Yunji Ding

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yunji Ding is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunji Ding has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yunji Ding's work include Extraction and Separation Processes (20 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (16 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (7 papers). Yunji Ding is often cited by papers focused on Extraction and Separation Processes (20 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (16 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (7 papers). Yunji Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Yunji Ding's co-authors include Shengen Zhang, Bo Liu, Huandong Zheng, Christian Ekberg, Chein‐Chi Chang, Quan Wen, Boyu Wu, Xuefeng He, Bo Liu and Shizhen Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yunji Ding

29 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Recovery of precious metals from electronic waste and spent catalysts: A review

2018 353 citations Yunji Ding, Shengen Zhang et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunji Ding China	17	950	734	374	319	296	29	1.5k
Ravindra Rajarao Australia	25	728 0.8×	740 1.0×	375 1.0×	330 1.0×	305 1.0×	50	1.6k
Samane Maroufi Australia	20	729 0.8×	509 0.7×	224 0.6×	190 0.6×	470 1.6×	71	1.2k
Ndue Kanari France	20	1.1k 1.1×	234 0.3×	768 2.1×	509 1.6×	132 0.4×	55	1.7k
Rasoul Khayyam Nekouei Australia	21	576 0.6×	432 0.6×	181 0.5×	269 0.8×	402 1.4×	60	1.1k
Min‐seuk Kim South Korea	27	1.8k 1.9×	1.0k 1.4×	780 2.1×	207 0.6×	558 1.9×	49	2.2k
Aleksandar N. Nikoloski Australia	26	1.5k 1.5×	680 0.9×	997 2.7×	461 1.4×	486 1.6×	113	2.5k
Chenglong Zhang China	23	660 0.7×	641 0.9×	361 1.0×	217 0.7×	277 0.9×	80	1.3k
F. Di Gregorio Italy	20	214 0.2×	590 0.8×	515 1.4×	367 1.2×	156 0.5×	27	1.4k
Ching‐Hwa Lee Taiwan	18	435 0.5×	403 0.5×	165 0.4×	90 0.3×	254 0.9×	44	962
Zhihong Liu China	24	1.3k 1.4×	523 0.7×	767 2.1×	216 0.7×	353 1.2×	101	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunji Ding

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Zheng, Huandong, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive review of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) waste recycling: Processes, mechanisms, and prospects. Journal of Environmental Management. 391. 126513–126513. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shengen, Xuefeng He, Yunji Ding, Zhisheng Shi, & Boyu Wu. (2024). Supply and demand of platinum group metals and strategies for sustainable management. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 204. 114821–114821. 37 indexed citations

He, Xuefeng, Yunji Ding, Zhisheng Shi, et al.. (2024). Optimization of synergistic capturing platinum group metals by Fe–Sn and its mechanism. Journal of Environmental Management. 358. 120847–120847. 3 indexed citations

He, Xuefeng, Yunji Ding, Zhisheng Shi, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review on the distribution behaviors of precious metals through pyrometallurgical processes and implications for recycling. Minerals Engineering. 219. 108998–108998. 1 indexed citations

Ding, Yunji, et al.. (2024). Efficient and comprehensive recycling of valuable components from scrapped Si-based photovoltaic panels. Waste Management. 175. 183–190. 15 indexed citations

Liao, Hao, et al.. (2024). Valuable metals recovery from spent ternary lithium-ion battery: A review. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 31(12). 2556–2581. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Zhisheng, Yunji Ding, Jing Ren, et al.. (2023). Oxidation leaching of NiMoV alloy enriched from spent hydrogenation catalysts and solvent extraction of Mo and V. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(1). 111714–111714. 14 indexed citations

Shi, Zhisheng, Yunji Ding, Bo Liu, et al.. (2023). Enrichment of Ni–Mo–V via pyrometallurgical reduction from spent hydrogenation catalysts and the multi‐reaction mechanism. Rare Metals. 42(8). 2700–2712. 15 indexed citations

He, Xuefeng, Yunji Ding, Zhisheng Shi, et al.. (2023). Slag design and optimization for iron capturing platinum group metals from alumina‐based spent catalysts. Rare Metals. 42(6). 2093–2103. 14 indexed citations

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Zheng, Huandong, Yunji Ding, Quan Wen, et al.. (2021). Slag design and iron capture mechanism for recovering low-grade Pt, Pd, and Rh from leaching residue of spent auto-exhaust catalysts. The Science of The Total Environment. 802. 149830–149830. 50 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, et al.. (2021). Research progress on g–C3N4–based photocatalysts for organic pollutants degradation in wastewater: From exciton and carrier perspectives. Ceramics International. 47(22). 31005–31030. 78 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shizhen, Bo Liu, Yunji Ding, et al.. (2020). Study on glass-ceramics made from MSWI fly ash, pickling sludge and waste glass by one-step process. Journal of Cleaner Production. 271. 122674–122674. 82 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2020). Directly growing nanowire-assembled nanofibrous ceramic foams with multi-lamellar structure via freeze-casting process. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 41(1). 1041–1047. 13 indexed citations

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Ding, Yunji, Xiaoyan Zhang, Boyu Wu, Bo Liu, & Shengen Zhang. (2020). Highly porous ceramics production using slags from smelting of spent automotive catalysts. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 166. 105373–105373. 44 indexed citations

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Ding, Yunji, Huandong Zheng, Jiayi Li, et al.. (2019). Recovery of Platinum from Spent Petroleum Catalysts: Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology. Metals. 9(3). 354–354. 45 indexed citations

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Ding, Yunji, Huandong Zheng, Jiayi Li, et al.. (2019). An Efficient Leaching of Palladium from Spent Catalysts through Oxidation with Fe(III). Materials. 12(8). 1205–1205. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shengen, Yunji Ding, Bo Liu, & Chein‐Chi Chang. (2017). Supply and demand of some critical metals and present status of their recycling in WEEE. Waste Management. 65. 113–127. 218 indexed citations

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Ding, Yunji, Shengen Zhang, Bo Liu, & Bin Li. (2017). Integrated process for recycling copper anode slime from electronic waste smelting. Journal of Cleaner Production. 165. 48–56. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shengen, Yunji Ding, Bo Liu, et al.. (2015). Challenges in legislation, recycling system and technical system of waste electrical and electronic equipment in China. Waste Management. 45. 361–373. 64 indexed citations

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Zong, Lingbo, Peng‐Fei Xu, Yunji Ding, et al.. (2015). Y₂O₃:Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ Hollow Spheres with Controlled Inner Structures and Enhanced Upconverted Photoluminescence. Small. 11(23). 2768–2773. 41 indexed citations

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