Ted Mao

476 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 328 citations indexed

About

Ted Mao is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ted Mao has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 328 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Water Science and Technology and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ted Mao's work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (7 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (3 papers). Ted Mao is often cited by papers focused on Water Treatment and Disinfection (7 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (4 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (3 papers). Ted Mao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Ted Mao's co-authors include Wenjun Sun, Karl G. Linden, Zedong Lu, Madhumita B. Ray, Ziming Zhao, Yijing Liu, Ernest R. Blatchley, David J. Brenner, Sung‐Jin Park and David H. Sliney and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Ted Mao

13 papers receiving 322 citations

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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.

Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control

2022 107 citations Ernest R. Blatchley, David J. Brenner et al. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ted Mao Canada	9	145	116	56	48	47	15	328
Joe Heffron United States	12	102 0.7×	213 1.8×	25 0.4×	46 1.0×	106 2.3×	15	366
Oliver Lawal United States	3	74 0.5×	65 0.6×	72 1.3×	31 0.6×	108 2.3×	7	337
James P. Malley United States	14	219 1.5×	190 1.6×	41 0.7×	90 1.9×	75 1.6×	33	559
Glenn W. Walters United States	9	159 1.1×	52 0.4×	92 1.6×	43 0.9×	74 1.6×	13	415
Marisol D. Labas Argentina	12	99 0.7×	186 1.6×	20 0.4×	97 2.0×	76 1.6×	21	440
Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi China	5	110 0.8×	89 0.8×	47 0.8×	25 0.5×	114 2.4×	6	360
Shannon Serre United States	9	385 2.7×	54 0.5×	33 0.6×	34 0.7×	23 0.5×	31	564
Leonardo Romero‐Martínez Spain	12	89 0.6×	101 0.9×	7 0.1×	44 0.9×	41 0.9×	22	401
P. Savoye United States	7	194 1.3×	223 1.9×	27 0.5×	165 3.4×	46 1.0×	8	435

Countries citing papers authored by Ted Mao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ted Mao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ted Mao

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15 of 15 papers shown

Bell, Katherine Y., et al.. (2025). Integrated Coagulation–Disinfection Using Aluminium Polychloride and Sodium Hypochlorite for Secondary Wastewater Treatment: Operational Advantages and DBP Mitigation. Water. 17(19). 2867–2867.

Bell, Katherine Y., et al.. (2025). Chemical disinfection of secondary municipal wastewater effluents: Optimizing CT dose and tailing effects through high‐intensity mixing. Water Environment Research. 97(4). e70066–e70066. 2 indexed citations

Mao, Ted, et al.. (2025). Advanced oxidation of tertiary wastewater micropollutants with nearly-zero contact time. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 14(1). 120691–120691.

Ao, Xiuwei, Xi Zhang, Wenjun Sun, et al.. (2024). What is the role of nitrate/nitrite in trace organic contaminants degradation and transformation during UV-based advanced oxidation processes?. Water Research. 253. 121259–121259. 31 indexed citations

Sun, Wenjun, Zibo Jing, Ran Yin, et al.. (2023). Dose–Response Behavior of Pathogens and Surrogate Microorganisms across the Ultraviolet-C Spectrum: Inactivation Efficiencies, Action Spectra, and Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(29). 10891–10900. 33 indexed citations

Lu, Zedong, Wenjun Sun, Chaoran Liu, et al.. (2022). Antibiotics degradation by UV/chlor(am)ine advanced oxidation processes: A comprehensive review. Environmental Pollution. 308. 119673–119673. 27 indexed citations

Blatchley, Ernest R., David J. Brenner, Karl G. Linden, et al.. (2022). Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 53(6). 733–753. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

Jing, Zibo, Zedong Lu, Ted Mao, et al.. (2021). Microbial composition and diversity of drinking water: A full scale spatial-temporal investigation of a city in northern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 776. 145986–145986. 29 indexed citations

Zhao, Ziming, Madhumita B. Ray, Ted Mao, & Wenjun Sun. (2021). Impact of UV irradiation on disinfection by-product formation and speciation from post-chlorination of dissolved organic matter. Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology—AQUA. 70(8). 1181–1191. 8 indexed citations

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Guo, Bing, Robert Delatolla, Nadieh de Jonge, et al.. (2021). Plant-wide systems microbiology for the wastewater industry. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 7(10). 1687–1706. 10 indexed citations

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Mao, Ted, et al.. (2021). Divergent responses of diverse microalgae commonly found in drinking water source water to UV-C treatment. Journal of Applied Phycology. 33(3). 1541–1557. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ziming, Wenjun Sun, Ajay K. Ray, Ted Mao, & Madhumita B. Ray. (2019). Coagulation and disinfection by-products formation potential of extracellular and intracellular matter of algae and cyanobacteria. Chemosphere. 245. 125669–125669. 46 indexed citations

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Farnood, Ramin, et al.. (2009). Effect of Sonication on UV Disinfectability of Primary Effluents. Water Environment Research. 81(7). 695–701. 20 indexed citations

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Cairns, W.L., et al.. (2008). Bench-Scale Evaluation of Sonication as a Pretreatment Process for Ultraviolet Disinfection of Wastewater. Water Quality Research Journal. 43(1). 37–45. 9 indexed citations

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Cairns, W.L., et al.. (2005). Safeguarding Public and Environmental Health: What are the Necessary Requirements of UV Reactor Validation Protocols?. Journal of Water and Environment Technology. 3(1). 85–92. 2 indexed citations

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