadmium-contaminated Rice in China: A Critical Review.

    Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng;Shu Tao

  • Inhalation exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and lung cancer risk of Chinese population

    Yanxu Zhang;Shu Tao;Huizhong Shen;Jianmin Ma

  • Emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in China.

    Shanshan Xu;Wenxin Liu;Shu Tao

  • Interannual variations of monthly and seasonal normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in China from 1982 to 1999

    Shilong Piao;Jingyun Fang;Liming Zhou;Qinghua Guo;Qinghua Guo

  • Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation

    Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng;Shu Tao

  • The rise of South-South trade and its effect on global CO2 emissions

    Jing Meng;Jing Meng;Jing Meng;Zhifu Mi;Zhifu Mi;Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Jiashuo Li

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in agricultural soil and vegetables from Tianjin.

    S. Tao;Y.H. Cui;F.L. Xu;B.G. Li

  • Sorption of four hydrophobic organic compounds by three chemically distinct polymers: role of chemical and physical composition.

    Xiaoying Guo;Xilong Wang;Xinzhe Zhou;Xiangzhen Kong

  • Distribution characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soils from the largest vegetable production base in China

    Lu Yu;JiaoDi Zhang;Yang Liu;LiYuan Chen

  • Quantifying the rural residential energy transition in China from 1992 to 2012 through a representative national survey

    S. Tao;M. Y. Ru;M. Y. Ru;W. Du;X. Zhu

  • Source diagnostics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on species ratios: a multimedia approach.

    Zhang Xl;Tao S;Liu Wx;Yang Y

  • Changes in vegetation net primary productivity from 1982 to 1999 in China

    Shilong Piao;Jingyun Fang;Liming Zhou;Biao Zhu

  • Biological impact of environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (ePAHs) as endocrine disruptors

    Yanyan Zhang;Sijun Dong;Hongou Wang;Shu Tao

  • Contamination of rivers in Tianjin, China by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

    Z. Shi;S. Tao;B. Pan;W. Fan

  • Concentration and photochemistry of PAHs, NPAHs, and OPAHs and toxicity of PM2.5 during the Beijing Olympic Games.

    Wentao Wang;Narumol Jariyasopit;Jill Schrlau;Yuling Jia

  • Health risk assessment on dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Taiyuan, China

    Zhonghuan Xia;Xiaoli Duan;Weixun Qiu;Di Liu

  • Black Carbon Emissions in China from 1949 to 2050

    Rong Wang;Shu Tao;Wentao Wang;Junfeng Liu

  • Increasing net primary production in China from 1982 to 1999

    Jingyun Fang;Shilong Piao;Christopher B. Field;Yude Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Guofeng Shen
Guofeng Shen Peking University
Wenxin Liu
Wenxin Liu Peking University
Junfeng Liu
Junfeng Liu Peking University
Huizhong Shen
Huizhong Shen Southern University of Science and Technology
Bengang Li
Bengang Li Peking University
Yuanchen Chen
Yuanchen Chen Zhejiang University of Technology
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Fudan University
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ye Huang
Ye Huang Peking University

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