Lu Zhan

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Lu Zhan is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Zhan has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 44 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 18 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Lu Zhan's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (52 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (41 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers). Lu Zhan is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (52 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (41 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers). Lu Zhan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Lu Zhan's co-authors include Zhenming Xu, Bin Gao, Zhenming Xu, Bing Xie, June Fang, Yong Sik Ok, Dong Wu, Jie Guo, Jiefeng Xiao and Huahong Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Lu Zhan

72 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

  1. Minireview of potential applications of hydrochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization of biomass
    2017 463 citations Lu Zhan, Bin Gao 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
Lu Zhan China 28 1.5k 1.2k 721 670 571 77 2.9k
Shichang Sun China 35 548 0.4× 520 0.4× 1.0k 1.4× 626 0.9× 471 0.8× 100 3.0k
Alok Prasad Das India 33 1.0k 0.7× 477 0.4× 682 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 144 0.3× 80 3.0k
Haoran Yuan China 33 680 0.4× 585 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 527 0.8× 828 1.5× 108 3.7k
Mohamad A. Nahil United Kingdom 34 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.9k 2.7× 641 1.0× 227 0.4× 60 4.0k
Elsa Weiss-Hortala France 33 597 0.4× 739 0.6× 1.8k 2.5× 303 0.5× 223 0.4× 54 3.0k
Ravinder Kumar Australia 27 479 0.3× 562 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 474 0.7× 632 1.1× 60 3.3k
Bin Xu China 34 591 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 1.8k 2.6× 280 0.4× 272 0.5× 115 3.3k
Dabin Guo China 36 557 0.4× 773 0.6× 2.1k 2.9× 510 0.8× 257 0.5× 72 3.9k
Peter Quicker Germany 17 559 0.4× 422 0.3× 822 1.1× 477 0.7× 121 0.2× 42 2.5k
Ruikun Wang China 33 784 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.8× 185 0.3× 143 0.3× 91 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lu Zhan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lu Zhan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Zhan

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

All Works

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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2025). Complicated pollution characteristics (particulate matter, heavy metals, microplastics, VOCs) of spent lithium-ion battery recycling at an industrial level. The Science of The Total Environment. 962. 178406–178406. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Wei, Hao Luo, Yanan Xing, et al.. (2025). Environmental Occurrence, Source Identification, and Health Hazards of Ultrashort-Chain PFAS in the Yangtze River Delta. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(47). 25138–25150.
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Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2024). An environmentally-friendly permeable liquid salt pyrolysis method based on capillary heat transfer for recycling waste insulator materials. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133815–133815. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, Lu Zhan, Zhenming Xu, Ruixue Wang, & Jianbo Wang. (2023). A green strategy for upcycling utilization of core parts from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs): Pollution source analysis, technology flowchart, technology upgrade. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169609–169609. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Yan, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive analysis on the source-exposure and diffusion rule of VOCs for end-life vehicles dismantling activities. The Science of The Total Environment. 891. 164233–164233. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Ruixue, et al.. (2023). Research on compound pollution characteristics and health risk evaluation of particulate matter and heavy metals in waste glass recycling process. Environmental Pollution. 337. 122570–122570. 7 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2022). Thermal desorption behavior of fluoroquinolones in contaminated soil of livestock and poultry breeding. Environmental Research. 211. 113101–113101. 9 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Zahoor, Ahmed Mosa, Lu Zhan, & Bin Gao. (2021). Biochar modulates mineral nitrogen dynamics in soil and terrestrial ecosystems: A critical review. Chemosphere. 278. 130378–130378. 65 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2021). An ignored potential microplastic contamination of a typical waste glass recycling base. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 422. 126854–126854. 21 indexed citations
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Niu, Bo, E Shanshan, Yilin Cao, et al.. (2021). Utilizing E-Waste for Construction of Magnetic and Core–Shell Z-Scheme Photocatalysts: An Effective Approach to E-Waste Recycling. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(2). 1279–1289. 34 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, Yongliang Zhang, Zahoor Ahmad, & Zhenming Xu. (2020). Novel Recycle Technology for Recovering Gallium Arsenide from Scraped Integrated Circuits. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(7). 2874–2882. 17 indexed citations
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Gao, Ruitong, Binyang Liu, Lu Zhan, et al.. (2020). In-situ debromination mechanism based on self-activation and catalysis of Ca(OH)2 during pyrolysis of waste printed circuit boards. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 392. 122447–122447. 42 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongliang, Lu Zhan, & Zhenming Xu. (2020). Recycling Ag, As, Ga of waste light-emitting diodes via subcritical water treatment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 408. 124409–124409. 20 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2019). Leaching behavior of Sb and Br from E-waste flame retardant plastics. Chemosphere. 245. 125684–125684. 20 indexed citations
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Su, Yinglong, Zhongjian Zhang, Dong Wu, et al.. (2019). Occurrence of microplastics in landfill systems and their fate with landfill age. Water Research. 164. 114968–114968. 319 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xuejiao, Weila Li, Lu Zhan, et al.. (2016). The large-scale process of microbial carbonate precipitation for nickel remediation from an industrial soil. Environmental Pollution. 219. 149–155. 132 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lu, et al.. (2015). Novel recycle technology for recovering rare metals (Ga, In) from waste light-emitting diodes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 299. 388–394. 80 indexed citations

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