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Advanced Sustainable Systems
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Advanced Sustainable Systems

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 149 432 454 45
Environmental Sciences 612 14 15 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 731
Documents by Best Scientists*: 655
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 17
SCIMAGO H-index: 61
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.356
Impact Factor: 6.1

Top Publications

  • Sustainable Fiber‐Reinforced Composites: A Review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    502 Citations
  • Heterojunction Photocatalysts Based on 2D Materials: The Role of Configuration

    Qian Su;Yao Li;Yao Li;Ran Hu;Fang Song

    (2020)
    200 Citations
  • Nanocellulose-Enabled Membranes for Water Purification: Perspectives

    Priyanka R. Sharma;Sunil K. Sharma;Tom Lindström;Tom Lindström;Benjamin S. Hsiao

    (2020)
    198 Citations
  • High Entropy Intermetallic–Oxide Core–Shell Nanostructure as Superb Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst

    Zhaoyi Ding;Juanjuan Bian;Shuo Shuang;Xiaodi Liu;Xiaodi Liu

    (2020)
    194 Citations
  • Critical Review on Biochar-Supported Catalysts for Pollutant Degradation and Sustainable Biorefinery

    Manish Kumar;Xinni Xiong;Yuqing Sun;Iris K. M. Yu

    (2020)
    194 Citations
  • Environmentally Friendly Thermoelectric Materials: High Performance from Inorganic Components with Low Toxicity and Abundance in the Earth

    Olga Caballero-Calero;José R. Ares;Marisol Martín-González

    (2021)
    182 Citations
  • EPR Investigation on Electron Transfer of 2D/3D g-C3N4/ZnO S-Scheme Heterojunction for Enhanced CO2 Photoreduction

    Mahmoud Sayed;Mahmoud Sayed;Bicheng Zhu;Bicheng Zhu;Panyong Kuang;Xiangyu Liu

    (2021)
    142 Citations
  • C3N4/PDA S‐Scheme Heterojunction with Enhanced Photocatalytic H2O2 Production Performance and Its Mechanism

    (2022)
    104 Citations
  • Enhancing the Photocatalytic Activity of TiO2 Catalysts

    Jong-Pil Jeon;Do Hyung Kweon;Boo Jae Jang;Myung Jong Ju

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • Challenges and Strategies for Constructing Highly Reversible Zinc Anodes in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

    Yanxia Yu;Wei Xu;Xiaoqing Liu;Xihong Lu;Xihong Lu

    (2020)
    91 Citations

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