Defu He

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Defu He is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Defu He has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pollution, 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 10 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Defu He's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (34 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (19 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (10 papers). Defu He is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (34 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (19 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (10 papers). Defu He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Defu He's co-authors include Shibo Lu, Yang Song, Mengting Liu, Lili Lei, Huahong Shi, Jiani Hu, Chengjin Cao, Yongming Luo, Siyu Wu and Kathleen M. Raley‐Susman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Defu He

46 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Microplastic particles cause intestinal damage and other adverse effects in zebrafish Danio rerio and nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

2017 1.1k citations Lili Lei, Siyu Wu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Microplastic and mesoplastic pollution in farmland soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China

2018 984 citations Mengting Liu, Shibo Lu et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Microplastics in soils: Analytical methods, pollution characteristics and ecological risks

2018 761 citations Defu He, Shibo Lu et al. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Defu He China	30	5.3k	3.5k	1.6k	946	698	48	6.0k
Shibo Lu China	10	3.9k 0.7×	2.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	676 0.7×	439 0.6×	10	4.2k
Qiqing Chen China	35	5.3k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	915 1.3×	93	6.2k
Elma Lahive United Kingdom	24	4.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	916 1.0×	505 0.7×	42	5.1k
Shin Woong Kim South Korea	26	2.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	565 0.4×	806 0.9×	337 0.5×	68	2.9k
Yooeun Chae South Korea	23	2.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	796 0.5×	723 0.8×	444 0.6×	42	3.2k
Nanna B. Hartmann Denmark	35	5.5k 1.0×	3.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	3.8k 4.0×	1.8k 2.6×	64	8.4k
Jiani Hu China	17	2.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	784 0.5×	353 0.4×	239 0.3×	46	2.9k
Hengxiang Li China	36	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	990 0.6×	421 0.4×	423 0.6×	107	4.8k
Alexandra ter Halle France	31	4.8k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	802 0.8×	697 1.0×	71	5.4k
Ika Paul-Pont France	30	6.9k 1.3×	4.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	982 1.0×	655 0.9×	47	7.4k

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Jiang, Jie, Yan Liu, Qiang Hu, et al.. (2025). Soil fauna Protaetia brevitarsis mediated polyethylene microplastic biodegradation. The Science of The Total Environment. 999. 180340–180340.

Jiang, Jie, Haowen Xu, Yuqing Liang, et al.. (2024). Soil-dwelling grub larvae of Protaetia brevitarsis biodegrade polystyrene: Responses of gut microbiome and host metabolism. The Science of The Total Environment. 934. 173399–173399. 14 indexed citations

Târţiu, Valentina Elena, Rachel Hurley, Demetres Briassoulis, et al.. (2024). Addressing the environmental sustainability of plastics used in agriculture: a multi-actor perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3.

Mo, Aoyun, Yuqing Liang, Jie Jiang, et al.. (2024). Polymer chain extenders induce significant toxicity through DAF-16 and SKN-1 pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans: A comparative analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 473. 134730–134730. 6 indexed citations

Liang, Yuqing, Aoyun Mo, Jie Jiang, et al.. (2023). Micro(nano)plastics in plant-derived food: Source, contamination pathways and human exposure risks. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 165. 117138–117138. 23 indexed citations

Liang, Yuqing, et al.. (2023). Organic additives in agricultural plastics and their impacts on soil ecosystems: Compared with conventional and biodegradable plastics. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 166. 117212–117212. 48 indexed citations

Lv, Weiwei, Defu He, Zhiquan Liu, et al.. (2023). Polystyrene nanospheres-induced hepatotoxicity in swamp eel (Monopterus albus): From biochemical, pathological and transcriptomic perspectives. The Science of The Total Environment. 893. 164844–164844. 21 indexed citations

Gao, Zhuo, Hairui Yu, Mingyuan Li, et al.. (2022). A battery of baseline toxicity bioassays directed evaluation of plastic leachates—Towards the establishment of bioanalytical monitoring tools for plastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 828. 154387–154387. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoting, Yingxin Chen, Xinyu Li, et al.. (2021). Size/shape-dependent migration of microplastics in agricultural soil under simulative and natural rainfall. The Science of The Total Environment. 815. 152507–152507. 100 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoting, et al.. (2021). Removal of microplastics from water by magnetic nano-Fe3O4. The Science of The Total Environment. 802. 149838–149838. 198 indexed citations

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Song, Yang, Rongliang Qiu, Jiani Hu, et al.. (2020). Biodegradation and disintegration of expanded polystyrene by land snails Achatina fulica. The Science of The Total Environment. 746. 141289–141289. 181 indexed citations

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Chen, Yingxin, et al.. (2020). Size-dependent cellular internalization and effects of polystyrene microplastics in microalgae P. helgolandica var. tsingtaoensis and S. quadricauda. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 399. 123092–123092. 105 indexed citations

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He, Defu, Xiaoting Zhang, & Jiani Hu. (2020). Methods for separating microplastics from complex solid matrices: Comparative analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 409. 124640–124640. 98 indexed citations

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Song, Yang, Chengjin Cao, Rongliang Qiu, et al.. (2019). Uptake and adverse effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics fibers on terrestrial snails (Achatina fulica) after soil exposure. Environmental Pollution. 250. 447–455. 343 indexed citations

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Lu, Shibo, Rongliang Qiu, Jiani Hu, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of microplastics in animal-based traditional medicinal materials: Widespread pollution in terrestrial environments. The Science of The Total Environment. 709. 136214–136214. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Mengting, Shibo Lu, Yang Song, et al.. (2018). Microplastic and mesoplastic pollution in farmland soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China. Environmental Pollution. 242(Pt A). 855–862. 984 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Siyu, Lili Lei, Yang Song, et al.. (2018). Mutation of hop-1 and pink-1 attenuates vulnerability of neurotoxicity in C. elegans: the role of mitochondria-associated membrane proteins in Parkinsonism. Experimental Neurology. 309. 67–78. 39 indexed citations

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Lv, Weiwei, Wenzong Zhou, Shibo Lu, et al.. (2018). Microplastic pollution in rice-fish co-culture system: A report of three farmland stations in Shanghai, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 652. 1209–1218. 320 indexed citations

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Lei, Lili, Siyu Wu, Shibo Lu, et al.. (2017). Microplastic particles cause intestinal damage and other adverse effects in zebrafish Danio rerio and nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The Science of The Total Environment. 619-620. 1–8. 1106 indexed citations breakdown →

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He, Defu, et al.. (2014). Toxicity bioassays for water from black-odor rivers in Wenzhou, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(3). 1731–1741. 41 indexed citations

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