Qiuda Zheng

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 779 citations indexed

About

Qiuda Zheng is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiuda Zheng has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 779 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 14 papers in Pollution and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Qiuda Zheng's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (13 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (10 papers). Qiuda Zheng is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (13 papers), Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (10 papers). Qiuda Zheng collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Vietnam. Qiuda Zheng's co-authors include Phong K. Thai, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, Degao Wang, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, Zhuang Wang, Jianfa Gao, Wei Pei and Zhe Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Qiuda Zheng

42 papers receiving 767 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.

Exposure to smoking and greenspace are associated with allergy medicine use – A study of wastewater in 28 cities of China

2025 16 citations Peng Du, Qiuda Zheng et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiuda Zheng Australia	18	350	233	153	141	121	49	779
Jianfa Gao Australia	21	451 1.3×	349 1.5×	262 1.7×	188 1.3×	121 1.0×	35	1.0k
Andrea Borsotti Italy	8	236 0.7×	151 0.6×	76 0.5×	77 0.5×	120 1.0×	8	533
Juliet Kinyua Belgium	18	463 1.3×	258 1.1×	182 1.2×	142 1.0×	381 3.1×	24	1.1k
Ann‐Kathrin McCall Switzerland	9	372 1.1×	203 0.9×	178 1.2×	117 0.8×	179 1.5×	9	758
Ana Causanilles Netherlands	14	342 1.0×	172 0.7×	152 1.0×	117 0.8×	149 1.2×	14	717
Yeonsuk Ryu Norway	12	247 0.7×	153 0.7×	154 1.0×	136 1.0×	67 0.6×	13	662
Tim Boogaerts Belgium	16	193 0.6×	135 0.6×	287 1.9×	189 1.3×	81 0.7×	38	662
Jose Antonio Baz‐Lomba Norway	21	463 1.3×	275 1.2×	246 1.6×	192 1.4×	269 2.2×	37	1.1k
Rachel Mackie Australia	10	156 0.4×	163 0.7×	201 1.3×	126 0.9×	49 0.4×	13	562
Sara Karolak France	14	598 1.7×	250 1.1×	96 0.6×	102 0.7×	276 2.3×	19	995

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiuda Zheng

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

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Yang, Cong, Qiuda Zheng, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2025). Occurrence and Emission Evaluation of Oxypurinol and Metformin from Effluent in WWTPs across Australia. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(23). 11767–11775.

Thai, Phong K., et al.. (2025). Using wastewater analysis to estimate the prevalence of THC and CBD use in a population of Japan during and after the Covid-19 pandemic (2020–2023). Forensic Science International. 378. 112687–112687.

Li, Jiaying, Qiuda Zheng, Jianan Ren, et al.. (2025). Impact of long-term and short-term magnesium hydroxide dosing on transformation of chemical biomarkers in the sewer systems. Water Research. 279. 123426–123426.

Wang, Zhe, Qiuda Zheng, Jianfa Gao, et al.. (2025). Using wastewater analysis to assess the health status of two distinct populations in China. Water Research X. 29. 100335–100335.

Zheng, Qiuda, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Tim Boogaerts, et al.. (2025). Utilizing national wastewater and sales data to derive and validate the correction factors of five common antidepressants for wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research. 276. 123263–123263.

Chen, Shuo, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Phong K. Thai, et al.. (2024). Assessing daily patterns in stimulant use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia using wastewater analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 476. 135130–135130. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zhe, Qiuda Zheng, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2024). High throughput and sensitive quantitation of tobacco-specific alkaloids and nitrosamines in wastewater. Talanta. 277. 126401–126401. 4 indexed citations

Zheng, Qiuda, et al.. (2024). The impact of rate of nicotine metabolism, as measured by the nicotine metabolite ratio (NMR), on smoking behaviours during pregnancy: A scoping review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100186–100186. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zhe, Qiuda Zheng, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2023). Analysis of wastewater from 2013 to 2021 detected a recent increase in nicotine use in Queensland, Australia. Water Research. 250. 121040–121040. 3 indexed citations

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Thai, Phong K., Qiuda Zheng, Dung Phung, et al.. (2023). The use of asthma and allergy medicines is associated with exposure to smoking. Nature Water. 1(5). 443–450. 5 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qiuda, Cobus Gerber, Kathryn J. Steadman, et al.. (2023). Improving Wastewater-Based Tobacco Use Estimates Using Anabasine. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(21). 7958–7965. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuo, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Wayne Hall, et al.. (2023). Assessing the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on alcohol consumption in Melbourne, Australia using high-resolution wastewater sampling. The Science of The Total Environment. 893. 164846–164846. 4 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qiuda, Phong K. Thai, Fahad Ahmed, et al.. (2022). A nationwide wastewater-based assessment of metformin consumption across Australia. Environment International. 165. 107282–107282. 17 indexed citations

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Gao, Jianfa, Daniel A. Burgard, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2022). Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research. 225. 119182–119182. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Dandan, Qiuda Zheng, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2022). Young population consume twice as much artificial sweetener than the general population – A wastewater-based assessment in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 839. 156200–156200. 16 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Fahad, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2021). Quantification of selected analgesics and their metabolites in influent wastewater by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Talanta. 234. 122627–122627. 17 indexed citations

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Thai, Phong K., Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2021). Estimating Alcohol Consumption by Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: An Assessment of the Correction Factor for Ethyl Sulfate Using Large-Scale National Monitoring Data. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 8(4). 333–338. 19 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qiuda, Geoff Eaglesham, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2020). Determination of anabasine, anatabine, and nicotine biomarkers in wastewater by enhanced direct injection LC-MS/MS and evaluation of their in-sewer stability. The Science of The Total Environment. 743. 140551–140551. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhe, Xueting Shao, Dongqin Tan, et al.. (2018). Reduction in methamphetamine consumption trends from 2015 to 2018 detected by wastewater-based epidemiology in Dalian, China. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 194. 302–309. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Degao, Qiuda Zheng, Xiaoping Wang, et al.. (2016). Illicit drugs and their metabolites in 36 rivers that drain into the Bohai Sea and north Yellow Sea, north China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(16). 16495–16503. 40 indexed citations

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