OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research is 111. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area	911
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in groundwater: A global review on dissemination, sources, interactions, environmental and human health risks	470
COVID-19 surveillance in Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology	373
Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations	357
Recent advances in application of graphitic carbon nitride-based catalysts for degrading organic contaminants in water through advanced oxidation processes beyond photocatalysis: A critical review	355
Coronavirus in water environments: Occurrence, persistence and concentration methods - A scoping review	351
Peracetic acid-based advanced oxidation processes for decontamination and disinfection of water: A review	296
Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments	275
Efficient decontamination of organic pollutants under high salinity conditions by a nonradical peroxymonosulfate activation system	268
High temperature depended on the ageing mechanism of microplastics under different environmental conditions and its effect on the distribution of organic pollutants	262
Quantitative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater solids in communities with low COVID-19 incidence and prevalence	260
Evaluating biochar and its modifications for the removal of ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate in water	259
A review of the occurrence, transformation, and removal of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater treatment plants	253
Evaluation of water quality in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of China using the water quality index (WQI) method	252
Making waves: Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 – approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction	249
Ceramic nanocomposite membranes and membrane fouling: A review	244
Enhanced technology based for sewage sludge deep dewatering: A critical review	229
Characterization and treatment of landfill leachate: A review	220
What is the role of light in persulfate-based advanced oxidation for water treatment?	220
Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources	213
Filtration of microplastic spheres by biochar: removal efficiency and immobilisation mechanisms	210
Ozonation of organic compounds in water and wastewater: A critical review	210
A critical review of interactions between microplastics, microalgae and aquatic ecosystem function	206
Roles of structure defect, oxygen groups and heteroatom doping on carbon in nonradical oxidation of water contaminants	203
Adsorption mechanism of cadmium on microplastics and their desorption behavior in sediment and gut environments: The roles of water pH, lead ions, natural organic matter and phenanthrene	202

An environmental concentration of aged microplastics with adsorbed silver significantly affects aquatic organisms	197
Removal of microplastics from secondary wastewater treatment plant effluent by coagulation/flocculation with iron, aluminum and polyamine-based chemicals	197
Accurate identification of radicals by in-situ electron paramagnetic resonance in ultraviolet-based homogenous advanced oxidation processes	194
Synergistic fouling behaviors and mechanisms of calcium ions and polyaluminum chloride associated with alginate solution in coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process	193
Membrane fouling caused by biological foams in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Mechanism insights	188
The hidden threat of plastic leachates: A critical review on their impacts on aquatic organisms	186
Production, properties, and catalytic applications of sludge derived biochar for environmental remediation	183
Evidence of selective enrichment of bacterial assemblages and antibiotic resistant genes by microplastics in urban rivers	179
Identification and visualisation of microplastics/nanoplastics by Raman imaging (i): Down to 100 nm	175
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) scouring to mitigate membrane fouling: Performance, hydrodynamic mechanism and contribution quantification model	175
The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review	173
Assessment of the validity of the quenching method for evaluating the role of reactive species in pollutant abatement during the persulfate-based process	172
Tracking nitrate and sulfate sources in groundwater of an urbanized valley using a multi-tracer approach combined with a Bayesian isotope mixing model	171
MiDAS 3: An ecosystem-specific reference database, taxonomy and knowledge platform for activated sludge and anaerobic digesters reveals species-level microbiome composition of activated sludge	170
A self-sustaining synergetic microalgal-bacterial granular sludge process towards energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable municipal wastewater treatment	169
Recent advances in waste water treatment through transition metal sulfides-based advanced oxidation processes	169
Deciphering the mobility and bacterial hosts of antibiotic resistance genes under antibiotic selection pressure by metagenomic assembly and binning approaches	165
Wastewater-based epidemiology as a useful tool to track SARS-CoV-2 and support public health policies at municipal level in Brazil	165
Microplastics as an emerging anthropogenic vector of trace metals in freshwater: Significance of biofilms and comparison with natural substrates	163
Photo-aging of polyvinyl chloride microplastic in the presence of natural organic acids	161
Drinking plastics? – Quantification and qualification of microplastics in drinking water distribution systems by µFTIR and Py-GCMS	159
Complete nitrogen removal via simultaneous nitrification and denitrification by a novel phosphate accumulating Thauera sp. strain SND5	159
Fe(II) catalyzing sodium percarbonate facilitates the dewaterability of waste activated sludge: Performance, mechanism, and implication	157
New insights into the vertical distribution and microbial degradation of microplastics in urban river sediments	155
An investigation into the leaching of micro and nano particles and chemical pollutants from disposable face masks - linked to the COVID-19 pandemic	154
Ultraviolet-C and vacuum ultraviolet inducing surface degradation of microplastics	151
Iron sulphides mediated autotrophic denitrification: An emerging bioprocess for nitrate pollution mitigation and sustainable wastewater treatment	151
Occurrence, fate and removal of microplastics as heavy metal vector in natural wastewater treatment wetland system	150
Microplastics generated from a biodegradable plastic in freshwater and seawater	148
Intimate coupling of photocatalysis and biodegradation for wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, recent advances and environmental applications	148
