Ai‐Jun Miao

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ai‐Jun Miao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Ai‐Jun Miao has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Pollution and 30 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Ai‐Jun Miao's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (34 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (12 papers). Ai‐Jun Miao is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (34 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (12 papers). Ai‐Jun Miao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ai‐Jun Miao's co-authors include Liuyan Yang, Peter H. Santschi, Antonietta Quigg, Rong Ji, Ke Pan, Shen Xu, Nanna B. Hartmann, Juliane Filser, Enrique Navarro and Laura Sigg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ai‐Jun Miao

85 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi

2008 1.3k citations Ai‐Jun Miao et al. profile →
Microplastics in aquatic environments: Occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects

2019 627 citations Shen Xu, Jie Ma 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
Ai‐Jun Miao China	34	2.8k	2.4k	1.1k	1.1k	789	90	5.5k
Xiaoshan Zhu China	41	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	983 0.9×	642 0.8×	141	6.3k
Liuyan Yang China	45	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	2.0k 2.5×	166	7.9k
Hongwen Sun China	46	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	601 0.8×	223	6.8k
Adeyemi S. Adeleye United States	42	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	884 0.8×	2.1k 1.9×	354 0.4×	74	5.8k
Renata Behra Switzerland	43	4.0k 1.5×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	217 0.3×	99	7.2k
Clément Levard France	34	3.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	981 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	276 0.3×	90	6.2k
Francisca Fernández‐Piñas Spain	41	1.0k 0.4×	3.4k 1.4×	859 0.8×	725 0.7×	1.7k 2.2×	110	5.9k
Francisco Leganés Spain	39	989 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	760 0.7×	685 0.6×	1.5k 1.8×	94	5.3k
Chuanxin Ma China	50	3.9k 1.4×	2.0k 0.8×	386 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	358 0.5×	150	7.1k
Simon C. Apte Australia	36	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	855 0.8×	270 0.3×	112	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ai‐Jun Miao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ai‐Jun Miao

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Guo, Qing, Qian Chang, Trent R. Graham, et al.. (2025). Mineral dissolution by dimeric complexes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(41). e2504109122–e2504109122.

Wu, Chao, Hongxia Ma, Rong Ji, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms Underlying the Size-Dependent Neurotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoplastics in Zebrafish. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(3). 1577–1586. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Bin, Jiaming Li, Mei Wang, et al.. (2024). Cell-excreted proteins mediate the interactions of differently sized silica nanoparticles during cellular uptake. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133894–133894.

Wang, Mei, Chao Wu, Shuai Yan, et al.. (2024). Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Reveals Bioaccumulation of Small Microplastics in Protozoa from Natural Waters. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(6). 2922–2930. 16 indexed citations

Guo, Qing, Sichuang Xue, Ping Chen, et al.. (2024). Effect of Adsorbed Carboxylates on the Dissolution of Boehmite Nanoplates in Highly Alkaline Solutions. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(4). 2017–2026. 7 indexed citations

Prange, Micah P., Meirong Zong, Yining Wang, et al.. (2024). Understanding Trace Iron and Chromium Incorporation During Gibbsite Crystallization and Effects on Mineral Dissolution. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(45). 20125–20136. 2 indexed citations

Guo, Wenbo, Chao Wu, Liuyan Yang, & Ai‐Jun Miao. (2023). Pre-exposure to titanium or iron oxide nanoparticles suppresses the subsequent cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles. The Science of The Total Environment. 875. 162491–162491. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yueyue, Jiameng Li, Rong Ji, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation determines the toxicity of carbon dots to two marine dinoflagellates. Chemosphere. 321. 138155–138155. 5 indexed citations

Guo, Wenbo, Chao Wu, Ke Pan, Liuyan Yang, & Ai‐Jun Miao. (2023). Pre-exposure to Fe₂O₃ or TiO₂ Nanoparticles Inhibits Subsequent Biological Uptake of ⁵⁵Fe-Labeled Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticles. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(12). 4831–4840. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Fengyuan, Jie Ma, Hongbin Liu, et al.. (2023). Silicon Limitation Impairs the Tolerance of Marine Diatoms to Pristine Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(8). 3291–3300. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinlei, Nanyang Yu, Chuan Wang, et al.. (2022). Changes in Gut Microbiota Structure: A Potential Pathway for Silver Nanoparticles to Affect the Host Metabolism. ACS Nano. 16(11). 19002–19012. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Chao, Shuai Yan, Chuan Wang, et al.. (2022). Label-Free Imaging of Humic Substance Bioaccumulation by Pump–Probe Microscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 95(2). 1219–1227. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Shen, Chao Wu, Wenbo Guo, et al.. (2021). Polystyrene Nanoplastics Inhibit the Transformation of Tetrabromobisphenol A by the Bacterium Rhodococcus jostii. ACS Nano. 16(1). 405–414. 40 indexed citations

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Yan, Shuai, Bin Huang, Liuyan Yang, et al.. (2020). Unbound Natural Organic Matter Competes with Nanoparticles for Internalization Receptors During Cell Uptake. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(23). 15215–15224. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Bin, Zhongbo Wei, Liuyan Yang, Ke Pan, & Ai‐Jun Miao. (2019). Combined Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles with Hematite or Plastic Nanoparticles toward Two Freshwater Algae. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(7). 3871–3879. 143 indexed citations

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Liu, Yueyue, et al.. (2019). Algal Foods Reduce the Uptake of Hematite Nanoparticles by Downregulating Water Filtration in Daphnia magna. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(13). 7803–7811. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Ningxin, Yueyue Liu, Zhongbo Wei, Liuyan Yang, & Ai‐Jun Miao. (2018). Waterborne and Dietborne Toxicity of Inorganic Arsenic to the Freshwater Zooplankton Daphnia magna. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(15). 8912–8919. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaomeng, Kai-Min Hui, Wei Wei, et al.. (2017). Highly Effective Polyphosphate Synthesis, Phosphate Removal, and Concentration Using Engineered Environmental Bacteria Based on a Simple Solo Medium-Copy Plasmid Strategy. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(1). 214–222. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Chen, Xin Wang, Xuewei Liao, et al.. (2013). Identification and Characterization of a Cold-Active Phthalate Esters Hydrolase by Screening a Metagenomic Library Derived from Biofilms of a Wastewater Treatment Plant. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75977–e75977. 47 indexed citations

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Miao, Ai‐Jun & Wen‐Xiong Wang. (2007). Copper accumulation, toxicity and low molecular weight thiols synthesis in different nutrient-conditioned diatoms. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 indexed citations

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