Gang Xue

8.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
196 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Gang Xue is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Xue has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Pollution, 57 papers in Water Science and Technology and 52 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gang Xue's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (42 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (30 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (26 papers). Gang Xue is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (42 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (30 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (26 papers). Gang Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Gang Xue's co-authors include Pin Gao, Xiang Li, Xiang Li, Shengbing He, Quanyuan Chen, Hong Chen, Mark Tyrer, Colin D. Hills, Hong Chen and Yajie Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Plant Cell and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gang Xue

186 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

MYC2 Differentially Modulates Diverse Jasmonate-Dependent Functions inArabidopsis

2007 858 citations Gang Xue et al. profile →
Sulfur autotrophic denitrification as an efficient nitrogen removals method for wastewater treatment towards lower organic requirement: A review

2023 113 citations Xiang Li, Han Wang et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gang Xue China	42	1.9k	1.7k	1.7k	1.0k	941	196	6.7k
Kannan Pakshirajan India	45	1.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	663 0.6×	700 0.7×	207	6.6k
Balendu Shekher Giri India	42	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	705 0.7×	701 0.7×	127	6.1k
Ram Naresh Bharagava India	44	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	747 0.8×	114	7.4k
Jiti Zhou China	42	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	576 0.6×	547 0.6×	176	5.5k
Mayur B. Kurade South Korea	50	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	105	7.4k
Indu Shekhar Thakur India	53	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	849 0.9×	192	7.8k
Mario Dı́az Spain	47	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	995 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	348	9.1k
Jiti Zhou China	44	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	889 0.9×	532 0.6×	190	5.8k
Balasubramani Ravindran South Korea	45	803 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	815 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	245	6.9k
Luong T. Nguyen Australia	42	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	924 0.5×	758 0.7×	592 0.6×	85	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Xue

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Xue

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Xue

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Xumeng, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the synergy between autotrophic and heterotrophic electron donors in pyrite driven mixotrophic denitrification for advanced nitrogen removal. Water Research. 287(Pt A). 124371–124371. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Ying, Xumeng Lin, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2025). Restricted aeration boosts assimilation dominated nitrogen removal by modulating dissolved oxygen concentration and gradient. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166502–166502.

Wang, Xiaonuan, Hong Chen, Yajie Qian, et al.. (2024). Sludge-derived hydrochar modulates complete nonradical electron transfer in peroxydisulfate activation via pyrrolic-N and carbon defect: Implication for degrading electron-rich ionizable anilines compounds. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135724–135724. 5 indexed citations

Lin, Xumeng, Lei Xu, Ling Xiong, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insight into assimilation capture: Implication for high-efficiency nitrogen removal from mature landfill leachate. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155395–155395. 9 indexed citations

Xue, Gang, et al.. (2024). Fe0-mediated mixotrophic denitrification enhanced by carbon fiber for secondary effluent with low C/N ratio. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(4). 113206–113206. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjuan, Yue Li, Hussein E. Al‐Hazmi, et al.. (2024). A novel approach to enhance high optically active L-lactate production from food waste by landfill leachate. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122497–122497.

Zhang, Yu, Lei Xu, Zheng Wang, et al.. (2023). Uncovering interactions among ternary electron donors of organic carbon source, thiosulfate and Fe0 in mixotrophic advanced denitrification: Proof of concept from simulated to authentic secondary effluent. Water Research. 249. 120924–120924. 17 indexed citations

Chen, Hong, Xiulan Wang, Jun Sheng, et al.. (2023). Applying sludge hydrolysate as a carbon source for biological denitrification after composition optimization via red soil filtration. Water Research. 249. 120909–120909. 44 indexed citations

Liu, Jiawei, Xiaochuan Ran, Li Jia, et al.. (2023). Novel insights into carbon nanomaterials enhancing anammox for nitrogen removal: Effects and mechanisms. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167146–167146. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Han, Gang Xue, Zhao Jiang, et al.. (2021). Key technologies and equipment for contaminated surface/groundwater environment in the rural river network area of China: integrated remediation. Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 17 indexed citations

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Ai, Zhang, Xianbao Xu, Yanan Liu, et al.. (2021). Enhanced degradation of glucocorticoids, a potential COVID-19 remedy, by co-fermentation of waste activated sludge and animal manure: The role of manure type and degradation mechanism. Environmental Research. 201. 111488–111488. 18 indexed citations

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Yu, Shizhou, Yingchao Lin, Weijun Zhang, et al.. (2020). Activation of potassium released from soil by root-secreted organic acids in different varieties of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Functional Plant Biology. 47(4). 318–326. 19 indexed citations

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Zhou, Fang, et al.. (2019). Critical nitrogen concentration dilution curve and nitrogen nutrition diagnosis of flue-cured tobacco under conditions of integration of water and fertilizer in tobacco-growing areas in central Henan. Zhongguo yancao xuebao. 25(1). 58–66. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Xiang Li, Jing Wang, et al.. (2019). Hazardous waste dewatering and dry mass reduction through hydrophobic modification by a facile one-pot, alkali-assisted hydrothermal reaction. Water Research. 155. 225–232. 25 indexed citations

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Gao, Pin, Fan Yang, Mariya Munir, et al.. (2017). Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms under long-term exposure to ciprofloxacin antibiotic using fluorescence excitation-emission matrix and parallel factor analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(15). 13536–13545. 62 indexed citations

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Xue, Gang. (2013). Transport and Distribution of Antibiotics in Environmental Waters:a Review. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Gang, et al.. (2011). Enhanced Process in Conventional Water Treatment System for Removal of Carbamazepine. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(7). 38–41. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Gang, et al.. (2011). Catalytic ozonation of trace sulfadiazine in water by ZnOOH.. China Environmental Science. 31(2). 233–238. 1 indexed citations

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Xue, Gang, et al.. (2010). Molar Ratio Effect on Phosphorus Recovery by MAP from Simulative Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 33(1). 170–173. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jianhua, et al.. (2004). Kinetics of Chlorine Decay in Water Distribution Systems. Journal of Donghua University. 21(1). 140–145. 2 indexed citations

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