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Chemistry

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65
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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
69
Citations
17134
World Ranking
1141
National Ranking
222

Hong Yao publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hong Yao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 456 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Hong Yao D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hong Yao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for outstanding contributions to the fundamental research of solid fuels and pollutants control in combustion processes

Overview

Hong Yao is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and specializes in environmental science with a substantial focus on pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research spans various domains within environmental science, particularly addressing wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, water treatment and disinfection, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research papers published in prominent journals. Notable recent works include:

  • A novel nanofiltration membrane with [MimAP][Tf2N] ionic liquid for utilization of lithium from brines with high Mg2+/Li+ ratio (2020) in Journal of Membrane Science
  • Functional catalytic membrane development: A review of catalyst coating techniques (2020) in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Membrane-Targeting Neolignan-Antimicrobial Peptide Mimic Conjugates to Combat Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections (2022) in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Positively-charged PEI/TMC nanofiltration membrane prepared by adding a diamino-silane coupling agent for Li+/Mg2+ separation (2023) in Journal of Membrane Science
  • Influence characteristics and mechanism of organic carbon on denitrification, N2O emission and NO2− accumulation in the iron [Fe(0)]-oxidizing supported autotrophic denitrification process (2020) in Chemical Engineering Journal

Hong Yao frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Xiang-Dang Du
  • Fangxu Jia
  • Weiwei Cai
  • Xinyang Li
  • Wei Xing

The venues in which they most often publish include:

  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

The research conducted by Hong Yao intersects multiple main and subfields. Their publications extensively contribute to the study of pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, and health-related toxicology. Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment

In recognition of their research contributions, Hong Yao was awarded the title of Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2020 for outstanding contributions to the fundamental research of solid fuels and pollutants control in combustion processes.

Best Publications

  • Thermal degradation of PVC: A review.

    Jie Yu;Lushi Sun;Chuan Ma;Yu Qiao

  • Effect of cellulose, lignin, alkali and alkaline earth metallic species on biomass pyrolysis and gasification

    Dangzhen Lv;Minghou Xu;Xiaowei Liu;Zhonghua Zhan

  • Coal combustion-generated aerosols: Formation and properties

    Minghou Xu;Dunxi Yu;Hong Yao;Xiaowei Liu

  • Experimental and numerical investigation on combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen/air flame in a micro-combustor with a bluff body

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Kaoru Maruta;Hong Yao

  • Increasing oxygen functional groups of activated carbon with non-thermal plasma to enhance mercury removal efficiency for flue gases

    Bi Zhang;Ping Xu;Yong Qiu;Qiao Yu

  • Effect of bluff body shape on the blow-off limit of hydrogen/air flame in a planar micro-combustor

    Aiwu Fan;Jianlong Wan;Yi Liu;Boming Pi

  • Excellent performance of porous carbon from urea-assisted hydrochar of orange peel for toluene and iodine adsorption

    Kangxin Xiao;Huan Liu;Yang Li;Guangyan Yang

  • A comprehensive insight into the combined effects of Fenton's reagent and skeleton builders on sludge deep dewatering performance.

    Huan Liu;Jiakuan Yang;Nairuo Zhu;Hao Zhang

  • A numerical investigation on combustion characteristics of H2/air mixture in a micro-combustor with wall cavities

    Jianlong Wan;Wei Yang;Aiwu Fan;Yi Liu

  • Catalytic role of conditioner CaO in nitrogen transformation during sewage sludge pyrolysis

    Huan Liu;Qiang Zhang;Hongyun Hu;Peng Liu

  • Effect of pyrolysis conditions on the char gasification with mixtures of CO2 and H2O

    Chao Chen;Jing Wang;Wei Liu;Sen Zhang

  • Experimental investigation and numerical analysis on flame stabilization of CH4/air mixture in a mesoscale channel with wall cavities

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Yi Liu;Hong Yao

  • Flame-anchoring mechanisms of a micro cavity-combustor for premixed H2/air flame

    Jianlong Wan;Aiwu Fan;Hong Yao;Wei Liu

  • Efficient removal of elemental mercury by magnetic chlorinated biochars derived from co-pyrolysis of Fe(NO3)3-laden wood and polyvinyl chloride waste

    Yang Xu;Guangqian Luo;Shuangwu He;Fangfang Deng

  • Use of elemental size distributions in identifying particle formation modes

    Dunxi Yu;Minghou Xu;Hong Yao;Jiancai Sui

  • Emission characteristics of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing odorous compounds during different sewage sludge chemical conditioning processes

    Huan Liu;Guang-Qian Luo;Hong-Yun Hu;Qiang Zhang

  • Interactions between heat transfer, flow field and flame stabilization in a micro-combustor with a bluff body

    Aiwu Fan;Jianlong Wan;Kaoru Maruta;Hong Yao

  • A review of rare earth elements and yttrium in coal ash: content, modes of occurrences, combustion behavior, and extraction methods

    Biao Fu;James C. Hower;Wencai Zhang;Guangqian Luo

  • Findings of proper temperatures for arsenic capture by CaO in the simulated flue gas with and without SO2

    Dunkui Chen;Hongyun Hu;Zhang Xu;Huan Liu

  • Ash particle formation during O2/CO2 combustion of pulverized coals

    Changdong Sheng;Yi Li;Xiaowei Liu;Hong Yao

  • Conditioning of sewage sludge by Fenton's reagent combined with skeleton builders.

    Huan Liu;Jiakuan Yang;Yafei Shi;Ye Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Guangqian Luo
Guangqian Luo Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hongyun Hu
Hongyun Hu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Minghou Xu
Minghou Xu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yu Qiao
Yu Qiao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aiwu Fan
Aiwu Fan Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wei Liu
Wei Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lian Zhang
Lian Zhang Monash University
Jiakuan Yang
Jiakuan Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Swellam W. Sharshir
Swellam W. Sharshir Kafrelsheikh University
Kaoru Maruta
Kaoru Maruta Tohoku University

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