Shichang Kang

45.6k total citations · 10 hit papers
828 papers, 32.9k citations indexed

About

Shichang Kang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Shichang Kang has authored 828 papers receiving a total of 32.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 635 papers in Atmospheric Science, 288 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 245 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Shichang Kang's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (340 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (312 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (150 papers). Shichang Kang is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (340 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (312 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (150 papers). Shichang Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Shichang Kang's co-authors include Yulan Zhang, Qinglong You, Qianggong Zhang, Zhiyuan Cong, Mika Sillanpää, Nick Pepin, Tandong Yao, Chaoliu Li, Tanguang Gao and Dahe Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Shichang Kang

810 papers receiving 32.4k citations

Hit Papers

Review of climate and cry... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2020 2021 2010 2011 250 500 750
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.

  1. Review of climate and cryospheric change in the Tibetan Plateau
    2010 937 citations Shichang Kang, Qinglong You et al. profile →
  2. Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives
    2020 930 citations Yulan Zhang, Shichang Kang et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  3. Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk
    2021 623 citations Yulan Zhang, Shichang Kang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  4. Changes in daily climate extremes in China and their connection to the large scale atmospheric circulation during 1961–2003
    2010 466 citations Qinglong You, Shichang Kang et al. profile →
  5. Monitoring lake level changes on the Tibetan Plateau using ICESat altimetry data (2003–2009)
    2011 458 citations Shichang Kang et al. profile →
  6. Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources
    2020 379 citations Yulan Zhang, Shichang Kang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  7. Sources of black carbon to the Himalayan–Tibetan Plateau glaciers
    2016 353 citations Chaoliu Li, Shichang Kang et al. profile →
  8. Linking atmospheric pollution to cryospheric change in the Third Pole region: current progress and future prospects
    2019 328 citations Shichang Kang, Qianggong Zhang et al. profile →
  9. Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences
    2021 297 citations Qinglong You, Shichang Kang et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →
  10. Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation
    2021 288 citations Minghui Wu, Shengyun Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shichang Kang China 89 21.1k 11.9k 8.6k 5.7k 3.2k 828 32.9k
Frank Dentener Italy 78 14.7k 0.7× 12.4k 1.0× 6.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.3× 4.8k 1.5× 181 30.0k
James N. Galloway United States 89 10.9k 0.5× 8.2k 0.7× 3.6k 0.4× 4.2k 0.7× 11.2k 3.5× 313 44.4k
Mark A. Sutton United Kingdom 67 6.5k 0.3× 5.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 5.9k 1.8× 289 25.5k
Charles T. Driscoll United States 92 4.8k 0.2× 5.0k 0.4× 9.2k 1.1× 5.6k 1.0× 8.9k 2.7× 564 34.0k
Örjan Gustafsson Sweden 74 9.2k 0.4× 4.6k 0.4× 8.6k 1.0× 4.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 275 19.1k
N. M. Mahowald United States 86 16.5k 0.8× 14.2k 1.2× 2.7k 0.3× 1.4k 0.2× 3.4k 1.1× 247 25.9k
Jingyun Fang China 95 4.9k 0.2× 12.9k 1.1× 5.8k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 7.5k 2.3× 342 35.2k
Sybil P. Seitzinger United States 74 5.7k 0.3× 5.9k 0.5× 2.6k 0.3× 3.5k 0.6× 9.5k 2.9× 127 34.0k
Xuejun Liu China 66 4.8k 0.2× 3.5k 0.3× 2.9k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 3.9k 1.2× 418 20.9k
Thorsten Dittmar Germany 80 5.9k 0.3× 3.8k 0.3× 3.5k 0.4× 2.7k 0.5× 13.6k 4.2× 278 29.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shichang Kang

