OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research is 116. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The impacts of water storage infrastructure on real property values and crop production	715
Editorial Board	526
Fungal spore inactivation in drinking water by UV222: Kinetics and mechanistic insights with transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses	351
Loss of riparian canopy cover reduces the transfer of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) and simplifies the trophic links in stream food webs	335
Volatilization behavior of diesel oil-water-glass bead system exposed to freeze-thaw cycles	324
Interlaboratory performance and quantitative PCR data acceptance metrics for NIST SRM® 2917	317
Lagrangian solver for coupling hydrodynamics with biokinetic conversion modelling in anaerobic digesters	310
Leveraging primary effluent- and glycerol-driven partial denitrification-anammox within a pilot-scale tertiary step-feed moving bed biofilm reactor treating high-rate activated sludge systems effluent	287
Inorganic substrates in frozen solutions: Transformation mechanisms and interactions with organic compounds - A review	284
Insufficient desorption of ions in constant-current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Problems and solutions	283
Sulfur powder utilization and denitrification efficiency in an elemental sulfur-based membrane bioreactor with coagulant addition	280
Cycles of solar ultraviolet radiation favor periodic expansions of cyanobacterial blooms in global lakes	268
What drives the adoption of a technology? An analysis of the implementation of Nereda®	254
Removal, transport, and transformation of organic micropollutants in managed aquifer recharge: Insights from target and non-target analyses	251
Corrigendum to ’ Biochar enhances the biotransformation of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating sewage’ [Water Research 223 (2022) 118974]	242
Corrigendum to “Understanding the role of biofilms and estimation of life-span of a tire derived aggregates-based underground stormwater treatment system” [Water Research 257 (2024) 121716]	239
Corrigendum to “Impact of Human Activities on Rare Earth Elements in Coastal Regions: Anthropogenic Gadolinium Sources, Budget, and Transport” [Water Research 287 (2025), 124302]	237
Streambed immobilization controls the transport of antibiotic resistance genes in flowing water	231
Sustainable production of microbial protein from carbon dioxide in the integrated bioelectrochemical system using recycled nitrogen sources	231
Mechanism of organic phosphorus transformation and its impact on the primary production in a deep oligotrophic plateau lake during stratification	230
When does infrastructure hybridisation outperform centralised infrastructure paradigms? – Exploring economic and hydraulic impacts of decentralised urban wastewater system expansion	218
Identification of ∼200 transformation products of polyhalogenated compounds to characterize their transformation pathways in sludges	217
Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach	217
Electrochemistry-mass spectrometry bridging the gap between suspect and target screening of valsartan transformation products in wastewater treatment plant effluent	217
Photo-sterilization of groundwater by tellurium and enhancement by micro/nano bubbles	214

Effect of free ammonia on partial denitrification: Long-term performance, mechanism, and feasibility of PD/Anammox-FBBR for mature landfill leachate treatment	204
Impact of suspended mussel aquaculture on benthic oxygen fluxes	203
Simultaneous photochemical oxidation of As(III) and Mn2+(aq) in the presence of hematite	202
The effect of anode potential on electrogenesis, methanogenesis and sulfidogenesis in a simulated sewer condition	202
Supply, demand and the economic effectiveness of urine-diverting technologies and products: A systematic literature review	201
Predicting norovirus contamination and antimicrobial resistance in coastal waters from community and hospital-derived sources	194
Diatomaceous organic matter is overlooked but forms disinfection byproducts of high cytotoxicity during chlorination	193
An N2O emissions model featuring newly integrated abiotic pathways in nitrification	191
Influence of microbial communities on foam fractionation of wastewater for PFAS removal	190
Alkaline hydrolysis of solid 1,3,5-trichloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (T3): kinetics, mechanism, and overlooked deprotonation effects	189
CO2-driven ion exchange for ammonium recovery from source-separated urine	188
Complete biodegradability assessment of polyoxyethylene glycerol ester non-ionic surfactant: Aerobic, anaerobic, combined biodegradation and inhibitory effects	187
A novel approach using protein-rich biomass as co-fermentation substrates to enhance phosphorus recovery from FePs-bearing sludge	187
Side-stream anaerobic membrane bioreactor system for energy-positive sewage treatment	187
Acetochlor degradation in anaerobic microcosms with hyporheic sediments: Insights from biogeochemical data, transformation products, and isotope analysis	185
Aging effects of titanium dioxide on Cu toxicity to Daphnia magna: Exploring molecular docking and significance of surface properties	184
