Hongwei Luo

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
77 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Luo is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Luo has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Water Science and Technology, 32 papers in Pollution and 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Luo's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers). Hongwei Luo is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (21 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (18 papers). Hongwei Luo collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Japan. Hongwei Luo's co-authors include Xiangliang Pan, Dongqin He, Yifeng Zeng, Ying Cheng, Juan Xu, Yahui Xiang, Yaoyao Zhao, Yu Li, Han‐Qing Yu and Guo‐Ping Sheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Hongwei Luo

75 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental behaviors of microplastics in aquatic syste... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2021 2019 2020 2019 100 200 300 400
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. Environmental behaviors of microplastics in aquatic systems: A systematic review on degradation, adsorption, toxicity and biofilm under aging conditions
    2021 458 citations Hongwei Luo, Chenyang Liu et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
  2. Recent advances in municipal landfill leachate: A review focusing on its characteristics, treatment, and toxicity assessment
    2019 414 citations Hongwei Luo, Yifeng Zeng et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  3. Application of iron-based materials in heterogeneous advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment: A review
    2020 337 citations Hongwei Luo, Yifeng Zeng et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
  4. Review of leaching behavior of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ash
    2019 332 citations Hongwei Luo, Ying Cheng et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongwei Luo China 37 2.8k 2.1k 1.7k 975 839 77 5.7k
Biplob Kumar Pramanik Australia 46 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.7× 622 0.7× 161 6.1k
Ling Zhao China 51 2.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 3.2k 1.9× 2.2k 2.2× 653 0.8× 147 8.8k
Qiang He China 55 4.5k 1.6× 2.6k 1.3× 2.3k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 950 1.1× 271 9.0k
Zhengtao Shen China 37 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 608 0.7× 77 6.0k
Xiao Yang China 43 1.9k 0.7× 854 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 606 0.7× 114 5.7k
Jing Sun China 41 4.3k 1.5× 2.7k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 589 0.7× 107 6.7k
Dongqin He China 29 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 787 0.8× 500 0.6× 54 4.2k
Keke Xiao China 48 1.9k 0.7× 2.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 464 0.6× 149 7.1k
Hao Qiu China 41 2.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 832 1.0× 151 5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Luo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luo, Hongwei, Zhen Li, Shizhe Xu, et al.. (2025). Leaching behavior and toxic effect of plastic additives as influenced by aging process of microplastics. 1. 100007–100007.
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Zeng, Yifeng, Dongqin He, Jianqiang Sun, et al.. (2024). Non-radical oxidation driven by iron-based materials without energy assistance in wastewater treatment. Water Research. 264. 122255–122255. 23 indexed citations
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Zeng, Ganning, et al.. (2024). Phthalocyanine blue leaching and exposure effects on Microcystis aeruginosa (cyanobacteria) of photoaged microplastics. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133984–133984. 9 indexed citations
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He, Dongqin, et al.. (2024). Emerging organic contaminants in sewage sludge: Current status, technological challenges and regulatory perspectives. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 177234–177234. 15 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yifeng, Hongwei Luo, Dongqin He, et al.. (2024). Influence mechanism of anions on iron doping into swine bone char: Promoting non-radical oxidation of acetaminophen in a Fenton-like system. The Science of The Total Environment. 920. 170982–170982. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Meimei, et al.. (2023). Selective pollutant degradation with a novel persulfate activation cell resistant to environmental interference. Chemical Engineering Journal. 470. 144191–144191. 7 indexed citations
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He, Dongqin, et al.. (2023). Unraveling synergistic mechanisms of polyacrylamide coagulation and Fe2+/CaO2 Fenton-like oxidation to enhance sludge dewatering. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147576–147576. 20 indexed citations
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Zeng, Ganning, Mingming Du, Tiansheng Chen, et al.. (2023). Deep convolutional neural networks for aged microplastics identification by Fourier transform infrared spectra classification. The Science of The Total Environment. 913. 169623–169623. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Ji, et al.. (2023). Natural iron minerals in an electrocatalytic oxidation system and in situ pollutant removal in groundwater: Applications, mechanisms, and challenges. The Science of The Total Environment. 871. 161826–161826. 21 indexed citations
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Tian, Yajun, Jianyu Zhu, Hongwei Luo, et al.. (2023). Photoaging processes of polyvinyl chloride microplastics enhance the adsorption of tetracycline and facilitate the formation of antibiotic resistance. Chemosphere. 320. 137820–137820. 36 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, et al.. (2022). Protein-coated microplastics corona complex: An underestimated risk of microplastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 851(Pt 1). 157948–157948. 50 indexed citations
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Zeng, Ganning, Yuan Ma, Mingming Du, et al.. (2021). Sargassum horneri‐based carbon‐doped TiO2 and its aquatic naphthalene photodegradation under sunlight irradiation. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 97(5). 1267–1274. 6 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, Chenyang Liu, Dongqin He, et al.. (2021). Environmental behaviors of microplastics in aquatic systems: A systematic review on degradation, adsorption, toxicity and biofilm under aging conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423(Pt A). 126915–126915. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Dongqin, et al.. (2021). Enhanced dewatering of activated sludge by acid assisted Heat–CaO2 treatment: Simultaneously removing heavy metals and mitigating antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 418. 126248–126248. 41 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, Yaoyao Zhao, Yu Li, et al.. (2020). Aging of microplastics affects their surface properties, thermal decomposition, additives leaching and interactions in simulated fluids. The Science of The Total Environment. 714. 136862–136862. 282 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, Yahui Xiang, Yu Li, Yaoyao Zhao, & Xiangliang Pan. (2020). Photocatalytic aging process of Nano-TiO2 coated polypropylene microplastics: Combining atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) for nanoscale chemical characterization. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 404(Pt B). 124159–124159. 66 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, Ying Cheng, Yifeng Zeng, Kai Luo, & Xiangliang Pan. (2020). Enhanced decomposition of H2O2 by molybdenum disulfide in a Fenton-like process for abatement of organic micropollutants. The Science of The Total Environment. 732. 139335–139335. 69 indexed citations
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He, Dongqin, Ying Cheng, Yifeng Zeng, et al.. (2019). Synergistic activation of peroxymonosulfate and persulfate by ferrous ion and molybdenum disulfide for pollutant degradation: Theoretical and experimental studies. Chemosphere. 240. 124979–124979. 92 indexed citations
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Luo, Hongwei, Xiangping Yin, Aaron M. Jubb, et al.. (2016). Photochemical reactions between mercury (Hg) and dissolved organic matter decrease Hg bioavailability and methylation. Environmental Pollution. 220(Pt B). 1359–1365. 56 indexed citations
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Xu, Juan, Guo‐Ping Sheng, Hongwei Luo, et al.. (2012). Fouling of proton exchange membrane (PEM) deteriorates the performance of microbial fuel cell. Water Research. 46(6). 1817–1824. 248 indexed citations

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