1. Gao D.W.*, Peng Y.Z., Wu W.M. (2010): A kinetic model for biological nitrogen removal using shortcut nitrification – denitrification process in SBR. Environmental Science and Technology, 44(13), 5015-5021.IF=7.149

2. Gao D.W.*, Yuan X.J., Liang H. (2012): Reactivation performance of aerobic granules under different storage strategies. Water Research, 46(10), 3315-3322. IF=7.913

3. Gao D.W.*, Fu Y., Ren N.Q. (2013): Tracing biofouling to the structure of the microbial community and its metabolic products: A study of the three-stage MBR process. Water Research, 47(17), 6680-6690. IF=7.913

4. Tao, Y., Huang, X.L., Gao, D.W.,* Wang, X.L., Chen, C.C., Liang, H., Loosdrecht, M.V. (2019): Nanosims reveals unusual enrichment of acetate and propionate by an anammox consortium dominated by jettenia asiatica. Water Research, 159, 223-232. IF=7.913

5. Liu, F.Q., Zhang, Y.P., Liang, H.,* Gao, D.W.* (2019): Long-term harvesting of reeds affects greenhouse gas emissions and microbial functional genes in alkaline wetlands. Water Research, 164, 114936. IF=7.913

6. Gao D.W.*, Du L.N., Yang J.L., Wu W.M., Liang H. (2010): A critical review of the application of white rot fungus to environmental pollution control. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 30(1), 70-77. IF=7.054

7. Gao D.W.*, Liu L., Liang H., Wu W.M. (2011): Aerobic Granular Sludge: Characterization, Mechanism of Granulation and Application to Wastewater Treatment. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 31(2), 137-152. IF=7.054

8. Gao, D. W.*, Huang, X. L., Tao, Y. (2016): A critical review of NanoSIMS in analysis of microbial metabolic activities at single-cell level. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 36(5), 884-890. IF=7.054

9. Gao D.W.*, Zhang T., Tang C.Y., Wu W.M., Wong C.Y., Lee Y.H., Yeh D.H., Criddle C.(2010): Membrane fouling in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Differences in relative abundance of bacterial species in the membrane foulant layer and in suspension. Journal of Membrane Science, 364(1-2), 331-338. IF=7.015

10. Gao D.W.*, Wang X.L., Xing M. (2014): Dynamic variation of microbial metabolites and community involved in membrane fouling in A/O-MBR. Journal of Membrane Science, 458, 157-163. IF=7.015

11. Wen Z.D., Gao D.W.*, Li Z., Ren N.Q. (2013): Effects of humic acid on phthalate adsorption to vermiculite. Chemical Engineering Journal, 223, 298-303. IF=8.355

12. Gao D.W.*, Hu Q., Yao C., Ren N.Q., Wu W.M. (2014): Integrated anaerobic fluidized-bed membrane bioreactor for domestic wastewater treatment. Chemical Engineering Journal, 240, 362-368. IF=8.355

13. Huang X.L., Gao D.W.*, Tao Y., Wang X.L. (2014): C2/C3 fatty acid stress on anammox consortia dominated by Candidatus Jettenia asiatica. Chemical Engineering Journal, 253, 402-407. IF=8.355

14. Hu, Q., Fan, L. R., Gao, D. W.* (2016): Pilot-scale investigation on the treatment of cellulosic ethanol biorefinery wastewate. Chemical Engineering Journal, 309, 409-416. IF=8.355

15. Wen, Z. D., Wu, W. M., Ren, N. Q., Gao, D. W.* (2015): Synergistic effect using vermiculite as media with a bacterial biofilm of Arthrobacter sp for biodegradation of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 304, 118-125. IF=7.65

16. Gao D.W.*, Hu Q., Yao C., Ren N.Q. (2014): Treatment of domestic wastewater by an integrated anaerobic fluidized-bed membrane bioreactor under moderate to low temperature conditions. Bioresource Technology, 159, 193-198. IF=6.669

17. Gao D.W.*, Huang X.L., Tao Y., Cong Y., Wang X.L. (2015): Sewage treatment by an UAFB–EGSB biosystem with energy recovery and autotrophic nitrogen removal under different temperatures. Bioresource Technology, 181, 26-31. IF=6.669

18. Wang X.L., Gao D.W.*(2017): The transformation from anammox granules to deammonification granules in micro-aerobic system by facilitating indigenous ammonia oxidizing bacteria. Bioresource Technology, 250, 439-448. IF=6.669

19. Gao, D. W.*, Wen, Z. D. (2016): Phthalate esters in the environment: A critical review of their occurrence, biodegradation, and removal during wastewater treatment processes. Science of the Total Environment, 541, 986-1001. IF=5.589

20. Wang X.L., Yan Y.G., Gao D.W.* (2018): The threshold of influent ammonium concentration for nitrate over-accumulation in a one-stage deammonification system with granular sludge without aeration. Science of the Total Environment, 634, 843-852. IF=5.589