Xiaoli Chai

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaoli Chai is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoli Chai has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 41 papers in Pollution and 37 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Xiaoli Chai's work include Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (29 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (26 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers). Xiaoli Chai is often cited by papers focused on Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (29 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (26 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (15 papers). Xiaoli Chai collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Xiaoli Chai's co-authors include Xiaohu Dai, Boran Wu, Youcai Zhao, Zhongshuo Xu, Dongjie Niu, Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lü, Takayuki Shimaoka, Devinder Mahajan and Xiaohu Dai and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoli Chai

132 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations

2020 486 citations Boran Wu, Xiaohu Dai et al. Water Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Xiaoli Chai	1.9k	1.8k	1.5k	753	558	137	4.9k
Liangliang Wei	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	715 0.9×	816 1.5×	131	4.5k
Weijun Zhang	2.8k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	901 1.2×	374 0.7×	172	5.4k
Jianyong Liu	2.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	684 0.9×	346 0.6×	148	5.2k
Kristian Keiding	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.6×	735 1.0×	456 0.8×	80	4.3k
Petros Samaras	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	925 1.2×	872 1.6×	144	4.2k
Xiaosong He	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	683 0.9×	1.0k 1.9×	162	5.9k
Fang Fang	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.6×	594 0.8×	721 1.3×	194	4.7k
Kai M. Udert	1.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	674 0.9×	603 1.1×	87	6.0k
Ori Lahav	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	700 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	496 0.9×	133	4.4k
Xiaodi Hao	2.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.3×	3.0k 2.0×	1.2k 1.6×	770 1.4×	142	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoli Chai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Huan, Timothy J. Strathmann, Xiaoli Chai, Xiaohu Dai, & Boran Wu. (2025). Low-temperature, ambient-pressure and rapid mineralization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by molten alkali. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139269–139269.

Fu, Qing‐Long, et al.. (2025). A molecular transformation study on the humus soil biomaterial promoting effects on the humification process in an anaerobic digestate composting system. Bioresource Technology. 430. 132552–132552. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Pengcheng, Boran Wu, Bin Lü, & Xiaoli Chai. (2025). Metal-organic framework material-derived Fe-Si micro-nuclei drive a robust anammox process via multiple pathways: “Shelter” provision, “barrier” reinforcement, and biological “inducer” modulation. Water Research. 284. 123906–123906. 1 indexed citations

Li, Dong, et al.. (2025). Integrated fixed-film activated sludge and the derivative process: a review of carrier design, microbial regulation, and enhanced nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 76. 108195–108195.

Lü, Bin, Boran Wu, Jin Chen, et al.. (2025). Enhanced selective recovery of powder carrier-supported biofilms for enrichment of denitrifying functional bacteria. Water Research X. 28. 100349–100349.

Fu, Qing‐Long, et al.. (2025). Molecular Humification Mechanisms of Dissolved Organic Matter during Maize Straw Composting Enhanced by Humus Soil Biomaterial: Paired-Molecule Mass Difference Reactomics Analysis Based on FT-ICR MS. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(34). 21504–21515. 1 indexed citations

Li, Dong, et al.. (2024). Strengthening nitrogen removal of rural wastewater treatment in humus biochemical system under low dissolved oxygen conditions: Sludge and microbial characteristics. Journal of Environmental Management. 366. 121762–121762. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Pengcheng, Bin Lü, & Xiaoli Chai. (2024). Novel insights into self-defense function of anammox sludge under magnesium ions (Mg2+) stress based on Mg2+ transport system. Bioresource Technology. 414. 131615–131615. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Tao, Dong Li, Bo Chen, Boran Wu, & Xiaoli Chai. (2024). Utilization strategy for algal bloom waste through co-digestion with kitchen waste: Comprehensive kinetic and metagenomic analysis. Environmental Research. 255. 119194–119194. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Tingting, Longqian Xu, Wenxuan Li, et al.. (2024). Dissolved organic carbon spurs bacterial-algal competition and phosphorus-paucity adaptation: Boosting Microcystis' phosphorus uptake capacity. Water Research. 255. 121465–121465. 14 indexed citations

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Wu, Boran, et al.. (2024). Influential mechanism of water occurrence states of waste-activated sludge: Specifically focusing on the pore characteristics dominated by cation-organic interactions. Water Research. 266. 122386–122386. 1 indexed citations

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Lü, Bin, et al.. (2024). The adaptive regulation mechanism of Anammox granule sludge under calcium ions stress: Defense modes transformation. Water Research. 263. 122093–122093. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2016). High-power,high-efficient GaSb-based quantum well laser diodes emitting at 2 .MU.m. JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES. 35(6). 672. 1 indexed citations

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Shimaoka, Takayuki, et al.. (2015). Field study of nitrous oxide production with in situ aeration in a closed landfill site. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 66(3). 280–287. 13 indexed citations

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Deng, Hua, Jifu Zhang, & Xiaoli Chai. (2014). The design and implementation of Flash animation watermarking. 489–491.

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Chai, Xiaoli, Xin Zhao, & Bao-Ying Wang. (2012). Biofixation of carbon dioxide by Chlorococcum sp. in a photobioreactor with polytetrafluoroethene membrane sparger. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 11(29). 7445–7453. 5 indexed citations

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Chai, Xiaoli, et al.. (2012). Physicochemical Characteristics of Typical Fly Ashes of Solid Waste Incineration Plants in China. Journal of Tongji University. 40(12). 1857–1862. 4 indexed citations

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Zhen, Guangyin, Xueqin Lü, Youcai Zhao, Xiaoli Chai, & Dongjie Niu. (2012). Enhanced dewaterability of sewage sludge in the presence of Fe(II)-activated persulfate oxidation. Bioresource Technology. 116. 259–265. 237 indexed citations

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Chai, Xiaoli. (2010). Influence of MgO-Based Basic Salt Cement on Mechanical Properties of Sewage Sludge. Journal of Tongji University. 1 indexed citations

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Lou, Ziyang, Youcai Zhao, Xiaoli Chai, et al.. (2009). Landfill Refuse Stabilization Process Characterized by Nutrient Change. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(11). 1655–1660. 13 indexed citations

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