Kangning Xu

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kangning Xu is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kangning Xu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 15 papers in Water Science and Technology and 13 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kangning Xu's work include Phosphorus and nutrient management (17 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (12 papers) and Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (9 papers). Kangning Xu is often cited by papers focused on Phosphorus and nutrient management (17 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (12 papers) and Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (9 papers). Kangning Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Hong Kong. Kangning Xu's co-authors include Chengwen Wang, Min Zheng, Jiyun Li, Xiaomin Dou, Xiang Cheng, Yi Qian, Chengwen Wang, Tao Xie, Haiyan Liu and Dan Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kangning Xu

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

2024 77 citations Min Zheng, Zhetai Hu et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kangning Xu China	22	853	547	378	195	155	53	1.5k
Philipp Wilfert Netherlands	9	863 1.0×	505 0.9×	385 1.0×	167 0.9×	123 0.8×	19	1.2k
Roberto Canziani Italy	19	616 0.7×	577 1.1×	618 1.6×	211 1.1×	155 1.0×	81	1.6k
Jinghuan Luo China	24	591 0.7×	521 1.0×	741 2.0×	274 1.4×	265 1.7×	32	1.6k
Chengwen Wang China	23	804 0.9×	704 1.3×	461 1.2×	441 2.3×	146 0.9×	57	1.9k
Heidrun Steinmetz Germany	21	851 1.0×	790 1.4×	474 1.3×	212 1.1×	164 1.1×	69	1.8k
Fen Wang China	19	810 0.9×	450 0.8×	1.2k 3.1×	209 1.1×	176 1.1×	52	1.8k
Silvio Montalvo Chile	22	473 0.6×	516 0.9×	637 1.7×	315 1.6×	175 1.1×	68	1.6k
Tapas Nandy India	19	344 0.4×	564 1.0×	492 1.3×	191 1.0×	164 1.1×	61	1.3k
Feixiang Zan China	25	559 0.7×	502 0.9×	725 1.9×	248 1.3×	312 2.0×	88	1.8k
Tak-Hyun Kim South Korea	19	295 0.3×	403 0.7×	360 1.0×	221 1.1×	98 0.6×	42	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kangning Xu

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Bai, Ge, et al.. (2025). Recovery of iron phosphate from waste activated sludge as a precursor for lithium-ion battery cathode materials. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 225. 108596–108596.

Cheng, Xiaohui, Tao Liu, Xiang Cheng, et al.. (2024). High-level nitrogen removal achieved by Feammox-based autotrophic nitrogen conversion. Water Research X. 27. 100292–100292. 10 indexed citations

Zheng, Min, Zhetai Hu, Tao Liu, et al.. (2024). Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage. Nature Sustainability. 7(11). 1395–1404. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Shi, Yuxin, Qiong Zhu, Xinyan Lu, et al.. (2024). Low-Coordinated Nitrogen Vacancies for Robust Visible-Light-Driven H₂O₂ Production. ACS ES&T Water. 5(1). 242–252. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, et al.. (2024). Complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) at pH 3–4 supports stable production of ammonium nitrate from urine. Water Research. 257. 121686–121686. 21 indexed citations

Xu, Kangning, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of autotrophic process influencing extracellular polymeric substances in aerobic membrane bioreactor with expanded ASM model. The Science of The Total Environment. 928. 172207–172207. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Zhetai, Min Zheng, Shihu Hu, et al.. (2023). Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6405–6405. 18 indexed citations

Lu, Wen‐Duo, Chuanqi Liu, Haoyong Li, et al.. (2023). Microbial Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and In-Situ Biogas Upgrading at Various pH Conditions. Fermentation. 9(5). 444–444. 8 indexed citations

Cheng, Xiaohui, Guangxia Qi, Min Zheng, et al.. (2022). Achieving Ammonium Removal Through Anammox-Derived Feammox With Low Demand of Fe(III). Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 918634–918634. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Shihua, Yuting Yang, Min Zheng, et al.. (2020). Thermal decomposition of struvite pellet by microwave radiation and recycling of its product to remove ammonium and phosphate from urine. Environmental Research. 188. 109774–109774. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning, et al.. (2017). Optimizing the modification of wood waste biochar via metal oxides to remove and recover phosphate from human urine. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 41(4). 1767–1776. 44 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning, et al.. (2017). Recovery of Phosphorus and Potassium from Source-Separated Urine Using a Fluidized Bed Reactor: Optimization Operation and Mechanism Modeling. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 56(11). 3033–3039. 36 indexed citations

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Zheng, Min, Yanchen Liu, Kangning Xu, et al.. (2013). Use of low frequency and density ultrasound to stimulate partial nitrification and simultaneous nitrification and denitrification. Bioresource Technology. 146. 537–542. 29 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning. (2012). Home Market Size and TFP of China's Manufacturing Sector. China Industrial Economy. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning. (2012). Study of the Driving Factors for Changing Energy Intensity Trend in China——Based on the LMDI Decomposition Analysis. Economic management journal. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning, Chengwen Wang, Xiaoxue Wang, & Yi Qian. (2012). Laboratory experiments on simultaneous removal of K and P from synthetic and real urine for nutrient recycle by crystallization of magnesium–potassium–phosphate–hexahydrate in a draft tube and baffle reactor. Chemosphere. 88(2). 219–223. 51 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning, Chengwen Wang, Haiyan Liu, & Yi Qian. (2011). Simultaneous removal of phosphorus and potassium from synthetic urine through the precipitation of magnesium potassium phosphate hexahydrate. Chemosphere. 84(2). 207–212. 90 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning. (2010). Dam construction progress in Xinjiang. Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning. (2007). The Influence of Cumulation of R&D Capital on Productivity Growth——A Test on Chinese High-Tech Industries(1996-2004). Zhongguo ruankexue. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Kangning. (2006). The Empirical Research on R&D Efficiency of Chinese High-tech Industries. China Industrial Economy. 13 indexed citations

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