Chih‐Ming Kao

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Chih‐Ming Kao is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chih‐Ming Kao has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Pollution, 40 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 38 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Chih‐Ming Kao's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (45 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (26 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (24 papers). Chih‐Ming Kao is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (45 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (26 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (24 papers). Chih‐Ming Kao collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Chih‐Ming Kao's co-authors include Chiu‐Wen Chen, Cheng‐Di Dong, T.T. Tsai, Shuhao Liang, Ku‐Fan Chen, Robert C. Borden, Rao Y. Surampalli, Yih‐Terng Sheu, Andy Hong and Ting‐Yu Chen 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

Chih‐Ming Kao

134 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Distribution and accumulation of heavy metals in the sedi... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Distribution and accumulation of heavy metals in the sediments of Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan
    2006 568 citations Chiu‐Wen Chen, Chih‐Ming Kao et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chih‐Ming Kao Taiwan 35 1.7k 1.2k 986 757 530 137 3.8k
Mery Malandrino Italy 34 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 1.1× 878 0.9× 411 0.5× 275 0.5× 116 4.6k
Fasheng Li China 40 2.5k 1.5× 883 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 628 0.8× 318 0.6× 269 5.6k
Tangfu Xiao China 45 2.8k 1.6× 765 0.7× 930 0.9× 682 0.9× 226 0.4× 126 5.3k
Yuanyuan Sun China 37 1.7k 1.0× 917 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 686 0.9× 753 1.4× 130 5.1k
Aijun Lin China 35 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 665 0.7× 605 0.8× 215 0.4× 94 3.6k
Manabu Fujii Japan 43 937 0.5× 1.7k 1.5× 599 0.6× 799 1.1× 531 1.0× 208 5.6k
Jyoti Prakash Maity Taiwan 38 1.1k 0.6× 910 0.8× 794 0.8× 441 0.6× 408 0.8× 103 3.8k
Pan Wu China 36 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.3× 692 0.7× 503 0.7× 328 0.6× 222 4.7k
Liping Weng China 43 2.7k 1.6× 886 0.8× 834 0.8× 393 0.5× 561 1.1× 121 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chih‐Ming Kao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chih‐Ming Kao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chih‐Ming Kao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chih‐Ming Kao. The network helps show where Chih‐Ming Kao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chih‐Ming Kao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Ku‐Fan & Chih‐Ming Kao. (2025). Optimization of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Management through Digital Twin Modeling. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 151(4). 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Ku‐Fan, et al.. (2025). Ferrous-driven microbial synergy enhances reductive dechlorination under sulfide stress. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 501. 140788–140788.
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Yu, Yingliang, et al.. (2025). Adaptive fluoride removal across concentration scales: Potential roles of microbial and acicular gypsum interactions in nitrogen and phosphate cycling. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138628–138628. 2 indexed citations
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Khattak, Zafar A. K., Hussein A. Younus, Nazir Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Tuning CoPi stability in electrochemical water oxidation via surface modification with an organic ligand shell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 76. 141–151. 2 indexed citations
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Kao, Chih‐Ming, et al.. (2024). Analyzing Dehalochip: A functional DNA microarray for reductive dichlorination in chloroethene-contaminated sites. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 1). 125096–125096. 1 indexed citations
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Ezugwu, Chizoba I., Hussein A. Younus, Damien P. Debecker, et al.. (2024). Recent trends in CO2 electroreduction over metal–organic framework-derived materials: a comprehensive review. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(41). 27825–27854. 7 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Nazir, Zafar A. K. Khattak, Rashid Al‐Hajri, et al.. (2023). Highly active macrocyclic nickel(II) complex for hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral aqueous conditions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(87). 33927–33936. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Justin Chun-Te, et al.. (2023). Remediation of diesel-oil contaminated soils using an innovative nanobubble and electrolyzed catalytic system. Journal of Cleaner Production. 432. 139776–139776. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Chao‐Ling, et al.. (2022). Bioremediation potential of cadmium by recombinant Escherichia coli surface expressing metallothionein MTT5 from Tetrahymena thermophila. Chemosphere. 310. 136850–136850. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Chien‐Cheng, et al.. (2022). Application of slow-releasing green denaturing colloidal substrates to contain and bioremediate hexavalent-chromium plume. Journal of Cleaner Production. 365. 132769–132769. 5 indexed citations
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Ju, Yun‐Ru, et al.. (2020). Distribution, sources, and behavior of PAHs in estuarine water systems exemplified by Salt River, Taiwan. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 154. 111029–111029. 77 indexed citations
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Hsu, Duen‐Wei, Da‐Ji Huang, Yuya A. Lin, et al.. (2019). Copper promotes E. coli laccase-mediated TNT biotransformation and alters the toxicity of TNT metabolites toward Tigriopus japonicus. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 173. 452–460. 12 indexed citations
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Tsang, Daniel C.W., et al.. (2017). Source identification and ecological impact evaluation of PAHs in urban river sediments: A case study in Taiwan. Chemosphere. 194. 666–674. 46 indexed citations
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Chien, Chih‐Ching, Chih‐Ming Kao, Deyu Chen, Ssu‐Ching Chen, & Chien‐Cheng Chen. (2014). Biotransformation of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by Pseudomonas spp. isolated from a TNT-contaminated environment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 33(5). 1059–1063. 28 indexed citations
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Lin, Chitsan, Der‐Shyan Sheu, Ta‐Chen Lin, Chih‐Ming Kao, & Domenico Grasso. (2011). Thermophilic Biodegradation of Diesel Oil in Food Waste Composting Processes Without Bioaugmentation. Environmental Engineering Science. 29(2). 117–123. 32 indexed citations
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Tsai, T.T., Chih‐Ming Kao, T. Y. Yeh, Shuhao Liang, & H. Y. Chien. (2008). Remediation of Fuel Oil-Contaminated Soils by a Three-Stage Treatment System. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(3). 651–659. 40 indexed citations
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Kao, Chih‐Ming, et al.. (2008). Efficiency and Ecological Benefits of Purifying Wu-Lo Creek with a Constructed Wetland System. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(1). 97–102. 9 indexed citations

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