OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Water and Environment Journal is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimization of pyrolysis regime for chicken manure treatment and biochar production	52
Miniaturized green liquid‐phase sample pre‐concentration methods for pharmaceutical drugs assessment in wastewater	30
Issue Information	19
Transforming crustacean waste into an eco‐friendly scale inhibitor: Advancing green water treatment solutions	19
Developments and expansions of a suite of trickling filters models	18
Enzymatic biodegradation and detoxification of azo and anthraquinone dyes by indigenously isolated bacterial monocultures and their synergistic behaviour in developed consortia	18
Operational window of a deammonifying sludge for mainstream application in a municipal wastewater treatment plant	17
Assessment of indigenous surrogate microorganisms for UV disinfection dose verification	16
Issue Information	15
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Economical viability analysis of an innovative gravity‐driven rainwater harvesting system for a commercial office building	13
Effects of subbase materials on phosphorous attenuation in permeable pavement system and correlation between pollution attenuation and subbase materials	13
Fouling analysis of polyvinyl chloride/polyethylene glycol‐b‐poly(1,2‐dichloroethylene) blend membranes for oily wastewater treatment	12
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Editorial	11
Water Transfer Energy Efficiency Index for inter‐basin water transfer projects	10
Screening the polymeric membrane toxic metals ion‐selective electrodes with multiple high‐response performances using electrode quality index	10
An artificial neural network model for predicting volumetric mass transfer coefficient in the biological aeration unit	10
Editorial	10
Effect of hydrodynamic conditions on the formation and structure of aerobic granular sludge performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal	8
Water consumption optimization in cardboard industry by experimental design	8
Issue Information	8
Evaluation of the effect of copper on the restart of a novel combined two‐stage anaerobic digester	8
Efficient photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A by green synthesized CuO decorated nickel hexacyanoferrate nanocomposite	8
Kuwait household water demand in 2050: Spatial microsimulation and impact appraisal	7

The irrigation suitability potential of an effluent treated by a pseudo‐natural wetland	7
A framework for drinking water basin protection	7
TiO₂‐WO₃ nanocube‐polyaniline hierarchical membrane for efficient removal of chromium in a photocatalytic membrane reactor	7
Performance evaluation of an oily industrial wastewater treatment system using the application of activated sludge model No. 3	6
An uncertainty‐based evaluation of sulphuric compounds transport in reservoirs considering sensitivity analysis	6
Antibiotic‐resistant bacteria and blaNDM‐1 genes in the drinking tap water of a megacity	6
Groundwater quality analyses in off‐grid tropical island	6
Regional flow–ecology relationships in small, temperate rivers	6
Assessing the feasibility of using municipal wastewater for aiding algal oil production: From a spatial coupling perspective	6
Variations in the morphological phosphorus in a full‐scale A²O + MBR process with heavy chemical P removal addition dosing	6
Microalgae as a multibenefit natural solution for the wastewater industry: A UK pilot‐scale study	6
A review of technologies for the removal of sulfate from drinking water	6
Optimized one‐pot synthesis of CdSe quantum dot capped with 3‐mercaptopropionic acid as an efficient fluorescent probe for selective detection of Hg (II)	6
Advancements in machine learning modelling for energy and emissions optimization in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review	6
Erratum: Exploration of aquifer management options using a groundwater model	6
Reduction of soil and phosphorus losses by using micro‐dams in furrow irrigation	5
Performance evaluation of submerged membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment: Experimental study and model validation with GPS‐X software simulator	5
Issue Information	5
Development of the support vector regression–particle swarm optimization simulation‐optimization model for the assessment of a novel groundwater quality index	5
National savings in freshwater consumption in Iran by virtual water imports (a case study on cereals)	5
Enhancing textile wastewater sustainability through calcium hypochlorite oxidation and subsequent filtration with assistance from waste blast furnace iron slag	5
Facile synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles for the effective photodegradation of malachite green dye in aqueous solution	5
Dispersion of SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA across a wastewater treatment plant and its workers	5
China's ‘Sponge Cities’: The role of constructed wetlands in alleviating urban pluvial flooding	5
