Hongkai Zhu

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
115 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hongkai Zhu is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongkai Zhu has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 25 papers in Pollution and 21 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hongkai Zhu's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (55 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (30 papers) and Melamine detection and toxicity (19 papers). Hongkai Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (55 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (30 papers) and Melamine detection and toxicity (19 papers). Hongkai Zhu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Hongkai Zhu's co-authors include Kurunthachalam Kannan, Yu Wang, Hongwen Sun, Yiming Yao, Fei Wang, Lei Wang, Tao Zhang, Jing Ma, Yuan He and Xiongfei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Hongkai Zhu

107 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

A Review of Biomonitoring of Phthalate Exposures

2019 550 citations Yu Wang, Hongkai Zhu et al. Toxics profile →
Long‒term trends in surface thermal environment and its potential drivers along the urban development gradients in rapidly urbanizing regions of China

2024 55 citations Hongkai Zhu, Shuyi Zhang et al. profile →
Liquid crystal monomers induce placental development and progesterone release dysregulation through transplacental transportation

2025 11 citations Shaohan Zhang, Zhipeng Cheng et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongkai Zhu China	34	2.6k	947	564	373	291	115	3.6k
Shaoyou Lu China	38	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	207 0.4×	153 0.4×	100 0.3×	156	3.8k
Zi-Feng Zhang China	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	371 0.7×	66 0.2×	326 1.1×	124	3.9k
Esteban Abad Spain	37	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	316 0.6×	145 0.4×	327 1.1×	128	4.1k
Yingxin Yu China	45	3.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	286 0.5×	99 0.3×	271 0.9×	173	4.9k
Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos Norway	38	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	554 1.0×	87 0.2×	225 0.8×	100	4.6k
Tatsuya Kunisue Japan	41	3.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	550 1.0×	85 0.2×	187 0.6×	140	5.1k
Sunggyu Lee United States	35	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	435 0.8×	92 0.2×	170 0.6×	161	3.5k
Tu Binh Minh Vietnam	38	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	658 1.2×	67 0.2×	157 0.5×	94	4.2k
Qian Wu China	37	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	79 0.2×	523 1.8×	147	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongkai Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongkai Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongkai Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hongkai Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hongkai Zhu 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 Hongkai Zhu. Hongkai Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Shuyi, Hongkai Zhu, Ke Zeng, et al.. (2025). From city to countryside: Unraveling the long-term complex effects of urbanization on vegetation growth in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 124975–124975. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Yiming, Shijie Chen, Yongcheng Li, et al.. (2025). An Enhanced Protocol to Expand Human Exposome and Machine Learning-Based Prediction for Methodology Application. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(7). 3376–3387. 2 indexed citations

Shi, Yumeng, Meng‐Ni Wu, Wei Guo, et al.. (2025). Environmental Exposure to Melamine Derivatives and Early Kidney Injury: Role of Ferroptosis and Oxidative Stress. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(31). 16282–16292.

Xu, Ke, Ran Ding, Yarui Liu, et al.. (2025). Melamine derivatives in indoor dust from China: Temporal trends and human exposure before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138442–138442.

Zhang, Shaohan, Zhipeng Cheng, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Liquid crystal monomers induce placental development and progesterone release dysregulation through transplacental transportation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1204–1204. 11 indexed citations breakdown →

Shi, Yumeng, et al.. (2025). Beyond phthalates: Investigating non-phthalate plasticizers in indoor environments—A nationwide survey from China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138497–138497.

Cao, Zhiguo, Leicheng Zhao, Pingping Wang, et al.. (2025). Insights into the Dermal Absorption, Percutaneous Penetration, and Tissue Distribution of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QACs): Evidence from Human Skin Wipes and In Vivo Rat Models. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(25). 12947–12957. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Hongkai, Hu Xu, & Yongmin Huang. (2024). The effect of epoxy resin and curing agent groups on mechanical properties investigated by molecular dynamics. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110447–110447. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhipeng, Shaohan Zhang, Hongkai Zhu, et al.. (2024). Unexpected Exposure Risks to Emerging Aromatic Amine Antioxidants and p-Phenylenediamine Quinones to Residents: Evidence from External and Internal Exposure as Well as Hepatotoxicity Evaluation. Environment & Health. 2(5). 278–289. 30 indexed citations

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Shi, Yumeng, Leicheng Zhao, Ran Ding, et al.. (2024). End-of-life vehicle dismantling activity emits large quantities of phthalates and their alternatives: New insights on environmental sources and co-exposure risks. Environment International. 190. 108933–108933. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaohan, Zhipeng Cheng, Leicheng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Aromatic amine antioxidants (AAs) and p-phenylenediamines-quinones (PPD-Qs) in e-waste recycling industry park: Occupational exposure and liver X receptors (LXRs) disruption potential. Environment International. 186. 108609–108609. 13 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lin, et al.. (2024). Current Phthalate Exposure Risks of Rural Population in the Northwest China: Evidence from an Internal Exposure Study. Environment & Health. 2(8). 586–595. 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Yafei, Sai Guo, Hongkai Zhu, et al.. (2024). Urinary Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons of Rural Population in Northwestern China: Oxidative Stress and Health Risk Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(18). 7758–7769. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Xuelin, Yu Wang, Qiuyue Zhang, et al.. (2023). Novel Brominated Flame Retardants in Dust from E-Waste-Dismantling Workplace in Central China: Contamination Status and Human Exposure Assessment. Toxics. 11(1). 58–58. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Zhipeng, et al.. (2023). Human Exposure Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds in E-waste Recycling Area: Get Insight into Impacts of Manipulation Mode and Associations with Oxidative Stress Markers. Environment & Health. 1(6). 405–415. 8 indexed citations

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Shi, Yumeng, Leicheng Zhao, Hongkai Zhu, et al.. (2023). Co-occurrence of phthalate and non-phthalate plasticizers in dust and hand wipes: A comparison of levels across various sources. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 459. 132271–132271. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongxiu, Yuyan Wang, Kurunthachalam Kannan, et al.. (2022). Determinants of phthalate exposures in pregnant women in New York City. Environmental Research. 212(Pt A). 113203–113203. 13 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hongkai & Kurunthachalam Kannan. (2020). Total oxidizable precursor assay in the determination of perfluoroalkyl acids in textiles collected from the United States. Environmental Pollution. 265(Pt B). 114940–114940. 58 indexed citations

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Young, Anna S., Russ Hauser, Tamarra James‐Todd, et al.. (2020). Impact of “healthier” materials interventions on dust concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and organophosphate esters. Environment International. 150. 106151–106151. 32 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hongkai & Kurunthachalam Kannan. (2019). Melamine and cyanuric acid in foodstuffs from the United States and their implications for human exposure. Environment International. 130. 104950–104950. 52 indexed citations

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