Hong Liao

22.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
326 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Hong Liao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Liao has authored 326 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 283 papers in Atmospheric Science, 184 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 160 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Hong Liao's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (274 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (157 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (137 papers). Hong Liao is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (274 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (157 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (137 papers). Hong Liao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Hong Liao's co-authors include Ke Li, John H. Seinfeld, Lu Shen, Yang Yang, Daniel J. Jacob, Qiang Zhang, Kelvin H. Bates, Jia Zhu, Ruijun Dang and Xu Yue and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hong Liao

306 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Anthropogenic drivers of 2013–2017 trends in summer surface ozone in China

2018 1.2k citations Ke Li, Daniel J. Jacob et al. profile →
Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

2017 617 citations Hong Liao et al. profile →
A two-pollutant strategy for improving ozone and particulate air quality in China

2019 614 citations Ke Li, Daniel J. Jacob et al. profile →
Fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) trends in China, 2013–2018: separating contributions from anthropogenic emissions and meteorology

2019 552 citations Shixian Zhai, Lu Shen et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Weather conditions conducive to Beijing severe haze more frequent under climate change

2017 516 citations Ke Li, Hong Liao et al. profile →
Increases in surface ozone pollution in China from 2013 to 2019: anthropogenic and meteorological influences

2020 417 citations Ke Li, Daniel J. Jacob et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Ozone pollution in the North China Plain spreading into the late-winter haze season

2021 258 citations Ke Li, Daniel J. Jacob et al. profile →

Peers

Hong Liao

HTM

GPC

Xuexi Tie United States

Yu Song China

Zifa Wang China

Daven K. Henze United States

Xin Huang China

Colette L. Heald United States

Larry W. Horowitz United States

Christine Wiedinmyer United States

Jeffrey R. Pierce United States

Russell R. Dickerson United States

Xuexi Tie United States

Hong Liao

14.9k ×1.2

8.6k ×1.1

HTM

8.9k ×1.2

GPC

3.3k ×0.8

1.5k ×1.4

Citations per year, relative to Hong Liao Hong Liao (= 1×) peers Xuexi Tie

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Liao

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Liao

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Liao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hong Liao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hong Liao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hong Liao. Hong Liao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhu, Jia, et al.. (2025). Meteorological influence on surface ozone trends in China: assessing uncertainties caused by multi-dataset and multi-method. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(20). 13863–13878. 1 indexed citations

Gu, Yixuan, Daven K. Henze, & Hong Liao. (2025). Sources of PM2.5 exposure and health benefits of clean air actions in Shanghai. Environment International. 195. 109259–109259. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, D. J., Yujin J. Oak, Ruijun Dang, et al.. (2025). Wintertime Trends of Fine Particulate Matter (PM _2.5 ) in South Korea, 2012–2022: Response of Nitrate and Organic Components to Decreasing NO _x Emissions. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(19). 2 indexed citations

Liao, Hong, et al.. (2024). Nighttime ozone excess days and the associated meteorological conditions in the North China Plain from 2015 to 2022. Atmospheric Environment. 330. 120561–120561. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Chao, et al.. (2024). Evaluating coarse PM composition and sources based on bulk and molecular speciation of PM2.5 and PM10 in Nanjing, East China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 152. 155–166. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiangyu, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variations of PM2.5 organic molecular markers in five central cities of the Yangtze River Delta, East China in autumn and winter: Implications for regional and local sources of organic aerosols. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 2). 125227–125227. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Pinya, Yang Yang, Huimin Li, et al.. (2024). Impacts of tropical cyclone–heat wave compound events on surface ozone in eastern China: comparison between the Yangtze River and Pearl River deltas. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(20). 11775–11789. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Unique impacts of strong and westward-extended western Pacific subtropical high on ozone pollution over eastern China. Environmental Pollution. 358. 124515–124515. 4 indexed citations

Liao, Hong, et al.. (2024). Impacts of land cover changes on summer surface ozone in China during 2000–2019. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174821–174821. 2 indexed citations

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Gong, Cheng, Hanqin Tian, Hong Liao, et al.. (2024). Global net climate effects of anthropogenic reactive nitrogen. Nature. 632(8025). 557–563. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Pinya, Yang Yang, Daokai Xue, et al.. (2023). Aerosols overtake greenhouse gases causing a warmer climate and more weather extremes toward carbon neutrality. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7257–7257. 64 indexed citations

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Li, Jiandong, Xin Hao, Hong Liao, et al.. (2023). Air pollution mitigation in North China through flexible heating policies. Environmental Research Letters. 18(2). 24026–24026. 4 indexed citations

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Liao, Hong, Ke Li, Xu Yue, et al.. (2023). Composited analyses of the chemical and physical characteristics of co-polluted days by ozone and PM _2.5 over 2013–2020 in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(1). 23–39. 20 indexed citations

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Colombi, Nadia K., Daniel J. Jacob, Laura Hyesung Yang, et al.. (2023). Why is ozone in South Korea and the Seoul metropolitan area so high and increasing?. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(7). 4031–4044. 41 indexed citations

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Xiao, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Discordant future climate-driven changes in winter PM2.5 pollution across India under a warming climate. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Hailong Wang, Pinya Wang, et al.. (2023). Climate responses in China to domestic and foreign aerosol changes due to clean air actions during 2013–2019. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haoran, Nan Li, Hong Liao, et al.. (2022). Estimation of secondary PM _2.5 in China and the United States using a multi-tracer approach. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(8). 5495–5514. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Yiyi, Jianlin Hu, Jia Zhu, et al.. (2021). Health Burden and economic impacts attributed to PM2.5 and O3 in china from 2010 to 2050 under different representative concentration pathway scenarios. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 173. 105731–105731. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haoran, Nan Li, Hong Liao, et al.. (2021). Estimation of Secondary PM _2.5 in China and the United States using a Multi-Tracer Approach. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Lu, Daniel J. Jacob, Xiong Liu, et al.. (2019). An evaluation of the ability of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) to observe boundary layer ozone pollution across China: application to 2005–2017 ozone trends. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(9). 6551–6560. 71 indexed citations

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