Lianfa Song

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Lianfa Song is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lianfa Song has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Water Science and Technology, 72 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lianfa Song's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (84 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (63 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (21 papers). Lianfa Song is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (84 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (63 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (21 papers). Lianfa Song collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and China. Lianfa Song's co-authors include Menachem Elimelech, Say Leong Ong, Cui Liu, Shuang Liang, Haifeng Zhang, Gurdev Singh, Lanhe Zhang, Wun Jern Ng, Philip R. Johnson and Wen-Wen Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Lianfa Song

107 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Water transport in reverse osmosis membranes is governed by pore flow, not a solution-diffusion mechanism

2023 159 citations Lianfa Song, Menachem Elimelech et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lianfa Song United States	35	3.3k	2.4k	1.0k	619	526	109	4.3k
Greg Leslie Australia	38	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.9×	862 0.8×	502 0.8×	543 1.0×	136	4.5k
Vitaly Gitis Israel	29	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	511 0.5×	460 0.7×	240 0.5×	88	3.1k
S.G.J. Heijman Netherlands	40	3.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	593 0.6×	578 0.9×	903 1.7×	140	4.7k
Arne Verliefde Belgium	44	4.2k 1.3×	3.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	894 1.4×	707 1.3×	150	5.4k
Walter van der Meer Netherlands	35	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	644 0.6×	326 0.5×	475 0.9×	118	3.7k
Sangyoup Lee South Korea	29	3.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	630 1.0×	201 0.4×	93	4.5k
Samer Adham Qatar	39	3.6k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	787 0.8×	516 0.8×	933 1.8×	137	5.2k
Sangho Lee South Korea	40	4.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	584 0.9×	363 0.7×	202	5.2k
Seyed Nezameddin Ashrafizadeh Iran	39	1.1k 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	950 1.5×	141 0.3×	149	4.2k
R.J. Wakeman United Kingdom	34	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	980 0.9×	605 1.0×	260 0.5×	131	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Lianfa Song

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lianfa Song

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lianfa Song. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lianfa Song 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 Lianfa Song. Lianfa Song 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, Wenhui, et al.. (2025). Investigation of the alkali-resistant mechanism of the Fe2(SO4)3/TiO2 catalyst in NH3-SCR of NO: Self-protection of SO42- species. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 119061–119061.

Yang, Wenbo, Lianfa Song, Lulu Cao, et al.. (2025). An ingenious design from nature to accelerate the repair of long-bone critical defects: the longitudinal tubular transverse interconnection structure of deer antlers. Materials Today Bio. 34. 102090–102090.

Li, Yuqi, Lianfa Song, Qi Wei, et al.. (2025). Radical‐Mediated Pyrolysis Engineering Multi‐Precursor Hard Carbons with Hierarchical Sodium Storage Architectures. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(19). 2 indexed citations

Song, Lianfa. (2024). Optimization of seawater desalination processes with the ideal reverse osmosis equation. Desalination. 576. 117376–117376. 6 indexed citations

Song, Lianfa. (2023). Why is the film model fundamentally wrong but still able to correlate the experimental data in membrane processes?. Journal of Membrane Science. 686. 121987–121987. 2 indexed citations

Song, Lianfa. (2023). A concise analytical model for the ideal reverse osmosis desalination processes. Water Environment Research. 95(10). e10939–e10939. 3 indexed citations

Rainwater, Ken, et al.. (2021). Economic Analyses of the Seadrift Wind-Aided Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(1). 42–57. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Shengli, et al.. (2019). Characterization of activated sludge flocs in membrane bioreactor: stable and unstable flocs. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(31). 31786–31792. 4 indexed citations

Yan, Linlin, Ruixue Li, Yu Song, et al.. (2019). Characterization of the Fouling Layer on the Membrane Surface in a Membrane Bioreactor: Evolution of the Foulants’ Composition and Aggregation Ability. Membranes. 9(7). 85–85. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Fengkai, Na Zhang, Fazhan Li, et al.. (2018). Dynamic analysis of self-forming dynamic membrane (SFDM) filtration in submerged anaerobic bioreactor: Performance, characteristic, and mechanism. Bioresource Technology. 270. 383–390. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Haifeng, et al.. (2017). Insight into influence of iron addition in membrane bioreactoron gel layer fouling. Membrane Water Treatment. 8(6). 543. 1 indexed citations

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Rainwater, Ken, et al.. (2014). Closed-Concentrate Circulation for High Recovery and Energy Efficiency in Small-Scale Brackish Reverse Osmosis. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 140(6). 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Cui, Ken Rainwater, & Lianfa Song. (2012). Calculation of energy consumption for crossflow RO desalination processes. Desalination and Water Treatment. 42(1-3). 295–303. 4 indexed citations

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Liang, Shuang & Lianfa Song. (2007). Characteristics and Fouling Behaviors of Dissolved Organic Matter in Submerged Membrane Bioreactor Systems. Environmental Engineering Science. 24(5). 652–662. 25 indexed citations

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Singh, Gurdev & Lianfa Song. (2007). Experimental correlations of pH and ionic strength effects on the colloidal fouling potential of silica nanoparticles in crossflow ultrafiltration. Journal of Membrane Science. 303(1-2). 112–118. 43 indexed citations

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Liang, Shuang, Cui Liu, & Lianfa Song. (2006). Soluble microbial products in membrane bioreactor operation: Behaviors, characteristics, and fouling potential. Water Research. 41(1). 95–101. 293 indexed citations

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Song, Lianfa, et al.. (2005). Adsorption Removal of Phenol in Water and Simultaneous Regeneration by Catalytic Oxidation. Environmental Engineering Science. 22(5). 608–614. 5 indexed citations

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Hu, Jiangyong, Say Leong Ong, Lianfa Song, et al.. (2003). Removal of MS2 bacteriophage using membrane technologies. Water Science & Technology. 47(12). 163–168. 30 indexed citations

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Ong, Say Leong, Wen-Wen Zhou, Lianfa Song, & Wenfa Ng. (2002). Evaluation of Feed Concentration Effects on Salt/Ion Transport through RO/NF Membranes with the Nernst-Planck-Donnan Model. Environmental Engineering Science. 19(6). 429–439. 28 indexed citations

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Song, Lianfa & Menachem Elimelech. (1993). Dynamics of colloid deposition in porous media: Modeling the role of retained particles. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 73. 49–63. 116 indexed citations

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