Yang Liao

642 total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 520 citations indexed

About

Yang Liao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Liao has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 520 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Water Science and Technology, 9 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Liao's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (8 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (7 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers). Yang Liao is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (8 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (7 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers). Yang Liao collaborates with scholars based in China and Singapore. Yang Liao's co-authors include Hui Mao, Jun Ma, Shilin Zhao, Jun Ma, Xuepin Liao, Xiaoting Li, Yilan Wu, Fengwei Huo, Fang Wang and Hui Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Communications and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Yang Liao

34 papers receiving 515 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.

  1. Effect of microplastics on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycle in farmland soil: A meta-analysis
    2025 21 citations Xiaohang Huang, Tongqing Li et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Liao China 15 176 153 119 115 101 35 520
Omer Y. Bakather Saudi Arabia 14 248 1.4× 195 1.3× 133 1.1× 94 0.8× 130 1.3× 33 621
Adeel Ahmad Hassan China 14 234 1.3× 158 1.0× 105 0.9× 102 0.9× 113 1.1× 18 760
Eslam Salama Egypt 16 181 1.0× 282 1.8× 114 1.0× 108 0.9× 137 1.4× 32 650
Nomcebo H. Mthombeni South Africa 11 194 1.1× 289 1.9× 97 0.8× 115 1.0× 128 1.3× 26 563
Khairi R. Kalash Iraq 11 154 0.9× 289 1.9× 100 0.8× 81 0.7× 135 1.3× 23 520
Jingjie Yang China 9 107 0.6× 217 1.4× 83 0.7× 97 0.8× 105 1.0× 15 424
Shaikat Chandra Dey Bangladesh 13 152 0.9× 123 0.8× 122 1.0× 73 0.6× 66 0.7× 28 571
Zahira Bano China 8 221 1.3× 265 1.7× 116 1.0× 77 0.7× 143 1.4× 14 567
Wen Bin Cao China 7 200 1.1× 280 1.8× 185 1.6× 93 0.8× 95 0.9× 30 561
Hien Y Hoang Vietnam 9 194 1.1× 186 1.2× 62 0.5× 83 0.7× 76 0.8× 31 461

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Liao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Liao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Liao

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

All Works

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Huang, Xiaohang, Tongqing Li, Yingjie Huang, et al.. (2025). Effect of microplastics on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycle in farmland soil: A meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution. 370. 125871–125871. 21 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Xiaolu, Mei Zhang, Minghui Wang, et al.. (2024). Efficient and simultaneous immobilization of fluoride and lead in water and tea garden soil by bayberry tannin foam loaded zirconium. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20901–20901. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mei, Minghui Wang, Hao Huang, et al.. (2023). Microwave-hydrothermal synthesis of F and Fe co-doped CeO2 photocatalysts for efficient removal of 2,4,6-TCP under visible light. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 171. 108032–108032. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Yilan, et al.. (2023). Plant tannin foam anchored iron nanoparticles: Efficient and recyclable degradation of tetracycline antibiotics under high salt conditions. Journal of Cleaner Production. 426. 139188–139188. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoyuan, Heng Zhang, Li Li, et al.. (2022). Emission characteristics of dioxin during solid waste co-processing in the Chinese cement industry. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 446. 130680–130680. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Meijia, et al.. (2022). The fate of heavy metals in the co-processing of solid waste in converter steelmaking. Journal of Environmental Management. 311. 114877–114877. 5 indexed citations
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Liao, Shuling, et al.. (2021). Effect of urea feeding on transforming and migrating soil fluorine in a tea garden of hilly region. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 43(12). 5087–5098. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Fang, et al.. (2021). Tannin foam immobilized with ferric ions for efficient removal of ciprofloxacin at low concentrations. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 414. 125567–125567. 39 indexed citations
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Peng, Yu, Hui Huang, Yilan Wu, et al.. (2021). Plant tannin modified chitosan microfibers for efficient adsorptive removal of Pb2+ at low concentration. Industrial Crops and Products. 168. 113608–113608. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongcheng, Heng Zhang, Meng Jiang, et al.. (2020). Reaction mechanism of fluoride conversion into BF4− during sulphuric acid leaching of roasted bastnaesite. Journal of Rare Earths. 39(2). 186–193. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Chen, Kai Li, Jun Ma, et al.. (2019). Encapsulating NiCo2O4 inside metal–organic framework sandwiched graphene oxide 2D composite nanosheets for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Nanoscale. 11(32). 15166–15172. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujia, Ting Zhang, Yang Liao, et al.. (2016). Biopolymer-stabilized Pt nanoparticles colloid: a highly active and recyclable catalyst for biphasic catalysis. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 18(10). 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Ruilin, Yachun Liu, Qian Liu, et al.. (2016). Tannin-grafted aminated silicon adsorbents: adsorption performance of rare earth ions coexistence. Desalination and Water Treatment. 57(56). 27386–27395. 1 indexed citations
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Mao, Hui, Yang Liao, Jun Ma, Shujuan Zhao, & Fengwei Huo. (2015). Water-soluble metal nanoparticles stabilized by plant polyphenols for improving the catalytic properties in oxidation of alcohols. Nanoscale. 8(2). 1049–1054. 22 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shilin, et al.. (2014). Influence of fertilizers on fluoride accumulation in tea leaves and its remediation using polyphenol–Ce adsorbents. RSC Advances. 5(8). 6085–6091. 11 indexed citations
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Mao, Hui, Jun Ma, Yang Liao, Shilin Zhao, & Xuepin Liao. (2013). Using plant tannin as natural amphiphilic stabilizer to construct an aqueous–organic biphasic system for highly active and selective hydrogenation of quinoline. Catalysis Science & Technology. 3(6). 1612–1612. 34 indexed citations
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Liao, Yang, Xin Huang, Xuepin Liao, & Bi Shi. (2011). Preparation of fibrous sulfated zirconia (SO42−/ZrO2) solid acid catalyst using collagen fiber as the template and its application in esterification. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 347(1-2). 46–51. 25 indexed citations

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