Kenneth Lee

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 756 citations indexed

About

Kenneth Lee is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Lee has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 756 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Water Science and Technology and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Lee's work include Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation (22 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (5 papers). Kenneth Lee is often cited by papers focused on Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation (22 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (6 papers) and Petroleum Processing and Analysis (5 papers). Kenneth Lee collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Kenneth Lee's co-authors include Chunjiang An, Baiyu Zhang, Zheng Wang, Feng Qi, Xiujuan Chen, Bing Chen, Lei Liu, Huifang Bi, Jiahe Miao and Xinya Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Lee

33 papers receiving 744 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.

Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering

2021 276 citations Zheng Wang, Chunjiang An et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Lee Canada	15	410	203	132	96	93	36	756
Temitope Fausat Ajibade China	16	151 0.4×	212 1.0×	234 1.8×	38 0.4×	24 0.3×	26	709
María M. Micó Spain	9	163 0.4×	121 0.6×	470 3.6×	116 1.2×	104 1.1×	14	899
Huifang Bi Canada	13	214 0.5×	81 0.4×	28 0.2×	45 0.5×	73 0.8×	28	453
Lakshminarayana Rao India	18	73 0.2×	171 0.8×	135 1.0×	44 0.5×	47 0.5×	83	936
Evelyn Ngozi Verla Nigeria	14	925 2.3×	619 3.0×	72 0.5×	173 1.8×	35 0.4×	22	1.1k
Sanya Sirivithayapakorn Thailand	20	159 0.4×	187 0.9×	366 2.8×	89 0.9×	57 0.6×	55	1.1k
Jingyi Han China	20	300 0.7×	190 0.9×	195 1.5×	106 1.1×	12 0.1×	37	981
N.J.R. Kraakman Spain	13	250 0.6×	77 0.4×	54 0.4×	419 4.4×	14 0.2×	23	1.2k
Hongyang Wang China	16	210 0.5×	75 0.4×	145 1.1×	102 1.1×	9 0.1×	64	725
Yung‐Tse Hung United States	11	106 0.3×	148 0.7×	399 3.0×	106 1.1×	41 0.4×	50	945

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Lee

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Yang, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2025). Development, Testing, and Application of an Enhanced Oil Spill Model for Ice-Covered Waters (OSMT-Ice) through Multiscale Field Experiments. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(35). 18870–18880.

Lee, Kenneth, et al.. (2025). Protecting shorelines in Canadian Indigenous communities: Environmental challenges, policy interventions, and mitigation technologies. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 219. 118310–118310.

Bi, Huifang, et al.. (2024). Nanotechnology for oil spill response and cleanup in coastal regions. Environmental Science Nano. 12(1). 41–47. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zheng, Kenneth Lee, Feng Qi, Chunjiang An, & Zhikun Chen. (2024). Effect of nanobubbles on the mobilization of microplastics in shorelines subject to seawater infiltration. Environmental Pollution. 349. 123950–123950. 2 indexed citations

Schreiber, Lars, Ianina Altshuler, Christine Maynard, et al.. (2023). Long-term biodegradation of crude oil in high-arctic backshore sediments: The Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) after nearly four decades. Environmental Research. 233. 116421–116421. 13 indexed citations

Coelho, Gina, et al.. (2023). Setting the stage to advance oil toxicity testing: Overview of knowledge gaps, and recommendations. Aquatic Toxicology. 261. 106581–106581. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Lei, et al.. (2023). Membrane technology for treating decanted oily wastewater from marine oil spill operations: Comparison between membrane filtration and membrane bioreactor. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194(Pt B). 115397–115397. 7 indexed citations

Qi, Feng, Chunjiang An, Zhi Chen, Kenneth Lee, & Zheng Wang. (2023). Identification of the driving factors of microplastic load and morphology in estuaries for improving monitoring and management strategies: A global meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 333. 122014–122014. 9 indexed citations

Ji, Wen, Charbel Abou Khalil, Michel C. Boufadel, et al.. (2022). Impact of mixing and resting times on the droplet size distribution and the petroleum hydrocarbons’ concentration in diluted bitumen-based water-accommodated fractions (WAFs). Chemosphere. 296. 133807–133807. 3 indexed citations

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Dong, Guihua, Bing Chen, Yiqi Cao, et al.. (2022). Comparison of O3, UV/O3, and UV/O3/PS processes for marine oily wastewater treatment: Degradation performance, toxicity evaluation, and flocs analysis. Water Research. 226. 119234–119234. 38 indexed citations

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Fortin, Nathalie, Jessica Wasserscheid, Julien Tremblay, et al.. (2022). Biodegradation potential of residue generated during the in-situ burning of oil in the marine environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 445. 130439–130439. 14 indexed citations

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An, Chunjiang, et al.. (2022). Experimental and modeling studies of the effects of nanoclay on the oil behaviors in a water–sand system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(33). 50540–50551. 2 indexed citations

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Schreiber, Lars, Nathalie Fortin, Christine Maynard, et al.. (2022). An experimental oil spill at a tidal freshwater wetland along the St. Lawrence River re-visited after 21 years. Environmental Research. 216(Pt 1). 114456–114456. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Lei, et al.. (2022). Review of Hollow Fiber (HF) Membrane Filtration Technology for the Treatment of Oily Wastewater: Applications and Challenges. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(9). 1313–1313. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Zheng, Chunjiang An, Xiujuan Chen, et al.. (2021). Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 417. 126036–126036. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yue, Rengyu, Chunjiang An, Zhibin Ye, et al.. (2021). Cleanup of oiled shorelines using a dual responsive nanoclay/sodium alginate surface washing agent. Environmental Research. 205. 112531–112531. 16 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiqi, Qiao Kang, Baiyu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Machine learning-aided causal inference for unraveling chemical dispersant and salinity effects on crude oil biodegradation. Bioresource Technology. 345. 126468–126468. 29 indexed citations

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King, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Fate of Surface Spills of Cold Lake Blend Diluted Bitumen Treated with Dispersant and Mineral Fines in a Wave Tank. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(3). 250–261. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Pu, et al.. (2014). A Monte Carlo simulation based two-stage adaptive resonance theory mapping approach for offshore oil spill vulnerability index classification. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 86(1-2). 434–442. 16 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lin, et al.. (2014). A numerical model to simulate the droplet formation process resulting from the release of diluted bitumen products in marine environment. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings. 2014(1). 449–462. 3 indexed citations

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