Vegetation cover affects the response of greenhouse gas emissions to microplastics in a coastal wetland	182
Recovery targets and timescales for Lough Neagh and other lakes	182
Cyanobacterial blooms increase the release of vanadium through iron reduction and dissolved organic matter complexation in the sediment of eutrophic lakes	180
Phosphorus recovery from wastewater using waste gypsum via sulfur-metabolizing bacteria: Influence of gypsum type on performance and mechanisms	179
Source resolution and model prediction of hydrogen peroxide produced through photochemistry and phytoplankton species in environmental waters	176
The synergistic effect of oxidant-peroxide coupling systems for water and wastewater treatments	176
Characterizing disinfection byproduct precursors through organic matter fractionation and correlation analysis using nontargeted screening analysis with Orbitrap mass spectrometry	173
Distance-decay equations of antibiotic resistance genes across freshwater reservoirs	171
High selectivity, capacity and stability for electrochemical lithium extraction on boron-doped H1.6Mn1.6O4 by tailoring lattice constant and intercalation energy	164
Study on the mechanism of rapid degradation of Rhodamine B with Fe/Cu@antimony tailing nano catalytic particle electrode in a three dimensional electrochemical reactor	164
Quantitative study of in situ chemical oxidation remediation with coupled thermal desorption	164
Development of a deep learning–based feature stream network for forecasting riverine harmful algal blooms from a network perspective	161
Bioturbation-Resilient phosphorus control in eutrophic sediments using industrial waste-derived calcium silicate hydrate	160
Efficient capture of endocrine-disrupting compounds by a high-performance nanofiltration membrane for wastewater treatment	158
Mixture effects on the tracing significance of carbon and hydrogen isotopes for identifying leaking points at landfills: Insights from theoretical analysis and field investigation	158
Exploring the microbial influence on seasonal nitrous oxide concentration in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant using metagenome assembled genomes	155
Cyanobacteria decay alters CH4 and CO2 produced hotspots along vertical sediment profiles in eutrophic lakes	151
Synergistic water activation on high-entropy alloy oxides enables ultralow-enthalpy solar desalination	149
Numerical simulation for spatial distribution of water aerosol produced from nozzle spray and health risk related to Legionella pneumophila in spray scenarios	149
Moving to a future of smart stormwater management: A review and framework for terminology, research, and future perspectives	149
Modeling and optimization of synergistic ozone-ultraviolet-chlorine process for reclaimed water disinfection: From laboratory tests to software simulation	149
Solar evaporation-driven integrated system for saline soil remediation, freshwater recovery, salt resource harvest, and agricultural irrigation	148
A comprehensive reconnaissance and risk assessment of rubber additives and their transformation products (RATPs) in groundwater: 1,3-Diphenylguanidine (DPG) as a pressing ecological concern	147
Periodate activation by pyrite for the disinfection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Performance and mechanisms	147
Efficient decomposition of perfluorooctane sulfonate by electrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate in aqueous solution: Efficacy, reaction mechanism, active sites, and application potential	146
Integrated flow anodic oxidation and ultrafiltration system for continuous defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	144
Colloid-bound radicals formed in NOM-enhanced Fe(III)/peroxymonosulfate process accelerate the degradation of trace organic contaminants in water	143
Assessing the protection gap for mobile and persistent chemicals during advanced water treatment – A study in a drinking water production and wastewater treatment plant	143
Selective elimination of sulfonamide antibiotics upon periodate/catechol process: Dominance of quinone intermediates	142
Fate of sulfamethoxazole in wetland sediment under controlled redox conditions	142
The fate of cadmium during the hydrolysis and solid-state transformation of iron	141
Embedded interlocking membrane interface enables highly stable and water-permeable membrane distillation of hypersaline wastewater	140
Sediment properties dominate the spatial distribution of DGT-labile trace metals in China’s coastal sediments at a continental scale	140
Improving the interpretability of deep reinforcement learning in urban drainage system operation	137

Enhanced long-term reduction of high-level Au(III) with the presence of NO3− in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor	137
Algal-bacterial granular sludge process for sustainable wastewater treatment: Technological advances and challenges	136
Estimating Yangtze River basin's riverine N2O emissions through hybrid modeling of land-river-atmosphere nitrogen flows	134
Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance	134
Multi-omics reveals mechanism of hydroxylamine-enhanced ultimate nitrogen removal in pilot-scale anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic system	134
