Ran Mei

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Ran Mei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Mei has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Ecology and 16 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Ran Mei's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers). Ran Mei is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (11 papers). Ran Mei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Ran Mei's co-authors include James F. Klausner, Long Zeng, Wen‐Tso Liu, D. M. Bernhard, Masaru K. Nobu, Takashi Narihiro, Henk J. Busscher, Kyohei Kuroda, Glen E. Thorncroft and Po‐Heng Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Ran Mei

54 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

An approximate expression for the shear lift force on a spherical particle at finite reynolds number

1992 509 citations Ran Mei profile →
Vapor bubble departure in forced convection boiling

1993 380 citations Ran Mei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Mei United States	26	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	648	562	55	3.4k
Penghua Qiu China	27	434 0.3×	905 0.8×	438 0.4×	237 0.4×	525 0.9×	108	2.2k
Matevž Dular Slovenia	37	874 0.7×	792 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	292 0.5×	49 0.1×	122	4.6k
Robert J. Martinuzzi Canada	34	2.3k 1.8×	329 0.3×	369 0.4×	206 0.3×	232 0.4×	164	3.7k
Na Zhang China	31	169 0.1×	578 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	83 0.1×	278 0.5×	129	3.0k
Kalyan Annamalai United States	29	800 0.6×	2.3k 2.0×	836 0.8×	204 0.3×	43 0.1×	94	3.3k
Yingyi Liu China	34	668 0.5×	702 0.6×	200 0.2×	920 1.4×	158 0.3×	110	3.3k
Wenming Zhang China	28	212 0.2×	225 0.2×	374 0.4×	137 0.2×	188 0.3×	232	2.6k
Kai Sun China	28	180 0.1×	927 0.8×	470 0.4×	90 0.1×	184 0.3×	131	3.1k
Hongzhong Li China	27	1.1k 0.8×	583 0.5×	765 0.7×	444 0.7×	111 0.2×	143	2.7k
Pingsha Dong United States	46	861 0.7×	176 0.2×	4.3k 4.1×	274 0.4×	265 0.5×	303	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Mei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Mei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ran Mei. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ran Mei. The network helps show where Ran Mei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Mei

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

Zhou, Qun, Kai Yang, Haihui Xin, et al.. (2024). Research on the wetting interface characteristics between water molecules and bituminous coal based on pore evolution and molecular dynamic theory. Energy. 297. 131169–131169. 10 indexed citations

Qin, Botao, Qun Zhou, Zhipeng Deng, et al.. (2024). Hazard and pollution characteristics of rock-containing dust in coal mine tunneling faces based on experimental and numerical study. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 192. 214–229. 11 indexed citations

Mei, Ran, Masanori Kaneko, Hiroyuki Imachi, & Masaru K. Nobu. (2023). The origin and evolution of methanogenesis and Archaea are intertwined. PNAS Nexus. 2(2). pgad023–pgad023. 25 indexed citations

Mei, Ran, et al.. (2020). Superior resolution characterisation of microbial diversity in anaerobic digesters using full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Water Research. 178. 115815–115815. 53 indexed citations

Ye, Lin, et al.. (2020). Machine learning-aided analyses of thousands of draft genomes reveal specific features of activated sludge processes. Microbiome. 8(1). 16–16. 49 indexed citations

Nobu, Masaru K., Takashi Narihiro, Ran Mei, et al.. (2020). Catabolism and interactions of uncultured organisms shaped by eco-thermodynamics in methanogenic bioprocesses. Microbiome. 8(1). 111–111. 64 indexed citations

Yuan, Heyang, et al.. (2019). Nexus of Stochastic and Deterministic Processes on Microbial Community Assembly in Biological Systems. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 1536–1536. 49 indexed citations

Sun, Haohao, et al.. (2019). Bacterial enrichment in highly-selective acetate-fed bioreactors and its application in rapid biofilm formation. Water Research. 170. 115359–115359. 8 indexed citations

Mei, Ran & Wen‐Tso Liu. (2019). Quantifying the contribution of microbial immigration in engineered water systems. Microbiome. 7(1). 144–144. 42 indexed citations

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Zealand, Andrew M., et al.. (2018). Microbial community composition and diversity in rice straw digestion bioreactors with and without dairy manure. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(19). 8599–8612. 22 indexed citations

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Mei, Ran, Masaru K. Nobu, Takashi Narihiro, et al.. (2018). Novel Geobacter species and diverse methanogens contribute to enhanced methane production in media-added methanogenic reactors. Water Research. 147. 403–412. 76 indexed citations

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Mei, Ran, Masaru K. Nobu, Takashi Narihiro, et al.. (2017). Operation-driven heterogeneity and overlooked feed-associated populations in global anaerobic digester microbiome. Water Research. 124. 77–84. 80 indexed citations

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Mei, Ran, Takashi Narihiro, Masaru K. Nobu, & Wen‐Tso Liu. (2016). Effects of heat shocks on microbial community structure and microbial activity of a methanogenic enrichment degrading benzoate. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 63(5). 356–362. 37 indexed citations

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Mei, Ran, Takashi Narihiro, Masaru K. Nobu, Kyohei Kuroda, & Wen‐Tso Liu. (2016). Evaluating digestion efficiency in full-scale anaerobic digesters by identifying active microbial populations through the lens of microbial activity. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34090–34090. 86 indexed citations

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Kuroda, Kyohei, Masaru K. Nobu, Ran Mei, et al.. (2016). A Single-Granule-Level Approach Reveals Ecological Heterogeneity in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167788–e0167788. 36 indexed citations

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Narihiro, Takashi, Na Kyung Kim, Ran Mei, Masaru K. Nobu, & Wen‐Tso Liu. (2015). Microbial Community Analysis of Anaerobic Reactors Treating Soft Drink Wastewater. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119131–e0119131. 25 indexed citations

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Geng, Shuang, Ran Mei, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2014). Nitratireductor shengliensis sp. nov., Isolated from an Oil-Polluted Saline Soil. Current Microbiology. 69(4). 561–566. 16 indexed citations

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Geng, Shuang, Ran Mei, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2014). Paradevosia shaoguanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from a Coking Wastewater. Current Microbiology. 70(1). 110–118. 15 indexed citations

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Geng, Shuang, Ran Mei, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2013). Ottowia shaoguanensis sp. nov., Isolated From Coking Wastewater. Current Microbiology. 68(3). 324–329. 26 indexed citations

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Busscher, Henk J. & Ran Mei. (1995). Initial microbial adhesion is a determinant for the strength of biofilm adhesion. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 128(3). 229–234. 177 indexed citations

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