Shenbin Cao

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Shenbin Cao is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Shenbin Cao has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Environmental Engineering and 28 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Shenbin Cao's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (76 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (29 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (28 papers). Shenbin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (76 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (29 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (28 papers). Shenbin Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Germany. Shenbin Cao's co-authors include Rui Du, Yongzhen Peng, Shuying Wang, Baikun Li, Yongzhen Peng, Meng Niu, Yan Zhou, Hanyu Zhang, Xiangchen Li and Chengcheng Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Shenbin Cao

76 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Biological nitrogen removal from sewage via anammox: Recent advances

2015 603 citations Shenbin Cao, Rui Du et al. Bioresource Technology profile →
Performance and microbial community analysis of a novel DEAMOX based on partial-denitrification and anammox treating ammonia and nitrate wastewaters

2016 500 citations Rui Du, Shenbin Cao 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
Shenbin Cao China	35	4.9k	1.5k	1.5k	1.3k	1.3k	81	5.2k
Rui Du China	44	6.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	139	7.1k
Baikun Li China	40	5.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	64	6.5k
Qiong Zhang China	35	3.2k 0.6×	920 0.6×	989 0.7×	695 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	69	3.5k
Charles Bott United States	38	3.8k 0.8×	970 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	512 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	229	4.8k
Haydée De Clippeleir United States	30	2.9k 0.6×	902 0.6×	959 0.7×	493 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	108	3.2k
Bernhard Wett United States	37	3.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	559 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	148	4.4k
Bin Ma China	22	2.6k 0.5×	777 0.5×	848 0.6×	567 0.4×	775 0.6×	40	2.8k
Wouter R. L. van der Star Netherlands	19	2.9k 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	952 0.6×	405 0.3×	758 0.6×	25	4.1k
Kenji Furukawa Japan	33	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	796 0.5×	398 0.3×	735 0.6×	140	3.4k
Eva M. Gilbert Germany	8	2.2k 0.5×	731 0.5×	816 0.6×	457 0.3×	694 0.5×	12	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shenbin Cao

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Li, Xiang, Xia Gu, Xianbao Xu, et al.. (2025). Steering yeast-bacteria synergy by biochar to achieve enhanced endogenous ethanol-driven chain elongation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 162013–162013. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Shenbin, Lan Yu, Xiao-Yan Fan, et al.. (2025). Selective Enrichment of Partial Denitrifying Bacteria Enabling High Nitrite Production under Stepwise Elevated Salinity: Sludge Granulation and Metagenomic Mechanisms. ACS ES&T Water. 5(4). 1955–1965. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Shenbin, et al.. (2025). Temperature-driven mineral accumulation triggers irreversible failure in a high-strength CANDAN system. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 167941–167941.

Du, Rui, et al.. (2025). Carbon-modulated DPAOs metabolism drives high-rate denitrifying phosphorus removal with nitrate as the Electron acceptor in granular sludge systems. Chemical Engineering Journal. 526. 170940–170940.

Cao, Shenbin, et al.. (2025). Understanding the combined impact of salinity and fluoride on partial denitrification: From EPS response to microbial turnover. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118789–118789.

Wang, Fangjun, Yanling Yang, Xing Li, et al.. (2025). Ultra-rapid start-up biological nitrification for nutrient recovery from source-separated urine. Water Research. 287(Pt A). 124343–124343. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Lan, Rui Du, Jiawei Ren, et al.. (2024). Understanding Partial Denitrification-hydroxyapatite (PD-HAP) coupled granules to enhance process stability and phosphorus removal by investigating the size effect of granules. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155412–155412. 5 indexed citations

Du, Rui, et al.. (2024). Selective genes expression and metabolites transformation drive a robust nitrite accumulation during nitrate reduction under alternating feast-famine condition. Water Research. 255. 121520–121520. 16 indexed citations

He, Yuhang, et al.. (2024). Deciphering retention effect of extracellular polymeric substances to typical heavy metals and their interaction with key inner enzymes of Candidatus Kuenenia. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 477. 135367–135367. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Adaptation of freshwater partial Denitrification/Anammox (PD/A) granules to low-salt conditions: Process performance and metabolic insights. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152592–152592. 9 indexed citations

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Du, Rui, et al.. (2024). Stable continuous flow CANDAN process transitioning from anammox UASB reactor by facilitating indigenous nitrite-producing denitrification community. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171929–171929. 6 indexed citations

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Du, Rui, et al.. (2024). External electron donor and transporter of iron triggers the paths to enhancing collaboration of anammox and denitrification in granular sludge: Bacterial resilience and synergetic promotion mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 153788–153788. 10 indexed citations

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Du, Rui, et al.. (2024). Biofilms recall versatile capability of anammox integrating with heterotrophs and advances in application for wastewater treatment: A critical review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 154198–154198. 5 indexed citations

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Du, Rui, et al.. (2023). Tracing and utilizing nitrogen loss in wastewater treatment: The trade-off between performance improvement, energy saving, and carbon footprint reduction. Journal of Environmental Management. 349. 119525–119525. 24 indexed citations

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Yu, Lan, Rui Du, Xiao-Yan Fan, Shenbin Cao, & Yongzhen Peng. (2023). Simultaneous nitrite production and phosphorus removal by partial denitrification-hydroxyapatite (PD-HAP) coupled process from high-nitrate wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145428–145428. 14 indexed citations

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Cao, Shenbin, Konrad Koch, Haoran Duan, et al.. (2023). In a quest for high-efficiency mainstream partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) implementation: One-stage or two-stage?. The Science of The Total Environment. 883. 163540–163540. 37 indexed citations

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Cao, Shenbin, et al.. (2021). NOB suppression strategies in a mainstream membrane aerated biofilm reactor under exceptionally low lumen pressure. Chemosphere. 290. 133386–133386. 33 indexed citations

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Du, Rui, Yongzhen Peng, Shenbin Cao, et al.. (2015). Mechanisms and microbial structure of partial denitrification with high nitrite accumulation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(4). 2011–2021. 208 indexed citations

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Wu, Chengcheng, Yongzhen Peng, Shuying Wang, et al.. (2014). Mechanisms of nitrite addition for simultaneous sludge fermentation/nitrite removal (SFNR). Water Research. 64. 13–22. 30 indexed citations

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Cao, Shenbin, Shuying Wang, Yongzhen Peng, et al.. (2013). Achieving partial denitrification with sludge fermentation liquid as carbon source: The effect of seeding sludge. Bioresource Technology. 149. 570–574. 192 indexed citations

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