Runzi Cao

675 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 523 citations indexed

About

Runzi Cao is a scholar working on Pollution, Control and Systems Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Runzi Cao has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 523 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pollution, 4 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 3 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Runzi Cao's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (3 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Runzi Cao is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (5 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (3 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (3 papers). Runzi Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Runzi Cao's co-authors include Kay‐Soon Low, Yang Li, Enxiang Shang, Jiajun Duan, Wen Zhang, Jianan Gao, Nanthi Bolan, Yuan Liu, Shengdong Liu and Jingnan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Water Research and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Runzi Cao

11 papers receiving 510 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.

ROS-mediated photoaging pathways of nano- and micro-plastic particles under UV irradiation

2022 185 citations Jiajun Duan, Yang Li et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Runzi Cao China	7	295	198	147	109	81	11	523
Borja Hernández Spain	11	86 0.3×	112 0.6×	46 0.3×	31 0.3×	27 0.3×	27	416
Murali Mohan Seepana India	13	100 0.3×	39 0.2×	65 0.4×	141 1.3×	6 0.1×	33	360
Mathias Monnot France	11	197 0.7×	217 1.1×	7 0.0×	48 0.4×	40 0.5×	29	588
Kuntal Jana India	14	111 0.4×	18 0.1×	44 0.3×	166 1.5×	55 0.7×	21	561
Diego Barba Italy	9	32 0.1×	51 0.3×	43 0.3×	50 0.5×	29 0.4×	15	396
Rubia Idris Malaysia	10	54 0.2×	68 0.3×	39 0.3×	75 0.7×	6 0.1×	30	369
Rafat Al Afif Austria	14	168 0.6×	21 0.1×	37 0.3×	179 1.6×	10 0.1×	30	600
Peam Cheali Denmark	10	17 0.1×	113 0.6×	77 0.5×	144 1.3×	22 0.3×	14	443
Felix Aibuedefe Aisien Nigeria	12	98 0.3×	113 0.6×	9 0.1×	23 0.2×	21 0.3×	36	362
Abu Danish Aiman Bin Abu Sofian Malaysia	9	31 0.1×	39 0.2×	16 0.1×	95 0.9×	25 0.3×	11	327

Countries citing papers authored by Runzi Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Runzi Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Runzi Cao. 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 Runzi Cao. The network helps show where Runzi Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Runzi Cao

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Cao, Runzi, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic production of high-value-added fuels from biodegradable PBAT by Nb2O5/GCN heterojunction catalyst: Performance and mechanism. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(7). 111029–111029. 1 indexed citations

2.

Cao, Runzi, Xinjie Wang, Huan Tang, et al.. (2024). Upconversion Phosphor-Driven Photodegradation of Plastics. Nano Letters. 24(44). 14082–14090. 6 indexed citations

3.

Li, Yang, et al.. (2024). Rapid inactivation of droplet-transmitted microorganisms using silver-single-atom photocatalysts impregnated masks under weak solar irradiation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 483. 149309–149309. 2 indexed citations

4.

Kumar, Manish, Shiv Bolan, Lokesh P. Padhye, et al.. (2023). Retrieving back plastic wastes for conversion to value added petrochemicals: opportunities, challenges and outlooks. Applied Energy. 345. 121307–121307. 56 indexed citations

5.

Duan, Jiajun, Yang Li, Jianan Gao, et al.. (2022). ROS-mediated photoaging pathways of nano- and micro-plastic particles under UV irradiation. Water Research. 216. 118320–118320. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Runzi, Xinna Liu, Jiajun Duan, et al.. (2022). Opposite impact of DOM on ROS generation and photoaging of aromatic and aliphatic nano- and micro-plastic particles. Environmental Pollution. 315. 120304–120304. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuan, Jingnan Liu, Runzi Cao, et al.. (2021). Transport and transformation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil environment: A critical review. Soil Use and Management. 37(2). 224–242. 64 indexed citations

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Cao, Runzi & Kay‐Soon Low. (2008). A Repetitive Model Predictive Control Approach for Precision Tracking of a Linear Motion System. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 56(6). 1955–1962. 72 indexed citations

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Low, Kay‐Soon & Runzi Cao. (2008). Model Predictive Control of Parallel-Connected Inverters for Uninterruptible Power Supplies. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 55(8). 2884–2893. 85 indexed citations

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Cao, Runzi & Kay‐Soon Low. (2007). Repetitive Model Predictive Control of a Precision Linear Motor Drive. 52. 1132–1137. 6 indexed citations

11.

Low, Kay‐Soon & Runzi Cao. (2006). Model predictive control of parallel connected inverters for uninterruptible power supplies. 15. 1–6. 9 indexed citations

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