Haifeng Qian

13.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
237 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Haifeng Qian is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Haifeng Qian has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Pollution, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 65 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Haifeng Qian's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (56 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (37 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (30 papers). Haifeng Qian is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (56 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (37 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (30 papers). Haifeng Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Spain. Haifeng Qian's co-authors include Zhengwei Fu, Tao Lu, Zhenyan Zhang, Liwei Sun, Weiping Liu, Qi Zhang, Mingjing Ke, Yufei Wang, Qian Qu and Michel Lavoie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Haifeng Qian

227 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

  1. Assessment of global health risk of antibiotic resistance genes
    2022 570 citations Zhenyan Zhang, Qi Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Phthalates and Their Impacts on Human Health
    2021 365 citations Haifeng Qian et al. profile →
  3. Rhizosphere Microbiome Assembly and Its Impact on Plant Growth
    2020 319 citations Zhenyan Zhang, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry profile →
  4. Rhizosphere microorganisms can influence the timing of plant flowering
    2018 317 citations Tao Lu, Mingjing Ke et al. profile →
  5. Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions
    2025 38 citations Lu Xiao, Da Lin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Haifeng Qian China 56 4.0k 2.8k 2.1k 1.9k 1.4k 237 10.5k
Qing X. Li United States 56 4.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 3.1k 1.7× 818 0.6× 490 13.3k
Tomáš Cajthaml Czechia 57 4.2k 1.0× 3.6k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 910 0.5× 741 0.5× 278 11.4k
Paula M. L. Castro Portugal 57 3.5k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 702 0.5× 266 10.1k
Tao Lu China 48 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 658 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 221 7.7k
Lusheng Zhu China 56 3.9k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 3.1k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 230 9.7k
Pankaj Bhatt China 50 3.7k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 583 0.4× 142 7.2k
Meiying Xu China 48 2.2k 0.5× 874 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 821 0.6× 237 7.7k
Limei Zhang China 61 4.0k 1.0× 3.2k 1.2× 899 0.4× 2.7k 1.5× 442 0.3× 310 13.2k
Kadiyala Venkateswarlu India 48 4.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 798 0.4× 371 0.3× 184 8.2k
Muhammad Arshad Pakistan 57 2.7k 0.7× 6.0k 2.1× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 229 10.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Haifeng Qian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Haifeng Qian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Haifeng Qian. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Haifeng Qian. The network helps show where Haifeng Qian may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haifeng Qian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Haifeng Qian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Haifeng Qian based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Haifeng Qian. Haifeng Qian is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Qian, Haifeng, Fahad M. Alhomayani, Ahmad Almadhor, et al.. (2025). Waste heat management of gas turbine-tailored power plants with reverse osmosis (RO) technology and hydrogen fuel production; sensitivity analysis and Techno-economic optimization using genetic algorithm methods. Applied Thermal Engineering. 266. 125590–125590. 6 indexed citations
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Pang, Qian, Nuohan Xu, Bingfeng Chen, et al.. (2025). Assessment of the Effects of Biodegradable and Nonbiodegradable Microplastics Combined with Pesticides on the Soil Microbiota. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(45). 28678–28688.
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Xiao, Lu, Da Lin, Tian-Lun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Increasing pesticide diversity impairs soil microbial functions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(2). e2419917122–e2419917122. 38 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Ziwen, et al.. (2025). Contact electrification at gas-solid interface via pulsed gas jets. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(9). 102807–102807.
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Yu, Yitian, Rui Cui, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Environmental and Microbial Drivers of Global Rhizosphere Resistome Assembly. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(51). 32568–32576.
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He, Lisheng, et al.. (2025). Genomic potential for mercury biotransformation in marine sediments across marginal slope to hadal zone. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8655–8655.
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Wang, Yan, Zhenyan Zhang, Jian Kang, et al.. (2024). Phages in different habitats and their ability to carry antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133941–133941. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenyan, Qi Zhang, Bingfeng Chen, et al.. (2024). Global biogeography of microbes driving ocean ecological status under climate change. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4657–4657. 21 indexed citations
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Xu, Nuohan, Danyan Qiu, Zhenyan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A global atlas of marine antibiotic resistance genes and their expression. Water Research. 244. 120488–120488. 48 indexed citations
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Lu, Tao, Nuohan Xu, Chaotang Lei, et al.. (2023). Bacterial biogeography in China and its association to land use and soil organic carbon. Soil Ecology Letters. 5(4). 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Nuohan Xu, Bingfeng Chen, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic analysis of antibiotic-resistance genes and viruses released from glaciers into downstream habitats. The Science of The Total Environment. 908. 168310–168310. 20 indexed citations
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Ke, Mingjing, Shi Huang, Tao Lu, et al.. (2022). Development of a Potentially New Algaecide for Controlling Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms Which is Ecologically Safe and Selective. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 70(33). 10134–10143. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhenyan, Yiling Chen, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2022). The mechanism of different cyanobacterial responses to glyphosate. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 125. 258–265. 25 indexed citations
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Qiu, Danyan, Mingjing Ke, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Response of microbial antibiotic resistance to pesticides: An emerging health threat. The Science of The Total Environment. 850. 158057–158057. 89 indexed citations
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Wang, Weishi, Sumei Zhou, Yan Li, et al.. (2018). Effect of Whole Wheat Flour on the Deep-frying Kinetics of Chinese Sachima. Journal of food and nutrition research. 6(5). 277–284. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Jun Chen, Zhiye Wang, et al.. (2009). Assessment of the Bacterial Community for Denitrifying Removal of Nitric Oxide in a Rotating Drum Biofilter by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(7). 1189–1196. 6 indexed citations
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Qian, Haifeng, Jingjing Li, Liwei Sun, et al.. (2009). Combined effect of copper and cadmium on Chlorella vulgaris growth and photosynthesis-related gene transcription. Aquatic Toxicology. 94(1). 56–61. 213 indexed citations

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