Xingran Zhang

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xingran Zhang is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Xingran Zhang has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Water Science and Technology, 25 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 10 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Xingran Zhang's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (34 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (15 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (11 papers). Xingran Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (34 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (15 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (11 papers). Xingran Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Xingran Zhang's co-authors include Zhiwei Wang, Zhichao Wu, Chuyang Y. Tang, Jinxing Ma, Mei Chen, Mingxian Liu, Ruobin Dai, Yue Wen, Xuesong Li and Huang Jian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xingran Zhang

39 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Metal-organic framework enables ultraselective polyamide membrane for desalination and water reuse

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Xingran Zhang

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Irena Petrinić Slovenia

Muhammad Usman Farid Hong Kong

Elizabeth Arkhangelsky Kazakhstan

Chuanqi Zhao China

Shahram Tabe Canada

Roy Bernstein Israel

Tze Chiang Albert Ng Singapore

Woei‐Jye Lau Malaysia

Jafariah Jaafar Malaysia

Pengfei Zhang Japan

Irena Petrinić Slovenia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xingran Zhang

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Xu, Xiangmin, et al.. (2025). Lithium complexing strategy based on host-guest recognition for efficient Mg2+/Li+ separation. Water Research. 274. 123100–123100. 10 indexed citations

Zheng, Junjian, Yuchao Chen, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Hollow fiber layout matters the denitrification performance and mechanism of H2-based membrane biofilm reactor: A comprehensive study of hydrodynamics, bioecology and biokinetics. Water Research. 281. 123708–123708. 1 indexed citations

Long, Tao, et al.. (2025). The effect of sulfuric acid concentration on titanium leaching from an ilmenite ore. Results in Engineering. 28. 108139–108139.

Zheng, Junjian, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic Insights into Mitigation of Combined Scaling–Biofouling for a Novel Thin-Film Composite Membrane Based on Incorporated Defensive–Offensive Strategy. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(25). 13108–13118.

Zhou, Huimin, Xingran Zhang, Zhouyan Li, et al.. (2025). Amphiphilic nanowire-assisted monomer shuttling enables ultra-selective reverse osmosis membranes for water purification. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6102–6102.

Luo, Yi, et al.. (2024). Biofouling behaviors of reverse osmosis membrane in the presence of trace plasticizer for circulating cooling water treatment: Characteristics and mechanisms. Water Research. 260. 121937–121937. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Jinchao, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Mg2+/Li+ separation performance of polyelectrolyte multilayers nanofiltration membranes modified by trimethylamine N-oxide zwitterions. Journal of Membrane Science. 713. 123293–123293. 4 indexed citations

Fang, Xiaofeng, Ziyi Zhang, Xingran Zhang, et al.. (2024). Electric field-assisted ultra-thin MXene conductive nanofiltration membrane for efficient dye/salt separation. Separation and Purification Technology. 339. 126753–126753. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Xuehong, Chang Su, Yuanyuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Mineralogical characteristics of root iron plaque and its functional mechanism for regulating Cr phytoextraction of hyperaccumulator Leersia hexandra Swartz. Environmental Research. 228. 115846–115846. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingran, Xiang Luo, Jiaqi Wei, et al.. (2023). Preparation of a Molecularly Imprinted Silica Nanoparticles Embedded Microfiltration Membrane for Selective Separation of Tetrabromobisphenol A from Water. Membranes. 13(6). 571–571. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Jinchao, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the perm-selectivity of thin-film nanocomposite membranes intercalated with cyclodextrin-chelated Metal-Organic Framework via modulated interfacial polymerization. Journal of Membrane Science. 693. 122382–122382. 21 indexed citations

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Fang, Xiaofeng, Shihao Wei, Shuai Liu, et al.. (2022). Metal-Coordinated Nanofiltration Membranes Constructed on Metal Ions Blended Support toward Enhanced Dye/Salt Separation and Antifouling Performances. Membranes. 12(3). 340–340. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingran, Jinxing Ma, Yu Guo, et al.. (2022). Induced mazEF-mediated programmed cell death contributes to antibiofouling properties of quaternary ammonium compounds modified membranes. Water Research. 227. 119319–119319. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanyuan, Junjian Zheng, Haixiang Li, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic insights into CO2 pressure regulating microbial competition in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor for denitrification. Chemosphere. 303(Pt 1). 134875–134875. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingran, Yu Guo, Tianlin Wang, Zhichao Wu, & Zhiwei Wang. (2020). Antibiofouling performance and mechanisms of a modified polyvinylidene fluoride membrane in an MBR for wastewater treatment: Role of silver@silica nanopollens. Water Research. 176. 115749–115749. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Mei, Xingran Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, et al.. (2018). Impacts of quaternary ammonium compounds on membrane bioreactor performance: Acute and chronic responses of microorganisms. Water Research. 134. 153–161. 50 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xingran, et al.. (2018). Surface modification of polyvinylidene fluoride membrane by atom-transfer radical-polymerization of quaternary ammonium compound for mitigating biofouling. Journal of Membrane Science. 570-571. 286–293. 80 indexed citations

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Han, Xiaomeng, Zhiwei Wang, Mei Chen, et al.. (2017). Acute Responses of Microorganisms from Membrane Bioreactors in the Presence of NaOCl: Protective Mechanisms of Extracellular Polymeric Substances. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(6). 3233–3241. 149 indexed citations

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Chen, Mei, Xingran Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Liang Wang, & Zhichao Wu. (2017). QAC modified PVDF membranes: Antibiofouling performance, mechanisms, and effects on microbial communities in an MBR treating municipal wastewater. Water Research. 120. 256–264. 60 indexed citations

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Jian, Huang, Zhiwei Wang, Chaowei Zhu, et al.. (2014). Identification of Microbial Communities in Open and Closed Circuit Bioelectrochemical MBRs by High-Throughput 454 Pyrosequencing. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93842–e93842. 38 indexed citations

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