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D-Index
45
Citations
7950
World Ranking
6393
National Ranking
644

Guang Gao 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 Guang Gao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Guang Gao 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 Guang Gao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Guang Gao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to environmental science and related fields. Their research primarily focuses on microbial community ecology and physiology alongside aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics. The scope of their work also spans marine and coastal ecosystems, protist diversity and phylogeny, gut microbiota and health, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

The scientist has published numerous papers across several reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include Frontiers in Microbiology, The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research, Microorganisms, and the Journal of Environmental Management.

Among the recent notable papers are:

  • Eutrophication control of large shallow lakes in China, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Contrast diversity patterns and processes of microbial community assembly in a river-lake continuum across a catchment scale in northwestern China, 2020, Environmental Microbiome
  • The potential and prospects of modified biochar for comprehensive management of salt-affected soils and plants: A critical review, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquatic Bacterial Diversity, Community Composition and Assembly in the Semi-Arid Inner Mongolia Plateau: Combined Effects of Salinity and Nutrient Levels, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Linking bacterial community shifts with changes in the dissolved organic matter pool in a eutrophic lake, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Guang Gao collaborates frequently with coauthors such as Xiangming Tang, Keqiang Shao, Yang Hu, Xingyu Jiang, and Boqiang Qin. These collaborations have resulted in significant joint contributions, reflected by publication counts reaching up to 40 with several coauthors.

Their main fields of study center on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. More specific subfields include Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Key research topics covered in Gao's work are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • A Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China: Linkage to Climatic Variability and Lake Management

    Boqiang Qin;Guangwei Zhu;Guang Gao;Yunlin Zhang

  • Lake eutrophication and its ecosystem response

    BoQiang Qin;Guang Gao;GuangWei Zhu;YunLin Zhang

  • Dynamics of sediment resuspension and the conceptual schema of nutrient release in the large shallow Lake Taihu, China

    Boqiang Qin;Weiping Hu;Guang Gao;Liancong Luo

  • Resolving the variability of CDOM fluorescence to differentiate the sources and fate of DOM in Lake Taihu and its tributaries

    Xin Yao;Yunlin Zhang;Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin

  • Cyanobacterial bloom management through integrated monitoring and forecasting in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu (China)

    Boqiang Qin;Wei Li;Guangwei Zhu;Yunlin Zhang

  • Long-term MODIS observations of cyanobacterial dynamics in Lake Taihu: Responses to nutrient enrichment and meteorological factors.

    Kun Shi;Yunlin Zhang;Yongqiang Zhou;Xiaohan Liu

  • Influence of algal bloom degradation on nutrient release at the sediment-water interface in Lake Taihu, China

    Mengyuan Zhu;Guangwei Zhu;Linlin Zhao;Xin Yao

  • Composition of bacterial communities in municipal wastewater treatment plant

    Lei Zhang;Zhen Shen;Wangkai Fang;Guang Gao

  • Improving water quality in China: Environmental investment pays dividends.

    Yongqiang Zhou;Jianrong Ma;Yunlin Zhang;Boqiang Qin

  • Eutrophication control of large shallow lakes in China.

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  • Estimation of internal nutrient release in large shallow Lake Taihu, China

    Boqiang Qin;Guangwei Zhu;Lu Zhang;Liancong Luo

  • Environmental factors controlling colony formation in blooms of the cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. in Lake Taihu, China.

    Jianrong Ma;Justin D. Brookes;Boqiang Qin;Hans W. Paerl

  • Direct evidence of phosphorus outbreak release from sedi-ment to overlying water in a large shallow lake caused by strong wind wave disturbance

    Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin;Guang Gao

  • Precision of bacterioplankton biomass determination: a comparison of two fluorescent dyes, and of allometric and linear volume-to-carbon conversion factors

    Thomas Posch;Maria Loferer-Krößbacher;Guang Gao;Albin Alfreider

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial community composition in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu: High overlap between free-living and particle-attached assemblages

    Xiangming Tang;Jianying Chao;Jianying Chao;Yi Gong;Yongping Wang

  • Characterization of bacterial communities associated with organic aggregates in a large, shallow, eutrophic freshwater lake (Lake Taihu, China).

    Xiangming Tang;Guang Gao;Boqiang Qin;Liping Zhu

  • Nutrient enrichment and selective predation by zooplankton promote Microcystis (Cyanobacteria) bloom formation

    Xiaodong Wang;Boqiang Qin;Guang Gao;Hans W. Paerl

  • Effects of hydrodynamics on phosphorus concentrations in water of Lake Taihu, a large, shallow, eutrophic lake of China

    Guangwei Zhu;Boqiang Qin;Guang Gao;Lu Zhang

  • Contrast diversity patterns and processes of microbial community assembly in a river-lake continuum across a catchment scale in northwestern China

    Xiangming Tang;Guijuan Xie;Keqiang Shao;Yang Hu

  • Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in freshwater lakes of the Eastern Plain, China: Influences of organic carbon and algal bloom.

    Xingyu Jiang;Guang Gao;Lu Zhang;Xiangming Tang

  • Dynamics of organic-aggregate-associated bacterial communities and related environmental factors in Lake Taihu, a large eutrophic shallow lake in China.

    Xiangming Tang;Guang Gao;Jianying Chao;Xiaodong Wang

  • Seasonal Gene Expression and the Ecophysiological Implications of Toxic Microcystis aeruginosa Blooms in Lake Taihu.

    Xiangming Tang;Lauren E. Krausfeldt;Keqiang Shao;Gary R. LeCleir

  • Submerged macrophyte communities and the controlling factors in large, shallow Lake Taihu (China): Sediment distribution and water depth

    BaiLi Dong;BoQiang Qin;Guang Gao;XianLei Cai

Frequent Co-Authors

Boqiang Qin
Boqiang Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunlin Zhang
Yunlin Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangwei Zhu
Guangwei Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xingyu Jiang
Xingyu Jiang Southern University of Science and Technology
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kun Shi
Kun Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Gregory L. Boyer
Gregory L. Boyer SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Roland Psenner
Roland Psenner University of Innsbruck

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