OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research is 110. 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
Distance-decay equations of antibiotic resistance genes across freshwater reservoirs	587
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]	466
Advanced micropollutant and phosphorus removal with superfine powdered activated carbon and pile cloth media filtration	442
Hydro-conditioning: Advanced approaches for cost-effective water quality management in agricultural watersheds	361
Abundance and composition of anthropogenic macrolitter and natural debris in road runoff in Ohio, USA	284
What drives the adoption of a technology? An analysis of the implementation of Nereda®	280
The effect of anode potential on electrogenesis, methanogenesis and sulfidogenesis in a simulated sewer condition	279
Side-stream anaerobic membrane bioreactor system for energy-positive sewage treatment	276
An electrochemical anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor for enhanced sludge digestion: Unveiling molecular interactions and microbial mechanisms	272
Efficient capture of endocrine-disrupting compounds by a high-performance nanofiltration membrane for wastewater treatment	247
A new Bayesian approach for managing bathing water quality at river bathing locations vulnerable to short-term pollution	245
Interlaboratory performance and quantitative PCR data acceptance metrics for NIST SRM® 2917	237
Numerical simulation for spatial distribution of water aerosol produced from nozzle spray and health risk related to Legionella pneumophila in spray scenarios	237
Application of dual carbon-bromine stable isotope analysis to characterize anaerobic micro-degradation mechanisms of PBDEs in wetland bottom-water	234
Significant enhancement of photoproduced reactive intermediates in liquid-like region in frozen surface water for micropollutant degradation	230
Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology	224
The fate of cadmium during the hydrolysis and solid-state transformation of iron	223
Mixture effects on the tracing significance of carbon and hydrogen isotopes for identifying leaking points at landfills: Insights from theoretical analysis and field investigation	218
Source resolution and model prediction of hydrogen peroxide produced through photochemistry and phytoplankton species in environmental waters	211
The impacts of water storage infrastructure on real property values and crop production	208
Volatilization behavior of diesel oil-water-glass bead system exposed to freeze-thaw cycles	202
Editorial Board	197
Spatial variability of methane fluxes driven by lacustrine groundwater discharge and its influence on lake methane emissions	195
Suspended solids dominated tailing effect in UV disinfection of livestock wastewater: Mechanistic deciphering and modelling prediction for epidemic control	194
Cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent investigation of O-methylated pollutant-producing bacteria in three drinking water treatment plants	191

Chiral inversion of 2-arylpropionoic acid (2-APA) enantiomers during simulated biological wastewater treatment	188
Underwater hidden microplastic hotspots: Historical ocean dumping sites	187
Microbiome and antibiotic resistome in bioelectrochemical toilets for onsite treatment of fecal sludge	183
Fungal spore inactivation in drinking water by UV222: Kinetics and mechanistic insights with transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses	182
Extreme weather events as an important factor for the evolution of plastisphere but not for the degradation process	182
CO2-driven ion exchange for ammonium recovery from source-separated urine	181
Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance	177
Photosynthetic pretreatment increases membrane-based rejection of boron and arsenic	176
Corrigendum to ’ Biochar enhances the biotransformation of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating sewage’ [Water Research 223 (2022) 118974]	174
Adaptation of anammox bacteria to low temperature via gradual acclimation and cold shocks: Distinctions in protein expression, membrane composition and activities	172
Urban wastewater treatment plants as resource hubs: evaluating circularity and sustainability of nutrient recovery and water reuse	171
Estimating Yangtze River basin's riverine N2O emissions through hybrid modeling of land-river-atmosphere nitrogen flows	168
Polystyrene microplastics alter plankton community and enhance greenhouse gas emissions: A case study in the China coastal sea	167
Corroded iron pipe inhibits microbial-mediated Mn(II) oxidation and MnOx accumulation compared to PVC pipe	167
Photo-sterilization of groundwater by tellurium and enhancement by micro/nano bubbles	165
Mineralization of tribromophenol under anoxic/oxic conditions in the presence of copper(II) doped green rust: Importance of sequential reduction-oxidation process	165
From waste to resource: Metagenomics uncovers the molecular ecological resources for plastic degradation in estuaries of South China	164
Harvesting of cyanobacteria and phosphorus by electrocoagulation-flocculation-flotation: Role of phosphorus precipitation in cell separations and organics destabilization	163
Inorganic substrates in frozen solutions: Transformation mechanisms and interactions with organic compounds - A review	163
Lagrangian solver for coupling hydrodynamics with biokinetic conversion modelling in anaerobic digesters	162
Exploring the reliability of 222Rn as a tracer of groundwater age in alluvial aquifers: Insights from the explicit simulation of variable 222Rn production	162
Hydrographic proxies for submarine groundwater discharge in the Jiulong River estuary and global perspectives	161
Estrogenic activity and ecological risk of steroids, bisphenol A and phthalates after secondary and tertiary sewage treatment processes	159
Multi-omics reveals mechanism of hydroxylamine-enhanced ultimate nitrogen removal in pilot-scale anaerobic/aerobic/anoxic system	159
Unexpected shifts of dissolved carbon biogeochemistry caused by anthropogenic disturbances in karst rivers	158
Terrigenous organic carbon drives methane dynamics in cascade reservoirs in the upper Yangtze China	158
Alkaline hydrolysis of solid 1,3,5-trichloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (T3): kinetics, mechanism, and overlooked deprotonation effects	157
Application of GLDAS models and ALS point clouds in assessing the impact of modified evapotranspiration on the water budget	156
Optimal cybersecurity framework for smart water system: Detection, localization and severity assessment	155
Filling data gaps in urban drainage networks: An automated graph theory framework for data collection and reconstruction	154
