OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research is 112. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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	495
Complete biodegradability assessment of polyoxyethylene glycerol ester non-ionic surfactant: Aerobic, anaerobic, combined biodegradation and inhibitory effects	403
Aging effects of titanium dioxide on Cu toxicity to Daphnia magna: Exploring molecular docking and significance of surface properties	391
Distance-decay equations of antibiotic resistance genes across freshwater reservoirs	376
Abundance and composition of anthropogenic macrolitter and natural debris in road runoff in Ohio, USA	324
Numerical simulation for spatial distribution of water aerosol produced from nozzle spray and health risk related to Legionella pneumophila in spray scenarios	284
Editorial Board	246
Groundwater-native Fe(II) oxidation prior to aeration with H2O2 to enhance As(III) removal	237
Lagrangian solver for coupling hydrodynamics with biokinetic conversion modelling in anaerobic digesters	234
Volatilization behavior of diesel oil-water-glass bead system exposed to freeze-thaw cycles	232
Seamless observations of chlorophyll-a from OLCI and VIIRS measurements in inland lakes	224
Chiral inversion of 2-arylpropionoic acid (2-APA) enantiomers during simulated biological wastewater treatment	222
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	221
Microbial advanced oxidation aroused by bacteria-algae symbiosis induced abiotic methane production in anaerobic digestion	220
Inhibition of biofouling by in-situ grown zwitterionic hydrogel nanolayer on membrane surface in ultralow-pressurized ultrafiltration process	220
Human-induced homogenization of microbial taxa and function in a subtropical river and its impacts on community stability	212
Advanced micropollutant and phosphorus removal with superfine powdered activated carbon and pile cloth media filtration	210
A new Bayesian approach for managing bathing water quality at river bathing locations vulnerable to short-term pollution	208
Making waves: The potential of generative AI in water utility operations	205
Quantification of multi-scale links of anthropogenic pressures with PAH and PCB bioavailable contamination in French freshwaters	203
Identification of ∼200 transformation products of polyhalogenated compounds to characterize their transformation pathways in sludges	200
Photosynthetic pretreatment increases membrane-based rejection of boron and arsenic	197
Enhanced long-term reduction of high-level Au(III) with the presence of NO3− in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor	193
The nanoscale explanation of metal cations differences in enhancing the Fe(III) coagulation performance	192
Heavy metal transport driven by seawater-freshwater interface dynamics: The role of colloid mobilization and aquifer pore structure change	189

Corrigendum to ’ Biochar enhances the biotransformation of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating sewage’ [Water Research 223 (2022) 118974]	189
Streambed immobilization controls the transport of antibiotic resistance genes in flowing water	188
Extreme weather events as an important factor for the evolution of plastisphere but not for the degradation process	183
The impacts of water storage infrastructure on real property values and crop production	179
Substantial increase in P release following conversion of coastal wetlands to aquaculture ponds from altered kinetic exchange and resupply capacity	177
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]	172
Response of planktonic microbial assemblages to disturbance in an urban sub-tropical estuary	171
Underwater hidden microplastic hotspots: Historical ocean dumping sites	168
Spectral characteristics of dissolved organic carbon derived from biomass-pyrogenic smoke (SDOC) in the aqueous environment and its solubilization effect on hydrophobic organic pollutants	168
Electrochemistry-mass spectrometry bridging the gap between suspect and target screening of valsartan transformation products in wastewater treatment plant effluent	167
Predicting antibiotic resistance gene abundance in activated sludge using shotgun metagenomics and machine learning	166
Cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent investigation of O-methylated pollutant-producing bacteria in three drinking water treatment plants	162
Origin, accumulation and fate of dissolved organic matter in an extreme hypersaline shallow lake	162
The effect of anode potential on electrogenesis, methanogenesis and sulfidogenesis in a simulated sewer condition	161
