Zhenchun Yang

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zhenchun Yang is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenchun Yang has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenchun Yang's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (6 papers). Zhenchun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (15 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (12 papers) and Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (6 papers). Zhenchun Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhenchun Yang's co-authors include Wuxiang Xie, Bao‐Liang Zhong, Fanfan Zheng, Lina Li, Yubao Zhao, Chun Hu, Jingyu Gao, Li Yan, Caozheng Diao and Wonyong Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zhenchun Yang

38 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride

2021 320 citations Yubao Zhao, Peng Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenchun Yang China	18	508	426	240	182	113	41	1.2k
Ruiting Liu China	21	446 0.9×	516 1.2×	641 2.7×	39 0.2×	32 0.3×	63	2.1k
Lin Fang China	30	123 0.2×	174 0.4×	120 0.5×	452 2.5×	17 0.2×	99	1.9k
Jiayi Cai China	19	267 0.5×	70 0.2×	56 0.2×	53 0.3×	67 0.6×	49	1.3k
Fardin Gharibi Iran	20	95 0.2×	274 0.6×	60 0.3×	155 0.9×	117 1.0×	93	1.5k
Lu Tang China	21	153 0.3×	212 0.5×	219 0.9×	244 1.3×	18 0.2×	54	1.8k
Ruidong Liu China	17	90 0.2×	136 0.3×	121 0.5×	63 0.3×	24 0.2×	91	957
Mingyang Wu China	24	49 0.1×	171 0.4×	152 0.6×	431 2.4×	18 0.2×	116	1.9k
Lin Du China	19	64 0.1×	93 0.2×	163 0.7×	14 0.1×	55 0.5×	62	1.2k
Qinyu Wang China	21	101 0.2×	190 0.4×	93 0.4×	40 0.2×	124 1.1×	57	1.4k
Weifang Zhang China	20	106 0.2×	140 0.3×	55 0.2×	211 1.2×	8 0.1×	90	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenchun Yang

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Hu, Yong, Zhenchun Yang, Dandan Zheng, Wandong Xing, & Guigang Zhang. (2025). Rational synthesis of carbon-rich hollow carbon nitride spheres for photocatalytic H ₂ O ₂ production and Cr( vi ) reduction. Nanoscale. 17(13). 7856–7864. 8 indexed citations

Liao, Jiawen, Rima Habre, Erika Garcia, et al.. (2025). Impact of heat exposure on sleep health and its population vulnerability in the United States. Environment International. 206. 109942–109942.

Yang, Zhenchun, Clare Meernik, Yadurshini Raveendran, et al.. (2025). Identifying predictors of spatiotemporal variations in residential radon concentrations across North Carolina using machine learning analytics. Environmental Pollution. 367. 125592–125592. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shiyu, et al.. (2024). Effects of ambient temperature on pediatric incident seizure: A case-crossover analysis using distributed lag non-linear models. Environmental Research. 258. 119495–119495. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Zhenchun, Clare Meernik, Yadurshini Raveendran, et al.. (2024). Neighborhood-level socioeconomic disparities in Radon testing in North Carolina from 2010 to 2020. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 277. 107460–107460.

Yang, Zhenchun, Jiawen Liao, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Critical windows of greenness exposure during preconception and gestational periods in association with birthweight outcomes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 15001–15001.

Lin, Yan, Yihui Ge, Zhenchun Yang, et al.. (2023). Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in pregnant women in a Northeastern U.S. city: socioeconomic disparity and contributions from air pollution sources. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 34(3). 407–415. 6 indexed citations

Liao, Jiawen, Yi Zhang, Zhenchun Yang, et al.. (2023). Identifying critical windows of air pollution exposure during preconception and gestational period on birthweight: a prospective cohort study. Environmental Health. 22(1). 71–71. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Kun, Jiahao Cui, Lina Li, et al.. (2023). Single-atom sites in metal–N4 configuration for efficient abatement of refractory organic pollutants via Fenton-like reaction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 476. 146622–146622. 6 indexed citations

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Ge, Yihui, Zhenchun Yang, Yan Lin, et al.. (2023). Generating high spatial resolution exposure estimates from sparse regulatory monitoring data. Atmospheric Environment. 313. 120076–120076. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiangyu, Ning Qin, Wenjing Zhao, et al.. (2022). A three-dimensional LUR framework for PM2.5 exposure assessment based on mobile unmanned aerial vehicle monitoring. Environmental Pollution. 301. 118997–118997. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Kejia, Wanlu Li, Yunquan Zhang, et al.. (2022). Association between outdoor artificial light at night and sleep duration among older adults in China: A cross-sectional study. Environmental Research. 212(Pt B). 113343–113343. 36 indexed citations

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Xu, Jia, Zhenchun Yang, Bin Han, et al.. (2022). A unified empirical modeling approach for particulate matter and NO2 in a coastal city in China. Chemosphere. 299. 134384–134384. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhenchun, Lina Li, Jingyu Gao, et al.. (2022). Optimizing the Band Structure of Crystalline Potassium Poly(heptazine imide) for Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂O₂Production and Pollutant Degradation. ACS ES&T Engineering. 2(11). 2142–2149. 23 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiangyu, Ning Qin, Ling Qi, et al.. (2021). Development of season-dependent land use regression models to estimate BC and PM1 exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 793. 148540–148540. 12 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yubao, Peng Zhang, Zhenchun Yang, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic analysis of multiple processes controlling solar-driven H2O2 synthesis using engineered polymeric carbon nitride. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3701–3701. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xu, Xiangyu, Ning Qin, Zhenchun Yang, et al.. (2020). Potential for developing independent daytime/nighttime LUR models based on short-term mobile monitoring to improve model performance. Environmental Pollution. 268(Pt B). 115951–115951. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhenchun, Anna Freni Sterrantino, Gary W. Fuller, & John Gulliver. (2020). Development and transferability of ultrafine particle land use regression models in London. The Science of The Total Environment. 740. 140059–140059. 22 indexed citations

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Zheng, Fanfan, Li Yan, Zhenchun Yang, Bao‐Liang Zhong, & Wuxiang Xie. (2018). HbA1c, diabetes and cognitive decline: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Diabetologia. 61(4). 839–848. 181 indexed citations

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Xie, Wuxiang, Fanfan Zheng, Εvangelos Εvangelou, et al.. (2018). Blood pressure-lowering drugs and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Journal of Hypertension. 36(6). 1256–1265. 19 indexed citations

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