OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Water Process Engineering is 64. 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
Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution using carbon-based adsorbents: A review	268
Treatment of industrial dye wastewater and pharmaceutical residue wastewater by advanced oxidation processes and its combination with nanocatalysts: A review	189
Simultaneous removal of antibiotics and inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by photocatalysis: A review	185
Recent advances in activated carbon modification techniques for enhanced heavy metal adsorption	179
Hybrid ozonation process for industrial wastewater treatment: Principles and applications: A review	177
Role of electrocoagulation in wastewater treatment: A developmental review	166
Ultrafiltration membranes for wastewater and water process engineering: A comprehensive statistical review over the past decade	155
Microalgae-based biorefineries for sustainable resource recovery from wastewater	147
Recent advances in membrane filtration for heavy metal removal from wastewater: A mini review	137
Removal of methylene blue (basic dye) by coagulation-flocculation with biomaterials (bentonite and Opuntia ficus indica)	128
Poly‐and perfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review from sources to remediation	126
A review of oily wastewater treatment using ultrafiltration membrane: A parametric study to enhance the membrane performance	126
Review on discharge Plasma for water treatment: mechanism, reactor geometries, active species and combined processes	124
Antibiotic removal processes from water & wastewater for the protection of the aquatic environment - a review	123
Bioremediation of dyes: Current status and prospects	123
Ball-milling synthesis of biochar and biochar–based nanocomposites and prospects for removal of emerging contaminants: A review	122
Latest trends in heavy metal removal from wastewater by biochar based sorbents	119
Multivariate optimisation of Cr (VI), Co (III) and Cu (II) adsorption onto nanobentonite incorporated nanocellulose/chitosan aerogel using response surface methodology	114
Photocatalytic degradation of disperse azo dyes in textile wastewater using green zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized in plant extract: A critical review	114
A review on the development of elemental and codoped TiO2 photocatalysts for enhanced dye degradation under UV–vis irradiation	113
Comparative study on total nitrogen prediction in wastewater treatment plant and effect of various feature selection methods on machine learning algorithms performance	110
Utilization of alum sludge as adsorbent for phosphorus removal in municipal wastewater: A review	108
Exploiting microbial biomass in treating azo dyes contaminated wastewater: Mechanism of degradation and factors affecting microbial efficiency	108
Adsorption of pollutants by plant bark derived adsorbents: An empirical review	104
Adsorptive potential of modified plant-based adsorbents for sequestration of dyes and heavy metals from wastewater - A review	104

A critical review of antibiotic removal strategies: Performance and mechanisms	103
Microalgae biosorption, bioaccumulation and biodegradation efficiency for the remediation of wastewater and carbon dioxide mitigation: Prospects, challenges and opportunities	102
A review on the synthesis of hydroxyapatite, its composites and adsorptive removal of pollutants from wastewater	100
Synthetic microfibers: Source, transport and their remediation	98
A review on valorization of biomass in heavy metal removal from wastewater	96
A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent toxicity	95
Trends in dye industry effluent treatment and recovery of value added products	94
Removal of natural organic matter from source water: Review on coagulants, dual coagulation, alternative coagulants, and mechanisms	89
Moving towards practical applications of microbial fuel cells for sanitation and resource recovery	88
Hybrid treatment system for real textile wastewater remediation based on coagulation/flocculation, adsorption and filtration processes: Performance and economic evaluation	88
Magnetic-MXene-based nanocomposites for water and wastewater treatment: A review	87
Water quality classification using machine learning algorithms	86
Application of Box–Behnken design for optimizing parameters of hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions using Fe3O4 loaded on activated carbon prepared from alga: Kinetics and equilibrium st	85
A review on the sources, occurrence and health risks of per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) arising from the manufacture and disposal of electric and electronic products	83
Alternative techniques for caffeine removal from wastewater: An overview of opportunities and challenges	82
Electrochemical oxidation technology: A review of its application in high-efficiency treatment of wastewater containing persistent organic pollutants	80
WO3-based catalysts for photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic removal of organic pollutants from water – A review	78
Application of magnetic biochar derived from food waste in heterogeneous sono-Fenton-like process for removal of organic dyes from aqueous solution	78
Phosphate adsorption/desorption kinetics and P bioavailability of Mg-biochar from ground coffee waste	77
Nanofiltration membrane processes for water recycling, reuse and product recovery within various industries: A review	76
Hospital wastewater as a source of environmental contamination: An overview of management practices, environmental risks, and treatment processes	76
Occurrence of microplastic particles in the most popular Iranian bottled mineral water brands and an assessment of human exposure	75
A review on floating nanocomposite photocatalyst: Fabrication and applications for wastewater treatment	75
Investigation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in four types of sludge: Factors influencing EPS properties and sludge granulation	74
Recent developments in industrial organic degradation via semiconductor heterojunctions and the parameters affecting the photocatalytic process: A review study	73
Recent development in modification of polysulfone membrane for water treatment application	73
Modeling of a full-scale sewage treatment plant to predict the nutrient removal efficiency using a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network	73
Recent progress on fabrication and application of electrospun nanofibrous photocatalytic membranes for wastewater treatment: A review	73
Revolutionary technique for sustainable plant-based green coagulants in industrial wastewater treatment—A review	69
Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems	68
Easy-to-prepare graphene oxide/sodium montmorillonite polymer nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance	68
Comparison of hydrogen production and system performance in a microbial electrolysis cell containing cathodes made of non-platinum catalysts and binders	68
A comprehensive review of biochar in removal of organic pollutants from wastewater: Characterization, toxicity, activation/functionalization and influencing treatment factors	66
A review on treatment technologies for printing and dyeing wastewater (PDW)	66
Decontamination of Cd2+ and Pb2+ from aqueous solution using a magnetic nanocomposite of eggshell/starch/Fe3O4	66
Riverine microplastics: Behaviour, spatio-temporal variability, and recommendations for standardised sampling and monitoring	65
Microalgae bioremediation: A perspective towards wastewater treatment along with industrial carotenoids production	65
The role of wastewater treatment plants as tools for SARS-CoV-2 early detection and removal	65
Biological degradation coupled to photocatalysis by ZnO/polypyrrole composite for the treatment of real textile wastewater	64
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and wastewater treatment plants in Mexico	64