| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Assessing progress towards sustainable development over space and time | Nature | 2020 | 407 |
| 2 | Hydrothermal liquefaction for algal biorefinery: A critical review | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2014 | 306 |
| 3 | Climate impacts on global agriculture emerge earlier in new generation of climate and crop models | Nature Food | 2021 | 263 |
| 4 | Conversion efficiency and oil quality of low-lipid high-protein and high-lipid low-protein microalgae via hydrothermal liquefaction | Bioresource Technology | 2014 | 225 |
| 5 | Gasification of biowaste: A critical review and outlooks | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2018 | 216 |
| 6 | States and challenges for high-value biohythane production from waste biomass by dark fermentation technology | Bioresource Technology | 2013 | 186 |
| 7 | Impacts of international trade on global sustainable development | Nature Sustainability | 2020 | 150 |
| 8 | Biomass production and nutrients removal by a new microalgae strain Desmodesmus sp. in anaerobic digestion wastewater | Bioresource Technology | 2014 | 133 |
| 9 | Impacts of irrigated agriculture on food–energy–water–CO2 nexus across metacoupled systems | Nature Communications | 2020 | 114 |
| 10 | Synergistic and Antagonistic Interactions during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Soybean Oil, Soy Protein, Cellulose, Xylose, and Lignin | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | 2018 | 111 |
| 11 | Advances in Effects of Sound Waves on Plants | Journal of Integrative Agriculture | 2014 | 110 |
| 12 | Simultaneous production of biocrude oil and recovery of nutrients and metals from human feces via hydrothermal liquefaction | Energy Conversion and Management | 2017 | 106 |
| 13 | A review of pesticide fate and transport simulation at watershed level using SWAT: Current status and research concerns | Science of the Total Environment | 2019 | 105 |
| 14 | Eight emitters clogging characteristics and its suitability under on-site reclaimed water drip irrigation | Irrigation Science | 2014 | 96 |
| 15 | Life cycle assessment of anaerobic digestion of pig manure coupled with different digestate treatment technologies | Environment International | 2020 | 92 |
| 16 | Assessment of GCMs simulation performance for precipitation and temperature from CMIP5 to CMIP6 over the Tibetan Plateau | International Journal of Climatology | 2021 | 92 |
| 17 | Impact of biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration in corn grown under drip irrigation with mulching | Science of the Total Environment | 2020 | 91 |
| 18 | Net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs (NANI) index application in Mainland China | Geoderma | 2014 | 89 |
| 19 | Effects of furan derivatives on biohydrogen fermentation from wet steam-exploded cornstalk and its microbial community | Bioresource Technology | 2015 | 86 |
| 20 | Accelerating anaerobic digestion for methane production: Potential role of direct interspecies electron transfer | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2021 | 86 |
| 21 | Phosphorus adsorption onto clay minerals and iron oxide with consideration of heterogeneous particle morphology | Science of the Total Environment | 2017 | 84 |
| 22 | The role of hydraulic retention time on controlling methanogenesis and homoacetogenesis in biohydrogen production using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor and packed bed reactor (PBR) | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2015 | 83 |
| 23 | Towards biohythane production from biomass: Influence of operational stage on anaerobic fermentation and microbial community | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2016 | 81 |
| 24 | Environment-enhancing process for algal wastewater treatment, heavy metal control and hydrothermal biofuel production: A critical review | Bioresource Technology | 2020 | 80 |
| 25 | Hydrochar and pyrochar for sorption of pollutants in wastewater and exhaust gas: A critical review | Environmental Pollution | 2021 | 80 |
| 26 | Hydrothermal liquefaction of harvested high-ash low-lipid algal biomass from Dianchi Lake: Effects of operational parameters and relations of products | Bioresource Technology | 2015 | 79 |
| 27 | Anaerobic conversion of the hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase: fate of organics and intensification with granule activated carbon/ozone pretreatment | Green Chemistry | 2019 | 79 |
| 28 | Nitrogen Migration and Transformation during Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Livestock Manures | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | 2018 | 78 |
| 29 | Continuous production of biohythane from hydrothermal liquefied cornstalk biomass via two-stage high-rate anaerobic reactors | Biotechnology for Biofuels | 2016 | 76 |
| 30 | Towards sustainable coal industry: Turning coal bottom ash into wealth | Science of the Total Environment | 2022 | 75 |
| 31 | Biocrude production and heavy metal migration during hydrothermal liquefaction of swine manure | Chemical Engineering Research and Design | 2018 | 74 |
| 32 | Microbial electrolysis cell to treat hydrothermal liquefied wastewater from cornstalk and recover hydrogen: Degradation of organic compounds and characterization of microbial community | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2016 | 73 |
| 33 | Elemental migration and characterization of products during hydrothermal liquefaction of cornstalk | Bioresource Technology | 2017 | 72 |
| 34 | Inhibitors degradation and microbial response during continuous anaerobic conversion of hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater | Science of the Total Environment | 2018 | 72 |
| 35 | Evaluation of growth and quality of hydroponic lettuce at harvest as affected by the light intensity, photoperiod and light quality at seedling stage | Scientia Horticulturae | 2019 | 72 |
| 36 | Microbial electrolysis treatment of post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater with hydrogen generation | Applied Energy | 2018 | 71 |
| 37 | Effect of organic loading rate on anaerobic digestion of pig manure: Methane production, mass flow, reactor scale and heating scenarios | Journal of Environmental Management | 2019 | 71 |
| 38 | Numerical evaluation of the clearance geometries effect on the flow field and performance of a hydrofoil | Renewable Energy | 2016 | 70 |
| 39 | Effect of optimization forms of flow path on emitter hydraulic and anti-clogging performance in drip irrigation system | Irrigation Science | 2018 | 70 |
| 40 | Anaerobic co-digestion of chicken manure and microalgae Chlorella sp.: Methane potential, microbial diversity and synergistic impact evaluation | Waste Management | 2017 | 69 |
| 41 | Recovery of reducing sugars and volatile fatty acids from cornstalk at different hydrothermal treatment severity | Bioresource Technology | 2016 | 67 |
| 42 | Analysis of S Characteristics and Pressure Pulsations in a Pump-Turbine With Misaligned Guide Vanes | Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME | 2013 | 65 |
| 43 | Large potential for crop production adaptation depends on available future varieties | Global Change Biology | 2021 | 62 |
| 44 | Improved production and quality of biocrude oil from low-lipid high-ash macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera via addition of crude glycerol | Journal of Cleaner Production | 2017 | 61 |
| 45 | Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield | Nature Communications | 2021 | 61 |
| 46 | Numerical simulation for the tip leakage vortex cavitation | Ocean Engineering | 2018 | 60 |
| 47 | Utilization of coal fly and bottom ash pellet for phosphorus adsorption: Sustainable management and evaluation | Resources, Conservation and Recycling | 2019 | 60 |
| 48 | Co-digestion of chicken manure and microalgae Chlorella 1067 grown in the recycled digestate: Nutrients reuse and biogas enhancement | Waste Management | 2017 | 59 |
| 49 | Elemental migration and transformation during hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2022 | 59 |
| 50 | Generalization of the root length density distribution of cotton under film mulched drip irrigation | Field Crops Research | 2015 | 58 |
