Bo Sun

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Bo Sun is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Bo Sun has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Water Science and Technology, 21 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 16 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Bo Sun's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (38 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (15 papers). Bo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (38 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (15 papers). Bo Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Bo Sun's co-authors include Xiaohong Guan, Hongyu Dong, Jing Zhang, Juanshan Du, Binbin Shao, Yuankui Sun, Jinli Qiao, Jingyun Fang, Paul G. Tratnyek and Xiaoguang Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Bo Sun

59 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Role of Ferrate(IV) and Ferrate(V) in Activating Ferrate(... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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.

  1. Role of Ferrate(IV) and Ferrate(V) in Activating Ferrate(VI) by Calcium Sulfite for Enhanced Oxidation of Organic Contaminants
    2018 329 citations Binbin Shao, Hongyu Dong et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bo Sun China 26 1.9k 904 783 690 578 60 2.9k
Lingjun Bu China 33 2.0k 1.1× 497 0.5× 1.0k 1.3× 907 1.3× 344 0.6× 97 2.9k
Chengchun Jiang China 23 2.0k 1.1× 869 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 466 0.7× 253 0.4× 45 2.6k
Congwei Luo China 27 2.7k 1.4× 833 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 691 1.0× 228 0.4× 55 3.4k
Shuguang Lyu China 34 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 810 1.0× 386 0.6× 381 0.7× 106 2.8k
Xiaogang Gu China 33 2.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 367 0.5× 414 0.7× 53 2.9k
Chaoting Guan China 24 2.8k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 1.8k 2.3× 518 0.8× 318 0.6× 45 3.3k
Juanshan Du China 25 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 1.8k 2.3× 390 0.6× 500 0.9× 52 3.7k
Seok‐Young Oh South Korea 29 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 464 0.6× 438 0.6× 431 0.7× 83 3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bo Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bo Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bo Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bo Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bo Sun 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 Bo Sun. Bo Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sun, Bo, Yuxin Liang, Chii Shang, & Ran Yin. (2024). Chloride-mediated transformation of sulfate radicals to hydroxyl radicals for enhanced contaminant degradation in high-temperature wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155599–155599. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiaojin, Huimin Xie, Zhen Hu, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the role of ·OH for BPA removal in coastal sediments: The important mediation of low reactivity Fe(II). Chemosphere. 353. 141575–141575. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Guang, et al.. (2024). Deep insight into the effect of bicarbonate on pollutant abatement in the UV/chlorine process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148624–148624. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiaojin, Huimin Xie, Bo Sun, et al.. (2024). Enhancing emerging pollutant removal mediated by root iron plaques: Integrated abiotic and biotic effects. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 485. 136900–136900. 4 indexed citations
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Ruan, Weidong, Chengcheng Zhou, Hong‐Yu Yang, et al.. (2024). A Review on the Recent Process of Lazy Wave Risers. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(11). 2000–2000. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Bo, et al.. (2023). Could manganate be an alternative of permanganate for micropollutant abatement?. Chemosphere. 321. 138094–138094. 2 indexed citations
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Rao, Dandan, et al.. (2023). The altered treatment efficiency of the bisulfite/permanganate process by chloride. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 459. 132173–132173. 6 indexed citations
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Lu, Jiaxing, Zizhang Guo, Mengting Li, et al.. (2023). The increased oxygen vacancy by morphology regulation of MnO2 for efficient removal of PAHs in aqueous solution. Chemosphere. 318. 137966–137966. 11 indexed citations
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Rao, Dandan, Guoyang Zhang, Bo Sun, et al.. (2022). Inhibitory Effect of Sulfite on the SO4·–-Induced Transformation of Selected Organic Contaminants in Sulfite-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes. ACS ES&T Water. 2(12). 2538–2547. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuchang, Jie Chen, Yuankui Sun, et al.. (2022). Roles of MnO2 Colloids and Mn(III) during the Oxidation of Organic Contaminants by Permanganate. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(2). 997–1005. 42 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, et al.. (2022). Unraveling the Role of Mn(VI) and Mn(V) Species in Contaminant Abatement by Permanganate. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 9(5). 446–451. 45 indexed citations
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Sun, Bo, et al.. (2021). Reducing substances-enhanced degradation of pollutants by permanganate: The role of in situ formed colloidal MnO2. Chemosphere. 276. 130203–130203. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Bo Sun, Jian Wang, et al.. (2020). Trace organic contaminants abatement by permanganate/bisulfite pretreatment coupled with conventional water treatment processes: Lab- and pilot-scale tests. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 401. 123380–123380. 22 indexed citations
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Liu, Weifan, Bo Sun, Jinli Qiao, & Xiaohong Guan. (2019). Influence of Pyrophosphate on the Generation of Soluble Mn(III) from Reactions Involving Mn Oxides and Mn(VII). Environmental Science & Technology. 53(17). 10227–10235. 93 indexed citations
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Chen, Jie, Dandan Rao, Hongyu Dong, et al.. (2019). The role of active manganese species and free radicals in permanganate/bisulfite process. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 388. 121735–121735. 99 indexed citations
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Shao, Binbin, Hongyu Dong, Bo Sun, & Xiaohong Guan. (2018). Role of Ferrate(IV) and Ferrate(V) in Activating Ferrate(VI) by Calcium Sulfite for Enhanced Oxidation of Organic Contaminants. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(2). 894–902. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Bo, et al.. (2017). The Properties, Generation and Environmental Significance of Mn(III). Huaxue jinzhan. 29(9). 1142. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Bo Sun, Yuying Huang, & Xiaohong Guan. (2015). Catalyzing the oxidation of sulfamethoxazole by permanganate using molecular sieves supported ruthenium nanoparticles. Chemosphere. 141. 154–161. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Bo Sun, Xinmei Xiong, et al.. (2014). Removal of emerging pollutants by Ru/TiO2-catalyzed permanganate oxidation. Water Research. 63. 262–270. 59 indexed citations

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