Zhenyu Li

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Zhenyu Li is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenyu Li has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Water Science and Technology and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhenyu Li's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (32 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (22 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (9 papers). Zhenyu Li is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (32 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (22 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (9 papers). Zhenyu Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. Zhenyu Li's co-authors include Gary Amy, Rodrigo Valladares Linares, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Noreddine Ghaffour, Victor Yangali-Quintanilla, Lijo Francis, Sabine Lattemann, Thomas M. Missimer, Szilárd S. Bucs and Sarper Sarp and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhenyu Li

59 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Membrane-based seawater desalination: Present and future ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Membrane-based seawater desalination: Present and future prospects
    2016 582 citations Gary Amy, Zhenyu Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenyu Li China 28 2.3k 2.0k 776 706 294 59 3.4k
Tom Arnot United Kingdom 20 2.0k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.8× 409 0.6× 471 1.6× 37 3.8k
Mohammad Reza Mehrnia Iran 30 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 454 0.6× 360 0.5× 419 1.4× 109 2.6k
Yin-Hu Wu China 41 1.5k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 1.5k 2.1× 252 0.9× 136 4.6k
Raja Ben Amar Tunisia 34 1.9k 0.8× 777 0.4× 358 0.5× 357 0.5× 512 1.7× 110 3.2k
TorOve Leiknes Saudi Arabia 47 4.0k 1.8× 2.3k 1.2× 889 1.1× 1.1k 1.6× 496 1.7× 134 5.6k
Gerrit Jan Willem Euverink Netherlands 36 974 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 851 1.1× 403 0.6× 247 0.8× 93 4.4k
Youngjin Kim South Korea 30 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 492 0.6× 588 0.8× 274 0.9× 86 2.5k
Bipro Ranjan Dhar Canada 40 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 610 0.8× 370 0.5× 228 0.8× 137 4.6k
Young‐Ho Ahn South Korea 32 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 866 1.2× 229 0.8× 166 5.4k
Yeek‐Chia Ho Malaysia 30 649 0.3× 812 0.4× 211 0.3× 923 1.3× 211 0.7× 98 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenyu Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenyu Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenyu Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhenyu Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhenyu Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhenyu Li. Zhenyu Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guo, Yan, Min Li, Qidi Wu, et al.. (2025). Environmentally friendly bacterial cellulose hydrogel-derived aerogel and membrane for efficient water purification. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 116023–116023. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2025). What Does the “Trojan Horse” Carry? The Pollutants Associated with Microplastics/Nanoplastics in Water Environments. ACS ES&T Water. 5(4). 1530–1545. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). ANN-LSTM-A Water Consumption Prediction Based on Attention Mechanism Enhancement. Energies. 17(5). 1102–1102. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2024). Review of the Coupled System of Solar and Air Source Heat Pump. Energies. 17(23). 6045–6045. 2 indexed citations
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Ge, Lei, et al.. (2024). Sustainable apple juice concentration: A fusion of pasteurization and membrane distillation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 208. 753–764. 3 indexed citations
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Ge, Lei, Jiawei Zhang, Jinkai Xue, et al.. (2024). Nanoplastics induced health risk: Insights into intestinal barrier homeostasis and potential remediation strategy by dietary intervention. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 472. 134509–134509. 4 indexed citations
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Lei, Yang, et al.. (2024). A green approach for non-thermal concentration of skim milk by forward osmosis combined with membrane distillation for draw solution regeneration. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 210. 469–480. 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Yan, Yue Wang, Sihang Li, et al.. (2023). Microbial fabrication of cellulose nanofiber-based ultrafiltration membrane: a sustainable strategy for membrane manufacture. Cellulose. 30(8). 5001–5017. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Chao, Yu Yang, Nigel Graham, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive evaluation of the temporal and spatial fouling characteristics of RO membranes in a full-scale seawater desalination plant. Water Research. 249. 120914–120914. 37 indexed citations
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Meng, Xuemei, Lei Ge, Jiawei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Systemic effects of nanoplastics on multi-organ at the environmentally relevant dose: The insights in physiological, histological, and oxidative damages. The Science of The Total Environment. 892. 164687–164687. 29 indexed citations
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Yang, Chen, Yue Wang, Sihang Li, et al.. (2023). Recyclable hydrogel-MOFs composite beads for selective removal of Pb(II) from water. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 193. 540–554. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2022). Fusion of RGB, optical flow and skeleton features for the detection of lameness in dairy cows. Biosystems Engineering. 218. 62–77. 20 indexed citations
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Meng, Xuemei, Jiawei Zhang, Wenjing Wang, et al.. (2021). Effects of nano- and microplastics on kidney: Physicochemical properties, bioaccumulation, oxidative stress and immunoreaction. Chemosphere. 288(Pt 3). 132631–132631. 161 indexed citations
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Linares, Rodrigo Valladares, Zhenyu Li, Sarper Sarp, et al.. (2014). Forward osmosis niches in seawater desalination and wastewater reuse. Water Research. 66. 122–139. 293 indexed citations
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Linares, Rodrigo Valladares, et al.. (2014). Impact of spacer thickness on biofouling in forward osmosis. Water Research. 57. 223–233. 94 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, et al.. (2013). Osmotically driven membrane process for the management of urban runoff in coastal regions. Water Research. 48. 200–209. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Zhenyu, Victor Yangali-Quintanilla, Rodrigo Valladares Linares, et al.. (2011). Flux patterns and membrane fouling propensity during desalination of seawater by forward osmosis. Water Research. 46(1). 195–204. 185 indexed citations

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