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D-Index
51
Citations
8953
World Ranking
4773
National Ranking
500

Zongguo Wen 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 Zongguo Wen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Zongguo Wen 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 Zongguo Wen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zongguo Wen is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a focused research portfolio primarily in Environmental Science. Their contributions span multiple subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, Strategy and Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their recent published papers demonstrate engagement with environmental and sustainability challenges. Key publications include:

  • China's plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide, 2021, Nature Communications
  • China's green deal: Can China's cement industry achieve carbon neutral emissions by 2060?, 2021, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Generative learning assisted state-of-health estimation for sustainable battery recycling with random retirement conditions, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Multi-objective optimization of synergic energy conservation and CO2 emission reduction in China's iron and steel industry under uncertainty, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • The feasibility analysis of cement kiln as an MSW treatment infrastructure: From a life cycle environmental impact perspective, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics within Environmental Science, including:

  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance

Zongguo Wen frequently publishes in journals and venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, with common co-authors including:

  • Yihan Wang
  • Christian Doh Dinga
  • Vorada Kosajan
  • Fan Fei
  • Jiayue Zhang

Best Publications

  • Review and challenges of policies of environmental protection and sustainable development in China

    Kun-Min Zhang;Zong-Guo Wen

  • China's plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide.

    Zongguo Wen;Yiling Xie;Muhan Chen;Christian Doh Dinga

  • Investigation on decision-making mechanism of residents’ household solid waste classification and recycling behaviors

    Xiaoyan Meng;Xianchun Tan;Yi Wang;Zongguo Wen

  • Quantitative assessment of industrial symbiosis for the promotion of circular economy: a case study of the printed circuit boards industry in China's Suzhou New District

    Zongguo Wen;Xiaoyan Meng

  • Design, implementation, and evaluation of an Internet of Things (IoT) network system for restaurant food waste management.

    Zongguo Wen;Shuhan Hu;Djavan De Clercq;M. Bruce Beck

  • The consumption and recycling collection system of PET bottles: A case study of Beijing, China

    Hua Zhang;Zong-Guo Wen

  • A review of global strategies promoting the conversion of food waste to bioenergy via anaerobic digestion

    Djavan De Clercq;Zongguo Wen;Oliver Gottfried;Franziska Schmidt

  • Interpretable machine learning for predicting biomethane production in industrial-scale anaerobic co-digestion.

    Djavan De Clercq;Zongguo Wen;Fan Fei;Luis Caicedo

  • Mode of circular economy in China's iron and steel industry: a case study in Wu'an city☆

    Shu-hua Ma;Shu-hua Ma;Zong-guo Wen;Ji-ning Chen;Zhi-chao Wen;Zhi-chao Wen

  • How to integrate the informal recycling system into municipal solid waste management in developing countries: Based on a China’s case in Suzhou urban area

    Fan Fei;Lili Qu;Zongguo Wen;Yanyan Xue

  • China's green deal: Can China's cement industry achieve carbon neutral emissions by 2060?

    Christian Doh Dinga;Zongguo Wen

  • Multi-agent based simulation for household solid waste recycling behavior

    Xiaoyan Meng;Zongguo Wen;Yi Qian

  • Estimates of the potential for energy conservation and CO2 emissions mitigation based on Asian-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM): the case of the iron and steel industry in China

    Zongguo Wen;Fanxin Meng;Min Chen

  • Mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste: Energy efficiency, environmental impact and economic feasibility analysis

    Fan Fei;Zongguo Wen;Shengbiao Huang;Djavan De Clercq

  • Rare Earths from Mines to Metals: Comparing Environmental Impacts from China's Main Production Pathways

    Jason C.K. Lee;Zongguo Wen

  • College students’ municipal solid waste source separation behavior and its influential factors: A case study in Beijing, China

    Hua Zhang;Jiong Liu;Zong-guo Wen;Yi-Xi Chen

  • How does circular economy respond to greenhouse gas emissions reduction: An analysis of Chinese plastic recycling industries

    Zhe Liu;Zhe Liu;Zhe Liu;Michelle Adams;Raymond P. Cote;Qinghua Chen

  • Biomethane production potential from restaurant food waste in megacities and project level-bottlenecks: A case study in Beijing

    Djavan De Clercq;Zongguo Wen;Fei Fan;Luis Caicedo

  • China's recyclable resources recycling system and policy: A case study in Suzhou

    Hongpin Mo;Zongguo Wen;Jining Chen

  • Pathways for greening the supply of rare earth elements in China

    Jason C. K. Lee;Zongguo Wen

  • What is the true value of food waste? A case study of technology integration in urban food waste treatment in Suzhou City, China

    Zongguo Wen;Yuanjia Wang;Djavan De Clercq

  • Evaluation of energy saving potential in China's cement industry using the Asian-Pacific Integrated Model and the technology promotion policy analysis

    Zongguo Wen;Min Chen;Fanxin Meng

Frequent Co-Authors

Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang Tongji University
Chen Chen
Chen Chen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bin Chen
Bin Chen Beijing Normal University
Steve Evans
Steve Evans University of Cambridge
Huijuan Dong
Huijuan Dong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Liang Dong
Liang Dong City University of Hong Kong
Gengyuan Liu
Gengyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng University of Hong Kong
Yong Liu
Yong Liu Peking University
Shuguang Xie
Shuguang Xie Peking University

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