Yang Zhang

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Zhang is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Zhang has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 76 papers in Atmospheric Science and 40 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Zhang's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (75 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (67 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (32 papers). Yang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (75 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (67 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (32 papers). Yang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yang Zhang's co-authors include Gregory R. Carmichael, Paul J. Crutzen, Jos Lelieveld, Frank Dentener, Yuanxun Zhang, Terry van Dijk, Wen‐Kui Dong, Christian Seigneur, Qiang Zhang and Jinian Shu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Yang Zhang

165 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Role of mineral aerosol as a reactive surface in the glob... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 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. Role of mineral aerosol as a reactive surface in the global troposphere
    1996 940 citations Yang Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Zhang China 38 2.8k 2.7k 1.6k 1.1k 413 173 5.6k
Cort Anastasio United States 50 3.4k 1.2× 4.6k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 577 1.4× 133 7.0k
Lin Wang China 49 4.2k 1.5× 5.1k 1.9× 2.1k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 473 1.1× 269 8.8k
Suzanne E. Paulson United States 45 2.5k 0.9× 3.4k 1.3× 824 0.5× 982 0.9× 197 0.5× 105 5.3k
Yongjie Li China 45 3.0k 1.1× 3.8k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 275 0.7× 205 7.0k
Abdelwahid Mellouki France 53 3.5k 1.2× 6.3k 2.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 365 0.9× 256 8.6k
Lei Liu China 43 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 756 0.5× 554 0.5× 627 1.5× 236 5.0k
Xinlei Ge China 53 4.9k 1.7× 5.3k 2.0× 2.0k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 440 1.1× 223 9.3k
Pierre Herckès United States 43 2.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 609 0.5× 900 2.2× 147 5.5k
René Van Grieken Belgium 47 3.7k 1.3× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 979 0.9× 979 2.4× 219 7.7k
Zhen Zhou China 39 3.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 628 0.4× 694 0.6× 253 0.6× 232 5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yang Zhang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yang Zhang. The network helps show where Yang Zhang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang Zhang 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 Yang Zhang. Yang Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Guohui, Guanyi Chen, Beibei Yan, et al.. (2025). Application of S-type heterojunction CaTiO3/rGO-g-C3N4 photocatalyst in the conversion of waste cooking oil to biodiesel: Optimization via RSM and performance evaluation. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131922–131922. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xufeng, Qiang Zhang, Songlin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Effects of extreme temperature events on carbon fluxes in different ecosystems in the Heihe River Basin, China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 362. 110380–110380. 4 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiao‐Yu, et al.. (2024). Effects of photo-oxidation and transition metals on the formation of reactive oxygen species from aromatic compounds using spectroscopic method. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 151. 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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You, Kairui, et al.. (2024). The influence of demographic structure on residential buildings' carbon emissions in China. Journal of Building Engineering. 87. 108951–108951. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Li, Qiyuan Wang, Jie Tian, et al.. (2024). Exploring secondary aerosol formation associated with elemental carbon in the lower free troposphere. The Science of The Total Environment. 932. 172992–172992. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2024). Optical molecular imaging technology and its application in precise surgical navigation of liver cancer. Theranostics. 15(3). 1017–1034. 6 indexed citations
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Zha, Fugeng, Yang Zhang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2024). Vertical distributions of VOCs in the Tibetan Plateau background region. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 17(6). 100516–100516. 2 indexed citations
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La, Ya‐Ting, et al.. (2023). A novel Salamo-Salen-Salamo hybrid Mg(II) complex fluorescent chemosensor for highly effective monitoring H2PO4ˉ in Zebrafish and plants. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1295. 136641–136641. 40 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2023). The Relationship between Park Design and Seniors’ Use of Green Spaces in X’ian, China. The Journal of Public Space. 8(2). 21–40.
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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2023). A pyridine-appended half-salamo-based fluorescent chemosensor for efficiently and selectively sensing Cu2+ ions. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 556. 121651–121651. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2023). A highly sensitively “off–on-off” fluorescence probe for detection of aluminum ion and water as well as application in Chinese Baijiu. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 302. 123013–123013. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Hongyi, Yang Zhang, Huajin Lei, & Xiaohua Hao. (2023). Machine Learning-Based Bias Correction of Precipitation Measurements at High Altitude. Remote Sensing. 15(8). 2180–2180. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Xin, et al.. (2023). A Novel Pyridine and Julolidine Based Chemosensor for Al 3+ Detection. ChemistrySelect. 8(11). 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2022). Estrogen Protects against Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Regulating Th17/Treg Cell Immune Balance. Disease Markers. 2022. 1–14. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, Jing Shang, Zhengqiang Li, et al.. (2021). “Military Parade Blue Skies” in Beijing: Decisive Influence of Meteorological Factors on Transport Channel and Atmospheric Pollutant Concentration Level. Atmosphere. 12(5). 636–636. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Chaopeng, Qiang Zhang, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Weakening aerosol direct radiative effects mitigate climate penalty on Chinese air quality. Nature Climate Change. 10(9). 845–850. 42 indexed citations
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Cao, Shisong, Deyong Hu, Wenji Zhao, et al.. (2019). Monitoring changes in the impervious surfaces of urban functional zones using multisource remote sensing data: a case study of Tianjin, China. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 56(7). 967–987. 17 indexed citations
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Ma, Anzhou, et al.. (2017). [Community Characteristics of Cultivable Bacteria in Fine Particles(PM2.5) of Beijing and Baoding].. PubMed. 38(4). 1327–1339. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jianmin, Ming Jen Tan, Yulan Li, et al.. (2005). A lead isotope record of shanghai atmospheric lead emissions in total suspended particles during the period of phasing out of leaded gasoline. Atmospheric Environment. 39(7). 1245–1253. 249 indexed citations

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