Xianfang Fan

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xianfang Fan is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianfang Fan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 10 papers in Pollution and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xianfang Fan's work include Heavy metals in environment (9 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Xianfang Fan is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (9 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (9 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (6 papers). Xianfang Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Ireland and Hong Kong. Xianfang Fan's co-authors include Shiming Ding, Musong Chen, Chaosheng Zhang, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Yan Wang, Zengfeng Jin, Mengdan Gong, Liyuan Yang, Mingyi Ren and Qin Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Xianfang Fan

27 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Mechanisms driving phosphorus release during algal blooms based on hourly changes in iron and phosphorus concentrations in sediments

2018 290 citations Musong Chen, Shiming Ding et al. Water Research profile →
Internal phosphorus loading from sediments causes seasonal nitrogen limitation for harmful algal blooms

2018 258 citations Shiming Ding, Musong Chen 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
Xianfang Fan China	19	783	430	293	257	245	27	1.4k
Patrice Petitjean France	19	702 0.9×	426 1.0×	279 1.0×	164 0.6×	374 1.5×	38	1.4k
Qitao Yi China	18	496 0.6×	285 0.7×	242 0.8×	246 1.0×	372 1.5×	56	1.2k
Hezhong Yuan China	21	501 0.6×	624 1.5×	255 0.9×	158 0.6×	215 0.9×	63	1.3k
D. Gondar Spain	19	423 0.5×	370 0.9×	142 0.5×	170 0.7×	223 0.9×	25	1.2k
Jicheng Zhong China	25	1.2k 1.5×	431 1.0×	525 1.8×	529 2.1×	405 1.7×	81	1.9k
Huanguang Deng China	18	334 0.4×	714 1.7×	317 1.1×	304 1.2×	204 0.8×	46	1.5k
Yuanrong Zhu China	25	753 1.0×	275 0.6×	184 0.6×	318 1.2×	326 1.3×	46	1.5k
Lixin Jiao China	20	601 0.8×	266 0.6×	262 0.9×	303 1.2×	254 1.0×	75	1.1k
Juhua Yu China	22	583 0.7×	269 0.6×	382 1.3×	271 1.1×	234 1.0×	51	1.3k
Xia Liang China	25	422 0.5×	603 1.4×	680 2.3×	302 1.2×	183 0.7×	103	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xianfang Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xianfang Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianfang Fan

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

Cai, Li, et al.. (2023). The Root Tip of Submerged Plants: An Efficient Engine for Carbon Mineralization. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 10(4). 385–390. 12 indexed citations

Cai, Li, Shiming Ding, Xin Ma, et al.. (2023). Sediment arsenic remediation by submerged macrophytes via root-released O2 and microbe-mediated arsenic biotransformation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 449. 131006–131006. 21 indexed citations

Fan, Xianfang, Shuaishuai Gao, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2022). Stimulation of high-concentration dissolved nitrogen and reactive phosphorus in Lake Taihu sediments on the initiation and maintenance of cyanobacterial blooms. The Science of The Total Environment. 851(Pt 2). 158088–158088. 25 indexed citations

Fan, Xianfang, Shiming Ding, Shuaishuai Gao, et al.. (2021). A holistic understanding of cobalt cycling and limiting roles in the eutrophic Lake Taihu. Chemosphere. 277. 130234–130234. 6 indexed citations

Fan, Xianfang, et al.. (2021). Enhancing the retention of phosphorus through bacterial oxidation of iron or sulfide in the eutrophic sediments of Lake Taihu. The Science of The Total Environment. 791. 148039–148039. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Musong, Shiming Ding, Li Cai, et al.. (2020). High cadmium pollution from sediments in a eutrophic lake caused by dissolved organic matter complexation and reduction of manganese oxide. Water Research. 190. 116711–116711. 102 indexed citations

Fan, Xianfang, Shiming Ding, Musong Chen, et al.. (2019). Peak Chromium Pollution in Summer and Winter Caused by High Mobility of Chromium in Sediment of a Eutrophic Lake: In Situ Evidence from High Spatiotemporal Sampling. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(9). 4755–4764. 52 indexed citations

Fan, Xianfang, Shiming Ding, Musong Chen, et al.. (2019). Mobility of chromium in sediments dominated by macrophytes and cyanobacteria in different zones of Lake Taihu. The Science of The Total Environment. 666. 994–1002. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Musong, Shiming Ding, Xianfang Fan, et al.. (2019). Zinc pollution in zones dominated by algae and submerged macrophytes in Lake Taihu. The Science of The Total Environment. 670. 361–368. 32 indexed citations

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Chen, Musong, Shiming Ding, Juan Lin, et al.. (2019). Seasonal changes of lead mobility in sediments in algae- and macrophyte-dominated zones of the lake. The Science of The Total Environment. 660. 484–492. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Musong, Shiming Ding, Yuexia Wu, et al.. (2018). Phosphorus mobilization in lake sediments: Experimental evidence of strong control by iron and negligible influences of manganese redox reactions. Environmental Pollution. 246. 472–481. 63 indexed citations

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Ding, Shiming, Musong Chen, Mengdan Gong, et al.. (2018). Internal phosphorus loading from sediments causes seasonal nitrogen limitation for harmful algal blooms. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 872–884. 258 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Musong, Shiming Ding, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2018). Mechanisms driving phosphorus release during algal blooms based on hourly changes in iron and phosphorus concentrations in sediments. Water Research. 133. 153–164. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Juan, Qin Sun, Shiming Ding, et al.. (2017). Mobile phosphorus stratification in sediments by aluminum immobilization. Chemosphere. 186. 644–651. 55 indexed citations

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Meng, Yuting, Shiming Ding, Mengdan Gong, et al.. (2017). Submillimeter-scale heterogeneity of labile phosphorus in sediments characterized by diffusive gradients in thin films and spatial analysis. Chemosphere. 194. 614–621. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangbin, et al.. (2016). Drainage and tillage practices in the winter fallow season mitigate CH ₄ and N ₂ O emissions from a double-rice field in China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 16(18). 11853–11866. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangbin, Haiyang Yu, Xianfang Fan, Jing Ma, & Hua Xu. (2016). Carbon isotope fractionation reveals distinct process of CH4 emission from different compartments of paddy ecosystem. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27065–27065. 23 indexed citations

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Fan, Xianfang & Peng Xing. (2016). Differences in the Composition of Archaeal Communities in Sediments from Contrasting Zones of Lake Taihu. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1510–1510. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guangbin, Haiyang Yu, Xianfang Fan, et al.. (2015). Effect of rice straw application on stable carbon isotopes, methanogenic pathway, and fraction of CH4 oxidized in a continuously flooded rice field in winter season. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 84. 75–82. 38 indexed citations

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Fan, Xianfang & Qinglong L. Wu. (2012). Intra-habitat Differences in the Composition of the Methanogenic Archaeal Community between theMicrocystis-Dominated and the Macrophyte-Dominated Bays in Taihu Lake. Geomicrobiology Journal. 31(10). 907–916. 10 indexed citations

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