Baowei Zhao

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Baowei Zhao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Baowei Zhao has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Water Science and Technology, 22 papers in Pollution and 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Baowei Zhao's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (14 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (8 papers). Baowei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (14 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (8 papers). Baowei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Sudan and Pakistan. Baowei Zhao's co-authors include Obemah David Nartey, Xiyan Lu, Fengfeng Ma, Li Zhu, Xin Zhang, Yue Zhao, Hui Liu, LI Liu-jun, Baoliang Chen and Wei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Baowei Zhao

86 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Effects of pyrolysis temperature on biochar’s characteristics and speciation and environmental risks of heavy metals in sewage sludge biochars

2022 151 citations Xin Zhang, Baowei Zhao et al. Environmental Technology & Innovation profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Baowei Zhao China	24	714	474	447	372	292	94	2.2k
Hui Yu China	25	721 1.0×	419 0.9×	153 0.3×	372 1.0×	357 1.2×	70	2.1k
Wei Xing China	22	921 1.3×	617 1.3×	199 0.4×	386 1.0×	426 1.5×	53	2.1k
Zhengkui Li China	27	592 0.8×	804 1.7×	269 0.6×	324 0.9×	306 1.0×	77	2.3k
Andreia Neves Fernandes Brazil	20	667 0.9×	625 1.3×	242 0.5×	198 0.5×	399 1.4×	52	1.7k
Xinying Zhang China	29	1.0k 1.4×	281 0.6×	163 0.4×	448 1.2×	192 0.7×	140	2.5k
Jibiao Zhang China	29	693 1.0×	599 1.3×	224 0.5×	274 0.7×	806 2.8×	95	2.5k
Chenggang Gu China	29	1.2k 1.7×	528 1.1×	230 0.5×	414 1.1×	270 0.9×	90	2.9k
Jiangang Han China	29	672 0.9×	784 1.7×	147 0.3×	337 0.9×	235 0.8×	121	2.3k
Tianwei Qian China	21	604 0.8×	545 1.1×	235 0.5×	918 2.5×	208 0.7×	62	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Baowei Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Baowei Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Baowei Zhao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Baowei Zhao. Baowei Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Guo, Qi, Baowei Zhao, Yin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Iron-doped Carex meyeriana Kunth biochars activate peracetic acid for efficient degradation of acid orange 7 dye in water: Key role of non-radical pathways. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 74. 107835–107835.

Zhang, Xue, Xiangpeng Gao, Baowei Zhao, & Nan Wu. (2025). Enhanced mechanism of a TiO ₂ /g-C ₃ N ₄ photoanode in photoelectrocatalytic synergistic persulfate activation for antibiotic degradation. RSC Advances. 15(57). 48969–48977.

Zhao, Baowei, et al.. (2025). Adsorption of copper(II) in biochar-humic acid–water system. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 24948–24948.

Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2024). Sources, interactions, influencing factors and ecological risks of microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes in soil: A review. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 175226–175226. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Xue, et al.. (2024). Enhanced effect of sonochemistry on the degradation of trace antibiotics in water by N-β-rGO/PMS adsorption-catalytic oxidation system. 194. 207003–207003. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Baowei, et al.. (2024). Competitive Adsorption of Cd(II) and Zn(II) on Biochar, Loess, and Biochar-loess Mixture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 23(1). 265–273. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jian, et al.. (2024). Effects of microplastics and cadmium co-contamination on soil properties, maize (Zea mays L.) growth characteristics, and cadmium accumulation in maize in loessial soil-maize systems. Environmental Pollution. 356. 124363–124363. 16 indexed citations

Ma, Fengfeng, et al.. (2023). Enhanced adsorption of cadmium from aqueous solution by amino modification biochar and its adsorption mechanism insight. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(3). 109747–109747. 66 indexed citations

Zhang, Linlin, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Washing Removal of Copperand Phenanthrene from Contaminated Soilwith Sodium N-Lauroyl EthylenediamineTriacetate. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 32(3). 2539–2550. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Baowei Zhao, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Linkage between spruce forest decline and cloud cover increase in the Qilian Mountains of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Trees. 37(4). 1097–1106. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xin, Baowei Zhao, Hui Liu, Yue Zhao, & LI Liu-jun. (2022). Effects of pyrolysis temperature on biochar’s characteristics and speciation and environmental risks of heavy metals in sewage sludge biochars. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 26. 102288–102288. 151 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ejaz, Mukkaram, Baowei Zhao, Xiukang Wang, et al.. (2021). Isolation and Characterization of Oil-Degrading Enterobacter sp. from Naturally Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soils and Their Potential Use against the Bioremediation of Crude Oil. Applied Sciences. 11(8). 3504–3504. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Songlin, et al.. (2021). Soil contamination and plant accumulation characteristics of toxic metals and metalloid in farmland soil–food crop system in Qilihe, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(36). 50063–50073. 6 indexed citations

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Haider, Fasih Ullah, Mukkaram Ejaz, Sardar Alam Cheema, et al.. (2021). Phytotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons: Sources, impacts and remediation strategies. Environmental Research. 197. 111031–111031. 122 indexed citations

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Kang, Haixiao, Xiaoliang Zhang, Lingxiao Li, et al.. (2019). Polydopamine and poly(dimethylsiloxane) modified superhydrophobic fiberglass membranes for efficient water-in-oil emulsions separation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 559. 178–185. 38 indexed citations

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Kang, Haixiao, Baowei Zhao, Lingxiao Li, & Junping Zhang. (2019). Durable superhydrophobic glass wool@polydopamine@PDMS for highly efficient oil/water separation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 544. 257–265. 53 indexed citations

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Deng, Guanghui, Baowei Zhao, Yingli Ma, et al.. (2013). Novel complex crystal structure of prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2 (PHD2): 2,8-Diazaspiro[4.5]decan-1-ones as potent, orally bioavailable PHD2 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(21). 6349–6358. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baowei, Xuesong Xu, Guanghui Deng, et al.. (2012). Indole-propionic acid derivatives as potent, S1P3-sparing and EAE efficacious sphingosine-1-phosphate 1 (S1P1) receptor agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(8). 2794–2797. 14 indexed citations

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Ren, Yueying, Baowei Zhao, Qing Chang, & Xiaojun Yao. (2011). QSPR modeling of nonionic surfactant cloud points: An update. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 358(1). 202–207. 14 indexed citations

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Zhao, Baowei, Li Zhu, Wei Li, & Baoliang Chen. (2004). Solubilization and biodegradation of phenanthrene in mixed anionic–nonionic surfactant solutions. Chemosphere. 58(1). 33–40. 116 indexed citations

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