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16971
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National Ranking
270

Overview

Chenxi Wu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with 180 publications contributing to this domain. The scientist's work extensively covers several subfields including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics explored in Chenxi Wu's research include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Xiong Xiong
  • Hongyi Ao
  • Hongjuan Hu
  • Qian Liu
  • Jia Jia

Their research has been published in a variety of journals, with frequent publication venues consisting of:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Chenxi Wu include:

  • Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review, 2021, Environmental Pollution
  • Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review

    Kai Zhang;Amir Hossein Hamidian;Aleksandra Tubić;Yu Zhang

  • Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk.

    Ling Yang;Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Zhaoqing Wang

  • Microplastic pollution of lakeshore sediments from remote lakes in Tibet plateau, China

    Kai Zhang;Jing Su;Xiong Xiong;Xiang Wu

  • Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

    Yong Wan;Chenxi Wu;Qiang Xue;Xinminnan Hui

  • Sources and distribution of microplastics in China's largest inland lake - Qinghai Lake.

    Xiong Xiong;Kai Zhang;Xianchuan Chen;Huahong Shi

  • Occurrence and Characteristics of Microplastic Pollution in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

    Kai Zhang;Xiong Xiong;Hongjuan Hu;Chenxi Wu

  • Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam.

    Kai Zhang;Wen Gong;Jizhong Lv;Xiong Xiong

  • Microplastic pollution in China's inland water systems: A review of findings, methods, characteristics, effects, and management.

    Kai Zhang;Huahong Shi;Jinping Peng;Yinghui Wang

  • Uptake of pharmaceutical and personal care products by soybean plants from soils applied with biosolids and irrigated with contaminated water.

    Chenxi Wu;Alison L. Spongberg;Jason D. Witter;Min Fang

  • Using the Asian clam as an indicator of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

    Lei Su;Huiwen Cai;Prabhu Kolandhasamy;Chenxi Wu

  • Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources.

    Ling Yang;Yulan Zhang;Shichang Kang;Zhaoqing Wang

  • The occurrence of microplastic in specific organs in commercially caught fishes from coast and estuary area of east China.

    Lei Su;Hua Deng;Bowen Li;Qiqing Chen

  • Sorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products to polyethylene debris

    Chenxi Wu;Kai Zhang;Xiaolong Huang;Jiantong Liu

  • Effects of virgin microplastics on goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Khalida Jabeen;Bowen Li;Qiqing Chen;Lei Su

  • Advanced nutrient removal from surface water by a consortium of attached microalgae and bacteria: A review.

    Junzhuo Liu;Yonghong Wu;Chenxi Wu;Koenraad Muylaert

  • Occurrence and fate of microplastic debris in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River - From inland to the sea.

    Xiong Xiong;Chenxi Wu;James J. Elser;Zhigang Mei

  • Sinking of floating plastic debris caused by biofilm development in a freshwater lake

    Xianchuan Chen;Xiong Xiong;Xiaoming Jiang;Huahong Shi

  • A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals

    Amir Hossein Hamidian;Amir Hossein Hamidian;Elnaz Jafari Ozumchelouei;Farzaneh Feizi;Chenxi Wu

  • Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment.

    Xianchuan Chen;Xiaofei Chen;Qian Liu;Qichao Zhao

  • Microplastics contamination in different trophic state lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin.

    Lu Li;Shixiong Geng;Chenxi Wu;Kang Song

  • Managing the evolution of herbicide resistance.

    Jeffrey A Evans;Patrick J Tranel;Aaron G Hager;Brian Schutte

Frequent Co-Authors

Yonghong Wu
Yonghong Wu Curtin University
Paul K.S. Lam
Paul K.S. Lam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi East China Normal University
Shihua Qi
Shihua Qi China University of Geosciences
Min Yang
Min Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yu Zhang
Yu Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Maozu Guo
Maozu Guo Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Patrick J. Tranel
Patrick J. Tranel University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
James J. Elser
James J. Elser University of Montana

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