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Overview

Hui Qian is affiliated with Chang'an University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans a range of topics related to groundwater, soil contamination, and environmental quality assessment.

Their research output includes numerous publications, with frequent contributions to several specialized venues in environmental and earth sciences. Key publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Engineering Geology

Hui Qian has coauthored extensively with several researchers, demonstrating strong collaborative ties. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Panpan Xu (49 publications)
  • Qiying Zhang (40 publications)
  • Kai Hou (32 publications)
  • Yanyan Gao (29 publications)
  • Wengang Qu (28 publications)

Their research interests concentrate on environmental science fields with a focus on the following subfields:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

The main topics of Hui Qian's research include:

  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Notable recent papers by Hui Qian are:

  • Hydrogeochemical characterization and quality assessment of groundwater based on integrated-weight water quality index in a concentrated urban area, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Groundwater Quality Assessment Using Improved Water Quality Index (WQI) and Human Health Risk (HHR) Evaluation in a Semi-arid Region of Northwest China, 2020, Exposure and Health
  • Spatial characteristics of heavy metal contamination and potential human health risk assessment of urban soils: A case study from an urban region of South India, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Groundwater chemistry, distribution and potential health risk appraisal of nitrate enriched groundwater: A case study from the semi-urban region of South India, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Effect of hydrogeological conditions on groundwater nitrate pollution and human health risk assessment of nitrate in Jiaokou Irrigation District, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production

The research primarily addresses groundwater chemistry and contamination, human health risk assessments, and hydrogeochemical characterization, often within urban or semi-arid environments. The publications reflect an interdisciplinary approach linking geochemistry, environmental engineering, and public health considerations.

Best Publications

  • Groundwater quality evaluation using water quality index (WQI) for drinking purposes and human health risk (HHR) assessment in an agricultural region of Nanganur, south India.

    Narsimha Adimalla;Hui Qian

  • Assessing Nitrate and Fluoride Contaminants in Drinking Water and Their Health Risk of Rural Residents Living in a Semiarid Region of Northwest China

    Jie Chen;Hao Wu;Hui Qian;Yanyan Gao

  • Using correlation and multivariate statistical analysis to identify hydrogeochemical processes affecting the major ion chemistry of waters: a case study in Laoheba phosphorite mine in Sichuan, China

    Jianhua Wu;Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Zhao Duan

  • Hydrogeochemical characterization and quality assessment of groundwater based on integrated-weight water quality index in a concentrated urban area

    Yanyan Gao;Hui Qian;Wenhao Ren;Haike Wang

  • Hydrochemical appraisal of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes and the major influencing factors: a case study in and around Hua County, China

    Peiyue Li;Jianhua Wu;Hui Qian

  • Building a new and sustainable “Silk Road economic belt”

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Ken W. F. Howard;Jianhua Wu

  • Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Groundwater in and Around a Wastewater Irrigated Forest in the Southeastern Edge of the Tengger Desert, Northwest China

    Peiyue Li;Jianhua Wu;Hui Qian;Yuting Zhang

  • Assessment of groundwater quality for irrigation purposes and identification of hydrogeochemical evolution mechanisms in Pengyang County, China

    Peiyue Li;Jianhua Wu;Hui Qian

  • Evaluation of groundwater contamination for fluoride and nitrate in semi-arid region of Nirmal Province, South India: A special emphasis on human health risk assessment (HHRA)

    Narsimha Adimalla;Peiyue Li;Hui Qian

  • Environment: Accelerate research on land creation

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Jianhua Wu

  • Innovative trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall and extreme values in Shaanxi, China, since the 1950s

    Hao Wu;Hui Qian

  • Origin and assessment of groundwater pollution and associated health risk: a case study in an industrial park, northwest China.

    Peiyue Li;Jianhua Wu;Hui Qian;Xinsheng Lyu

  • Groundwater Quality Assessment Using Improved Water Quality Index (WQI) and Human Health Risk (HHR) Evaluation in a Semi-arid Region of Northwest China

    Qiying Zhang;Panpan Xu;Hui Qian

  • Major Ion Chemistry of Shallow Groundwater in the Dongsheng Coalfield, Ordos Basin, China

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Jianhua Wu;Yiqian Zhang

  • Hydrochemical characterization of drinking groundwater with special reference to fluoride in an arid area of China and the control of aquifer leakage on its concentrations

    Jianhua Wu;Peiyue Li;Hui Qian

  • Water resources research to support a sustainable China

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian

  • Groundwater Nitrate Contamination and Associated Health Risk for the Rural Communities in an Agricultural Area of Ningxia, Northwest China

    Jie Chen;Hao Wu;Hui Qian

  • Spatial characteristics of heavy metal contamination and potential human health risk assessment of urban soils: A case study from an urban region of South India.

    Narsimha Adimalla;Jie Chen;Hui Qian

  • Occurrence and hydrogeochemistry of fluoride in alluvial aquifer of Weihe River, China

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Jianhua Wu;Jie Chen

  • Conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water to reduce soil salinization in the Yinchuan Plain, North-West China

    Peiyue Li;Hui Qian;Jianhua Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Peiyue Li
Peiyue Li Chang'an University
Jianhua Wu
Jianhua Wu Chang'an University
Narsimha Adimalla
Narsimha Adimalla East China Institute of Technology
Ken W. F. Howard
Ken W. F. Howard University of Toronto
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen Forschungszentrum Jülich
Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Yijian Zeng
Yijian Zeng University of Twente

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