Yaobo Fan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yaobo Fan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaobo Fan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Water Science and Technology, 14 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yaobo Fan's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (14 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (4 papers). Yaobo Fan is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (14 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (13 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (4 papers). Yaobo Fan collaborates with scholars based in China and United Kingdom. Yaobo Fan's co-authors include Yuansong Wei, Dick H. Eikelboom, Renze T. van Houten, Min‐Jian Wang, Min Yang, Xiaolong Zhu, Zhemin Shen, Wenhua Wang, Xuejun Chen and Xing Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yaobo Fan

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Minimization of excess sludge production for biological wastewater treatment

2003 563 citations Yuansong Wei, Renze T. van Houten et al. Water Research profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaobo Fan China	13	566	521	413	208	170	31	1.1k
E. Klimiuk Poland	16	489 0.9×	411 0.8×	486 1.2×	357 1.7×	254 1.5×	40	1.3k
Beni Lew Israel	15	449 0.8×	422 0.8×	240 0.6×	133 0.6×	156 0.9×	26	925
Michela Langone Italy	21	377 0.7×	366 0.7×	343 0.8×	327 1.6×	271 1.6×	33	1.2k
Wenchuan Ding China	10	358 0.6×	602 1.2×	267 0.6×	301 1.4×	124 0.7×	28	1.2k
Fengyi Zhu China	13	360 0.6×	421 0.8×	306 0.7×	216 1.0×	125 0.7×	32	1.2k
Wafa Dastyar China	16	319 0.6×	305 0.6×	393 1.0×	480 2.3×	288 1.7×	23	1.3k
B. Mahendran India	15	572 1.0×	728 1.4×	177 0.4×	405 1.9×	113 0.7×	36	1.3k
Renze T. van Houten Netherlands	7	518 0.9×	323 0.6×	292 0.7×	196 0.9×	245 1.4×	10	941
Tiantao Zhao China	24	774 1.4×	364 0.7×	373 0.9×	162 0.8×	134 0.8×	69	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yaobo Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaobo Fan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Yaobo, et al.. (2023). Determination of Sustainable Critical Flux through a Long-Term Membrane Resistance Model. Polymers. 15(10). 2319–2319. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Min, Yuansong Wei, Xiang Zheng, et al.. (2016). CFD simulation and optimization of membrane scouring and nitrogen removal for an airlift external circulation membrane bioreactor. Bioresource Technology. 219. 566–575. 20 indexed citations

Fan, Yaobo, Yuansong Wei, Yawei Wang, et al.. (2016). Influence of carbon sources on nutrient removal in A 2 /O-MBRs: Availability assessment of internal carbon source. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 48. 59–68. 21 indexed citations

Yang, Min, Dawei Yu, Mengmeng Liu, et al.. (2016). Optimization of MBR hydrodynamics for cake layer fouling control through CFD simulation and RSM design. Bioresource Technology. 227. 102–111. 70 indexed citations

Luo, Nan, Hui Zhong, Min Yang, Xing Yuan, & Yaobo Fan. (2015). Modifying glass fiber surface with grafting acrylamide by UV-grafting copolymerization for preparation of glass fiber reinforced PVDF composite membrane. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 39. 208–217. 21 indexed citations

Luo, Nan, et al.. (2015). Preparation and characterization of PVDF-glass fiber composite membrane reinforced by interfacial UV-grafting copolymerization. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 38. 24–35. 19 indexed citations

Zhang, Qing, et al.. (2014). Internal carbon source from sludge pretreated by microwave-H₂O₂for nutrient removal in A²/O-membrane bioreactors. Environmental Technology. 36(7). 827–836. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Qing, et al.. (2014). Simulation and optimization of airlift external circulation membrane bioreactor using computational fluid dynamics. Water Science & Technology. 69(9). 1846–1852. 9 indexed citations

Fan, Yaobo. (2012). Analysis of energy consumption in membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment and reuse. Membrane science and technology/Membrane science and technology series. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Guoliang, et al.. (2010). MEMBRANE FOULING CONTROL IN MBR ACHIEVED BY DOSING COAGULANTS. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences). 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Yaobo, et al.. (2009). Study of a membrane bioreactor with glass fiber flat grille modules and the modules' optimization based on the local critical flux theory. Water Research. 44(3). 997–1005. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Gang, et al.. (2007). Inorganic nitrogen removal of toilet wastewater with an airlift external circulation membrane bioreactor. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 19(1). 12–17. 10 indexed citations

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Shen, Yingjie, et al.. (2007). Performances of biological aerated filter employing hollow fiber membrane segments of surface-improved poly (sulfone) as biofilm carriers. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 19(7). 811–817. 13 indexed citations

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Fan, Yaobo, et al.. (2006). Treatment and reuse of toilet wastewater by an airlift external circulation membrane bioreactor. Process Biochemistry. 41(6). 1364–1370. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Xuejun, Zhemin Shen, Xiaolong Zhu, Yaobo Fan, & Wenhua Wang. (2005). Advanced treatment of textile wastewater for reuse using electrochemical oxidation and membrane filtration. Water SA. 31(1). 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaoyuan, et al.. (2003). Sewage treatment by a low energy membrane bioreactor. Bioresource Technology. 90(2). 185–192. 40 indexed citations

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Wei, Yuansong, et al.. (2003). Minimization of excess sludge production for biological wastewater treatment. Water Research. 37(18). 4453–4467. 563 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Xiang, Yaobo Fan, & Yuansong Wei. (2003). A pilot scale anoxic/oxic membrane bioreactor (A/O MBR) for woolen mill dyeing wastewater treatment.. PubMed. 15(4). 449–55. 10 indexed citations

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Eikelboom, Dick H., et al.. (2002). Determination and discussion hydraulic retention time in membrane bioreactor system.. PubMed. 14(4). 501–7. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Yaobo, et al.. (2000). Treatment of a dyeing wastewater from a woolen mill using an A/O membrane bio-reactor. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 12(3). 344–348. 8 indexed citations

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