Insufficient desorption of ions in constant-current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Problems and solutions	160
Metabolic coupling of arsenic, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in high arsenic geothermal groundwater: Evidence from molecular mechanisms to community ecology	159
Hydro-conditioning: Advanced approaches for cost-effective water quality management in agricultural watersheds	158
Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in global aquatic products	156
Real-time monitoring of in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) of dissolved TCE by integrating electrical resistivity tomography and reactive transport modeling	155
Mechanism of organic phosphorus transformation and its impact on the primary production in a deep oligotrophic plateau lake during stratification	155
Cyanobacteria decay alters CH4 and CO2 produced hotspots along vertical sediment profiles in eutrophic lakes	154
Interlaboratory performance and quantitative PCR data acceptance metrics for NIST SRM® 2917	153
Photo-sterilization of groundwater by tellurium and enhancement by micro/nano bubbles	152
Cyanobacterial blooms increase the release of vanadium through iron reduction and dissolved organic matter complexation in the sediment of eutrophic lakes	152
Colloid-bound radicals formed in NOM-enhanced Fe(III)/peroxymonosulfate process accelerate the degradation of trace organic contaminants in water	152
Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach	152
Fungal communities as dual indicators of river biodiversity and water quality assessment	151
Micro-nano bubble ozonation for effective treatment of ibuprofen-laden wastewater and enhanced anaerobic digestion performance	151
Photoaged tire wear particles hinder the transport of Pb(II) in urban soils under acid rain: Experimental and numerical investigations	149
Assessing the protection gap for mobile and persistent chemicals during advanced water treatment – A study in a drinking water production and wastewater treatment plant	148
The role of suspended extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) on equilibrium flocculation of clay minerals in high salinity water	148
High salinity restrains microplastic transport and increases the risk of pollution in coastal wetlands	148
Inorganic substrates in frozen solutions: Transformation mechanisms and interactions with organic compounds - A review	145
Making waves: Defining the lead time of wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19	144
Diatomaceous organic matter is overlooked but forms disinfection byproducts of high cytotoxicity during chlorination	144
When does infrastructure hybridisation outperform centralised infrastructure paradigms? – Exploring economic and hydraulic impacts of decentralised urban wastewater system expansion	142
A novel approach using protein-rich biomass as co-fermentation substrates to enhance phosphorus recovery from FePs-bearing sludge	142
Efficient decomposition of perfluorooctane sulfonate by electrochemical activation of peroxymonosulfate in aqueous solution: Efficacy, reaction mechanism, active sites, and application potential	140
Occurrence, ecological risk and estrogenic effect of 19 bisphenol analogues in the surface water used for drinking water in Shanghai, China	140
Transformation of gemfibrozil by the interaction of chloride with sulfate radicals: Radical chemistry, transient intermediates and pathways	139
Integrated flow anodic oxidation and ultrafiltration system for continuous defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	139
CO2-driven ion exchange for ammonium recovery from source-separated urine	138
Active anaerobic methane oxidation in the groundwater table fluctuation zone of rice paddies	138
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	138
Shallow groundwater table fluctuations: A driving force for accelerating the migration and transformation of phosphorus in cropland soil	138
Microbiome and antibiotic resistome in bioelectrochemical toilets for onsite treatment of fecal sludge	137
Sulfur powder utilization and denitrification efficiency in an elemental sulfur-based membrane bioreactor with coagulant addition	137
Magnetic activated carbon for improving the removal of antibiotics by heterogeneous solar photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH	135
Optimal cybersecurity framework for smart water system: Detection, localization and severity assessment	135
What drives the adoption of a technology? An analysis of the implementation of Nereda®	134

Modeling and optimization of synergistic ozone-ultraviolet-chlorine process for reclaimed water disinfection: From laboratory tests to software simulation	134