Interfacial interaction between micro/nanoplastics and typical PPCPs and nanoplastics removal via electrosorption from an aqueous solution	147
Electrode passivation, faradaic efficiency, and performance enhancement strategies in electrocoagulation—a review	147
CyanoMetDB, a comprehensive public database of secondary metabolites from cyanobacteria	146
Assessing groundwater quality for drinking water supply using hybrid fuzzy-GIS-based water quality index	146
Insights into catalytic removal and separation of attached metals from natural-aged microplastics by magnetic biochar activating oxidation process	143
Heterogeneous catalytic ozonation of atrazine with Mn-loaded and Fe-loaded biochar	143
A systematic literature review of forecasting and predictive models for cyanobacteria blooms in freshwater lakes	141
Can the commonly used quenching method really evaluate the role of reactive oxygen species in pollutant abatement during catalytic ozonation?	140
Making waves: Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for population-based health management	138
Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges	138
A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes	137
Making Waves: Coronavirus detection, presence and persistence in the water environment: State of the art and knowledge needs for public health	135
Phosphorus recovery from the liquid phase of anaerobic digestate using biochar derived from iron−rich sludge: A potential phosphorus fertilizer	135
Latest development in salt removal from solar-driven interfacial saline water evaporators: Advanced strategies and challenges	134
Kinetics and pathways of the degradation of PPCPs by carbonate radicals in advanced oxidation processes	134
Active MnO2/biochar composite for efficient As(III) removal: Insight into the mechanisms of redox transformation and adsorption	133
Highly selective electrochemical nitrate reduction using copper phosphide self-supported copper foam electrode: Performance, mechanism, and application	131
Advanced Functional Nanostructures based on Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanomaterials for Water Remediation: A Review	131
A novel electrocatalytic filtration system with carbon nanotube supported nanoscale zerovalent copper toward ultrafast oxidation of organic pollutants	131
A systems approach to understand microplastic occurrence and variability in Dutch riverine surface waters	130

Evaluating recovery, cost, and throughput of different concentration methods for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology	130
The role of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in membrane fouling: A critical review	129
Nano zero-valent iron improves anammox activity by promoting the activity of quorum sensing system	128
The magnitude and drivers of harmful algal blooms in China’s lakes and reservoirs: A national-scale characterization	128
Catalyst-free activation of permanganate under visible light irradiation for sulfamethazine degradation: Experiments and theoretical calculation	127
Monitoring dissolved organic matter in wastewater and drinking water treatments using spectroscopic analysis and ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry	127
Brackish water desalination using reverse osmosis and capacitive deionization at the water-energy nexus	126
Natural polyphenols enhanced the Cu(II)/peroxymonosulfate (PMS) oxidation: The contribution of Cu(III) and HO•	124
Relationship between functional bacteria in a denitrification desulfurization system under autotrophic, heterotrophic, and mixotrophic conditions	122
“Microplastic communities” in different environments: Differences, links, and role of diversity index in source analysis	122
Pesticides are the dominant stressors for vulnerable insects in lowland streams	121
The ecology of the plastisphere: Microbial composition, function, assembly, and network in the freshwater and seawater ecosystems	121
Towards sustainable saline agriculture: Interfacial solar evaporation for simultaneous seawater desalination and saline soil remediation	120
Regulating the redox centers of Fe through the enrichment of Mo moiety for persulfate activation: A new strategy to achieve maximum persulfate utilization efficiency	119
Water-sediment interactions and mobility of heavy metals in aquatic environments	119
Metal-free black-red phosphorus as an efficient heterogeneous reductant to boost Fe3+/Fe2+ cycle for peroxymonosulfate activation	118
Characteristics of microplastic polymer-derived dissolved organic matter and its potential as a disinfection byproduct precursor	118
Breakthroughs on tailoring pervaporation membranes for water desalination: A review	117
Several forms of SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be detected in wastewaters: Implication for wastewater-based epidemiology and risk assessment	117
Co-metabolism of sulfamethoxazole by a freshwater microalga Chlorella pyrenoidosa	117
Impacts of organics on the microbial ecology of wastewater anammox processes: Recent advances and meta-analysis	117
Efficient detection and assessment of human exposure to trace antibiotic residues in drinking water	116
Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH	116
Flow-electrode capacitive deionization: A review and new perspectives	116
Near-infrared light to heat conversion in peroxydisulfate activation with MoS2: A new photo-activation process for water treatment	115
Deep insights into the network of acetate metabolism in anaerobic digestion: focusing on syntrophic acetate oxidation and homoacetogenesis	115
Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in domestic, industrial, agricultural and aquacultural wastewater sources: A case study in Changzhou, China	115
Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater to evaluate the success of lockdown measures for controlling COVID-19 in the UK	114
Riverine microplastic and microbial community compositions: A field study in the Netherlands	114
Hydroxylamine and the nitrogen cycle: A review	113
Dibutyl phthalate release from polyvinyl chloride microplastics: Influence of plastic properties and environmental factors	113
Diversified metabolism makes novel Thauera strain highly competitive in low carbon wastewater treatment	113
Insights into the oxidation of organic contaminants by Co(II) activated peracetic acid: The overlooked role of high-valent cobalt-oxo species	113
Surveillance of wastewater revealed peaks of SARS-CoV-2 preceding those of hospitalized patients with COVID-19	112
Hydrochar derived from municipal sludge through hydrothermal processing: A critical review on its formation, characterization, and valorization	111
Revisiting Microplastics in Landfill Leachate: Unnoticed Tiny Microplastics and Their Fate in Treatment Works	111
Interaction of nanoplastics with extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in the aquatic environment: A special reference to eco-corona formation and associated impacts	111