Ai‐Jun Miao

6.8k citations

90 papers · 5.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 34

Impact in

Pollution top 0.2%
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Heavy metals in environment
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.5%
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Papers in

Pollution 36
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 16
- Heavy metals in environment 12
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 30
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology 12
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity 10
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies 8

Co-authors: Liuyan Yang Peter H. Santschi Antonietta Quigg Rong Ji Ke Pan Shen Xu Nanna B. Hartmann Juliane Filser
Journals: Environmental Science & Technology (20 papers)Journal of Hazardous Materials (10 papers)Environmental Pollution (6 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (3 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Hong Kong

In The Last Decade

Ai‐Jun Miao

85 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Microplastics in aquatic environments: Occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects 2019 · 627 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 The Science of The Total Environment
2008 Ecotoxicology

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1	Mineral dissolution by dimeric complexes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·S.-S. Kim, Qing Guo, C. Grandroques, Qian Chang, Pieter Gerbenzon, Trent R. Graham, Ping Chen, Lili Liu, Chang Liu, Benjamin A. Legg, Qian Chen, Ai‐Jun Miao, Zhe-Ming Wang, James J. De Yoreo, Carolyn I. Pearce, Aurora E. Clark, Kevin M. Rosso, Xin Zhang	2025	0
2	Mechanisms Underlying the Size-Dependent Neurotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoplastics in Zebrafish Environmental Science & Technology ·Chao Wu, 汪勇, Hongxia Ma, Rong Ji, Ke Pan, Tongtao Yue, Ai‐Jun Miao	2025	8
3	Cell-excreted proteins mediate the interactions of differently sized silica nanoparticles during cellular uptake Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Bin Huang, Jiaming Li, A Ebeling, Mei Wang, Wei Pan, Keda Zhang, Huan He, Qiao‐Guo Tan, Ai‐Jun Miao	2024	0
4	Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Reveals Bioaccumulation of Small Microplastics in Protozoa from Natural Waters Environmental Science & Technology ·Mei Wang, L. Benjamin Fritz, Chao Wu, Shuai Yan, Salvador Colomer Signes, Wei Pan, Qiao‐Guo Tan, Ke Pan, Rong Ji, Liuyan Yang, Bingcai Pan, Ping Wang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2024	16
5	Effect of Adsorbed Carboxylates on the Dissolution of Boehmite Nanoplates in Highly Alkaline Solutions Environmental Science & Technology ·C. Grandroques, Qing Guo, Sichuang Xue, Ping Chen, Qian Zhao, Lili Liu, Rohöl Davon, Jay A. LaVerne, Carolyn I. Pearce, Ai‐Jun Miao, Zhe-Ming Wang, Kevin M. Rosso, Xin Zhang	2024	7
6	Understanding Trace Iron and Chromium Incorporation During Gibbsite Crystallization and Effects on Mineral Dissolution Environmental Science & Technology ·C. Grandroques, Micah P. Prange, Meirong Zong, Yining Wang, Éric Walter, Ying Chen, Zihua Zhu, Mark Engelhard, Xiang Wang, H. Godoy, Carolyn I. Pearce, Ai‐Jun Miao, Zhe-Ming Wang, Kevin M. Rosso, Xin Zhang	2024	2
7	Pre-exposure to titanium or iron oxide nanoparticles suppresses the subsequent cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles The Science of The Total Environment ·Wenbo Guo, Chao Wu, Liuyan Yang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2023	3
8	Bioaccumulation determines the toxicity of carbon dots to two marine dinoflagellates Chemosphere ·Yueyue Liu, Jiameng Li, Rong Ji, Hongguo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2023	5
9	Pre-exposure to Fe₂O₃ or TiO₂ Nanoparticles Inhibits Subsequent Biological Uptake of ⁵⁵Fe-Labeled Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticles Environmental Science & Technology ·Wenbo Guo, Chao Wu, Ke Pan, Liuyan Yang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2023	5
10	Silicon Limitation Impairs the Tolerance of Marine Diatoms to Pristine Microplastics Environmental Science & Technology ·Fengyuan Chen, Jie Ma, N Kleijne, Hongbin Liu, Ai‐Jun Miao, Xiaoshan Zhu, Ke Pan	2023	21
11	Changes in Gut Microbiota Structure: A Potential Pathway for Silver Nanoparticles to Affect the Host Metabolism ACS Nano ·Xinlei Wang, Nanyang Yu, Chuan Wang, Shamsul Shahibudin, Chao Wu, Liuyan Yang, Si Wei, Ai‐Jun Miao	2022	23
12	Label-Free Imaging of Humic Substance Bioaccumulation by Pump–Probe Microscopy Analytical Chemistry ·Pinky Radiya, Chao Wu, Shuai Yan, Chuan Wang, L. Benjamin Fritz, Qiao‐Guo Tan, Rong Ji, Liuyan Yang, Chenghua Sun, Г. А. Бадун, Maria G. Chernysheva, Ping Wang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2022	3
13	Polystyrene Nanoplastics Inhibit the Transformation of Tetrabromobisphenol A by the Bacterium Rhodococcus jostii ACS Nano ·Shen Xu, Chao Wu, Wenbo Guo, Liuyan Yang, Rong Ji, Ke Pan, Ai‐Jun Miao	2021	40
14	Unbound Natural Organic Matter Competes with Nanoparticles for Internalization Receptors During Cell Uptake Environmental Science & Technology ·Pinky Radiya, Shuai Yan, Bin Huang, Liuyan Yang, Hong‐Ming Ding, Ping Wang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2020	11
15	Combined Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles with Hematite or Plastic Nanoparticles toward Two Freshwater Algae Environmental Science & Technology ·Bin Huang, Zhongbo Wei, Liuyan Yang, Ke Pan, Ai‐Jun Miao	2019	143
16	Algal Foods Reduce the Uptake of Hematite Nanoparticles by Downregulating Water Filtration in Daphnia magna Environmental Science & Technology ·Yueyue Liu, Wenbo Guo, Pinky Radiya, Shen Xu, Liuyan Yang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2019	15
17	Waterborne and Dietborne Toxicity of Inorganic Arsenic to the Freshwater Zooplankton Daphnia magna Environmental Science & Technology ·Ningxin Wang, Yueyue Liu, Zhongbo Wei, Liuyan Yang, Ai‐Jun Miao	2018	30
18	Highly Effective Polyphosphate Synthesis, Phosphate Removal, and Concentration Using Engineered Environmental Bacteria Based on a Simple Solo Medium-Copy Plasmid Strategy Environmental Science & Technology ·長谷川和哉, Xiaomeng Wang, Kai-Min Hui, Wei Wei, Wen Zhang, Ai‐Jun Miao, Lin Xiao, Liuyan Yang	2017	21
19	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 ·Vendulka Humlova, Chen Xu, Xin Wang, Xuewei Liao, Lin Xiao, Ai‐Jun Miao, Jun Wu, Liuyan Yang	2013	47
20	Copper accumulation, toxicity and low molecular weight thiols synthesis in different nutrient-conditioned diatoms Environmental Science & Technology ·Ai‐Jun Miao, Wen‐Xiong Wang	2007	1

About Ai‐Jun Miao

Ai‐Jun Miao is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology and Materials Chemistry, having authored 90 papers that have together received 5.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (34 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers), Heavy metals in environment (12 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (12 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (10 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (8 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (8 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (2.4k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (789 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (709 citations) and Materials Chemistry (2.8k citations). Ai‐Jun Miao has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Pollution, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

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