Boran Wu

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Boran Wu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Boran Wu has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Water Science and Technology, 27 papers in Pollution and 24 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Boran Wu's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers), Coagulation and Flocculation Studies (15 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (12 papers). Boran Wu is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers), Coagulation and Flocculation Studies (15 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (12 papers). Boran Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Boran Wu's co-authors include Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaohu Dai, Xiaoli Chai, Timothy J. Strathmann, Lianghu Su, Kun Zhou, Christopher P. Higgins, Shilai Hao and Youn Jeong Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Boran Wu

66 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations

2020 486 citations Boran Wu, Xiaohu Dai et al. Water Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Boran Wu	1.1k	828	618	403	383	70	2.4k
Christian Adam	931 0.9×	1.8k 2.1×	527 0.9×	353 0.9×	303 0.8×	98	3.1k
Yingjie Sun	600 0.6×	780 0.9×	736 1.2×	413 1.0×	218 0.6×	92	2.4k
Yonghai Jiang	1.5k 1.4×	495 0.6×	751 1.2×	794 2.0×	449 1.2×	90	3.3k
Ajit P. Annachhatre	706 0.7×	484 0.6×	1.0k 1.7×	541 1.3×	497 1.3×	75	2.7k
Naser Mehrdadi	1.2k 1.1×	557 0.7×	853 1.4×	291 0.7×	136 0.4×	174	2.6k
Jianmin Wang	839 0.8×	453 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	544 1.3×	464 1.2×	85	2.8k
Steven K. Dentel	1.1k 1.0×	625 0.8×	357 0.6×	248 0.6×	229 0.6×	78	2.0k
Kaijun Wang	854 0.8×	568 0.7×	827 1.3×	633 1.6×	186 0.5×	90	2.6k
Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio	774 0.7×	475 0.6×	470 0.8×	438 1.1×	260 0.7×	112	2.9k
Wenbo Yu	2.0k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	740 1.2×	1.0k 2.5×	172 0.4×	97	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boran Wu

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Zhang, Huan, Timothy J. Strathmann, Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai, & Boran Wu. (2025). Low-temperature, ambient-pressure and rapid mineralization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by molten alkali. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139269–139269.

Li, Dong, et al.. (2025). Facilitating anaerobic digestion of kitchen waste through diatomite-mediated spatial ecological niches construction. Waste Management. 201. 114792–114792. 1 indexed citations

Chai, Xiaoli, et al.. (2025). Destabilization of colloidal particles induced by in-situ calcium carbonate crystallization with implications on highly-efficient removal of insoluble matter from anaerobic digestate liquor. Separation and Purification Technology. 370. 133251–133251. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Qing‐Long, et al.. (2025). A molecular transformation study on the humus soil biomaterial promoting effects on the humification process in an anaerobic digestate composting system. Bioresource Technology. 430. 132552–132552. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Pengcheng, Boran Wu, Bin Lü, & Xiaoli Chai. (2025). Metal-organic framework material-derived Fe-Si micro-nuclei drive a robust anammox process via multiple pathways: “Shelter” provision, “barrier” reinforcement, and biological “inducer” modulation. Water Research. 284. 123906–123906. 1 indexed citations

Hua, Yu, et al.. (2025). Impediments to bioaccessibility in the anaerobic digestion of waste activated Sludge: An in-depth review of challenges and influencing factors. 1(2). 100026–100026. 8 indexed citations

Lü, Bin, Boran Wu, Jin Chen, et al.. (2025). Enhanced selective recovery of powder carrier-supported biofilms for enrichment of denitrifying functional bacteria. Water Research X. 28. 100349–100349.

Fu, Qing‐Long, et al.. (2025). Molecular Humification Mechanisms of Dissolved Organic Matter during Maize Straw Composting Enhanced by Humus Soil Biomaterial: Paired-Molecule Mass Difference Reactomics Analysis Based on FT-ICR MS. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(34). 21504–21515. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Weicong, Xueqi Zhang, Jiawei Xie, et al.. (2024). Microalgae realizes self N-doped biochar for heavy metal polluted sediment remediation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 479. 135746–135746. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, Ming Xie, Jinzhong Yang, et al.. (2024). Waste to resource: Developing red mud as low-cost catalysts to enhance catalytic co-pyrolysis of tobacco waste and low-density polyethylene. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 130938–130938. 4 indexed citations

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Huang, Tao, Dong Li, Bo Chen, Boran Wu, & Xiaoli Chai. (2024). Utilization strategy for algal bloom waste through co-digestion with kitchen waste: Comprehensive kinetic and metagenomic analysis. Environmental Research. 255. 119194–119194. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Tingting, Longqian Xu, Wenxuan Li, et al.. (2024). Dissolved organic carbon spurs bacterial-algal competition and phosphorus-paucity adaptation: Boosting Microcystis' phosphorus uptake capacity. Water Research. 255. 121465–121465. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xueqi, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Remediation of Soil and Water Utilizing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Review. Microorganisms. 12(7). 1255–1255. 10 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, et al.. (2024). Influential mechanism of water occurrence states of waste-activated sludge: Specifically focusing on the pore characteristics dominated by cation-organic interactions. Water Research. 266. 122386–122386. 1 indexed citations

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Hua, Yu, et al.. (2024). Non-additive effect: Variation in the effects of the interaction between primitive components in anaerobic digestion. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 204. 107507–107507. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Chunjiang, Kun Zhou, Wei Ye, et al.. (2023). Intelligent upgrade of waste-activated sludge dewatering process based on artificial neural network model: Core influential factor identification and non-experimental prediction of sludge dewatering performance. Journal of Environmental Management. 346. 118968–118968. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, et al.. (2023). Crystallization-driven evolution of water occurrence states with implications on dewaterability improvement of waste-activated sludge. Water Research. 244. 120496–120496. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, et al.. (2023). A quantitative theory integrating solid surface hydrophilicity and pore structure features for non-phase-change drying of sewage sludge through gradient increase of ultrahigh filtration pressure. Water Research. 247. 120765–120765. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Kun, et al.. (2023). Dam construction reshapes heavy metal pollution in soil/sediment in the three gorges reservoir, China, from 2008 to 2020. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, et al.. (2022). Influential mechanism of water occurrence states of waste-activated sludge: Potential linkage between water-holding capacity and molecular compositions of EPS. Water Research. 213. 118169–118169. 63 indexed citations

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