Liuwei Wang

7.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
93 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Liuwei Wang is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liuwei Wang has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Pollution, 15 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liuwei Wang's work include Heavy metals in environment (19 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (18 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers). Liuwei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (19 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (18 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers). Liuwei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Liuwei Wang's co-authors include Deyi Hou, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Jörg Rinklebe, David O’Connor, Yong Sik Ok, Nanthi Bolan, Wei‐Min Wu, Renjie Hou, Filip Tack and Jian Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Liuwei Wang

88 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategi... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2020 2019 2023 2025 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives
    2020 471 citations Liuwei Wang, Wei‐Min Wu et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
  2. Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications
    2020 441 citations Liuwei Wang, David O’Connor et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  3. A green biochar/iron oxide composite for methylene blue removal
    2019 410 citations David O’Connor, Liuwei Wang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
  4. The potential of biochar as a microbial carrier for agricultural and environmental applications
    2023 227 citations Shiv Bolan, Deyi Hou et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
  5. Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health
    2025 177 citations Deyi Hou, Xiyue Jia et al. Science profile →
  6. Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites
    2023 160 citations Deyi Hou, Abir Al‐Tabbaa et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
  7. Role of biochar toward carbon neutrality
    2023 121 citations Liuwei Wang, Renjie Hou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liuwei Wang China 31 2.4k 1.2k 1.0k 755 649 93 5.1k
Weiwen Qiu New Zealand 34 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.6× 740 1.0× 884 1.4× 119 5.1k
Zhengtao Shen China 37 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 1.8k 1.7× 1.0k 1.4× 801 1.2× 77 6.0k
Lanfang Han China 41 2.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 798 1.1× 898 1.4× 108 5.0k
Hao Qiu China 41 2.6k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 557 0.9× 151 5.2k
Xiao Yang China 43 1.9k 0.8× 854 0.7× 1.9k 1.8× 1.3k 1.7× 444 0.7× 114 5.7k
Ali El‐Naggar Egypt 33 1.9k 0.8× 595 0.5× 919 0.9× 664 0.9× 686 1.1× 48 4.4k
Daoyong Zhang China 40 2.1k 0.9× 792 0.6× 954 0.9× 672 0.9× 519 0.8× 202 5.6k
Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya China 25 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 762 0.7× 555 0.7× 790 1.2× 41 5.0k
Prabhakar Sharma India 36 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 683 0.9× 609 0.9× 130 4.8k
Chitsan Lin Taiwan 42 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 719 0.7× 561 0.7× 377 0.6× 172 5.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liuwei Wang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Huang, Caide, Liuwei Wang, Wei‐Min Wu, et al.. (2025). When plastisphere and drilosphere meet: Earthworms facilitate microbiome and nutrient turnover to accelerate biodegradation of agricultural plastic films. Environment International. 196. 109309–109309. 2 indexed citations
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Hou, Deyi, Xiyue Jia, Liuwei Wang, et al.. (2025). Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health. Science. 388(6744). 316–321. 177 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Xuanru, Liuwei Wang, & Deyi Hou. (2024). Layered double hydroxides for simultaneous and long-term immobilization of metal(loid)s in soil under simulated aging. The Science of The Total Environment. 947. 174777–174777. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Jing Guo, Michael S. Bank, et al.. (2024). Organo-mineral interaction between plastic film and sedimentary rock induced by UV irradiation. Chemical Geology. 662. 122240–122240. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Renjie, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of clay mineral modified biochar simultaneously immobilizes heavy metals and reduces soil carbon emissions. Journal of Environmental Management. 361. 121252–121252. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Ondřej Mašek, Bei Chen, et al.. (2024). Biochar amendment gradually immobilized soil As and Sb over 2 years. Soil Use and Management. 40(1). 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Jiameng Guo, Daniel C.W. Tsang, & Deyi Hou. (2023). Cadmium isotope fractionation during sorption to soil minerals: Lab evidence and field implication. Chemical Geology. 634. 121607–121607. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei & Deyi Hou. (2023). Plastistone: An emerging type of sedimentary rock. Earth-Science Reviews. 247. 104620–104620. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Yanhong, et al.. (2023). Effect of rituximab in patients with PLA2R-associated membranous nephropathy and malignancy. International Immunopharmacology. 126. 111327–111327. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Xiaoxiang Wang, Renjie Hou, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the aging dynamics in the simultaneous immobilization of soil metal(loid)s using oxides. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167220–167220. 7 indexed citations
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Hou, Deyi, Abir Al‐Tabbaa, David O’Connor, et al.. (2023). Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(4). 271–286. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bolan, Shiv, Hasintha Wijesekara, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Boron contamination and its risk management in terrestrial and aquatic environmental settings. The Science of The Total Environment. 894. 164744–164744. 39 indexed citations
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Gao, Jing, Liuwei Wang, Yong Sik Ok, et al.. (2022). Nanoplastic stimulates metalloid leaching from historically contaminated soil via indirect displacement. Water Research. 218. 118468–118468. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2021). Biochar composites: Emerging trends, field successes and sustainability implications. Soil Use and Management. 38(1). 14–38. 115 indexed citations
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Qi, Shengqi, Yidong Wang, Liuwei Wang, Jian Luo, & Deyi Hou. (2021). Impact of Atmospheric Pressure Fluctuations on Nonequilibrium Transport of Volatile Organic Contaminants in the Vadose Zone: Experimental and Numerical Modeling. Water Resources Research. 57(8). 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, Yong Sik Ok, Daniel C.W. Tsang, et al.. (2020). New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment. Soil Use and Management. 36(3). 358–386. 267 indexed citations
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Wang, Liuwei, David O’Connor, Jörg Rinklebe, et al.. (2020). Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(23). 14797–14814. 441 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Liuwei, Wei‐Min Wu, Nanthi Bolan, et al.. (2020). Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 401. 123415–123415. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Liuwei, Xuanru Li, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Fei Jin, & Deyi Hou. (2020). Green remediation of Cd and Hg contaminated soil using humic acid modified montmorillonite: Immobilization performance under accelerated ageing conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 387. 122005–122005. 120 indexed citations

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