Ziwen Zhao

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ziwen Zhao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziwen Zhao has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Water Science and Technology, 18 papers in Pollution and 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ziwen Zhao's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (16 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (15 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (15 papers). Ziwen Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (16 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (15 papers) and Phosphorus and nutrient management (15 papers). Ziwen Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Taiwan. Ziwen Zhao's co-authors include Zhongfang Lei, Zhenya Zhang, Kazuya Shimizu, Duu‐Jong Lee, Xiaojing Yang, Weimin Cai, Diyi Chen, Tian Yuan, Weiwei Huang and Wenli Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Physics Letters and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ziwen Zhao

65 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Soil texture is an important factor determining how microplastics affect soil hydraulic characteristics
    2022 194 citations Zhanhui Wang, Yang Wu 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
Ziwen Zhao China 25 716 506 394 385 289 69 1.8k
Shunwen Bai China 26 652 0.9× 708 1.4× 216 0.5× 473 1.2× 146 0.5× 60 1.9k
Shufei He China 19 414 0.6× 302 0.6× 232 0.6× 260 0.7× 321 1.1× 32 1.2k
Zhixiang Jiang China 27 378 0.5× 355 0.7× 442 1.1× 296 0.8× 64 0.2× 74 2.4k
Sirous Ebrahimi Iran 23 452 0.6× 202 0.4× 466 1.2× 301 0.8× 159 0.6× 63 1.8k
Rania Hamza Canada 19 794 1.1× 387 0.8× 110 0.3× 810 2.1× 252 0.9× 35 1.6k
Tiantao Zhao China 24 774 1.1× 373 0.7× 131 0.3× 364 0.9× 134 0.5× 69 1.5k
Meltem Urgun‐Demirtas United States 24 554 0.8× 547 1.1× 151 0.4× 575 1.5× 959 3.3× 58 2.3k
Qihang Wu China 23 809 1.1× 357 0.7× 122 0.3× 459 1.2× 107 0.4× 68 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ziwen Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ziwen Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziwen Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ziwen Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ziwen Zhao 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 Ziwen Zhao. Ziwen Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Chen, Junsheng, Biao Zhang, Xiaojing Yang, et al.. (2025). Feasibility of ferrous iron addition to promote the pure Chlorella sp. granulation for mariculture wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology Reports. 30. 102129–102129. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, et al.. (2024). Research on key factors of pulsed CO2 laser annealing of Ge core fiber. Optical Materials. 154. 115735–115735. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, Yuqi Liu, Jixiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the role of ferrous ion in driving microalgae granulation from salt–tolerant strains for mariculture wastewater treatment. The Science of The Total Environment. 923. 171315–171315. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Meng, Ziwen Zhao, M. A. Mahmud, et al.. (2024). Boosting floating photovoltaics via cooling methods and reservoir characteristics: Crafting optimal symbiosis with off-river pumped hydro storage. Energy. 312. 133501–133501. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Junsheng, et al.. (2024). Environmental Impacts and Biological Technologies Toward Sustainable Treatment of Textile Dyeing Wastewater: A Review. Sustainability. 16(24). 10867–10867. 19 indexed citations
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Fan, Yujie, et al.. (2024). Alleviation of volatile fatty acids inhibition in anaerobic digestion of swine manure with nano-bubble water supplementation. Bioresource Technology. 411. 131304–131304. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of three representative pumped storage retrofits on the economic-technical-energy efficiency of cascaded hydropower-VRE hybrid systems. Energy Conversion and Management. 322. 119107–119107. 12 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive benefit evaluations for integrating off-river pumped hydro storage and floating photovoltaic. Energy Conversion and Management. 296. 117651–117651. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Fei, Wenli Huang, Wenli Huang, et al.. (2023). Coupling Iron Sludge Addition and Intermittent Aeration for Achieving Simultaneous Methanogenesis, Feammox, and Denitrification in a Single Reactor Treating Fish Sludge. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(40). 15065–15075. 11 indexed citations
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Fu, Xiaohua, Xiaojing Yang, Lihong Liu, et al.. (2023). Nutrients’ Removal from Mariculture Wastewater by Algal–Bacterial Aggregates Developed from Spirulina platensis. Water. 15(3). 396–396. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, et al.. (2023). The importance of flexible hydropower in providing electricity stability during China’s coal phase-out. Applied Energy. 336. 120684–120684. 32 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ziwen, Yang Wu, Wenjing Chen, et al.. (2023). Soil enzyme kinetics and thermodynamics in response to long-term vegetation succession. The Science of The Total Environment. 882. 163542–163542. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaojing, Ziwen Zhao, Yaoyao Wu, et al.. (2022). Changes of distribution and chemical speciation of metals in hexavalent chromium loaded algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge before and after hydrothermal treatment. Bioresource Technology. 355. 127229–127229. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaojing, Ziwen Zhao, Guanghao Zhang, et al.. (2021). Insight into Cr(VI) biosorption onto algal-bacterial granular sludge: Cr(VI) bioreduction and its intracellular accumulation in addition to the effects of environmental factors. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 414. 125479–125479. 53 indexed citations
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Lei, Zhongfang, et al.. (2020). Comparison between Conventional Bacterial and Algal-Bacterial Aerobic Granular Sludge Systems in the Treatment of Saline Wastewater. 14(5). 84–89. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Tian, Weiwei Huang, Zhongfang Lei, Ziwen Zhao, & Zhenya Zhang. (2017). Effects of different alkalis on hydrolysis of swine manure during dry anaerobic digestion and resultant nutrients availability. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 123. 138–145. 23 indexed citations

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