Cyanobacterial blooms increase the release of vanadium through iron reduction and dissolved organic matter complexation in the sediment of eutrophic lakes	149
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	148
Recovery targets and timescales for Lough Neagh and other lakes	147
Mainstream anammox in inverse fluidized bed bioreactors	144
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	143
Enhanced long-term reduction of high-level Au(III) with the presence of NO3− in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor	143
Removal, transport, and transformation of organic micropollutants in managed aquifer recharge: Insights from target and non-target analyses	141
A mixed blessing of influent leachate microbes in downstream biotreatment systems of a full-scale landfill leachate treatment plant	141
Making waves: The sensitivity of lakes to brownification and issues of concern in ecological status assessment	141
Active anaerobic methane oxidation in the groundwater table fluctuation zone of rice paddies	139
Modeling and optimization of synergistic ozone-ultraviolet-chlorine process for reclaimed water disinfection: From laboratory tests to software simulation	136
Enhanced chemodiversity, distinctive molecular signature and diurnal dynamics of dissolved organic matter in streams of two headwater catchments, Southeastern China	136
Identification of ∼200 transformation products of polyhalogenated compounds to characterize their transformation pathways in sludges	135
Micro-nano bubble ozonation for effective treatment of ibuprofen-laden wastewater and enhanced anaerobic digestion performance	134
Integrated flow anodic oxidation and ultrafiltration system for continuous defluorination of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	132
Streambed immobilization controls the transport of antibiotic resistance genes in flowing water	132
Mitigation of combined fouling by gypsum and humic acid in membrane distillation via synergistic foulant capture mechanism	132
Hidden dangers: High levels of organic pollutants in hadal trenches	131
Sustainable production of microbial protein from carbon dioxide in the integrated bioelectrochemical system using recycled nitrogen sources	129
Short-term Lake Erie algal bloom prediction by classification and regression models	129

Priority control sequence of 34 typical pollutants in effluents of Chinese wastewater treatment plants	129
Sedimentation supports life-cycle CH4 production and accumulation in a river valley reservoir: A hierarchical Bayesian modeling approach	128
Complete biodegradability assessment of polyoxyethylene glycerol ester non-ionic surfactant: Aerobic, anaerobic, combined biodegradation and inhibitory effects	127
Insights into the silica scaling behaviors in membrane distillation and anti-scaling mechanism of functional polymers	127
Water clarity mapping of global lakes using a novel hybrid deep-learning-based recurrent model with Landsat OLI images	125
A Simplified Sanitary Sewer System Generator for Exploratory Modelling at City-Scale	125
The role of suspended extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) on equilibrium flocculation of clay minerals in high salinity water	123
When does infrastructure hybridisation outperform centralised infrastructure paradigms? – Exploring economic and hydraulic impacts of decentralised urban wastewater system expansion	123
Tipping points of nitrogen use efficiency in freshwater phytoplankton along trophic state gradient	123
Machine learning framework for intelligent aeration control in wastewater treatment plants: Automatic feature engineering based on variation sliding layer	122
Dissolved organic nitrogen is a key to improving the biological treatment potential of landfill leachate	122
Generation of DBPs from dissolved organic matter by solar photolysis of chlorine: Associated changes of cytotoxicity and reactive species	122
Making waves: The potential of generative AI in water utility operations	122
Mechanism of organic phosphorus transformation and its impact on the primary production in a deep oligotrophic plateau lake during stratification	121
Heavy metal transport driven by seawater-freshwater interface dynamics: The role of colloid mobilization and aquifer pore structure change	120
Carbon-fixing bacteria in diverse groundwaters of karst area: Distribution patterns, ecological interactions, and driving factors	120
A novel approach using protein-rich biomass as co-fermentation substrates to enhance phosphorus recovery from FePs-bearing sludge	120
Improving the interpretability of deep reinforcement learning in urban drainage system operation	119
Aging effects of titanium dioxide on Cu toxicity to Daphnia magna: Exploring molecular docking and significance of surface properties	119
Occurrence, ecological risk and estrogenic effect of 19 bisphenol analogues in the surface water used for drinking water in Shanghai, China	119
MnO2-based capacitive system enhances ozone inactivation of bacteria by disrupting cell membrane	118
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	116
Cycles of solar ultraviolet radiation favor periodic expansions of cyanobacterial blooms in global lakes	116
Interaction mechanisms between fouling and chemical cleaning on the ageing behavior of ion-exchange membranes during electrodialysis treatment of flue gas desulfurization wastewater	115
Stormwater discharges affect PFAS occurrence, concentrations, and spatial distribution in water and bottom sediment of urban streams	115
Freeze desalination: Current research development and future prospects	114
Assessing the protection gap for mobile and persistent chemicals during advanced water treatment – A study in a drinking water production and wastewater treatment plant	113
Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphate esters in global aquatic products	113
CO2 improves the microalgal-bacterial granular sludge towards carbon-negative wastewater treatment	112
Sulfur powder utilization and denitrification efficiency in an elemental sulfur-based membrane bioreactor with coagulant addition	112
Effects of bromide ion on the formation and toxicity alteration of halonitromethanes from nitrate containing humic acid water during UV/chlor(am)ine disinfection	112
Ozone disinfection of waterborne pathogens and their surrogates: A critical review	111
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of small water resource recovery facilities: Comparison of mechanical and lagoon systems	110
Enhancing microalgae cell inactivation through hydrodynamic cavitation: Insights from flow cytometry analysis	110
Chlorination-properties-performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes for the rejection of emerging contaminants	110
Insufficient desorption of ions in constant-current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Problems and solutions	110