OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Water Process Engineering is 71. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Mechanistic insight into the aqueous transformation of sartans by ozonation and the Fe(II)/peroxymonosulfate system	320
High-precision prediction of dissolved oxygen concentration in rivers based on EMD-MTL adaptive coupled modeling	299
Removal of Microcystis aeruginosa and algal organic matter by bisulfite-activated permanganate (BS/PM) pre-oxidation: performance, mechanism, and artificial neural networks (ANN) model	282
The use of silica encapsulated DNA particles with a supermagnetic iron core (SiDNAMag) in sand filtration system: Effect of water chemistry	269
Corrigendum to “Optimization of electrocoagulation process for treatment of rice mill effluent using response surface methodology” [J. Water Process Eng., volume 49 (October 2022) 103074]	261
Sliding mode variable structure control for wastewater treatment based on an improved linear extended observer	237
Real-time ozonation monitoring and control in wastewater tertiary treatment: An ultraviolet-visible monitoring approach	229
Biochar addition into activated sludge mitigate antibiotic toxicity on nitrification performance	203
Effect of composite membrane flux behavior on oily wastewater treatment: Predicting and optimizing based response surface methodology and AI	183
A novel hybrid optimization model to determine optimum water resources for water supply of residential areas	162
Corrigendum to “direct and indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 on wastewater treatment” [JWPE, volume 42 (august 2021), 102,193]	157
A mathematical model to predict the performance of the secondary clarifier of a municipal wastewater treatment plants	156
Recycled paper mill process water pre-treatment using ultrafiltration for water system closure	145
Performance of gravity-driven membrane filtration for treatment of low-temperature and low-turbidity water: Effect of coagulation pretreatment	143
Ionic liquid crystals/nano-nickel oxide-decorated carbon nanotubes composite for electrocatalytic treatment of urea-contaminated water	142
Preparation and characteristics of antibacterial PVDF ultrafiltration membrane modified with co-blending of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole	140
Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation for Zn removal in swine wastewater with simultaneous CO2 fixation and macromolecules accumulation	139
Multi-chamber bipolar membrane electrodialysis for high-purity lithium hydroxide production: A case study	136
Grading identification and pollution source determination of rural water based on the black-odorous water quality index model	129
Community structure and influencing factors of biofilms in stagnant water of premise plumbing system	127
A novel method for salt separation-crystallization and water recovery via photothermal evaporation	123
Comparative study of heterogeneous activation of H2O2 and peroxymonosulfate over nanoporous ZnFe2O4 for dye degradation via batch and continuous-flow channel approach	116
Interfacial engineering to construct titanium dioxide with biochar modification for enhanced photocatalytic removal of hexavalent chromium	115
Effect of UVA/UVC-activated TiO2 coating on sinks' pipeline system to control biofilm at ICU: A case study from Latvia	115
Efficient degradation of benzenamine in high salinity solution by air microbubble jet gas-liquid discharge	114

SnMnS nanoparticles anchored on Cu-BDC MOF hybrid architecture: A novel electrode modification strategy for sensitive electrochemical sensing of diphenylamine	111
Microbial changes in sludge after ultrasonic treatment: microbial viability, microbial community, and functional bacteria	110
Repeated versus single exposure to 6PPDQ induces differential toxicity in Escherichia coli revealed by oxidative stress, energy metabolism, extracellular polymeric substances structure, and metabolic	108
S-vacancy-rich MoS2 for enhanced BPA degradation involved peroxymonosulfate activation: sustainable transformation of toxic V(V) into a homogeneous catalyic system	105
Efficient degradation of sulfamethazine sodium via hydrogen peroxide activation in the presence of calcite: Synergistic effect of Co(II) and Cu(II)	105
A comparative study of dual-modified ZIF-67-based FO membranes using addition and synthesis approaches for enhancing PPCP separation and textile wastewater recovery	104
Amino acid-functionalized CQDs/yttrium-doped ZnO nanocomposite for photocatalytic mineralization of antibiotics in water	101
High-temperature atomization for zero-discharge of high-salinity wastewater: Chlorine transformation and HCl emission modeling	99
Organic carbon uptake and mineralization in slow sand filters and their relation to process variables	98
Environmental fate and ecotoxicological behaviors of antiviral drugs associated with COVID-19 in environmental water	96
Electro-membrane bioreactor for the treatment of landfill leachate: Effect of SRT, HRT and current density on contaminant removal and membrane fouling	96