Human-induced homogenization of microbial taxa and function in a subtropical river and its impacts on community stability	133
Functional characterization of a novel Chlamydomonas reinhardtii hydrolase involved in biotransformation of chloramphenicol	133
Comprehensive assessment of electrochemical disinfection for real secondary effluent: more efficient with reduced secondary chemical risk?	132
Enhancing bioelectrochemical hydrogen production from industrial wastewater using Ni-foam cathodes in a microbial electrolysis cell pilot plant	131
Dark side of biodegradable microplastics in mangrove ecosystem: Plastisphere as an overlooked hotspot of sulfate-reducing metabolism	130
Machine learning modelling of a membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) system for prediction of long-term system performance and optimization of process control parameters in remote brackish water de	130
Innovative approach to reveal source contribution of dissolved organic matter in a complex river watershed using end-member mixing analysis based on spectroscopic proxies and multi-isotopes	128
Photoaged tire wear particles hinder the transport of Pb(II) in urban soils under acid rain: Experimental and numerical investigations	128
Priority control sequence of 34 typical pollutants in effluents of Chinese wastewater treatment plants	128
Shallow groundwater table fluctuations: A driving force for accelerating the migration and transformation of phosphorus in cropland soil	128
Photocatalytic degradation of GenX in water using a new adsorptive photocatalyst	127
Linking sediment geochemistry with catchment processes, internal phosphorus loading and lake water quality	125
Polystyrene microplastics alter plankton community and enhance greenhouse gas emissions: A case study in the China coastal sea	124
Enhanced recovery of rare earth elements from mine wastewater using microbial-derived ferrous sulfide	124
Mitigation of combined fouling by gypsum and humic acid in membrane distillation via synergistic foulant capture mechanism	124
Mineralization of tribromophenol under anoxic/oxic conditions in the presence of copper(II) doped green rust: Importance of sequential reduction-oxidation process	124
Active anaerobic methane oxidation in the groundwater table fluctuation zone of rice paddies	123
Interaction mechanisms between fouling and chemical cleaning on the ageing behavior of ion-exchange membranes during electrodialysis treatment of flue gas desulfurization wastewater	123
Cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent investigation of O-methylated pollutant-producing bacteria in three drinking water treatment plants	123
Novel strategy for efficient energy recovery and pollutant control from sewage sludge and food waste treatment	123
Extreme weather events as an important factor for the evolution of plastisphere but not for the degradation process	123
Advanced micropollutant and phosphorus removal with superfine powdered activated carbon and pile cloth media filtration	122
Alternation magnitudes of organic matter composition determines priming effect of biodegradable microplastics on lake carbon emission	122
Enhancing microalgae cell inactivation through hydrodynamic cavitation: Insights from flow cytometry analysis	122
Influence of hydrological features on CO2 and CH4 concentrations in the surface water of lakes, Southwest China: A seasonal and mixing regime analysis	121
Terrigenous organic carbon drives methane dynamics in cascade reservoirs in the upper Yangtze China	121
From waste to resource: Metagenomics uncovers the molecular ecological resources for plastic degradation in estuaries of South China	120
Application of GLDAS models and ALS point clouds in assessing the impact of modified evapotranspiration on the water budget	120
Making waves: The sensitivity of lakes to brownification and issues of concern in ecological status assessment	119
Real-time monitoring of in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) of dissolved TCE by integrating electrical resistivity tomography and reactive transport modeling	119
Seamless observations of chlorophyll-a from OLCI and VIIRS measurements in inland lakes	119
An electrochemical anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor for enhanced sludge digestion: Unveiling molecular interactions and microbial mechanisms	118
A new Bayesian approach for managing bathing water quality at river bathing locations vulnerable to short-term pollution	118
PipeNetGen: A methodology for generating synthetic water distribution network models	117
Groundwater-native Fe(II) oxidation prior to aeration with H2O2 to enhance As(III) removal	117
Tailored carbonaceous materials as biofilter amendments for PFAS removal in stormwater runoff	117
Microbiome and antibiotic resistome in bioelectrochemical toilets for onsite treatment of fecal sludge	116
Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology	116
Suspended solids dominated tailing effect in UV disinfection of livestock wastewater: Mechanistic deciphering and modelling prediction for epidemic control	116
Abundance and composition of anthropogenic macrolitter and natural debris in road runoff in Ohio, USA	116