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D-Index
41
Citations
5023
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7863
National Ranking
738

Chengxin Fan publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chengxin Fan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 115 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Chengxin Fan D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chengxin Fan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chengxin Fan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in both Medicine and Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas such as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Sex Work and related issues, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Heavy metals in the environment.

Chengxin Fan has published research in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AIDS and Behavior
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Key recent papers by Chengxin Fan include:

  • Nitrogen budget at sediment-water interface altered by sediment dredging and settling particles: Benefits and drawbacks in managing eutrophication, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Does external phosphorus loading diminish the effect of sediment dredging on internal phosphorus loading? An in-situ simulation study, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The co-regulation of nitrate and temperature on denitrification at the sediment-water interface in the algae-dominated ecosystem of Lake Taihu, China, 2020, Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • Effect of dredging and capping with clean soil on the mitigation of algae-induced black blooms in Lake Taihu, China: A simulation study, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Understanding the Heavy Metal Pollution Pattern in Sediments of a Typical Small- and Medium-Sized Reservoir in China, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Chengxin Fan frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Weiming Tang
  • Joseph D. Tucker
  • Dan Wu
  • Gifty Marley
  • Wei Ai

Best Publications

  • Changes of nutrients and phytoplankton chlorophyll-a in a large shallow lake, Taihu, China: an 8-year investigation

    Yuwei Chen;Chengxin Fan;Katrin Teubner;Martin Dokulil

  • Organic phosphorus species in surface sediments of a large, shallow, eutrophic lake, Lake Taihu, China

    Xiuling Bai;Shiming Ding;Chengxin Fan;Tao Liu

  • Phosphate removal from wastewaters by a naturally occurring, calcium-rich sepiolite.

    Hongbin Yin;Ye Yun;Yinlong Zhang;Chengxin Fan

  • Distribution and bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments and benthic organisms from Taihu Lake, China.

    Zhonghua Zhao;Lu Zhang;Jinglu Wu;Chengxin Fan

  • Evaluation of simulated dredging to control internal phosphorus release from sediments: Focused on phosphorus transfer and resupply across the sediment-water interface.

    Juhua Yu;Shiming Ding;Jicheng Zhong;Chengxin Fan

  • Distribution, sources and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments from Lake Taihu, China

    Hongbin Yin;Yongnian Gao;Chengxin Fan

  • Batch investigations on P immobilization from wastewaters and sediment using natural calcium rich sepiolite as a reactive material.

    Hongbin Yin;Ming Kong;Chengxin Fan

  • The spatial distribution and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O) in a large eutrophic lake in eastern China: Anthropogenic effects

    Shilu Wang;Congqiang Liu;Kevin M. Yeager;Guojiang Wan

  • Exchanges of nitrogen and phosphorus across the sediment-water interface influenced by the external suspended particulate matter and the residual matter after dredging.

    Cheng Liu;Yiheng Du;Hongbin Yin;Chengxin Fan

  • Microorganisms and typical organic matter responsible for lacustrine "black bloom".

    Ziyan Feng;Ziyan Feng;Chengxin Fan;Weiyi Huang;Shiming Ding

  • Use of DGT and conventional methods to predict sediment metal bioavailability to a field inhabitant freshwater snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) from Chinese eutrophic lakes

    Hongbin Yin;Yongjiu Cai;Hongtao Duan;Junfeng Gao

  • Precontrol of algae-induced black blooms through sediment dredging at appropriate depth in a typical eutrophic shallow lake

    Cheng Liu;Qiushi Shen;Qilin Zhou;Chengxin Fan

  • Effects of hydrodynamics processes on phosphorus fluxes from sediment in large, shallow Taihu Lake

    Ben-sheng You;Ji-cheng Zhong;Cheng-xin Fan;Tong-cheng Wang

  • High-resolution, two-dimensional measurement of dissolved reactive phosphorus in sediments using the diffusive gradients in thin films technique in combination with a routine procedure.

    Shiming Ding;Fei Jia;Di Xu;Qin Sun

  • Beyond hypoxia: occurrence and characteristics of black blooms due to the decomposition of the submerged plant Potamogeton crispus in a shallow lake.

    Qiushi Shen;Qilin Zhou;Jingge Shang;Shiguang Shao;Shiguang Shao

  • Seasonal variation of potential denitrification rates of surface sediment from Meiliang Bay, Taihu Lake, China.

    Jicheng Zhong;Chengxin Fan;Guofeng Liu;Lei Zhang

  • Sulfur-containing amino acid methionine as the precursor of volatile organic sulfur compounds in algea-induced black bloom

    Xin Lu;Chengxin Fan;Wei He;Jiancai Deng

  • Influence of Sediment Dredging on Chemical Forms and Release of Phosphorus

    Ji-Cheng Zhong;Ben-Sheng You;Cheng-Xin Fan;Bao Li

  • Using hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) modified clays to clean the Microcystis aeruginosa blooms in Lake Taihu, China

    Guofeng Liu;Chengxin Fan;Jicheng Zhong;Lu Zhang

  • Distribution characteristics and toxicity assessment of heavy metals in the sediments of Lake Chaohu, China

    Hongbin Yin;Jiancai Deng;Shiguang Shao;Feng Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongbin Yin
Hongbin Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shiming Ding
Shiming Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianjun Wang
Jianjun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaosheng Zhang
Chaosheng Zhang University of Galway
Qiuwen Chen
Qiuwen Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sumin Wang
Sumin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fu-Liu Xu
Fu-Liu Xu Peking University
Guang Gao
Guang Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongtao Duan
Hongtao Duan Chinese Academy of Sciences

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