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Tian Lin 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 Tian Lin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 98 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tian Lin 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 Tian Lin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tian Lin is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has made significant contributions to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on the subfields of Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Tian Lin include Jingqian Xie, Limin Hu, Zhigang Guo, Zilan Wu, and Huimin Yu, showing a pattern of consistent scientific partnership.

The venues where Tian Lin frequently publishes reflect the diverse yet specialized nature of the research, including The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Water Research.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Novel insights into the adsorption of organic contaminants by biochar: A review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water, sediment, and air of the Bohai Sea and its surrounding rivers, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Occurrence, phase distribution, and bioaccumulation of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in mariculture farms of the Beibu Gulf, China: A health risk assessment through seafood consumption, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental profile, distributions and potential sources of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Occurrence, behavior, and fate of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in subtropical paddy field environment: A case study in Nanning City of South China, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • High-resolution depositional records of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the central continental shelf mud of the East China Sea.

    Zhigang Guo;Tian Lin;Gan Zhang;Zuosheng Yang

  • Distribution of sedimentary organic matter in estuarine–inner shelf regions of the East China Sea: Implications for hydrodynamic forces and anthropogenic impact

    Limin Hu;Xuefa Shi;Zhigang Yu;Tian Lin;Tian Lin

  • The sedimentary fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Yangtze River Estuary coastal sea for the past century.

    Zhigang Guo;Tian Lin;Gan Zhang;Mei Zheng

  • Occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface sediments of the Bohai Sea, China

    Limin Hu;Gan Zhang;Binhui Zheng;Yanwen Qin

  • Levels and Mass Burden of DDTs in Sediments from Fishing Harbors: The Importance of DDT-Containing Antifouling Paint to the Coastal Environment of China

    Tian Lin;Zhaohui Hu;Gan Zhang;Xiangdong Li

  • Concentration, source identification, and exposure risk assessment of PM2.5-bound parent PAHs and nitro-PAHs in atmosphere from typical Chinese cities.

    Di Liu;Tian Lin;Jabir Hussain Syed;Zhineng Cheng

  • Emerging and legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water, sediment, and air of the Bohai Sea and its surrounding rivers

    Zhen Zhao;Xianghui Cheng;Xia Hua;Bin Jiang

  • Occurrence and Concentrations of Halogenated Flame Retardants in the Atmospheric Fine Particles in Chinese Cities

    Di Liu;Tian Lin;Kaijun Shen;Jun Li

  • The role of shelf mud depositional process and large river inputs on the fate of organochlorine pesticides in sediments of the Yellow and East China seas

    L. M. Hu;T. Lin;X. F. Shi;Z. S. Yang

  • Sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 over the East China Sea, a downwind domain of East Asian continental outflow

    Fengwen Wang;Tian Lin;Yuanyuan Li;Tianyi Ji

  • Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 using positive matrix factorization modeling in Shanghai, China

    Fengwen Wang;Tian Lin;Jialiang Feng;Huaiyu Fu

  • Evidence for Major Contributions of Unintentionally Produced PCBs in the Air of China: Implications for the National Source Inventory

    Shizhen Zhao;Kevin C. Jones;Jun Li;Andrew J. Sweetman

  • Seasonal variation of carbonaceous pollutants in PM2.5 at an urban ‘supersite’ in Shanghai, China

    Fengwen Wang;Zhigang Guo;Tian Lin;Neil L. Rose

  • 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

  • Deposition fluxes and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Yangtze River estuarine‐inner shelf in the East China Sea

    Tian Lin;Limin Hu;Zhigang Guo;Zhigang Guo;Gan Zhang

  • Time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in East China Seas: Response to the booming of PBDE pollution industry in China.

    Yuanyuan Li;Tian Lin;Limin Hu;Jialiang Feng

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediments of the coastal East China Sea: Occurrence, distribution and mass inventory

    Yuanyuan Li;Tian Lin;Yingjun Chen;Limin Hu

  • Occurrence, phase distribution, and bioaccumulation of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in mariculture farms of the Beibu Gulf, China: A health risk assessment through seafood consumption.

    Ruijie Zhang;Kefu Yu;An Li;Weibin Zeng

  • Distribution and mass inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the south Bohai Sea, China.

    Yanwen Qin;Binghui Zheng;Kun Lei;Tian Lin

  • Sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to sediments of the Bohai and Yellow Seas in East Asia

    Tian Lin;Limin Hu;Zhigang Guo;Zhigang Guo;Yanwen Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhigang Guo
Zhigang Guo Fudan University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yingjun Chen
Yingjun Chen Fudan University
Chongguo Tian
Chongguo Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences
An Li
An Li University of Illinois at Chicago
Zuosheng Yang
Zuosheng Yang Ocean University of China
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jianhui Tang
Jianhui Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunling Luo
Chunling Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University

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