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D-Index
62
Citations
11276
World Ranking
2666
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269

Xia Huo 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 Xia Huo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 172 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Xia Huo 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 Xia Huo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xia Huo is affiliated with Jinan University in China and has a research career primarily focused on environmental science and medicine. Their work addresses the interaction between environmental factors and human health, with a particular emphasis on toxicology and pediatric health.

Their research spans multiple fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, Xia Huo has contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Their work covers a variety of scientific topics, including:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Xia Huo has frequently published in several journals, with the most common venues being:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environment International
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Chemosphere
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Xia Huo are:

  • Epidemiological evidence for the effect of environmental heavy metal exposure on the immune system in children, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • E-waste lead exposure and children's health in China, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Exposure to multiple heavy metals associate with aberrant immune homeostasis and inflammatory activation in preschool children, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Lead (Pb) exposure and heart failure risk, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Severe dioxin-like compound (DLC) contamination in e-waste recycling areas: An under-recognized threat to local health, 2020, Environment International

Xia Huo's collaborations often involve a consistent group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Xijin Xu
  • Zhijun Zeng
  • Qihua Wang
  • Xiang Zeng
  • Yifeng Dai

Best Publications

  • Elevated Blood Lead Levels of Children in Guiyu, an Electronic Waste Recycling Town in China

    Xia Huo;Lin Peng;Xijin Xu;Liangkai Zheng

  • Developmental neurotoxicants in e-waste: an emerging health concern.

    Aimin Chen;Kim N. Dietrich;Xia Huo;Shuk-mei Ho

  • E-Waste and Harm to Vulnerable Populations: A Growing Global Problem

    Michelle Heacock;Carol Bain Kelly;Kwadwo Ansong Asante;Linda S. Birnbaum

  • Blood lead and cadmium levels and relevant factors among children from an e-waste recycling town in China.

    Liangkai Zheng;Kusheng Wu;Yan Li;Zongli Qi

  • Children with health impairments by heavy metals in an e-waste recycling area.

    Xiang Zeng;Xijin Xu;H.Marike Boezen;Xia Huo

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in umbilical cord blood and relevant factors in neonates from Guiyu, China.

    Kusheng Wu;Xijin Xu;Junxiao Liu;Yongyong Guo

  • Monitoring of lead, cadmium, chromium and nickel in placenta from an e-waste recycling town in China.

    Yongyong Guo;Xia Huo;Yan Li;Kusheng Wu

  • Heavy metals in PM2.5 and in blood, and children's respiratory symptoms and asthma from an e-waste recycling area

    Xiang Zeng;Xijin Xu;Xiangbin Zheng;Tiina Reponen

  • The hazard of chromium exposure to neonates in Guiyu of China.

    Yan Li;Xijin Xu;Junxiao Liu;Kusheng Wu

  • Comparative evaluation of environmental contamination and DNA damage induced by electronic-waste in Nigeria and China.

    Okunola A. Alabi;Adekunle A. Bakare;Xijin Xu;Bin Li

  • Birth outcomes related to informal e-waste recycling in Guiyu, China.

    Xijin Xu;Hui Yang;Aimin Chen;Yulin Zhou

  • Association between maternal exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from electronic waste recycling and neonatal health outcomes.

    Kusheng Wu;Xijin Xu;Lin Peng;Junxiao Liu

  • Effects of lead and cadmium exposure from electronic waste on child physical growth

    Hui Yang;Xia Huo;Taofeek Akangbe Yekeen;Qiujian Zheng

  • Environmental Pollution: An Under-recognized Threat to Children’s Health, Especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    William A. Suk;Hamid Ahanchian;Kwadwo Ansong Asante;David O. Carpenter

  • Epidemiological evidence for the effect of environmental heavy metal exposure on the immune system in children.

    Unknown

  • Carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in umbilical cord blood of human neonates from Guiyu, China.

    Yongyong Guo;Xia Huo;Kusheng Wu;Junxiao Liu

  • Association between lung function in school children and exposure to three transition metals from an e-waste recycling area.

    Guina Zheng;Xijin Xu;Bin Li;Kusheng Wu

  • Ambient Air Heavy Metals in PM2.5 and Potential Human Health Risk Assessment in an Informal Electronic-Waste Recycling Site of China

    Xiangbin Zheng;Xijin Xu;Taofeek Akangbe Yekeen;Yuling Zhang

  • Monitoring of lead load and its effect on neonatal behavioral neurological assessment scores in Guiyu, an electronic waste recycling town in China

    Yan Li;Xijin Xu;Kusheng Wu;Gangjian Chen

  • Heavy metal exposure has adverse effects on the growth and development of preschool children

    Xiang Zeng;Xiang Zeng;Xijin Xu;Qilin Qin;Kai Ye

  • Association between lead exposure from electronic waste recycling and child temperament alterations

    Junxiao Liu;Xijin Xu;Kusheng Wu;Zhongxian Piao

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in residential and agricultural soils from an electronic waste polluted region in South China: distribution, compositional profile, and sources.

    Shaohui Zhang;Xijin Xu;Yousheng Wu;Jingjing Ge

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiina Reponen
Tiina Reponen University of Cincinnati
Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly University of Queensland
Shuk-Mei Ho
Shuk-Mei Ho University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Philip J. Landrigan
Philip J. Landrigan Boston College
Fernando Díaz-Barriga
Fernando Díaz-Barriga Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Åke Bergman
Åke Bergman Stockholm University
David O. Carpenter
David O. Carpenter University at Albany, State University of New York
Da Chen
Da Chen Jinan University
Marijke M. Faas
Marijke M. Faas University Medical Center Groningen
Eddy Y. Zeng
Eddy Y. Zeng South China University of Technology

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