OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research is 113. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Insufficient desorption of ions in constant-current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Problems and solutions	440
Complete biodegradability assessment of polyoxyethylene glycerol ester non-ionic surfactant: Aerobic, anaerobic, combined biodegradation and inhibitory effects	423
Aging effects of titanium dioxide on Cu toxicity to Daphnia magna: Exploring molecular docking and significance of surface properties	420
Chiral inversion of 2-arylpropionoic acid (2-APA) enantiomers during simulated biological wastewater treatment	367
Distance-decay equations of antibiotic resistance genes across freshwater reservoirs	355
Abundance and composition of anthropogenic macrolitter and natural debris in road runoff in Ohio, USA	341
Numerical simulation for spatial distribution of water aerosol produced from nozzle spray and health risk related to Legionella pneumophila in spray scenarios	290
Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance	245
The role of suspended extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) on equilibrium flocculation of clay minerals in high salinity water	226
MnO2-based capacitive system enhances ozone inactivation of bacteria by disrupting cell membrane	218
Inorganic substrates in frozen solutions: Transformation mechanisms and interactions with organic compounds - A review	217
Editorial Board	217
Groundwater-native Fe(II) oxidation prior to aeration with H2O2 to enhance As(III) removal	206
Adaptation of anammox bacteria to low temperature via gradual acclimation and cold shocks: Distinctions in protein expression, membrane composition and activities	204
Enhanced chemodiversity, distinctive molecular signature and diurnal dynamics of dissolved organic matter in streams of two headwater catchments, Southeastern China	202
Shallow groundwater table fluctuations: A driving force for accelerating the migration and transformation of phosphorus in cropland soil	199
Terrigenous organic carbon drives methane dynamics in cascade reservoirs in the upper Yangtze China	193
Electrocatalytic deep dehalogenation of florfenicol using Fe-doped CoP nanotubes array for blocking resistance gene expression and microbial inhibition during biochemical treatment	193
Extreme weather events as an important factor for the evolution of plastisphere but not for the degradation process	189
The impacts of water storage infrastructure on real property values and crop production	189
Streambed immobilization controls the transport of antibiotic resistance genes in flowing water	186
Application of dual carbon-bromine stable isotope analysis to characterize anaerobic micro-degradation mechanisms of PBDEs in wetland bottom-water	185
Insights into the silica scaling behaviors in membrane distillation and anti-scaling mechanism of functional polymers	184
Advanced micropollutant and phosphorus removal with superfine powdered activated carbon and pile cloth media filtration	184
Mechanism of organic phosphorus transformation and its impact on the primary production in a deep oligotrophic plateau lake during stratification	179

Cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent investigation of O-methylated pollutant-producing bacteria in three drinking water treatment plants	179
Seamless observations of chlorophyll-a from OLCI and VIIRS measurements in inland lakes	177
Interaction mechanisms between fouling and chemical cleaning on the ageing behavior of ion-exchange membranes during electrodialysis treatment of flue gas desulfurization wastewater	177
Development of a deep learning–based feature stream network for forecasting riverine harmful algal blooms from a network perspective	175
Corroded iron pipe inhibits microbial-mediated Mn(II) oxidation and MnOx accumulation compared to PVC pipe	173
Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology	172
Assessing the protection gap for mobile and persistent chemicals during advanced water treatment – A study in a drinking water production and wastewater treatment plant	171
Making waves: The sensitivity of lakes to brownification and issues of concern in ecological status assessment	169
Harvesting of cyanobacteria and phosphorus by electrocoagulation-flocculation-flotation: Role of phosphorus precipitation in cell separations and organics destabilization	168
Estrogenic activity and ecological risk of steroids, bisphenol A and phthalates after secondary and tertiary sewage treatment processes	164
Quantification of multi-scale links of anthropogenic pressures with PAH and PCB bioavailable contamination in French freshwaters	164
Quantitative study of in situ chemical oxidation remediation with coupled thermal desorption	160
Synergistic effect of UV-A and UV-C light is traced to UV-induced damage of the transfer RNA	160
