Eddy Y. Zeng

28.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
384 papers, 23.5k citations indexed

About

Eddy Y. Zeng is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Eddy Y. Zeng has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 23.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 264 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 181 papers in Pollution and 63 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Eddy Y. Zeng's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (203 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (99 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (75 papers). Eddy Y. Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (203 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (99 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (75 papers). Eddy Y. Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Eddy Y. Zeng's co-authors include Lian‐Jun Bao, Lei Mai, Liang‐Ying Liu, Bixian Mai, Hong‐Gang Ni, Ying Guo, Xiao‐Jun Luo, Charles S. Wong, Ji‐Zhong Wang and Da Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Eddy Y. Zeng

377 papers receiving 23.1k 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.

A Global Perspective on Microplastics

2020 880 citations Lei Mai, Eddy Y. Zeng et al. profile →
Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

2018 796 citations Eddy Y. Zeng et al. profile →
A Review of Microplastics in Table Salt, Drinking Water, and Air: Direct Human Exposure

2020 778 citations Eddy Y. Zeng et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Interaction of toxic chemicals with microplastics: A critical review

2018 713 citations Charles S. Wong, Eddy Y. Zeng et al. profile →
Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions by a novel biochar supported nanoscale iron sulfide composite

2017 507 citations Eddy Y. Zeng et al. profile →
Distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Sediments of the Pearl River Delta and Adjacent South China Sea

2005 505 citations Eddy Y. Zeng et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Assessing heavy metal pollution in the surface soils of a region that had undergone three decades of intense industrialization and urbanization

2013 472 citations Eddy Y. Zeng, Hefa Cheng et al. profile →
Global Epidemiology of Dengue Outbreaks in 1990–2015: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2017 283 citations Eddy Y. Zeng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eddy Y. Zeng China	77	12.5k	11.9k	5.2k	1.9k	1.9k	384	23.5k
Hideshige Takada Japan	68	12.5k 1.0×	8.3k 0.7×	5.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	763 0.4×	211	17.8k
Colin Janssen Belgium	79	18.3k 1.5×	12.3k 1.0×	7.3k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	532	28.6k
Lei Wang China	67	8.0k 0.6×	6.1k 0.5×	3.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	602	16.5k
Armando C. Duarte Portugal	82	15.4k 1.2×	7.2k 0.6×	9.0k 1.7×	940 0.5×	4.1k 2.2×	576	30.7k
Matthew MacLeod Sweden	54	6.3k 0.5×	6.3k 0.5×	3.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	170	14.6k
Rai S. Kookana Australia	66	9.0k 0.7×	5.9k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	282	16.3k
Peter Christie China	91	11.5k 0.9×	4.3k 0.4×	3.5k 0.7×	5.0k 2.6×	2.1k 1.1×	571	36.4k
Shu Tao China	102	12.7k 1.0×	23.0k 1.9×	2.4k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	905	40.8k
Mike J. McLaughlin Australia	80	9.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.4×	2.7k 0.5×	4.5k 2.4×	2.6k 1.4×	466	24.3k
Ming Hung Wong Hong Kong	114	23.4k 1.9×	18.3k 1.5×	9.0k 1.7×	5.7k 3.0×	3.1k 1.6×	894	51.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eddy Y. Zeng

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Jinyun, et al.. (2025). Occurrences, profiles, and mass inventories of sediment p-phenylenediamine and their quinones in the northern South China Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 221. 118482–118482. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Shijie, et al.. (2025). Dual intermittent aerations enhance nitrogen removal via anammox in anoxic/oxic biofilm process for carbon limited wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology. 419. 132096–132096. 2 indexed citations

Schiebinger, Londa, Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Elena Gissi, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology: Implementation and Checklist Development. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 51.

Yao, Yao, Yuchen Li, Yu Wu, et al.. (2025). Cohort Evidence Links Phthalate Exposure to Early Onset of Puberty in Chinese Girls. Environment & Health. 3(9). 1043–1052.

Wang, Po, et al.. (2024). Utility of a modified o-DGT passive sampler for measurement of bisphenol analogues in freshwater and coastal waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 931. 172978–172978. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Siqi, Lian‐Jun Bao, Tingyu Li, & Eddy Y. Zeng. (2024). Potential health risk of human exposure to tobacco-specific nitrosamines in second-hand and third-hand smoke. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136446–136446. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Tingting, Hengxiang Li, Rui Hou, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the toxicity mechanisms of nanoplastics with various surface modifications on Skeletonema costatum: Cellular and molecular perspectives. The Science of The Total Environment. 953. 176164–176164. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Rong, Yu Wang, Ying Dong, et al.. (2024). Uptake of Typical Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Vegetables: Evidence From Passive Samplers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 43(11). 2338–2349.

Feng, Pu, Jun Liu, Lian‐Jun Bao, et al.. (2024). Adaptive Escape of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Application of Low-Amplitude Electric Pulses. Langmuir. 40(28). 14281–14290. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Liang‐Ying, et al.. (2023). Liquid crystal monomers in multimedia environments and potential human exposure risk: A short review. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 32. 100447–100447. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanxu, Peipei Wu, Ruochong Xu, et al.. (2023). Plastic waste discharge to the global ocean constrained by seawater observations. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1372–1372. 77 indexed citations

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Yang, Jun, Wenqing Xu, Liang Xiao, et al.. (2023). Fluorescent Visualization of Chemical Profiles across the Air–Water Interface. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(48). 20107–20117.

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Wang, Siqi, et al.. (2023). Size-resolved gas-particle partitioning characteristics of typical semi-volatile organic compounds in urban atmosphere. Environmental Pollution. 320. 121101–121101. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingjie, Liu-Hong Wu, Fei Wang, et al.. (2021). DNA oxidative damage in pregnant women upon exposure to conventional and alternative phthalates. Environment International. 156. 106743–106743. 22 indexed citations

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Zhu, Dongqiang, Wei‐Qiang Chen, Xiaolei Qu, et al.. (2021). Future research needs for environmental science in China. Geography and sustainability. 2(3). 234–242. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Guiqin, et al.. (2019). Microbial biofilm formation and community structure on low-density polyethylene microparticles in lake water microcosms. Environmental Pollution. 252(Pt A). 94–102. 171 indexed citations

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Zhong, Qirui, Jianmin Ma, Guofeng Shen, et al.. (2018). Distinguishing Emission-Associated Ambient Air PM_2.5 Concentrations and Meteorological Factor-Induced Fluctuations. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(18). 10416–10425. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuanchen, Wei Du, Shaojie Zhuo, et al.. (2017). Stack and fugitive emissions of major air pollutants from typical brick kilns in China. Environmental Pollution. 224. 421–429. 33 indexed citations

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Bao, Lian‐Jun, et al.. (2017). Organic Contaminants in the Pearl River Delta, South China:Environmental Behavior and Human Exposure. Huaxue jinzhan. 29(9). 943. 4 indexed citations

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Sojinu, Samuel O., Oluwadayo O. Sonibare, Olusegun Ekundayo, & Eddy Y. Zeng. (2011). Occurrence of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface sediments of the Niger Delta, Nigeria.. The Journal of applied sciences research. 1299–1305. 15 indexed citations

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