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Zhengtao Shen

Zhengtao Shen

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
41
Citations
7393
World Ranking
7652
National Ranking
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Zhengtao Shen 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 Zhengtao Shen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 68 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhengtao Shen 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 Zhengtao Shen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zhengtao Shen is affiliated with Nanjing University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions in the fields of civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, materials chemistry, and pollution.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to soil and unsaturated flow, concrete and cement materials research, heavy metals in the environment, microbial applications in construction materials, phosphorus and nutrient management, landslides and related hazards, and dam engineering and safety.

Frequent publication venues for Shen include:

  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Soil Use and Management

Shen has collaborated regularly with a number of co-authors, with the most frequent being Chao-Sheng Tang, Deyi Hou, Kai Gu, Qing Cheng, and Bin Shi.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Biochar as green additives in cement-based composites with carbon dioxide curing, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Effective Dispersion of MgO Nanostructure on Biochar Support as a Basic Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Effect of biochar on desiccation cracking characteristics of clayey soils, 2020, Geoderma
  • Sulfur-modified biochar as a soil amendment to stabilize mercury pollution: An accelerated simulation of long-term aging effects, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Effect of pyrolysis temperature, heating rate, and residence time on rapeseed stem derived biochar

    Bin Zhao;David O'Connor;Junli Zhang;Tianyue Peng

  • Biochar application for the remediation of heavy metal polluted land: A review of in situ field trials

    David O'Connor;Tianyue Peng;Junli Zhang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications.

    Liuwei Wang;David O'Connor;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Yong Sik Ok

  • Microplastics undergo accelerated vertical migration in sand soil due to small size and wet-dry cycles

    David O'Connor;Shizhen Pan;Zhengtao Shen;Yinan Song

  • Green remediation of As and Pb contaminated soil using cement-free clay-based stabilization/solidification

    Lei Wang;Dong Wan Cho;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

  • Effect of production temperature on lead removal mechanisms by rice straw biochars

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Deyi Hou;Fei Jin;Junxian Shi

  • Synthesis of MgO-coated corncob biochar and its application in lead stabilization in a soil washing residue.

    Zhengtao Shen;Jingzhuo Zhang;Deyi Hou;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Characteristics and mechanisms of nickel adsorption on biochars produced from wheat straw pellets and rice husk

    Zhengtao Shen;Yunhui Zhang;Oliver McMillan;Fei Jin

  • Qualitative and quantitative characterisation of adsorption mechanisms of lead on four biochars.

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Yiyun Zhang;Fei Jin;Oliver McMillan

  • Green synthesis of nanoparticles for the remediation of contaminated waters and soils: Constituents, synthesizing methods, and influencing factors

    Yinan Wang;David O'Connor;Zhengtao Shen;Irene M.C. Lo

  • Solidification/Stabilization for Soil Remediation: An Old Technology with New Vitality

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Fei Jin;David O'Connor;Deyi Hou

  • Field trials of phytomining and phytoremediation: A critical review of influencing factors and effects of additives

    Liuwei Wang;Deyi Hou;Zhengtao Shen;Jin Zhu

  • Long-term impact of biochar on the immobilisation of nickel (II) and zinc (II) and the revegetation of a contaminated site.

    Zhengtao Shen;Amelia Md Som;Fei Wang;Fei Jin

  • Removal of lead by rice husk biochars produced at different temperatures and implications for their environmental utilizations.

    Junxian Shi;Xiaoliang Fan;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Fei Wang

  • Lead contamination in Chinese surface soils: Source identification, spatial-temporal distribution and associated health risks

    Yunhui Zhang;Yunhui Zhang;Deyi Hou;David O’Connor;Zhengtao Shen

  • Sorption of lead by Salisbury biochar produced from British broadleaf hardwood

    Zhengtao Shen;Fei Jin;Fei Wang;Oliver McMillan

  • Stability of heavy metals in soil washing residue with and without biochar addition under accelerated ageing

    Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen;Deyi Hou;Bin Zhao;Wendi Xu

  • Phytoremediation: Climate change resilience and sustainability assessment at a coastal brownfield redevelopment.

    David O'Connor;Xiaodi Zheng;Deyi Hou;Zhengtao Shen;Zhengtao Shen

  • Effective Dispersion of MgO Nanostructure on Biochar Support as a Basic Catalyst for Glucose Isomerization

    Season S. Chen;Season S. Chen;Yang Cao;Yang Cao;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Jean-Philippe Tessonnier

  • Effect of biochar on desiccation cracking characteristics of clayey soils

    Yuping Zhang;Kai Gu;Kai Gu;Jinwen Li;Chaosheng Tang

  • Sulfur-modified biochar as a soil amendment to stabilize mercury pollution: An accelerated simulation of long-term aging effects

    Bin Zhao;David O’Connor;Zhengtao Shen;Daniel C.W. Tsang

Frequent Co-Authors

Deyi Hou
Deyi Hou Tsinghua University
Abir Al-Tabbaa
Abir Al-Tabbaa University of Cambridge
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Daniel S. Alessi
Daniel S. Alessi University of Alberta
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Bin Shi
Bin Shi Nanjing University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Chao-Sheng Tang
Chao-Sheng Tang Nanjing University
Bin Zhao
Bin Zhao Tsinghua University
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University

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