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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
154
Citations
94462
World Ranking
112
National Ranking
57

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
125
Citations
57398
World Ranking
51
National Ranking
13

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
159
Citations
102849
World Ranking
19
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Baoshan Xing is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Pollution, Plant Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work frequently focuses on topics including Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Nanoparticles synthesis and applications, Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications, Heavy metals in the environment, Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal.

Baoshan Xing's publication record includes numerous articles in several notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • ACS Nano

Among recent papers associated with their field, important titles include:

  • "Differentially charged nanoplastics demonstrate distinct accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana" (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • "Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance" (2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry)
  • "Interaction of Microplastics with Antibiotics in Aquatic Environment: Distribution, Adsorption, and Toxicity" (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by magnetic activated carbon and its mechanism" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Synergy between cobalt and nickel on NiCo2O4 nanosheets promotes peroxymonosulfate activation for efficient norfloxacin degradation" (2022, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors, including:

  • Zhenyu Wang
  • Jason C. White
  • Jian Zhao
  • Xuesong Cao
  • Le Yue

Baoshan Xing has been recognized through professional fellowships, including designation as a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), both awarded in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of Slow Sorption of Organic Chemicals to Natural Particles

    Joseph J. Pignatello;Baoshan Xing

  • Phytotoxicity of nanoparticles: Inhibition of seed germination and root growth

    Daohui Lin;Baoshan Xing

  • Adsorption Mechanisms of Organic Chemicals on Carbon Nanotubes

    Bo Pan;Baoshan Xing

  • Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in Tianjin, China via consumption of vegetables and fish.

    Xilong Wang;T. Sato;Baoshan Xing;S. Tao

  • Root uptake and phytotoxicity of ZnO nanoparticles.

    Daohui Lin;Baoshan Xing

  • Compositions and sorptive properties of crop residue-derived chars.

    Yuan Chun;Guangyao Sheng;Cary T. Chiou;Baoshan Xing

  • Dual-Mode Sorption of Low-Polarity Compounds in Glassy Poly(Vinyl Chloride) and Soil Organic Matter

    Baoshan Xing;Joseph J. Pignatello

  • Differentially charged nanoplastics demonstrate distinct accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Xiao-Dong Sun;Xian-Zheng Yuan;Yuebin Jia;Yuebin Jia;Li-Juan Feng

  • Bacterial toxicity comparison between nano- and micro-scaled oxide particles.

    Wei Jiang;Hamid Mashayekhi;Baoshan Xing

  • Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by carbon nanomaterials.

    Kun Yang;Lizhong Zhu;Baoshan Xing

  • Environmental source, fate, and toxicity of microplastics.

    Chunhui Wang;Jian Zhao;Baoshan Xing

  • Adsorption of Organic Compounds by Carbon Nanomaterials in Aqueous Phase: Polanyi Theory and Its Application

    Kun Yang;Baoshan Xing

  • Effects and mechanisms of biochar-microbe interactions in soil improvement and pollution remediation: A review.

    Xiaomin Zhu;Baoliang Chen;Lizhong Zhu;Baoshan Xing

  • Xylem- and Phloem-Based Transport of CuO Nanoparticles in Maize (Zea mays L.)

    Zhenyu Wang;Xiaoyan Xie;Jian Zhao;Xiaoyun Liu

  • Competitive Sorption between Atrazine and Other Organic Compounds in Soils and Model Sorbents

    Baoshan Xing;and Joseph J. Pignatello;Barbara Gigliotti

  • Graphene in the Aquatic Environment: Adsorption, Dispersion, Toxicity and Transformation

    Jian Zhao;Zhenyu Wang;Jason C. White;Baoshan Xing

  • ADSORPTION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS BY CARBON NANOTUBES: ROLE OF AROMATICITY AND SUBSTITUTION OF HYDROXYL GROUPS

    Daohui Lin;Baoshan Xing

  • Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance.

    Lijuan Zhao;Li Lu;Aodi Wang;Huiling Zhang

  • Toxicity of nanoparticulate and bulk ZnO, Al2O3 and TiO2 to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    Huanhua Wang;Robert L. Wick;Baoshan Xing

  • Black Carbon (Biochar) In Water/Soil Environments: Molecular Structure, Sorption, Stability, and Potential Risk.

    Fei Lian;Baoshan Xing

  • Impacts of adding biochar on nitrogen retention and bioavailability in agricultural soil

    Hao Zheng;Hao Zheng;Zhenyu Wang;Xia Deng;Stephen Herbert

  • Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Mediated DNA Damage in Terrestrial Plant Models

    Donald H Atha;Huanhua Wang;Elijah J Petersen;Danielle Cleveland

  • Adsorption and Hysteresis of Bisphenol A and 17α-Ethinyl Estradiol on Carbon Nanomaterials

    Bo Pan;Daohui Lin;Hamid Mashayekhi;Baoshan Xing

Frequent Co-Authors

Bo Pan
Bo Pan Kunming University of Science and Technology
Zhenyu Wang
Zhenyu Wang Jiangnan University
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Shu Tao
Shu Tao Peking University
Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Ke Sun
Ke Sun Beijing Normal University
Lanfang Han
Lanfang Han Guangdong University of Technology
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Zhejiang University
Fengchang Wu
Fengchang Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lili He
Lili He University of Massachusetts Amherst

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