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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 55 2993 2864 601 600 192 11240
Environmental Sciences 56 3639 3475 393 389 202 11806

Xudong Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xudong Yang between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xudong Yang published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2023. 71 of the 353 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2023. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 35 publications 2023: 42 publications 2024: 36 publications 2025: 35 publications
1998 2025

353 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xudong Yang: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 6
2002 0
2003 3
2004 5
2005 4
2006 0
2007 4
2008 7
2009 11
2010 6
2011 7
2012 6
2013 6
2014 20
2015 11
2016 17
2017 12
2018 19
2019 27
2020 18
2021 15
2022 35
2023 42
2024 36
2025 35
Total 353
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Xudong Yang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xudong Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 188–197 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 192 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378 192
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Xudong Yang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xudong Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186 55
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Xudong Yang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their work spans multiple disciplines with a particular focus on topics related to air quality, energy optimization, and environmental impacts.

The main fields of study for their research include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these broad fields, Yang has made contributions to several subfields such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Their research also covers a wide range of topics including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Yang's frequent collaborators include Ming Shan, Mengsi Deng, Yazhou Nie, Junzhou He, and Rongjiang Ma, indicating a network of active partnerships within their research community.

The venues where Yang has published most frequently reflect a diverse set of academic journals centered on energy, environment, and building sciences. These include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building and Environment
  • Fuel
  • Journal of Building Engineering

Some of their notable recent papers are:

  • "Identification of species and sources of atmospheric chromophores by fluorescence excitation-emission matrix with parallel factor analysis" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Techno-economic performances of clean heating solutions to replace raw coal for heating in Northern rural China" (2021), Energy and Buildings
  • "Large-scale living laboratory of seasonal borehole thermal energy storage system for urban district heating" (2020), Applied Energy
  • "Experimental and numerical investigation of the combustion characteristics and NO emission behaviour during the co-combustion of biomass and coal" (2020), Fuel
  • "Cooling system energy flexibility of a nearly zero-energy office building using building thermal mass: Potential evaluation and parametric analysis" (2021), Energy and Buildings

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic oxidation for indoor air purification: a literature review

    Juan Zhao;Xudong Yang

  • Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment - a multidisciplinary systematic review.

    Yiping Li;G.M. Leung;J.W. Tang;X. Yang

  • Comparison of indoor aerosol particle concentration and deposition in different ventilated rooms by numerical method

    Bin Zhao;Ying Zhang;Xianting Li;Xudong Yang;Xudong Yang

  • Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005-2015.

    Bin Zhao;Haotian Zheng;Shuxiao Wang;Kirk R. Smith

  • Particle dispersion and deposition in ventilated rooms: Testing and evaluation of different Eulerian and Lagrangian models

    Bin Zhao;Caiqing Yang;Xudong Yang;Shuangke Liu

  • Numerical simulation of VOC emissions from dry materials

    X Yang;Q Chen;J.S Zhang;R Magee

  • CFD boundary conditions for contaminant dispersion, heat transfer and airflow simulations around human occupants in indoor environments

    Jelena Srebric;Vladimir Vukovic;Guoqing He;Xudong Yang

  • Antifungal capability of TiO2 coated film on moist wood

    Fengna Chen;Xudong Yang;Qiong Wu

  • Energy and environment in Chinese rural buildings: Situations, challenges, and intervention strategies

    Ming Shan;Pengsu Wang;Jiarong Li;Guangxi Yue

  • Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China

    Ellison Carter;Ellison Carter;Li Yan;Li Yan;Yu Fu;Brian Robinson

  • High-Temperature Particulate Matter Filtration with Resilient Yttria-Stabilized ZrO2 Nanofiber Sponge

    Haolun Wang;Haolun Wang;Sen Lin;Shen Yang;Xudong Yang

  • Photocatalytic oxidation for antimicrobial control in built environment : a brief literature overview

    Fengna Chen;Xudong Yang;Henry K.C. Mak;Daniel W.T. Chan

  • Nanofibrous membrane of graphene oxide-in-polyacrylonitrile composite with low filtration resistance for the effective capture of PM2.5

    Jing Li;Danzhen Zhang;Tingting Yang;Shen Yang

  • Identification of species and sources of atmospheric chromophores by fluorescence excitation-emission matrix with parallel factor analysis.

    Qingcai Chen;Jinwen Li;Xiaoyu Hua;Xiaotong Jiang

  • Design and optimization of a solar air heater with offset strip fin absorber plate

    Ming Yang;Xudong Yang;Xing Li;Zhifeng Wang

  • Seasonal variation in outdoor, indoor, and personal air pollution exposures of women using wood stoves in the Tibetan Plateau: Baseline assessment for an energy intervention study

    Kun Ni;Ellison Carter;James J. Schauer;Majid Ezzati

  • Study on a new correlation between diffusion coefficient and temperature in porous building materials

    Qinqin Deng;Xudong Yang;Jianshun Zhang

  • Long-Term Formaldehyde Emissions from Medium-Density Fiberboard in a Full-Scale Experimental Room: Emission Characteristics and the Effects of Temperature and Humidity.

    Weihui Liang;Shen Yang;Xudong Yang

  • Pollutant Emissions and Energy Efficiency of Chinese Gasifier Cooking Stoves and Implications for Future Intervention Studies

    Ellison M Carter;Ming Shan;Xudong Yang;Jiarong Li

  • A mass transfer model for simulating VOC sorption on building materials

    X. Yang;Q. Chen;J.S. Zhang;Y. An

  • Photocatalytic oxidation of Escherischia coli, Aspergillus niger, and formaldehyde under different ultraviolet irradiation conditions.

    Fengna Chen;Xudong Yang;Qiong Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jill Baumgartner
Jill Baumgartner McGill University
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Tsinghua University
Qingyan Chen
Qingyan Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Frank J. Kelly
Frank J. Kelly Imperial College London
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Xianting Li
Xianting Li Tsinghua University
Yi Jiang
Yi Jiang Tsinghua University
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder

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