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Xu-Xiang Zhang

Xu-Xiang Zhang

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
64
Citations
13422
World Ranking
2350
National Ranking
238

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
13175
World Ranking
9781
National Ranking
304

Xu-Xiang Zhang 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 Xu-Xiang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 204 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xu-Xiang Zhang 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 Xu-Xiang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xu-Xiang Zhang is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and specializes in research at the intersection of environmental science and medicine. Their scientific contributions span various topics including pollution, molecular biology, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, ecology, and neurology. The body of research produced by Xu-Xiang Zhang reflects a focus on the environmental impacts of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics, wastewater treatment processes, microbial community ecology, water disinfection technologies, gut microbiota, antibiotic resistance, and stroke management.

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • The role of genetics in Parkinson's disease: a large cohort study in Chinese mainland population (2020, Brain)
  • Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic insights into the complex nitrogen metabolic pathways in a single-stage bioreactor coupling partial denitrification with anammox (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Characteristics of dissolved organic nitrogen in effluent from a biological nitrogen removal process using sludge alkaline fermentation liquid as an external carbon source (2020, Water Research)
  • Microbiome-functionality in anaerobic digesters: A critical review (2023, Water Research)
  • The hidden risk of microplastic-associated pathogens in aquatic environments (2023, Eco-Environment & Health)

Xu-Xiang Zhang frequently publishes in several academic venues. The most common among these are:

  • Water Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Depeng Wang, Hongqiang Ren (appearing twice with different counts), Lin Ye, and Kailong Huang.

The range of main fields of study covered by Xu-Xiang Zhang comprises:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine

The detailed subfields of study that form the basis of their research include:

  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Neurology

The main research topics addressed through their work are:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

Best Publications

  • Antibiotic resistance genes in water environment.

    Xu-Xiang Zhang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Tong Zhang;Herbert H. P. Fang

  • Metagenomic insights into chlorination effects on microbial antibiotic resistance in drinking water.

    Peng Shi;Shuyu Jia;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Tong Zhang

  • Preliminary Risk Assessment of Trace Metal Pollution in Surface Water from Yangtze River in Nanjing Section, China

    B. Wu;D. Y. Zhao;H. Y. Jia;Y. Zhang

  • Bacterial Community Shift Drives Antibiotic Resistance Promotion during Drinking Water Chlorination.

    Shuyu Jia;Peng Shi;Qing Hu;Bing Li

  • Plasmid Metagenome Reveals High Levels of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in Activated Sludge

    Tong Zhang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Lin Ye

  • Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and their associations with bacterial community in livestock breeding wastewater and its receiving river water

    Shuyu Jia;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Yu Miao;Yanting Zhao

  • Characterization of tetracycline resistant bacterial community in saline activated sludge using batch stress incubation with high-throughput sequencing analysis

    Bing Li;Xuxiang Zhang;Feng Guo;Weimin Wu

  • Occurrence, abundance, and diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants across China and other global locations.

    Xu-Xiang Zhang;Tong Zhang

  • Molecular mechanisms of PFOA-induced toxicity in animals and humans: Implications for health risks

    Kan Li;Peng Gao;Ping Xiang;Xuxiang Zhang

  • Magnetic properties of Mn doped ZnO tetrapod structures

    V. A. L. Roy;A. B. Djurišić;H. Liu;X. X. Zhang

  • Metagenomic insights into Cr(VI) effect on microbial communities and functional genes of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high-nitrate wastewater.

    Yu Miao;Runhua Liao;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Yuan Wang

  • Health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the source water and drinking water of China: Quantitative analysis based on published monitoring data.

    Bing Wu;Yan Zhang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Shu-Pei Cheng

  • Tetracycline resistance genes and tetracycline resistant lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae in activated sludge of sewage treatment plants.

    Tong Zhang;Ming Zhang;Xuxiang Zhang;Herbert Hanping Fang

  • Microbial PAH-Degradation in Soil: Degradation Pathways and Contributing Factors

    Xu-Xiang Zhang;Shu-Pei Cheng;Cheng-Jun Zhu;Shi-Lei Sun

  • Microbial community structure and function in aerobic granular sludge

    Juntao Xia;Lin Ye;Hongqiang Ren;Xu-Xiang Zhang

  • Abundance and diversity of bacterial nitrifiers and denitrifiers and their functional genes in tannery wastewater treatment plants revealed by high-throughput sequencing.

    Zhu Wang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Xin Lu;Bo Liu

  • Characterization and quantification of class 1 integrons and associated gene cassettes in sewage treatment plants

    Xu-Xiang Zhang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Tong Zhang;Ming Zhang;Herbert H. P. Fang

  • Roles and correlations of functional bacteria and genes in the start-up of simultaneous anammox and denitrification system for enhanced nitrogen removal

    Depeng Wang;Tong Li;Kailong Huang;Xiwei He

  • Metagenomic insights into salinity effect on diversity and abundance of denitrifying bacteria and genes in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high-nitrate wastewater

    Yu Miao;Runhua Liao;Runhua Liao;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Bo Liu

  • Metagenomic Profiling of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in a Tannery Wastewater Treatment Plant

    Zhu Wang;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Kailong Huang;Yu Miao

  • Metagenomic analysis of bacterial community composition and antibiotic resistance genes in a wastewater treatment plant and its receiving surface water.

    Junying Tang;Yuanqing Bu;Xu-Xiang Zhang;Kailong Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongqiang Ren
Hongqiang Ren Nanjing University
Tong Zhang
Tong Zhang University of Hong Kong
Aimin Li
Aimin Li Nanjing University
Liuyan Yang
Liuyan Yang Nanjing University
Herbert H. P. Fang
Herbert H. P. Fang University of Hong Kong
Ji-Dong Gu
Ji-Dong Gu Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Aleksandra B. Djurišić
Aleksandra B. Djurišić University of Hong Kong
Timothy E. Ford
Timothy E. Ford University of Massachusetts Lowell
Maohai Xie
Maohai Xie University of Hong Kong
Lena Q. Ma
Lena Q. Ma Zhejiang University

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