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Heavy metals in environment

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Kshyanaprava Raj
Rama Devi Women's University
2
Hatim Sanad
National School of Architecture
3
Mohsen Moghimi Dehkordi
Payame Noor University
4
Atoosa Haghighizadeh
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
5
B Raksha Shetty
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
6
Zhijie Long
Ministry of Natural Resources
7
Hamed Haghnazar
Utah State University
8
Ibha Suhani
Banaras Hindu University
9
Shuqi Wei
Northeast Agricultural University
10
Shaoxiong Deng
South China Agricultural University

Papers

1
Soil, air, and water pollution from mining and industrial activities: Sources of pollution, environmental impacts, and prevention and control methods
Results in Engineering|2024
250 cit.
2
Comprehensive analysis of heavy metal soil contamination in mining Environments: Impacts, monitoring Techniques, and remediation strategies
Arabian Journal of Chemistry|2024
233 cit.
3
Recent advances in phyto-combined remediation of heavy metal pollution in soil
Biotechnology Advances|2024
144 cit.
4
Heavy metal contamination and its impact on the food chain: exposure, bioaccumulation, and risk assessment
CyTA - Journal of Food|2025
83 cit.
5
Assessment of Groundwater Quality Using the Pollution Index of Groundwater (PIG), Nitrate Pollution Index (NPI), Water Quality Index (WQI), Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA), and GIS Approaches: A Case Study of the Mnasra Region, Gharb Plain, Morocco
Water|2024
76 cit.
6
Publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials (2025) [63 citations, W4407425626]
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2025
63 cit.
7
Assessment of Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk indices of heavy metal exposure in different age groups using Monte Carlo Simulation Approach
Scientific Reports|2024
61 cit.
8
Assessment of Soil Spatial Variability in Agricultural Ecosystems Using Multivariate Analysis, Soil Quality Index (SQI), and Geostatistical Approach: A Case Study of the Mnasra Region, Gharb Plain, Morocco
Agronomy|2024
46 cit.
9
Ecological and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Groundwater within an Agricultural Ecosystem Using GIS and Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA): A Case Study of the Mnasra Region, Gharb Plain, Morocco
Water|2024
46 cit.
10
Publication in Separation and Purification Technology (2024) [45 citations, W4400967084]
Separation and Purification Technology|2024
45 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ikram Ilahi
University of Malakand
2
Limei Cai
Yangtze University
3
Jun Zhou
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Daniel S. Alessi
Planetary Science Institute
5
Wai Chin Li
Education University of Hong Kong
6
B.V. Divya
University of Kerala
7
Aisha A. Waris
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
8
Shuang Huang
Wuhan University
9
Md. Shafiqul Islam Sarker
Ministry of Home Affairs
10
Tarit Roychowdhury
Jadavpur University

Papers

1
Distribution, prevalence and health risk assessment of fluoride and arsenic in groundwater from lower Gangetic plain in West Bengal, India
Groundwater for Sustainable Development|2022
49 cit.
2
Sustainable water management in rice cultivation reduces arsenic contamination, increases productivity, microbial molecular response, and profitability
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2024
47 cit.
3
Investigating spatial distribution of fluoride in groundwater with respect to hydro-geochemical characteristics and associated probabilistic health risk in Baruipur block of West Bengal, India
The Science of The Total Environment|2023
44 cit.
4
A comprehensive approach for quantifying source-specific ecological and health risks of potentially toxic elements in agricultural soil
Environmental Research|2024
40 cit.
5
An extensive review of arsenic dynamics and its distribution in soil-aqueous-rice plant systems in south and Southeast Asia with bibliographic and meta-data analysis
Chemosphere|2024
35 cit.
6
Comparing ecosystem gaseous elemental mercury fluxes over a deciduous and coniferous forest
Nature Communications|2023
32 cit.
7
Unlocking the potential of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water for CO2 removal via mineral carbonation
Applied Geochemistry|2022
29 cit.
8
Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in manganese (Mn) contaminated site
Frontiers in Environmental Science|2022
23 cit.
9
Bioaccumulation of Atmospherically Deposited Cadmium in Soybean: Three-Year Field Experiment Combined with Cadmium Isotopes
Environmental Science & Technology|2024
22 cit.
10
Arsenic Transformation in Soil-Rice System Affected by Iron-Oxidizing Strain (Ochrobactrum sp.) and Related Soil Metabolomics Analysis
Frontiers in Microbiology|2022
21 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Q. Lena
Zhejiang University
2
Yong‐Guan Zhu
Institute of Urban Environment
3
S. P. McGrath
Rothamsted Research
4
Ming Hung Wong
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
5
Fang‐Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
6
Jörg Rinklebe
University of Wuppertal
7
Jan D. Kramers
University of Johannesburg
8
Ravi Naidu
University of Newcastle Australia
9
Xinbin Feng
Institute of Geochemistry
10
Xiangdong Li
Yangzhou University

Papers

1
Approximation of terrestrial lead isotope evolution by a two-stage model
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|1975
9k cit.
2
The Holocene Asian Monsoon: Links to Solar Changes and North Atlantic Climate
Science|2005
2.6k cit.
3
Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2013
2.4k cit.
4
Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China
Environmental Pollution|2007
2.4k cit.
5
Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies
Environmental Science & Technology|2014
2.1k cit.
6
A fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic
Nature|2001
1.8k cit.
7
Accumulation of Pb, Cu, and Zn in native plants growing on a contaminated Florida site
The Science of The Total Environment|2006
1.8k cit.
8
Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2008
1.4k cit.
9
Influence of lime, fertilizer and manure applications on soil organic matter content and soil physical conditions: a review
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems|1998
1.3k cit.
10
Continental-scale pollution of estuaries with antibiotic resistance genes
Nature Microbiology|2017
1.2k cit.

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