Zhien Wang

15.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
177 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Zhien Wang is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhien Wang has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 150 papers in Atmospheric Science and 25 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Zhien Wang's work include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (146 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (102 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (71 papers). Zhien Wang is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (146 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (102 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (71 papers). Zhien Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhien Wang's co-authors include Kenneth Sassen, Dong Liu, Gerald G. Mace, Graeme L. Stephens, D. Vane, Andrew J. Heymsfield, R. T. Austin, Stephen L. Durden, Ewan O’Connor and Min Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhien Wang

173 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

THE CLOUDSAT MISSION AND THE A-TRAIN

2002 1.7k citations Gerald G. Mace, Kenneth Sassen et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society profile →
CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

2008 799 citations Gerald G. Mace, Zhien Wang et al. profile →
Integrating laboratory and field data to quantify the immersion freezing ice nucleation activity of mineral dust particles

2015 306 citations Zhien Wang et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhien Wang United States	45	8.6k	8.4k	819	433	396	177	9.8k
Kenneth Sassen United States	46	8.4k 1.0×	8.6k 1.0×	761 0.9×	579 1.3×	189 0.5×	151	9.4k
Tristan L’Ecuyer United States	52	8.6k 1.0×	7.9k 0.9×	458 0.6×	239 0.6×	85 0.2×	207	9.7k
Albert Ansmann Germany	71	14.1k 1.6×	14.8k 1.7×	1.7k 2.1×	339 0.8×	876 2.2×	312	15.6k
Qiang Fu United States	58	13.7k 1.6×	14.8k 1.8×	478 0.6×	477 1.1×	542 1.4×	267	17.0k
Norman G. Loeb United States	54	10.0k 1.2×	11.0k 1.3×	329 0.4×	674 1.6×	326 0.8×	190	12.4k
Bernhard Mayer Germany	39	4.2k 0.5×	4.7k 0.6×	241 0.3×	618 1.4×	281 0.7×	210	6.3k
Yongxiang Hu United States	57	10.4k 1.2×	11.8k 1.4×	785 1.0×	650 1.5×	465 1.2×	324	13.8k
C. A. Hostetler United States	45	6.5k 0.8×	7.0k 0.8×	379 0.5×	237 0.5×	596 1.5×	168	8.2k
Corinna Hoose Germany	37	6.3k 0.7×	5.6k 0.7×	561 0.7×	489 1.1×	1.4k 3.6×	106	7.6k
Peter Koepke Germany	27	4.0k 0.5×	4.2k 0.5×	221 0.3×	256 0.6×	483 1.2×	104	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhien Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhien Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhien Wang

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

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Yang, Jing, Yan Yin, Chunsong Lu, et al.. (2024). On the Relationship Between Condensed Water Content and Liquid‐Ice Mixing Homogeneity in Mixed‐Phase Stratiform Clouds. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(16). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jing, et al.. (2024). Modeling the Impact of Secondary Ice Production on the Charge Structure of a Mesoscale Convective System. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(9). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Damao, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Fan Yang, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of four ground-based retrievals of cloud droplet number concentration in marine stratocumulus with aircraft in situ measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(23). 5827–5846. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Damao, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Fan Yang, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Four Ground-based Retrievals of Cloud Droplet Number Concentration in Marine Stratocumulus with Aircraft In Situ Measurements. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jing, Yue Zhang, Zhien Wang, & Damao Zhang. (2022). Cloud Type and Life Stage Dependency of Liquid–Ice Mass Partitioning in Mixed-Phase Clouds. Remote Sensing. 14(6). 1431–1431. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhien, Tao Luo, Kang Yang, et al.. (2022). Seasonal Variation of Dust Aerosol Vertical Distribution in Arctic Based on Polarized Micropulse Lidar Measurement. Remote Sensing. 14(21). 5581–5581. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Damao, et al.. (2022). Polar Aerosol Vertical Structures and Characteristics Observed with a High Spectral Resolution Lidar at the ARM NSA Observatory. Remote Sensing. 14(18). 4638–4638. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Damao, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Pavlos Kollias, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Antarctic and Arctic Single‐Layer Stratiform Mixed‐Phase Cloud Properties Using Ground‐Based Remote Sensing Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 124(17-18). 10186–10204. 25 indexed citations

Volkamer, Rainer, Natalie Kille, Christopher H. T. Lee, et al.. (2019). The BB-FLUX Project: How Much Fuel Goes up in Smoke?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Damao, Zhien Wang, Pavlos Kollias, et al.. (2018). Ice particle production in mid-level stratiform mixed-phase clouds observed with collocated A-Train measurements. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(6). 4317–4327. 38 indexed citations

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Lv, Min, Zhien Wang, Zhanqing Li, et al.. (2018). Retrieval of Cloud Condensation Nuclei Number Concentration Profiles From Lidar Extinction and Backscatter Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(11). 6082–6098. 24 indexed citations

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Luo, Tao, Zhien Wang, Damao Zhang, & Bing Chen. (2016). Marine boundary layer structure as observed by A-train satellites. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(9). 5891–5903. 23 indexed citations

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Luo, Tao, Zhien Wang, & Damao Zhang. (2015). Marine boundary layer structure as observed by space-based Lidar. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Damao, Tao Luo, Dong Liu, & Zhien Wang. (2014). Spatial scales of altocumulus clouds observed with collocated CALIPSO and CloudSat measurements. Atmospheric Research. 149. 58–69. 23 indexed citations

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Yin, Jinfang, Donghai Wang, Guoqing Zhai, & Zhien Wang. (2013). A study of cloud vertical profiles from the Cloudsat data over the East Asian Continent. Acta Meteorologica Sinica. 71(1). 121–133. 3 indexed citations

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Comstock, J. M., Robert P. d’Entremont, Daniel H. DeSlover, et al.. (2007). An Intercomparison of Microphysical Retrieval Algorithms for Upper-Tropospheric Ice Clouds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 88(2). 191–204. 70 indexed citations

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Demoz, Belay, D.O. Miller, Paolo Di Girolamo, et al.. (2004). The 22 may Dryline in IHOP2002: the Role of Lidars in Quantifying the Convective Variability. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata). 561(561). 739–742.

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Gambacorta, Antonia, David N. Whiteman, Zhien Wang, Daniel H. DeSlover, & R. M. Hoff. (2004). Particle Size Retrieval in Cirrus Clouds by Use of a Multiple Scattering Raman LIDAR Technique. 561. 275. 1 indexed citations

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Sassen, Kenneth, W. P. Arnott, David Oc. Starr, et al.. (2003). Midlatitude Cirrus Clouds Derived from Hurricane Nora: A Case Study with Implications for Ice Crystal Nucleation and Shape. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 60(7). 873–891. 28 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jun, et al.. (1996). VARIABILITY OF AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES OVER HEFEI DURING SEPTEMBER 1993 TO SEPTEMBER 1994. 10(1). 81–95. 1 indexed citations

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