Wei Zhang

14.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
351 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Zhang is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Zhang has authored 351 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Pollution, 63 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 56 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Wei Zhang's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (40 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (19 papers). Wei Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (40 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (21 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (19 papers). Wei Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Wei Zhang's co-authors include Hui Li, Dengjun Wang, Dongmei Zhou, Stephen A. Boyd, Ya‐Hui Chuang, Verónica L. Morales, Cheng‐Hua Liu, Xiuzhen Hao, Weiling Sun and Tammo S. Steenhuis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Zhang

329 papers receiving 11.7k 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.

Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution by graphene

2011 674 citations Wei Zhang et al. profile →
A duodecennial national synthesis of antibiotics in China's major rivers and seas (2005–2016)

2017 431 citations Wei Zhang, Weiling Sun et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss

2022 121 citations Shuguo Hou, Olivier Rodrigues et al. Nature profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Wei Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Zhang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	An autonomous driving decision-making framework for joint prediction and planning in unsignalized intersection scenarios 2025 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Ying Pang, Wei Zhang, (unknown)	0
2	Organophosphate esters inhibit enzymatic proteolysis through non-covalent interactions 2025 ·Environment International ·Zeming Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiaojie Hu, Yanzheng Gao	0
3	Weather parameters and biotic factors synergistically shape the phyllosphere microbiome of pomelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.) across annual cycle 2025 ·Frontiers in Plant Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Wei Zhang, (unknown), Guang-Da Feng, Honghui Zhu, Qing Yao	0
4	Effect of humic acid on the transport of vanadium oxides nanoparticles in water saturated packed columns 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Baogang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Tang, (unknown)	0
5	Cinnamaldehyde- and nonanal-incorporated polyvinyl alcohol/colloidal silicon dioxide films with synergistic antifungal activities 2024 ·Food Packaging and Shelf Life ·Wei Zhang, Yangyong Lv, Shan Wei, Lei Yang, Yuansen Hu	2
6	Unveiling the crucial role of iron oxide transformation in simultaneous immobilization of nanoplastics and organic matter 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Cheng Peng, Weiyu Liang, Anqi Chen, Qiang Liu, Wei Zhang	0
7	Lactobacillus paracasei JY062 with its exopolysaccharide ameliorates intestinal inflammation on DSS-induced experimental colitis through TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB signaling pathway 2024 ·Food Bioscience ·Yue Su, (unknown), Chen Chen, Xinyan Yang, Yujun Jiang, Wei Zhang, Yu Zhang, Chaoxin Man	2
8	Copper-based nanomaterials: Opportunities for sustainable agriculture 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Anqi Chen, Weiyu Liang, Wenwen Xie, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Zhang, Cheng Peng	37
9	Synergistic antifungal mechanism of cinnamaldehyde and nonanal against Aspergillus flavus and its application in food preservation 2024 ·Food Microbiology ·Wei Zhang, (unknown), Yangyong Lv, Shan Wei, Yuansen Hu	10
10	Study on the purification mechanism for ammonia nitrogen in micro-polluted rivers by herbaceous plant - Rumex japonicus Houtt 2024 ·Chemosphere ·Xiangyang Zhang, Huiliang Wang, Wei Zhang, (unknown), Xiaoying Lin	0
11	Contrasting accumulation of glomalin-related soil proteins along a temperature gradient in karst and non-karst soils 2024 ·CATENA ·Peilei Hu, Lei Xie, Wei Zhang, Dan Xiao, Jun Xiao, Yingying Ye, Jie Zhao, Yuan Zhao, Kelin Wang	11
12	Impact of microplastics on lead-contaminated riverine sediments: Based on the enzyme activities, DOM fractions, and bacterial community structure 2023 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Si Liu, Jinhui Huang, Wenjuan He, Wei Zhang, Kaixin Yi, Chenyu Zhang, Haoliang Pang, Danlian Huang, (unknown), Cong Ye	46
13	Open-Set Signal Recognition Based on Transformer and Wasserstein Distance 2023 ·Applied Sciences ·Wei Zhang, Da Huang, Minghui Zhou, Jingran Lin, Xiangfeng Wang	11
14	Proteomic Analysis Unravels Response and Antioxidation Defense Mechanism of Rice Plants to Copper Oxide Nanoparticles: Comparison with Bulk Particles and Dissolved Cu Ions 2022 ·ACS Agricultural Science & Technology ·Cheng Peng, (unknown), Wei Zhang, Yonghong Wu, Jiyan Shi	14
15	Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss breakdown → 2022 ·Nature ·(unknown), Shuguo Hou, Olivier Rodrigues, Ping Wang, Dexian Luo, Shintaro Munemasa, Jiaxin Lei, Jun Liu, Fausto Andres Ortiz‐Morea, Xin Wang, Kinya Nomura, (unknown), Hongbo Wang, Wei Zhang, Keyan Zhu‐Salzman, Sheng Yang He, Ping He, Libo Shan	121
16	Whole-Genome Sequencing Provides Insight Into Antimicrobial Resistance and Molecular Characteristics of Salmonella From Livestock Meat and Diarrhea Patient in Hanzhong, China 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Rui Weng, (unknown), Wei Zhang, Xuan Hou, Hui Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yifei Zhao	7
17	Sensory-oriented identification and analysis of sweet aroma components in cigarette smoke 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Wei Zhang, Xiaowei Cao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ting Fei	1
18	Evaluation of three sorbent‐phase extraction techniques based on hyper‐crosslinked polymer for the extraction of five endocrine disrupters in water 2021 ·Journal of Separation Science ·(unknown), Meiling Su, Wei Zhang, Yamin Liu, Chunyan Chen, (unknown)	8
19	Hydrogen bonding rather than cation bridging promotes graphene oxide attachment to lipid membranes in the presence of heavy metals 2020 ·Environmental Science Nano ·Huimin Li, Haodong Ji, Zengqiang Zhang, Wei Zhang, Baozhu Pan, Wen Liu, Weiling Sun	6
20	[Spatial variation characteristics of surface soil water content, bulk density and saturated hydraulic conductivity on Karst slopes]. 2014 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Hongsong Chen, Wei Zhang, Yunpeng Nie, Yingying Ye, Kelin Wang	5

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