Utilization of seafood processing waste as novel precipitating agent in treatment of zinc(II)-contaminated water	96
Handheld chemiresistive sensing system for lead ion detection in water	96
Design and fabrication of TiO2/Nd polyurethane nanofibers based photoreactor: A continuous flow kinetics study for Estriol degradation and mechanism	95
Hierarchical prioritization of on-site wastewater treatment systems using combined decision analysis and Microsoft Visual Basic	94
Carbon black endorsed CuGd2-xPrxO4 nanocomposites for efficient photocatalytic disintegration of lomefloxacin hydrochloride by persulphate activation	93
Heat-resistant boron Carbonitride with nitrogen-vacancies and oxygen-doping for efficient tetracycline removal: Adsorption characteristics, mechanism and regeneration	93
Microalgal treatment of the effluent from the hydrothermal carbonization of microalgal biomass	92
Effect of laccase extracted from fungi using food industrial residues as culture medium on degradation of chlorpyrifos in solution	91
Activated Green Tamarind Pulp (AGTP) as an efficient adsorbent for removal of Pb2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ & Ni2+ from contaminated water	88
Assessment of the effectiveness of a full-scale trickling filter for the treatment of municipal sewage in an arid environment: Multiple linear regression model prediction of fecal coliform removal	86
Optimized ammonium-nitrate ratios in constructed wetlands for simultaneously efficient nitrogen removal and greenhouse gas reduction	86
Solvent-tolerant lignosulfonate-attapulgite/calcium carbonate coating on nylon filter mesh for oily water treatment	85
Cu-Al layered bimetallic hydroxides prepared with convenient coprecipitation method as an efficient persulfate activator for lignin pollutants degradation	84
CO2-activated porous semi-coke for peroxydisulfate activation: Enhanced tetracycline degradation via non-radical pathways	82
Removal of bisphenol A from synthetic and treated sewage wastewater using magnetron sputtered CuxO/PVDF thin film photocatalytic hollow fiber membrane	81
Efficient removal of hexavalent chromium from wastewater using a novel sodium alginate-biochar composite adsorbent	80
Toxic dye removal, remediation, and mechanism with doped SnO2-based nanocomposite photocatalysts: A critical review	78
Effects of adding different ratios of residual sludge and food waste co-anaerobic fermentation liquid to AAO wastewater treatment process	77
Light wavelength modulation and emerging contaminant stress: Deciphering adaptive responses in microalgal-bacterial granular sludge systems	77
Relieving the inhibition of propionate production by D-lactic acid via mixed culture fermentation	75
Extraction of methylene orange and humic acid from aqueous solutions by using polymer inclusion membrane	75
Fered-Fenton enhanced boron-doped diamond electrochemical oxidation for wastewater treatment: Antibiotic degradation, kinetics, and environmental effects	74
The co-culturing of microalgae and fungi for synergistic valorization of alkali pretreatment liquor	73
Removal of ciprofloxacin from water using pH-tunable GO/chitosan beads: Batch and fixed-bed column studies with breakthrough modeling and regeneration	73
A factorial experimental design approach to obtain defect-rich black TiO2 for photocatalytic dye degradation	73
Adsorption performance and mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid on biofilms-attached microplastics	73
Hydroxyl grafting on CN-coating surfaces and their contribution to O3 generation and oxygen transfer in plasma liquid film degradation	73
A bifunctional imidazolium-based porous organic polymer for efficient detection of Cr2O72− and adsorptive separation of Cr2O72− and MO in water	73
Influence of mixing regimes on microbial community structure and recovery of alginate-like exopolymers and lipids from bacterial and algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludges	73
Advancing wastewater management and resource recovery through mainstream liquid anaerobic co-digestion of wastewater and organic waste	72
UV-LEDs combined with persulfate salts as a method to inactivate microalgae in ballast water	72
Simulated co-substrate threshold manifests steady-state amelioration of coal gasification gray water via synergistic biotransformations in continuous-flow anoxic/oxic system	72
Advancements in antibiotic degradation via electro-activation of peroxymonosulfate with modified carbon materials: A critical review of fundamentals, performance, and future studies	72
Preparation of heterogeneous catalysts from honeycomb-structured activated carbon for the treatment of dye wastewater in chemical and electrical Fenton advanced oxidation	72
L-aspartic acid anchored on hierarchical assembly graphene-LDH nanohybrids for active anticorrosion of waterborne epoxy coatings	72
Removal of P-arsanilic acid using a gas diffusion cathode prepared from CoFe-MOF-C-700 to construct a three-dimensional electro-Fenton system: Reaction kinetics and mechanism	71