Xiang‐Rong Xu

16.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
226 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Xiang‐Rong Xu is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang‐Rong Xu has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Pollution, 82 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 44 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiang‐Rong Xu's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (85 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (45 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (42 papers). Xiang‐Rong Xu is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (85 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (45 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (42 papers). Xiang‐Rong Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Xiang‐Rong Xu's co-authors include Hua‐Bin Li, Hengxiang Li, Lang Lin, Xiaoyan Li, Yuxin Sun, Shan Liu, Zeng-Hui Diao, Xiangzhong Li, Ji‐Dong Gu and En-Qin Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xiang‐Rong Xu

215 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

Resources and Biological Activities of Natural Polyphenols 2011 2026 2016 2021 2014 2011 2018 2013 2024 200 400 600
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.

  1. Resources and Biological Activities of Natural Polyphenols
    2014 681 citations Xiang‐Rong Xu et al. profile →
  2. Antioxidant capacities and total phenolic contents of 62 fruits
    2011 593 citations Xiang‐Rong Xu et al. profile →
  3. Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban river: A case study in the Pearl River along Guangzhou City, China
    2018 469 citations Lang Lin, Jinping Peng et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  4. Heavy metal pollution in coastal areas of South China: A review
    2013 423 citations Xiang‐Rong Xu et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
  5. First Evidence of the Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Tire Additives and Their Transformation Products in an Estuarine Food Web
    2024 58 citations Shan Liu, Hengxiang Li et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiang‐Rong Xu China 63 6.0k 2.9k 2.8k 2.3k 1.6k 226 13.8k
Sami Sayadi Tunisia 70 3.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 2.4k 1.1× 2.3k 1.4× 438 17.2k
Baoshan Xing China 55 6.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 283 0.2× 206 11.1k
Juan M. Lema Spain 74 9.4k 1.6× 2.9k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 4.3k 1.9× 489 0.3× 408 19.7k
Cristina Delerue‐Matos Portugal 69 4.3k 0.7× 801 0.3× 3.6k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 618 20.0k
Mustafa Tüzen Türkiye 88 4.2k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 4.3k 1.5× 7.4k 3.3× 208 0.1× 369 24.0k
N.F.Y. Tam Hong Kong 78 9.5k 1.6× 3.6k 1.2× 4.8k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 175 0.1× 435 20.4k
Mustafa Soylak Türkiye 105 5.0k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 5.4k 1.9× 7.2k 3.2× 162 0.1× 862 36.5k
Yolanda Picó Spain 79 6.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.5× 4.4k 1.6× 858 0.4× 206 0.1× 338 19.0k
Zhenya Zhang Japan 66 3.4k 0.6× 3.5k 1.2× 923 0.3× 4.7k 2.1× 169 0.1× 442 15.5k
Chiu‐Wen Chen Taiwan 64 4.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 3.9k 1.7× 125 0.1× 423 13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang‐Rong Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang‐Rong Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang‐Rong Xu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Shan, et al.. (2025). Contamination, multimedia partitioning, and priority list of steroids and their metabolites in coastal regions of the Greater Bay Area, China. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 197. 106973–106973.
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Zhang, Haiyan, Yue-Hong Liu, Jian‐Liang Zhao, et al.. (2024). Unveiling spatiotemporal distribution, partitioning, and transport mechanisms of tire additives and their transformation products in a highly urbanized estuarine region. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176804–176804. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Phthalates released from microplastics can't be ignored: Sources, fate, ecological risks, and human exposure risks. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 179. 117870–117870. 18 indexed citations
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Xie, Qun, Feng Yan, Xiang‐Rong Xu, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of bacterial biofilms and their relationship with heavy metals on expanded polystyrene microplastics. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 43(2). 528–544. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Shan, Yun-Feng Pan, Hengxiang Li, et al.. (2023). Steroid metabolites as overlooked emerging contaminants: Insights from multimedia partitioning and source–sink simulation in an estuarine environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 461. 132673–132673. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Shan, Qin-Wei Hao, Yongxia Hu, et al.. (2023). An effective tool for tracking steroids and their metabolites at the watershed level: Combining fugacity modeling and a chemical indicator. Environmental Pollution. 326. 121499–121499. 8 indexed citations
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Hou, Rui, Qianyi Huang, Lang Lin, et al.. (2023). Role of Gastrointestinal Microbiota from Crucian Carp in Microbial Transformation and Estrogenicity Modification of Novel Plastic Additives. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(31). 11476–11488. 14 indexed citations
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Hou, Rui, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Organophosphate Flame Retardants and Their Metabolites in the Estuarine Food Web of the Pearl River, China. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(9). 3549–3561. 33 indexed citations
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Yuan, Zhen, Chenglei Pei, Lang Lin, et al.. (2023). Vertical distribution and transport of microplastics in the urban atmosphere: New insights from field observations. The Science of The Total Environment. 895. 165190–165190. 20 indexed citations
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Yuan, Zhen, Chenglei Pei, Hengxiang Li, et al.. (2023). Atmospheric microplastics at a southern China metropolis: Occurrence, deposition flux, exposure risk and washout effect of rainfall. The Science of The Total Environment. 869. 161839–161839. 66 indexed citations
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Yang, Liu, An Li, Karl J. Rockne, et al.. (2021). Polyhalogenated carbazoles in freshwater and estuarine sediment from China and the United States: A multi-regional study. The Science of The Total Environment. 788. 147908–147908. 21 indexed citations
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Lin, Lang, Lisha Ma, Hengxiang Li, et al.. (2020). Low level of microplastic contamination in wild fish from an urban estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 160. 111650–111650. 56 indexed citations
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Tang, Huijuan, Zhixin Ke, Muting Yan, et al.. (2018). Concentrations, Distribution, and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Daya Bay, China. Water. 10(6). 780–780. 40 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiang‐Rong, et al.. (2018). Strengthening Ecological and Health Hazards Study of Marine Microplastics and Promoting Risk Regulatory and Control Capacities. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 33(10). 1003–1011. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiang‐Rong, et al.. (2005). Kinetics of di-n-butyl phthalate degradation by a bacterium isolated from mangrove sediment. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 15(5). 946–951. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiang‐Rong, et al.. (2005). Medicinal plant resources of Guanshan Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province. Yaredai zhiwu kexue. 34(4). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Feng, et al.. (2000). A Highly Sensitive Spectrophotometric Method with Solid-Phase Extraction for the Determination of Methylmercury in Human Hair. Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 24(8). 704–707. 7 indexed citations

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