Xiaojian Zhang

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
182 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaojian Zhang is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaojian Zhang has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 66 papers in Atmospheric Science and 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xiaojian Zhang's work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (68 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (61 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (29 papers). Xiaojian Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Water Treatment and Disinfection (68 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (61 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (29 papers). Xiaojian Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xiaojian Zhang's co-authors include Chao Chen, Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen, Wei Huang, Liya Jin, Shuguang Xie, Xiaobin Liao, Jianbao Liu, Song Feng and Jun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaojian Zhang

179 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal diff... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2019 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales
    2019 470 citations Fahu Chen, Jianhui Chen et al. profile →
  2. Holocene East Asian summer monsoon records in northern China and their inconsistency with Chinese stalagmite δ18O records
    2015 301 citations Jianhui Chen, Xiaojian Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaojian Zhang China 42 3.2k 1.6k 1.1k 1.0k 948 182 6.6k
Jia Jia China 41 1.8k 0.6× 639 0.4× 727 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 426 0.4× 185 5.7k
Antonio Martı́nez Cortizas Spain 49 3.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 846 0.8× 2.2k 2.2× 192 0.2× 258 8.0k
Yigal Erel Israel 46 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 550 0.5× 486 0.5× 292 0.3× 112 5.1k
Baiqing Xu China 43 6.8k 2.1× 1.4k 0.8× 364 0.3× 1.3k 1.3× 817 0.9× 162 9.0k
Ping’an Peng China 63 3.6k 1.1× 4.1k 2.5× 345 0.3× 1.2k 1.2× 700 0.7× 414 14.1k
Xiaodong Liu China 58 8.5k 2.7× 579 0.4× 1.7k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 955 1.0× 339 13.5k
Dominik Weiß United Kingdom 48 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 313 0.3× 947 0.9× 418 0.4× 145 6.3k
Kefu Yu China 49 1.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 346 0.3× 3.3k 3.2× 291 0.3× 372 7.8k
Christopher H. Vane United Kingdom 41 1.4k 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 768 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 126 0.1× 164 4.7k
Laurence Maurice France 38 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 589 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 464 0.5× 85 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaojian Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaojian Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaojian Zhang

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

All Works

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Chen, Chunzhu, Wenwei Zhao, Xianyong Cao, et al.. (2024). Holocene climatic transition in the Yangtze River region and its impact on prehistoric civilizations. CATENA. 238. 107886–107886. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wenwei, et al.. (2024). Environmental changes and human impacts over the past 1200 years: Evidence from high-resolution pollen records from peat in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Southwest China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 655. 112540–112540. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaojian, Xilei Zhao, Dare A. Baldwin, et al.. (2024). Modeling protective action decision-making in earthquakes by using explainable machine learning and video data. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5480–5480. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Guoqiang, Xiaoyan Wang, He Yang, et al.. (2024). Asynchronous Holocene lake evolution in arid mid-latitude Asia is driven by glacial meltwater and variations in Westerlies and the East Asian summer monsoon. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 136(11-12). 4579–4594. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiangjun, Xiaodong Miao, Junsheng Nie, et al.. (2023). Distribution and fate of Tibetan Plateau loess. CATENA. 225. 107022–107022. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Guoqiang, Yixuan Wang, Weiping Ding, et al.. (2023). High-resolution luminescence chronology of loess-paleosols reveals East Asian summer monsoon and winter monsoon variation in Hexi Corridor during the past 25 kyr. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 627. 111743–111743. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Guoqiang, et al.. (2023). Role of the tropical Indian Ocean in orbitally induced mid-Holocene precipitation variation in northwest China. Quaternary Science Reviews. 317. 108285–108285. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Dibo, Zhang Hai-ya, Jun Wang, et al.. (2023). Study on electrochemical reduction mechanisms of iron oxides in pipe scale in drinking water distribution system. Water Research. 231. 119597–119597. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiaomei, Xiaojian Zhang, Feng Chen, et al.. (2023). Weakening of the Summer Monsoon Over the Past 150 Years Shown by a Tree‐Ring Record From Shandong, Eastern China, and the Potential Role of North Atlantic Climate. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38(3). 5 indexed citations
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Nie, Junsheng, Richard V. Heermance, Xiaojian Zhang, et al.. (2022). Late Miocene Tarim desert wetting linked with eccentricity minimum and East Asian monsoon weakening. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3977–3977. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Shixiang, Xin Tang, Pengfei Lin, et al.. (2018). Reaction patterns of NDMA precursors during the sequential chlorination process of short-term free chlorination and monochloramination. Separation and Purification Technology. 204. 196–204. 17 indexed citations
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Fu, Hao, Xuebing Li, Jun Wang, et al.. (2016). Activated carbon adsorption of quinolone antibiotics in water: Performance, mechanism, and modeling. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 56. 145–152. 140 indexed citations
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Bei, Er, Shixiang Li, Xiaobin Liao, et al.. (2016). Occurrence of nitrosamines and their precursors in drinking water systems around mainland China. Water Research. 98. 168–175. 149 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaojian. (2016). Antimony pollution accident of Gansu Longxing enterprise and emergent water supply in Guangyuan City. 42(10). 20. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaojian. (2008). Study on Efficiency of Compact Flofilter of Dissolved Air Flotation and GAC Deep Bed Filtration for Treatment of Different Raw Water. China Water & Wastewater. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaojian. (2007). Expert Decision and Public Participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism.
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Zhang, Xiaojian. (2004). Relationships between AOC and Bacterial Regrowth in Distributing Network. China Water & Wastewater. 1 indexed citations

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