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D-Index
86
Citations
21384
World Ranking
726
National Ranking
76

Yaobin Zhang 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 Yaobin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 255 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yaobin Zhang 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 Yaobin Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge digestion by the addition of zero valent iron

    Yinghong Feng;Yaobin Zhang;Xie Quan;Suo Chen

  • Enhanced activation of peroxymonosulfate by nitrogen doped porous carbon for effective removal of organic pollutants

    Guanlong Wang;Shuo Chen;Xie Quan;Hongtao Yu

  • Enhanced Fenton-like catalysis by iron-based metal organic frameworks for degradation of organic pollutants

    Cong Gao;Shuo Chen;Xie Quan;Hongtao Yu

  • Enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with carbon-based conductive materials.

    Yan Dang;Yan Dang;Dawn E. Holmes;Zhiqiang Zhao;Trevor L. Woodard

  • Enhancing syntrophic metabolism in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors with conductive carbon materials

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Yaobin Zhang;T.L. Woodard;K.P. Nevin

  • Adding granular activated carbon into anaerobic sludge digestion to promote methane production and sludge decomposition

    Yafei Yang;Yaobin Zhang;Zeyu Li;Zhiqiang Zhao

  • Enhanced oxidation of 4-chlorophenol using sulfate radicals generated from zero-valent iron and peroxydisulfate at ambient temperature

    Jinying Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Xie Quan;Shuo Chen

  • Towards engineering application: Potential mechanism for enhancing anaerobic digestion of complex organic waste with different types of conductive materials

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yang Li;Xie Quan;Yaobin Zhang

  • Communities stimulated with ethanol to perform direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism of propionate and butyrate

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Qilin Yu;Yan Dang

  • Potential enhancement of direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism of propionate and butyrate with biochar in up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors.

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Yaobin Zhang;Dawn E. Holmes;Yan Dang

  • Enhanced production of methane from waste activated sludge by the combination of high-solid anaerobic digestion and microbial electrolysis cell with iron–graphite electrode

    Yinghong Feng;Yaobin Zhang;Shuo Chen;Xie Quan

  • Comparing the mechanisms of ZVI and Fe3O4 for promoting waste-activated sludge digestion.

    Zisheng Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Yang Li;Xie Quan

  • Ferroferric oxide triggered possible direct interspecies electron transfer between Syntrophomonas and Methanosaeta to enhance waste activated sludge anaerobic digestion

    Zisheng Zhao;Yang Li;Qilin Yu;Yaobin Zhang

  • Potentially shifting from interspecies hydrogen transfer to direct interspecies electron transfer for syntrophic metabolism to resist acidic impact with conductive carbon cloth

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Yang Li;Yan Dang;Yan Dang

  • Stimulation of methanogenesis in anaerobic digesters treating leachate from a municipal solid waste incineration plant with carbon cloth

    Yuqing Lei;Dezhi Sun;Yan Dang;Huimin Chen

  • Optimization of anaerobic acidogenesis by adding Fe0 powder to enhance anaerobic wastewater treatment

    Yiwen Liu;Yiwen Liu;Yaobin Zhang;Xie Quan;Yang Li

  • Potential for direct interspecies electron transfer in an electric-anaerobic system to increase methane production from sludge digestion

    Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang;Liying Wang;Xie Quan

  • Roles of magnetite and granular activated carbon in improvement of anaerobic sludge digestion.

    Hong Peng;Yaobin Zhang;Dongmei Tan;Zhiqiang Zhao

  • Adding Fe0 powder to enhance the anaerobic conversion of propionate to acetate

    Xusheng Meng;Yaobin Zhang;Qi Li;Xie Quan

  • Magnetite-contained biochar derived from fenton sludge modulated electron transfer of microorganisms in anaerobic digestion.

    Mingwei Wang;Zhiqiang Zhao;Yaobin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xie Quan
Xie Quan Dalian University of Technology
Shuo Chen
Shuo Chen Dalian University of Technology
Xinyong Li
Xinyong Li Dalian University of Technology
Zhenping Qu
Zhenping Qu Dalian University of Technology

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