Yuanhui Zhang

13.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
289 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Yuanhui Zhang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuanhui Zhang has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 55 papers in Environmental Engineering and 44 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Yuanhui Zhang's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (80 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (42 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (35 papers). Yuanhui Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (80 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (42 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (35 papers). Yuanhui Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Yuanhui Zhang's co-authors include Zhidan Liu, Wan‐Ting Chen, Buchun Si, Lance Schideman, Jamison Watson, Baoming Li, Peng Zhang, Haifeng Lu, Jianwen Lu and Na Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yuanhui Zhang

277 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Chemical properties of biocrude oil from the hydrothermal liquefaction of Spirulina algae, swine manure, and digested anaerobic sludge

2011 530 citations Yuanhui Zhang et al. Bioresource Technology profile →
Valorization of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase: pathways towards commercial viability

2019 287 citations Jamison Watson, Tengfei Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuanhui Zhang United States	58	6.4k	2.3k	1.8k	1.7k	1.2k	289	10.9k
Shicheng Zhang China	68	6.9k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	2.2k 1.3×	981 0.8×	331	15.2k
Jie Li China	59	3.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	864 0.5×	692 0.6×	404	11.8k
Jun Xiang China	65	7.9k 1.2×	4.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.6×	787 0.5×	343 0.3×	537	15.5k
Junhu Zhou China	70	6.4k 1.0×	4.3k 1.9×	4.6k 2.5×	2.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	493	17.0k
Zhongyang Luo China	71	11.3k 1.8×	6.2k 2.8×	1.1k 0.6×	553 0.3×	449 0.4×	415	19.1k
Beibei Yan China	60	6.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.6×	338 0.3×	433	13.3k
Zhidan Liu China	48	3.2k 0.5×	930 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	189	6.6k
Dinh Duc Nguyen South Korea	63	3.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	317	13.6k
Siming You United Kingdom	49	3.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	908 0.5×	874 0.5×	665 0.5×	158	8.6k
J.N. Sahu Malaysia	58	5.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	477 0.3×	536 0.4×	157	13.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuanhui Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuanhui Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Si, Buchun, Zixin Wang, Jamison Watson, et al.. (2025). From food waste to sustainable aviation fuel: cobalt molybdenum catalysis of pretreated hydrothermal liquefaction biocrude. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9570–9570.

Jing, Qi, et al.. (2025). Waste Biorefinery Concept for Production of Value-Added Products Through Hydrothermal Liquefaction Pathway: A Critical Review and Outlook. ACS ES&T Engineering. 5(10). 2417–2449. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zixin, et al.. (2024). Multi-stage pretreatment of hydrothermal liquefaction biocrude oil as a precursor for sustainable aviation fuel production. Fuel Processing Technology. 263. 108118–108118. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zixin, et al.. (2024). Renewable diesel blends production from hydrothermal liquefaction of food waste: A novel approach coupling fractional distillation and emulsification. Energy Conversion and Management. 314. 118716–118716. 4 indexed citations

Li, Hao, Zhen Dong, Bao Wang, et al.. (2023). High-quality bio-oil production via catalytic pyrolysis of biocrude oil from hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae Spirulina. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 173. 106057–106057. 21 indexed citations

Zhao, Yu, et al.. (2021). A GPU-accelerated particle-detection algorithm for real-time volumetric particle-tracking velocimetry under non-uniform illumination. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(10). 105304–105304. 3 indexed citations

Aierzhati, Aersi, Jamison Watson, Buchun Si, et al.. (2021). Development of a mobile, pilot scale hydrothermal liquefaction reactor: Food waste conversion product analysis and techno-economic assessment. Energy Conversion and Management X. 10. 100076–100076. 59 indexed citations

Qi, Di, Baoshan Chen, Liqi Chen, et al.. (2020). Coastal acidification induced by biogeochemical processes driven by sea-ice melt in the western Arctic ocean. Polar Science. 23. 100504–100504. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Wan‐Ting, Zhenwei Wu, Buchun Si, & Yuanhui Zhang. (2020). Renewable diesel blendstocks and bioprivileged chemicals distilled from algal biocrude oil converted via hydrothermal liquefaction. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(10). 5165–5178. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanhui, et al.. (2020). Height Control Performance of Shearer Drum Based on Fuzzy Algorithm. Chinese Hydraulics & Pneumatics. 82. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Ziyun, Ziyun Liu, Yuanhui Zhang, Zhidan Liu, & Zhidan Liu. (2019). Comparative production of biochars from corn stalk and cow manure. Bioresource Technology. 291. 121855–121855. 51 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yi, Aersi Aierzhati, Jun Cheng, et al.. (2019). Biocrude Oil Production through the Maillard Reaction between Leucine and Glucose during Hydrothermal Liquefaction. Energy & Fuels. 33(9). 8758–8765. 49 indexed citations

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Yang, Libin, Buchun Si, Xiaobo Tan, et al.. (2018). Integrated anaerobic digestion and algae cultivation for energy recovery and nutrient supply from post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 266. 349–356. 74 indexed citations

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Souza, Raquel de, Michael Stäblein, Zhidan Liu, et al.. (2018). Anaerobic and photocatalytic treatments of post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater using H2O2. Bioresource Technology Reports. 3. 247–255. 25 indexed citations

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Shen, Ruixia, Jianwen Lu, Na Duan, et al.. (2017). Effects of organic strength on performance of microbial electrolysis cell fed with hydrothermal liquefied wastewater. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 10(3). 206–217. 16 indexed citations

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Yang, Xufei, Jongmin Lee, Yuanhui Zhang, Xinlei Wang, & Liangcheng Yang. (2015). Concentration, size, and density of total suspended particulates at the air exhaust of concentrated animal feeding operations. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 65(8). 903–911. 19 indexed citations

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Xiu, Shuangning, Yuanhui Zhang, & Abolghasem Shahbazi. (2009). Swine manure solids separation and thermochemical conversion to heavy oil. BioResources. 4(2). 458–470. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanhui, et al.. (2007). Phosphorus cycling in the upper ocean of the East China Sea using natural ~(32)P and ~(33)P. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanhui. (2006). Response of coral reef in Nansha waters to increasing atmospheric CO_2. Journal of Oceanography in Taiwan Strait. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuanhui, et al.. (2005). Background values of pollutants in sediments of the South China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 33 indexed citations

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