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Shihwu Sung 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 Shihwu Sung sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 104 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Shihwu Sung 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 Shihwu Sung sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shihwu Sung is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Hilo in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on waste management, microbial ecology, and water treatment technologies.

The main fields of study for Shihwu Sung include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad area, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Building and Construction

The scientist's work covers several specific topics, among them:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Shihwu Sung has published research papers in various peer-reviewed journals, including the following recent works:

  • Anaerobic co-digestion: Current status and perspectives, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Biotreatment of high-salinity wastewater: current methods and future directions, 2020, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Anaerobic co-digestion of various organic wastes: Kinetic modeling and synergistic impact evaluation, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Microbial diversity reveals the partial denitrification-anammox process serves as a new pathway in the first mainstream anammox plant, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of sulfur dosage on continuous bioleaching of heavy metals from contaminated sediment, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials

The distribution of their publications across major venues includes:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • ACS ES&T Water

Among frequent co-authors associated with Shihwu Sung are:

  • Shou-Qing Ni
  • Renisha Karki
  • Wachiranon Chuenchart
  • K.C. Surendra
  • Lutgarde Raskin

Best Publications

  • BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION AS A FUNCTION OF PH AND SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION

    Steven Van Ginkel;Shihwu Sung;Jiunn-Jyi Lay

  • Biological hydrogen production: effects of pH and intermediate products

    Samir Kumar Khanal;Wen-Hsing Chen;Ling Li;Shihwu Sung

  • Fate, Transport, and Biodegradation of Natural Estrogens in the Environment and Engineered Systems

    Samir Kumar Khanal;Bin Xie;Michael L. Thompson;Shihwu Sung

  • Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic anaerobic digestion

    Shihwu Sung;Tao Liu

  • Kinetic study of biological hydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation

    Wen-Hsing Chen;Shen-Yi Chen;Samir Kumar Khanal;Shihwu Sung

  • Ultrasound Applications in Wastewater Sludge Pretreatment: A Review

    Samir Kumar Khanal;David Grewell;Shihwu Sung;J. (Hans) van Leeuwen

  • Anaerobic co-digestion: Current status and perspectives.

    Renisha Karki;Wachiranon Chuenchart;K.C. Surendra;Shilva Shrestha

  • Methanogenic population dynamics during startup of a full-scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor treating swine waste

    Largus T Angenent;Shihwu Sung;Lutgarde Raskin

  • Simultaneous partial nitrification, anaerobic ammonium oxidation and denitrification (SNAD) in a full-scale landfill-leachate treatment plant.

    Chih Cheng Wang;Po Heng Lee;Mathava Kumar;Yu Tzu Huang

  • Laboratory studies on the anaerobic sequencing batch reactor

    Shihwu Sung;Richard R. Dague

  • Hydrogen production by anaerobic microbial communities exposed to repeated heat treatments.

    T. Duangmanee;S. I. Padmasiri;J. J. Simmons;L. Raskin

  • Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic aceticlastic methanogens.

    T. Liu;S. Sung

  • Effect of organic matter on the performance of granular anammox process

    Shou-Qing Ni;Jian-Yuan Ni;De-Liang Hu;Shihwu Sung

  • Adsorption of arsenic(V) by activated carbon prepared from oat hulls.

    C.L. Chuang;M. Fan;M. Xu;R.C. Brown

  • Methanogenic activities in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) treating synthetic municipal wastewater.

    Jaeho Ho;Shihwu Sung

  • Nitrogen removal by granular nitritation-anammox in an upflow membrane-aerated biofilm reactor.

    Xiaojin Li;Shan Sun;Brian D. Badgley;Shihwu Sung

  • Development of anaerobic migrating blanket reactor (AMBR), a novel anaerobic treatment system

    Largus T Angenent;Shihwu Sung

  • Partial nitrification and anammox process: A method for high strength optoelectronic industrial wastewater treatment

    Achlesh Daverey;Sin Han Su;Yu Tzu Huang;Shiou Shiou Chen

  • Performance of temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) system treating dairy cattle wastes.

    Shihwu Sung;Harikishan Santha

  • Biotreatment of high-salinity wastewater: current methods and future directions.

    Yiyi Zhao;Xuming Zhuang;Shakeel Ahmad;Shihwu Sung

  • Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludges

    Yue Han;Shihwu Sung;Richard R. Dague

  • Enrichment and biofilm formation of Anammox bacteria in a non-woven membrane reactor.

    Shou Qing Ni;Po Heng Lee;Anania Fessehaie;Bao Yu Gao

  • Fast start-up, performance and microbial community in a pilot-scale anammox reactor seeded with exotic mature granules.

    Shou Qing Ni;Bao Yu Gao;Chih Cheng Wang;Jih-Gaw Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Samir Kumar Khanal
Samir Kumar Khanal University of Hawaii at Manoa
Largus T. Angenent
Largus T. Angenent University of Tübingen
Robert C. Brown
Robert C. Brown Iowa State University
Lutgarde Raskin
Lutgarde Raskin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Maohong Fan
Maohong Fan University of Wyoming
Jih-Gaw Lin
Jih-Gaw Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Baoyu Gao
Baoyu Gao Shandong University
Dong-Hoon Kim
Dong-Hoon Kim Inha University
Sang-Hyoun Kim
Sang-Hyoun Kim Yonsei University
Say Kee Ong
Say Kee Ong Iowa State University

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