Tangfu Xiao

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Tangfu Xiao is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Tangfu Xiao has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Pollution, 20 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Tangfu Xiao's work include Thallium and Germanium Studies (19 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (13 papers). Tangfu Xiao is often cited by papers focused on Thallium and Germanium Studies (19 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (16 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (13 papers). Tangfu Xiao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Sweden. Tangfu Xiao's co-authors include Enzong Xiao, Nana Wang, Lezhang Wei, Dinggui Luo, Yu Liu, Zengping Ning, Jingjie Yu, Jianyou Long, Ping Wang and Yongheng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Tangfu Xiao

80 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects

2021 197 citations Yu Liu, Lezhang Wei et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tangfu Xiao China	23	805	376	309	291	275	84	1.9k
Jianying Qi China	21	1.1k 1.3×	267 0.7×	239 0.8×	214 0.7×	407 1.5×	38	1.6k
Jin‐yan Yang China	25	848 1.1×	454 1.2×	342 1.1×	207 0.7×	639 2.3×	88	2.2k
Huihui Du China	25	830 1.0×	425 1.1×	227 0.7×	477 1.6×	201 0.7×	65	1.8k
Zhenqing Shi China	25	414 0.5×	452 1.2×	320 1.0×	520 1.8×	269 1.0×	56	2.4k
Prashant Srivastava Australia	23	580 0.7×	453 1.2×	515 1.7×	322 1.1×	146 0.5×	70	2.5k
Zhengkui Li China	27	592 0.7×	804 2.1×	324 1.0×	201 0.7×	120 0.4×	77	2.3k
Liping Weng China	24	809 1.0×	414 1.1×	210 0.7×	167 0.6×	101 0.4×	55	1.8k
Tianwei Qian China	21	604 0.8×	545 1.4×	918 3.0×	224 0.8×	318 1.2×	62	2.2k
Charlotte Hurel France	22	470 0.6×	577 1.5×	434 1.4×	591 2.0×	176 0.6×	54	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tangfu Xiao

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

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Lu, Ting, et al.. (2025). Assemblage of root-associated microbiome contributes to disparate performance of two rice genotypes under aluminum stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 220. 109539–109539. 2 indexed citations

Chang, Mingdong, Jianqiao Wang, Mengyang You, et al.. (2025). Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in the Surface Waters of China: A Meta-Analysis. Water. 17(9). 1275–1275. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Xuexia, Dinggui Luo, Qihang Wu, et al.. (2025). Adsorption and immobilization of thallium in water and soil using Prussian blue modified biochar. Separation and Purification Technology. 379. 134882–134882.

Liu, Yizhang, Jing Jing, Chuanwei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Cadmium isotopic evidence for the redistribution and fate of cadmium during carbonate weathering. Global and Planetary Change. 251. 104820–104820. 1 indexed citations

Nie, Rui, Jianyou Long, Gaosheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Immobilization of Thallium(I) Using Ferromanganese Sulfides. ACS ES&T Water. 5(9). 5088–5101. 1 indexed citations

Chai, Bingwen, Tangfu Xiao, Enzong Xiao, et al.. (2024). Enhancing microplastics removal from soils using wheat straw and cow dung-derived biochars. Journal of Cleaner Production. 470. 143288–143288. 16 indexed citations

Chang, Mingdong, Jinlong Jiang, Qiaoyu Li, et al.. (2024). Discovering Phlebia acerina for efficient degradation of bisphenol S and insights into its degradation mechanism. Bioresource Technology. 418. 131912–131912. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Lezhang, Hang Shi, Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). Aggregation, retention and transport of γ-MnO2 nanoparticles in water-saturated porous media: Impact on the immobility of thallium. Environmental Pollution. 347. 123711–123711. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Yu, Song Wang, Simin Hu, et al.. (2023). Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) from polymetallic mining areas (South China). Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 259. 104254–104254. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenquan, Qiaoyu Li, Xiaolong Yu, et al.. (2023). Biodegradation of Benzo[a]pyrene by a White-Rot Fungus Phlebia acerina: Surfactant-Enhanced Degradation and Possible Genes Involved. Journal of Fungi. 9(10). 978–978. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Yu, Lezhang Wei, Hongmei Deng, et al.. (2023). Hydrogeochemistry of groundwater surrounding a pyrite mine in southern China: Assessment of the diffusive gradients in thin films technique for in situ monitoring. Journal of Hydrology. 622. 129685–129685. 13 indexed citations

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Cui, Jinli, Yanping Zhao, Ting‐Shan Chan, et al.. (2022). Partitioning and (im)mobilization of arsenic associated with iron in arsenic-bearing deep subsoil profiles from Hong Kong. Environmental Pollution. 308. 119527–119527. 10 indexed citations

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Wei, Lezhang, Yu Liu, Fangqing Li, et al.. (2022). River morphology redistributes potentially toxic elements in acid mine drainage-impacted river sediments: Evidence, causes, and implications. CATENA. 214. 106183–106183. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Yu, Lezhang Wei, Qinghua Wu, et al.. (2022). Impact of acid mine drainage on groundwater hydrogeochemistry at a pyrite mine (South China): a study using stable isotopes and multivariate statistical analyses. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 45(3). 771–785. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianqiao, et al.. (2022). RNA-Seq analysis of Phanerochaete sordida YK-624 degrades neonicotinoid pesticide acetamiprid. Environmental Technology. 44(15). 2280–2287. 4 indexed citations

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Arulmani, Samuel Raj Babu, Zhenxin Chen, Weimin Sun, et al.. (2021). Antimony reduction by a non-conventional sulfate reducer with simultaneous bioenergy production in microbial fuel cells. Chemosphere. 291(Pt 1). 132754–132754. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Juan, Meiling Yin, Tangfu Xiao, et al.. (2019). Thallium isotopic fractionation in industrial process of pyrite smelting and environmental implications. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384. 121378–121378. 104 indexed citations

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Li, Huosheng, Xiuwan Li, Tangfu Xiao, et al.. (2018). Efficient removal of thallium(I) from wastewater using flower-like manganese dioxide coated magnetic pyrite cinder. Chemical Engineering Journal. 353. 867–877. 109 indexed citations

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Xiao, Tangfu. (2007). Hydrogeochemistry of cadmium in Jinding Pb-Zn mining district in Yunnan,China. Geochimica. 2 indexed citations

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Xiao, Tangfu, et al.. (2005). DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRING FORMS OF THALLIUM AND ITS POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENTS. Acta Mineralogica Sinica. 2 indexed citations

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