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D-Index
53
Citations
9382
World Ranking
4287
National Ranking
455

Yang Gao 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 Yang Gao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 347 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yang Gao 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 Yang Gao sits on this spectrum.

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: 199 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: 19 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: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Effects of meteorology and secondary particle formation on visibility during heavy haze events in Beijing, China

    Qiang Zhang;Jiannong Quan;Xuexi Tie;Xuexi Tie;Xia Li

  • Evolution of planetary boundary layer under different weather conditions, and its impact on aerosol concentrations

    Jiannong Quan;Yang Gao;Qiang Zhang;Xuexi Tie;Xuexi Tie

  • Characteristics of heavy aerosol pollution during the 2012–2013 winter in Beijing, China

    Jiannong Quan;Xuexi Tie;Xuexi Tie;Qiang Zhang;Quan Liu

  • Projected changes of extreme weather events in the eastern United States based on a high resolution climate modeling system

    Y. Gao;J. S. Fu;J. B. Drake;Y. Liu

  • Impact assessment of biomass burning on air quality in Southeast and East Asia during BASE-ASIA

    Kan Huang;Joshua S. Fu;Joshua S. Fu;N. Christina Hsu;Yang Gao

  • Dynamical and thermodynamical modulations on future changes of landfalling atmospheric rivers over western North America

    Yang Gao;Jian Lu;L. Ruby Leung;Qing Yang

  • Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development

    Xiao Zhang;Hong-Yi Li;Hong-Yi Li;Zhiqun Daniel Deng;Claudia Ringler

  • Substantial ozone enhancement over the North China Plain from increased biogenic emissions due to heat waves and land cover in summer 2017

    Mingchen Ma;Yang Gao;Yuhang Wang;Shaoqing Zhang

  • Observations of the vertical distributions of summertime atmospheric pollutants and the corresponding ozone production in Shanghai, China

    Chengzhi Xing;Cheng Liu;Shanshan Wang;Ka Lok Chan

  • Temporal and spatial distributions of dust and its deposition to the China Sea

    Y. Gao;R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;X. Y. Zhang

  • A projection of changes in landfalling atmospheric river frequency and extreme precipitation over western North America from the Large Ensemble CESM simulations

    Samson M. Hagos;L. Ruby Leung;Jin‐Ho Yoon;Jian Lu

  • Sensitivity of U.S. summer precipitation to model resolution and convective parameterizations across gray zone resolutions

    Yang Gao;Yang Gao;L. Ruby Leung;Chun Zhao;Samson Hagos

  • The impact of emission and climate change on ozone in the United States under representative concentration pathways (RCPs)

    Y. Gao;Y. Gao;J. S. Fu;J. B. Drake;J.-F. Lamarque

  • Distribution of heavy metals and metalloids in bulk and particle size fractions of soils from coal-mine brownfield and implications on human health

    Unknown

  • Effect of heterogeneous aqueous reactions on the secondary formation of inorganic aerosols during haze events

    Jiannong Quan;Quan Liu;Xia Li;Yang Gao

  • A budget analysis of the formation of haze in Beijing

    Xuexi Tie;Xuexi Tie;Qiang Zhang;Hui He;Junji Cao

  • Potential threat of heavy metals and PAHs in PM2.5 in different urban functional areas of Beijing

    Unknown

  • Evaluating the influences of biomass burning during 2006 BASE-ASIA: a regional chemical transport modeling

    J. S. Fu;N. C. Hsu;Y. Gao;K. Huang

  • Development and Assessment of a High-Resolution Biogenic Emission Inventory from Urban Green Spaces in China.

    Unknown

  • Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Impacts of Future Heat Waves on Mortality in the Eastern United States

    Jianyong Wu;Ying Zhou;Yang Gao;Joshua S. Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua S. Fu
Joshua S. Fu University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Xiaohong Yao
Xiaohong Yao Ocean University of China
Lai-yung Ruby Leung
Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kan Huang
Kan Huang Fudan University
Kun Luo
Kun Luo Zhejiang University
Hang Su
Hang Su Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jianren Fan
Jianren Fan Zhejiang University
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Tsinghua University
Minghuai Wang
Minghuai Wang Nanjing University

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