2026 Yongming Luo: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	98	182	172	15	14	408	29879
Environmental Sciences	102	339	317	43	42	480	33471

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Yongming Luo is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, specializing in environmental science with a significant focus on pollution, health toxicology and mutagenesis, plant science, ecology, and environmental chemistry. Their work spans across multiple interrelated fields addressing key environmental challenges.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science

Their subfields of study are:

Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Plant Science
Ecology
Environmental Chemistry

Yongming Luo's research topics cover:

Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Heavy metals in environment
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Arsenic contamination and mitigation
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

The scientist has contributed to numerous scientific journals, frequently publishing in:

The Science of The Total Environment
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Environmental Science & Technology
Pedosphere
Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version)

Collaborations play an important role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Chen Tu
Lianzhen Li
Peter Christie
Haibo Zhang
Chuancheng Fu

Among the recent papers by Yongming Luo are:

"Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode," published in 2020 in Nature Sustainability
"Biochar and bacteria inoculated biochar enhanced Cd and Cu immobilization and enzymatic activity in a polluted soil," published in 2020 in Environment International
"Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater," published in 2020 in The Science of The Total Environment
"Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective," published in 2024 in The Innovation
"Quantitative tracing of uptake and transport of submicrometre plastics in crop plants using lanthanide chelates as a dual-functional tracer," published in 2022 in Nature Nanotechnology

Best Publications

Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

Lianzhen Li;Yongming Luo;Ruijie Li;Qian Zhou

1310
Citations
Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil.

Yufan Fei;Shunyin Huang;Haibo Zhang;Yazhi Tong

830
Citations
Microplastics in agricultural soils on the coastal plain of Hangzhou Bay, east China: Multiple sources other than plastic mulching film.

Bianying Zhou;Jiaqing Wang;Haibo Zhang;Huahong Shi

700
Citations
Enhanced adsorption of oxytetracycline to weathered microplastic polystyrene: Kinetics, isotherms and influencing factors.

Haibo Zhang;Jiaqing Wang;Bianying Zhou;Yang Zhou

656
Citations
The distribution and morphology of microplastics in coastal soils adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

Qian Zhou;Haibo Zhang;Chuancheng Fu;Yang Zhou

627
Citations
Occurrence and risk assessment of phthalate esters (PAEs) in vegetables and soils of suburban plastic film greenhouses

Jun Wang;Gangcai Chen;Peter Christie;Manyun Zhang

572
Citations
Biochar and bacteria inoculated biochar enhanced Cd and Cu immobilization and enzymatic activity in a polluted soil.

Chen Tu;Jing Wei;Feng Guan;Ying Liu

447
Citations
Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater.

Chen Tu;Tao Chen;Qian Zhou;Ying Liu

426
Citations
Occurrence and spatial distribution of organophosphate ester flame retardants and plasticizers in 40 rivers draining into the Bohai Sea, north China.

Runmei Wang;Jianhui Tang;Zhiyong Xie;Wenying Mi

412
Citations
Inoculation of endophytic bacteria on host and non-host plants--effects on plant growth and Ni uptake.

Ying Ma;Mani Rajkumar;YongMing Luo;Helena Freitas

402
Citations
Effects of plastic film residues on occurrence of phthalates and microbial activity in soils

Jun Wang;Shenghong Lv;Manyun Zhang;Gangcai Chen

390
Citations
Soil contamination by phthalate esters in Chinese intensive vegetable production systems with different modes of use of plastic film.

Jun Wang;Yongming Luo;Ying Teng;Wenting Ma

382
Citations
Potential risks of microplastics combined with superbugs: Enrichment of antibiotic resistant bacteria on the surface of microplastics in mariculture system.

Yuxuan Zhang;Jian Lu;Jun Wu;Jianhua Wang

350
Citations
Occurrence of microplastics in the water column and sediment in an inland sea affected by intensive anthropogenic activities.

Zhenfei Dai;Haibo Zhang;Qian Zhou;Yuan Tian

339
Citations
The hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola harbors metal-resistant endophytic bacteria that improve its phytoextraction capacity in multi-metal contaminated soil.

Ying Ma;Ying Ma;Rui S. Oliveira;Fengjiao Nai;Mani Rajkumar

337
Citations
Uptake and accumulation of microplastics in an edible plant

Lianzhen Li;Qian Zhou;Na Yin;Chen Tu

337
Citations
Effects of EDTA and low molecular weight organic acids on soil solution properties of a heavy metal polluted soil.

L.H. Wu;Y.M. Luo;Peter Christie;M.H. Wong

306
Citations
Decomposition of silicate minerals by Bacillus mucilaginosus in liquid culture.

Wuxing Liu;Xushi Xu;Xianghua Wu;Qiyin Yang

279
Citations
Copper uptake by Elsholtzia splendens and Silene vulgaris and assessment of copper phytoavailability in contaminated soils.

Jing Song;Fang-Jie Zhao;Yong-Ming Luo;Steve P. McGrath

276
Citations
Various forms and deposition fluxes of microplastics identified in the coastal urban atmosphere

Qian Zhou;ChongGuo Tian;YongMing Luo

272
Citations
Anthropogenic, Direct Pressures on Coastal Wetlands

Alice Newton;John Icely;Sónia Cristina;G E Perillo

271
Citations
Effect of bioaugmentation by Paracoccus sp. strain HPD-2 on the soil microbial community and removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from an aged contaminated soil.

Ying Teng;Yongming Luo;Mingming Sun;Zengjun Liu

261
Citations
Bioremediation of oily sludge-contaminated soil by stimulating indigenous microbes

Wuxing Liu;Yongming Luo;Ying Teng;Zhengao Li

234
Citations
Water management affects arsenic and cadmium accumulation in different rice cultivars

Pengjie Hu;Jiexue Huang;Younan Ouyang;Longhua Wu

232
Citations