Xitao Liu

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
175 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Xitao Liu is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xitao Liu has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Pollution, 79 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 59 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xitao Liu's work include Heavy metals in environment (47 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (47 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (37 papers). Xitao Liu is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (47 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (47 papers) and Advanced oxidation water treatment (37 papers). Xitao Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xitao Liu's co-authors include Chunye Lin, Mengchang He, Jun Ma, Wei Ouyang, Chengdu Qi, Xiaowan Li, Huijuan Zhang, Ke Sun, Chunye Lin and Zhou Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Xitao Liu

171 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Activation of peroxymonosulfate by base: Implications for the degradation of organic pollutants

2016 1.0k citations Xitao Liu, Jun Ma et al. Chemosphere profile →
Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for organic-contaminated soil remediation: A review

2019 509 citations Zhou Zhou, Xitao Liu et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xitao Liu China	45	4.0k	2.6k	2.1k	1.8k	1.7k	175	7.6k
Chunye Lin China	43	3.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	157	7.3k
Ruijuan Qu China	49	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	176	6.8k
Juan Gao China	38	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	934 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	132	6.5k
Cun Liu China	42	3.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	850 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	108	6.7k
Songhu Yuan China	50	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	890 0.5×	2.5k 1.5×	170	7.7k
Shuguang Lu China	45	3.7k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	914 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	125	6.0k
Lixiang Zhou China	47	2.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	888 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	286	6.7k
Chengshuai Liu China	51	1.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	246	7.9k
Kyung‐Duk Zoh South Korea	47	2.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	156	7.5k
Souhail R. Al‐Abed United States	39	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	838 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	98	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xitao Liu

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Wang, Jiamei, Tianzhi Li, Xin Hao, et al.. (2025). Seasonal dynamics, sources, and ecological risk of estrogens in a freeze-thaw basin: Implications for aquatic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 292. 117975–117975. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoqi, Qianxi Wang, Kai Li, et al.. (2025). Two‐Dimensional Layered Germanium Iodide Perovskite Ferroelectric Semiconductors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(14). e202424058–e202424058. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Yiqing, Mengchang He, Chunye Lin, Wei Ouyang, & Xitao Liu. (2024). Immobilization of Sb(V) by secondary Fe (oxyhydr)oxides during Fe(II) oxygenation: Insights into Sb(V) incorporation and Fe(II) mineralization mechanisms. Chemical Geology. 674. 122567–122567. 2 indexed citations

Shang, Xiao, Xitao Liu, Xiaoyu Ma, et al.. (2024). Roles of soil minerals in the degradation of chlorpyrifos and its intermediate by microwave activated peroxymonosulfate. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 174654–174654. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Zhicheng, Mengchang He, Chunye Lin, Wei Ouyang, & Xitao Liu. (2024). Uptake, accumulation and gene response of Sb(Ⅴ) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 288. 117371–117371. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Liyang, et al.. (2024). Chronic Hepatitis B in Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women in China: A Cross-Sectional Study. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 110(4). 719–723. 1 indexed citations

Ji, Kaiyue, Wei Ouyang, Chunye Lin, Mengchang He, & Xitao Liu. (2024). Eco-hydrological processes regulate lake riparian soil organic matter under dryness stress. Water Research. 260. 121938–121938. 9 indexed citations

Li, Xiaowan, et al.. (2023). Constant oxidation of atrazine in Fe(III)/PDS system by enhancing Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycle with quinones: Reaction mechanism, degradation pathway and DFT calculation. Chemosphere. 317. 137883–137883. 37 indexed citations

Chen, Fangjie, Wenbo Ren, Xitao Liu, et al.. (2023). Synergistic removal of organic and inorganic composite pollutants from water by zero-valent iron activated calcium peroxide. Chemical Engineering Journal. 476. 146919–146919. 9 indexed citations

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Ouyang, Wei, Zixin Liu, Xiang Gu, et al.. (2023). Residual circulations and wind conditions affect the transport and distribution of Pb. Journal of Cleaner Production. 414. 137551–137551. 5 indexed citations

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Lian, Maoshan, Jing Wang, Baodong Wang, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal variations and the ecological risks of organophosphate esters in Laizhou Bay waters between 2019 and 2021: Implying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Water Research. 233. 119783–119783. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenguo, Xitao Liu, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Mechanochemical remediation of lindane-contaminated soils assisted by CaO: Performance, mechanism and overall assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131985–131985. 14 indexed citations

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Lü, Shuang, Baodong Wang, Xin Ming, et al.. (2021). Insights into the spatiotemporal occurrence and mixture risk assessment of household and personal care products in the waters from rivers to Laizhou Bay, southern Bohai Sea. The Science of The Total Environment. 810. 152290–152290. 29 indexed citations

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Ma, Jun, et al.. (2021). Enhanced atrazine degradation in the Fe(III)/peroxymonosulfate system via accelerating Fe(II) regeneration by benzoquinone. Chemical Engineering Journal. 427. 131995–131995. 89 indexed citations

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Wang, Zongxing, Xiang Gu, Wei Ouyang, et al.. (2020). Trophodynamics of arsenic for different species in coastal regions of the Northwest Pacific Ocean: In situ evidence and a meta-analysis. Water Research. 184. 116186–116186. 20 indexed citations

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Zhou, Zhou, Xitao Liu, Ke Sun, et al.. (2019). Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for organic-contaminated soil remediation: A review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 372. 836–851. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Beibei, Chunye Lin, Xiaoli Duan, et al.. (2018). A soil ingestion pilot study for teenage children in China. Chemosphere. 202. 40–47. 22 indexed citations

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Han, Dan, et al.. (2013). Effects of cationic surfactant on pentachlorophenol sorption by sediment, active carbon and biochar.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 22. 1280–1286. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhifan, et al.. (2009). Heavy metal contents and chemical speciations in sewage-irrigated soils from the eastern suburb of Beijing, China. Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment. 7. 690–695. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Xitao. (2007). The Inventory Methodology for Obsolete Pesticide Stocks of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in China. Nongye huanjing kexue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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