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D-Index
93
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28860
World Ranking
524
National Ranking
55

Deyi Hou 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 Deyi Hou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 227 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deyi Hou 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 Deyi Hou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Deyi Hou is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several key subfields including Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as Heavy metals in environment, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Clay minerals and soil interactions.

Deyi Hou's recent publications include:

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils (2020), published in Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development (2022), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage (2021), published in International Materials Reviews

The venues where Deyi Hou most frequently publishes their work include:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil Use and Management
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Deyi Hou collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Liuwei Wang
  • Daniel C.W. Tsang
  • Jörg Rinklebe
  • Nanthi Bolan
  • Yong Sik Ok

Best Publications

  • Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review.

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Season S. Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

    Deyi Hou;David O’Connor;Avanthi D. Igalavithana;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Effect of pyrolysis temperature, heating rate, and residence time on rapeseed stem derived biochar

    Bin Zhao;David O'Connor;Junli Zhang;Tianyue Peng

  • Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

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  • Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils

    Manish Kumar;Xinni Xiong;Mingjing He;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Biochar application for the remediation of heavy metal polluted land: A review of in situ field trials

    David O'Connor;Tianyue Peng;Junli Zhang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives.

    Liuwei Wang;Wei Min Wu;Nanthi S. Bolan;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications.

    Liuwei Wang;David O'Connor;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Yong Sik Ok

  • Integrated GIS and multivariate statistical analysis for regional scale assessment of heavy metal soil contamination: A critical review.

    Deyi Hou;David O'Connor;Paul Nathanail;Li Tian

  • Microplastics undergo accelerated vertical migration in sand soil due to small size and wet-dry cycles

    David O'Connor;Shizhen Pan;Zhengtao Shen;Yinan Song

  • A green biochar/iron oxide composite for methylene blue removal

    Ping Zhang;David O’Connor;Yinan Wang;Lin Jiang

  • Mercury speciation, transformation, and transportation in soils, atmospheric flux, and implications for risk management: A critical review

    David O'Connor;Deyi Hou;Yong Sik Ok;Jan Mulder

  • Assessment of sources of heavy metals in soil and dust at children's playgrounds in Beijing using GIS and multivariate statistical analysis.

    Yuanliang Jin;David O'Connor;Yong Sik Ok;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Remediation of mercury contaminated soil, water, and air: A review of emerging materials and innovative technologies.

    Liuwei Wang;Deyi Hou;Yining Cao;Yong Sik Ok

  • New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment

    Liuwei Wang;Yong Sik Ok;Daniel C. W. Tsang;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Roles of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter in soil amendment and environmental remediation: A critical review

    Yuqing Sun;Xinni Xiong;Mingjing He;Zibo Xu

  • Sustainable soil use and management: An interdisciplinary and systematic approach.

    Deyi Hou;Nanthi S. Bolan;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Mary B. Kirkham

  • Green remediation of As and Pb contaminated soil using cement-free clay-based stabilization/solidification

    Lei Wang;Dong Wan Cho;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    Nanthi Bolan;Binoy Sarkar;Yubo Yan;Qiao Li

  • Sustainability: A new imperative in contaminated land remediation

    Deyi Hou;Abir Al-Tabbaa

  • Effect of production temperature on lead removal mechanisms by rice straw biochars

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Deyi Hou;Fei Jin;Junxian Shi

  • Nature based solutions for contaminated land remediation and brownfield redevelopment in cities: A review.

    Yinan Song;Niall Kirkwood;Čedo Maksimović;Xiaodi Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Zhengtao Shen
Zhengtao Shen Nanjing University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Daniel S. Alessi
Daniel S. Alessi University of Alberta
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Abir Al-Tabbaa
Abir Al-Tabbaa University of Cambridge
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Zhejiang University
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University

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