Weiwei Cai

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Weiwei Cai is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiwei Cai has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Water Science and Technology, 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weiwei Cai's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (25 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (11 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (5 papers). Weiwei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (25 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (11 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (5 papers). Weiwei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Weiwei Cai's co-authors include Yu Liu, Zhi‐Ping Zhao, Xiangru Zhang, Jingwei Wang, Shen-Hui Li, Jiaqi Liu, Yingqun Ma, Muhammad Ahmad, Maryam Yousaf and Tao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Weiwei Cai

31 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Highly flexible and superhydrophobic MOF nanosheet membrane for ultrafast alcohol-water separation
    2022 271 citations Li‐Hao Xu, Shen-Hui Li et al. Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Weiwei Cai 670 425 294 203 181 31 1.2k
Ahmad Azari 631 0.9× 440 1.0× 451 1.5× 203 1.0× 114 0.6× 41 1.4k
Hara Mohan Jena 1.0k 1.5× 566 1.3× 237 0.8× 387 1.9× 154 0.9× 53 2.0k
Noorul Hudai Abdullah 892 1.3× 397 0.9× 267 0.9× 234 1.2× 119 0.7× 39 1.3k
Liang Ren 944 1.4× 386 0.9× 175 0.6× 355 1.7× 220 1.2× 58 1.6k
Debabrata Pradhan 772 1.2× 820 1.9× 550 1.9× 138 0.7× 129 0.7× 54 1.6k
Aikelaimu Aihemaiti 388 0.6× 411 1.0× 378 1.3× 449 2.2× 111 0.6× 41 1.6k
Shun‐Feng Jiang 448 0.7× 509 1.2× 175 0.6× 318 1.6× 141 0.8× 37 1.4k
Xiaolan Hu 595 0.9× 272 0.6× 152 0.5× 263 1.3× 107 0.6× 54 1.3k
Jinling Wu 939 1.4× 668 1.6× 220 0.7× 193 1.0× 207 1.1× 37 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiwei Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiwei Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiwei Cai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cai, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). Innovative composite fluidized hydrogel GAC particles for effective membrane fouling mitigation and membrane integrity protection. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129167–129167. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). Toxicological and mechanistic insights into organic contaminants released from on-line membrane cleaning during ultrafiltration of algal-containing waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136139–136139. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2024). New mechanistic insight into the microbial responses to on-line chemical cleaning of UF membranes with NaClO. Separation and Purification Technology. 349. 127882–127882. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, et al.. (2024). Development of innovative hydrogel-GAC particles utilized in aerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactor for enhancing high-saline organic wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 68. 106416–106416. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Muhammad, Maryam Yousaf, Weiwei Cai, & Zhi‐Ping Zhao. (2023). Enhanced H2S removal from diverse fuels by a coupled absorption and biological process uses CO2 as carbon resource for microbial ecosystem. Separation and Purification Technology. 310. 123182–123182. 27 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiuying, Yuanyuan Wang, Zhi‐Ping Zhao, & Weiwei Cai. (2023). Emerging algal organic matter from simulated on-line chemical cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes treating algae-containing water. The Science of The Total Environment. 907. 167893–167893. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Li‐Hao, Shen-Hui Li, Heng Mao, et al.. (2022). Highly flexible and superhydrophobic MOF nanosheet membrane for ultrafast alcohol-water separation. Science. 378(6617). 308–313. 271 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cai, Weiwei, et al.. (2021). New insights into membrane fouling formation during ultrafiltration of organic wastewater with high salinity. Journal of Membrane Science. 635. 119446–119446. 60 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Qiuying Chen, Jingyu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Effects of High Salinity on Alginate Fouling during Ultrafiltration of High-Salinity Organic Synthetic Wastewater. Membranes. 11(8). 590–590. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Jingyu Zhang, Yan Li, et al.. (2021). Characterizing membrane fouling formation during ultrafiltration of high-salinity organic wastewater. Chemosphere. 287(Pt 1). 132057–132057. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, et al.. (2019). Effect of magnesium ion on polysaccharide fouling. Chemical Engineering Journal. 379. 122351–122351. 73 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Jiarui Han, Xiangru Zhang, & Yu Liu. (2019). Formation mechanisms of emerging organic contaminants during on-line membrane cleaning with NaOCl in MBR. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 386. 121966–121966. 37 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Jiaqi Liu, Xiaohu Zhu, Xiangru Zhang, & Yu Liu. (2017). Fate of dissolved organic matter and byproducts generated from on-line chemical cleaning with sodium hypochlorite in MBR. Chemical Engineering Journal. 323. 233–242. 56 indexed citations
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Cai, Weiwei, Jiaqi Liu, Xiangru Zhang, Wun Jern Ng, & Yu Liu. (2016). Generation of dissolved organic matter and byproducts from activated sludge during contact with sodium hypochlorite and its implications to on-line chemical cleaning in MBR. Water Research. 104. 44–52. 79 indexed citations
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