Zhiyuan Li

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Zhiyuan Li is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyuan Li has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 16 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zhiyuan Li's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (25 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (15 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (9 papers). Zhiyuan Li is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (25 papers), Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (15 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (9 papers). Zhiyuan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Zhiyuan Li's co-authors include Lei Huang, Zongwei Ma, Zengwei Yuan, Jun Bi, Qiannan Duan, Zhao-Qing Zhang, Alexis K.H. Lau, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, Changqing Lin and Wenwei Che and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhiyuan Li

54 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: Pollution and health risk assessment

2013 2.4k citations Zhiyuan Li, Zongwei Ma et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
A review of soil heavy metal pollution from industrial and agricultural regions in China: Pollution and risk assessment

2018 1.4k citations Zhiyuan Li, Lei Huang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhiyuan Li China	26	2.8k	1.7k	779	737	669	56	5.2k
Andrew Hursthouse United Kingdom	42	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	547 0.7×	958 1.3×	531 0.8×	242	5.7k
Bo Gao China	47	4.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	605 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	487 0.7×	250	7.5k
Yeyao Wang China	27	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	662 0.8×	574 0.8×	595 0.9×	92	3.6k
Xiao‐San Luo China	37	2.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	653 0.8×	355 0.5×	746 1.1×	106	4.8k
Loretta Y. Li Canada	43	2.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	613 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	926 1.4×	160	7.1k
Eduardo Ferreira da Silva Portugal	42	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	690 0.9×	646 0.9×	518 0.8×	220	5.6k
Lingqing Wang China	44	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	787 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	623 0.9×	197	6.2k
Sarva Mangala Praveena Malaysia	40	2.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	464 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	302 0.5×	177	5.2k
Jinsheng Wang China	34	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	741 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	569 0.9×	161	5.1k
Mei Lei China	41	3.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	697 0.9×	685 1.0×	201	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiyuan Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiyuan Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiyuan Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhiyuan, Manling Sui, Jingren Zhou, et al.. (2025). How can a social-ecological integration green space network be developed with land constraints? A case study from Sichuan Tianfu New Area, China. Ecological Indicators. 175. 113576–113576. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Yaji, Lu Dong, Wentao Xu, et al.. (2024). Dual effects of NaCl on the high temperature adsorption of heavy metals by montmorillonite. Chemical Engineering Journal. 494. 152661–152661. 28 indexed citations

Chen, Qianru, et al.. (2024). How can ecological product value realization contribute to landscape sustainability?. Landscape Ecology. 39(2). 10 indexed citations

Li, Zhiyuan, Wenwei Che, Md. Shakhaoat Hossain, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, & Alexis K.H. Lau. (2023). Relative contributions of ambient air and internal sources to multiple air pollutants in public transportation modes. Environmental Pollution. 338. 122642–122642. 4 indexed citations

Gong, Jie, et al.. (2023). Water distribution based on SAR and optical data to improve hazard mapping. Environmental Research. 235. 116694–116694. 8 indexed citations

Jian, Xun, Zhiyuan Li, & Lei Chen. (2023). SUFF: Accelerating Subgraph Matching with Historical Data. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. 16(7). 1699–1711. 9 indexed citations

Li, Zhiyuan, Kin‐Fai Ho, Hsiao‐Chi Chuang, & Steve Hung Lam Yim. (2021). Development and intercity transferability of land-use regression models for predicting ambient PM ₁₀ , PM _2.5 , NO ₂ and O ₃ concentrations in northern Taiwan. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(6). 5063–5078. 23 indexed citations

Lin, Changqing, Alexis K.H. Lau, Xiang Qian Lao, et al.. (2020). A novel framework for decomposing PM2.5 variation and demographic change effects on human exposure using satellite observations. Environmental Research. 182. 109120–109120. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Changqing, Alexis K.H. Lau, Jimmy Chi Hung Fung, et al.. (2019). Decomposing the Long-term Variation in Population Exposure to Outdoor PM2.5 in the Greater Bay Area of China Using Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing. 11(22). 2646–2646. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyuan, Wenwei Che, Alexis K.H. Lau, et al.. (2019). A feasible experimental framework for field calibration of portable light-scattering aerosol monitors: Case of TSI DustTrak. Environmental Pollution. 255(Pt 1). 113136–113136. 41 indexed citations

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Che, Wenwei, H. Christopher Frey, Zhiyuan Li, Xiang Qian Lao, & Alexis K.H. Lau. (2018). Indoor Exposure to Ambient Particles and Its Estimation Using Fixed Site Monitors. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(2). 808–819. 12 indexed citations

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Lin, Changqing, Alexis K.H. Lau, Xingcheng Lu, et al.. (2018). Assessing Effect of Targeting Reduction of PM2.5 Concentration on Human Exposure and Health Burden in Hong Kong Using Satellite Observation. Remote Sensing. 10(12). 2064–2064. 8 indexed citations

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Lin, Changqing, Alexis K.H. Lau, Ying Li, et al.. (2018). Difference in PM2.5 Variations between Urban and Rural Areas over Eastern China from 2001 to 2015. Atmosphere. 9(8). 312–312. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyuan, Wenwei Che, H. Christopher Frey, & Alexis K.H. Lau. (2017). Factors affecting variability in PM2.5 exposure concentrations in a metro system. Environmental Research. 160. 20–26. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyuan, Wenwei Che, H. Christopher Frey, Alexis K.H. Lau, & Changqing Lin. (2017). Characterization of PM 2.5 exposure concentration in transport microenvironments using portable monitors. Environmental Pollution. 228. 433–442. 67 indexed citations

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Lin, Changqing, Ying Li, Alexis K.H. Lau, et al.. (2016). Estimation of long-term population exposure to PM2.5 for dense urban areas using 1-km MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 179. 13–22. 101 indexed citations

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Wang, Wenling, et al.. (2015). The levels and correlation analysis of trace elements in maternal blood, breast milk and infant blood. 17(7). 984–986.

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Li, Zhiyuan, et al.. (2013). A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: Pollution and health risk assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 468-469. 843–853. 2361 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zhiyuan, et al.. (2001). Interface states in photonic crystal heterostructures. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(3). 36 indexed citations

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Li, Zhiyuan & Zhao-Qing Zhang. (2000). Fragility of photonic band gaps in inverse-opal photonic crystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 62(3). 1516–1519. 167 indexed citations

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