Quantile regression illuminates the successes and shortcomings of long-term eutrophication remediation efforts in an urban river system	159
Hydrographic proxies for submarine groundwater discharge in the Jiulong River estuary and global perspectives	158
A new perspective of copper-iron effects on bloom-forming algae in a highly impacted environment	154
Hidden dangers: High levels of organic pollutants in hadal trenches	153
Coagulant dosage determination using deep learning-based graph attention multivariate time series forecasting model	152
Estimating Yangtze River basin's riverine N2O emissions through hybrid modeling of land-river-atmosphere nitrogen flows	152
Lagrangian solver for coupling hydrodynamics with biokinetic conversion modelling in anaerobic digesters	152
Functional characterization of a novel Chlamydomonas reinhardtii hydrolase involved in biotransformation of chloramphenicol	150
Applicability of pepper mild mottle virus and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus as process indicators of enteric virus removal by membrane processes at a potable reuse facility	148
Electrochemistry-mass spectrometry bridging the gap between suspect and target screening of valsartan transformation products in wastewater treatment plant effluent	148
Linking sediment geochemistry with catchment processes, internal phosphorus loading and lake water quality	147
Photo-sterilization of groundwater by tellurium and enhancement by micro/nano bubbles	145
Heavy metal transport driven by seawater-freshwater interface dynamics: The role of colloid mobilization and aquifer pore structure change	145
Carbon-fixing bacteria in diverse groundwaters of karst area: Distribution patterns, ecological interactions, and driving factors	144
A new framework to model the distributed transfer and retention of nutrients by incorporating topology structure of small water bodies	144
Sustainable production of microbial protein from carbon dioxide in the integrated bioelectrochemical system using recycled nitrogen sources	144
Cycles of solar ultraviolet radiation favor periodic expansions of cyanobacterial blooms in global lakes	143
Active anaerobic methane oxidation in the groundwater table fluctuation zone of rice paddies	142
From anaerobic digestion to single cell protein synthesis: A promising route beyond biogas utilization	141
Volatilization behavior of diesel oil-water-glass bead system exposed to freeze-thaw cycles	141
Making waves: Defining the lead time of wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19	140
Spectral characteristics of dissolved organic carbon derived from biomass-pyrogenic smoke (SDOC) in the aqueous environment and its solubilization effect on hydrophobic organic pollutants	140
Corrigendum to ’ Biochar enhances the biotransformation of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating sewage’ [Water Research 223 (2022) 118974]	140
High selectivity, capacity and stability for electrochemical lithium extraction on boron-doped H1.6Mn1.6O4 by tailoring lattice constant and intercalation energy	138
Multi-omics reveals mechanism of hydroxylamine-enhanced ultimate nitrogen removal in pilot-scale anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic system	138
Generation of DBPs from dissolved organic matter by solar photolysis of chlorine: Associated changes of cytotoxicity and reactive species	138
Supply, demand and the economic effectiveness of urine-diverting technologies and products: A systematic literature review	137
Enhanced long-term reduction of high-level Au(III) with the presence of NO3− in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor	137
Microalgae and immobilized TiO2/UV-A LEDs as a sustainable alternative for winery wastewater treatment	137
Acetochlor degradation in anaerobic microcosms with hyporheic sediments: Insights from biogeochemical data, transformation products, and isotope analysis	137
Effects of bromide ion on the formation and toxicity alteration of halonitromethanes from nitrate containing humic acid water during UV/chlor(am)ine disinfection	137
Unexpected shifts of dissolved carbon biogeochemistry caused by anthropogenic disturbances in karst rivers	136
The effect of anode potential on electrogenesis, methanogenesis and sulfidogenesis in a simulated sewer condition	135
Carbon and methane cycling in arsenic-contaminated aquifers	133
Integrated flow anodic oxidation and ultrafiltration system for continuous defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	132
Modeling and optimization of synergistic ozone-ultraviolet-chlorine process for reclaimed water disinfection: From laboratory tests to software simulation	132
Improving the interpretability of deep reinforcement learning in urban drainage system operation	131

