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D-Index
40
Citations
5285
World Ranking
8156
National Ranking
750

Qingqing Zhao 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 Qingqing Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 71 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qingqing Zhao 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 Qingqing Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qingqing Zhao is affiliated with Beijing Normal University in China. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specialization in Ecology, Soil Science, Pollution, Mechanical Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry. Their work spans several interconnected topics in environmental studies and ecosystem dynamics.

The main topics covered in Zhao's research include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Industrial Gas Emission Control
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Zhao has contributed numerous publications, with selected recent papers as follows:

  • Shifts in the soil bacterial community along a salinity gradient in the Yellow River Delta, 2020, Land Degradation and Development
  • Alterations of bacterial and archaeal communities by freshwater input in coastal wetlands of the Yellow River Delta, China, 2020, Applied Soil Ecology

Though Zhao is not an author on the remaining listed papers, these have appeared in venues where they have affiliations or coauthor relationships:

  • Soil carbon storage and carbon sources under different Spartina alterniflora invasion periods in a salt marsh ecosystem, 2020, CATENA
  • Fractionation, source, and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in cropland soils across a 100-year reclamation chronosequence in an estuary, South China, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of pristine and photoaged tire wear particles and their leachable additives on key nitrogen removal processes and nitrous oxide accumulation in estuarine sediments, 2025, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhao include:

  • Junhong Bai (5 joint publications)
  • Guangliang Zhang (4 joint publications)
  • Jia Jia (4 joint publications)
  • Yongchao Gao (3 joint publications)
  • Haixiao Zhao (3 joint publications)

Zhao's publications have appeared in leading journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Land Degradation and Development, CATENA, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Applied Soil Ecology. Their scholarly contributions reflect a focus on the microbial ecology and biogeochemical processes within wetland and estuarine ecosystems, especially related to soil bacterial community shifts, carbon storage, and pollutant assessments.

Best Publications

  • Heavy metal fractions and ecological risk assessment in sediments from urban, rural and reclamation-affected rivers of the Pearl River Estuary, China

    Guangliang Zhang;Junhong Bai;Rong Xiao;Qingqing Zhao

  • Heavy metals in wetland soils along a wetland-forming chronosequence in the Yellow River Delta of China: Levels, sources and toxic risks

    Guangliang Zhang;Junhong Bai;Qingqing Zhao;Qiongqiong Lu

  • A review of methodologies and success indicators for coastal wetland restoration

    Qingqing Zhao;Junhong Bai;Laibin Huang;Binhe Gu

  • Salinity controls soil microbial community structure and function in coastal estuarine wetlands.

    Guangliang Zhang;Junhong Bai;Christoph C. Tebbe;Qingqing Zhao;Qingqing Zhao

  • Phosphorus sorption-desorption and effects of temperature, pH and salinity on phosphorus sorption in marsh soils from coastal wetlands with different flooding conditions.

    Junhong Bai;Xiaofei Ye;Jia Jia;Guangliang Zhang

  • Microbial diversity and functions in saline soils: A review from a biogeochemical perspective.

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  • Effects of water and salinity regulation measures on soil carbon sequestration in coastal wetlands of the Yellow River Delta

    Qingqing Zhao;Junhong Bai;Guangliang Zhang;Jia Jia

  • Soil Cd availability to Indian mustard and environmental risk following EDTA addition to Cd-contaminated soil.

    X. J. Jiang;Y. M. Luo;Q. G. Zhao;A. J.M. Baker

  • Fractionation, transfer, and ecological risks of heavy metals in riparian and ditch wetlands across a 100-year chronosequence of reclamation in an estuary of China.

    Rong Xiao;Rong Xiao;Junhong Bai;Qiongqiong Lu;Qingqing Zhao

  • Soil quality assessment of coastal wetlands in the Yellow River Delta of China based on the minimum data set

    Guangliang Zhang;Junhong Bai;Min Xi;Qingqing Zhao

  • Shifts in the soil bacterial community along a salinity gradient in the Yellow River Delta

    Qingqing Zhao;Qingqing Zhao;Junhong Bai;Yongchao Gao;Haixiao Zhao

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of heavy metal pollution and source identification in sediment cores from the short-term flooding riparian wetlands in a Chinese delta.

    Junhong Bai;Jia Jia;Guangliang Zhang;Qingqing Zhao

  • Effects of freshwater input on trace element pollution in salt marsh soils of a typical coastal estuary, China

    Junhong Bai;Junhong Bai;Qingqing Zhao;Qiongqiong Lu;Junjing Wang

  • Depth-distribution patterns and control of soil organic carbon in coastal salt marshes with different plant covers

    Junhong Bai;Guangliang Zhang;Qingqing Zhao;Qiongqiong Lu

  • Characteristics of cracks in two paddy soils and their impacts on preferential flow

    Z.B. Zhang;H. Zhou;Q.G. Zhao;H. Lin

  • Shifts of soil microbial community composition along a short-term invasion chronosequence of Spartina alterniflora in a Chinese estuary.

    Guangliang Zhang;Junhong Bai;Jia Jia;Wei Wang

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in wetland soils under different land uses in a coastal estuary: toxic levels, sources and relationships with soil organic matter and water-stable aggregates.

    Rong Xiao;Junhong Bai;Junjing Wang;Qiongqiong Lu

  • Arsenic and heavy metals pollution along a salinity gradient in drained coastal wetland soils: Depth distributions, sources and toxic risks

    Junhong Bai;Junhong Bai;Qingqing Zhao;Wei Wang;Xin Wang

  • Effects of salinity on dynamics of soil carbon in degraded coastal wetlands: Implications on wetland restoration

    Qingqing Zhao;Junhong Bai;Qiongqiong Lu;Guangliang Zhang

  • Landscape pattern evolution processes of alpine wetlands and their driving factors in the Zoige Plateau of China

    Jun-hong Bai;Qiong-qiong Lu;Jun-jing Wang;Qing-qing Zhao

  • Temporal changes in shrinkage behavior of two paddy soils under alternative flooding and drying cycles and its consequence on percolation

    Z.B. Zhang;X. Peng;L.L. Wang;Q.G. Zhao

  • Five-year changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in coastal wetlands affected by flow-sediment regulation in a Chinese delta

    Junjing Wang;Junhong Bai;Qingqing Zhao;Qiongqiong Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Junhong Bai
Junhong Bai Beijing Normal University
Baoshan Cui
Baoshan Cui Beijing Normal University
Xinhui Liu
Xinhui Liu Beijing Normal University
Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongming Luo
Yongming Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinhua Peng
Xinhua Peng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Henry Lin
Henry Lin Pennsylvania State University
Christoph C. Tebbe
Christoph C. Tebbe Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
Xinhua He
Xinhua He University of Western Australia
Alan J. M. Baker
Alan J. M. Baker University of Queensland

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