Yele Sun

48.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
483 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Yele Sun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yele Sun has authored 483 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 453 papers in Atmospheric Science, 379 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 251 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yele Sun's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (450 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (368 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (233 papers). Yele Sun is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (450 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (368 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (233 papers). Yele Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yele Sun's co-authors include Pingqing Fu, Zifa Wang, Guoshun Zhuang, Qi Zhang, Douglas R. Worsnop, Jie Li, Zhisheng An, Weiqi Xu, Ting Yang and Qi Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Yele Sun

464 papers receiving 23.3k 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.

Chemical Characteristics of PM_2.5 and PM₁₀ in Haze−Fog Episodes in Beijing

2006 684 citations Yele Sun et al. profile →
Understanding atmospheric organic aerosols via factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry: a review

2011 669 citations Manjula R. Canagaratna, Douglas R. Worsnop et al. profile →
Investigation of the sources and evolution processes of severe haze pollution in Beijing in January 2013

2014 625 citations Yele Sun, Zifa Wang et al. profile →
Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

2017 617 citations Zhanqing Li, Yele Sun et al. profile →
An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for Routine Monitoring of the Composition and Mass Concentrations of Ambient Aerosol

2011 601 citations Manjula R. Canagaratna, Philip Croteau et al. profile →
The ion chemistry and the source of PM2.5 aerosol in Beijing

2005 572 citations Yele Sun et al. profile →
The air-borne particulate pollution in Beijing—concentration, composition, distribution and sources

2004 506 citations Yele Sun, Zifa Wang et al. profile →
Aerosol composition, sources and processes during wintertime in Beijing, China

2013 480 citations Yele Sun, Pingqing Fu et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
Separating Daily 1 km PM_2.5 Inorganic Chemical Composition in China since 2000 via Deep Learning Integrating Ground, Satellite, and Model Data

