Kai Li

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
285 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Li is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Li has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Water Science and Technology, 64 papers in Pollution and 57 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Kai Li's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (46 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (36 papers). Kai Li is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (46 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (36 papers). Kai Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kai Li's co-authors include Guibai Li, Tinglin Huang, Fangshu Qu, Gang Wen, Heng Liang, Senlin Shao, Xing Du, Huarong Yu, J. W. Frost and Haiqing Chang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Li

274 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Li China	44	2.4k	1.5k	1.3k	1.2k	768	285	6.1k
Qi Yu Australia	43	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	956 1.2×	269	6.9k
Lizhong Zhu China	45	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	517 0.7×	187	6.9k
Min Li China	45	1.6k 0.7×	992 0.7×	916 0.7×	875 0.7×	784 1.0×	369	8.1k
You‐Peng Chen China	41	1.7k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	894 0.7×	866 0.7×	553 0.7×	232	5.9k
Nan Xu China	42	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	435 0.6×	211	7.4k
Yongmei Li China	45	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	786 0.6×	773 0.6×	565 0.7×	216	5.6k
George A. Sorial United States	42	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	335 0.4×	176	6.6k
Joginder Singh India	47	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	883 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	443	10.8k
Guanghui Yu China	51	1.7k 0.7×	2.4k 1.6×	792 0.6×	731 0.6×	490 0.6×	169	7.9k
Kai Yang China	43	1.5k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	680 0.5×	655 0.5×	484 0.6×	259	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Zeqi, Ran Li, Juan Guo, et al.. (2025). Durable PVA-based hydrogel sponge with cellulose whiskers embedded in the 3D interconnected channels for efficient oil/water separation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 352. 123251–123251. 6 indexed citations

Hao, Yuhao, et al.. (2025). Insights into nitrogen metabolism and humification process in aerobic composting facilitated by microbial inoculation. Environmental Research. 269. 120894–120894. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Chaoyi, Hao Zhang, Kai Li, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Photostability in Aqueous-Prepared MAPbBr₃@polymer Films through Ligand-Regulated Exciton Binding Energy and Radiative Recombination. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(26). 13337–13346.

Zhou, Zhiwei, Xing Li, Jiawei Ren, et al.. (2024). Reliable assessment and prediction of moderate preoxidation of sodium hypochlorite for algae-laden water treatment. Water Research. 266. 122398–122398. 12 indexed citations

Zong, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Litoamentenes A–K, eleven undescribed cembranoids with cytotoxicity from the South China Sea soft coral Litophyton amentaceum. Phytochemistry. 223. 114113–114113. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Lingling, Dongqing Zhang, Xiaojun Niu, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in swine wastewater treatment technologies for resource recovery: A comprehensive review. The Science of The Total Environment. 924. 171557–171557. 18 indexed citations

Yang, Meng, et al.. (2024). Disentangling the assembly patterns and drivers of microbial communities during thermal stratification and mixed periods in a deep-water reservoir. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174398–174398. 6 indexed citations

Hao, Yuhao, et al.. (2024). The bioaugmentation effect of microbial inoculants on humic acid formation during co-composting of bagasse and cow manure. Environmental Research. 252(Pt 1). 118604–118604. 21 indexed citations

Mei, Yayuan, Ang Li, Jiaxin Zhao, et al.. (2024). Disturbed glucose homeostasis and its increased allostatic load in response to individual, joint and fluctuating air pollutants exposure: Evidence from a longitudinal study in prediabetes. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175498–175498. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Meng, et al.. (2024). Response of the algal-bacterial community to thermal stratification succession in a deep-water reservoir: Community structure, co-assembly patterns, and functional groups. Environmental Research. 261. 119688–119688. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Li, et al.. (2024). The WRF Simulation Influence of Assimilating GNSS Water Vapor and Parameterization Schemes on Typhoon Rumbia. Atmosphere. 15(3). 255–255. 2 indexed citations

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Cai, Yanming, Jiaju Fu, Kai Li, et al.. (2024). Self-pressurizing nanoscale capsule catalysts for CO2 electroreduction to acetate or propanol. Nature Synthesis. 3(7). 891–902. 41 indexed citations

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Hang, Fangxue, et al.. (2024). Pretreatment of Glucose–Fructose Syrup with Ceramic Membrane Ultrafiltration Coupled with Activated Carbon. Membranes. 14(3). 57–57. 1 indexed citations

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Song, Yang, et al.. (2023). Control of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) formation from N,N-dimethylhydrazine compounds by ozone-based advanced oxidation processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 452. 131374–131374. 8 indexed citations

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Huang, P. M., Genxu Wang, Li Guo, et al.. (2023). Most Global Gauging Stations Present Biased Estimations of Total Catchment Discharge. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(15). 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shuai, Zijian Li, Kai Li, et al.. (2023). Microcapsule-enabled self-healing concrete: A bibliometric analysis. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering. 17(11). 1611–1629. 11 indexed citations

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Qi, Lu, et al.. (2014). Effects of particle sizes and organics molecular weights on ultrafiltration membrane fouling in drinking water treatment. 8(5). 1993–1998. 1 indexed citations

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Dou, Sen, et al.. (2010). Thermodynamic stability of humic acid and fulvic acid in soil and its driving factors.. Acta Pedologica Sinica. 47(1). 71–76. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Kai. (2008). Coagulative Characteristics and Mechanism of Fresh Manganese Dioxide. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Kai. (2005). Effects of Different Oxygen Concentrations on Formation of Humic Substances During Corn Stalk Decomposition. Jilin Nongye Daxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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