| Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China X Zhao, J Liu, Q Liu, MR Tillotson, D Guan, K Hubacek Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (4), 1031-1035, 2015 | 536 | 2015 |
| National water footprint in an input–output framework—a case study of China 2002 X Zhao, B Chen, ZF Yang Ecological modelling 220 (2), 245-253, 2009 | 373 | 2009 |
| Applying the input-output method to account for water footprint and virtual water trade in the Haihe River basin in China XU Zhao, H Yang, Z Yang, B Chen, Y Qin Environmental Science & Technology 44 (23), 9150-9156, 2010 | 273 | 2010 |
| Burden shifting of water quantity and quality stress from megacity Shanghai X Zhao, J Liu, H Yang, R Duarte, MR Tillotson, K Hubacek Water Resources Research 52 (9), 6916-6927, 2016 | 121 | 2016 |
| China’s coal-fired power plants impose pressure on water resources X Zhang, J Liu, Y Tang, X Zhao, H Yang, PW Gerbens-Leenes, ... Journal of cleaner production 161, 1171-1179, 2017 | 119 | 2017 |
| Ecological network analysis on global virtual water trade Z Yang, X Mao, X Zhao, B Chen Environmental Science & Technology 46 (3), 1796-1803, 2012 | 108 | 2012 |
| Measuring scarce water saving from interregional virtual water flows in China X Zhao, YP Li, H Yang, WF Liu, MR Tillotson, D Guan, Y Yi, H Wang Environmental Research Letters 13 (5), 054012, 2018 | 102 | 2018 |
| Savings and losses of global water resources in food‐related virtual water trade W Liu, M Antonelli, M Kummu, X Zhao, P Wu, J Liu, L Zhuo, H Yang Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 6 (1), e1320, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Categorising virtual water transfers through China’s electric power sector X Liao, X Zhao, JW Hall, D Guan Applied energy 226, 252-260, 2018 | 76 | 2018 |
| Parameter uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of water quality model in Lake Taihu, China L Jiang, Y Li, X Zhao, MR Tillotson, W Wang, S Zhang, L Sarpong, ... Ecological Modelling 375, 1-12, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| The influence of climate change on an endangered riparian plant species: The root of riparian Homonoia Y Yi, Y Zhou, Y Cai, W Yang, Z Li, X Zhao Ecological Indicators 92, 40-50, 2018 | 72 | 2018 |
| Accounting global grey water footprint from both consumption and production perspectives X Zhao, X Liao, B Chen, MR Tillotson, W Guo, Y Li Journal of Cleaner Production 225, 963-971, 2019 | 69 | 2019 |
| GIS-based optimization for the locations of sewage treatment plants and sewage outfalls–A case study of Nansha District in Guangzhou City, China YW Zhao, Y Qin, B Chen, X Zhao, Y Li, XA Yin, GQ Chen Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 14 (4), 1746-1757, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Index decomposition analysis of urban crop water footprint X Zhao, MR Tillotson, YW Liu, W Guo, AH Yang, YF Li Ecological Modelling 348, 25-32, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| China's urban methane emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plant X Zhao, XK Jin, W Guo, C Zhang, YL Shan, MX Du, MR Tillotson, H Yang, ... Earth's Future 7 (4), 480-490, 2019 | 65 | 2019 |
| Assessing China's “developing a water-saving society” policy at a river basin level: a structural decomposition analysis approach J Liu, X Zhao, H Yang, Q Liu, H Xiao, G Cheng Journal of Cleaner Production 190, 799-808, 2018 | 65 | 2018 |
| Effect of corn straw biochar application to sediments on the adsorption of 17α-ethinyl estradiol and perfluorooctane sulfonate at sediment-water interface W Guo, S Lu, J Shi, X Zhao Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 174, 363-369, 2019 | 64 | 2019 |
| Comparing water footprint and water scarcity footprint of energy demand in China’s six megacities X Liao, X Zhao, W Liu, R Li, X Wang, W Wang, MR Tillotson Applied Energy 269, 115137, 2020 | 57 | 2020 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions associated with urban water infrastructure: What we have learnt from China's practice Q Zhang, K Smith, X Zhao, X Jin, S Wang, J Shen, ZJ Ren Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 8 (4), e1529, 2021 | 47 | 2021 |
| The evolution of virtual water flows in China's electricity transmission network and its driving forces C Zhang, G He, Q Zhang, S Liang, SC Zipper, R Guo, X Zhao, L Zhong, ... Journal of Cleaner Production 242, 118336, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
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