Ling Li

24.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
639 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Ling Li is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Li has authored 639 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Environmental Engineering, 104 papers in Ecology and 103 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ling Li's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (141 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (84 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (67 papers). Ling Li is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (141 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (84 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (67 papers). Ling Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Ling Li's co-authors include D. A. Barry, C. E. Robinson, Pei Xin, J.‐Y. Parlange, F. Stagnitti, Guangqiu Jin, Dong‐Sheng Jeng, Badin Gibbes, Alexander Scheuermann and D. A. Lockington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ling Li

606 papers receiving 17.7k 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.

Distributed topology control for power efficient operation in multihop wireless ad hoc networks

2002 629 citations Ling Li et al. profile →
Submarine groundwater discharge impacts on coastal nutrient biogeochemistry

2021 314 citations Ling Li et al. profile →
Peroxydisulfate activation by sulfur-doped ordered mesoporous carbon: Insight into the intrinsic relationship between defects and 1O2 generation

2022 208 citations Shiyu Liu, Cui Lai et al. Water Research profile →
Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in Salt Marshes and Their Impact on Plant Ecology and Coastal Biogeochemistry

2022 144 citations Chengji Shen, Ling Li et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ling Li	4.7k	4.2k	3.2k	2.7k	2.4k	639	18.2k
Chunmiao Zheng	7.4k 1.6×	3.7k 0.9×	6.5k 2.0×	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	526	22.6k
Craig T. Simmons	6.7k 1.4×	4.3k 1.0×	3.7k 1.1×	870 0.3×	973 0.4×	274	12.1k
Xiangdong Li	1.4k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	530	33.2k
Geoffrey Michael Gadd	2.4k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	3.7k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	422	27.2k
Bridget R. Scanlon	7.7k 1.6×	5.7k 1.3×	8.8k 2.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	225	22.1k
Yoshihide Wada	5.7k 1.2×	3.2k 0.8×	14.7k 4.5×	1.9k 0.7×	870 0.4×	255	27.6k
Randy A. Dahlgren	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	3.8k 1.4×	4.2k 1.7×	388	17.6k
Li Li	3.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	504	12.0k
George M. Hornberger	5.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	7.2k 2.2×	2.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.5×	209	14.9k
Jun Li	2.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	976	30.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Li

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All Works

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Chen, Hui, Jianwei Liu, Shilong Zhao, et al.. (2025). Identifying the driving factors of soil nitrate nitrogen via MLs-GIS framework in an intensive plain agricultural area, China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 522. 146302–146302.

Wang, Xiao, Zhen Zhang, Jian Zhao, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic hydrogen-recovering wastewater treatment through dual-functional hierarchical heterostructure of MoS2/SrWO4. Next research.. 2(1). 100162–100162. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Shengjie, Zhenlei Yang, S. A. Galindo‐Torres, et al.. (2024). Statistical Distribution of Urban Area Reveals a Converging Trend of Global Urban Land Expansion. Earth s Future. 13(1). 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Jing, Zheng Chen, Shuang Yan, et al.. (2024). Recent development of VEGFR small molecule inhibitors as anticancer agents: A patent review (2021–2023). Bioorganic Chemistry. 146. 107278–107278. 22 indexed citations

Bai, Zhentao, Zhijie Li, Ling Li, et al.. (2024). Deep vertical rotary tillage reduced soil salinity and improved seed cotton yield and water productivity under limited irrigation in saline-alkaline fields. Industrial Crops and Products. 218. 118943–118943. 12 indexed citations

Tian, Yebing, et al.. (2024). A cross-scale material removal prediction model for magnetorheological shear thickening polishing. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 332. 118569–118569. 7 indexed citations

Li, Ling, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of zero-valent iron surface oxide films under the catalytic interface reactions by assisting ligands in nitrate-contaminated groundwater. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 472. 134433–134433. 10 indexed citations

Feng, Lei, Na Zhang, Jia Wang, et al.. (2024). Sustained release of a novel bilayer packaging film loaded with binary microemulsion of melatonin/pummelo essential oil and its regulation of postharvest energy metabolism in Agaricus bisporus. Food Control. 161. 110396–110396. 10 indexed citations

Tian, Yebing, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on magnetorheological shear thickening polishing characteristics for SiC substrate. Ceramics International. 50(20). 40069–40078. 9 indexed citations

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He, Xiulan, et al.. (2024). Fabrication and characterization of hierarchically macroporous Al2O3 ceramic supported ZnO/ZnS photocatalyst. Ceramics International. 51(1). 1247–1258. 2 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhiping, et al.. (2023). Provenance of the Lower Jurassic Badaowan and Sangonghe Formations in Dongdaohaizi Depression, Junggar Basin, and Its Constraint on the Karamaili Ocean. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(7). 1375–1375. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Ling, et al.. (2023). Wave current force test of deep water foundation of bridge in marine environment. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Ling, Min Cheng, Eydhah Almatrafi, et al.. (2023). Tuning the intrinsic catalytic sites of magnetite to concurrently enhance the reduction of H2O2 and O2: Mechanism analysis and application potential evaluation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 457. 131800–131800. 12 indexed citations

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Tang, Chensi, Min Cheng, Cui Lai, et al.. (2023). Multiple path-dominated activation of peroxymonosulfate by MOF-derived Fe2O3/Mn3O4 for catalytic degradation of tetracycline. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 110395–110395. 67 indexed citations

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Yan, Huchuan, Cui Lai, Shiyu Liu, et al.. (2023). Metal-carbon hybrid materials induced persulfate activation: Application, mechanism, and tunable reaction pathways. Water Research. 234. 119808–119808. 111 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2023). Benchmarking water and salt dynamics at subterranean estuaries using TOUGHREACT. Journal of Hydrology. 618. 129271–129271. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Ling, Seul‐Yi Lee, Fei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Dual-strategy-encapsulated phase change materials with thermal immune functions for efficient energy storage and all-climate battery thermal management. Composites Science and Technology. 243. 110256–110256. 63 indexed citations

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Yi, Huan, Eydhah Almatrafi, Dengsheng Ma, et al.. (2023). Spatial confinement: A green pathway to promote the oxidation processes for organic pollutants removal from water. Water Research. 233. 119719–119719. 83 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pei, Ling Qiu, Yilin Chen, et al.. (2023). Coupled metaball discrete element lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-particle systems with non-spherical particle shapes: A sharp interface coupling scheme. Journal of Computational Physics. 479. 112005–112005. 9 indexed citations

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Stagnitti, F., et al.. (1998). An investigation of localised soil heterogeneities on solute transport using a multisegement percolation system. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 41(4). 603–612. 32 indexed citations

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