Zhangtao Li

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Zhangtao Li is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhangtao Li has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhangtao Li's work include Heavy metals in environment (10 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (7 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (6 papers). Zhangtao Li is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (10 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (7 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (6 papers). Zhangtao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Australia. Zhangtao Li's co-authors include Xingmei Liu, Jianming Xu, Philip C. Brookes, Jun Meng, Lu Wang, Fan Wang, Jizi Wu, Lu Wang, Mingjiang He and Caixian Tang 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

Zhangtao Li

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Zeolite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron: New finding... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Zeolite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron: New findings on simultaneous adsorption of Cd(II), Pb(II), and As(III) in aqueous solution and soil
    2017 513 citations Zhangtao Li, Lu Wang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhangtao Li China 12 723 666 521 394 241 19 1.6k
Jizi Wu China 10 500 0.7× 579 0.9× 340 0.7× 292 0.7× 147 0.6× 18 1.2k
Zulqarnain Haider Khan China 23 456 0.6× 665 1.0× 231 0.4× 437 1.1× 176 0.7× 35 1.5k
Soumyadeep Mukhopadhyay Malaysia 15 326 0.5× 535 0.8× 327 0.6× 219 0.6× 198 0.8× 28 1.4k
Jiawei Chen China 22 472 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 730 1.4× 148 0.4× 208 0.9× 44 2.0k
Snežana Maletić Serbia 24 557 0.8× 675 1.0× 458 0.9× 180 0.5× 461 1.9× 90 1.8k
Menghua Cao China 20 387 0.5× 524 0.8× 360 0.7× 249 0.6× 262 1.1× 43 1.5k
Elsayed A. Elkhatib Egypt 24 461 0.6× 581 0.9× 223 0.4× 282 0.7× 165 0.7× 61 1.5k
Parmila Devi India 15 389 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 624 1.2× 142 0.4× 185 0.8× 20 1.9k
Jirong Lan China 25 239 0.3× 483 0.7× 450 0.9× 235 0.6× 187 0.8× 66 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhangtao Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhangtao Li

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Liu, Jian, Xiaoyang Xu, Jun Meng, et al.. (2025). Three-year remediation evaluation for arsenic and cadmium co-contaminated acidic and alkaline paddy fields: Insights on availability, bioaccumulation, health risk, and cost. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 116054–116054. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yao, Xin Tian, Shengdong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Silicon-iron modified biochar remediates cadmium and arsenic co-contaminated paddy soil by regulating cadmium and arsenic speciation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1579213–1579213. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Jun, Zhangtao Li, Jiayi Zhao, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the influence of microplastics with/without additives on radish (Raphanus sativus) and microbiota in two agricultural soils differing in pH. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 478. 135535–135535. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Zhangtao, et al.. (2024). Green synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron impregnated walnut shell biochar as efficient adsorbent for metal(loid)s purification: Performance and mechanism insight. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 68. 106342–106342. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Jun Meng, Genxing Pan, et al.. (2024). Green synthesized nanoscale zero-valent iron impregnated tea residue biochar efficiently captures metal(loid)s for sustainable water remediation. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123585–123585. 5 indexed citations
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Meng, Jun, Wenjin Li, Yingbo Qiu, et al.. (2023). Responses of soil microbial communities to manure and biochar in wheat cultivation of a rice-wheat rotation agroecosystem in East China. Pedosphere. 33(6). 893–904. 9 indexed citations
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Meng, Jun, Wenjin Li, Zhangtao Li, et al.. (2023). Microplastics drive microbial assembly, their interactions, and metagenomic functions in two soils with distinct pH and heavy metal availability. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131973–131973. 44 indexed citations
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Li, Wenjin, Jun Meng, Yule Zhang, et al.. (2022). Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and metal-free/metal-loaded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics improved biochar properties and reduced environmental risk of heavy metals. Environmental Pollution. 302. 119092–119092. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan, Lu Wang, Zhangtao Li, et al.. (2021). MgO-laden biochar enhances the immobilization of Cd/Pb in aqueous solution and contaminated soil. Biochar. 3(2). 175–188. 40 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Zhangtao Li, Yan Wang, et al.. (2020). Performance and mechanisms for remediation of Cd(II) and As(III) co-contamination by magnetic biochar-microbe biochemical composite: Competition and synergy effects. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 141672–141672. 119 indexed citations
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Li, Zhangtao, Lu Wang, Jizi Wu, et al.. (2020). Zeolite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron for immobilization of cadmium, lead, and arsenic in farmland soils: Encapsulation mechanisms and indigenous microbial responses. Environmental Pollution. 260. 114098–114098. 117 indexed citations
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Wu, Jizi, Zhangtao Li, Dan Huang, et al.. (2020). A novel calcium-based magnetic biochar is effective in stabilization of arsenic and cadmium co-contamination in aerobic soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 387. 122010–122010. 211 indexed citations
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Wu, Jizi, Zhangtao Li, Lu Wang, et al.. (2020). A novel calcium-based magnetic biochar reduces the accumulation of As in grains of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in As-contaminated paddy soils. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 394. 122507–122507. 38 indexed citations
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Yang, Dong, Lu Wang, Zhangtao Li, et al.. (2019). Simultaneous adsorption of Cd(II) and As(III) by a novel biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron in aqueous systems. The Science of The Total Environment. 708. 134823–134823. 198 indexed citations
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He, Mingjiang, Zhangtao Li, Lu Wang, et al.. (2018). Ten-year regional monitoring of soil-rice grain contamination by heavy metals with implications for target remediation and food safety. Environmental Pollution. 244. 431–439. 111 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, Jun Meng, Zhangtao Li, et al.. (2017). First “charosphere” view towards the transport and transformation of Cd with addition of manure derived biochar. Environmental Pollution. 227. 175–182. 57 indexed citations
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Li, Zhangtao, Lu Wang, Jun Meng, et al.. (2017). Zeolite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron: New findings on simultaneous adsorption of Cd(II), Pb(II), and As(III) in aqueous solution and soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 344. 1–11. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

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