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D-Index
50
Citations
9350
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4989
National Ranking
522

Zhengqiang Li 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 Zhengqiang Li sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 272 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhengqiang Li 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 Zhengqiang Li sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhengqiang Li is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their work primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics covered by Li include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

Frequent publication venues for Li's research include Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Environment, National Remote Sensing Bulletin, and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

Li has collaborated extensively with a range of coauthors. Notable frequent collaborators include Ying Zhang, Cheng Fan, Gerrit de Leeuw, Weizhen Hou, and Kaitao Li.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Li demonstrate research in multiple aspects of atmospheric remote sensing and air pollution:

  • A Comprehensive Description of Multi-Term LSM for Applying Multiple a Priori Constraints in Problems of Atmospheric Remote Sensing: GRASP Algorithm, Concept, and Applications (2021, Frontiers in Remote Sensing)
  • The Impact of the Control Measures during the COVID-19 Outbreak on Air Pollution in China (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Grand Challenges in Satellite Remote Sensing (2021, Frontiers in Remote Sensing)
  • LGHAP: the Long-term Gap-free High-resolution Air Pollutant concentration dataset, derived via tensor-flow-based multimodal data fusion (2022, Earth system science data)
  • Satellite remote sensing of atmospheric particulate matter mass concentration: Advances, challenges, and perspectives (2021, Fundamental Research)

Best Publications

  • Polarimetric remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: Instruments, methodologies, results, and perspectives

    Oleg Dubovik;Zhengqiang Li;Michael I. Mishchenko;Didier Tanré

  • New insights into PM 2.5 chemical composition and sources in two major cities in China during extreme haze events using aerosol mass spectrometry

    Miriam Elser;Ru-Jin Huang;Ru-Jin Huang;Robert Wolf;Jay G. Slowik

  • 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

  • Remote sensing of atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) mass concentration near the ground from satellite observation

    Ying Zhang;Zhengqiang Li

  • Instrument calibration and aerosol optical depth validation of the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network

    Huizheng Che;Xiaoye Zhang;Hongbin Chen;Bahaiddin Damiri

  • Comprehensive Study of Optical, Physical, Chemical, and Radiative Properties of Total Columnar Atmospheric Aerosols over China: An Overview of Sun-Sky Radiometer Observation Network (SONET) Measurements

    Z. Q. Li;H. Xu;K. T. Li;D. H. Li

  • Directional Polarimetric Camera (DPC): Monitoring aerosol spectral optical properties over land from satellite observation

    Zhengqiang Li;Weizhen Hou;Jin Hong;Fengxun Zheng

  • Aerosol physical and chemical properties retrieved from ground-based remote sensing measurements during heavy haze days in Beijing winter

    Z. Li;X. Gu;L. Wang;L. Wang;D. Li

  • A Comprehensive Description of Multi-Term LSM for Applying Multiple a Priori Constraints in Problems of Atmospheric Remote Sensing: GRASP Algorithm, Concept, and Applications

    O. Dubovik;David Fuertes;Pavel Litvinov;Anton Lopatin

  • The Impact of the Control Measures during the COVID-19 Outbreak on Air Pollution in China

    Cheng Fan;Ying Li;Jie Guang;Zhengqiang Li

  • LGHAP: the Long-term Gap-free High-resolution Air Pollutant concentration dataset, derived via tensor-flow-based multimodal data fusion

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  • Grand Challenges in Satellite Remote Sensing

    Oleg Dubovik;Gregory L. Schuster;Feng Xu;Yongxiang Hu

  • Retrieval of aerosol components directly from satellite and ground-based measurements

    Lei Li;Oleg Dubovik;Yevgeny Derimian;Gregory L. Schuster

  • Long-term trends and spatial patterns of satellite-retrieved PM2.5 concentrations in South and Southeast Asia from 1999 to 2014.

    Yusheng Shi;Yusheng Shi;Tsuneo Matsunaga;Yasushi Yamaguchi;Zhengqiang Li

  • Remote sensing of atmospheric particulate mass of dry PM2.5 near the ground: Method validation using ground-based measurements

    Zhengqiang Li;Ying Zhang;Jie Shao;Baosheng Li

  • GOCI Yonsei aerosol retrieval version 2 products: an improved algorithm and error analysis with uncertainty estimation from 5-year validation over East Asia

    Myungje Choi;Jhoon Kim;Jhoon Kim;Jaehwa Lee;Jaehwa Lee;Mijin Kim

  • Multi-angular polarimetric remote sensing to pinpoint global aerosol absorption and direct radiative forcing

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  • Planetary boundary layer height from CALIOP compared to radiosonde overChina

    Wanchun Zhang;Jianping Guo;Yucong Miao;Huan Liu

  • Estimate of aerosol absorbing components of black carbon, brown carbon, and dust from ground-based remote sensing data of sun-sky radiometers

    Ling Wang;Ling Wang;Zhengqiang Li;Qingjiu Tian;Yan Ma

  • Improvements for ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol properties by additional polarimetric measurements

    Zhengqiang Li;Philippe Goloub;Oleg Dubovik;Luc Blarel

  • Vertical profiles of NO 2 , SO 2 , HONO, HCHO, CHOCHO and aerosols derived from MAX-DOAS measurements at a rural site in the central western North China Plain and their relation to emission sources and effects of regional transport

    Yang Wang;Steffen Dörner;Sebastian Donner;Sebastian Böhnke

  • An overview of mesoscale aerosol processes, comparisons, and validation studies from DRAGON networks

    Brent N. Holben;Jhoon Kim;Itaru Sano;Sonoyo Mukai

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Goloub
Philippe Goloub University of Lille
Oleg Dubovik
Oleg Dubovik University of Lille
Gerrit de Leeuw
Gerrit de Leeuw Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Manfred Wendisch
Manfred Wendisch Leipzig University
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Zhanqing Li
Zhanqing Li University of Maryland, College Park
Huizheng Che
Huizheng Che China Meteorological Administration
Jhoon Kim
Jhoon Kim Yonsei University
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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