Xiaobo Lei

883 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 671 citations indexed

About

Xiaobo Lei is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaobo Lei has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 671 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Water Science and Technology, 5 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Xiaobo Lei's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (5 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (3 papers). Xiaobo Lei is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (5 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (3 papers). Xiaobo Lei collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Xiaobo Lei's co-authors include Daniel Dianchen Gang, Mark E. Zappi, William E. Holmes, Qiyu Lian, Xu Zhang, Yushun Chen, Hui Yan, Tiejun Wang, Hong Yao and Lunguang Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Xiaobo Lei

10 papers receiving 662 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 PFAS adsorption from aqueous solutions: Current approaches, engineering applications, challenges, and opportunities

2023 190 citations Xiaobo Lei, Qiyu Lian et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaobo Lei United States	10	321	265	167	138	115	11	671
Bei Yan Canada	14	275 0.9×	329 1.2×	205 1.2×	209 1.5×	68 0.6×	21	864
Ivan Carabante Sweden	16	387 1.2×	176 0.7×	140 0.8×	68 0.5×	129 1.1×	36	731
Shanshan Deng China	11	288 0.9×	195 0.7×	212 1.3×	140 1.0×	97 0.8×	17	660
Iwona Bartosiewicz Poland	8	401 1.2×	166 0.6×	233 1.4×	86 0.6×	74 0.6×	13	686
Thi An Hang Nguyen Vietnam	17	238 0.7×	359 1.4×	175 1.0×	96 0.7×	171 1.5×	23	930
Yaye Wang United States	12	356 1.1×	250 0.9×	260 1.6×	56 0.4×	139 1.2×	19	639
Changxu Ren United States	12	392 1.2×	178 0.7×	302 1.8×	63 0.5×	79 0.7×	14	679
Gulizhaer Abulikemu United States	10	312 1.0×	243 0.9×	272 1.6×	114 0.8×	27 0.2×	15	700
Israel J. López-Prieto United States	8	346 1.1×	220 0.8×	294 1.8×	58 0.4×	40 0.3×	13	635
Yurong Gu China	9	368 1.1×	218 0.8×	249 1.5×	57 0.4×	86 0.7×	22	623

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaobo Lei

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

Lei, Xiaobo, et al.. (2025). Adsorption of PFCAs using polyethyleneimine modified Biochar: Role of chain length and effects of water matrices. Chemosphere. 386. 144650–144650.

Lei, Xiaobo, Qiyu Lian, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2023). A review of PFAS adsorption from aqueous solutions: Current approaches, engineering applications, challenges, and opportunities. Environmental Pollution. 321. 121138–121138. 190 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Xu, Daniel Dianchen Gang, Xiaobo Lei, et al.. (2022). Surface-bound hydroxyl radical-dominated degradation of sulfamethoxazole in the amorphous FeOOH/ peroxymonosulfate system: The key role of amorphous structure enhancing electron transfer. Environmental Research. 214(Pt 3). 113964–113964. 48 indexed citations

Lei, Xiaobo, Qiyu Lian, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Removal of perfluorooctanoic acid via polyethyleneimine modified graphene oxide: Effects of water matrices and understanding mechanisms. Chemosphere. 308(Pt 2). 136379–136379. 49 indexed citations

Lei, Xiaobo, Kyle Taylor, William E. Holmes, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of the adsorption of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) within aqueous influents onto customized ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) adsorbents: Performance and elucidation of key adsorption mechanisms. Chemical Engineering Journal. 454. 140082–140082. 77 indexed citations

Lian, Qiyu, Zaki Uddin Ahmad, Xiaobo Lei, et al.. (2021). Enhanced adsorption of resorcinol onto phosphate functionalized graphene oxide synthesized via Arbuzov Reaction: A proposed mechanism of hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions. Chemosphere. 280. 130730–130730. 39 indexed citations

Zhang, Xu, Daniel Dianchen Gang, Jingjing Zhang, et al.. (2021). Insight into the activation mechanisms of biochar by boric acid and its application for the removal of sulfamethoxazole. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 424(Pt A). 127333–127333. 59 indexed citations

Zhang, Xu, Hong Yao, Xiaobo Lei, et al.. (2021). A comparative study for phosphate adsorption on amorphous FeOOH and goethite (α-FeOOH): An investigation of relationship between the surface chemistry and structure. Environmental Research. 199. 111223–111223. 55 indexed citations

Yao, Hong, Xiaobo Lei, Qiyu Lian, et al.. (2021). Synergistic adsorption and degradation of sulfamethoxazole from synthetic urine by hickory-sawdust-derived biochar: The critical role of the aromatic structure. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 418. 126366–126366. 24 indexed citations

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Lei, Xiaobo, Lunguang Yao, Qiyu Lian, et al.. (2021). Enhanced adsorption of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) onto low oxygen content ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC): Adsorption behaviors and mechanisms. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 421. 126810–126810. 114 indexed citations

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Lian, Qiyu, Lunguang Yao, Zaki Uddin Ahmad, et al.. (2019). Nonpoint source pollution. Water Environment Research. 91(10). 1114–1128. 16 indexed citations

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