Ya‐Fen Wang

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
171 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ya‐Fen Wang is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya‐Fen Wang has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 42 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ya‐Fen Wang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (38 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (22 papers). Ya‐Fen Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (38 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (26 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (22 papers). Ya‐Fen Wang collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Vietnam and China. Ya‐Fen Wang's co-authors include Sheng‐Jie You, Raynard Christianson Sanito, Lin‐Chi Wang, Hai Nguyen Tran, Cheng‐Hsien Tsai, Huan‐Ping Chao, How‐Ran Chao, Guo‐Ping Chang‐Chien, Minh‐Thuan Pham and Hsiao‐Hsuan Mi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ya‐Fen Wang

157 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Insights into the mechanism of cationic dye adsorption on activated charcoal: The importance of π–π interactions

2017 326 citations Ya‐Fen Wang, Sheng‐Jie You et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ya‐Fen Wang Taiwan	33	1.3k	1.0k	756	602	587	171	4.1k
Mohamed Ateia United States	34	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	838 1.1×	321 0.5×	959 1.6×	92	4.7k
Zhemin Shen China	41	968 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	937 1.2×	625 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	167	4.6k
Hsing‐Cheng Hsi Taiwan	37	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	569 0.8×	821 1.4×	864 1.5×	126	4.2k
Jing Jin China	34	683 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	627 0.8×	463 0.8×	462 0.8×	215	3.9k
Hui Lin China	37	1.1k 0.9×	918 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	468 0.8×	1.9k 3.3×	79	4.6k
Jun He China	45	2.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.4×	941 1.2×	615 1.0×	441 0.8×	252	6.6k
Qifei Huang China	39	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	782 1.0×	580 1.0×	787 1.3×	194	6.5k
Shengyong Lu China	46	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	378 0.5×	544 0.9×	656 1.1×	223	6.5k
Majid Kermani Iran	35	1.5k 1.2×	561 0.5×	824 1.1×	279 0.5×	1.1k 1.9×	248	4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya‐Fen Wang

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You, Sheng‐Jie, et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation on synergistic integrated MD-SLM-ED for Nickel recovery from electroplating wastewater: Influence of operating parameters and optimization. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 160277–160277. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ya‐Fen, et al.. (2025). Enhanced performance of air gap membrane distillation for azo dye wastewater treatment using oxygen-plasma-modified PVDF and PTFE membranes. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 170. 106006–106006. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Ya‐Fen, et al.. (2025). Modeling city-wide intra-urban variations of ultrafine particles via low-to-middle cost sensors: Comparisons between land use regression and machine learning approaches. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 119691–119691.

Pham, Minh‐Thuan, Yen‐Yi Lee, Sakthivel Kogularasu, et al.. (2025). Visible-light-driven photocatalytic nitric oxide degradation using A@g-C3N4/PAA/PES composite membranes (A = MgO, TiO2). Surfaces and Interfaces. 67. 106635–106635.

Hassan, Fahir, et al.. (2025). Characterizing sludge-derived microplastics from various wastewater treatment plants in Taiwan: Insights from spatiotemporal patterns and ecological risks. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116684–116684. 2 indexed citations

Tran, Duyen Phuc-Hanh, et al.. (2025). Revealing greenhouse gas emissions variability in industrial wastewater treatment: A plant-level study of CH4 and N2O emission factors. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 119135–119135.

Lee, Yen‐Yi, Sakthivel Kogularasu, Bo-Wun Huang, et al.. (2024). Advanced oxide-stabilized zirconia ceramics for flue gas filtration in air purification systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 17. 100539–100539. 2 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hoang Phuong, Yen‐Yi Lee, Sakthivel Kogularasu, et al.. (2024). Surface plasmon-enhanced visible and solar-driven nitric oxide photo-oxidation on Pd-decorated ZnSn(OH)6 perovskite. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 131039–131039. 2 indexed citations

You, Sheng‐Jie, et al.. (2024). Characterizing Traffic-Related Ultrafine Particles in Roadside Microenvironments: Spatiotemporal Insights from Industrial Parks. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 24(5). 230295–230295. 5 indexed citations

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Tran, Duyen Phuc-Hanh, et al.. (2024). Identifying spatiotemporal trends of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater: from the perspective of upstream and downstream wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(8). 11576–11590. 4 indexed citations

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Sanito, Raynard Christianson, Adnan Hussain, Sheng‐Jie You, Chitsan Lin, & Ya‐Fen Wang. (2023). Bone powder decorated TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles: The first investigation of NOx degradation by solar light and visible light-driven photocatalyst. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 302. 127707–127707. 3 indexed citations

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Tran, Duyen Phuc-Hanh, Minh‐Thuan Pham, Ya‐Fen Wang, & Sheng‐Jie You. (2023). Deployment of the one-step solvothermal method to synthesize high-performance ZnO nanorods in photocatalytic NO degradation: A novel investigation. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 127. 343–355. 7 indexed citations

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Sanito, Raynard Christianson, Chia‐Hsin Chen, Sheng‐Jie You, Hsi‐Hsien Yang, & Ya‐Fen Wang. (2023). Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) analysis from plasma pyrolysis of printed circuit boards (PCB) with the addition of CaCO 3 from natural flux agents. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 29. 103011–103011. 3 indexed citations

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Hassan, Fahir, Hà Mạnh Bùi, Saravanan Rajendran, et al.. (2023). Microplastic contamination in sewage sludge: Abundance, characteristics, and impacts on the environment and human health. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 31. 103176–103176. 63 indexed citations

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Sanito, Raynard Christianson, et al.. (2023). Optimization of metals degradation and vitrification from fly ash using Taguchi design combined with plasma pyrolysis and recycling in cement construction. Journal of Cleaner Production. 387. 135930–135930. 6 indexed citations

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Pham, Minh‐Thuan, Hong Huy Tran, Hieu Trung Nguyen, et al.. (2022). Enhanced photocatalytic removal of nitric oxide over Ag-decorated ZnSn(OH)6 microcubes. Sustainable Environment Research. 32(1). 6 indexed citations

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Sanito, Raynard Christianson, et al.. (2022). Inertization of metals and hydrogen production as a byproduct from water hyacinth and water lettuce via plasma pyrolysis. Heliyon. 8(11). e11240–e11240. 7 indexed citations

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Pham, Minh‐Thuan, et al.. (2022). Enhancing quantum efficiency at Ag/g-C3N4 interfaces for rapid removal of nitric oxide under visible light. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 25. 100596–100596. 13 indexed citations

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Pham, Minh‐Thuan, et al.. (2021). Surface plasmon resonance enhanced photocatalysis of Ag nanoparticles-decorated Bi 2 S 3 nanorods for NO degradation. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 23. 101755–101755. 35 indexed citations

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Yang, Hsi‐Hsien, et al.. (2018). Comparison of Coal- and Oil-Fired Boilers through the Investigation of Filterable and Condensable PM_2.5 Sample Analysis. Energy & Fuels. 32(3). 2993–3002. 46 indexed citations

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