Hongbo Liu

4.9k total citations
186 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Liu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Liu has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Water Science and Technology, 57 papers in Pollution and 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Liu's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (47 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (28 papers). Hongbo Liu is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (47 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (28 papers) and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (28 papers). Hongbo Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Germany. Hongbo Liu's co-authors include Suyun Xu, Éric Lichtfouse, He Liu, Zhongbing Chen, Bo Fu, Wenhong Pu, Changzhu Yang, Ming Wu, Yuchen Zhang and Min-Hua Cui 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

Hongbo Liu

170 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongbo Liu China 32 1.3k 951 788 693 621 186 3.6k
Bestami Özkaya Türkiye 32 1.2k 0.9× 582 0.6× 801 1.0× 1.0k 1.5× 484 0.8× 126 3.5k
Junqiu Jiang China 33 1.2k 0.9× 937 1.0× 617 0.8× 630 0.9× 523 0.8× 99 3.6k
Chunli Wan China 37 1.4k 1.1× 2.2k 2.3× 1.1k 1.3× 588 0.8× 637 1.0× 112 3.9k
Stephan Tait Australia 32 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 639 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 64 3.3k
Mohd Fadhil Md Din Malaysia 35 692 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 1.4k 1.8× 827 1.2× 623 1.0× 121 4.8k
F.J. Fernández Spain 35 916 0.7× 950 1.0× 808 1.0× 729 1.1× 456 0.7× 147 4.0k
Yuyang Long China 33 583 0.4× 845 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 980 1.4× 835 1.3× 212 3.6k
Dianhai Yang China 28 949 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 813 1.0× 493 0.7× 438 0.7× 95 2.7k
Zhenjia Zhang China 34 1.5k 1.1× 783 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 634 0.9× 319 0.5× 110 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongbo Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongbo Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hongbo Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hongbo Liu 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 Hongbo Liu. Hongbo Liu 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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An, Wenhui, et al.. (2025). Effect of salinity on the treatment of low C/N wastewater by air exposed bio-cathode microbial fuel cell. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116361–116361.
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Zhang, Juan, et al.. (2024). Microbial osmotic pressure desalination system for desulfurization wastewater from coal-fired power plants: A pilot study. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105620–105620. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zehui, et al.. (2024). Efficient recovery of phosphate from urine using magnesite modified corn straw biochar and its potential application as fertilizer. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(2). 111925–111925. 22 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiale, Yang Chen, Gang Zhou, Hongliang Ge, & Hongbo Liu. (2024). Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Degradation of Tetracycline Antibiotics. Catalysts. 14(11). 762–762. 12 indexed citations
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Xia, Yu, Hui Mao, Shuixiang Xie, et al.. (2024). Application and mechanistic insights of a washing/microwave/ultrasonic ternary pretreatment for enhancing barite flotation in waste drilling fluids. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20887–20887. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaojie, Lijun Dai, Hongbo Liu, et al.. (2023). An integrated approach for quantifying trace metal sources in surface soils of a typical farmland in the three rivers plain, China. Environmental Pollution. 337. 122614–122614. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Ping, Hongbo Liu, Hongbo Liu, et al.. (2023). Advantages of residual phenol in coal chemical wastewater as a co-metabolic substrate for naphthalene degradation by microbial electrolysis cell. The Science of The Total Environment. 901. 166342–166342. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Wenhui, et al.. (2023). Decomposition of metal-organic complexes and metal recovery in wastewater: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. The Science of The Total Environment. 914. 169582–169582. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Yulin, Xianzhong Zhang, Hongbo Liu, Bruce E. Rittmann, & He‐Ping Zhao. (2023). Novel Sulfate Reduction Coupled to Simultaneous Nitrification and Autotrophic Denitrification Process for Removing Nitrogen and Organics from Saline Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(29). 10733–10744. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Chengyang, Si Pang, Éric Lichtfouse, et al.. (2023). Reduction and precipitation of chromium(VI) using a palladized membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research. 249. 120878–120878. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenhao, Zhiyong Zheng, Min-Hua Cui, et al.. (2020). Valorization of citric acid production wastewater as alternative carbon source for biological nutrients removal: A pilot-scale case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 258. 120576–120576. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongbo, Hongbo Liu, Ling Wang, et al.. (2018). A viable approach for commercial VFAs production from sludge: Liquid fermentation in anaerobic dynamic membrane reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 912–920. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, He, He Liu, Shuo Yang, et al.. (2016). Towards understanding the dewatering mechanism of sewage sludge improved by bioleaching processing. Separation and Purification Technology. 165. 53–59. 44 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongbo, Hongbo Liu, Hang Xiao, et al.. (2015). Enhanced volatile fatty acid production by a modified biological pretreatment in anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge. Chemical Engineering Journal. 284. 194–201. 66 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongbo, et al.. (2014). Aerobic granules cultivated and operated in continuous-flow bioreactor under particle-size selective pressure. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 26(11). 2215–2221. 28 indexed citations
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Gu, Ruobo, et al.. (2014). Fluctuation of Sr/Ca in otoliths of Coilia nasus in the Yangtze River and the validation for the anadromous migratory history. JOURNAL OF FISHERIES OF CHINA. 38(7). 939–945. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiubao, et al.. (2012). Characteristic Analysis of Mineral Elements and Amino Acid Contents in Wild and Farmed Swan Mussels(Anodonta woodiana). Food Science. 33(8). 142–145. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongbo. (2007). Treatment of Domestic Wastewater Using PAC-DMBR. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 indexed citations

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