Perspectives on multi‐benefit water reuse systems: A confluence of water and wastewater management planning	5
Assessing runoff and pollutant loading upstream of the Miyun Reservoir for sustainable water resources management	4
Treatment of biomethanated wastewater with a quaternised chitosan	4
Issue Information ‐ TOC	4
Barriers to water use efficiency in rural and peri‐urban areas of South Africa	4
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Storage post‐harvest of Opuntia ficus‐indica and its impact on the efficiency of bio‐coagulants/flocculants extracted	4
Government‐industrial‐research cooperation in virtual water strategy: A multi‐agent evolutionary game analysis	4
Optimization and modelling of volatile fatty acid generation in a leachate bed reactor for utilization in microbial fuel cells	4
Upgrading municipal lagoons in temperate and cold climates: Total nitrogen removal and phosphorus assimilation at ultra‐low temperatures	4
Electro‐oxidation of pistachio processing wastewater using Ti/Pt mesh‐type anodes in batch system	4
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Biological degradation of leachate from household and similar waste pre‐treated by electro‐Fenton process	3
Particle removal optimization in rotating dissolved air flotation used in paper‐recycling wastewater treatment	3
Estrogens in wastewaters: Can different operating conditions improve their removal in anaerobic conditions?	3
An insight on the development of functional carbon electrodes from plastic waste for capacitive deionization towards sustainable water reclamation	3
Assessment of statistical methods for converting biochemical oxygen demand and carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand to total organic carbon in wastewater	3
GIS‐based groundwater quality assessment using GQIs and fuzzy‐logic approach	3
Fouling mitigation and wastewater decontamination in UV treatment systems	3
Editorial Volume 37 Issue 3	3
Ecological environment value assessment and ecological civilization in the Changjiang River basin	3
Antibacterial PES/Vancomycin ultrafiltration membranes with enhanced water flux and low BSA rejection	3
Influences of cathode potential and carbon source on parabromoaniline degradation in microbial electrolysis cell	3
Issue Information	3
Editorial	3
Habitat quality–physicochemical water quality–littoral macroinvertebrate community nexus in Lugo Lake (Ethiopia): Priorities for sustainable water resources management	3

Water quality–quantity management in river–reservoir system using sustainability‐based simulation‐optimization meta‐model approach	3
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Bio‐electrochemical evaluation of two‐stage constructed wetland microbial fuel cells with high strength raw domestic wastewater and simultaneous energy recovery	3
Synthesis, characterization and potential application of magnetized nanoparticles for photocatalysis of Levafix CA reactive azo‐dye in aqueous effluent	3
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Advancements in water and ecological risk assessment in the Yellow River Delta, North China: Implications for legal frameworks in environmental protection and public health	3
Comparison between single‐chamber and dual‐chamber photocatalytic fuel cell on synthetic dye removal efficiency and power generation	3
Screening of organic substrates for a permeable biobarrier to remediate nitrate contaminated groundwater	3
Comparison of single strain, natural algal communities and a native algal bloom: Application for wastewater treatment and biomass generation in cassava biogas effluent	2
Energy potential of household fats, oils and grease waste	2
Issue Information	2
Unlocking the nutrient value of sewage sludge	2
Multi‐response optimization of process parameters for remediation of tetrachloroethylene pools by surfactants: Application of Taguchi design of experiment and Artificial Neural Network	2
Production of nanoporous alumina membranes modified with multi‐walled carbon nanotube, polyacrylamide and polystyrene and use in wastewater treatment	2
Issue Information	2
Insights into function of hydrocyclone separator and modified volcanic rock coagulant on formation of aerobic granular sludge	2
Spatial distribution and drivers of throughfall beneath shrub canopies in a semi‐arid desert steppe	2
Research on the impact of waterfront resources on rural leisure environment, economic development, and the awareness of physical and mental health of the elderly	2
Analysis of a current water tariff and attitudes towards change: A representative study from a Palestinian city	2
Runoff water loaded with road de‐icing salts: Occurrence, environmental impact and treatment processes	2
Palygorskite–TiO₂ nanocatalysts for photocatalytic degradation of tebuconazole in water	2
Enhancing microbial fuel cell performance: A study on carbon cloth/TiO₂ and carbon cloth/CuO electrodes	2
Prediction of sludge settleability through artificial neural networks with optimized input variables	2
Full‐scale application of an electrochemical disinfection solution in a municipal drinking water treatment plant	2
