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Zengwei Yuan

Zengwei Yuan

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
12293
World Ranking
4196
National Ranking
443

Zengwei Yuan 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 Zengwei Yuan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zengwei Yuan 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 Zengwei Yuan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zengwei Yuan is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their scientific output encompasses a range of topics centered on sustainability, waste management, and environmental engineering processes.

The main fields of study for Yuan include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these areas, Yuan's subfields of study are:

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Insect Science

Their research touches upon several key topics, including:

  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Zengwei Yuan has published in a variety of journals, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Resources Environment and Sustainability
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Some of the recently published papers include:

  • Enhancing food security and environmental sustainability: A critical review of food loss and waste management, 2021, Resources Environment and Sustainability
  • Adoption of solid organic waste composting products: A critical review, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Syntrophy mechanism, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Improving food waste composting efficiency with mature compost addition, 2022, Bioresource Technology
  • Assessment of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries in China: Future scenarios and economic benefits, 2021, Waste Management

Yuan's frequent coauthors include:

  • Xin Liu
  • Ling Zhang
  • Songyan Jiang
  • Chunxing Li
  • Xuewei Liu

Best Publications

  • A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: pollution and health risk assessment.

    Zhiyuan Li;Zhiyuan Li;Zongwei Ma;Tsering Jan van der Kuijp;Zengwei Yuan

  • The Circular Economy: A New Development Strategy in China

    Zengwei Yuan;Jun Bi;Yuichi Moriguichi

  • Eco-efficiency analysis of industrial system in China: A data envelopment analysis approach

    Bing Zhang;Jun Bi;Ziying Fan;Zengwei Yuan

  • Why do firms engage in environmental management? An empirical study in China

    Bing Zhang;Jun Bi;Zengwei Yuan;Junjie Ge

  • Human Perturbation of the Global Phosphorus Cycle: Changes and Consequences.

    Zengwei Yuan;Songyan Jiang;Hu Sheng;Xin Liu

  • Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s.

    Xin Liu;Hu Sheng;Songyan Jiang;Zengwei Yuan

  • Life-cycle assessment of multi-crystalline photovoltaic (PV) systems in China

    Yinyin Fu;Xin Liu;Zengwei Yuan

  • Life cycle energy consumption and CO2 emission of an office building in China

    Huijun J. Wu;Zengwei W. Yuan;Ling Zhang;Jun Bi

  • Enhancing food security and environmental sustainability: A critical review of food loss and waste management

    Yumei Wang;Yumei Wang;Zengwei Yuan;Ya Tang

  • Eco-industrial parks: national pilot practices in China

    Ling Zhang;Zengwei Yuan;Jun Bi;Bing Zhang

  • Improving food waste composting efficiency with mature compost addition.

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  • Using social media to strengthen public awareness of wildlife conservation

    Yinglin Wu;Ling Xie;Shiang-Lin Huang;Ping Li

  • The syntrophy mechanisms, microbial population, and process optimization for volatile fatty acids metabolism in anaerobic digestion

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  • Tracing anthropogenic cadmium emissions: From sources to pollution.

    Zengwei Yuan;Tao Luo;Xuewei Liu;Hui Hua

  • Adoption of solid organic waste composting products: A critical review

    Tianming Chen;Shiwen Zhang;Zengwei Yuan

  • Environmental impacts of hydrometallurgical recycling and reusing for manufacturing of lithium-ion traction batteries in China.

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  • Assessment of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries in China: Future scenarios and economic benefits.

    Songyan Jiang;Ling Zhang;Hui Hua;Xuewei Liu

  • Improving air pollution control policy in China--A perspective based on cost-benefit analysis.

    Jinglei Gao;Zengwei Yuan;Xuewei Liu;Xiaoming Xia

  • Intensive carbon dioxide emission of coal chemical industry in China

    You Zhang;You Zhang;Zengwei Yuan;Manuele Margni;Cécile Bulle

  • Life cycle assessment of cotton T-shirts in China

    You Zhang;Xin Liu;Rufeng Xiao;Zengwei Yuan

  • Improving enterprise competitive advantage with industrial symbiosis: case study of a smeltery in China

    Zengwei Yuan;Lei Shi

  • Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments of six major chinese freshwater lakes.

    Zongwei Ma;Kai Chen;Zengwei Yuan;Jun Bi

  • Understanding the anthropogenic phosphorus pathway with substance flow analysis at the city level.

    Zengwei Yuan;Junkui Shi;Huijun Wu;Ling Zhang

  • Life cycle assessment of water reuse systems in an industrial park.

    Le Tong;Xin Liu;Xuewei Liu;Zengwei Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Bi
Jun Bi Tsinghua University
James J. Elser
James J. Elser University of Montana
Shaomin Liu
Shaomin Liu Tianjin Polytechnic University
Jianchu Xu
Jianchu Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Helen P. Jarvie
Helen P. Jarvie University of Waterloo
Fusuo Zhang
Fusuo Zhang China Agricultural University
Manuele Margni
Manuele Margni Polytechnique Montréal
Lei Huang
Lei Huang Sichuan University
Bing Zhang
Bing Zhang University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Yong Geng
Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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