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 Zifa Wang, Pingqing Fu, 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

Chemical Characteristics ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2006 2011 2014 2017 2011 200 400 600
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. Chemical Characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 in Haze−Fog Episodes in Beijing
    2006 684 citations Yele Sun et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Understanding atmospheric organic aerosols via factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry: a review
    2011 669 citations Yele Sun et al. profile →
  3. 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. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
  4. Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality
    2017 617 citations Zhanqing Li, Yele Sun et al. profile →
  5. An Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) for Routine Monitoring of the Composition and Mass Concentrations of Ambient Aerosol
    2011 601 citations Yele Sun et al. profile →
  6. The ion chemistry and the source of PM2.5 aerosol in Beijing
    2005 572 citations Yele Sun et al. profile →
  7. The air-borne particulate pollution in Beijing—concentration, composition, distribution and sources
    2004 506 citations Yele Sun, Zifa Wang et al. profile →
  8. Aerosol composition, sources and processes during wintertime in Beijing, China
    2013 480 citations Yele Sun, Pingqing Fu et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →
  9. Separating Daily 1 km PM2.5 Inorganic Chemical Composition in China since 2000 via Deep Learning Integrating Ground, Satellite, and Model Data
    2023 97 citations Jing Wei, Zhanqing Li et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yele Sun 20.8k 17.2k 9.9k 5.9k 2.8k 483 23.7k
Rodney J. Weber 23.8k 1.1× 17.6k 1.0× 11.3k 1.1× 5.3k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 283 27.4k
Alfred Wiedensohler 19.7k 0.9× 13.1k 0.8× 13.6k 1.4× 3.6k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 488 23.1k
Bo Zheng 11.5k 0.6× 10.5k 0.6× 6.7k 0.7× 5.4k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 198 17.4k
Yuesi Wang 14.2k 0.7× 11.3k 0.7× 8.1k 0.8× 5.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 513 21.0k
Zifa Wang 14.0k 0.7× 10.7k 0.6× 7.6k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 499 16.9k
Min Shao 16.7k 0.8× 13.9k 0.8× 4.6k 0.5× 6.5k 1.1× 3.5k 1.3× 272 20.0k
Andrê S. H. Prévôt 24.2k 1.2× 21.1k 1.2× 8.3k 0.8× 7.2k 1.2× 6.0k 2.2× 477 28.7k
Hugh Coe 17.5k 0.8× 10.2k 0.6× 10.9k 1.1× 2.5k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 332 19.0k
Aijun Ding 12.1k 0.6× 8.6k 0.5× 6.8k 0.7× 3.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 296 15.4k
Pingqing Fu 13.6k 0.7× 11.7k 0.7× 6.1k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 430 17.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yele Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yele Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yele Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yele Sun 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 Yele Sun. Yele Sun 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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Wang, Fei, Wei Du, Shengli Wang, et al.. (2025). Elucidating particle number concentrations and unveiling source mechanisms at a prominent national background site on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 969. 178928–178928.
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Wang, Qingqing, Wei Du, Wei Zhou, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of sub-micron aerosols above the urban canopy in Beijing during warm seasons. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171989–171989. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingxu, Yu Song, Weigang Wang, et al.. (2024). Can we reach consensus on the dominant sulfate formation pathway in China's haze?. PNAS Nexus. 3(8). pgae291–pgae291. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Wenyi, Qizhong Wu, Jie Li, et al.. (2024). Predictions of air quality and challenges for eliminating air pollution during the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. Atmospheric Research. 300. 107225–107225. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bin, Hongbing Xu, Xinghou He, et al.. (2024). Short-Term Effects of Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter on Ceramide Metabolism, Pro-Inflammatory Response, and Blood Coagulation. Toxics. 12(3). 225–225. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhi‐Qiang, Ying Li, Junling An, et al.. (2024). Simulated phase state and viscosity of secondary organic aerosols over China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(8). 4809–4826. 7 indexed citations
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Gen, Masao, Haotian Zheng, Yele Sun, et al.. (2024). Rapid hydrolysis of NO 2 at High Ionic Strengths of Deliquesced Aerosol Particles. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(18). 7904–7915. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Jie Tian, Qiyuan Wang, et al.. (2023). High-time-resolution chemical composition and source apportionment of PM 2.5 in northern Chinese cities: implications for policy. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(16). 9455–9471. 23 indexed citations
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Liu, Di, Yunchao Lang, Shengjie Hou, et al.. (2023). Size distributions of molecular markers for biogenic secondary organic aerosol in urban Beijing. Environmental Pollution. 327. 121569–121569. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, Hang Liu, Jie Li, et al.. (2023). A two-way coupled regional urban–street network air quality model system for Beijing, China. Geoscientific model development. 16(19). 5585–5599. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Hang, Xiaole Pan, Yuting Zhang, et al.. (2023). Vertical distribution of black carbon and its mixing state in the urban boundary layer in summer. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(12). 7225–7239. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiang, Wei Hu, Hong Ren, et al.. (2023). Diurnal variations in primary and secondary organic aerosols in an eastern China coastal city: The impact of land-sea breezes. Environmental Pollution. 319. 121016–121016. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Lu, Fang Zhang, Jingye Ren, et al.. (2023). Changes in wintertime visibility across China over 2013–2019 and the drivers: A comprehensive assessment using machine learning method. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169516–169516. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Jing, Zhanqing Li, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). Separating Daily 1 km PM2.5 Inorganic Chemical Composition in China since 2000 via Deep Learning Integrating Ground, Satellite, and Model Data. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(46). 18282–18295. 97 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xue, Jingye Ren, Ru‐Jin Huang, et al.. (2023). The Aggravation of Summertime Nocturnal Ozone Pollution in China and Its Potential Impact on the Trend of Nitrate Aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(12). 15 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, Wanyu Zhao, Lianfang Wei, et al.. (2020). Molecular and spatial distributions of dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids, and α -dicarbonyls in marine aerosols from the South China Sea to the eastern Indian Ocean. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(11). 6841–6860. 18 indexed citations
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Bloss, William J., Louisa J. Kramer, Leigh R. Crilley, et al.. (2020). Insights into air pollution chemistry and sulphate formation from nitrous acid (HONO) measurements during haze events in Beijing. Faraday Discussions. 226. 223–238. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Weijun, Jiaxing Sun, Liang Xu, et al.. (2016). A conceptual framework for mixing structures in individual aerosol particles. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 121(22). 120 indexed citations

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