Defu Xu

85 total papers · 1.3k total citations
58 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Defu Xu is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Defu Xu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Water Science and Technology and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Defu Xu's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (15 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (13 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (13 papers). Defu Xu is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (15 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (13 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (13 papers). Defu Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Defu Xu's co-authors include Yingxue Li, A. D. Howard, Jianming Xu, Jian Wu, Kewei Yu, Junmin Cao, Yidong Guan, Hong Yang, Alan Howard and Mindong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Defu Xu

56 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Defu Xu 512 306 275 115 114 58 1.1k
Tjaša Griessler Bulc 598 1.2× 259 0.8× 292 1.1× 91 0.8× 124 1.1× 47 1.3k
Alisson Carraro Borges 676 1.3× 449 1.5× 275 1.0× 109 0.9× 127 1.1× 140 1.4k
Jingqing Gao 502 1.0× 234 0.8× 323 1.2× 213 1.9× 195 1.7× 77 1.4k
Zedong Teng 316 0.6× 367 1.2× 358 1.3× 134 1.2× 72 0.6× 34 1.1k
Kundan Samal 638 1.2× 234 0.8× 365 1.3× 80 0.7× 80 0.7× 27 1.4k
Bolin Li 207 0.4× 260 0.8× 401 1.5× 101 0.9× 76 0.7× 57 1.0k
Paulo Belli Filho 470 0.9× 196 0.6× 304 1.1× 100 0.9× 107 0.9× 69 1.4k
Tianling Li 241 0.5× 272 0.9× 291 1.1× 108 0.9× 63 0.6× 25 926
Ludwig Hermann 811 1.6× 340 1.1× 183 0.7× 164 1.4× 49 0.4× 28 1.3k
Piotr Koszelnik 249 0.5× 278 0.9× 256 0.9× 193 1.7× 89 0.8× 98 935

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Fields of papers citing papers by Defu Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Defu Xu

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