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All Works

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Li, Chaoliu, Zhaofu Hu, Shichang Kang, et al.. (2025). Longer Lifetime of BC from Fossil Fuel Combustion than from Biomass Burning: Δ14C Evidence. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(9). 4571–4577.
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Wen, Qian, Xiufeng Yin, Abulimiti Moming, et al.. (2024). Viral communities locked in high elevation permafrost up to 100 m in depth on the Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 932. 172829–172829. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yulan, Shichang Kang, Xi Luo, et al.. (2024). Microplastics in landfast sea ice of Alaskan Arctic: Characteristics and potential sources. 17(2). 65–72. 2 indexed citations
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Gul, Chaman, Cenlin He, Shichang Kang, et al.. (2024). Measured black carbon deposition over the central Himalayan glaciers: Concentrations in surface snow and impact on snow albedo reduction. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 15(9). 102203–102203. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Zhiwen, Chunlei Zong, Xiaoli Liu, et al.. (2024). Global-scale constraints on the origins of aerosol iron using stable iron isotopes: A review. Earth-Science Reviews. 258. 104943–104943. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaohong, Junming Guo, Jie Huang, et al.. (2024). Important accumulated mercury pool in a remote alpine forest and dynamic accumulation revealed by tree rings in China's Qilian Mountains. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175441–175441. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Xiufeng, Hui Zhang, Xuewu Fu, et al.. (2024). Transport of Exogenous Anthropogenic Atmospheric Mercury to the Tibetan Plateau Identified Using Mercury Stable Isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(21).
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Niu, Hewen, et al.. (2024). A review of physicochemical properties of dissolved organic carbon and its impact over mountain glaciers. Journal of Mountain Science. 21(1). 1–19. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Haipeng, et al.. (2024). Aerosol–meteorology feedback diminishes the transboundary transport of black carbon into the Tibetan Plateau. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(1). 85–107. 5 indexed citations
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Ye, Yang, Qinglong You, Zheng Jin, et al.. (2023). The reconstruction for the monthly surface air temperature over the Tibetan Plateau during 1901–2020 by deep learning. Atmospheric Research. 285. 106635–106635. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Chengde, et al.. (2023). Improvement of streamflow simulation by combining physically hydrological model with deep learning methods in data-scarce glacial river basin. Journal of Hydrology. 625. 129990–129990. 22 indexed citations
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Zhao, Liangju, et al.. (2023). Climate and industrial pollution determine the seasonal and spatial mercury variations in the China's Weihe River. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 168555–168555. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yulan, Shichang Kang, Xi Luo, et al.. (2023). Microplastics and nanoplastics pose risks on the Tibetan Plateau environment. Science Bulletin. 69(5). 589–592. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Pengfei, Shichang Kang, Ye Yu, et al.. (2022). Concentrations and light absorption properties of PM2.5 organic and black carbon based on online measurements in Lanzhou, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 131. 84–95. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Minghui, Shengyun Chen, Shengyun Chen, et al.. (2021). Reduced microbial stability in the active layer is associated with carbon loss under alpine permafrost degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 288 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Xinghua, Jianzhong Xu, Shichang Kang, et al.. (2021). Regional Differences in the Light Absorption Properties of Fine Particulate Matter Over the Tibetan Plateau: Insights From HR‐ToF‐AMS and Aethalometer Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(24). 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinghua, Jianzhong Xu, Shichang Kang, Qi Zhang, & Junying Sun. (2019). Chemical characterization and sources of submicron aerosols in the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: insights from high-resolution mass spectrometry. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(11). 7897–7911. 27 indexed citations
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Feng, Lin, Yanqing An, Jianzhong Xu, & Shichang Kang. (2018). Characteristics and sources of dissolved organic matter in a glacier in the northern Tibetan Plateau: differences between different snow categories. Annals of Glaciology. 59(77). 31–40. 12 indexed citations
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Bolch, Tobias, Shichang Kang, Tandong Yao, et al.. (2010). A glacier inventory for western Nyainqentanglha Mountains and Nam Co Basin, Tibet, and glacier changes 1976-2009. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13126. 1 indexed citations

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