Yan Yuan

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Yuan is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Yuan has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Pollution, 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Yuan's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (61 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (18 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers). Yan Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (61 papers), Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (18 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers). Yan Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Vietnam. Yan Yuan's co-authors include Yayi Wang, Yong Huang, Xiang Li, Weigang Wang, Shuai Zhou, Ximao Lin, Yuhao Zhao, Xiao Ma, Cheng Zhi Huang and Zhen Bi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yan Yuan

104 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Characterization of stratified EPS and their role in the ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Characterization of stratified EPS and their role in the initial adhesion of anammox consortia
    2019 370 citations Weigang Wang, Yan Yuan et al. Water Research profile →

Peers

Yan Yuan
Bin Zhao China
Guoqiang Liu China
Yue Zheng China
R. Nogueira Portugal
Xiangchun Quan China
Xiaoyong Yang China
Xiaomin Li China
Alba Torrents United States
Guoping Sun China
Wei Meng China
Bin Zhao China
Yan Yuan
Citations per year, relative to Yan Yuan Yan Yuan (= 1×) peers Bin Zhao

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Yuan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Yuan

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

All Works

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Liu, Tianqi, Xiang Li, Yayi Wang, et al.. (2025). Synergistic control of SRT and DO in independent zoned sludge systems: a model-guided PDA-PN/A process achieving low-carbon nitrogen removal in municipal wastewater environment. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166841–166841. 1 indexed citations
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Shi, Miao, Chen Lv, Peng Wu, et al.. (2024). Effect of S/N ratio on operation characteristics and microbial community of double short-cut sulfur autotrophic denitrification system. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 59. 105025–105025. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Yayi Wang, Yan Yuan, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of stable autotrophic nitrogen removal and NOB inhibition in low-sludge PN-Anammox system under non-temperature control and low ammonia environment. Chemical Engineering Journal. 490. 151928–151928. 16 indexed citations
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Shi, Miao, Xiang Li, Tianyu Huang, et al.. (2024). Effects of O2 on accumulation of nitrous and elemental sulfur and microbial community structure in double short-cut sulfur autotrophic denitrification system. Bioresource Technology. 409. 131243–131243. 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, Mathew Baldwin, Matthew C. Reid, et al.. (2024). Improving nutrients ratio in class A biosolids through vivianite recovery: Insights from a wastewater resource recovery facility. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 173560–173560. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, Jangho Lee, Il Han, et al.. (2024). Comammox and unknown ammonia oxidizers contribute to nitrite accumulation in an integrated A-B stage process that incorporates side-stream EBPR (S2EBPR). Water Research. 253. 121220–121220. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Jia-En Wang, Yan Yuan, et al.. (2023). Construction and operation characteristics of a fully quantified low-carbon treatment process for old landfill leachate. Journal of Cleaner Production. 428. 139547–139547. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, et al.. (2023). Quinone electron shuttle enhanced ammonium removal performance in anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with Fe(III) reduction. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 195. 108912–108912. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Xiang, Yong Huang, Hao Sun, et al.. (2023). Performance evaluation of the effect of humic acid on Anammox granular sludge: Apparent morphology, nitrogen removal and microbial community. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 144. 148–158. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, Il Han, Jangho Lee, et al.. (2023). Revisiting the role of Acinetobacter spp. in side-stream enhanced biological phosphorus removal (S2EBPR) systems. Water Research. 251. 121089–121089. 19 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yan, Xiang Li, Wei Li, et al.. (2022). Effects of different reduced sulfur forms as electron donors in the start-up process of short-cut sulfur autotrophic denitrification. Bioresource Technology. 354. 127194–127194. 32 indexed citations
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Wang, Ye, He Wei, Chun Hong Li, et al.. (2021). Chirality transfer of cysteine to the plasmonic resonance region through silver coating of gold nanobipyramids. Chemical Communications. 57(26). 3211–3214. 19 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhen, Xiaolin Wang, Liu W, et al.. (2019). Time series analysis of antibacterial usage and bacterial resistance in China: observations from a tertiary hospital from 2014 to 2018. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Wang, Weigang, et al.. (2019). Characterization of stratified EPS and their role in the initial adhesion of anammox consortia. Water Research. 169. 115223–115223. 370 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Dapeng, Yong Huang, Yan Yuan, & Chengxin Fan. (2011). [Mechanism of phosphorus adsorption and immobility by sediments in innercity heavily polluted canal].. PubMed. 32(1). 96–101. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qibao, et al.. (2009). Synthesis and characterization of Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 O 3−σ. Rare Metals. 28(1). 39–42. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Yan, Yan Yuan, & Jianfeng Huang. (2000). Analysis of bovine serum albumin by synchronous fluorimetric method. Journal of Nanchang University. 24(3). 282–285. 1 indexed citations

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