Wenru Liu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wenru Liu is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Engineering and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenru Liu has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Pollution, 25 papers in Environmental Engineering and 18 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Wenru Liu's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (55 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (18 papers). Wenru Liu is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (55 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (24 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (18 papers). Wenru Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Wenru Liu's co-authors include Dianhai Yang, Peng Wu, Jun Mei, Yao-Liang Shen, Jing Xie, Wenjing Chen, Xiao-Ming Ji, Xingxing Zhang, Jianfang Wang and Junjiang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wenru Liu

69 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Novel insights into Anammox-based processes: A critical review

2022 189 citations Peng Wu, Xingxing Zhang et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

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Lan Yang China

Marlene Roeckel Chile

Michele Laureni Netherlands

Tomoko Yasuda Japan

Wenjing Chen China

C. Casas Spain

Ed W. J. van Niel Sweden

Thomas Welander Sweden

Jana Zábranská Czechia

Taeho Lee South Korea

Lan Yang China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenru Liu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Wenjing, Zirui Liu, Zhi‐Cheng Ren, et al.. (2025). Pyrite autotrophic denitrification in a biological contactor for low-strength nitrate-contaminated water treatment. Bioresource Technology. 439. 133355–133355. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xingyu, Edward Tong, Chenglong Xie, et al.. (2025). Novel use of waste iron scraps to enhance anammox nitrogen removal from weakly acidic wastewater. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 118477–118477.

Zhang, Xiaonong, Naïf Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Xingxing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Activation of denitrification potential within anammox consortia to exceed nitrogen removal thresholds via Fe-Mn functionalized biochar: Enhanced interspecies electron transfer and metabolite cross-feeding. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154707–154707. 21 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Jiawei Xie, Kai Tang, et al.. (2024). The influencing mechanisms and optimization strategies of organics on anammox process: A critical review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152743–152743. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Lijin, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of nano-scale zero-valent iron modified biochar for enhancing low-nitrogen anammox process resistance to low temperatures. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 152. 442–452. 8 indexed citations

Zhou, Li, Xingxing Zhang, Naïf Abdullah Al-Dhabi, et al.. (2024). Metabolic evolution and bottleneck insights into simultaneous autotroph-heterotroph anammox system for real municipal wastewater nitrogen removal. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175941–175941. 5 indexed citations

Shi, Lulu, Wei Liu, Wenru Liu, et al.. (2024). Development of a Novel Electrostatic-Based Bioaerosol Sampler. Micromachines. 15(9). 1068–1068. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Yujun, Xingyu Zhang, Caiwei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Roles of waste iron scraps in anammox system treating sulfide-containing wastewater: Alleviating sulfide inhibition, promoting novel anammox bacteria enrichment, and enhancing nitrogen removal capacity. Bioresource Technology. 419. 132033–132033. 7 indexed citations

Zeng, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Linking ecological niche and metabolic hierarchy in low-oxygen-driven anammox systems. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 67. 106230–106230. 3 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiao-Ming, et al.. (2024). Successful operation of nitrifying granules at low pH in a continuous-flow reactor: Nitrification performance, granule stability, and microbial community. Journal of Environmental Management. 366. 121793–121793. 7 indexed citations

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Qian, Feiyue, et al.. (2024). Metagenomic insights into microbial metabolic mechanisms of a combined solid-phase denitrification and anammox process for nitrogen removal in mainstream wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Management. 366. 121797–121797. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qi, et al.. (2023). Succession of microbial communities reveals the inevitability of anammox core in the development of anammox processes. Bioresource Technology. 371. 128645–128645. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, Jianfang Wang, Yao-Liang Shen, Xiao-Ming Ji, & Dianhai Yang. (2022). Response of nitritation granules to anaerobically pre-treated municipal wastewater at low temperatures in a continuous-flow reactor. Chemosphere. 294. 133831–133831. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, Yao-Liang Shen, & Dianhai Yang. (2021). Achieving high-rate partial nitritation with aerobic granular sludge at low temperatures. Biodegradation. 33(1). 45–58. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, Qian Wang, Yao-Liang Shen, & Dianhai Yang. (2021). Enhancing the in-situ enrichment of anammox bacteria in aerobic granules to achieve high-rate CANON at low temperatures. Chemosphere. 278. 130395–130395. 25 indexed citations

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Wu, Peng, et al.. (2020). Feasibility of applying intermittent aeration and baffles for achieving granular nitritation in a continuous short-cut denitrifying phosphorus removal system. The Science of The Total Environment. 715. 137023–137023. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, Dianhai Yang, Yao-Liang Shen, & Jianfang Wang. (2018). Two-stage partial nitritation-anammox process for high-rate mainstream deammonification. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(18). 8079–8091. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, Wenjing Chen, Dianhai Yang, & Yao-Liang Shen. (2018). Functional and compositional characteristics of nitrifiers reveal the failure of achieving mainstream nitritation under limited oxygen or ammonia conditions. Bioresource Technology. 275. 272–279. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenru, et al.. (2017). High-throughput sequencing-based microbial characterization of size fractionated biomass in an anoxic anammox reactor for low-strength wastewater at low temperatures. Bioresource Technology. 231. 45–52. 109 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenjing, et al.. (2016). Performance and microbial ecology of a nitritation sequencing batch reactor treating high-strength ammonia wastewater. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35693–35693. 31 indexed citations

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