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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 55 12267 11044 1932 1915 131 9575

Songhu Yuan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Songhu Yuan between 2006 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Songhu Yuan published across 21 years, from 2006 to 2026, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2024. 23 of the 199 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2024. 2006: 4 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 9 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 19 publications 2026: 4 publications
2006 2026

199 publications in total across all disciplines

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Songhu Yuan: publications per year, 2006 to 2026
Year Publications
2006 4
2007 4
2008 2
2009 9
2010 11
2011 5
2012 8
2013 11
2014 10
2015 4
2016 9
2017 9
2018 6
2019 8
2020 16
2021 8
2022 11
2023 15
2024 26
2025 19
2026 4
Total 199
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Songhu Yuan publications per year - data summary

  • Songhu Yuan, a Chemistry scholar from China University of Geosciences, has 199 publications recorded across 21 years, from 2006 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2006 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 26 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2008, with 2 publications.
  • The rate of publication averages 9.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.5 per year counting only the 21 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 75 publications, 38% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2006-2012: 43 publications (6.1 per year); 2013-2019: 57 publications (8.1 per year); 2020-2026: 99 publications (14.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Songhu Yuan publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Songhu Yuan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–140 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 131 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918 131
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Songhu Yuan publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Songhu Yuan, a Chemistry scholar from China University of Geosciences, records 131 publications - the 8th percentile of the discipline.
  • 8% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Songhu Yuan, and about 92% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Songhu Yuan ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Songhu Yuan D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Songhu Yuan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54–55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933 55
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Songhu Yuan D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Songhu Yuan, a Chemistry scholar from China University of Geosciences, records 55 D-Index - the 33rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 33% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Songhu Yuan, and about 67% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Songhu Yuan ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Songhu Yuan is affiliated with the China University of Geosciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to environmental engineering and water science and technology.

Their work spans a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Songhu Yuan has published extensively in several key venues, notably:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water Research
  • Water Resources Research
  • Chemical Geology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Contaminant Degradation by •OH during Sediment Oxygenation: Dependence on Fe(II) Species (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Oxidative Degradation of Organic Contaminants by FeS in the Presence of O2 (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Formation and Transport of Cr(III)-NOM-Fe Colloids upon Reaction of Cr(VI) with NOM-Fe(II) Colloids at Anoxic-Oxic Interfaces (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Mechanistic Insight into Humic Acid-Enhanced Hydroxyl Radical Production from Fe(II)-Bearing Clay Mineral Oxygenation (2021), published in PubMed
  • Integration of water collection and purification on cactus- and beetle-inspired eco-friendly superwettable materials (2021), published in Water Research

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Peng Zhang
  • Man Tong
  • Yuxi Lu
  • Zhang Wen
  • Hui Liu

Best Publications

  • Production of Abundant Hydroxyl Radicals from Oxygenation of Subsurface Sediments.

    Man Tong;Songhu Yuan;Sicong Ma;Menggui Jin

  • Adsorption of tetracycline and chloramphenicol in aqueous solutions by bamboo charcoal: A batch and fixed-bed column study

    Peng Liao;Peng Liao;Zhengyi Zhan;Jing Dai;Xiaohui Wu

  • Mechanisms of hydroxyl radical production from abiotic oxidation of pyrite under acidic conditions

    Peng Zhang;Songhu Yuan;Peng Liao

  • Electrolytic manipulation of persulfate reactivity by iron electrodes for trichloroethylene degradation in groundwater.

    Songhu Yuan;Peng Liao;Akram N. Alshawabkeh

  • Oxidizing Impact Induced by Mackinawite (FeS) Nanoparticles at Oxic Conditions due to Production of Hydroxyl Radicals

    Dong Cheng;Songhu Yuan;Peng Liao;Peng Zhang

  • Adsorptive removal of chloramphenicol from wastewater by NaOH modified bamboo charcoal

    Ye Fan;Bin Wang;Songhu Yuan;Songhu Yuan;Xiaohui Wu;Xiaohui Wu

  • Pd-catalytic in situ generation of H2O2 from H2 and O2 produced by water electrolysis for the efficient electro-fenton degradation of rhodamine B.

    Songhu Yuan;Ye Fan;Yucheng Zhang;Man Tong

  • Removal of ammonia nitrogen in wastewater by microwave radiation

    Li Lin;Songhu Yuan;Jing Chen;Zuqun Xu

  • Contaminant Degradation by •OH during Sediment Oxygenation: Dependence on Fe(II) Species

    Wenjing Xie;Songhu Yuan;Man Tong;Sicong Ma

  • Production of hydroxyl radicals from abiotic oxidation of pyrite by oxygen under circumneutral conditions in the presence of low-molecular-weight organic acids

    Peng Zhang;Songhu Yuan

  • Photochemical decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid in aqueous periodate with VUV and UV light irradiation.

    M.H. Cao;B.B. Wang;H.S. Yu;L.L. Wang

  • Adsorption of dyes from aqueous solutions by microwave modified bamboo charcoal

    Peng Liao;Peng Liao;Zainab Malik Ismael;Wenbiao Zhang;Songhu Yuan

  • Desorption of copper and cadmium from soils enhanced by organic acids.

    Songhu Yuan;Zhimin Xi;Yi Jiang;Jinzhong Wan

  • Mechanisms of electron transfer from structrual Fe(II) in reduced nontronite to oxygen for production of hydroxyl radicals

    Songhu Yuan;Xixiang Liu;Wenjuan Liao;Peng Zhang

  • Removal of ammonia nitrogen in wastewater by microwave radiation: A pilot-scale study

    Li Lin;Jing Chen;Zuqun Xu;Songhu Yuan

  • Treatment of nitrophenols by cathode reduction and electro-Fenton methods.

    Songhu Yuan;Meng Tian;Yanping Cui;Li Lin

  • An integrated catalyst of Pd supported on magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles: simultaneous production of H2O2 and Fe2+ for efficient electro-Fenton degradation of organic contaminants.

    Mingsen Luo;Songhu Yuan;Man Tong;Peng Liao

  • Efficient Degradation of TCE in Groundwater Using Pd and Electro-generated H2 and O2: A Shift in Pathway from Hydrodechlorination to Oxidation in the Presence of Ferrous Ions

    Songhu Yuan;Xuhui Mao;Akram N. Alshawabkeh

  • Electrocatalytic activity of Pd-loaded Ti/TiO2 nanotubes cathode for TCE reduction in groundwater.

    Wenjing Xie;Songhu Yuan;Xuhui Mao;Wei Hu

  • Formation, Aggregation, and Deposition Dynamics of NOM-Iron Colloids at Anoxic–Oxic Interfaces

    Peng Liao;Wenlu Li;Yi Jiang;Yi Jiang;Jiewei Wu

  • Electrokinetic movement of hexachlorobenzene in clayed soils enhanced by Tween 80 and β-cyclodextrin

    Songhu Yuan;Meng Tian;Xiaohua Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Akram N. Alshawabkeh
Akram N. Alshawabkeh Northeastern University
Yanxin Wang
Yanxin Wang China University of Geosciences
John D. Fortner
John D. Fortner Yale University
Daniel E. Giammar
Daniel E. Giammar Washington University in St. Louis
Hongbin Zhan
Hongbin Zhan Texas A&M University
April Z. Gu
April Z. Gu Cornell University
Jie Chen
Jie Chen Beijing Institute of Technology
Philippe Van Cappellen
Philippe Van Cappellen University of Waterloo
Qinhong Hu
Qinhong Hu The University of Texas at Arlington
Fan Xia
Fan Xia China University of Geosciences

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