Li Xu

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
98 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Li Xu is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Xu has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Pollution, 30 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 24 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Li Xu's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (40 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (22 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (20 papers). Li Xu is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (40 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (22 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (20 papers). Li Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Li Xu's co-authors include Xiao‐Bing Yang, Guang‐Guo Ying, Tieyu Wang, Anxiang Lu, Xiaolei Zhang, Hongru Du, Li Wang, Haochang Su, Shitong Li and Fan Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Li Xu

95 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Macro- and microplastic accumulation in soil after 32 years of plastic film mulching

2022 304 citations Li Xu et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Biodegradable microplastics coupled with biochar enhance Cd chelation and reduce Cd accumulation in Chinese cabbage

2025 43 citations Meng Zhao, Guoyuan Zou et al. Biochar profile →
Leaf absorption contributes to accumulation of microplastics in plants

2025 42 citations Li Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Xu China	36	2.9k	1.5k	968	658	334	98	4.0k
Mechthild Schmitt‐Jansen Germany	29	3.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	769 1.2×	255 0.8×	60	4.3k
Andy M. Booth Norway	38	3.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.2×	923 1.4×	554 1.7×	105	5.0k
Mahua Saha India	28	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	509 0.8×	165 0.5×	45	3.5k
Liam Morrison Ireland	39	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	611 0.6×	421 0.6×	723 2.2×	106	5.2k
Lianzhen Li China	36	3.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	843 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	490 1.5×	97	4.8k
Elke Fries Germany	25	4.2k 1.5×	3.0k 2.0×	1.3k 1.3×	757 1.2×	468 1.4×	44	5.2k
Keming Qu China	28	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	443 0.5×	516 0.8×	488 1.5×	125	3.4k
Monia Renzi Italy	35	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	759 0.8×	719 1.1×	207 0.6×	178	4.3k
Lian‐Jun Bao China	35	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	396 0.6×	241 0.7×	98	3.8k
Alessandra Cincinelli Italy	50	4.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.5×	2.9k 3.0×	663 1.0×	455 1.4×	171	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Li Xu. 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 Li Xu. The network helps show where Li Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li Xu 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 Li Xu. Li Xu 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

Xu, Li, et al.. (2025). Negative interactions between bacteria and fungi modulate life history strategies of soil bacterial communities in temperate shrublands under precipitation gradients. Functional Ecology. 39(12). 3459–3473.

Chen, Wei, et al.. (2025). Occurrence and health risk assessment of phthalate ester pollution in mulched farmland soil at a national scale, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 492. 138276–138276. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Li, et al.. (2025). Optimized MaxEnt modeling reveals major decline and shift of giant panda habitat under CMIP6 ensemble projections. Ecological Indicators. 179. 114150–114150. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Meng, Guoyuan Zou, Yifan Li, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable microplastics coupled with biochar enhance Cd chelation and reduce Cd accumulation in Chinese cabbage. Biochar. 7(1). 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Jun, Li Xu, Chao Wang, et al.. (2024). Pollution characteristics and probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metal(loid)s in agricultural soils across the Yellow River Basin, China. Ecological Indicators. 167. 112676–112676. 10 indexed citations

Niu, Xuerui, Xiaoping Wang, Huifang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Microplastics in remote region of the world: Insights from the glacier of Geladandong, China. Applied Geochemistry. 168. 106026–106026. 10 indexed citations

Ma, Feng, Tong Zhu, Youzhao Wang, et al.. (2024). Humic acid enhances adsorption effect: Application foundation of high-temperature composting products for remediation of heavy metals pollution. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 209. 109415–109415. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Meng, Li Xu, Xuexia Wang, et al.. (2023). Microplastics promoted cadmium accumulation in maize plants by improving active cadmium and amino acid synthesis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 447. 130788–130788. 81 indexed citations

Ma, Wenyu, Yuchun Pan, Zaijin Sun, et al.. (2023). Input Flux and the Risk of Heavy Metal(Loid) of Agricultural Soil in China: Based on Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity from 2000 to 2021. Land. 12(6). 1240–1240. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution in the Dump of a Western Inner Mongolian Coal Mine. Journal of Resources and Ecology. 14(4). 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Yujie, et al.. (2023). Gemological, Spectral and Chemical Features of Canary Yellow Chrysoberyl. Crystals. 13(11). 1580–1580.

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Xue, Yinghao, Jing Li, Tuo Jin, et al.. (2023). Meso- and microplastic contamination in mulching cultivated soil at a national scale, China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 418. 138215–138215. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Songyan, Hang Zhang, Yangsheng Chen, et al.. (2022). Application of a ready-to-use cell sensor for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds screening in foodstuffs. The Science of The Total Environment. 838(Pt 3). 156227–156227. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Xiangbo Xu, Chang Li, et al.. (2022). Is mulch film itself the primary source of meso- and microplastics in the mulching cultivated soil? A preliminary field study with econometric methods. Environmental Pollution. 299. 118915–118915. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Lanxiang, Xiaoping Wang, Li Xu, et al.. (2021). Microplastics in a Remote Lake Basin of the Tibetan Plateau: Impacts of Atmospheric Transport and Glacial Melting. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(19). 12951–12960. 76 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Wenping Zhang, Jiapei Lv, et al.. (2021). Distribution, source apportionment, and health risk assessment of phthalate esters in indoor dust samples across China. Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 49 indexed citations

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Huang, Liangliang, Saeed Rad, Li Xu, et al.. (2020). Heavy Metals Distribution, Sources, and Ecological Risk Assessment in Huixian Wetland, South China. Water. 12(2). 431–431. 98 indexed citations

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Tan, Bing, Tieyu Wang, Zhaoyun Zhu, et al.. (2014). [Risk assessment and countermeasures of heavy metals pollution in Wanquan segment of Yanghe River].. PubMed. 35(2). 719–26. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Li, Yongming Luo, Ying Teng, et al.. (2009). Soil environment quality and remediation in Yangtze River Delta V. Composition and pollution of chlorinated organic compounds in farmland soils around used electronic device disassembling sites.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 46(6). 1013–1018. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Li & Guangyu Shi. (1985). An exact calculation of infrared cooling rate due to water vapor. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 2(4). 531–541. 2 indexed citations

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