Lei Li

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
245 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Li is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Li has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Water Science and Technology, 56 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 49 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Li's work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (41 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (34 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (30 papers). Lei Li is often cited by papers focused on Water Treatment and Disinfection (41 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (34 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (30 papers). Lei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Lei Li's co-authors include Naiyun Gao, Shuili Yu, Yang Deng, Juanjuan Yao, Suobo Zhang, Kejia Zhang, Shiqing Zhou, Shuili Yu, Rui Wang and Jing Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Lei Li

229 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Characterization of intracellular & extracellular algae organic matters (AOM) of Microcystic aeruginosa and formation of AOM-associated disinfection byproducts and odor & taste compounds

2011 418 citations Lei Li, Naiyun Gao et al. profile →
Recent advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning for nonlinear relationship analysis and process control in drinking water treatment: A review

2020 292 citations Lei Li, Shuili Yu et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Li China	47	3.5k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	245	8.1k
Lu Wang China	58	4.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.3×	312	10.3k
Madjid Mohseni Canada	47	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	194	7.1k
Tinglin Huang China	54	3.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	507	11.1k
Yiliang He China	57	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	258	9.9k
Chihpin Huang Taiwan	56	4.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	235	10.5k
Jiachao Zhang China	60	3.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	186	12.0k
Yuqing Sun China	56	4.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	847 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	2.3k 1.9×	201	10.6k
Amir Hossein Mahvi Iran	57	5.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	939 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	280	9.4k
Jiang Xu China	55	3.1k 0.9×	4.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	154	9.1k
Qian Sui China	51	3.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	165	7.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Lei, et al.. (2025). The alkylation of phenol with methanol: Conversion of anisole and two-step reaction process on X zeolites. Applied Catalysis A General. 696. 120168–120168.

Li, Lei, Anqi Hu, Xin Guo, et al.. (2025). The luminescence mechanism and cysteine detection of sulfur-nitrogen co-doped fluorescent carbon dots. Journal of Luminescence. 286. 121438–121438.

Chen, Guoqing, Chaoqun Ma, Lei Li, et al.. (2025). N-Doped Carbon Nanodots as Temperature Sensors and Fluorescent Probes for the Detection of Tinidazole in Milk. Journal of Fluorescence. 35(9). 7729–7739. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xinyi, Bin Yang, Zhongjian Li, et al.. (2025). Membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis. 1(6). 413–431. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Xuan, Hai Chi, Di Peng, et al.. (2025). Integrated Metagenomic and LC–MS/MS Analysis Reveals the Biogenic Amine-Producing Strains of Two Typical Chinese Traditional Fish Products: Fermented Mandarin Fish (Siniperca chuatsi) and Semi-Dried Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea). Foods. 14(6). 1016–1016.

Wu, Yang, Senlin Chu, Bin Yang, et al.. (2025). Cathode passivation suppression enables ultrastable industry-leading alkaline water electrolysis at hundred-ampere currents. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(24). 10514–10522.

Zheng, Sixing, Yaqi Chen, Bin Yang, et al.. (2025). Bidentate Piperazine Matrices Steering Interfacial Proton Flux toward Ampere-Level Ethanol Electrosynthesis in CO ₂ Electrolyzers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43415–43423.

Yu, Shuili, et al.. (2024). Treatment of emerging pyrrolizidine alkaloids in drinking water by UV/persulfate process: Kinetics, energy efficiency and degradation pathway. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151852–151852. 7 indexed citations

Li, Lei, et al.. (2024). Staged separation and recovery of As, Pb, Bi, and Zn from lead smelting dusts. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129163–129163. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Lei & Zhu Liu. (2024). Effect of temperature on surfactant adsorption at the liquid-liquid interface: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 409. 125335–125335. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Chaonan, Changting Wang, Ping Zou, et al.. (2023). Warming and wetting-induced soil acidification triggers methanotrophic diversity loss and species turnover in an alpine ecosystem. CATENA. 235. 107700–107700. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Hui, et al.. (2023). The overlooked role of the association between 2-methylisoborneol and natural organic matters in the nanofiltration treatment of authentic water. Separation and Purification Technology. 334. 126030–126030. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, et al.. (2023). Understanding the synergistic adsorption-photocatalytic degradation of EE2 using ZnO/Bi2MoO6{0 1 0}. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 968. 172118–172118. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuting, Lei Li, Cuiluan Ma, & Yu-Cai He. (2023). Chemobiocatalytic transfromation of biomass into furfurylamine with mixed amine donor in an eco-friendly medium. Bioresource Technology. 387. 129638–129638. 22 indexed citations

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Guo, Yalin, Yike Huang, Bin Zeng, et al.. (2022). Photo-thermo semi-hydrogenation of acetylene on Pd1/TiO2 single-atom catalyst. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2648–2648. 152 indexed citations

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Sun, Dan, Wenliang Yuan, Lei Li, et al.. (2022). Metagenomics revealing molecular profiles of microbial community structure and metabolic capacity in Bamucuo lake, Tibet. Environmental Research. 217. 114847–114847. 14 indexed citations

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Zhai, Liping, et al.. (2019). Effects of water-improving and defluoridation projects on dental fluorosis in 7 - 12 years old children and related factors in Shandong Province. Chin J Endemiol. 38(1). 45–49. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, et al.. (2014). [Distribution, seasonal variation and influence factors of dissolved inorganic arsenic in the Sanggou Bay].. PubMed. 35(7). 2705–13. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Jian, et al.. (2012). Adsorption of carbamazepine on montmorillonite KSF.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 21. 2201–2207. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Lei. (2011). ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN FOG WATER AND POLLUTANT SOURCE IN NANJING. Environmental Chemistry. 2 indexed citations

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