Wen Li

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
183 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Wen Li is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Li has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 57 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 36 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wen Li's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Energy Efficiency and Management (20 papers) and Extraction and Separation Processes (17 papers). Wen Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (27 papers), Energy Efficiency and Management (20 papers) and Extraction and Separation Processes (17 papers). Wen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Wen Li's co-authors include Sami Kara, Christoph Herrmann, Marius Winter, Sebastian Thiede, Peng Wang, Lingxue Kong, Hongxia Sun, Jin Bai, Zongqing Bai and Jia Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wen Li

168 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Unit process energy consumption models for material remov... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Unit process energy consumption models for material removal processes
    2011 488 citations Wen Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wen Li China 34 1.8k 1.3k 1.3k 838 637 183 4.2k
Zhichao Liu China 36 445 0.2× 1.3k 1.0× 679 0.5× 324 0.4× 872 1.4× 210 3.9k
Pei Liu China 50 892 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 3.0k 2.4× 185 0.2× 512 0.8× 317 7.0k
K. Sudhakar Malaysia 48 2.9k 1.6× 1.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 199 0.2× 831 1.3× 210 7.3k
Timothy G. Gutowski United States 37 1.1k 0.6× 2.7k 2.0× 721 0.6× 1.5k 1.8× 323 0.5× 92 6.3k
Randolph Kirchain United States 37 455 0.2× 1.9k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 301 0.4× 438 0.7× 161 5.2k
Yusuf Biçer Qatar 43 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 140 0.2× 1.1k 1.8× 202 5.9k
Yi Man China 32 756 0.4× 750 0.6× 681 0.5× 203 0.2× 515 0.8× 126 3.2k
Paul Balcombe United Kingdom 23 2.9k 1.6× 721 0.5× 3.0k 2.4× 214 0.3× 1.6k 2.6× 37 6.7k
Lars J Nilsson Sweden 32 1.2k 0.6× 824 0.6× 562 0.4× 155 0.2× 206 0.3× 112 4.4k
Abdul Hai Alami United Arab Emirates 39 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.7× 135 0.2× 1.1k 1.7× 178 6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wen Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wen Li 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 Wen Li. Wen Li 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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Crawford, Robert H., et al.. (2025). Constructing a life cycle inventory of Spodumene concentrate production: Greenbushes case, Western Australia. Journal of Cleaner Production. 496. 145123–145123. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Weiguo, et al.. (2025). Enhanced particle swarm optimization with chaotic search for offshore micro-energy systems. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 1191–1191. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, Ning, Xiaohua Liu, Liangliang He, et al.. (2025). SIRT5: a potential target for discovering bioactive natural products. Journal of Natural Medicines. 79(3). 441–464. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, et al.. (2025). Research progress on antimony selenide photocathode for photocatalytic water splitting. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology. 53(7). 1025–1037.
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Li, Wen, et al.. (2025). Exploring the circular economy future of lithium-ion batteries in australia through comprehensive dynamic material flow analysis. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 220. 108377–108377. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yi, et al.. (2025). Multivalent Rh@RhOx and MnOx-Modified CdS for Robust and Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(19). 14149–14159. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenhua, Wen Li, Guoyuan Xiong, et al.. (2025). Co-Catalyst-Free Al6Si2O13/Cd8.05Zn1.95S10 Nanocomposites for Visible-Light-Driven Stable H2 Evolution and DDVP Degradation. Catalysts. 15(6). 564–564. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, et al.. (2024). Highly efficient photocatalytic decomposition of triazophos using novel In2O3/WO3 nanocomposites with oxygen defects and S-Scheme heterojunctions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 57. 369–378. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Chengcheng, Shougang Chen, Chaoqun Wang, et al.. (2024). Defect regulation of p-n scheme Cu2N O1–/PDINH composites for enhanced photocatalytic antibacterial activities. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 209. 149–160. 10 indexed citations
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Başarır, Hakan, et al.. (2024). Life cycle assessment of recycling copper slags as cement replacement material in mine backfill. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 205. 107591–107591. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, et al.. (2024). Numerical study on efficiency and robustness of wave energy converter-power take-off system for compressed air energy storage. Renewable Energy. 232. 121080–121080. 39 indexed citations
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Sun, Lifang, et al.. (2023). Silver nanoparticle coupled Cu2O/Ag/Bi2MoO6 Z-scheme heterojunction with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity for bacteriostasis. Applied Surface Science. 622. 156966–156966. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Zhen, et al.. (2023). g-C3N4/ZnWO4 nanocomposites as efficient and stable S-scheme photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 160. 107445–107445. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, Qi Ye, Xia Tao, Long Zhao, & Miao Yang. (2022). Degradation of Organic Dyes Using the Ionizing Irradiation Process in the Presence of the CN/CD3/Fe6 Composite: Mechanistic Studies. ACS Omega. 7(25). 21418–21432. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng, Wei‐Qiang Chen, Xueqin Cui, et al.. (2022). Critical mineral constraints in global renewable scenarios under 1.5 °C target. Environmental Research Letters. 17(12). 125004–125004. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, et al.. (2011). The determination method of limit energy consumption of water supply in open-loop surface water source heatpump systems. Journal of Chongqing University. English Edition. 110–115. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Wen. (2001). QUALITY SUPERVISION OF X-RAY TESTING OF THE WELDS IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FUEL RODS.

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