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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
9871
World Ranking
2991
National Ranking
6

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
58
Citations
8849
World Ranking
2578
National Ranking
14

Xinmin Zhan publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xinmin Zhan sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 159 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Xinmin Zhan D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xinmin Zhan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Xinmin Zhan is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily covers environmental science and engineering, with a significant focus on pollution control, water science and technology, and various engineering subfields.

The main fields of study for Xinmin Zhan include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Subfields within these areas of work encompass:

  • Pollution
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Building and Construction

The research topics frequently addressed span several specialized areas such as:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment

Xinmin Zhan has contributed to multiple publications, notably in journals that appear repeatedly in their portfolio. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Water Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Bioresource Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Key recent papers linked to this researcher are:

  • Iron sulphides mediated autotrophic denitrification: An emerging bioprocess for nitrate pollution mitigation and sustainable wastewater treatment, 2020, Water Research
  • A review on control of harmful algal blooms by plant-derived allelochemicals, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Impact of total solids content on anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and food waste: Insights into shifting of the methanogenic pathway, 2020, Waste Management
  • A critical review on dry anaerobic digestion of organic waste: Characteristics, operational conditions, and improvement strategies, 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • FexN produced in pharmaceutical sludge biochar by endogenous Fe and exogenous N doping to enhance peroxymonosulfate activation for levofloxacin degradation, 2022, Water Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Xinmin Zhan include:

  • Zhenhu Hu
  • Yuansheng Hu
  • Guangxue Wu
  • Shun Wang
  • Zhongzhong Wang

Best Publications

  • Effect of pig manure to grass silage ratio on methane production in batch anaerobic co-digestion of concentrated pig manure and grass silage.

    Sihuang Xie;Peadar G Lawlor;J P Frost;Zhenhu Hu

  • Iron sulphides mediated autotrophic denitrification: An emerging bioprocess for nitrate pollution mitigation and sustainable wastewater treatment.

    Yuansheng Hu;Guangxue Wu;Ruihua Li;Liwen Xiao

  • Anaerobic co-digestion: a critical review of mathematical modelling for performance optimization

    Sihuang Xie;Faisal I. Hai;Xinmin Zhan;Wenshan Guo

  • A review on control of harmful algal blooms by plant-derived allelochemicals.

    Xiaoqin Zhu;Guohua Dao;Yi Tao;Xinmin Zhan

  • FexN produced in pharmaceutical sludge biochar by endogenous Fe and exogenous N doping to enhance peroxymonosulfate activation for levofloxacin degradation.

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  • A critical review on dry anaerobic digestion of organic waste: Characteristics, operational conditions, and improvement strategies

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  • Impact of total solids content on anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and food waste: Insights into shifting of the methanogenic pathway.

    Zhongzhong Wang;Yan Jiang;Shun Wang;Yizhen Zhang

  • Simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal from wastewater lacking organic matter through microbial oxidation of pyrrhotite coupled to nitrate reduction

    Ruihua Li;Liam Morrison;Gavin Collins;Aimin Li

  • Mechanism of lead adsorption from aqueous solutions using an adsorbent synthesized from natural condensed tannin

    Xin-Min Zhan;Xuan Zhao

  • Occurrence of phthalic acid esters in source waters: a nationwide survey in China during the period of 2009-2012.

    Xiaowei Liu;Jianghong Shi;Ting Bo;Hui Zhang

  • High-rate iron sulfide and sulfur-coupled autotrophic denitrification system: Nutrients removal performance and microbial characterization.

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  • Moving-Medium Biofilm Reactors

    M. Rodgers;X.-M. Zhan

  • Effects of thermo-chemical pre-treatment of grass silage on methane production by anaerobic digestion.

    Sihuang Xie;J P Frost;Peadar G Lawlor;Guangxue Wu

  • Nutrient recovery from digestate of anaerobic digestion of livestock manure: a review.

    Lin Shi;Walquiria Silva Simplicio;Guangxue Wu;Zhenhu Hu

  • Recovery of nutrients and volatile fatty acids from pig manure hydrolysate using two-stage bipolar membrane electrodialysis

    Lin Shi;Yuansheng Hu;Yuansheng Hu;Sihuang Xie;Guangxue Wu

  • Characterization of organic matter degradation during composting of manure―straw mixtures spiked with tetracyclines

    Zhenhu Hu;Yuanlu Liu;Guowei Chen;Xianyang Gui

  • Synergism and effect of high initial volatile fatty acid concentrations during food waste and pig manure anaerobic co-digestion.

    Conor Dennehy;Peadar G. Lawlor;Thomas Croize;Yan Jiang

  • Nanostructured pyrrhotite supports autotrophic denitrification for simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal from secondary effluents

    Yan Yang;Tianhu Chen;Liam Morrison;Sean Gerrity

  • Long-term partial nitrification in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating ammonium-rich wastewater under controlled oxygen-limited conditions

    Jianping Li;David Elliott;Michael Nielsen;Mark G. Healy

  • Nutrient recovery from pig manure digestate using electrodialysis reversal: Membrane fouling and feasibility of long-term operation

    Lin Shi;Sihuang Xie;Zhenhu Hu;Guangxue Wu

  • Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor.

    J.P. Li;M.G. Healy;X.M. Zhan;M. Rodgers

  • Microbial lipid production from potato processing wastewater using oleaginous filamentous fungi Aspergillus oryzae.

    Iniya Kumar Muniraj;Liwen Xiao;Zhenhu Hu;Xinmin Zhan;Xinmin Zhan

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from different pig manure management techniques: a critical analysis

    Conor Dennehy;Peadar G. Lawlor;Yan Jiang;Gillian E. Gardiner

  • Occurrence and removal of free estrogens, conjugated estrogens, and bisphenol A in manure treatment facilities in East China.

    Hui Zhang;Jianghong Shi;Xiaowei Liu;Xinmin Zhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Guangxue Wu
Guangxue Wu Tsinghua University
Peadar G. Lawlor
Peadar G. Lawlor Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Gillian E. Gardiner
Gillian E. Gardiner South East Technological University
Tianhu Chen
Tianhu Chen Hefei University of Technology
Hong-Ying Hu
Hong-Ying Hu Tsinghua University
Mark G. Healy
Mark G. Healy University of Galway
Liam Morrison
Liam Morrison University of Galway
Gavin Collins
Gavin Collins University of Galway
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Alan D. W. Dobson
Alan D. W. Dobson University College Cork

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