Zigang Wei

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 770 citations indexed

About

Zigang Wei is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zigang Wei has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 770 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atmospheric Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zigang Wei's work include Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (15 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Zigang Wei is often cited by papers focused on Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (15 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). Zigang Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Zigang Wei's co-authors include J. X. Warner, L. Larrabee Strow, Russell R. Dickerson, Y. Wang, Qing Liang, Wen‐Yao Xu, J. B. Nowak, Andrew Tangborn, Weijia Kuang and Shobha Kondragunta and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric Environment and Atmospheric chemistry and physics.

In The Last Decade

Zigang Wei

30 papers receiving 738 citations

Hit Papers

Increased atmospheric ammonia over the world's major agri... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Increased atmospheric ammonia over the world's major agricultural areas detected from space
    2017 292 citations J. X. Warner, Russell R. Dickerson et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zigang Wei United States 12 496 373 166 120 109 30 770
F. M. Schwandner United States 14 714 1.4× 678 1.8× 243 1.5× 20 0.2× 189 1.7× 36 1.1k
B. R. Miller United States 13 1.4k 2.8× 1.0k 2.8× 258 1.6× 25 0.2× 87 0.8× 17 1.7k
Valentin Koropalov United States 7 566 1.1× 311 0.8× 144 0.9× 46 0.4× 65 0.6× 9 823
R. C. Myers United States 14 1.3k 2.7× 1.2k 3.2× 122 0.7× 25 0.2× 67 0.6× 15 1.6k
Joe F. Boatman United States 20 1.6k 3.3× 1.2k 3.1× 533 3.2× 31 0.3× 231 2.1× 54 1.8k
Andrew Whitehill United States 15 481 1.0× 182 0.5× 221 1.3× 6 0.1× 110 1.0× 28 776
J. A. Ward Canada 5 108 0.2× 202 0.5× 23 0.1× 49 0.4× 76 0.7× 6 745
Ward Said‐Ahmad Israel 16 148 0.3× 217 0.6× 32 0.2× 9 0.1× 16 0.1× 22 762
A. L. Torres United States 28 2.1k 4.3× 1.6k 4.3× 270 1.6× 9 0.1× 201 1.8× 44 2.3k
Orest E. Kawka United States 15 135 0.3× 199 0.5× 42 0.3× 62 0.5× 56 0.5× 17 823

Countries citing papers authored by Zigang Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zigang Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zigang Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zigang Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zigang Wei 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 Zigang Wei. Zigang Wei 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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O’Dell, Katelyn, Shobha Kondragunta, Daniel L. Goldberg, et al.. (2024). Public Health Benefits From Improved Identification of Severe Air Pollution Events With Geostationary Satellite Data. GeoHealth. 8(1). e2023GH000890–e2023GH000890. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lihang, J. X. Warner, Nicholas R. Nalli, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal Variability of Global Atmospheric Methane Observed from Two Decades of Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders. Remote Sensing. 15(12). 2992–2992. 5 indexed citations
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Kondragunta, Shobha, Zigang Wei, Hai Zhang, et al.. (2023). Markers of economic activity in satellite aerosol optical depth data. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84013–84013. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Kai, et al.. (2022). NO2 retrievals from NOAA-20 OMPS: Algorithm, evaluation, and observations of drastic changes during COVID-19. Atmospheric Environment. 290. 119367–119367. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Lihang, Murty Divakarla, J. X. Warner, et al.. (2021). Validation of Near-Real-Time NOAA-20 CrIS Outgoing Longwave Radiation with Multi-Satellite Datasets on Broad Timescales. Remote Sensing. 13(19). 3912–3912. 6 indexed citations
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Kondragunta, Shobha, Zigang Wei, Brian McDonald, Daniel L. Goldberg, & Daniel Tong. (2021). COVID‐19 Induced Fingerprints of a New Normal Urban Air Quality in the United States. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(17). 10 indexed citations
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Straka, William, Shobha Kondragunta, Zigang Wei, et al.. (2020). Examining the Economic and Environmental Impacts of COVID-19 Using Earth Observation Data. Remote Sensing. 13(1). 5–5. 40 indexed citations
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Warner, J. X., Russell R. Dickerson, Zigang Wei, et al.. (2017). Increased atmospheric ammonia over the world's major agricultural areas detected from space. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(6). 2875–2884. 292 indexed citations breakdown →
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Warner, J. X., Zigang Wei, L. Larrabee Strow, Russell R. Dickerson, & J. B. Nowak. (2016). The global tropospheric ammonia distribution as seen in the 13-year AIRS measurement record. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(8). 5467–5479. 128 indexed citations
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Warner, J. X., Ruixia Yang, Zigang Wei, et al.. (2014). Global carbon monoxide products from combined AIRS, TES and MLS measurements on A-train satellites. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 14(1). 103–114. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen‐Yao, Fengyu Zhang, Yuehua Wang, et al.. (2014). Magnetic survey and ChinaGRF 2000. Earth Planets and Space. 55(4). 215–217. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen‐Yao, et al.. (2014). Auroral electrojet oval. Earth Planets and Space. 55(5). 255–261. 8 indexed citations
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Warner, J. X., Fabien Carminati, Zigang Wei, W. A. Lahoz, & Jean‐Luc Attié. (2013). Tropospheric carbon monoxide variability from AIRS under clear and cloudy conditions. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(24). 12469–12479. 36 indexed citations
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Wei, Zigang, et al.. (2012). Martian magnetic field properties before the termination of its core dynamo. Science China Earth Sciences. 56(8). 1452–1458. 2 indexed citations
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Warner, J. X., Zigang Wei, L. Larrabee Strow, et al.. (2010). Improved agreement of AIRS tropospheric carbon monoxide products with other EOS sensors using optimal estimation retrievals. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(19). 9521–9533. 42 indexed citations
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Kuang, Weijia, Zigang Wei, R. Holme, & Andrew Tangborn. (2010). Prediction of geomagnetic field with data assimilation: a candidate secular variation model for IGRF-11. Earth Planets and Space. 62(10). 775–785. 23 indexed citations
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Kuang, Weijia, et al.. (2008). MoSST-DAS: The First Generation Geomagnetic Data Assimilation Framework. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen‐Yao, et al.. (2006). Thirty‐Year Period in Secular Variation of the Main Geomagnetic Field. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 49(5). 1210–1219. 4 indexed citations
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Wei, Zigang & Wen‐Yao Xu. (2003). Differential rotation of geomagnetic field. Chinese Science Bulletin. 48(24). 2739–2742. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Wen‐Yao & Zigang Wei. (2002). Reversed polarity patches at the CMB and geomagnetic field reversal. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 45(6). 540–549. 4 indexed citations

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