Junfeng Gao

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Junfeng Gao is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Junfeng Gao has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 41 papers in Water Science and Technology and 14 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Junfeng Gao's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (23 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers). Junfeng Gao is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (23 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers). Junfeng Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Germany. Junfeng Gao's co-authors include Jiacong Huang, George B. Arhonditsis, Yingjun Zhang, Jian Peng, Feifei Dong, Yongnian Gao, Qiuwen Chen, Yinjun Zhang, Hongbin Yin and Qi Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Junfeng Gao

62 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges

2021 272 citations Jiacong Huang, Yinjun Zhang 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
Junfeng Gao China	24	1.1k	927	474	427	325	67	2.1k
Jiacong Huang China	25	1.2k 1.1×	884 1.0×	426 0.9×	411 1.0×	391 1.2×	94	2.2k
Jens Fölster Sweden	21	689 0.6×	940 1.0×	586 1.2×	469 1.1×	243 0.7×	59	1.8k
Helen M. Baulch Canada	29	907 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	747 1.6×	785 1.8×	511 1.6×	102	2.6k
François Bírgand United States	22	873 0.8×	842 0.9×	381 0.8×	206 0.5×	211 0.6×	74	1.7k
Julien Némery France	31	993 0.9×	681 0.7×	931 2.0×	315 0.7×	224 0.7×	63	2.3k
Bryan D. Downing United States	21	713 0.6×	722 0.8×	558 1.2×	1.2k 2.7×	276 0.8×	38	2.3k
K. J. Van Meter Canada	23	1.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.8×	672 1.4×	290 0.7×	395 1.2×	41	2.9k
Remegio Confesor United States	19	997 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	411 0.9×	242 0.6×	223 0.7×	37	2.0k
Hengpeng Li China	23	1.0k 0.9×	682 0.7×	497 1.0×	303 0.7×	965 3.0×	89	2.2k
Florentina Moatar France	30	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	959 2.0×	495 1.2×	377 1.2×	81	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Junfeng Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junfeng Gao

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Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2025). Altering water flow pathway to enhance nutrient retention in lowland areas. Water Research. 287(Pt B). 124429–124429.

Zhang, Shuai, George B. Arhonditsis, Brett A. Bryan, et al.. (2025). Climate change promotes harmful algal blooms in China's lakes and reservoirs despite significant nutrient control efforts. Water Research. 277. 123307–123307. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, You, et al.. (2024). Hydro-meteorological factors and inflowing nutrients drive water quality in an impounded lake of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(19). 28198–28209. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Jiacong, et al.. (2023). How sediment dredging alters phosphorus dynamics in a lowland rural river?. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 147. 189–199. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Jiacong, et al.. (2023). Characterizing nitrogen dynamics and their response to sediment dredging in a lowland rural river. Journal of Hydrology. 628. 130479–130479. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Yin, Junfeng Gao, Qi Li, et al.. (2023). Jia-Wei-Si-Miao-Yong-An Fang stimulates the healing of acute radiation-induced cutaneous wounds through MAPK/ERK pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 306. 116180–116180. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Lowland artificial watersheds with unique nutrient transport: Response to natural and anthropogenic drivers. Journal of Hydrology. 622. 129635–129635. 6 indexed citations

Li, Qi, Jiacong Huang, Jing Zhang, & Junfeng Gao. (2023). A raster-based estimation of watershed phosphorus load and its impacts on surrounding rivers based on process-based modelling. Journal of Environmental Management. 339. 117846–117846. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xuesong, Junfeng Gao, Hongwei Yang, et al.. (2022). A modelling framework to track phosphorus sources of the drinking water intakes in a large eutrophic lake. Journal of Hydrology. 607. 127564–127564. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiacong, Yinjun Zhang, Haijian Bing, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges. Water Research. 201. 117309–117309. 272 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cui, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the impacts of macrophyte-dominated ponds on nitrogen sources and sinks by coupling multiscale models. The Science of The Total Environment. 811. 152208–152208. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiacong, Yingjun Zhang, George B. Arhonditsis, et al.. (2020). The magnitude and drivers of harmful algal blooms in China’s lakes and reservoirs: A national-scale characterization. Water Research. 181. 115902–115902. 177 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuangshuang, Yongnian Gao, Qin Li, et al.. (2018). Long-term and inter-monthly dynamics of aquatic vegetation and its relation with environmental factors in Taihu Lake, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 651(Pt 1). 367–380. 65 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiacong, Yingjun Zhang, George B. Arhonditsis, et al.. (2018). How successful are the restoration efforts of China's lakes and reservoirs?. Environment International. 123. 96–103. 179 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiacong, George B. Arhonditsis, Junfeng Gao, Dong‐Kyun Kim, & Feifei Dong. (2018). Towards the development of a modeling framework to track nitrogen export from lowland artificial watersheds (polders). Water Research. 133. 319–337. 32 indexed citations

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Gao, Yongnian, Junfeng Gao, Jing Wang, et al.. (2017). Estimating the biomass of unevenly distributed aquatic vegetation in a lake using the normalized water-adjusted vegetation index and scale transformation method. The Science of The Total Environment. 601-602. 998–1007. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, Baogui Liu, Yuwei Chen, & Junfeng Gao. (2016). [Responses of Nutrients and Chlorophyll a to Water Level Fluctuations in Poyang Lake].. PubMed. 37(6). 2141–2148. 7 indexed citations

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Gao, Yongnian, Junfeng Gao, Hongbin Yin, et al.. (2014). Remote sensing estimation of the total phosphorus concentration in a large lake using band combinations and regional multivariate statistical modeling techniques. Journal of Environmental Management. 151. 33–43. 65 indexed citations

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Yin, Hongbin, Yongjiu Cai, Hongtao Duan, Junfeng Gao, & Chengxin Fan. (2013). Use of DGT and conventional methods to predict sediment metal bioavailability to a field inhabitant freshwater snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) from Chinese eutrophic lakes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 264. 184–194. 92 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiacong, Junfeng Gao, & Georg Hörmann. (2011). Hydrodynamic-phytoplankton model for short-term forecasts of phytoplankton in Lake Taihu, China. Limnologica. 42(1). 7–18. 63 indexed citations

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