Pinjing He

21.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
419 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Pinjing He is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinjing He has authored 419 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 138 papers in Building and Construction and 129 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Pinjing He's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (102 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (71 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (63 papers). Pinjing He is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (102 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (71 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (63 papers). Pinjing He collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Pinjing He's co-authors include Liming Shao, Fan Lü, Hua Zhang, Guanghui Yu, Duu‐Jong Lee, Chenghao Luo, Dezhen Chen, Shao Li-ming, Lijie Yin and Liping Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Pinjing He

402 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

Municipal solid waste (MS... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2019 2014 2014 2015 2021 200 400 600
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. Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: A source of microplastics? -Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate
    2019 628 citations Pinjing He, Liming Shao et al. Water Research profile →
  2. Application of eco-compatible biochar in anaerobic digestion to relieve acid stress and promote the selective colonization of functional microbes
    2014 480 citations Fan Lü, Liming Shao et al. Water Research profile →
  3. Pyrolysis technologies for municipal solid waste: A review
    2014 469 citations Pinjing He et al. Waste Management profile →
  4. Biochar alleviates combined stress of ammonium and acids by firstly enriching Methanosaeta and then Methanosarcina
    2015 369 citations Fan Lü, Liming Shao et al. Water Research profile →
  5. How does temperature regulate anaerobic digestion?
    2021 183 citations Pinjing He, Hua Zhang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Pinjing He 6.1k 5.7k 5.6k 4.0k 3.4k 419 17.4k
Jonathan W.C. Wong 4.3k 0.7× 6.3k 1.1× 3.7k 0.7× 3.3k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 397 18.5k
Sunil Kumar 5.3k 0.9× 3.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 2.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 387 15.4k
Xiaohu Dai 3.2k 0.5× 4.8k 0.9× 4.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 3.6k 1.0× 321 11.4k
Soon Woong Chang 2.7k 0.4× 3.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.4× 3.9k 1.0× 3.5k 1.0× 380 15.5k
Sunita Varjani 3.2k 0.5× 6.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.3× 5.2k 1.3× 3.2k 0.9× 328 20.8k
Guangming Zhang 2.4k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 3.8k 1.1× 429 14.5k
Fan Lü 3.0k 0.5× 3.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 347 11.8k
Yinguang Chen 3.6k 0.6× 9.2k 1.6× 5.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 301 17.9k
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi 5.4k 0.9× 6.3k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 4.7k 1.2× 2.8k 0.8× 394 22.5k
Renjie Dong‬ 4.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 294 11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pinjing He

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All Works

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He, Pinjing, et al.. (2025). Nondestructive optical and spectroscopic techniques combined with machine learning for identifying solid waste: A review. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 186. 118195–118195.
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Ren, Weiping, Pinjing He, Hua Zhang, & Fan Lü. (2024). Temperature is an underestimated parameter to regulate the start-up of enhanced carbon chain elongation. Renewable Energy. 234. 121221–121221. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujing, Hua Zhang, Xiaoxing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Dual roles of odor cleaners and pollutant producers for chemical scrubbing and biological treatment: Evidence in a food waste anaerobic digestion plant. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 153898–153898. 5 indexed citations
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Lü, Fan, et al.. (2024). Wet oxidation technology can significantly reduce both microplastics and nanoplastics. Water Research. 263. 122177–122177. 8 indexed citations
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He, Pinjing, et al.. (2024). Short-chain carboxylate continuous production from food waste with in situ extraction: Novel design to reduce chemical input for pH control and alleviate membrane fouling. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112554–112554. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Fan Lü, Wei Peng, Pinjing He, & Hua Zhang. (2024). Functional Redundant Microbiome Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion Efficiency under Ammonium Inhibition Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(15). 6659–6669. 10 indexed citations
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Peng, Wei, et al.. (2024). Hyperspectral Imaging Technique to Characterize Digestate and Visualize Physical Impurities in Anaerobically Digested Biowaste. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(37). 16488–16496.
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He, Pinjing, Fan Lü, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2024). Certified Compostable Products and Sustainable Food Waste Management via Laboratory-Level Simulation Anaerobic Digestion and Postdigestion Composting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(10). 4146–4155. 4 indexed citations
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Lü, Tao, et al.. (2023). Material flow analysis and global warming potential assessment of an industrial insect-based bioconversion plant using housefly larvae. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 139. 483–495. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Fan Lü, Wei Peng, Pinjing He, & Hua Zhang. (2023). Efficacy of bioaugmentation with nondomesticated mixed microbial consortia under ammonia inhibition in anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology. 391(Pt A). 129954–129954. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haohao, et al.. (2023). Leaching of biochar at different stages of anaerobic digestion: Leaching behaviors, leachate chemodiversity and effects. Journal of Cleaner Production. 435. 140531–140531. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujing, Hua Zhang, Xiangyu Xu, et al.. (2023). Flare exhaust: An underestimated pollution source in municipal solid waste landfills. Chemosphere. 325. 138327–138327. 6 indexed citations
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Lü, Fan, et al.. (2023). Greenhouse gas emissions of municipal solid waste in Shanghai over the past 30 years: Dependent on the dynamic waste characteristics and treatment technologies. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 201. 107321–107321. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Wenwen, Pinjing He, Hua Zhang, et al.. (2023). The low dose of L-lactic acid as loess soil amendment enhances wheat rhizosphere microecosystem. Rhizosphere. 28. 100784–100784. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujing, et al.. (2023). Food waste anaerobic digestion plants: Underestimated air pollutants and control strategy. The Science of The Total Environment. 903. 166143–166143. 23 indexed citations
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He, Pinjing, et al.. (2015). Treatment of Household Waste in Small Towns of China: Status, Basic Conditions and Appropriate Modes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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