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D-Index
46
Citations
6686
World Ranking
6177
National Ranking
627

Xiao Yang 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 Xiao Yang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 75 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiao Yang 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 Xiao Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Overview

Xiao Yang is affiliated with the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research in China. Their research activity is predominantly within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics such as Heavy metals in environment, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Advanced oxidation water treatment.

Frequent publication venues for Xiao Yang include:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Water Research

Among their recent papers are:

  • Activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by spinel ferrite and their composites in degradation of organic pollutants: A Review, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects, 2020, Applied Biological Chemistry
  • Novel insights into the adsorption of organic contaminants by biochar: A review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Sustainable gasification biochar as a high efficiency adsorbent for CO2 capture: A facile method to designer biochar fabrication, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Polyamide 6 microplastics facilitate methane production during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xiao Yang include:

  • Yaoyu Zhou
  • Xiulan Yan
  • Daniel C.W. Tsang
  • Tao Liang
  • Yong Sik Ok

Xiao Yang was awarded the title of Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) by spinel ferrite and their composites in degradation of organic pollutants: A Review

    Yutao Peng;Yutao Peng;Hongmei Tang;Bin Yao;Xing Gao

  • Carbon-based materials as adsorbent for antibiotics removal: Mechanisms and influencing factors.

    Yujia Xiang;Zhangyi Xu;Yuyi Wei;Yaoyu Zhou;Yaoyu Zhou

  • Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects

    Yinfeng Xia;Yinfeng Xia;Ming Zhang;Daniel C. W. Tsang;Nan Geng;Nan Geng

  • Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils

    Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Sang Soo Lee;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Xiao Yang;Xiao Yang

  • Fabrication of sustainable manganese ferrite modified biochar from vinasse for enhanced adsorption of fluoroquinolone antibiotics: Effects and mechanisms

    Yujia Xiang;Xiao Yang;Zhangyi Xu;Wenyong Hu

  • Novel insights into the adsorption of organic contaminants by biochar: A review.

    Zirui Luo;Zirui Luo;Bin Yao;Bin Yao;Xiao Yang;Lingqing Wang

  • Pyrolysis process of agricultural waste using CO2 for waste management, energy recovery, and biochar fabrication

    Jechan Lee;Xiao Yang;Seong Heon Cho;Jae Kon Kim

  • Goethite modified biochar as a multifunctional amendment for cationic Cd(II), anionic As(III), roxarsone, and phosphorus in soil and water

    Sihang Zhu;Jingjing Zhao;Nan Zhao;Xiao Yang

  • Gasification biochar from biowaste (food waste and wood waste) for effective CO2 adsorption.

    Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Seung Wan Choi;Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake;Jin Shang

  • Sustainable gasification biochar as a high efficiency adsorbent for CO2 capture: A facile method to designer biochar fabrication

    Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake;Seung Wan Choi;Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Xiao Yang;Xiao Yang

  • Effect of gasification biochar application on soil quality: Trace metal behavior, microbial community, and soil dissolved organic matter

    Xiao Yang;Ana Tsibart;Hyungseok Nam;Jin Hur

  • Polyamide 6 microplastics facilitate methane production during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

    Hongbo Chen;Mengge Tang;Xiao Yang;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Characterization of bioenergy biochar and its utilization for metal/metalloid immobilization in contaminated soil

    Xiao Yang;Xiao Yang;Avanthi D. Igalavithana;Sang Eun Oh;Hyungseok Nam

  • 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

  • Characterization and ecotoxicological investigation of biochar produced via slow pyrolysis: Effect of feedstock composition and pyrolysis conditions.

    Xiao Yang;Weicheng Ng;Belinda Shu Ee Wong;Gyeong Hun Baeg

  • Recent advances in nitrous oxide production and mitigation in wastewater treatment

    Hongbo Chen;Long Zeng;Dongbo Wang;Yaoyu Zhou

  • The potential of biochar as sorptive media for removal of hazardous benzene in air

    Azmatullah Khan;Azmatullah Khan;Jan E. Szulejko;Pallabi Samaddar;Ki Hyun Kim

  • Electrocatalytic reforming of waste plastics into high value-added chemicals and hydrogen fuel.

    Rui Shi;Ke-Sheng Liu;Fulai Liu;Xiao Yang

  • Cadmium isotopes as tracers in environmental studies: A review.

    Qiaohui Zhong;Yuchen Zhou;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Juan Liu;Juan Liu

  • New mechanistic insight into rapid adsorption of pharmaceuticals from water utilizing activated biochar.

    Ali Maged;Ali Maged;Pavani Dulanja Dissanayake;Xiao Yang;Charitha Pathirannahalage

  • Liquid-phase extraction coupled with metal-organic frameworks-based dispersive solid phase extraction of herbicides in peanuts.

    Na Li;Zhibing Wang;Liyuan Zhang;Li Nian

  • A comparison of figure of merit (FOM) for various materials in adsorptive removal of benzene under ambient temperature and pressure.

    Azmatullah Khan;Jan E. Szulejko;Ki Hyun Kim;Pallabi Sammadar

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen Liu
Wen Liu Peking University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yakai Feng
Yakai Feng Tianjin University
Aimin Yu
Aimin Yu Swinburne University of Technology
Yaoyu Zhou
Yaoyu Zhou Hunan Agricultural University
Dongbo Wang
Dongbo Wang Hunan University
Hanqi Zhang
Hanqi Zhang Jilin University
Ming Zhang
Ming Zhang China Jiliang University
Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University

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