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D-Index
65
Citations
15494
World Ranking
2198
National Ranking
219

Rong Ji 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 Rong Ji sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 205 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rong Ji 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 Rong Ji sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rong Ji is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has a research portfolio primarily focused on Environmental Science. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Frequent research topics covered by Rong Ji include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Their recent publications illustrate active engagement in various environmental and chemical research areas. Notable papers include:

  • Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance, 2020, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Simultaneous nanocatalytic surface activation of pollutants and oxidants for highly efficient water decontamination, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Interactions between microplastics and organic pollutants: Effects on toxicity, bioaccumulation, degradation, and transport, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Microplastics in agricultural soils: sources, effects, and their fate, 2021, Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
  • Silver Nanoparticles Alter Soil Microbial Community Compositions and Metabolite Profiles in Unplanted and Cucumber-Planted Soils, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Rong Ji has frequently collaborated with several researchers including Wenchao Du, Hongyan Guo, Lijuan Zhao, Yuming Dong, and Ying Yin.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several scientific journals, which are prominent venues for environmental research:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (21 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (20 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (11 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (8 publications)
  • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • How relevant is recalcitrance for the stabilization of organic matter in soils

    Bernd Marschner;Sonja Brodowski;Alexander Dreves;Gerd Gleixner

  • Microplastics in aquatic environments: Occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects.

    Shen Xu;Jie Ma;Rong Ji;Ke Pan

  • Nano-Biotechnology in Agriculture: Use of Nanomaterials to Promote Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance.

    Lijuan Zhao;Li Lu;Aodi Wang;Huiling Zhang

  • TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles negatively affect wheat growth and soil enzyme activities in agricultural soil

    Wenchao Du;Yuanyuan Sun;Rong Ji;Jianguo Zhu

  • Effects of nanoplastics and microplastics on toxicity, bioaccumulation, and environmental fate of phenanthrene in fresh water

    Yini Ma;Anna Huang;Siqi Cao;Feifei Sun

  • Aging Significantly Affects Mobility and Contaminant-Mobilizing Ability of Nanoplastics in Saturated Loamy Sand.

    Jin Liu;Tong Zhang;Lili Tian;Xinlei Liu

  • Separation and identification of microplastics from soil and sewage sludge

    Qinglan Li;Jiangtong Wu;Xiaopeng Zhao;Xueyuan Gu

  • Interactions between microplastics and organic pollutants: Effects on toxicity, bioaccumulation, degradation, and transport.

    Ting Wang;Lin Wang;Qianqian Chen;Nicolas Kalogerakis

  • Interaction of metal oxide nanoparticles with higher terrestrial plants: Physiological and biochemical aspects.

    Wenchao Du;Wenjuan Tan;Jose R. Peralta-Videa;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

  • Polystyrene Nanoplastics-Enhanced Contaminant Transport: Role of Irreversible Adsorption in Glassy Polymeric Domain.

    Jin Liu;Yini Ma;Dongqiang Zhu;Tianjiao Xia

  • Metabolomics Reveals How Cucumber ( Cucumis sativus) Reprograms Metabolites To Cope with Silver Ions and Silver Nanoparticle-Induced Oxidative Stress.

    Huiling Zhang;Wenchao Du;Jose R. Peralta-Videa;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

  • Steam disinfection releases micro(nano)plastics from silicone-rubber baby teats as examined by optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy.

    Yu Su;Xi Hu;Hongjie Tang;Kun Lu

  • Physiological and Biochemical Changes Imposed by CeO2 Nanoparticles on Wheat: A Life Cycle Field Study

    Wenchao Du;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey;Rong Ji;Ying Yin

  • Photodegradation of carbon dots cause cytotoxicity

    Yue-Yue Liu;Nan-Yang Yu;Wen-Di Fang;Qiao-Guo Tan

  • Silver Nanoparticles Alter Soil Microbial Community Compositions and Metabolite Profiles in Unplanted and Cucumber-Planted Soils.

    Huiling Zhang;Min Huang;Wenhui Zhang;Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey

  • Plant diversity drives soil microbial biomass carbon in grasslands irrespective of global environmental change factors

    Madhav Prakash Thakur;Alexandru Milcu;Pete Manning;Pascal A. Niklaus

  • Toxicity and bioaccumulation kinetics of arsenate in two freshwater green algae under different phosphate regimes.

    Ning-Xin Wang;Yan Li;Xi-Hai Deng;Ai-Jun Miao

  • Metabolomics Reveals the "Invisible" Responses of Spinach Plants Exposed to CeO2 Nanoparticles.

    Huiling Zhang;Li Lu;Xiaopeng Zhao;Sheng Zhao

  • Degradation, metabolism, and bound-residue formation and release of Tetrabromobisphenol A in soil during sequential anoxic-oxic incubation.

    Jie Liu;Yongfeng Wang;Bingqi Jiang;Lianhong Wang

  • CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing of the filamentous fungi: the state of the art.

    Tian-Qiong Shi;Guan-Nan Liu;Rong-Yu Ji;Kun Shi

  • Biotic and abiotic degradation of four cephalosporin antibiotics in a lake surface water and sediment

    Muxian Jiang;Lianhong Wang;Rong Ji

  • Solution by dilution?--A review on the pollution status of the Yangtze River.

    Tilman Floehr;Hongxia Xiao;Björn Scholz-Starke;Lingling Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe F.-X. Corvini
Philippe F.-X. Corvini University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Andreas Schäffer
Andreas Schäffer RWTH Aachen University
Andreas Brune
Andreas Brune Max Planck Society
Jichun Wu
Jichun Wu Nanjing University
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey
Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey The University of Texas at El Paso
Liuyan Yang
Liuyan Yang Nanjing University
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Jianguo Zhu
Jianguo Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Nankai University
Xiaoyuan Yan
Xiaoyuan Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences

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