Yu Xia

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
112 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Yu Xia is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Xia has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Pollution, 39 papers in Ecology and 37 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yu Xia's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Yu Xia is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (31 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (27 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (17 papers). Yu Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yu Xia's co-authors include Tong Zhang, Xianghua Wen, Xiaohui Wang, Man Hu, Feng Ju, Li-Guan Li, Bing Li, Liping Ma, Feng Guo and Yanping Mao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yu Xia

108 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Microbial community structures in different wastewater treatment plants as revealed by 454-pyrosequencing analysis

2012 406 citations Man Hu, Xiaohui Wang et al. Bioresource Technology profile →
Accelerated spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) induced by non-antibiotic conditions: Roles and mechanisms

2022 175 citations Yu Xia et al. Water Research profile →
The “Microplastome” – A Holistic Perspective to Capture the Real-World Ecology of Microplastics

2024 74 citations Yu Xia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Xia China	34	3.4k	1.8k	1.5k	955	801	112	5.7k
Lin Ye China	38	3.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	858 1.1×	110	6.1k
Feng Ju China	42	4.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	944 1.0×	1.3k 1.7×	116	6.7k
Timothy M. LaPara United States	39	3.1k 0.9×	885 0.5×	787 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	944 1.2×	96	4.6k
Feng Guo China	33	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	673 0.7×	626 0.8×	97	4.2k
Junya Zhang China	42	3.0k 0.9×	566 0.3×	803 0.5×	476 0.5×	999 1.2×	132	4.8k
Liping Ma China	40	4.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	882 0.9×	1.9k 2.4×	126	7.3k
Qing‐Lin Chen China	53	6.0k 1.8×	2.5k 1.4×	2.1k 1.4×	865 0.9×	1.8k 2.3×	187	9.9k
Yuyi Yang China	43	4.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	819 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	659 0.8×	203	7.3k
Robert J. Seviour Australia	50	3.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.4×	2.4k 1.6×	711 0.7×	177 0.2×	239	8.5k
Baolan Hu China	51	3.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	814 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	148 0.2×	188	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Xia

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lei, Hui, et al.. (2025). Illuminating Hope for Tumors: The Progress of Light-Activated Nanomaterials in Skin Cancer. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 20. 5081–5118. 3 indexed citations

Xia, Yu, Tao Zhang, Yadian Xie, et al.. (2025). Pyridine-functionalized chiral polyoxometalates via in situ degradation. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1338. 142292–142292.

Zhang, Juntao, Qi Hua, Hailiang Hu, et al.. (2025). Bacterial reverse transcriptase synthesizes long poly(A)-rich cDNA for antiphage defense. Science. 388(6753). eads4639–eads4639. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Hebin, Jin Huang, Tao Yi, et al.. (2024). Investigating the antibiotic resistance genes and their potential risks in the megacity water environment: A case study of Shenzhen Bay Basin, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133536–133536. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Miao, et al.. (2023). Changing microbiome community structure and functional potential during permafrost thawing on the Tibetan Plateau. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(11). 6 indexed citations

Wei, Benben, Yu Xia, Wolfgang Theis, et al.. (2023). Engineering conductive and catalytic triple-phase interfaces for high efficiency polysulfides conversion in Li-S batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 473. 144887–144887. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yibo, et al.. (2023). Metagenomic perspectives on antibiotic resistance genes in tap water: The environmental characteristic, potential mobility and health threat. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 147. 582–596. 7 indexed citations

Cheng, Hang, Yuhong Sun, Qing Yang, et al.. (2022). A rapid bacterial pathogen and antimicrobial resistance diagnosis workflow using Oxford nanopore adaptive sequencing method. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23(6). 32 indexed citations

Wu, Baolin, Yu Xia, Gaisheng Zhang, et al.. (2022). The Transcription Factors TaTDRL and TaMYB103 Synergistically Activate the Expression of TAA1a in Wheat, Which Positively Regulates the Development of Microspore in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(14). 7996–7996. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Xiang, Warish Ahmed, Ziqi Wu, & Yu Xia. (2022). Developing a novel Bifidobacterium phage quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based assay for tracking untreated wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 838(Pt 2). 155815–155815. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiao, et al.. (2021). Enhancing recovery performance of the toluene-removing biofilter after the short/long interference-shutdown period. Bioresource Technology. 346. 126592–126592. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Liming, Jiangpeng Li, Yuanyuan Tang, et al.. (2021). Typhoon-induced turbulence redistributed microplastics in coastal areas and reformed plastisphere community. Water Research. 204. 117580–117580. 79 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bing, Chenxiang Sun, Yu Xia, Man Hu, & Xianghua Wen. (2019). Profiles of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence genes and their temporal interactions in the membrane bioreactor and oxidation ditch. Environment International. 131. 104980–104980. 9 indexed citations

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Xia, Yu, Xianghua Wen, Bing Zhang, & Yunfeng Yang. (2018). Diversity and assembly patterns of activated sludge microbial communities: A review. Biotechnology Advances. 36(4). 1038–1047. 150 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mingjiang, et al.. (2017). Geographic distribution of cadmium and its interaction with the microbial community in the Longjiang River: risk evaluation after a shocking pollution accident. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 227–227. 19 indexed citations

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Xia, Yu, Man Hu, Xianghua Wen, et al.. (2016). Diversity and interactions of microbial functional genes under differing environmental conditions: insights from a membrane bioreactor and an oxidation ditch. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18509–18509. 26 indexed citations

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Ju, Feng, Yubo Wang, Frankie Tat Kwong Lau, et al.. (2016). Anaerobic digestion of chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) sludge and the microbial community structure. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(20). 8975–8982. 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bing, Yu Xia, Xianghua Wen, et al.. (2016). The Composition and Spatial Patterns of Bacterial Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in 19 Wastewater Treatment Plants. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167422–e0167422. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaohui, Yu Xia, Xianghua Wen, Yunfeng Yang, & Jizhong Zhou. (2014). Microbial Community Functional Structures in Wastewater Treatment Plants as Characterized by GeoChip. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93422–e93422. 54 indexed citations

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Xia, Yu. (2007). A Study on the Health Status and Equity of Health Service Utilization of the Residents in Suburb Areas of Shanghai. 1 indexed citations

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