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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 57 3368 3218 1295 1198 128 17961

Zifeng Lu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zifeng Lu between 2007 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zifeng Lu published across 19 years, from 2007 to 2025, averaging 8.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2020. 25 of the 169 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2007 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2020. 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 17 publications
2007 2025

169 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zifeng Lu: publications per year, 2007 to 2025
Year Publications
2007 2
2008 1
2009 3
2010 3
2011 5
2012 5
2013 7
2014 12
2015 11
2016 12
2017 11
2018 10
2019 17
2020 18
2021 9
2022 7
2023 11
2024 8
2025 17
Total 169
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Zifeng Lu 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 Zifeng Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 128 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 128
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Zifeng Lu 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 Zifeng Lu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 198 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: 20 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: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204 57
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Zifeng Lu is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research interests encompass multiple subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The main topics of their work cover a range of environmental and energy-related areas, such as:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency

Zifeng Lu frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Energy

Frequent collaborators in Lu's research include Michael Wang, Xin He, Yu Gan, Jessey Bouchard, and David G. Streets. These coauthors have appeared together on numerous publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts.

Highlighted recent papers by Zifeng Lu include:

  • Disentangling the Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdowns on Urban NO2 From Natural Variability, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • TROPOMI NO2 in the United States: A Detailed Look at the Annual Averages, Weekly Cycles, Effects of Temperature, and Correlation With Surface NO2 Concentrations, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Natural gas shortages during the "coal-to-gas" transition in China have caused a large redistribution of air pollution in winter 2017, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A methodology to constrain carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants using satellite observations of co-emitted nitrogen dioxide, 2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Greenhouse gas consequences of the China dual credit policy, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Historical (1750–2014) anthropogenic emissions of reactive gases and aerosols from the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

    Rachel M. Hoesly;Steven J. Smith;Leyang Feng;Zbigniew Klimont

  • MIX: a mosaic Asian anthropogenic emission inventory under the international collaboration framework of the MICS-Asia and HTAP

    Meng Li;Qiang Zhang;Jun-ichi Kurokawa;Jung-Hun Woo

  • Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

    Qiang Zhang;Xujia Jiang;Dan Tong;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

  • Sulfur dioxide and primary carbonaceous aerosol emissions in China and India, 1996-2010

    Z. Lu;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets

  • Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Chris A. McLinden;Can Li;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

    Z. Lu;D. G. Streets;Q. Zhang;S. Wang;S. Wang

  • All-Time Releases of Mercury to the Atmosphere from Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Molly K. Devane;Zifeng Lu;Tami C. Bond

  • A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)

    Bryan N. Duncan;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Anne M. Thompson;Yasuko Yoshida

  • Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

    David G. Streets;Timothy Canty;Gregory R. Carmichael;Benjamin de Foy

  • Total Mercury Released to the Environment by Human Activities

    David G. Streets;Hannah M. Horowitz;Daniel J. Jacob;Zifeng Lu

  • Mapping Asian anthropogenic emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds to multiple chemical mechanisms

    M. Li;Q. Zhang;D. G. Streets;K. B. He

  • Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units

    Dan Tong;Qiang Zhang;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Fei Liu

  • U.S. NO2 trends (2005–2013): EPA Air Quality System (AQS) data versus improved observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

    Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Nickolay A. Krotkov

  • Sources, distribution, and acidity of sulfate–ammonium aerosol in the Arctic in winter–spring

    Jenny A. Fisher;Daniel James Jacob;Qiaoqiao Wang;Roya Bahreini;Roya Bahreini

  • Fifteen-Year Global Time Series of Satellite-Derived Fine Particulate Matter

    B. L. Boys;R. V. Martin;R. V. Martin;A. van Donkelaar;R. J. MacDonell

  • Global and regional trends in mercury emissions and concentrations, 2010–2015

    David G. Streets;Hannah M. Horowitz;Zifeng Lu;Leonard Levin

  • Disentangling the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on urban NO 2 from natural variability.

    Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Susan C. Anenberg;Debora Griffin;Chris A. McLinden

  • Light absorption properties and radiative effects of primary organic aerosol emissions.

    Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;Ekbordin Winijkul;Fang Yan

  • Global Chemical Composition of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter for Exposure Assessment

    Sajeev Philip;Randall V Martin;Randall V Martin;Aaron van Donkelaar;Jason Wai-Ho Lo

  • Estimates of power plant NOx emissions and lifetimes from OMI NO2 satellite retrievals

    Benjamin de Foy;Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Enhanced Capabilities of TROPOMI NO2: Estimating NOX from North American Cities and Power Plants.

    Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Daniel L. Goldberg;Zifeng Lu;Zifeng Lu;David G. Streets;David G. Streets;Benjamin de Foy

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Streets
David G. Streets Harvard University
Lok N. Lamsal
Lok N. Lamsal Goddard Space Flight Center
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Bryan N. Duncan
Bryan N. Duncan Goddard Space Flight Center
Tami C. Bond
Tami C. Bond Colorado State University
Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Meng Li
Meng Li Peking University
Gregory R. Carmichael
Gregory R. Carmichael University of Iowa
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis

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