Maocai Shen

7.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
53 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Maocai Shen is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Maocai Shen has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Pollution, 38 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Maocai Shen's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (47 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (33 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (14 papers). Maocai Shen is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (47 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (33 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (14 papers). Maocai Shen collaborates with scholars based in China and Saudi Arabia. Maocai Shen's co-authors include Guangming Zeng, Biao Song, Yaxin Zhang, Xiaofeng Wen, Wei Huang, Tong Hu, Ming Chen, Duofei Hu, Chengyun Zhou and Yuan Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Maocai Shen

51 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

2020 576 citations Maocai Shen, Wei Huang et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Recent advances in toxicological research of nanoplastics in the environment: A review

2019 536 citations Maocai Shen, Yaxin Zhang et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Microplastics and associated contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review on their ecotoxicological effects, trophic transfer, and potential impacts to human health

2020 530 citations Wei Huang, Biao Song et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
Are biodegradable plastics a promising solution to solve the global plastic pollution?

2020 446 citations Maocai Shen, Biao Song et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?

2021 334 citations Biao Song, Maocai Shen et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Efficient removal of microplastics from wastewater by an electrocoagulation process

2021 271 citations Maocai Shen, Eydhah Almatrafi et al. profile →

Peers

Maocai Shen

POLLU

IME

BIOMA

Alexandra ter Halle France

Xiaoning Liu China

Thorsten Hüffer Austria

Fayuan Wang China

Denise M. Mitrano Switzerland

Hengxiang Li China

Andy M. Booth Norway

Laura M. Hernandez Canada

Xiaofeng Wen China

Mine Banu Tekman Germany

Alexandra ter Halle France

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4.8k ×1.0

POLLU

3.2k ×1.0

IME

1.2k ×0.8

BIOMA

697 ×0.8

802 ×1.2

Citations per year, relative to Maocai Shen Maocai Shen (= 1×) peers Alexandra ter Halle

Countries citing papers authored by Maocai Shen

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maocai Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maocai Shen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maocai Shen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maocai Shen 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 Maocai Shen. Maocai Shen 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

Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2025). Functional materials derived from waste plastics: Applications, properties and challenges. The Science of The Total Environment. 998. 180291–180291.

Li, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Research advances of micro/nanoplastics in groundwater: occurrence, environmental impacts and control strategies. Environmental Pollution. 383. 126899–126899. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2025). Microplastic-radionuclide complexes: Diffusion mechanisms and multidimensional threats. The Science of The Total Environment. 988. 179819–179819.

Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2024). Are micro/nanorobots an effective solution to eliminate micro/nanoplastics in water/wastewater treatment plants?. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 175153–175153. 10 indexed citations

Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2024). Research advances of biodegradable microplastics in wastewater treatment plant: Current knowledge and future directions. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175614–175614. 7 indexed citations

Li, Tianhao, et al.. (2024). Microplastic pollution interaction with disinfectant resistance genes: research progress, environmental impacts, and potential threats. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(11). 16241–16255. 3 indexed citations

Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2024). Removal of microplastics and resistance genes in livestock and aquaculture wastewater: Current knowledge and future directions. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113384–113384. 6 indexed citations

Li, Tianhao, Shiyu Tao, Mengjie Ma, et al.. (2023). Is the application of organic fertilizers becoming an undeniable source of microplastics and resistance genes in agricultural systems?. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169571–169571. 9 indexed citations

Shen, Maocai, Yifei Zhao, Shiwei Liu, et al.. (2023). Recent advances on micro/nanoplastic pollution and membrane fouling during water treatment: A review. The Science of The Total Environment. 881. 163467–163467. 51 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yifei, Shiyu Tao, Shiwei Liu, et al.. (2023). Research advances on impacts micro/nanoplastics and their carried pollutants on algae in aquatic ecosystems: A review. Aquatic Toxicology. 264. 106725–106725. 22 indexed citations

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Liu, Shiwei, et al.. (2023). Are algae a promising ecofriendly approach to micro/nanoplastic remediation?. The Science of The Total Environment. 904. 166779–166779. 12 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yifei, et al.. (2023). Are microplastics in aquaculture an undeniable driver in accelerating the spread of antibiotic resistance genes?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(53). 114685–114689. 4 indexed citations

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Shen, Maocai, Weiping Xiong, Biao Song, et al.. (2022). Microplastics in landfill and leachate: Occurrence, environmental behavior and removal strategies. Chemosphere. 305. 135325–135325. 86 indexed citations

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Huang, Danlian, Haojie Chen, Maocai Shen, et al.. (2022). Recent advances on the transport of microplastics/nanoplastics in abiotic and biotic compartments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 438. 129515–129515. 109 indexed citations

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Song, Biao, Eydhah Almatrafi, Wenjun Wang, et al.. (2022). Managing Fenton-treated sediment with biochar and sheep manure compost: Effects on the evolutionary characteristics of bacterial community. Journal of Environmental Management. 316. 115218–115218. 9 indexed citations

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Shen, Maocai, et al.. (2021). Smoked cigarette butts: Unignorable source for environmental microplastic fibers. The Science of The Total Environment. 791. 148384–148384. 73 indexed citations

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Tan, Xiaofei, et al.. (2021). Speciation and release risk of heavy metals bonded on simulated naturally-aged microplastics prepared from artificially broken macroplastics. Environmental Pollution. 295. 118695–118695. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming, et al.. (2021). Effects of virgin microplastics on the transport of Cd (II) in Xiangjiang River sediment. Chemosphere. 283. 131197–131197. 16 indexed citations

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Shen, Maocai, Wei Huang, Ming Chen, et al.. (2020). (Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Journal of Cleaner Production. 254. 120138–120138. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Maocai, Shujing Ye, Guangming Zeng, et al.. (2019). Can microplastics pose a threat to ocean carbon sequestration?. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 150. 110712–110712. 176 indexed citations

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