OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Science and Technology is 30. 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
Examining the open-source datasets for water quantity and quality using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT)	148
Evaluation of a novel porous antimicrobial media for industrial and HVAC water biocontrol	136
Effects of solvent environment on the spectroscopic properties of tylosin, an experimental and theoretical approach	115
The impact of solid/floc holdup on oxygen transfer in a rotating hollow fiber membrane bioreactor under endogenous conditions	96
Promoting azo dye decomposition in natural molybdenite activated peroxymonosulfate process by low concentration of ferrous ions	87
Proficient exclusion of pesticide using humic acid-modified magnetite nanoparticles from aqueous solution	74
Development of an effective rainwater harvesting system using sponge concrete	55
Ferrate as a coagulant prior to sand filters treating secondary wastewater effluent for reuse	55
Pattern-based assessment of the influence of catchment characteristics on urban stormwater quality	50
Vinasse processing by electrodialysis combined with nanofiltration: emphasis on process optimization and environmental sustainability	47
Sustainable synthesis of superhydrophobic textile filters for oil/water separation using biomass waste-derived Bio-Ag nanoparticles	44
Deterministic and probabilistic modeling of microbiological quality using the QUAL-UFMG: a water resource management tool applied on the slope waters of the Grande River, Brazil	40
Enhancing the ability of two kinds of oil-degrading bacteria to treat oily sludge by optimising the growth conditions using a response surface methodology	40
Application of a hybrid-fruit-peel (HFP) coagulant in low carbon source wastewater treatment as an external carbon source	40
Further treatment of coking wastewater treated in A2O-MBR by the nanofiltration-powder activated carbon hybrid system	39
Resource recovery of water treatment plant sludge and river sediment as phosphorus removal material: feasibility and mechanisms	38
Enhanced denitrification by graphene oxide–modified cathode for the secondary effluent of wastewater treatment plants in three-dimensional biofilm electrode reactors	37
Approaches to the water environment and aquatic ecology governance in basin systems	36
Integrated biological and UV-Fenton processes for the treatment of automobile service station wastewater	35
Exploring the role of potassium ferrate and straw fiber in enhancing the strength of cement-based solidified municipal sludge	35
Effect of Fe and Al based coagulants and disinfectants on polyethylene microplastics removal in coagulation process through response surface methodology	34
Sewage phosphorus recovery through sachets loaded with water treatment plant sludge	32
Effects of ceramsite derived from sewage sludge combined with the O3–FeCl3/PAM process on the dewatering of waste-activated sludge and investigation of dewatering mechanisms	32
Phosphorus uptake and release patterns in overwintering constructed floating wetlands	31
Combination of peracetic acid dosing with diffused aeration in municipal wastewater treatment	31

Factors influencing the adsorption of antibiotics onto activated carbon in aqueous media	31
Discharge performance of side gates with different shapes	31
Implementation of an anaerobic selector step for the densification of activated sludge treating high-salinity petrochemical wastewater	30
Effective removal of iron, nutrients, micropollutants, and faecal bacteria in constructed wetlands cotreating mine water and sewage treatment plant effluent	30
Low-cost, reliable, and highly efficient removal of COD and total nitrogen from sewage using a sponge-filled trickling filter	30