Boya Xiong

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Boya Xiong is a scholar working on Pollution, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Boya Xiong has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pollution, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Boya Xiong's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (7 papers). Boya Xiong is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (10 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (9 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (7 papers). Boya Xiong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Boya Xiong's co-authors include Manish Kumar, Andrew L. Zydney, Desirée L. Plata, David Lundberg, David Veysset, Wenxu Zhang, Jet Lem, Yu‐Chen Sun, Keith A. Nelson and Peyton Shieh and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Boya Xiong

30 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Polyacrylamide degradation and its implications in environmental systems

2018 397 citations Boya Xiong, Andrew L. Zydney et al. profile →
Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics

2020 380 citations Boya Xiong, Desirée L. Plata et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Boya Xiong United States	16	367	333	242	235	229	34	1.5k
Emmanuel Nyankson Ghana	23	209 0.6×	267 0.8×	364 1.5×	148 0.6×	149 0.7×	74	1.8k
Lekan Taofeek Popoola Nigeria	19	409 1.1×	237 0.7×	54 0.2×	327 1.4×	51 0.2×	78	1.8k
Jinren Lu China	26	520 1.4×	483 1.5×	158 0.7×	88 0.4×	41 0.2×	67	2.2k
Weihua Yang China	24	242 0.7×	519 1.6×	88 0.4×	260 1.1×	109 0.5×	72	2.4k
Yujie Liu China	21	348 0.9×	225 0.7×	165 0.7×	183 0.8×	58 0.3×	66	1.6k
Babalola Aisosa Oni Nigeria	18	200 0.5×	501 1.5×	102 0.4×	280 1.2×	30 0.1×	59	1.7k
Chi‐Wen Lin Taiwan	33	284 0.8×	911 2.7×	119 0.5×	214 0.9×	458 2.0×	160	3.3k
Constantinos E. Salmas Greece	24	140 0.4×	317 1.0×	494 2.0×	270 1.1×	127 0.6×	85	1.7k
Nur Hashimah Alias Malaysia	25	973 2.7×	594 1.8×	175 0.7×	371 1.6×	54 0.2×	105	2.3k
Jinwen Hu China	29	370 1.0×	695 2.1×	81 0.3×	248 1.1×	164 0.7×	76	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boya Xiong

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20 of 20 papers shown

Iskander, Syeed Md, et al.. (2025). Novel Release Mechanism of Microplastics and Nanoplastics by Environmentally Relevant Sand Abrasion. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(38). 20684–20694. 2 indexed citations

Xiong, Boya, et al.. (2025). Novel self-assembled nanocellulose coating on microfiltration membranes for pathogen inactivation and fouling mitigation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 526. 170921–170921.

Apul, Onur G., et al.. (2025). Combined Adsorption and Michaelis–Menten Approach Reveals Predominant Enzymatic Depolymerization of Crystalline Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by Humicola insolens Cutinase in the Solution Phase. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(6). 2401–2410. 3 indexed citations

Xiong, Boya, et al.. (2024). Deciphering polymer degradation chemistry via integrating new database construction into suspect screening analysis. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 26(7). 1184–1197.

Xiong, Boya, et al.. (2024). Domestic groundwater wells in Appalachia show evidence of low-dose, complex mixtures of legacy pollutants. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 26(12). 2250–2263.

Dutcher, Cari S., et al.. (2024). Removal of Pristine and UV-Weathered Microplastics from Water: Moringa oleifera Seed Protein as a Natural Coagulant. Environmental Engineering Science. 41(11). 477–489. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Yiwen, Boya Xiong, Yu‐ming M. Huang, et al.. (2024). Exploring additives beyond phthalates: Release from plastic mulching films, biodegradation and occurrence in agricultural soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 918. 170763–170763. 15 indexed citations

Haugstad, Greg, et al.. (2024). Nanoscale Abrasive Wear of Polyethylene: A Novel Approach To Probe Nanoplastic Release at the Single Asperity Level. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(31). 13845–13855. 9 indexed citations

Su, Lei, et al.. (2021). Effects of peracetic acid on aromatic polyamide nanofiltration membranes: a comparative study with chlorine. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 7(2). 306–320. 9 indexed citations

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Xiong, Boya. (2021). Polyolefin recycling by C–C bond alumination. Chem. 7(5). 1149–1151. 4 indexed citations

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Iacovidou, Eleni, Roland Geyer, Julia A. Kalow, et al.. (2021). Toward a circular economy for plastics. One Earth. 4(5). 591–594. 12 indexed citations

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Samineni, Laxmicharan, Boya Xiong, Ratul Chowdhury, et al.. (2019). 7 Log Virus Removal in a Simple Functionalized Sand Filter. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(21). 12706–12714. 18 indexed citations

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Yang, Wulin, Moon Son, Boya Xiong, et al.. (2019). Effective Biofouling Control Using Periodic H₂O₂ Cleaning with CuO Modified and Polypropylene Spacers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(10). 9582–9587. 19 indexed citations

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Tasker, Travis L., Boya Xiong, Benedikt Weggler, et al.. (2019). Detection and removal of biologically active organic micropollutants from hospital wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 700. 134469–134469. 35 indexed citations

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Xiong, Boya, Travis L. Tasker, Zachary D. Miller, et al.. (2017). Chemical Degradation of Polyacrylamide during Hydraulic Fracturing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Xiong, Boya, Zachary D. Miller, Travis L. Tasker, et al.. (2017). Chemical Degradation of Polyacrylamide during Hydraulic Fracturing. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(1). 327–336. 79 indexed citations

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Guha, Rajarshi, Boya Xiong, Michael Geitner, et al.. (2017). Reactive micromixing eliminates fouling and concentration polarization in reverse osmosis membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 542. 8–17. 42 indexed citations

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Xiong, Boya, Andrew L. Zydney, & Manish Kumar. (2016). Fouling of microfiltration membranes by flowback and produced waters from the Marcellus shale gas play. Water Research. 99. 162–170. 79 indexed citations

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Xiong, Boya. (2014). The Development of Carboxylic Acid Separation by Nanofiltration Membrane for Carboxylate Platform Using Lignocellulosic Biomass. 3 indexed citations

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Johnson, Jill R., et al.. (2009). Effect of Maternal Raspberry Leaf Consumption in Rats on Pregnancy Outcome and the Fertility of the Female Offspring. Reproductive Sciences. 16(6). 605–609. 27 indexed citations

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