Nan Wu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Nan Wu is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Wu has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Pollution, 26 papers in Water Science and Technology and 21 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Nan Wu's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (19 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (16 papers). Nan Wu is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (24 papers), Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (19 papers) and Lichen and fungal ecology (16 papers). Nan Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Nan Wu's co-authors include Yuanming Zhang, Xiaoyan Xu, Yong‐Guan Zhu, Min Qiao, Bing Zhang, Wangda Cheng, Shiyu Xie, Yong‐An Zhang, Ming Zeng and Xiaobo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nan Wu

170 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Skin homeostasis: Mechanism and influencing factors 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30 40 50
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. Skin homeostasis: Mechanism and influencing factors
    2024 51 citations Qian Jiao, Nan Wu et al. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nan Wu China 31 802 506 498 471 324 183 3.5k
John Thomas United States 38 910 1.1× 943 1.9× 881 1.8× 190 0.4× 671 2.1× 146 4.7k
Yasuhiko Kato Japan 30 413 0.5× 1.1k 2.1× 152 0.3× 201 0.4× 411 1.3× 161 3.0k
Zhen Wang China 35 1.2k 1.5× 498 1.0× 137 0.3× 130 0.3× 526 1.6× 209 3.6k
Ying Wang China 41 717 0.9× 1.5k 3.1× 273 0.5× 182 0.4× 1.1k 3.3× 369 6.0k
István Kiss Hungary 34 454 0.6× 1.8k 3.5× 251 0.5× 230 0.5× 316 1.0× 118 3.5k
Stewart F. Owen United Kingdom 38 1.4k 1.8× 405 0.8× 533 1.1× 172 0.4× 504 1.6× 89 3.7k
Jingjing Wang China 36 448 0.6× 1.3k 2.6× 304 0.6× 118 0.3× 388 1.2× 219 4.4k
Mário Diniz Portugal 40 763 1.0× 494 1.0× 541 1.1× 260 0.6× 1.9k 5.7× 187 5.0k
J. Grant Burgess United Kingdom 44 897 1.1× 2.6k 5.2× 244 0.5× 312 0.7× 951 2.9× 116 6.3k
Quan Zhang China 40 1.1k 1.3× 825 1.6× 160 0.3× 401 0.9× 137 0.4× 199 4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Nan Wu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Wu

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

All Works

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Liu, Jin, et al.. (2025). Design and experimental study of cattle manure drying rollers. Drying Technology. 43(15-16). 2303–2318.
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Yin, Benfeng, Jiwen Li, Qing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Snow depth has greater influence on moss biocrusts' soil multifunctionality than the number of freeze-thaw cycles. Applied Soil Ecology. 199. 105420–105420. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Guangchang, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on heat and moisture coupling migration behavior of unsaturated bentonite buffer materials for high-level radioactive waste repository. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 60. 104698–104698. 1 indexed citations
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Jiao, Qian, et al.. (2024). Skin homeostasis: Mechanism and influencing factors. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. 23(5). 1518–1526. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Gut Microbiome and Bile Acid Interactions. American Journal Of Pathology. 195(3). 397–408. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ke, et al.. (2024). iRainSnowHydro v1.0: A distributed integrated rainfall-runoff and snowmelt-runoff simulation model for alpine watersheds. Journal of Hydrology. 645. 132220–132220. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, Xiaohui Yu, Jiaqi Liang, et al.. (2023). A full recycling chain of food waste with straw addition mediated by black soldier fly larvae: Focus on fresh frass quality, secondary composting, and its fertilizing effect on maize. The Science of The Total Environment. 885. 163386–163386. 24 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, Tongtong Song, Runhe Shi, et al.. (2023). Estimating the Forest Carbon Storage of Chongming Eco-Island, China, Using Multisource Remotely Sensed Data. Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1575–1575. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, Xuyang Zhao, Qingsong Zhu, et al.. (2023). Sinomenine improves resistance to foodborne enteritis and Anti-bacteria mucosal immunity in grass carp. Aquaculture. 581. 740364–740364. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, Bernard A. Engel, En Hua, et al.. (2022). Assessing the sustainability of freshwater consumption based on developing 3D water footprint: A case of China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 364. 132577–132577. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Han, et al.. (2022). Separation of the overlapped humic acid and BGP characteristic peaks using two-dimensional correlation fluorescence-UV-vis spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 286. 121999–121999. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, Ying Li, Juan Li, Licheng Feng, & Fei Liu. (2021). Decadal changes of the intraseasonal oscillation during 1979–2016. Advances in Climate Change Research. 12(6). 772–782. 3 indexed citations
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Zhi, Suli, Xueli Tian, Qian Li, et al.. (2017). The Reduction and Effect of Tetracycline during Thermal Pretreatment of Dewatered Sludge and Subsequent High Solid Anaerobic Digestion. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology. 14(2). 3 indexed citations
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He, Fang, et al.. (2015). [Ecosystem service and economic valuation in the upper reaches of Xin' an River, Anhui, China for mitigating phosphorus nonpoint source pollution].. PubMed. 26(4). 1253–62. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, et al.. (2010). [Evaluation of ecosystem provisioning service and its economic value].. PubMed. 21(2). 409–14. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Nan, et al.. (2009). The Role of Nonphotosynthetic Microbes in the Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China. Arid Land Research and Management. 24(1). 42–56. 13 indexed citations

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