2026 Shihwu Sung: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	52	4449	4258	1657	1529	104	10989

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

940
Citations
Biological hydrogen production: effects of pH and intermediate products

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

891
Citations
Fate, Transport, and Biodegradation of Natural Estrogens in the Environment and Engineered Systems

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

666
Citations
Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic anaerobic digestion

Shihwu Sung;Tao Liu

654
Citations
Kinetic study of biological hydrogen production by anaerobic fermentation

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

487
Citations
Ultrasound Applications in Wastewater Sludge Pretreatment: A Review

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

436
Citations
Anaerobic co-digestion: Current status and perspectives.

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

421
Citations
Methanogenic population dynamics during startup of a full-scale anaerobic sequencing batch reactor treating swine waste

Largus T Angenent;Shihwu Sung;Lutgarde Raskin

377
Citations
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

315
Citations
Laboratory studies on the anaerobic sequencing batch reactor

Shihwu Sung;Richard R. Dague

289
Citations
Hydrogen production by anaerobic microbial communities exposed to repeated heat treatments.

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

278
Citations
Ammonia inhibition on thermophilic aceticlastic methanogens.

T. Liu;S. Sung

276
Citations
Effect of organic matter on the performance of granular anammox process

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

270
Citations
Adsorption of arsenic(V) by activated carbon prepared from oat hulls.

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

262
Citations
Methanogenic activities in anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) treating synthetic municipal wastewater.

Jaeho Ho;Shihwu Sung

223
Citations
Nitrogen removal by granular nitritation-anammox in an upflow membrane-aerated biofilm reactor.

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

203
Citations
Development of anaerobic migrating blanket reactor (AMBR), a novel anaerobic treatment system

Largus T Angenent;Shihwu Sung

187
Citations
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

177
Citations
Performance of temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) system treating dairy cattle wastes.

Shihwu Sung;Harikishan Santha

156
Citations
Biotreatment of high-salinity wastewater: current methods and future directions.

Yiyi Zhao;Xuming Zhuang;Shakeel Ahmad;Shihwu Sung

135
Citations
Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludges

Yue Han;Shihwu Sung;Richard R. Dague

127
Citations
Enrichment and biofilm formation of Anammox bacteria in a non-woven membrane reactor.

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

117
Citations
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

111
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Samir Kumar Khanal University of Hawaii at Manoa

Largus T. Angenent University of Tübingen

Robert C. Brown Iowa State University

Lutgarde Raskin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Maohong Fan University of Wyoming

Jih-Gaw Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Baoyu Gao Shandong University

Dong-Hoon Kim Inha University

Sang-Hyoun Kim Yonsei University

Say Kee Ong Iowa State University

External Links

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