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Liandong Zhu

Liandong Zhu

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
7759
World Ranking
5588
National Ranking
571

Liandong Zhu 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 Liandong Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 92 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liandong Zhu 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 Liandong Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Liandong Zhu is affiliated with Wuhan University in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Zhu's work covers a range of subfields including:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pollution
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology

Their main topics of study include:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Liandong Zhu has frequently published in several journals. The most common publication venues are:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Water Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Shuangxi Li
  • Zhihong Yin
  • Dan Hu
  • Mingxiang Qv
  • Qirui Wu

Among Liandong Zhu's recent papers are:

  • A comprehensive review on cultivation and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: Environmental pollution control and future directions, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Influence of polystyrene microplastics on the growth, photosynthetic efficiency and aggregation of freshwater microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A review on flocculation as an efficient method to harvest energy microalgae: Mechanisms, performances, influencing factors and perspectives, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • A review on co-cultivation of microalgae with filamentous fungi: Efficient harvesting, wastewater treatment and biofuel production, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Towards advanced nutrient removal by microalgae-bacteria symbiosis system for wastewater treatment, 2023, Bioresource Technology

Best Publications

  • Nutrient removal and biodiesel production by integration of freshwater algae cultivation with piggery wastewater treatment

    Liandong Zhu;Zhongming Wang;Qing Shu;Josu Takala

  • A comprehensive review on cultivation and harvesting of microalgae for biodiesel production: Environmental pollution control and future directions.

    Zhihong Yin;Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Shuangxi Li;Tianyi Hu

  • Influence of polystyrene microplastics on the growth, photosynthetic efficiency and aggregation of freshwater microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Shuangxi Li;Panpan Wang;Chao Zhang;Xiangjun Zhou

  • Biorefinery as a promising approach to promote microalgae industry: An innovative framework

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu

  • A review on flocculation as an efficient method to harvest energy microalgae: Mechanisms, performances, influencing factors and perspectives

    Shuangxi Li;Tianyi Hu;Yanzhe Xu;Jingyi Wang

  • Biomass accumulations and nutrient uptake of plants cultivated on artificial floating beds in China's rural area

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Zhaohua Li;Tarja Ketola

  • Microalgal biofuels: Flexible bioenergies for sustainable development

    L.D. Zhu;L.D. Zhu;L.D. Zhu;E. Hiltunen;E. Hiltunen;E. Antila;E. Antila;J.J. Zhong

  • Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris biomass harvesting by natural flocculant: effects on biomass sedimentation, spent medium recycling and lipid extraction

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Zhaohua Li;Erkki Hiltunen

  • Microalgal culture strategies for biofuel production: a review

    Liandong Zhu

  • A review on co-cultivation of microalgae with filamentous fungi: Efficient harvesting, wastewater treatment and biofuel production

    Ruoyu Chu;Shuangxi Li;Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Zhihong Yin

  • Scale-up potential of cultivating Chlorella zofingiensis in piggery wastewater for biodiesel production.

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Zhongming Wang;Josu Takala;Erkki Hiltunen

  • Bioaccumulation characterization of cadmium by growing Bacillus cereus RC-1 and its mechanism.

    Fei Huang;Chu-Ling Guo;Gui-Ning Lu;Xiao-Yun Yi

  • Microalgae consortia cultivation in dairy wastewater to improve the potential of nutrient removal and biodiesel feedstock production

    Lei Qin;Zhongming Wang;Yongming Sun;Qing Shu

  • Using microalgae to produce liquid transportation biodiesel: What is next?

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Y.K. Nugroho;S.R. Shakeel;Zhaohua Li

  • Photosynthetic CO2 uptake by microalgae for biogas upgrading and simultaneously biogas slurry decontamination by using of microalgae photobioreactor under various light wavelengths, light intensities, and photoperiods

    Cheng Yan;Liandong Zhu;Yanxin Wang

  • Effects of nitrogen source heterogeneity on nutrient removal and biodiesel production of mono- and mix-cultured microalgae

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Shuangxi Li;Tianyi Hu;Yohanes Kristianto Nugroho

  • Vertical-algal-biofilm enhanced raceway pond for cost-effective wastewater treatment and value-added products production.

    Qi Zhang;Zhigang Yu;Liandong Zhu;Ting Ye

  • Towards advanced nutrient removal by microalgae-bacteria symbiosis system for wastewater treatment.

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  • Microalgal cultivation with biogas slurry for biofuel production

    Liandong Zhu;Liandong Zhu;Cheng Yan;Zhaohua Li

  • The effects of various LED (light emitting diode) lighting strategies on simultaneous biogas upgrading and biogas slurry nutrient reduction by using of microalgae Chlorella sp.

    Cheng Yan;Raúl Muñoz;Liandong Zhu;Yanxin Wang

  • Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in Dairy Wastewater Pretreated by UV Irradiation and Sodium Hypochlorite

    Lei Qin;Qing Shu;Zhongming Wang;Changhua Shang

  • Recycling harvest water to cultivate Chlorella zofingiensis under nutrient limitation for biodiesel production

    L.D. Zhu;J. Takala;E. Hiltunen;Z.M. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenhong Yuan
Zhenhong Yuan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Renjie Dong
Renjie Dong China Agricultural University
Roger Ruan
Roger Ruan University of Minnesota
Zhi Dang
Zhi Dang South China University of Technology
Yuhuan Liu
Yuhuan Liu Nanchang University
Ningbo Gao
Ningbo Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Jian-Jiang Zhong
Jian-Jiang Zhong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Pau Loke Show
Pau Loke Show UCSI University
Raúl Muñoz
Raúl Muñoz University of Valladolid
Bo Xiao
Bo Xiao Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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