What do we make of artificial intelligence?	2
Usage of phosphoric acid plant's circulate pond waters in struvite precipitation—Effect of conditions	2
A river classification scheme to assess macroinvertebrate sensitivity to water abstraction pressures	2
Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in New York/New Jersey Harbour sediment	2
A comparison of machine learning methods for estimation of snow density using satellite images	2
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Development of wastewater quality index as an assessment tool of treated wastewater quality for sea discharge	2
Promoting wastewater treatment in India: Critical questions of economic viability	2
Direct conversion of dissolved air flotation sludge to mannosylerythritol lipids by Moesziomyces aphidis	2
Treated municipal wastewater as option to the use of fresh water for the cultivation of valuable pastoral species Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.)	2
An adaptive metamodelling for multipollutant waste load allocation in a river–reservoir system; hydrodynamic simulation–optimization	2
A life cycle approach to environmental assessment of wastewater and sludge treatment processes	2
Long‐term monitoring of the microbial quality and Legionnaires' disease risk in tap water from mass catering establishments	2
Designing and calibrating an agent‐based platform to evaluate the effect of climate variables on residential water demand	2
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Research and application of neural network‐based intelligent water‐saving systems	2
Drainage models: An evaluation of their applicability for the design of drainage systems in arid regions	2
Analysing the influence of operating conditions on the performance of algal–bacterial granular sludge processes for wastewater treatment: A review	1
Editorial: Plugging the data gap to enhance standardization in monitoring combined sewer overflows	1
Possible effects of pesticide on biological nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment processes: A review	1
The investigation of parameters affecting the treatment of synthetic bilge water by continuous electrooxidation/flotation process	1
Algal settling ponds contribute to final effluent quality of integrated algal pond systems for municipal sewage treatment	1
Removal of leachate pollutants using flocculation method at simultaneous factors of optimum pH and Tacca leontopetaloides biopolymer flocculant (TBPF) dosage via face‐centred central	1
Removal of nitrate in raw water using a vertical roughing filter with an external carbon source	1
Issue Information	1
Hydrothermal synthesis of different structures TiO₂ and photocatalytic activity for tetracycline and Cr (VI) removal	1
Issue Information	1
Significant cost savings using a newly developed single‐process technology compared to conventional processes for treating high‐strength effluents	1
Mathematical model evaluating for degradation of azo dye in contaminated water by UV/persulfate process	1
Removal of Cr⁶⁺ from aqueous solution using thiourea‐glutaraldehyde double‐crosslinked chitosan/sodium alginate composites	1
The role of cross‐sectional geometry of high‐head gated conduit in oxygen transfer efficiency	1
Increasing water retention capacity via Grey roof to green roof transformation	1
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Study on removal of oxytetracycline hydrochloride in marine aquaculture wastewater by Zn_0.75Mn_0.75Fe_1.5O₄/ZnFe₂O₄/ZnO photocatalyst	1
Energy and resource‐efficient reverse osmosis system with tunable recovery for brackish water desalination and heavy metal removal	1
Role of water as a reservoir of antimicrobial‐resistant Escherichia coli in the environment of Tucumán, Argentina	1
Issue Information	1
Optimization of process parameters for remediation performance on mass removal of tetrachloroethylene source zones by using Taguchi design of experiment and artificial neural network	1
Occurrence of enteric viruses and faecal indicators in submarine groundwater discharges in the coastal environment of the Mexican Caribbean	1
Tools for monitoring toxicological and genotoxicological changes in a drinking water treatment plant in Northeast Italy	1
Issue Information	1
Water resources sustainability assessment in the Vietnamese Srepok River Basin	1
Editorial	1
Microbe‐mediated biodegradation of microplastics from wastes	1
Issue Information	1
2,4‐dinitroanisole transformation during advanced oxidation with ultraviolet light emitting diodes and hydrogen peroxide	1
Progress in the development and application of permeable reaction barriers for remediation of dissolved oil contaminants in groundwater	1
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Developing and testing a cost‐effectiveness analysis to prioritize green infrastructure alternatives for climate change adaptation	1
Performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water management—A review	1
Assessment of novel hybrid treatment wetlands as nature‐based solutions for pharmaceutical industry wastewater treatment	1