OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Clean Water is 30. 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
Tailoring microbial redox with alternating current for efficient mineralization of refractory organic nitrogen compounds in wastewater	970
Adsorption and DFT investigations of Cr(VI) removal using nanocrystals decorated with graphene oxide	226
Mechanism of Cr(VI) removal by polyphenols-rich bacterial cellulose gel produced from fermented wine pomace	196
Evaluation of dynamic eco-efficiency of water companies: the influence of non-revenue water and water supply interruptions	147
A resonant electro-physical transmutation method for water purification	105
Advanced natural hydrated iron-alum oxides cation exchange resin for simultaneous phosphate and hardness removal	92
Effects of adding household water filters to Rwanda’s Community-Based Environmental Health Promotion Programme: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Rwamagana district	84
Optimal design of water reuse networks in cities through decision support tool development and testing	75
Spatial association of surface water quality and human cancer in China	63
Online biofilm monitoring is missing in technical systems: how to build stronger case-studies?	56
Microorganism-mediated denitrogenation of aquaculture systems provoked by poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB)	53
Enhancing ultrafiltration membrane permeability and antifouling performance through surface patterning with features resembling feed spacers	53
Author Correction: Identification of microbes coexisting with Legionella spp. in bathwaters	52
Molecular weight insight into critical component contributing to reverse osmosis membrane fouling in wastewater reclamation	48
A high-throughput approach for assessing antiscaling performance during mineral precipitation from seawater and hard water	47
Scalable and high throughput photothermal water disinfection with negligible CO2 footprint utilizing nanostructured carbon coatings	46
A super-efficient gel adsorbent with over 1000 times the adsorption capacity of activated carbon	46
Chitosan-based fluorescent inverse opal particles for Cr(VI) sensing	40
Advances in point-of-care and molecular techniques to detect waterborne pathogens	40
Pre-oxidized ultramicroporous carbon cloth with ultrahigh volumetric capacity and ultralong lifespan for capacitive desalination	37
3D printed Ti3C2@Polymer based artificial forest for autonomous water harvesting system	36
Magnetic core supported ethyl acetate microdrops for organic contaminants removal from water	35
Tuning polyamide membrane chemistry for enhanced desalination using Boc-protected ethylenediamine and its in situ Boc-deprotection	34
Lifetime optimisation of integrated thermally and electrically driven solar desalination plants	33
Phosphate ester-linked carbonized polymer nanosheets to limit microbiological contamination in aquaculture water	32

Decision making for implementing non-traditional water sources: a review of challenges and potential solutions	32
Contrastive learning method for leak detection in water distribution networks	32
Using static magnetic field to recover ammonia efficiently by DNRA process	31
Author Correction: Detection of untreated sewage discharges to watercourses using machine learning	31
Anchoring Ni(II) bisacetylacetonate complex into CuS immobilized MOF for enhanced removal of tinidazole and metronidazole	30
Unveiling mechanistic intricacies of Chlorella pyrenoidosa-mediated pathogen removal from sewage	30