Catherine Hui Niu

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

About

Catherine Hui Niu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Hui Niu 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 Biomedical Engineering, 22 papers in Water Science and Technology and 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Catherine Hui Niu's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (19 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (11 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (10 papers). Catherine Hui Niu is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (19 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (11 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (10 papers). Catherine Hui Niu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Catherine Hui Niu's co-authors include Bei Yan, Alivia Mukherjee, Ajay K. Dalai, Jude A. Okolie, Liang‐Yin Chu, Rui Xie, Xiao‐Jie Ju, Jafar Soltan, Jian Wang and Ajay K. Dalai and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Advanced Functional Materials and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Hui Niu

68 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Review of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture technologies using activated carbon

2019 277 citations Alivia Mukherjee, Jude A. Okolie et al. Journal of Environmental Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Hui Niu Canada	26	873	765	570	544	351	70	2.4k
Julio Sánchez Chile	26	559 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	355 0.6×	345 0.6×	472 1.3×	133	2.2k
Ana Lea Cukierman Argentina	28	985 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	679 1.2×	557 1.0×	303 0.9×	93	3.0k
Amit Kumar Sarkar India	23	304 0.3×	729 1.0×	399 0.7×	388 0.7×	421 1.2×	45	1.8k
Homayon Ahmad Panahi Iran	29	664 0.8×	708 0.9×	651 1.1×	219 0.4×	426 1.2×	232	2.7k
Zahra Gholami Iran	25	622 0.7×	804 1.1×	1.0k 1.8×	571 1.0×	541 1.5×	100	2.9k
Sergios K. Papageorgiou Greece	24	657 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	721 1.3×	457 1.3×	57	3.3k
Mingyang Li China	23	611 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	450 0.8×	543 1.0×	407 1.2×	65	2.3k
Mariusz Barczak Poland	27	528 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 2.0×	372 0.7×	392 1.1×	91	2.9k
Shuo Lin China	29	443 0.5×	820 1.1×	582 1.0×	859 1.6×	285 0.8×	67	2.5k
Madhu Agarwal India	29	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	687 1.2×	1.0k 1.9×	331 0.9×	142	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Catherine Hui Niu

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Wang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Competitive adsorption and molecular interaction study of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim on biomass-based activated carbon. Chemosphere. 385. 144591–144591.

JianFeng, Guo, et al.. (2025). Extracts of tomatoes and potatoes as biopesticides: a review. Discover Agriculture. 3(1). 60–60.

Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2024). Adsorption of sulfamethoxazole on a biochar developed from reed canary grass: characteristics of adsorption equilibrium and energetical analysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 15(3). 3471–3483. 7 indexed citations

Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2024). Investigation of mechanisms of sulfamethoxazole adsorption on novel adsorbents developed from reed canary grass. Chemical Engineering Communications. 212(1). 75–93. 4 indexed citations

Azargohar, Ramin, et al.. (2021). Adsorption of carbamazepine from water by hydrothermally and steam activated agricultural by-products: equilibrium, site energy, and thermodynamic studies. Chemical Engineering Communications. 209(6). 852–867. 16 indexed citations

Azargohar, Ramin, et al.. (2021). Effective adsorption of carbamazepine from water by adsorbents developed from flax shives and oat hulls: Key factors and characterization. Industrial Crops and Products. 170. 113721–113721. 26 indexed citations

Guo, Jianfeng, et al.. (2021). Efficient synthesis strategy of folate-modified carboxymethyl chitosan/CaCO₃ hybrid nanospheres and their drug-carrying and sustained release properties. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 32(6). 799–812. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Qian, Catherine Hui Niu, & Ajay K. Dalai. (2019). Dynamic Study of Butanol and Water Adsorption onto Oat Hull: Experimental and Simulated Breakthrough Curves. Energy & Fuels. 33(10). 9835–9842. 4 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Alivia, Jude A. Okolie, Amira Abdelrasoul, Catherine Hui Niu, & Ajay K. Dalai. (2019). Review of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture technologies using activated carbon. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 83. 46–63. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mahaninia, Mohammad H., et al.. (2018). Drying of nonpolar gas in a pressure swing adsorption process using canola meal biosorbents. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 13(5). 5 indexed citations

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Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2018). Selective adsorption of water from aqueous butanol solution using canola-meal-based biosorbents. Chemical Engineering Communications. 205(5). 637–646. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Bei & Catherine Hui Niu. (2018). Adsorption behavior of norfloxacin and site energy distribution based on the Dubinin-Astakhov isotherm. The Science of The Total Environment. 631-632. 1525–1533. 49 indexed citations

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Ghanbari, Saeed, Venkatesh Meda, & Catherine Hui Niu. (2018). Conceptual design and feasibility study of a multi-feed integrated biomass conversion system.. 6(2). 1–24. 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2018). Agricultural byproducts-based biosorbents for purification of bioalcohols: a review. Bioresources and Bioprocessing. 5(1). 15 indexed citations

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Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2017). Selective Water Removal by Sorption from Butanol–Water Vapor Mixtures: Analyses of Key Operating Parameters and Site Energy Distribution. Energy & Fuels. 31(5). 5193–5202. 12 indexed citations

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Niu, Catherine Hui, et al.. (2017). Correction to Selective Water Removal by Sorption from Butanol–Water Vapor Mixtures: Analyses of Key Operating Parameters and Site Energy Distribution. Energy & Fuels. 31(11). 13010–13010. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Bei, Catherine Hui Niu, & Jian Wang. (2017). Analyses of Levofloxacin Adsorption on Pretreated Barley Straw with Respect to Temperature: Kinetics, π–π Electron-Donor–Acceptor Interaction and Site Energy Distribution. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(14). 8048–8056. 80 indexed citations

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Yan, Bei, Catherine Hui Niu, & Renfei Feng. (2017). Site Energy Distribution and X-ray Analyses of Nickel Loaded on Heterogeneous Adsorbents. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 56(29). 8283–8291. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Bei, Catherine Hui Niu, & Jian Wang. (2017). Kinetics, electron-donor-acceptor interactions, and site energy distribution analyses of norfloxacin adsorption on pretreated barley straw. Chemical Engineering Journal. 330. 1211–1221. 100 indexed citations

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Liu, Li, Fang Wu, Xiao‐Jie Ju, et al.. (2013). Preparation of monodisperse calcium alginate microcapsules via internal gelation in microfluidic-generated double emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 404. 85–90. 108 indexed citations

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