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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
117
Citations
43661
World Ranking
143
National Ranking
15

Chemistry

D-Index
112
Citations
40566
World Ranking
749
National Ranking
127

Yongzhen Peng 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 Yongzhen Peng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 732 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yongzhen Peng 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 Yongzhen Peng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 117 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Yongzhen Peng is affiliated with Beijing University of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive contributions in pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, water science and technology, and environmental engineering.

Peng's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Peng are Xiyao Li, Qiong Zhang, Liang Zhang, Rui Du, and Wei Zeng. These collaborations reflect a sustained research network and joint efforts in advancing knowledge in environmental engineering and science.

Peng has published widely in notable venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Water Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peng include:

  • "Feasibility of partial-denitrification/anammox for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment in a hybrid biofilm reactor," 2021, Water Research
  • "Adsorption removal and reuse of phosphate from wastewater using a novel adsorbent of lanthanum-modified platanus biochar," 2020, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • "Designing ZIF-8/hydroxylated MWCNT nanocomposites for phosphate adsorption from water: Capability and mechanism," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Beyond an Applicable Rate in Low-Strength Wastewater Treatment by Anammox: Motivated Labor at an Extremely Short Hydraulic Retention Time," 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Nitrogen removal from low COD/TIN real municipal sewage by coupling partial denitrification with anammox in mainstream," 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Biological nitrogen removal with nitrification and denitrification via nitrite pathway

    Yongzhen Peng;Yongzhen Peng;Guibing Zhu;Guibing Zhu

  • Biological nitrogen removal from sewage via anammox: Recent advances.

    Bin Ma;Shanyun Wang;Shenbin Cao;Yuanyuan Miao

  • Performance and Microbial Community Analysis of a Novel DEAMOX Based on Partial-Denitrification and Anammox Treating Ammonia and Nitrate Wastewaters

    Rui Du;Shenbin Cao;Baikun Li;Meng Niu

  • Stratification of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) for Aggregated Anammox Microorganisms.

    Fangxu Jia;Qing Yang;Xiuhong Liu;Xiyao Li

  • Detection of nitrifiers and evaluation of partial nitrification for wastewater treatment: A review.

    Shijian Ge;Shanyun Wang;Xiong Yang;Shuang Qiu

  • Dissecting microbial community structure and methane-producing pathways of a full-scale anaerobic reactor digesting activated sludge from wastewater treatment by metagenomic sequencing

    Jianhua Guo;Jianhua Guo;Yongzhen Peng;Bing-Jie Ni;Xiaoyu Han

  • Quantify the contribution of anammox for enhanced nitrogen removal through metagenomic analysis and mass balance in an anoxic moving bed biofilm reactor.

    Jianwei Li;Yongzhen Peng;Liang Zhang;Jinjin Liu

  • Partial denitrification providing nitrite: Opportunities of extending application for anammox

    Rui Du;Yongzhen Peng;Jiantao Ji;Liangliang Shi

  • Treating low carbon/nitrogen (C/N) wastewater in simultaneous nitrification-endogenous denitrification and phosphorous removal (SNDPR) systems by strengthening anaerobic intracellular carbon storage

    Xiaoxia Wang;Shuying Wang;Tonglai Xue;Baikun Li

  • Recent advances in nitrogen removal from landfill leachate using biological treatments - A review.

    Lei Miao;Gangqing Yang;Tao Tao;Yongzhen Peng

  • Biological Removal of Nitrogen from Wastewater

    Guibing Zhu;Guibing Zhu;Yongzhen Peng;Yongzhen Peng;Baikun Li;Jianhua Guo

  • Nitrite accumulation under constant temperature in anoxic denitrification process: The effects of carbon sources and COD/NO(3)-N.

    Shijian Ge;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang;Congcong Lu

  • Partial nitrification-anammox (PNA) treating sewage with intermittent aeration mode: Effect of influent C/N ratios

    Yuanyuan Miao;Yongzhen Peng;Liang Zhang;Baikun Li

  • Hotspots of anaerobic ammonium oxidation at land–freshwater interfaces

    Guibing Zhu;Shanyun Wang;Shanyun Wang;Weidong Wang;Yu Wang

  • Achieving Mainstream Nitrogen Removal through Coupling Anammox with Denitratation

    Bin Ma;Wenting Qian;Chuansheng Yuan;Zhiguo Yuan

  • A critical review of one-stage anammox processes for treating industrial wastewater: Optimization strategies based on key functional microorganisms.

    Jianwei Li;Jialin Li;Ruitao Gao;Ming Wang

  • Nitrogen Removal via Nitrite from Municipal Wastewater at Low Temperatures using Real-Time Control to Optimize Nitrifying Communities

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  • Novel two stage partial denitrification (PD)-Anammox process for tertiary nitrogen removal from low carbon/nitrogen (C/N) municipal sewage

    Shenbin Cao;Rui Du;Yongzhen Peng;Yongzhen Peng;Baikun Li

  • Long-term effect of dissolved oxygen on partial nitrification performance and microbial community structure.

    Jianhua Guo;Yongzhen Peng;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang;Yanan Zheng

  • Achieving nitrogen removal via nitrite in a pilot-scale continuous pre-denitrification plant

    Yong Ma;Yongzhen Peng;Shuying Wang;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Flexible Nitrite Supply Alternative for Mainstream Anammox: Advances in Enhancing Process Stability.

    Rui Du;Shenbin Cao;Hanyu Zhang;Xiangchen Li

  • Biological nitrogen removal with nitrification and denitrification via nitrite pathway

    Gui-Bing Zhu;Yong-Zhen Peng;Jian-Hua Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuying Wang
Shuying Wang Beijing University of Technology
Xiyao Li
Xiyao Li Beijing University of Technology
Baikun Li
Baikun Li University of Connecticut
Qiong Zhang
Qiong Zhang University of South Florida
Jianhua Guo
Jianhua Guo University of Queensland
Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Liu Ye
Liu Ye University of Queensland
Bing-Jie Ni
Bing-Jie Ni University of New South Wales
Guibing Zhu
Guibing Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanqi Ren
Nanqi Ren Harbin Institute of Technology

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