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D-Index
73
Citations
15760
World Ranking
1451
National Ranking
617

Yuhang Wang 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 Yuhang Wang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 250 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuhang Wang 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 Yuhang Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yuhang Wang is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, conducting research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their academic output spans topics centered on atmospheric phenomena, air quality, health impacts, and environmental gas dynamics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad disciplines, the subfields of interest are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Their research covers several key topics, reflecting a focus on air and atmospheric chemistry as well as ecological impacts:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Yuhang Wang has published frequently in scientific journals, with many contributions in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on atmospheric emissions, radiative effects, microscopy techniques, and heterogeneous chemistry. Selected publications include:

  • "NOx Emission Reduction and Recovery during COVID-19 in East China," 2020, Atmosphere
  • "Modeling the global radiative effect of brown carbon: a potentially larger heating source in the tropical free troposphere than black carbon," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Global Measurements of Brown Carbon and Estimated Direct Radiative Effects," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Single-shot isotropic differential interference contrast microscopy," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "No Evidence for a Significant Impact of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Radical Concentrations in the North China Plain in Summer 2014," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Mingjie Xie
  • Hong Liao
  • Yang Gao
  • Xinming Wang
  • Wei Feng

Best Publications

  • Global simulation of tropospheric O3-NOx-hydrocarbon chemistry: 1. Model formulation

    Yuhang Wang;Daniel James Jacob;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Climate forcings in Goddard Institute for Space Studies SI2000 simulations

    J. Hansen;M. Sato;M. Sato;L. Nazarenko;L. Nazarenko;R. Ruedy

  • Global simulation of tropospheric O 3 -NO x -hydrocarbon chemistry: 3. Origin of tropospheric ozone and effects of nonmethane hydrocarbons

    Yuhang Wang;Daniel James Jacob;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Anthropogenic forcing on tropospheric ozone and OH since preindustrial times

    Yuhang Wang;Daniel James Jacob

  • Column aerosol optical properties and aerosol radiative forcing during a serious haze-fog month over North China Plain in 2013 based on ground-based sunphotometer measurements

    H. Che;X. Xia;J. Zhu;Z. Li

  • Ground-based aerosol climatology of China: aerosol optical depths from the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network (CARSNET) 2002–2013

    H. Che;X.-Y. Zhang;X. Xia;X. Xia;P. Goloub

  • Global simulation of tropospheric O3-NOx-hydrocarbon chemistry: 2. Model evaluation and global ozone budget

    Yuhang Wang;Jennifer A. Logan;Daniel James Jacob

  • Top-of-atmosphere radiative forcing affected by brown carbon in the upper troposphere

    Yuzhong Zhang;Haviland Forrister;Jiumeng Liu;Jack Dibb

  • Indirect validation of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide retrieved from the OMI satellite instrument: Insight into the seasonal variation of nitrogen oxides at northern midlatitudes

    L.N. Lamsal;R.V. Martin;R.V. Martin;A. van Donkelaar;E.A. Celarier

  • The 2010 Russian drought impact on satellite measurements of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Insights from modeling and comparisons with parameters derived from satellite reflectances

    Y. Yoshida;J. Joiner;C. Tucker;J. Berry

  • NOx emission reduction and recovery during COVID-19 in East China

    Ruixiong Zhang;Yuzhong Zhang;Haipeng Lin;Xu Feng

  • Source apportionment of PM2.5: Comparing PMF and CMB results for four ambient monitoring sites in the southeastern United States

    Sangil Lee;Wei Liu;Yuhang Wang;Armistead G. Russell

  • Arctic sea ice, Eurasia snow, and extreme winter haze in China

    Yufei Zou;Yuhang Wang;Yuzhong Zhang;Ja Ho Koo

  • Seasonal budgets of reactive nitrogen species and ozone over the United States, and export fluxes to the global atmosphere

    Jinyou Liang;Larry W. Horowitz;Daniel James Jacob;Yuhang Wang

  • Modeling the global radiative effect of brown carbon: a potentially larger heating source in the tropical free troposphere than black carbon

    Aoxing Zhang;Yuhang Wang;Yuzhong Zhang;Yuzhong Zhang;Rodney J. Weber

  • Constraining global isoprene emissions with Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) formaldehyde column measurements

    Changsub Shim;Yuhang Wang;Yunsoo Choi;Paul I. Palmer

  • Summertime photochemistry during CAREBeijing-2007: ROx budgets and O3 formation

    Zhen Liu;Zhen Liu;Y. Wang;Dasa Gu;Chun Zhao;Chun Zhao

  • 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

  • On the origin of tropospheric ozone and NOx over the tropical South Pacific

    Martin G. Schultz;Daniel James Jacob;Yuhang Wang;Yuhang Wang;Jennifer A. Logan

  • Atmospheric aerosol over two urban-rural pairs in the southeastern United States: Chemical composition and possible sources

    Wei Liu;Yuhang Wang;Armistead Russell;Eric S. Edgerton

  • Global Measurements of Brown Carbon and Estimated Direct Radiative Effects

    Linghan Zeng;Aoxing Zhang;Yuhang Wang;Nicholas L. Wagner;Nicholas L. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Andrew J. Weinheimer National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kelly Chance
Kelly Chance Harvard University
Jin Liao
Jin Liao Goddard Space Flight Center
Brian A. Ridley
Brian A. Ridley National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
Douglas D. Davis
Douglas D. Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Armistead G. Russell
Armistead G. Russell Georgia Institute of Technology
Chun Zhao
Chun Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Nicola J. Blake
Nicola J. Blake University of California, Irvine

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