Xu Zhao

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Xu Zhao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Zhao has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Water Science and Technology, 35 papers in Environmental Engineering and 16 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xu Zhao's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (30 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (22 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (16 papers). Xu Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (30 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (22 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (16 papers). Xu Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Xu Zhao's co-authors include Martin R. Tillotson, Bin Chen, Junguo Liu, Hong Yang, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Qingying Liu, Z.F. Yang, Zhifeng Yang and Wei Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xu Zhao

67 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China

2015 452 citations Xu Zhao, Junguo Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Zhao China	26	1.6k	1.4k	763	287	269	74	2.5k
Carole Dalin United Kingdom	21	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	893 1.2×	324 1.1×	336 1.2×	37	3.4k
Maite M. Aldaya Spain	23	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	294 1.0×	210 0.8×	73	3.6k
Anik Bhaduri Germany	23	1.4k 0.9×	582 0.4×	739 1.0×	418 1.5×	243 0.9×	60	2.5k
Xinan Yin China	27	1.0k 0.6×	532 0.4×	501 0.7×	174 0.6×	179 0.7×	107	2.2k
Markus Berger Germany	25	820 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	421 0.6×	163 0.6×	198 0.7×	69	2.7k
Davy Vanham Italy	26	1.2k 0.7×	994 0.7×	573 0.8×	164 0.6×	114 0.4×	49	2.4k
Jordan Macknick United States	33	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	700 0.9×	1.2k 4.3×	290 1.1×	85	4.4k
Landon Marston United States	25	1.1k 0.7×	458 0.3×	602 0.8×	213 0.7×	102 0.4×	59	1.9k
Shibao Lu China	29	757 0.5×	438 0.3×	490 0.6×	293 1.0×	324 1.2×	81	2.1k
Cécile Bulle Canada	25	568 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	310 0.4×	342 1.2×	247 0.9×	64	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xu Zhao. The network helps show where Xu Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Zhao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Hou, Siyu, Jingwen Huo, Xu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Tracking grid-level freshwater boundary exceedance along global supply chains from consumption to impact. Nature Water. 3(4). 439–448. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, Xu Zhao, Jie Shi, Xiaohui Ma, & Jishang Xu. (2024). A mechanism of enhanced subsurface near-inertial kinetic energy in the East China Sea associated with successive typhoons. Journal of Marine Systems. 245. 103995–103995. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, et al.. (2024). High-resolution mapping of monthly industrial water withdrawal in China from 1965 to 2020. Earth system science data. 16(5). 2449–2464. 11 indexed citations

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Guo, Xinyu, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the water footprint and nutritional quality of takeaway dishes for selected large cities in China. The Science of The Total Environment. 911. 168632–168632. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, Siyu Hou, Xinxin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Revealing Trade Potential for Reversing Regional Freshwater Boundary Exceedance. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(31). 11520–11530. 9 indexed citations

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Zou, Yang, et al.. (2022). Automated UAV path-planning for high-quality photogrammetric 3D bridge reconstruction. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. 20(10). 1595–1614. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinxin, Xu Zhao, Ganquan Mao, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the vulnerability of physical and virtual water resource networks in China's megacities. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 161. 104972–104972. 37 indexed citations

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Guo, Wei, Shaoyong Lu, Jianghong Shi, & Xu Zhao. (2019). Effect of corn straw biochar application to sediments on the adsorption of 17α-ethinyl estradiol and perfluorooctane sulfonate at sediment-water interface. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 174. 363–369. 50 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, Wei Guo, Yuli Shan, et al.. (2019). China's Urban Methane Emissions From Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant. Earth s Future. 7(4). 480–490. 67 indexed citations

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Hou, Siyu, Yu Liu, Xu Zhao, et al.. (2018). Blue and Green Water Footprint Assessment for China—A Multi-Region Input–Output Approach. Sustainability. 10(8). 2822–2822. 24 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, et al.. (2018). Categorising virtual water transfers through China’s electric power sector. Applied Energy. 226. 252–260. 60 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, Hong Yang, Wenfeng Liu, et al.. (2018). Measuring scarce water saving from interregional virtual water flows in China. Environmental Research Letters. 13(5). 54012–54012. 96 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenfeng, Marta Antonelli, Matti Kummu, et al.. (2018). Savings and losses of global water resources in food‐related virtual water trade. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 6(1). 82 indexed citations

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Liao, Xiawei, Xu Zhao, Yu Jiang, et al.. (2018). Water footprint of the energy sector in China’s two megalopolises. Ecological Modelling. 391. 9–15. 22 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, Martin R. Tillotson, Zhifeng Yang, Hong Yang, & Junguo Liu. (2015). Reduction and reallocation of water use of products in Beijing. Ecological Indicators. 61. 893–898. 10 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu. (2012). Research on Sharing Mechanism of Renewable Power Feed-in Price. Ke-ji guanli yanjiu. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu. (2012). Effects of astragalus polysaccharides on antioxidant status and egg quality of laying hens. Zhongguo shouyi xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu. (2008). Review of Researches on Household Energy Consumption. Water Resources and Power. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu. (2006). Fuzzy Comprehensive Appraisal of Financing Risk in Commercial Real Estate. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu. (2004). Game Analysis for Environmental Purchasing under the Circumstance of Ecological Supply Chain. 1 indexed citations

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