# Escalating arsenic contamination throughout Chinese soils

*PRI Rank #6 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Heavy metals in environment Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #6 |
| 18m citations | 92 |
| Journal | Nature Sustainability |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41893-024-01341-7 |
| Corresponding authors | Yijun Yao |
| Institution | Hohai University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Heavy metals in environment Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/heavy-metals-in-environment/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41893-024-01341-7](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01341-7)

## Topics

Arsenic contamination · Chinese soils · Soil contamination · heavy metal distribution · Spatial analysis · Agricultural soil · Anthropogenic sources · natural sources · soil sampling · Contamination mapping · Environmental risk assessment · temporal trends · Spatial distribution · soil arsenic concentration · regional variation

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