Hua Zhang

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
455 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Hua Zhang is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Zhang has authored 455 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 95 papers in Pollution and 86 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Hua Zhang's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (53 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (52 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (36 papers). Hua Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (53 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (52 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (36 papers). Hua Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Hua Zhang's co-authors include Pinjing He, Liming Shao, Fan Lü, Zhiliang Zhu, Yanling Qiu, Shao Li-ming, Liyao Chen, H. M. Selim, Wei Peng and Hongtao Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hua Zhang

437 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: A source of microplastics? -Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate

2019 628 citations Pinjing He, Liming Shao et al. Water Research profile →
How does temperature regulate anaerobic digestion?

2021 183 citations Pinjing He, Hua Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hua Zhang China	58	3.3k	3.0k	2.1k	1.9k	1.8k	455	11.8k
Sunil Kumar India	67	5.3k 1.6×	3.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	2.2k 1.2×	387	15.4k
Eldon R. Rene Netherlands	60	2.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	395	13.2k
Youcai Zhao China	51	3.8k 1.2×	3.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	305	10.3k
Manish Kumar India	57	2.3k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	746 0.4×	158	10.6k
Soon Woong Chang South Korea	68	2.7k 0.8×	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.7×	3.9k 2.0×	2.2k 1.3×	380	15.5k
Guanghao Chen Hong Kong	63	3.2k 1.0×	6.8k 2.3×	3.8k 1.8×	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	472	14.7k
Guangming Zhang China	63	2.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	429	14.5k
Fan Lü China	59	3.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	3.8k 2.2×	347	11.8k
Jo Dewulf Belgium	62	3.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	303	14.2k
Hesam Kamyab Malaysia	62	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	832 0.5×	308	12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hua Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hua Zhang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Zhang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

He, Pinjing, et al.. (2025). Environmental impacts of sewage sludge incineration ash: Leaching characterization and scenario-based assessment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 117056–117056. 1 indexed citations

He, Pinjing, et al.. (2025). Nondestructive optical and spectroscopic techniques combined with machine learning for identifying solid waste: A review. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 186. 118195–118195.

Lü, Fan, et al.. (2024). Wet oxidation technology can significantly reduce both microplastics and nanoplastics. Water Research. 263. 122177–122177. 8 indexed citations

He, Pinjing, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the non-linear effects of water and oil on hyperspectral imaging-based characterization of solid waste by hyperspectral unmixing. Waste Management. 190. 251–260. 2 indexed citations

He, Pinjing, Fan Lü, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2024). Certified Compostable Products and Sustainable Food Waste Management via Laboratory-Level Simulation Anaerobic Digestion and Postdigestion Composting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(10). 4146–4155. 4 indexed citations

Jiang, Minhua, et al.. (2024). Sustainable synthesis of hierarchical nitrogen-doped porous carbons from polyolefin waste for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage. 106. 114847–114847. 6 indexed citations

He, Pinjing, et al.. (2024). Short-chain carboxylate continuous production from food waste with in situ extraction: Novel design to reduce chemical input for pH control and alleviate membrane fouling. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112554–112554. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhifang, et al.. (2023). Does the reform of China's mineral royalty policies exert economic pressure on mining companies?. The Extractive Industries and Society. 15. 101325–101325. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yujing, Hua Zhang, Xiangyu Xu, et al.. (2023). Flare exhaust: An underestimated pollution source in municipal solid waste landfills. Chemosphere. 325. 138327–138327. 6 indexed citations

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Lü, Fan, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions of municipal solid waste in Shanghai over the past 30 years: Dependent on the dynamic waste characteristics and treatment technologies. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 201. 107321–107321. 12 indexed citations

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Lü, Fan, et al.. (2023). Life cycle assessment of waste management in rural areas in the transition period from mixed collection to source-separation. Waste Management. 158. 57–65. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Yujing, et al.. (2023). Food waste anaerobic digestion plants: Underestimated air pollutants and control strategy. The Science of The Total Environment. 903. 166143–166143. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Chengsong, Fukang Li, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms of interfacial reactions between 316L stainless steel and MnO–SiO2 oxide during isothermal heating. Journal of Iron and Steel Research International. 30(8). 1511–1523. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feifei, Shu‐zhong Shen, Ying Cui, et al.. (2020). Two distinct episodes of marine anoxia during the Permian-Triassic crisis evidenced by uranium isotopes in marine dolostones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 287. 165–179. 63 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiaolin, Zhiliang Zhu, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2020). Carbonaceous composite materials from calcination of azo dye-adsorbed layered double hydroxide with enhanced photocatalytic efficiency for removal of Ibuprofen in water. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jining, Fan Lü, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2015). Multiscale visualization of the structural and characteristic changes of sewage sludge biochar oriented towards potential agronomic and environmental implication. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9406–9406. 198 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua. (2008). Displacement Estimation for RC Beams at Different Seismic Damage States. Jiegou Gongchengshi. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua, et al.. (2008). Geotechnical Characterization of Dewatered Sewage Sludge for Landfilling. Journal of Tongji University. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua. (2007). Problems in Exploitation and Utilization of Mineral Resources in China and Countermeasures. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua. (2004). Comprehensive utilization of the aged refuse in MSW landfill. 6 indexed citations

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