Synergistic effect of UV-A and UV-C light is traced to UV-induced damage of the transfer RNA	132
Corroded iron pipe inhibits microbial-mediated Mn(II) oxidation and MnOx accumulation compared to PVC pipe	130
Interaction mechanisms between fouling and chemical cleaning on the ageing behavior of ion-exchange membranes during electrodialysis treatment of flue gas desulfurization wastewater	130
Making waves: The sensitivity of lakes to brownification and issues of concern in ecological status assessment	129
Enhancing microalgae cell inactivation through hydrodynamic cavitation: Insights from flow cytometry analysis	127
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of small water resource recovery facilities: Comparison of mechanical and lagoon systems	126
Quantile regression illuminates the successes and shortcomings of long-term eutrophication remediation efforts in an urban river system	125
Electrocatalytic deep dehalogenation of florfenicol using Fe-doped CoP nanotubes array for blocking resistance gene expression and microbial inhibition during biochemical treatment	125
Recovery targets and timescales for Lough Neagh and other lakes	125
Adaptation of anammox bacteria to low temperature via gradual acclimation and cold shocks: Distinctions in protein expression, membrane composition and activities	125
A Simplified Sanitary Sewer System Generator for Exploratory Modelling at City-Scale	125
Microalgae and immobilized TiO2/UV-A LEDs as a sustainable alternative for winery wastewater treatment	124
Filling data gaps in urban drainage networks: An automated graph theory framework for data collection and reconstruction	123
Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance	122
Reduced water collection time improves learning achievement among primary school children in India	122
Quantitative study of in situ chemical oxidation remediation with coupled thermal desorption	121
Exploring the reliability of 222Rn as a tracer of groundwater age in alluvial aquifers: Insights from the explicit simulation of variable 222Rn production	121
Acetochlor degradation in anaerobic microcosms with hyporheic sediments: Insights from biogeochemical data, transformation products, and isotope analysis	120
Functional characterization of a novel Chlamydomonas reinhardtii hydrolase involved in biotransformation of chloramphenicol	120
Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology	119
Improving the interpretability of deep reinforcement learning in urban drainage system operation	119
Enhanced chemodiversity, distinctive molecular signature and diurnal dynamics of dissolved organic matter in streams of two headwater catchments, Southeastern China	119
Generation of DBPs from dissolved organic matter by solar photolysis of chlorine: Associated changes of cytotoxicity and reactive species	118
Meta-analysis of the effects of microplastic on fish: Insights into growth, survival, reproduction, oxidative stress, and gut microbiota diversity	117
Ozone disinfection of waterborne pathogens and their surrogates: A critical review	116
Linking sediment geochemistry with catchment processes, internal phosphorus loading and lake water quality	116
Efficient capture of endocrine-disrupting compounds by a high-performance nanofiltration membrane for wastewater treatment	116
Estimating Yangtze River basin's riverine N2O emissions through hybrid modeling of land-river-atmosphere nitrogen flows	115
High selectivity, capacity and stability for electrochemical lithium extraction on boron-doped H1.6Mn1.6O4 by tailoring lattice constant and intercalation energy	115
Photocatalytic degradation of GenX in water using a new adsorptive photocatalyst	114
Effect of lignin on short-chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge	114
From waste to resource: Metagenomics uncovers the molecular ecological resources for plastic degradation in estuaries of South China	113
Hydrographic proxies for submarine groundwater discharge in the Jiulong River estuary and global perspectives	113
Carbon-fixing bacteria in diverse groundwaters of karst area: Distribution patterns, ecological interactions, and driving factors	113
Unexpected shifts of dissolved carbon biogeochemistry caused by anthropogenic disturbances in karst rivers	112
Enhancing bioelectrochemical hydrogen production from industrial wastewater using Ni-foam cathodes in a microbial electrolysis cell pilot plant	112
Fate of sulfamethoxazole in wetland sediment under controlled redox conditions	112
Influence of hydrological features on CO2 and CH4 concentrations in the surface water of lakes, Southwest China: A seasonal and mixing regime analysis	112