Xushun Gu

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 879 citations indexed

About

Xushun Gu is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xushun Gu has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 879 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pollution, 30 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xushun Gu's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (30 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers). Xushun Gu is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (30 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (9 papers). Xushun Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and Taiwan. Xushun Gu's co-authors include Shengbing He, Shanshan Sun, Manping Zhang, Pan Yan, Jung-Chen Huang, Yuanyuan Peng, Weili Zhou, Li Tang, Wenying Zhu and Fei Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xushun Gu

35 papers receiving 872 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.

Boosting the denitrification efficiency of iron-based constructed wetlands in-situ via plant biomass-derived biochar: Intensified iron redox cycle and microbial responses

2024 80 citations Shanshan Sun, Xushun Gu et al. Water Research profile →
Tracing the electron transfer behavior driven by hydrophyte-derived carbon materials empowered autotrophic denitrification in iron-based constructed wetlands: Efficacy and enhancement mechanism

2025 27 citations Yuanyuan Fan, Shanshan Sun et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xushun Gu China	16	562	535	175	173	94	37	879
Fucheng Guo China	14	660 1.2×	566 1.1×	196 1.1×	173 1.0×	138 1.5×	28	1.1k
Haimeng Sun China	14	645 1.1×	466 0.9×	153 0.9×	185 1.1×	114 1.2×	17	967
Zhongchen Yang China	13	529 0.9×	484 0.9×	212 1.2×	119 0.7×	42 0.4×	33	853
Yucong Zheng China	21	501 0.9×	707 1.3×	217 1.2×	127 0.7×	62 0.7×	34	1.2k
Yue Wen China	19	590 1.0×	775 1.4×	238 1.4×	136 0.8×	139 1.5×	36	1.2k
Zhongshuo Xu China	16	658 1.2×	421 0.8×	142 0.8×	244 1.4×	72 0.8×	29	1.0k
Shanshan Dong China	11	421 0.7×	181 0.3×	95 0.5×	156 0.9×	50 0.5×	29	616
Yunmeng Pang China	13	634 1.1×	238 0.4×	252 1.4×	278 1.6×	89 0.9×	17	952
Xuejie He China	14	485 0.9×	202 0.4×	159 0.9×	200 1.2×	42 0.4×	26	663

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xushun Gu

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Fan, Yuanyuan, Shanshan Sun, Xushun Gu, et al.. (2025). Tracing the electron transfer behavior driven by hydrophyte-derived carbon materials empowered autotrophic denitrification in iron-based constructed wetlands: Efficacy and enhancement mechanism. Water Research. 275. 123169–123169. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Manping, Shanshan Sun, Xushun Gu, Shaoxuan Ding, & Shengbing He. (2025). Microbial driven nitrogen transformation in the plant rhizosphere of a saltmarsh wetland: From functional genes to activity and contribution. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 202. 106086–106086.

Gu, Xushun, et al.. (2025). Sulfur-iron interactions forming activated FexSy pool in-situ to synergistically improve nitrogen removal in denitrification system. Journal of Environmental Management. 388. 126047–126047. 3 indexed citations

Gu, Xushun, et al.. (2025). Mechanistic insights into microplastic-mediated shifts in nitrogen metabolism and sensory quality across emergent and submerged-plant wetlands: Evidence from metagenomics and physiological indicators. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 498. 139937–139937. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Shanshan, Shaoxuan Ding, Wang Zhi-quan, et al.. (2024). Unraveling the synergistic promotion mechanism of Fe0 coupling phragmites australis biomass for nitrogen removal in coastal wetland: From low to moderate salinities. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 120005–120005. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2024). Revealing the nitrogen and phosphorus removal potential: Insights into surface flow and subsurface flow constructed wetlands employing integrated iron and sulfur electron donors. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 193. 251–261. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Pan, Shanshan Sun, Xushun Gu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing nitrogen removal in urban lake sediments through zero-valent iron coupled with biochar by intensifying heterotrophic denitrification. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113798–113798. 2 indexed citations

Gu, Xushun, Yu Zhang, Pan Yan, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the microplastic perturbation on surface flow constructed wetlands with macrophytes of different life forms: Responses of nitrogen removal and sensory quality. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 477. 135283–135283. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Manping, Shanshan Sun, Xushun Gu, et al.. (2023). Efficient nitrogen removal pathways and corresponding microbial evidence in tidal flow constructed wetlands for saline water treatment. Environmental Research. 234. 116548–116548. 7 indexed citations

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Peng, Yuanyuan, Xushun Gu, Manping Zhang, et al.. (2023). Simultaneously enhanced autotrophic–heterotrophic denitrification in iron-based ecological floating bed by plant biomass: Metagenomics insights into microbial communities, functional genes and nitrogen metabolic pathways. Water Research. 248. 120868–120868. 72 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanan, et al.. (2023). Salinity effect on denitrification efficiency with reed biomass addition in salt marsh wetlands. Bioresource Technology. 371. 128597–128597. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Shanshan, Manping Zhang, Xushun Gu, Shengbing He, & Li Tang. (2022). Microbial response mechanism of plants and zero valent iron in ecological floating bed: Synchronous nitrogen, phosphorus removal and greenhouse gas emission reduction. Journal of Environmental Management. 324. 116326–116326. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Fei, Shengbing He, Xushun Gu, et al.. (2022). The suitable biomass carbon source for improving nitrogen removal in surface flow constructed wetland system: Fresh vs. withered. Journal of Environmental Management. 308. 114624–114624. 14 indexed citations

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Peng, Yuanyuan, Xushun Gu, Pan Yan, et al.. (2022). Mixotrophic denitrification improvement in ecological floating bed: Interaction between iron scraps and plant biomass. The Science of The Total Environment. 861. 160718–160718. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Shanshan, et al.. (2022). New insight and enhancement mechanisms for Feammox process by electron shuttles in wastewater treatment — A systematic review. Bioresource Technology. 369. 128495–128495. 62 indexed citations

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Gu, Xushun, Yuanyuan Peng, Shanshan Sun, & Shengbing He. (2022). Simultaneous denitrification and iron-phosphorus precipitation driven by plant biomass coupled with iron scraps in subsurface flow constructed wetlands. Journal of Environmental Management. 322. 116104–116104. 26 indexed citations

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Peng, Yuanyuan, Shengbing He, Xushun Gu, Pan Yan, & Li Tang. (2021). Zero-valent iron coupled plant biomass for enhancing the denitrification performance of ecological floating bed. Bioresource Technology. 341. 125820–125820. 22 indexed citations

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Gu, Xushun, Shengbing He, & Jung-Chen Huang. (2021). Efficient utilization of Iris pseudacorus biomass for nitrogen removal in constructed wetlands: Combining alkali treatment. Environmental Pollution. 291. 118170–118170. 12 indexed citations

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Gu, Xushun, et al.. (2020). Recycled utilization of Iris pseudacorus in constructed wetlands: Litters self-consumption and nitrogen removal improvement. Chemosphere. 262. 127863–127863. 32 indexed citations

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Gu, Xushun, Wenying Zhu, Shengbing He, et al.. (2018). Denitrification- and anammox-dominant simultaneous nitrification, anammox and denitrification (SNAD) process in subsurface flow constructed wetlands. Bioresource Technology. 271. 298–305. 96 indexed citations

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