2023 97 citations Zhanqing Li, Yele Sun et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yele Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Elucidating particle number concentrations and unveiling source mechanisms at a prominent national background site on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Fei Wang, Wei Du, Shengli Wang, Yele Sun, Wenwen Yang, (unknown), Bin Han, Zhipeng Bai	0
2	Predictions of air quality and challenges for eliminating air pollution during the 2022 Olympic Winter Games 2024 ·Atmospheric Research ·Wenyi Yang, Qizhong Wu, Jie Li, Xueshun Chen, Huiyun Du, Zhe Wang, Dongqing Li, Xiao Tang, Yele Sun, (unknown), Xiaole Pan, Baozhu Ge, Huan‐Sheng Chen, Lianfang Wei, (unknown), Wei Wang, Li Zhu, Xin Jin, Zifa Wang	2
3	Measurements of the Optical Scattering Properties of Single Suspended Particles and Implications for Atmospheric Studies: A Review 2024 ·Current Pollution Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Yuting Zhang, Hang Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yele Sun, Hang Su, Zifa Wang	0
4	Characteristics of sub-micron aerosols above the urban canopy in Beijing during warm seasons 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Qingqing Wang, Wei Du, Wei Zhou, Yingjie Zhang, Conghui Xie, Jian Zhao, Weiqi Xu, Guiqian Tang, Pingqing Fu, Zifa Wang, Yele Sun, Lin Peng	2
5	Can we reach consensus on the dominant sulfate formation pathway in China's haze? 2024 ·PNAS Nexus ·Mingxu Liu, Yu Song, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Weigang Wang, Yele Sun, Qiang Zhang, Ling Kang, Xuhui Cai, Hongsheng Zhang, Tong Zhu	3
6	Light Absorption Properties of Brown Carbon Aerosol During Winter at a Polluted Rural Site in the North China Plain 2024 ·Atmosphere ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cheng, Cheng Wu, Mei Li, Yele Sun, Nan Ma, Yawei Dong, Jiayin Zhang, (unknown)	1
7	Short-Term Effects of Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter on Ceramide Metabolism, Pro-Inflammatory Response, and Blood Coagulation 2024 ·Toxics ·Bin Zhang, Hongbing Xu, Xinghou He, Tong Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yutong Zhu, Changjie Liu, Qian Zhao, Xiaoming Song, Yele Sun, Lemin Zheng, Wei Huang	1
8	Diurnal variations in primary and secondary organic aerosols in an eastern China coastal city: The impact of land-sea breezes 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·Qiang Zhang, Wei Hu, Hong Ren, Jianbo Yang, Junjun Deng, Dawei Wang, Yele Sun, Zifa Wang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Pingqing Fu	12
9	Changes in wintertime visibility across China over 2013–2019 and the drivers: A comprehensive assessment using machine learning method 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Lu Chen, Fang Zhang, Jingye Ren, Zhigang Li, Weiqi Xu, Yele Sun, Lingling Liu, Xinming Wang	3
10	High-time-resolution chemical composition and source apportionment of PM _2.5 in northern Chinese cities: implications for policy 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Yong Zhang, Jie Tian, Qiyuan Wang, Lu Qi, Manousos Ioannis Manousakas, Yuemei Han, Weikang Ran, Yele Sun, Huikun Liu, Renjian Zhang, Yunfei Wu, Tianqu Cui, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Jay G. Slowik, Andrê S. H. Prévôt, Junji Cao	23
11	Size distributions of molecular markers for biogenic secondary organic aerosol in urban Beijing 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·Di Liu, (unknown), Yunchao Lang, Shengjie Hou, Lianfang Wei, Xiaole Pan, Yele Sun, Zifa Wang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Pingqing Fu	4
12	A two-way coupled regional urban–street network air quality model system for Beijing, China 2023 ·Geoscientific model development ·Tao Wang, Hang Liu, Jie Li, Shuai Wang, Youngseob Kim, Yele Sun, Wenyi Yang, Huiyun Du, Zhe Wang, Zifa Wang	5
13	Vertical distribution of black carbon and its mixing state in the urban boundary layer in summer 2023 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Hang Liu, Xiaole Pan, (unknown), Yuting Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Guiqian Tang, Tao Wang, Xin Jin, Jie Li, Yele Sun, Junji Cao, Zifa Wang	7
14	Distinct diurnal variation in organic aerosol hygroscopicity and its relationship with oxygenated organic aerosol 2020 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Ye Kuang, Yao He, Wanyun Xu, Pusheng Zhao, Yafang Cheng, Gang Zhao, Jiangchuan Tao, Nan Ma, Hang Su, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cheng, (unknown), Shaobin Zhang, Cheng Wu, Yele Sun, Chunsheng Zhao	54
15	Chemical Differences Between PM₁ and PM_2.5 in Highly Polluted Environment and Implications in Air Pollution Studies 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Yele Sun, Yao He, Ye Kuang, Wanyun Xu, Shaojie Song, Nan Ma, Jiangchuan Tao, Peng Cheng, Cheng Wu, Hang Su, Yafang Cheng, Conghui Xie, Chun Chen, Lu Lei, Yanmei Qiu, Pingqing Fu, Philip Croteau, Douglas R. Worsnop	87
16	Heterogeneous sulfate aerosol formation mechanisms during wintertime Chinese haze events: air quality model assessment using observations of sulfate oxygen isotopes in Beijing 2019 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Jingyuan Shao, Qianjie Chen, Yuxuan Wang, Xiao Lu, Pengzhen He, Yele Sun, Viral Shah, Randall V. Martin, Sajeev Philip, Shaojie Song, Yue Zhao, Zhouqing Xie, Lin Zhang, Becky Alexander	134
17	Enhanced hydrophobicity and volatility of submicron aerosols under severe emission control conditions in Beijing 2017 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Yuying Wang, Fang Zhang, Zhanqing Li, Haobo Tan, Hanbing Xu, Jingye Ren, Jian Zhao, Wei Du, Yele Sun	55
18	Enhanced hydrophobicity and volatility of submicron aerosols under severe emission control conditions in Beijing 2017 ·Yuying Wang, Fang Zhang, Zhanqing Li, Haobo Tan, Hanbing Xu, Jingye Ren, Jian Zhao, Wei Du, Yele Sun	2
19	Limited formation of isoprene epoxydiols‐derived secondary organic aerosol under NO_x‐rich environments in Eastern China 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Yunjiang Zhang, Lili Tang, Yele Sun, Olivier Favez, Francesco Canonaco, Alexandre Albinet, Florian Couvidat, Dantong Liu, John T. Jayne, Zhuang Wang, Philip Croteau, Manjula R. Canagaratna, (unknown), Andrê S. H. Prévôt, Douglas R. Worsnop	41
20	Aerosol hygroscopicity and cloud condensation nuclei activity during the AC ³ Exp campaign: implications for cloud condensation nuclei parameterization 2014 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Fang Zhang, (unknown), Zhanqing Li, Li Sun, (unknown), Chuanfeng Zhao, Pucai Wang, Yele Sun, Xinyuan Liu, Jingfa Li, (unknown), Gang Ren, Tianyi Fan	68

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