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D-Index
60
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12741
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2936
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294

Fan Lü publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fan Lü sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 227 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Fan Lü D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fan Lü sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fan Lü is affiliated with Tongji University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research focuses primarily on topics related to recycling and waste management techniques, municipal solid waste management, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, microplastics and plastic pollution, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

Recent publications by Fan Lü include:

  • "Is incineration the terminator of plastics and microplastics?", 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Preparation and Application of Hierarchical Porous Carbon Materials from Waste and Biomass: A Review", 2020, Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • "Removing microplastics from aquatic environments: A critical review", 2022, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
  • "Quantifying the contributions of surface area and redox-active moieties to electron exchange capacities of biochar", 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Dozens-fold improvement of biochar redox properties by KOH activation", 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Fan Lü collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Pinjing He, Hua Zhang, Liming Shao, Wei Peng, and Junjie Qiu.

The researcher has published in a variety of scientific journals and venues, with notable frequency in:

  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Within the broader fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fan Lü's work intersects with several subfields such as industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, building and construction, plant science, and biomedical engineering.

This comprehensive engagement with multiple disciplines and topics reflects a focus on addressing challenges related to waste and pollution through applied scientific and engineering research.

Best Publications

  • Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill: A source of microplastics? -Evidence of microplastics in landfill leachate.

    Pinjing He;Liyao Chen;Liming Shao;Hua Zhang

  • Application of eco-compatible biochar in anaerobic digestion to relieve acid stress and promote the selective colonization of functional microbes

    Chenghao Luo;Fan Lü;Liming Shao;Pinjing He

  • Biochar alleviates combined stress of ammonium and acids by firstly enriching Methanosaeta and then Methanosarcina.

    Fan Lü;Chenghao Luo;Liming Shao;Pinjing He

  • Is incineration the terminator of plastics and microplastics

    Zhan Yang;Fan Lü;Hua Zhang;Wei Wang

  • The use of biochar-amended composting to improve the humification and degradation of sewage sludge

    Jining Zhang;Fan Lü;Liming Shao;Pinjing He

  • Multiscale visualization of the structural and characteristic changes of sewage sludge biochar oriented towards potential agronomic and environmental implication

    Jining Zhang;Fan Lü;Hua Zhang;Liming Shao

  • How does temperature regulate anaerobic digestion

    Erqi Nie;Pinjing He;Hua Zhang;Liping Hao

  • Comparing activated carbon of different particle sizes on enhancing methane generation in upflow anaerobic digester.

    Suyun Xu;Chuanqiu He;Liwen Luo;Fan Lü

  • Synergetic stress of acids and ammonium on the shift in the methanogenic pathways during thermophilic anaerobic digestion of organics

    Fan Lü;Liping Hao;Dongxing Guan;Yujiao Qi

  • Significant enhancement by biochar of caproate production via chain elongation

    Yuhao Liu;Pinjing He;Liming Shao;Hua Zhang

  • Predominant Contribution of Syntrophic Acetate Oxidation to Thermophilic Methane Formation at High Acetate Concentrations

    Li-Ping Hao;Fan Lü;Pin-Jing He;Lei Li

  • Preparation and Application of Hierarchical Porous Carbon Materials from Waste and Biomass: A Review

    Xiao-Li Zhou;Hua Zhang;Li-Ming Shao;Fan Lü

  • Dissolved organic matter with multi-peak fluorophores in landfill leachate.

    Fan Lu;Cheng-Hsuan Chang;Duu-Jong Lee;Pin-Jing He

  • Applications of convolutional neural networks for intelligent waste identification and recycling: A review

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  • Effects and optimization of the use of biochar in anaerobic digestion of food wastes

    Jiao Cai;Pinjing He;Ying Wang;Liming Shao

  • Co-occurrence of mobile genetic elements and antibiotic resistance genes in municipal solid waste landfill leachates: A preliminary insight into the role of landfill age.

    Zhuofeng Yu;Pinjing He;Liming Shao;Hua Zhang

  • The combined effect of bacteria and Chlorella vulgaris on the treatment of municipal wastewaters

    P.J. He;B. Mao;F. Lü;L.M. Shao

  • Digestate management for high-solid anaerobic digestion of organic wastes: A review

    Wei Peng;Fan Lü;Liping Hao;Hua Zhang

  • Metaproteomics of cellulose methanisation under thermophilic conditions reveals a surprisingly high proteolytic activity.

    Fan Lü;Ariane Bize;Alain Guillot;Véronique Monnet

  • Metabolic Interactions of a Chain Elongation Microbiome.

    Wenhao Han;Pinjing He;Liming Shao;Fan Lü

  • Humification characterization of biochar and its potential as a composting amendment

    Jining Zhang;Fan Lü;Chenghao Luo;Liming Shao

  • Extracellular enzyme activities during regulated hydrolysis of high-solid organic wastes.

    Bo Zhang;Pin-jing He;Fan Lü;Li-ming Shao

  • Regulating the hydrolysis of organic wastes by micro-aeration and effluent recirculation.

    Min Zhu;Fan Lü;Li-Ping Hao;Pin-Jing He

Frequent Co-Authors

Pinjing He
Pinjing He Tongji University
Liming Shao
Liming Shao Tongji University
Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang Tongji University
Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Shi-Jin Feng
Shi-Jin Feng Tongji University
Yunmin Chen
Yunmin Chen Zhejiang University
Qi Zhou
Qi Zhou Tongji University
Ling Zhao
Ling Zhao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Debra R. Reinhart
Debra R. Reinhart University of Central Florida
Samir Kumar Khanal
Samir Kumar Khanal University of Hawaii at Manoa

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