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Tangfu Xiao 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 Tangfu Xiao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 230 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tangfu Xiao 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 Tangfu Xiao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tangfu Xiao is a researcher primarily affiliated with Guangzhou University in China. Their main research domain is Environmental Science, with a strong focus on various subfields such as Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Inorganic Chemistry, and Surgery.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics including:

  • Thallium and Germanium Studies
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Analytical chemistry methods development

Tangfu Xiao has authored numerous papers, with some recent representative publications including:

  • Geochemical transfer of cadmium in river sediments near a lead-zinc smelter (2020), published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Microbial insights into the biogeochemical features of thallium occurrence: A case study from polluted river sediments (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Transformation and fate of thallium and accompanying metal(loid)s in paddy soils and rice: A case study from a large-scale industrial area in China (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Cadmium isotopic fractionation in lead-zinc smelting process and signatures in fluvial sediments (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microbial response and adaption to thallium contamination in soil profiles (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent publication venues for Tangfu Xiao include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (11 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (6 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)

Xiao often collaborates with a set of coauthors, who include:

  • Juan Liu (12 joint publications)
  • Jin Wang (11 joint publications)
  • Enzong Xiao (11 joint publications)
  • Zengping Ning (8 joint publications)
  • Xudong Wei (6 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Thallium pollution in China: A geo-environmental perspective.

    Tangfu Xiao;Fei Yang;Shehong Li;Baoshan Zheng

  • Environmental concerns related to high thallium levels in soils and thallium uptake by plants in southwest Guizhou, China.

    Tangfu Xiao;Jayanta Guha;Dan Boyle;Cong-Qiang Liu

  • Removal of fluoride from industrial wastewater by using different adsorbents: A review.

    Kuilin Wan;Lei Huang;Jia Yan;Boyan Ma

  • A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects.

    Yu Liu;Ping Wang;Boris Gojenko;Jingjie Yu

  • Medical geology of arsenic, selenium and thallium in China

    Shehong Li;Tangfu Xiao;Baoshan Zheng

  • Naturally occurring thallium: a hidden geoenvironmental health hazard?

    Tangfu Xiao;Jayanta Guha;Dan Boyle;Cong-Qiang Liu

  • Resources and extraction of gallium: A review

    Fanghai Lu;Fanghai Lu;Tangfu Xiao;Tangfu Xiao;Jian Lin;Zengping Ning

  • Thallium contamination in arable soils and vegetables around a steel plant-A newly-found significant source of Tl pollution in South China

    Juan Liu;Xuwen Luo;Jin Wang;Tangfu Xiao

  • Geogenic cadmium pollution and potential health risks, with emphasis on black shale

    Yizhang Liu;Tangfu Xiao;Robert B. Perkins;Jianming Zhu

  • A review of global outlook on fluoride contamination in groundwater with prominence on the Pakistan current situation

    Atta Rasool;Abida Farooqi;Tangfu Xiao;Tangfu Xiao;Waqar Ali

  • Factors controlling tufa deposition in natural waters at waterfall sites

    Jingan Chen;David Dian Zhang;Shijie Wang;Tangfu Xiao

  • Response of Soil Microbial Communities to Elevated Antimony and Arsenic Contamination Indicates the Relationship between the Innate Microbiota and Contaminant Fractions

    Weimin Sun;Enzong Xiao;Enzong Xiao;Tangfu Xiao;Tangfu Xiao;Valdis Krumins

  • Microbial community analysis in rice paddy soils irrigated by acid mine drainage contaminated water

    Min Sun;Tangfu Xiao;Zengping Ning;Enzong Xiao

  • Zircon U–Pb geochronology and major, trace elemental and Sr–Nd–Pb isotopic geochemistry of mafic dykes in western Shandong Province, east China: Constrains on their petrogenesis and geodynamic significance

    Shen Liu;Shen Liu;RuiZhong Hu;Shan Gao;CaiXia Feng

  • Emerging risks of toxic metal(loid)s in soil-vegetables influenced by steel-making activities and isotopic source apportionment.

    Jin Wang;Lulu Wang;Yuxuan Wang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • High cadmium concentration in soil in the Three Gorges region: Geogenic source and potential bioavailability

    Yizhang Liu;Tangfu Xiao;Zengping Ning;Huajun Li

  • Groundwater-related thallium transfer processes and their impacts on the ecosystem: southwest Guizhou Province, China

    Tangfu Xiao;Tangfu Xiao;Dan Boyle;Jayanta Guha;Alain Rouleau

  • Arsenic and heavy metal contaminations in the tube well water of Punjab, Pakistan and risk assessment: A case study

    Atta Rasool;Atta Rasool;Tangfu Xiao;Abida Farooqi;Muhammad Shafeeque

  • Mercury emission to atmosphere from Lanmuchang Hg-Tl mining area, Southwestern Guizhou, China

    Shaofeng Wang;Xinbin Feng;Guangle Qiu;Zhongqing Wei

  • Legacy of multiple heavy metal(loid)s contamination and ecological risks in farmland soils from a historical artisanal zinc smelting area

    Yuting Zhou;Lulu Wang;Tangfu Xiao;Yongheng Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Diyun Chen
Diyun Chen Guangzhou University
Fangbai Li
Fangbai Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cong-Qiang Liu
Cong-Qiang Liu Tianjin University
Wajid Nasim
Wajid Nasim Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Chaosheng Zhang
Chaosheng Zhang University of Galway
Philippe C. Baveye
Philippe C. Baveye University of Paris-Saclay
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Chengshuai Liu
Chengshuai Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Max M. Häggblom
Max M. Häggblom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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