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Yuanhang Zhang

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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
100
Citations
32408
World Ranking
384
National Ranking
52

Yuanhang Zhang 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 Yuanhang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 312 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuanhang Zhang 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 Yuanhang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Yuanhang Zhang is affiliated with Peking University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and atmospheric sciences, with significant contributions in engineering and earth and planetary sciences.

The main fields of study covered by Zhang's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of expertise are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Environmental Engineering

Zhang's research topics focus on:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Among their frequent collaborators are Min Hu, Keding Lu, Limin Zeng, Xin Li, and Haichao Wang.

Zhang has published extensively in various scientific journals. The most common publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhang are:

  • Rapid Increases in Warm-Season Surface Ozone and Resulting Health Impact in China Since 2013, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Contrasting trends of PM2.5 and surface-ozone concentrations in China from 2013 to 2017, 2020, National Science Review
  • An explicit study of local ozone budget and NOx-VOCs sensitivity in Shenzhen China, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Mutual promotion between aerosol particle liquid water and particulate nitrate enhancement leads to severe nitrate-dominated particulate matter pollution and low visibility, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • VOC characteristics, chemical reactivity and sources in urban Wuhan, central China, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

Best Publications

  • Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017.

    Qiang Zhang;Yixuan Zheng;Dan Tong;Min Shao

  • Severe Surface Ozone Pollution in China: A Global Perspective

    Xiao Lu;Jiayun Hong;Lin Zhang;Owen R. Cooper;Owen R. Cooper

  • Seasonal trends in PM2.5 source contributions in Beijing, China

    Mei Zheng;Lynn G. Salmon;James J. Schauer;Limin Zeng

  • Amplified trace gas removal in the troposphere.

    Andreas Hofzumahaus;Franz Rohrer;Keding Lu;Keding Lu;Birger Bohn

  • Air quality during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

    David G. Streets;Joshua S. Fu;Carey J. Jang;Jiming Hao

  • Soil Nitrite as a Source of Atmospheric HONO and OH Radicals

    Hang Su;Yafang Cheng;Yafang Cheng;Robert Oswald;Thomas Behrendt

  • Rapid Increases in Warm-Season Surface Ozone and Resulting Health Impact in China since 2013

    Xiao Lu;Lin Zhang;Xiaolin Wang;Meng Gao

  • Contrasting trends of PM2.5 and surface-ozone concentrations in China from 2013 to 2017

    Yonghong Wang;Yonghong Wang;Wenkang Gao;Shuai Wang;Tao Song

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5 in Beijing by positive matrix factorization

    Yu Song;Yuanhang Zhang;Shaodong Xie;Limin Zeng

  • Measurement of emissions of fine particulate organic matter from Chinese cooking

    Ling-Yan He;Min Hu;Xiao-Feng Huang;Ben-De Yu

  • Ground-level ozone in the Pearl River Delta and the roles of VOC and NOx in its production

    Min Shao;Yuanhang Zhang;Limin Zeng;Xiaoyan Tang

  • Radical chemistry at a rural site (Wangdu) in the North China Plain: observation and model calculations of OH, HO 2 and RO 2 radicals

    Zhaofeng Tan;Hendrik Fuchs;Keding Lu;Andreas Hofzumahaus

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5 in Beijing using principal component analysis/absolute principal component scores and UNMIX.

    Yu Song;Shaodong Xie;Yuanhang Zhang;Limin Zeng

  • Characteristics, source apportionment and contribution of VOCs to ozone formation in Wuhan, Central China

    Lirong Hui;Xingang Liu;Qinwen Tan;Miao Feng

  • Regional ozone pollution and observation-based approach for analyzing ozone–precursor relationship during the PRIDE-PRD2004 campaign

    Y.H. Zhang;H. Su;L.J. Zhong;Y.F. Cheng

  • Source profiles of particulate organic matters emitted from cereal straw burnings.

    Yuan-xun Zhang;Min Shao;Yuan-hang Zhang;Li-min Zeng

  • Exploring ozone pollution in Chengdu, southwestern China: A case study from radical chemistry to O3-VOC-NOx sensitivity.

    Zhaofeng Tan;Keding Lu;Meiqing Jiang;Rong Su

  • Regional Integrated Experiments on Air Quality over Pearl River Delta 2004 (PRIDE-PRD2004): Overview

    Y. H. Zhang;M. Hu;L. J. Zhong;A. Wiedensohler

  • Optical properties and chemical composition of the atmospheric aerosol in urban Guangzhou, China

    Meinrat O. Andreae;Otmar Schmid;Hong Yang;Duli Chand

  • Aerosol radiative, physical, and chemical properties in Beijing during June 1999

    M. H. Bergin;G. R. Cass;J. Xu;C. Fang

  • Daytime atmospheric oxidation capacity in four Chinese megacities during the photochemically polluted season: a case study based on box model simulation

    Zhaofeng Tan;Keding Lu;Meiqing Jiang;Rong Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Hu
Min Hu Peking University
Keding Lu
Keding Lu Peking University
Limin Zeng
Limin Zeng Peking University
Min Shao
Min Shao Peking University
Xin Li
Xin Li Peking University
Xingang Liu
Xingang Liu Beijing Normal University
Ling-Yan He
Ling-Yan He Peking University
Tong Zhu
Tong Zhu Peking University
Mei Zheng
Mei Zheng Peking University
Yusheng Wu
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