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Environmental Sciences
China
2023

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Chemistry

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94
Citations
29944
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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
95
Citations
31194
World Ranking
485
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Wen-Xiong Wang is affiliated with City University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in environmental science. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of health, toxicology, mutagenesis, and pollution, with significant contributions in materials chemistry, molecular biology, as well as nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • "Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE), Life and Health," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "Human Exposure to Microplastics and Its Associated Health Risks," 2023, Environment & Health
  • "Impact of livelihood capital endowment on poverty alleviation of households under rural land consolidation," 2021, Land Use Policy
  • "Cell Cycle Control of Nanoplastics Internalization in Phytoplankton," 2021, ACS Nano
  • "In vivo monitoring of tissue regeneration using a ratiometric lysosomal AIE probe," 2020, Chemical Science

Wen-Xiong Wang frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. The most common co-authors include:

  • Ben Zhong Tang (15 collaborations)
  • Karl Wah Keung Tsim (15 collaborations)
  • Neng Yan (13 collaborations)
  • Xiangrui Wang (13 collaborations)
  • Yiteng Xia (12 collaborations)

The scientist commonly publishes in several influential journals and venues, reflecting the breadth of their environmental science expertise:

  • Environmental Science & Technology (44 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (27 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (23 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (23 publications)
  • Environmental Science Nano (10 publications)

Wang has contributed to book publications as well, including the work published by Springer Nature (Netherlands):

  • "Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China," 2020

The main fields of study encompass environmental science with a specialization in various subfields:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (107 publications)
  • Pollution (76 publications)
  • Materials Chemistry (70 publications)
  • Molecular Biology (34 publications)
  • Nutrition and Dietetics (33 publications)

Key topics consistently addressed in Wang's research include:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (88 publications)
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (86 publications)
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (78 publications)
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies (72 publications)
  • Trace Elements in Health (58 publications)
  • Heavy metals in environment (42 publications)
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (40 publications)

Best Publications

  • Trace metal contamination in estuarine and coastal environments in China

    Ke Pan;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Interactions of trace metals and different marine food chains

    Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Kinetic determinations of trace element bioaccumulation in the mussel, Mytilus edulis

    Wenxiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher;Samuel N. Luoma

  • Trace element trophic transfer in aquatic organisms: a critique of the kinetic model approach.

    John R. Reinfelder;Nicholas S. Fisher;Samuel N. Luoma;John W. Nichols

  • Assimilation efficiencies of chemical contaminants in aquatic invertebrates: A synthesis

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Delineating metal accumulation pathways for marine invertebrates

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Comparative approaches to understand metal bioaccumulation in aquatic animals

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Philip S. Rainbow

  • Comparison of acute and chronic toxicity of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate to Daphnia magna

    Chun-Mei Zhao;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Assimilation of trace elements and carbon by the mussel Mytilus edulis: Effects of food composition

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Accumulation of trace elements in a marine copepod

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Accumulation and partitioning of seven trace metals in mangroves and sediment cores from three estuarine wetlands of Hainan Island, China.

    Yao-Wen Qiu;Ke-Fu Yu;Gan Zhang;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Uptake and elimination routes of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in Daphnia magna.

    Martin Tsz Ki Tsui;Wenxiong Wang

  • Bioaccessibility of essential and non-essential metals in commercial shellfish from Western Europe and Asia.

    Jean-Claude Amiard;Claude Amiard-Triquet;Laetitia Charbonnier;Aurélie Mesnil

  • The distribution and speciation of trace metals in surface sediments from the Pearl River Estuary and the Daya Bay, Southern China.

    Xiujuan Yu;Yan Yan;Wen-Xiong Wang;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Accumulation and Retention of Metals in Mussels from Food and Water: A Comparison under Field and Laboratory Conditions

    Nicholas S. Fisher;Jean-Louis Teyssié;Scott W. Fowler;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Subcellular Partitioning and the Prediction of Cadmium Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Philip S. Rainbow

  • Biokinetic uptake and efflux of silver nanoparticles in Daphnia magna.

    Chun-Mei Zhao;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Importance of surface coatings and soluble silver in silver nanoparticles toxicity to Daphnia magna.

    Chun-Mei Zhao;Wen-Xiong Wang

  • Assimilation efficiencies and turnover rates of trace elements in marine bivalves: a comparison of oysters, clams, and mussels

    John R. Reinfelder;Wenxiong Wang;Samuel N. Luoma;Nicholas S. Fisher

  • Effects of major nutrient additions on metal uptake in phytoplankton.

    Wen-Xiong Wang;Robert C.H Dei

  • Kinetic determinations of trace element accumulation in the mussel, Mytilus edulis

    Wenxiong Wang;Nicholas S. Fisher;Samuel N. Luoma

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas S. Fisher
Nicholas S. Fisher Stony Brook University
Philip S. Rainbow
Philip S. Rainbow Natural History Museum
Samuel N. Luoma
Samuel N. Luoma University of California, Davis
Paul K.S. Lam
Paul K.S. Lam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Pei-Yuan Qian
Pei-Yuan Qian Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Laodong Guo
Laodong Guo University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Liuyan Yang
Liuyan Yang Nanjing University
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong

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