Xiaoya Ren

7.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
47 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaoya Ren is a scholar working on Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoya Ren has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pollution, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xiaoya Ren's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (8 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (7 papers). Xiaoya Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (8 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (7 papers). Xiaoya Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Xiaoya Ren's co-authors include Guangming Zeng, Lin Tang, Shujing Ye, Jiangfang Yu, Biao Song, Haopeng Feng, Huan Yi, Yaocheng Deng, Danlian Huang and Jiajia Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoya Ren

44 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Recent progress in covalent organic framework thin films: fabrications, applications and perspectives

2018 686 citations Piao Xu, Guangming Zeng et al. profile →
Sustainable efficient adsorbent: Alkali-acid modified magnetic biochar derived from sewage sludge for aqueous organic contaminant removal

2017 537 citations Lin Tang, Jiangfang Yu et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Recent advances in toxicological research of nanoplastics in the environment: A review

2019 536 citations Biao Song, Guangming Zeng et al. profile →
Magnetic nitrogen-doped sludge-derived biochar catalysts for persulfate activation: Internal electron transfer mechanism

2019 470 citations Jiangfang Yu, Lin Tang et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Sorption, transport and biodegradation – An insight into bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soil

2017 448 citations Xiaoya Ren, Guangming Zeng et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Biological technologies for the remediation of co-contaminated soil

2017 430 citations Shujing Ye, Guangming Zeng et al. profile →
Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals

2017 386 citations Biao Song, Guangming Zeng et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoya Ren China	32	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	1.8k	1.2k	47	6.4k
Rongzhong Wang China	34	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	57	5.8k
Shengyan Pu China	45	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	142	6.5k
Yuan Zhu China	45	2.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	123	7.4k
Rui Xu China	43	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	98	5.9k
Min Jang South Korea	50	3.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.1×	2.9k 1.6×	1.9k 1.6×	225	8.4k
Qiuya Niu China	28	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	52	5.7k
Jinhui Huang China	51	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	2.7k 1.4×	3.2k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	148	8.5k
Yongyou Hu China	55	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	181	8.2k
Wenxin Shi China	43	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	3.1k 1.6×	3.2k 1.8×	1.6k 1.3×	145	6.9k
Baoyu Gao China	44	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	132	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoya Ren

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zeng, Ying, et al.. (2025). A probe-mediated fluorescent biosensor for MC-LR detection using exonuclease III as a signal amplifier. Analytical Methods. 17(8). 1834–1839. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Xiaoya, Kaihui Huang, Meng Cai, et al.. (2025). 2D/2D COF/MOF S-scheme heterojunction boosts photocatalytic H2 evolution. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 265. 320–327. 1 indexed citations

Long, Xizi, Weiqi Yang, Zhaozhong Zhu, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical stimulation of Alcaligenes faecalis D04 enhances anaerobic degradation of microcystin-LR in microbial fuel cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 520. 166192–166192.

Li, Yafang, Wei Jia, Xiaofang Liang, et al.. (2025). Sphingopyxis sp. YF1 and metabolite astaxanthin alleviate MC-LR-induced kidney injury. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 197. 106982–106982.

Peng, Tangjian, Yuqing Gu, Wei Jia, et al.. (2024). Insights into the interaction mechanisms between Microcystin-degrading bacteria and Microcystis aeruginosa. Water Research. 265. 122241–122241. 5 indexed citations

Zeng, Taotao, et al.. (2024). The effect of quorum sensing on cadmium- and lead-containing wastewater treatment using activated sludge: Removal efficiency, enzyme activity, and microbial community. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 2). 118835–118835. 8 indexed citations

Ren, Xiaoya, et al.. (2024). Fate, abundance and ecological risks of microcystins in aquatic environment: The implication of microplastics. Water Research. 251. 121121–121121. 38 indexed citations

Ma, Tian, Jiajia Zhang, Lili Yang, et al.. (2023). Reusable and Practical Biocomposite Based on Sphingopyxis sp. YF1 and Polyacrylonitrile-Based Carbon Fiber for the Efficient Bioremediation of Microcystin-LR-Contaminated Water. Toxins. 16(1). 20–20. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yu, Zhuang Li, Jiajia Wang, et al.. (2022). Efficient photocatalytic inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa by a novel Z-scheme heterojunction tubular photocatalyst under visible light irradiation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 623. 445–455. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Juan, Yutang Liu, Xiaoya Ren, et al.. (2021). Soybean residue based biochar prepared by ball milling assisted alkali activation to activate peroxydisulfate for the degradation of tetracycline. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 599. 631–641. 63 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaoya, Jingjing Wang, Jiangfang Yu, et al.. (2020). Waste valorization: Transforming the fishbone biowaste into biochar as an efficient persulfate catalyst for degradation of organic pollutant. Journal of Cleaner Production. 291. 125225–125225. 64 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Xilian, Lin Tang, Chengyang Feng, et al.. (2020). Au/CeO2/g-C3N4 heterostructures: Designing a self-powered aptasensor for ultrasensitive detection of Microcystin-LR by density functional theory. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 164. 112328–112328. 60 indexed citations

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Zou, Jiajing, Jiangfang Yu, Lin Tang, et al.. (2020). Analysis of reaction pathways and catalytic sites on metal-free porous biochar for persulfate activation process. Chemosphere. 261. 127747–127747. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Guangming Zeng, Danlian Huang, et al.. (2020). In Situ Grown Single‐Atom Cobalt on Polymeric Carbon Nitride with Bidentate Ligand for Efficient Photocatalytic Degradation of Refractory Antibiotics. Small. 16(29). e2001634–e2001634. 303 indexed citations

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Feng, Haopeng, Lin Tang, Guangming Zeng, et al.. (2019). Core-shell nanomaterials: Applications in energy storage and conversion. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 267. 26–46. 144 indexed citations

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Song, Chen, Lin Tang, Haopeng Feng, et al.. (2019). Carbon felt cathodes for electro-Fenton process to remove tetracycline via synergistic adsorption and degradation. The Science of The Total Environment. 670. 921–931. 119 indexed citations

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Wan, Jia, Guangming Zeng, Danlian Huang, et al.. (2017). Rhamnolipid stabilized nano-chlorapatite: Synthesis and enhancement effect on Pb-and Cd-immobilization in polluted sediment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 343. 332–339. 148 indexed citations

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Song, Biao, Guangming Zeng, Jilai Gong, et al.. (2017). Evaluation methods for assessing effectiveness of in situ remediation of soil and sediment contaminated with organic pollutants and heavy metals. Environment International. 105. 43–55. 386 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Chao, Rongzhong Wang, Guangming Zeng, et al.. (2017). Transcriptome analysis reveals novel insights into the response to Pb exposure in Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Chemosphere. 194. 657–665. 16 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaoya, Guangming Zeng, Lin Tang, et al.. (2017). The potential impact on the biodegradation of organic pollutants from composting technology for soil remediation. Waste Management. 72. 138–149. 115 indexed citations

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