Xiao Yang

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Xiao Yang is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao Yang has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pollution, 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 27 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Xiao Yang's work include Heavy metals in environment (24 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (16 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (13 papers). Xiao Yang is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (24 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (16 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (13 papers). Xiao Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and South Korea. Xiao Yang's co-authors include Yaoyu Zhou, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana, Chi‐Hwa Wang, Bin Yao, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, Xiulan Yan, Dongbo Wang and Yutao Peng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xiao Yang

108 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by spinel ferrite and their composites in degradation of organic pollutants: A Review

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Yingbo Dong China

Xin Jin China

Md Abu Hasan Johir Australia

Biplob Kumar Pramanik Australia

Hao Qiu China

Yanyan Gong China

Anwei Chen China

Honghong Lyu China

Lokesh P. Padhye New Zealand

Yingbo Dong China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xiao, Yi, Xiao Yang, Yi‐Bing Yang, et al.. (2025). CuAg Alloy Catalyst for Modulating the Activity of C–N Coupling toward Acetamide and Urea Synthesis via Explicit pH-Dependent Water and Induced Ionic Liquid Cations Models. ACS Catalysis. 15(22). 19552–19565.

Wang, Lingqing, Tao Liang, Lijun Dai, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the Environmental Impacts and Human Health Risks of Global Cobalt Mining and Processing. Environmental Science & Technology. 60(1). 581–594.

Liu, Dong, Zhitao Han, Minghui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhancing energy efficiency in CO2-rich amine solution regeneration using a Cu-modified attapulgite catalysts. Environmental Research. 284. 122220–122220.

Liu, Juan, Ke Lin, Wenhuan Yuan, et al.. (2024). Distribution and migration of rare earth elements in sediment profile near a decommissioned uranium hydrometallurgical site in South China: Environmental implications. Journal of Environmental Management. 366. 121832–121832. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoqi, Piumi Amasha Withana, Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya, et al.. (2024). Impacts of microplastics on terrestrial plants: A critical review. Land Degradation and Development. 35(5). 1629–1643. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Att GGO-Net:A Semantic Segmentation Method of Lung CT Images with Self and Cross Attention Mechanism. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2504(1). 12017–12017. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Delai, Xuelin Dong, Xiao Yang, et al.. (2021). Rice husk-derived biochar can aggravate arsenic mobility in ferrous-rich groundwater during oxygenation. Water Research. 200. 117264–117264. 23 indexed citations

Liu, Xingwang, Xiulan Yan, Tao Liang, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of potential ecological risks in potential toxic elements contaminated agricultural soils: Correlations between soil contamination and polymetallic mining activity. Journal of Environmental Management. 300. 113679–113679. 49 indexed citations

Dong, Linlin, Xiao Yang, Lingqing Wang, et al.. (2021). Biochar and nitrogen fertilizer co-application changed SOC content and fraction composition in Huang-Huai-Hai plain, China. Chemosphere. 291(Pt 1). 132925–132925. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Hangyu, Shihao Cui, Yi Tan, et al.. (2021). Synergistic effects of ball-milled biochar-supported exfoliated LDHs on phosphate adsorption: Insights into role of fine biochar support. Environmental Pollution. 294. 118592–118592. 58 indexed citations

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Xia, Yinfeng, Ming Zhang, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects. Applied Biological Chemistry. 63(1). 216 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao, Iris K.M. Yu, Dong-Wan Cho, et al.. (2019). Tin-Functionalized Wood Biochar as a Sustainable Solid Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization in Biorefinery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(5). 4851–4860. 72 indexed citations

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Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani, Seung Wan Choi, Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake, et al.. (2019). Gasification biochar from biowaste (food waste and wood waste) for effective CO2 adsorption. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 391. 121147–121147. 179 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaotong, Ming Zhang, Jiewen Luo, et al.. (2019). Efficient succinic acid production using a biochar-treated textile waste hydrolysate in an in situ fibrous bed bioreactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 149. 107249–107249. 37 indexed citations

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Xiang, Yujia, Yuyi Wei, Yaoyu Zhou, et al.. (2019). Carbon-based materials as adsorbent for antibiotics removal: Mechanisms and influencing factors. Journal of Environmental Management. 237. 128–138. 355 indexed citations

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El‐Naggar, Ali, Sang Soo Lee, Yasser M. Awad, et al.. (2018). Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils. Geoderma. 332. 100–108. 242 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao, Hyungseok Nam, Jin Hur, et al.. (2018). Effect of gasification biochar application on soil quality: Trace metal behavior, microbial community, and soil dissolved organic matter. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 684–694. 174 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao, Eilhann E. Kwon, Xiaomin Dou, et al.. (2018). Fabrication of spherical biochar by a two-step thermal process from waste potato peel. The Science of The Total Environment. 626. 478–485. 45 indexed citations

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Lee, Jechan, Xiao Yang, Hocheol Song, Yong Sik Ok, & Eilhann E. Kwon. (2016). Effects of carbon dioxide on pyrolysis of peat. Energy. 120. 929–936. 48 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao. (2013). Survey of Heavy Metals in Fish Bodies of the Hongze Lake. 2 indexed citations

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