Yidi Chen

5.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
75 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yidi Chen is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yidi Chen has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Water Science and Technology, 32 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yidi Chen's work include Algal biology and biofuel production (19 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (12 papers). Yidi Chen is often cited by papers focused on Algal biology and biofuel production (19 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (16 papers) and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (12 papers). Yidi Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Taiwan. Yidi Chen's co-authors include Shih‐Hsin Ho, Nanqi Ren, Xiaoguang Duan, Shaobin Wang, Jo‐Shu Chang, Nan-Qi Ren, Rupeng Wang, Xu Zhou, Dillirani Nagarajan and Nanqi Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Yidi Chen

70 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation

2019 422 citations Shih‐Hsin Ho, Yidi Chen et al. Water Research profile →
Role of biochar surface characteristics in the adsorption of aromatic compounds: Pore structure and functional groups

2021 234 citations Yidi Chen, Shih‐Hsin Ho et al. profile →
Transformative Removal of Aqueous Micropollutants into Polymeric Products by Advanced Oxidation Processes

2024 107 citations Yidi Chen, Wei Ren et al. profile →
High-entropy alloys catalyzing polymeric transformation of water pollutants with remarkably improved electron utilization efficiency

2025 47 citations Ziwei Yao, Yidi Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yidi Chen China	30	2.3k	1.6k	1.1k	771	740	75	4.2k
Heshan Zheng China	33	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	941 1.2×	467 0.6×	72	4.0k
Qinglian Wu China	33	2.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	993 1.3×	522 0.7×	99	5.1k
Eunsung Kan United States	33	1.9k 0.8×	975 0.6×	751 0.7×	833 1.1×	572 0.8×	72	3.8k
Rui C. Martins Portugal	37	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	699 0.7×	834 1.1×	947 1.3×	163	4.6k
Wenli Huang China	36	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	796 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	857 1.2×	87	3.7k
Yongwen Ma China	47	3.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	443 0.6×	536 0.7×	134	5.3k
Md Abu Hasan Johir Australia	41	2.4k 1.0×	899 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	104	5.2k
Dimitrios Kalderis Greece	37	2.3k 1.0×	702 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	107	5.4k
Weizhi Zhou China	38	1.6k 0.7×	951 0.6×	715 0.7×	905 1.2×	455 0.6×	97	3.6k
Zhonghao Wan China	23	1.6k 0.7×	776 0.5×	883 0.8×	458 0.6×	423 0.6×	26	2.9k

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He, Zhongqi, Wenbiao Jin, Xu Zhou, et al.. (2025). Understanding the role of direct current on Tetradesmus obliquus growth and nitrogen‑phosphorus pollutant removal in wastewater: Analysis of internal impact through transcriptomics. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107321–107321.

Yao, Ziwei, Yidi Chen, Xiaodan Wang, et al.. (2025). High-entropy alloys catalyzing polymeric transformation of water pollutants with remarkably improved electron utilization efficiency. Nature Communications. 16(1). 148–148. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

Song, Zhao, Wei Ren, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, et al.. (2024). Sludge biochar accelerates transformative phenolic compounds removal from wastewater via the coupling mechanism. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 359. 124470–124470. 16 indexed citations

Ding, Wanqing, et al.. (2024). Pollutant removal and resource recovery of co-cultivated microalgae Chlorella sp. and Phaeodactylum tricornutum for marine aquaculture wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 67. 106182–106182. 14 indexed citations

Mo, H. J., et al.. (2024). Adsorption of crystal violet from wastewater using alkaline-modified pomelo peel-derived biochar. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 68. 106334–106334. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Yidi, et al.. (2024). Matching Is Best: Enhancing Effects of Future Orientation and Construal Level on Green Consumption. Behavioral Sciences. 14(11). 1100–1100. 3 indexed citations

Song, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of phenolic contaminant removal from high-saline wastewater by chloride-mediated activation of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and peracetic acid (PAA). Separation and Purification Technology. 341. 126856–126856. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Yanlin, et al.. (2024). Working-Together Normative Appeals to Promote Pro-Environmental Donations. Behavioral Sciences. 14(4). 273–273. 4 indexed citations

Che, Lin, et al.. (2023). Current status and future perspectives on the biological production of polyhydroxyalkanoates. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 18(3). 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Zhao Song, Xiaoxia Liu, et al.. (2023). Mechanistic insights into the efficient activation of peracetic acid by ZIF-67 for bisphenol A degradation. Surfaces and Interfaces. 44. 103808–103808. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Min, Ziwei Yao, Yidi Chen, et al.. (2023). Potential-dependent selectivity for the efficient capture of gold from E-waste acid leachate using sulfhydryl-functionalized carbon. Science Bulletin. 68(11). 1095–1099. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Kuanchang He, Longxiang Tang, et al.. (2022). Peroxymonosulfate activation by oxygen vacancies-enriched MXene nano-Co3O4 co-catalyst for efficient degradation of refractory organic matter: Efficiency, mechanism, and stability. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 432. 128719–128719. 61 indexed citations

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Ding, Wanqing, Xu Zhou, Wenbiao Jin, et al.. (2022). A novel aquatic worm (Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri) conditioning method for enhancing sludge dewaterability by decreasing filamentous bacteria. The Science of The Total Environment. 849. 157949–157949. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yidi, et al.. (2019). Optimizing the production of short and medium chain fatty acids (SCFAs and MCFAs) from waste activated sludge using different alkyl polyglucose surfactants, through bacterial metabolic analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 384. 121384–121384. 62 indexed citations

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Yang, Shanshan, Yidi Chen, Ye Zhang, et al.. (2019). A novel clean production approach to utilize crop waste residues as co-diet for mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) biomass production with biochar as byproduct for heavy metal removal. Environmental Pollution. 252(Pt B). 1142–1153. 78 indexed citations

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Chen, Yidi, Shunwen Bai, Ruixiang Li, et al.. (2019). Magnetic biochar catalysts from anaerobic digested sludge: Production, application and environment impact. Environment International. 126. 302–308. 90 indexed citations

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Chen, Yidi, Shih‐Hsin Ho, Dawei Wang, et al.. (2017). Lead removal by a magnetic biochar derived from persulfate-ZVI treated sludge together with one-pot pyrolysis. Bioresource Technology. 247. 463–470. 141 indexed citations

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Wang, Hongxian, et al.. (2016). Quantizer design for distributed detection based on bhattacharyya distance. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Shan-Shan, Wanqian Guo, Yidi Chen, et al.. (2015). Simultaneous in-situ sludge reduction and nutrient removal in an A 2 MO-M system: Performances, mechanisms, and modeling with an extended ASM2d model. Water Research. 88. 524–537. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, Shan-Shan, Wanqian Guo, Yidi Chen, et al.. (2014). Economical evaluation of sludge reduction and characterization of effluent organic matter in an alternating aeration activated sludge system combining ozone/ultrasound pretreatment. Bioresource Technology. 177. 194–203. 36 indexed citations

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