Youcai Zhao

13.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
305 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Youcai Zhao is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Youcai Zhao has authored 305 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 81 papers in Building and Construction and 72 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Youcai Zhao's work include Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (51 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (40 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (39 papers). Youcai Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (51 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (40 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (39 papers). Youcai Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Youcai Zhao's co-authors include Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lü, Tao Zhou, Yu‐You Li, Xiaoli Chai, Dongjie Niu, Jie Ma, Fei Yu, Yiran Sun and Jianhua Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Youcai Zhao

289 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Overview of pretreatment strategies for enhancing sewage sludge disintegration and subsequent anaerobic digestion: Current advances, full-scale application and future perspectives

2016 693 citations Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lü et al. profile →
Microbial degradation and other environmental aspects of microplastics/plastics

2020 591 citations Jianhua Yuan, Jie Ma et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Youcai Zhao China	51	3.8k	3.2k	2.8k	2.7k	2.4k	305	10.3k
Hua Zhang China	58	3.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	455	11.8k
Fan Lü China	59	3.0k 0.8×	3.7k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.4×	2.6k 1.1×	347	11.8k
Jukka Rintala Finland	56	2.9k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	4.4k 1.6×	2.9k 1.2×	259	10.7k
Pinjing He China	69	6.1k 1.6×	5.7k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	5.6k 2.0×	4.0k 1.7×	419	17.4k
Shang‐Lien Lo Taiwan	64	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	3.8k 1.3×	1.5k 0.5×	3.6k 1.5×	285	12.3k
Qunhui Wang China	52	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	3.6k 1.5×	342	9.5k
Guangren Qian China	56	3.0k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	422	12.5k
Dongsheng Shen China	48	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	353	7.9k
Soon Woong Chang South Korea	68	2.7k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	3.9k 1.6×	380	15.5k
Nanwen Zhu China	52	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	227	8.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youcai Zhao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tian, Lu, Tingting Liu, Jinzhong Yang, et al.. (2025). Direct production and characterization of carbon black from organic hazardous wastes via high temperature pyrolysis and volatiles condensation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 119206–119206.

Zhao, Youcai, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic analysis of viral community during different municipal solid waste collection and treatment processes: Fate, hosts, and antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 489. 137520–137520. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Weijie, et al.. (2024). Coupling weak magnetic field and zero-valent iron-activated persulfate oxidation process activation for improving dewaterability of waste activated sludge. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105632–105632. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Boran, Ming Xie, Jinzhong Yang, et al.. (2024). Waste to resource: Developing red mud as low-cost catalysts to enhance catalytic co-pyrolysis of tobacco waste and low-density polyethylene. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 130938–130938. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Zihan, et al.. (2024). A new integrated approach for NOx removal by absorption and anaerobic digestion of wasted activated sludge. Applied Energy. 362. 123034–123034. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Tao, Ming Xie, Tingting Liu, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in organic waste pyrolysis and gasification in a CO2 environment to value-added products. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120666–120666. 32 indexed citations

Liu, Zewei, Ming Xie, Zechun Huang, et al.. (2024). TG-FTIR-Py-GCMS analysis and catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of textile waste by red mud catalyst for liquid fuel production. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175874–175874. 6 indexed citations

Zhou, Yue, Yuting Cui, Jinzhong Yang, et al.. (2024). Roles of red mud in remediation of contaminated soil in mining areas: Mechanisms, advances and perspectives. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120608–120608. 28 indexed citations

Xiao, Peiyuan, Tingting Liu, Jinzhong Yang, et al.. (2024). A review on the modified red mud for biomass catalytic pyrolysis: Preparation, mechanisms and perspectives. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 178. 106430–106430. 31 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Vision-based sorting in mixed food-inorganic waste stream. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107964–107964. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chunlong, Lu Peng, Zongsheng Li, et al.. (2023). Novel and sustainable silica-assisted low-temperature roasting method for the solidification of lead in municipal solid waste incineration fly ash: Process and mechanism. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(5). 111002–111002. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Zongsheng, Kunsen Lin, Youcai Zhao, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of anaerobic digestion from food waste via inert substances based on metagenomic analysis: Oxidative phosphorylation and metabolism. Environmental Research. 246. 118033–118033. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Youcai, et al.. (2023). Hi-MGT: A hybrid molecule graph transformer for toxicity identification. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 457. 131808–131808. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Yiran, Jianhua Yuan, Tao Zhou, et al.. (2020). Laboratory simulation of microplastics weathering and its adsorption behaviors in an aqueous environment: A systematic review. Environmental Pollution. 265(Pt B). 114864–114864. 263 indexed citations

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Jia, Xuan, Lianhai Ren, Mingxiao Li, et al.. (2016). Bacterial community structure succession in fermentative biohydrogen with methanogenesis integration from reed straw.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 32(4). 199–204. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Youcai. (2009). Effect of Impurities on Zinc Electrowinning Process in Alkaline Solution. Nonferrous Metals. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua, et al.. (2008). Geotechnical Characterization of Dewatered Sewage Sludge for Landfilling. Journal of Tongji University. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Youcai. (2005). Research Progress of COD Determination Methods. Sichuan Environment. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Youcai. (2005). Research progress and principle of biological treatment of Nitrogen Oxides in waste gas streams. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Youcai. (2001). Effects of Long-china Fatty Acids on Methanogenic Activity of Granular Sludge and the Interactions. 1 indexed citations

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