Ming Lei

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ming Lei is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Lei has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Pollution, 43 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 28 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Ming Lei's work include Heavy metals in environment (52 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (35 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (21 papers). Ming Lei is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (52 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (35 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (21 papers). Ming Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Pakistan. Ming Lei's co-authors include Yong‐Guan Zhu, Huihui Du, Boqing Tie, Paul N. Williams, Claire Deacon, Andrew A. Meharg, Guo‐Xin Sun, Jiachao Zhang, Baiqing Tie and Liang Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ming Lei

98 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Modification of biochar derived from sawdust and its application in removal of tetracycline and copper from aqueous solution: Adsorption mechanism and modelling

2017 652 citations Yaoyu Zhou, Xiaocheng Liu et al. Bioresource Technology profile →
Evaluation of slow pyrolyzed wood and rice husks biochar for adsorption of ammonium nitrogen from piggery manure anaerobic digestate slurry

2014 454 citations Ming Lei et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming Lei China	37	2.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.2k	668	101	5.4k
Xingmei Liu China	42	3.1k 1.1×	985 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	727 1.1×	87	6.5k
Xianjin Tang China	41	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	865 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	644 1.0×	122	5.1k
Behzad Murtaza Pakistan	42	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	582 0.9×	116	6.4k
Muhammad Bilal Shakoor Pakistan	35	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	787 0.6×	471 0.7×	72	4.7k
Zhihui Yang China	42	1.6k 0.6×	841 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	468 0.7×	149	4.9k
Xueyuan Gu China	35	2.0k 0.7×	712 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	772 0.6×	755 1.1×	115	4.6k
Hao Qiu China	41	2.6k 1.0×	569 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	832 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	151	5.2k
Jae E. Yang South Korea	34	2.2k 0.8×	721 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	703 0.6×	605 0.9×	127	5.1k
Yingming Xu China	41	3.0k 1.1×	578 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	929 0.8×	592 0.9×	174	5.6k
Weiwen Qiu New Zealand	34	2.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	490 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	119	5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Lei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Lei

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Ma, Zhifei, et al.. (2025). Enhanced removal of Cr(VI) using iron-biochar composite derived from black fungus: Increasing iron loading and encapsulation stability. Separation and Purification Technology. 381. 135601–135601.

Li, Bingyu, Zhuoqing Li, Haojie Cui, et al.. (2025). Enhanced retention of arsenite and arsenate through heterogeneous interactions between Fe(III) (Hydr)Oxides and black carbon: a multi-mechanistic study. Chemical Engineering Journal. 515. 163684–163684.

Feng, Jinpeng, Wei Guo, Zhicong Li, et al.. (2024). Utilization of local rich banana straw bioresource to solve Cd2+ pollution problem in major non-ferrous metal production areas of Southwest China. Materials Today Sustainability. 25. 100670–100670. 3 indexed citations

Li, Weijun, et al.. (2024). Spectral fingerprints of DOM-tungsten interactions: Linking molecular binding to conformational changes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 483. 136649–136649. 5 indexed citations

Lei, Ming, et al.. (2024). Impact Analysis of Passenger Flow Under Urban Rail Transit Emergency Conditions Based on Passenger Flow Deviation Rate. 1–5.

Lü, Lei, Xiaoxuan Yu, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Oxidative Weathering of Neutral Mine Drainage from Gold Mine Tailings Impoundment: Tracking Formation and Transformation of Biogenic Iron Minerals and the Associated Arsenic. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 8(2). 335–347. 1 indexed citations

Li, Bingyu, Dongning Wei, Yimin Zhou, et al.. (2023). Nano-ferrihydrite colloidal particles mediated interfacial interactions of arsenate and cadmium: Implications for their fate under iron-rich geological settings. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 447. 130755–130755. 10 indexed citations

Khan, Anwarzeb, et al.. (2020). Biochar characteristics, applications and importance in health risk reduction through metal immobilization. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 20. 101121–101121. 40 indexed citations

Muhammad, Juma, Sardar Khan, Ming Lei, et al.. (2020). Application of poultry manure in agriculture fields leads to food plant contamination with potentially toxic elements and causes health risk. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 19. 100909–100909. 43 indexed citations

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Lei, Ming, et al.. (2019). Application of economic plant for remediation of cadmium contaminated soils: Three mulberry (Moms alba L.) varieties cultivated in two polluted fields. Chemosphere. 236. 124379–124379. 24 indexed citations

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Ayaz, Tehreem, et al.. (2019). Remediation of industrial wastewater using four hydrophyte species: A comparison of individual (pot experiments) and mix plants (constructed wetland). Journal of Environmental Management. 255. 109833–109833. 39 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qiwen, Bo‐Han Liao, Lina Lin, et al.. (2019). Characteristic of adsorption cadmium of red soil amended with a ferromanganese oxide-biochar composite. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(5). 5155–5163. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Bingyu, Liang Peng, Dongning Wei, et al.. (2017). Enhanced flocculation and sedimentation of trace cadmium from irrigation water using phosphoric fertilizer. The Science of The Total Environment. 601-602. 485–492. 21 indexed citations

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Lei, Ming, Liang Peng, Baiqing Tie, et al.. (2017). Effect of Mineral-Based Amendments on Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Growth and Cadmium Content in Plant and Polluted Soil. Environmental Engineering Science. 34(12). 854–860. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yaoyu, Xiaocheng Liu, Yujia Xiang, et al.. (2017). Modification of biochar derived from sawdust and its application in removal of tetracycline and copper from aqueous solution: Adsorption mechanism and modelling. Bioresource Technology. 245(Pt A). 266–273. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peng, Liang, Yi Xu, Boqing Tie, et al.. (2016). Enhanced removal of Cd(II) by poly(acrylamide-co-sodium acrylate) water-retaining agent incorporated nano hydrous manganese oxide. Materials & Design. 96. 195–202. 22 indexed citations

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Zeng, Min, et al.. (2014). Improvement of alkaline tobacco field soil by humic acid. Journal of chemical and pharmaceutical research. 6(3). 1 indexed citations

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Peng, Liang, Ji‐Dong Gu, Pufeng Qin, et al.. (2014). Iron improving bio-char derived from microalgae on removal of tetracycline from aqueous system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21(12). 7631–7640. 119 indexed citations

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Huang, Yizong, et al.. (2012). [Soil contamination and assessment of heavy metals of Xiangjiang River Basin].. PubMed. 33(1). 260–5. 11 indexed citations

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Lei, Ming, et al.. (2012). Investigation and evaluation on heavy metal contamination in soils and groundwater of a mine zone. Environmental Pollution & Control. 6(12). 4687–4693. 1 indexed citations

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