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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
15292
World Ranking
2101
National Ranking
204

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
63
Citations
14300
World Ranking
1776
National Ranking
354

Yaqian Zhao 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 Yaqian Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 245 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yaqian Zhao 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 Yaqian Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Yaqian Zhao is affiliated with Xi'an University of Technology in China and primarily works within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on areas including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics. Significant areas of study include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Research, Phosphorus and Nutrient Management, and Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Recent noteworthy papers authored or co-authored by Yaqian Zhao are:

  • "Roles of CA125 in diagnosis, prediction, and oncogenesis of ovarian cancer" (2021), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer
  • "Constructed wetlands for pollution control" (2023), featured in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review" (2021), appearing in Ecological Engineering
  • "Mapping the field of constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell: A review and bibliometric analysis" (2020), published in Chemosphere
  • "Examining Current and Future Applications of Electrocoagulation in Wastewater Treatment" (2023), included in Water

Yaqian Zhao frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Ecological Engineering

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Ting Wei
  • Bin Ji
  • Cheng Tang
  • Yamei Cai
  • Baiming Ren

Best Publications

  • A Review of Biogas Utilisation, Purification and Upgrading Technologies

    Olumide Wesley Awe;Yaqian Zhao;Ange Nzihou;Doan Pham Minh

  • Constructive Approaches Toward Water Treatment Works Sludge Management: An International Review of Beneficial Reuses

    Akintunde Babatunde;Y. Q. Zhao

  • Characteristics and mechanisms of phosphate adsorption on dewatered alum sludge

    Y. Yang;Y. Zhao;Akintunde Babatunde;L. Wang

  • Constructed wetlands for pollution control

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  • A review of a recently emerged technology: Constructed wetland--Microbial fuel cells.

    Liam Doherty;Yaqian Zhao;Yaqian Zhao;Xiaohong Zhao;Yuansheng Hu

  • Global development of various emerged substrates utilized in constructed wetlands.

    Yan Yang;Yaqian Zhao;Ranbin Liu;David Morgan

  • Preliminary investigation of constructed wetland incorporating microbial fuel cell: Batch and continuous flow trials

    Yaqian Zhao;Sean Collum;Mark Phelan;Tristan Goodbody

  • Enhanced removal of organic matter and ammoniacal-nitrogen in a column experiment of tidal flow constructed wetland system.

    Guangzhi Sun;Yaqian Zhao;Stephen Allen

  • Constructed wetlands for environmental pollution control: A review of developments, research and practice in Ireland

    Akintunde Babatunde;Y. Q. Zhao;M. O'Neill;B. O'Sullivan

  • Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review

    Jan Vymazal;Yaqian Zhao;Ülo Mander

  • Nutrient and organics removal from swine slurry with simultaneous electricity generation in an alum sludge-based constructed wetland incorporating microbial fuel cell technology

    Liam Doherty;Yaqian Zhao;Yaqian Zhao;Xiaohong Zhao;Wenke Wang

  • Effectiveness of a drinking-water treatment sludge in removing different phosphorus species from aqueous solution

    Melanie Razali;Y.Q. Zhao;Michael Bruen

  • Characterization of aluminium-based water treatment residual for potential phosphorus removal in engineered wetlands

    Akintunde Babatunde;Y. Q. Zhao;A. M. Burke;M. A. Morris

  • High Rate Nitrogen Removal in an Alum Sludge-Based Intermittent Aeration Constructed Wetland

    Yuansheng Hu;Yaqian Zhao;Xiaohong Zhao;Jeyakumar L. G. Kumar

  • Pilot field-scale demonstration of a novel alum sludge-based constructed wetland system for enhanced wastewater treatment

    Y. Q. Zhao;Akintunde Babatunde;Y. S. Hu;J. L. G. Kumar

  • Optimising photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of fulvic acid using response surface methodology.

    Jianfeng Fu;Yaqian Zhao;Qiuli Wu

  • A review of incorporation of constructed wetland with other treatment processes

    Ranbin Liu;Yaqian Zhao;Liam Doherty;Yuansheng Hu

  • Dewatered alum sludge : a potential adsorbent for phosphorus removal

    Y. Yang;D. Tomlinson;S. Kennedy;Y.Q . Zhao

  • The integrated processes for wastewater treatment based on the principle of microbial fuel cells: A review

    Lei Xu;Yaqian Zhao;Liam Doherty;Yuansheng Hu

  • Global profile of heavy metals and semimetals adsorption using drinking water treatment residual

    Cheng Shen;Yaqian Zhao;Wenxuan Li;Yan Yang

  • Equilibrium and kinetic analysis of phosphorus adsorption from aqueous solution using waste alum sludge.

    Akintunde Babatunde;Y. Q. Zhao

  • Removal of glyphosate from aqueous environment by adsorption using water industrial residual

    Y.S. Hu;Y.Q. Zhao;B. Sorohan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Allen
Stephen J. Allen Queen's University Belfast
Guangzhi Sun
Guangzhi Sun Edith Cowan University
Xiaochang C. Wang
Xiaochang C. Wang Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Ange Nzihou
Ange Nzihou École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux
Robert M. Kalin
Robert M. Kalin University of Strathclyde
Anthony S. Wexler
Anthony S. Wexler University of California, Davis
Zhenxue Dai
Zhenxue Dai Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ling Li
Ling Li University of Queensland
Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
Joseph Holden
Joseph Holden University of Leeds

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