Huilun Chen

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
157 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Huilun Chen is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Huilun Chen has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Pollution, 45 papers in Water Science and Technology and 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Huilun Chen's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (31 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers). Huilun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (31 papers), Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (22 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (21 papers). Huilun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and Hong Kong. Huilun Chen's co-authors include Rongfang Yuan, Beihai Zhou, Jun Yao, Fei Wang, Zhongbing Chen, Emilia Bramanti, Zhuqing Feng, Huanhuan Geng, Gyula Záray and C. Ferrari and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Huilun Chen

148 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Application of external carbon source in heterotrophic denitrification of domestic sewage: A review

2022 292 citations Rongrong Hou, Zhuqing Feng et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Huilun Chen	1.8k	1.1k	937	793	719	157	4.8k
Zhigang Yu	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	739 0.8×	746 0.9×	955 1.3×	89	5.1k
Daoyong Zhang	2.1k 1.2×	954 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	672 0.8×	652 0.9×	202	5.6k
Wenyi Dong	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	806 0.9×	863 1.1×	397 0.6×	134	3.9k
Lizhong Zhu	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	691 1.0×	187	6.9k
Xuejun Pan	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	765 1.0×	860 1.2×	223	5.2k
Huijun He	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	555 0.6×	688 0.9×	739 1.0×	96	4.7k
Fei Liu	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	760 0.8×	891 1.1×	544 0.8×	172	4.2k
Rongfang Yuan	1.3k 0.7×	986 0.9×	622 0.7×	520 0.7×	682 0.9×	125	3.6k
Lee Blaney	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	968 1.0×	758 1.0×	832 1.2×	86	4.7k
Weiling Sun	2.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.3×	838 1.1×	1.4k 1.9×	148	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huilun Chen

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Zhang, Han, et al.. (2025). Electrode materials for copper removal from wastewater by bioelectrochemical systems: A review. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116148–116148. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xi, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus removal/recovery from wastewaters using microbial electrolysis cells: Mechanisms, influences, and future directions. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 197. 106946–106946. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yunxia, et al.. (2025). Study on the removal of nitrogen in landfill leachate by partial nitrification-anammox-denitrification. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 206. 108282–108282.

Sun, Jian, Yunlong Dong, Han Zhang, et al.. (2025). Material innovations and defect-driven mechanisms in capacitive deionization for efficient fluoride removal. Desalination. 622. 119738–119738.

Hou, Rongrong, et al.. (2025). Insight into the evolution of microbial communities induced by high ammonium loading in a partial nitrification sequencing batch reactor. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 198. 107182–107182.

Wang, Xi, Han Zhang, Jiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Design of 3-hydroxybenzoic acid-modified Cu₃(BTC)₂ for improved adsorption of Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺ from water: characterization and mechanism. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 79. 108896–108896.

Chen, Huilun, et al.. (2025). VOCs absorption liquid enhanced nitrogen removal in A/O reactor treating low C/N wastewater. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118863–118863.

Gai, Nan, et al.. (2025). Ecological effects of antibiotics on aquatic microbial communities: Structure-function response dynamics and multifactorial drivers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 525. 169822–169822.

Liu, J.C., Nan Gai, Jihong Wang, et al.. (2025). Induced crystallization techniques for fluoride removal from wastewater: Current developments and applications. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 117653–117653. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Zhuqing, Beihai Zhou, Haiqing Li, et al.. (2024). Influence of different stalks on the metallization degree of FeCl3-derived magnetic biochar through pyrolysis behavior and compositional differences. Environmental Research. 259. 119513–119513. 2 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rongfang, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous catalytic ozonation for the removal of antibiotics in water: A review. Environmental Research. 262(Pt 2). 119889–119889. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Qiong, Beihai Zhou, Zhimin Yuan, et al.. (2024). Research status of typical wastewater treatment technology for photovoltaic cell production process. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156523–156523. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Xu, et al.. (2024). Breakdown of PFOA in a hydrodynamic cavitation-activated persulfate system: Comparative roles of sulfate and hydroxyl radicals in degradation process and mechanistic insights. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113376–113376. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yujie, Rongfang Yuan, Huilun Chen, & Beihai Zhou. (2024). Synergistic removal of dimethoate through adsorption and photocatalytic oxidation in the presence of FeTiO3@Ag/Ag2O heterojunction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 485. 149814–149814. 22 indexed citations

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Geng, Huanhuan, Fei Wang, Haoming Wu, et al.. (2024). Biochar and nano-hydroxyapatite combined remediation of soil surrounding tailings area: Multi-metal(loid)s fixation and soybean rhizosphere soil microbial improvement. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133817–133817. 11 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rongfang, et al.. (2024). Application of polyaniline-based photocatalyst in photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants in water: A review. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 59. 104900–104900. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Yijie, Beihai Zhou, Haijun Liu, et al.. (2023). Strategies to improve adsorption and photocatalytic performance of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) removal from water: A review. Environmental Research. 240(Pt 1). 117483–117483. 15 indexed citations

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Cao, Manman, Fei Wang, Beihai Zhou, et al.. (2023). Extracellular polymeric substances altered the physicochemical properties of molybdenum disulfide nanomaterials to mitigate its toxicity to Chlorella vulgaris. NanoImpact. 32. 100485–100485. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanping, Haiyan Chen, Huilun Chen, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of Single and Joint Toxicity of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids and Copper to Metal-Resistant Arthrobacter Strains. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(1). 135–135. 5 indexed citations

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Yao, Jun, et al.. (2015). Ultrasound-assisted extraction of PAH-contaminated clay soil in the middle Yangtze river basin, China: optimisation with response surface methodology.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 24. 3426–3435. 2 indexed citations

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