1. Hou Rui, Feng Jingchun*, Zhang Si 2026. Blue Carbon Sequestration: An Unintended Driving Force for Marine Pollution, The Innovation, 7(4): 101264.
2. Hou Rui1, Jin Xiaowei1, Feng Jingchun*, Xue Jingchuan, Chen Chengzhi, Zou Yunqiang, Xu Xiangrong*, Yu Kefu, Qian Peiyuan, Zhang Si, Yang Zhifeng 2025. Deciphering the Universal Role of Gut Microbiota in Pollutant Transformation, The ISME Journal, 19: wraf215.
3. Hou Rui, Zhang Siqi, Huang Qianyiianyi, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Li Jingxi, Liu Shan, Sun Chengjun, Xu Xiangrong* 2023. Role of Gastrointestinal Microbiota from Crucian Carp in Microbial Transformation and Estrogenicity Modification of Novel Plastic Additives. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(31): 11476–11488.
4. Huang Qianyi, Hou Rui*, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Cheng Yuanyue, Xu Xiangrong* 2023. Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer of Organophosphate Flame Retardants and Their Metabolites in the Estuarine Food Web of the Pearl River, China. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(9): 3549-3561.
5. Hou Rui, Huang Qianyi, Pan Yunfeng, Lin Lang, Liu Shan, Li Hengxiang, Xu Xiangrong* 2022. Novel Brominated Flame Retardants (NBFRs) in a Tropical Marine Food Web from the South China Sea: The Influence of Hydrophobicity and Biotransformation on Structure-Related Trophodynamics. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(5): 3147–3158.
6. Hou Rui, Huang Chao, Rao Kaifeng, Xu Yiping*, Wang Zijian 2018. Characterized in vitro metabolism kinetics of alkyl organophosphate esters in fish liver and intestinal microsomes. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (5): 3202-3210.
7. Huang Qianyi, Hou Rui*, Wang Yuchen, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Xu Xiangrong*, Yu Kefu, Huang Xiaoping 2025. Emerging and legacy organophosphate flame retardants in the tropical estuarine food web: Do they exhibit similar bioaccumulation patterns, trophic partitioning and dietary exposure? Water Research X, 27: 100294.
8. Zhang Li, Yang Xi, Low Wee Vian, Ma Jiaxin, Yan Cheng, Zhu Zuhao, Lu Lu, Hou Rui* 2024. Fugacity- and biotransformation-based mechanistic insights into the trophic transfer of organophosphate flame retardants in a subtropical coastal food web from the Northern Beibu Gulf of China. Water Research, 261:122043.
9. Lu Jinrong, Hou Rui*, Wang Yi, Zhou Lihua, Yuan Yong* 2022. Surfactant-sodium dodecyl sulfate enhanced degradation of polystyrene microplastics with an energy-saving electrochemical advanced oxidation process (EAOP) strategy. Water Research, 226: 119277.
10. Hou Rui, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Xu Xiangrong*, Xu Y, Jin X, Yuan Y, Wang Z 2021. Occurrence, bioaccumulation, fate, and risk assessment of novel brominated flame retardants (NBFRs) in aquatic environments — A critical review. Water Research, 198: 117168.
11. Hou Rui1, Luo Cheng1, Zhou Shaofeng, Wang Yi, Yuan Yong*, Zhou Shungui 2020. Anode potential-dependent protection of electroactive biofilms against metal ion shock via regulating extracellular polymeric substances. Water Research, 178: 115845.
12. Zhang Siqi, Hou Rui*, Sun Chuansheng, Huang Qianyi, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Cheng Yuanyue, Xu Xiangrong* 2024. Metabolic activity of gut microbial enrichment cultures from different marine species and their transformation abilities to plastic additives. Environment International, 109: 108882.
13. Huang Qianyi, Hou Rui*, Xu Ru, Lin , Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Qian Peiyuan, Cheng Yuanyue, Xu Xiangrong* 2024. Organophosphate flame retardants and their metabolites in the Pearl River Estuary: Occurrence, influencing factors, and ecological risk control strategies based on a mass balance model. Environment International, 184: 108478.
14. Wang Yuchen1, Huang Qianyi1, Zhang Siqi, Liu Shan, Li Hengxiang, Wang Xiaodong*, Wang Yan*, Hou Rui*, Xu Xiangrong 2025. In Vitro metabolism of six representative organic UV stabilizers (OUVs) in marine fish liver microsomes: Kinetics, mechanisms and bioaccumulation evaluation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 492: 138211.
15. Sun Chuansheng, Yuan Shengwu, Hou Rui*, Zhang Siqi, Huang Qianyi, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Liu Shan, Cheng Yuanyue, Li Zhihua*, Xu Xiangrong 2024. First insights into the bioaccumulation, biotransformation and trophic transfer of typical tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) analogues along a simulated aquatic food chain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 465: 133390.
16. Zhang Siqi, Hou Rui*, Wang Yuchen, Huang Qianyi, Lin Lang, Li Hengxiang, Shan Liu, Jiang Zhijian, Huang Xiaoping, Xu Xiangrong* 2024. Xenobiotic metabolism activity of gut microbiota from six marine species: combined taxonomic, metagenomic, and in vitro transformation analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480: 136152.
17. Chen Xiaoxiao1, Huang Qianyi1, Hou Rui*, Liu Shan, Chen Tiantian*, Xu Xiangrong 2025. Benzotriazole (BT) and benzothiazole (BTH) derivatives as emerging marine pollutants in the Pearl River Estuary: Spatiotemporal distribution, environmental fates, and ecological risks, Environmental Pollution, 383: 126840.
18. Sun Chuansheng, Hou Rui*, Huang Qianyi, Li Zhihua, Xu Xiangrong 2024. Food Web Bioaccumulation Model for Ecological Risk Assessment of Emerging Organic Pollutants in Marine Ecosystems: Principles, Advances and Challenges. Environmental Pollution, 363(2): 125292.
19. Hou Rui, Luo Xiaoshan, Liu Chuangchuang, Zhou Lihua, Wen Junlin, Yuan Yong* 2019. Enhanced degradation of triphenyl phosphate (TPHP) in bioelectrochemical systems: Kinetics, pathway and degradation mechanisms. Environmental Pollution, 254: 113040.
20. Hou Rui, Xu Yiping*, Rao, Kaifeng, Feng Chenglian, Wang Zijian 2020. Tissue-specific bioaccumulation, metabolism and excretion of tris (2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (TEHP) in rare minnow (Gobiocyprisrarus). Environmental Pollution, 261: 114245.
21. Hou Rui, Liu Chao, Gao Xiaozhong, Xu Yiping*, Zha Jinmiao, Wang Zijian 2017. Accumulation and distribution of organophosphate flame retardants (PFRs) and their di-alkyl phosphates (DAPs) metabolites in different freshwater fish from locations around Beijing, China. Environmental Pollution, 229: 548-556.
22. Hou Rui, Gan Lin, Guan Fengyi, Wang Yi, Li Jibing, Zhou Lihua, Yuan Yong* 2021. Bioelectrochemically enhanced degradation of bisphenol S: Mechanistic insights from stable isotope-assisted investigations. iScience, 24(1): 102014.