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D-Index
31
Citations
3521
World Ranking
8254
National Ranking
153

Henglong Xu publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henglong Xu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 185 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Henglong Xu D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Henglong Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Henglong Xu is affiliated with the Ocean University of China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research is notably concentrated on topics related to marine biology, ecology, and environmental monitoring within coastal and marine ecosystems.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Xu's research spans various subfields of study such as:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Pollution
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry

Publication venues with multiple contributions include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Ecological Indicators

Recent research papers by Henglong Xu include:

  • "Vertical variability in taxonomic breadth of biofilm-dwelling ciliates in marine bioassessment surveys," 2020, Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • "An approach to optimizing sampling effort for bioassessment surveys based on periphytic ciliates according to water depths in marine ecosystems," 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • "Seasonal variability in taxonomic breadth of biofilm-dwelling ciliates in colonization surveys for marine bioassessment," 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "Body-size spectra of biofilm-dwelling ciliates at different layers in water column of coastal ecosystems," 2020, Regional Studies in Marine Science
  • "Seasonal variability in trophic-functional patterns of marine biofilm-dwelling ciliates during the process of colonization," 2020, Regional Studies in Marine Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Guangjian Xu
  • Syed Shabi Ul Hassan Kazmi
  • Uroosa
  • Xiaoxiao Zhong
  • Alan Warren

Best Publications

  • Use of biofilm-dwelling ciliate communities to determine environmental quality status of coastal waters.

    Henglong Xu;Wei Zhang;Yong Jiang;Eun Jin Yang

  • An approach to analyzing spatial patterns of planktonic ciliate communities for monitoring water quality in Jiaozhou Bay, northern China.

    Yong Jiang;Henglong Xu;Xiaozhong Hu;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • An approach to analyses of periphytic ciliate colonization for monitoring water quality using a modified artificial substrate in Korean coastal waters

    Henglong Xu;Gi-Sik Min;Joong-Ki Choi;Jae-Ho Jung

  • Colonization dynamics in trophic-functional structure of periphytic protist communities in coastal waters

    Wei Zhang;Henglong Xu;Yong Jiang;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • Application of an indicator based on taxonomic relatedness of ciliated protozoan assemblages for marine environmental assessment

    Henglong Xu;Yong Jiang;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid;Saleh A. Al-Farraj

  • An approach to analyses of periphytic ciliate communities for monitoring water quality using a modified artificial substrate in Korean coastal waters.

    Henglong Xu;Gi-Sik Min;Joong-Ki Choi;Se-Joo Kim

  • Planktonic protist communities in a semi-enclosed mariculture pond : structural variation and correlation with environmental conditions

    Henglong Xu;Weibo Song;Alan Warren;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  • An approach to determining the sampling effort for analyzing biofilm-dwelling ciliate colonization using an artificial substratum in coastal waters.

    Henglong Xu;Wei Zhang;Yong Jiang;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • An approach to analyzing taxonomic patterns of protozoan communities for monitoring water quality in Songhua River, northeast China

    Xiaoli Tan;Xinlu Shi;Guijie Liu;Henglong Xu

  • Functional groups of marine ciliated protozoa and their relationships to water quality

    Yong Jiang;Henglong Xu;Xiaozhong Hu;Alan Warren

  • Insights into discriminating water quality status using new biodiversity measures based on a trait hierarchy of body-size units

    Guangjian Xu;Yuping Xu;Henglong Xu

  • An approach to identifying potential surrogates of periphytic ciliate communities for monitoring water quality of coastal waters

    Henglong Xu;Wei Zhang;Yong Jiang;Gi-Sik Min

  • Insights into discriminating environmental quality status using taxonomic distinctness based on a small species pool of ciliated protozoa in marine ecosystems.

    Yong Jiang;Henglong Xu;Alan Warren

  • Can body-size patterns of ciliated zooplankton be used for assessing marine water quality? A case study on bioassessment in Jiaozhou Bay, northern Yellow Sea

    Yong Jiang;Henglong Xu;Wei Zhang;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • Planktonic ciliate communities in a semi-enclosed bay of Yellow Sea, northern China: annual cycle

    Yong Jiang;Henglong Xu;Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid;Alan Warren

  • Influence of sampling sufficiency on biodiversity analysis of microperiphyton communities for marine bioassessment

    Henglong Xu;Wei Zhang;Yong Jiang;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • Use of multiple functional traits of protozoa for bioassessment of marine pollution.

    Xiaoxiao Zhong;Guangjian Xu;Henglong Xu

  • Colonization dynamics of periphytic ciliate communities on an artificial substratum in coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China

    Wei Zhang;Henglong Xu;Yong Jiang;Mingzhuang Zhu

  • An approach to determination of functional species pool for community research

    Xiaoxiao Zhong;Guangjian Xu;Yangfan Wang;Henglong Xu

  • Can tintinnids be used for discriminating water quality status in marine ecosystems

    Meiping Feng;Wuchang Zhang;Weiding Wang;Guangtao Zhang

  • An approach to analyzing spatial patterns of protozoan communities for assessing water quality in the Hangzhou section of Jing-Hang Grand Canal in China

    Xinlu Shi;Xiaojiang Liu;Guijie Liu;Zhiqiang Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Warren
Alan Warren Natural History Museum
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid
Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid King Saud University
Weibo Song
Weibo Song Ocean University of China
Sanghee Kim
Sanghee Kim Seoul National University
Pin Nie
Pin Nie Chinese Academy of Sciences

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