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of small water resource recovery facilities: Comparison of mechanical and lagoon systems	131
Photosynthetic pretreatment increases membrane-based rejection of boron and arsenic	130
Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach	130
Nonlinear pattern and algal dual-impact in N2O emission with increasing trophic levels in shallow lakes	130
Influence of hydrological features on CO2 and CH4 concentrations in the surface water of lakes, Southwest China: A seasonal and mixing regime analysis	130
A new Bayesian approach for managing bathing water quality at river bathing locations vulnerable to short-term pollution	130
Origin, accumulation and fate of dissolved organic matter in an extreme hypersaline shallow lake	130
When does infrastructure hybridisation outperform centralised infrastructure paradigms? – Exploring economic and hydraulic impacts of decentralised urban wastewater system expansion	129
Priority control sequence of 34 typical pollutants in effluents of Chinese wastewater treatment plants	129
Effect of lignin on short-chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge	128
Transformation of gemfibrozil by the interaction of chloride with sulfate radicals: Radical chemistry, transient intermediates and pathways	127
Making waves: The potential of generative AI in water utility operations	126
Identification of ∼200 transformation products of polyhalogenated compounds to characterize their transformation pathways in sludges	126
Fate of sulfamethoxazole in wetland sediment under controlled redox conditions	125
Stormwater discharges affect PFAS occurrence, concentrations, and spatial distribution in water and bottom sediment of urban streams	124
Dibutyl phthalate release from polyvinyl chloride microplastics: Influence of plastic properties and environmental factors	124
Colloid-bound radicals formed in NOM-enhanced Fe(III)/peroxymonosulfate process accelerate the degradation of trace organic contaminants in water	123
Quantification of DOM effects on tetracyclines transport during struvite recovery from swine wastewater	123
Mineralization of tribromophenol under anoxic/oxic conditions in the presence of copper(II) doped green rust: Importance of sequential reduction-oxidation process	122
The synergistic effect of oxidant-peroxide coupling systems for water and wastewater treatments	122
Enhancing bioelectrochemical hydrogen production from industrial wastewater using Ni-foam cathodes in a microbial electrolysis cell pilot plant	121
Microbiome and antibiotic resistome in bioelectrochemical toilets for onsite treatment of fecal sludge	121
Freeze desalination: Current research development and future prospects	120
CO2 improves the microalgal-bacterial granular sludge towards carbon-negative wastewater treatment	119
Fungal communities as dual indicators of river biodiversity and water quality assessment	119
Cyanobacterial blooms increase the release of vanadium through iron reduction and dissolved organic matter complexation in the sediment of eutrophic lakes	118
Tipping points of nitrogen use efficiency in freshwater phytoplankton along trophic state gradient	117
High salinity restrains microplastic transport and increases the risk of pollution in coastal wetlands	116
Hydro-conditioning: Advanced approaches for cost-effective water quality management in agricultural watersheds	116
CO2-driven ion exchange for ammonium recovery from source-separated urine	115
Efficient capture of endocrine-disrupting compounds by a high-performance nanofiltration membrane for wastewater treatment	115
Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in global aquatic products	115
Photoaged tire wear particles hinder the transport of Pb(II) in urban soils under acid rain: Experimental and numerical investigations	114
A mixed blessing of influent leachate microbes in downstream biotreatment systems of a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant	113
Short-term Lake Erie algal bloom prediction by classification and regression models	113
Substantial increase in P release following conversion of coastal wetlands to aquaculture ponds from altered kinetic exchange and resupply capacity	113
Ozone disinfection of waterborne pathogens and their surrogates: A critical review	113
Response of planktonic microbial assemblages to disturbance in an urban sub-tropical estuary	113
A novel approach using protein-rich biomass as co-fermentation substrates to enhance phosphorus recovery from FePs-bearing sludge	113
From waste to resource: Metagenomics uncovers the molecular ecological resources for plastic degradation in estuaries of South China	113
Water clarity mapping of global lakes using a novel hybrid deep-learning-based recurrent model with Landsat OLI images	113
Hydroxyl groups bridge the electron transfer from Fe(II) to carbon tetrachloride	113