OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Membrane Science is 73. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Chloride-salt separation type nanofiltration membranes for efficient crude salt refinement	313
Exploring the link between antiscalant and fouling variation from reverse osmosis pilot study	251
Enhanced permeability and anti-wetting performance in solar-driven membrane distillation: Double-play of light-heat management and steric hindrance effect	177
Editorial Board	159
Editorial Board	158
Interplay of organic components in membrane fouling evolution: Statistical evidence from multiple spectroscopic analyses	141
Understanding the role of alkyl chain architecture and functional group chemistry in governing ion transport in PEEK based anion exchange membranes: A molecular dynamics study	141
Stress driven micron- and nano-scale wrinkles as a new class of transport pathways of two-dimensional laminar membranes towards molecular separation	129
Synergistically enhancing the antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of anion exchange membrane by chemically assembling gentamicin and N-chloramine layers	128
Ammonia permeation and plasticization of glassy polymeric membranes	125
Simulations predict salt partitioning in nanostructured ion exchange membranes	122
Fenton induced microdefects enable fast water transfer of graphene oxide membrane for efficient water purification	121
Fluorinated β-CD-MOF strengthened 2-phenylethanol pervaporation separation of mixed matrix membranes	120
Effects of pressure and temperature on CO2 facilitation of amino acid salt-containing membranes for post-combustion carbon capture	120
Designing high-efficiency water transport channels in graphene oxide membranes through incorporating soft polyelectrolyte nanoparticles	120
Modeling fouling kinetics for experiments with transmission varying during filtration	118
Anion exchange membranes with orderly channels enabled by charge transfer interactions for fast transportation of Cl−	115
Hydrogen production by glucose reforming using a nickel hollow fiber membrane reactor	110
Two-step solvent activation strategy manipulated loose polyamide layer for fabricating high performance OSN membrane	110
Mixed-charged polyamide-4-sulfocalix [4] arene hollow fiber nanofiltration membranes for heavy metal removal under various pH	104
Double-layer ceramic-carbonate hollow fiber membrane with superior mechanical strength for CO2 separation	104
Confined synthesis of ionic covalent organic framework membranes for efficient sub-nanosized liquid molecular separations	102
Enhanced polyamide nanofiltration membranes via a dual-reinforcement strategy for efficient Li+/Mg2+ separation	100
Three birds with one stone: Microphase separation induced by densely grafted short chains in ion conducting membranes	99
Chemical physics insight of PPy-based modified ion exchange membranes: A fundamental approach	99

Percolation-assisted coating of metal-organic frameworks on porous substrates	99
Nanofluidic ion-exchange membranes: Can their conductance compete with polymeric ion-exchange membranes?	96
How alginate monomers contribute to organic fouling on polyamide membrane surfaces?	93
Pervaporation separation of C6 alkane isomers by Al-bttotb membrane	92
Facile Li-ion conduction and synergistic electrochemical performance via dual functionalization of flexible solid electrolyte for Li metal batteries	92
Contributions of in-situ and dynamic piezoelectric responses to the mitigation of cake layer fouling in online coagulation-ultrafiltration (C-UF) processes	91
Wettability regulation of membranes based on biodegradable aliphatic polyester	91
Isoporous membrane with glucose mediated toughness and protein sieving prepared from novel block copolymers containing boronic acid moieties	90
Thermally treated triazine-crosslinked microporous membranes based on PIM-1 and poly(3-nitrile-functionalized imidazolium-co-DEGA) for CO2 separation	90
The design of membrane gas separation systems	90
Multi-channeled halloysite nanotube-blended polybenzimidazole separators for enhancing lithium-ion battery performance	90
Bulk cross-linked hydroxyethyl cellulose-silica composite membrane for acid-stable nanofiltration	89
High-temperature hydrogen/propane separations in asymmetric carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membranes	87
Enhancing alkaline water electrolytic durability by embedding polyphenylene sulfide mesh in polybenzimidazole ion-solvating gel membrane	87
Catalytic nanofiber composite membrane by combining electrospinning precursor seeding and flowing synthesis for immobilizing ZIF-8 derived Ag nanoparticles	87
Tuning polyelectrolyte topology and crosslinking parameters to facilitate same-sized monovalent nutrient ions separation	86
A SiC membrane resistance recovery methodology based on dynamically dust cake layer analysis	86
Carbon nanotubes grown on ZIF-L(Zn@Co) surface improved CO2 permeability of mixed matrix membranes	86
Crystalline covalent organic framework membrane with tailored chargeability for efficient pharmaceutical rejection by in-situ functionalization of polyethylene-imine	86
Sulfonated graphene oxide doped sulfonated polybenzothiazoles for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	85
Acid stable layer-by-layer nanofiltration membranes for phosphoric acid purification	85
An efficient co-solvent tailoring interfacial polymerization for nanofiltration: enhanced selectivity and mechanism	84
Development and evaluation of antibacterial nanofiber membranes via coaxial electrospinning for enhanced air filtration performance	84
Photocatalytic self-cleansing ZnO-coated ceramic membranes for preconcentrating microalgae	83
Positively-charged nanofiltration membranes constructed via gas/liquid interfacial polymerization for Mg2+/Li+ separation	83
Effect of graphene oxide in the formation of polymeric asymmetric membranes via phase inversion	83
Polyurea nanofiltration membranes with extreme-pH stability and high separation performance	82
Elucidating the role of alkyl chain in poly(aryl piperidinium) copolymers for anion exchange membrane fuel cells	82
Oriented ionic covalent organic framework membranes for efficient organic solvent nanofiltration	81
Bioinspired anti-fouling membranes featuring novel tilted sharkskin patterns	81
Highly flexible, SnO2/BiOBr core-shell heterostructured lignin-based carbon nanofibrous membrane driven by LED light for pollutant degradation	81
A strategy to alleviate membrane fouling by optimizing the structure of the cake layer formed by flocs deposited directly on the membrane in the ultrafiltration process through coagulation and nanosca	80
Composite GO@Silk membrane for capillary-driven energy conversion	80
Sub-5 nm polyamide nanofilms combined with transfer-printing compositing for ultrafast nanofiltration	79
Salicylaldehyde-assisted ZrO2-induced conversion approach to prepare high performance hollow fiber-supported UiO-66-NH2 membrane for hydrogen separation	78
The use of anti-scalants in gypsum scaling mitigation: Comparison with membrane surface modification and efficiency in combined reverse osmosis and membrane distillation	78
Highly ion-selective sulfonated poly(biphenyl pyridinium) zwitterionic membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries	77
Di-piperidinium side chain functionalized poly(anthracene-co-p-terphenyl piperidinium) anion exchange membranes with microphase separation structure	77
Fluorinated block poly (aryl piperidinium) anion exchange membranes enabling high-performance low-temperature direct ammonia fuel cell	77
A closed-form analytical model for estimating permeate salinity in reverse osmosis systems	76
Poly(arylene ether sulfone ketone)s containing densely piperidinium-functionalized carbazole derivatives as anion exchange membranes with improved ionic conductivity and alkaline stability	76
A dual-biomimetic strategy to construct zwitterionic anti-fouling membrane with superior emulsion separation performance	76
In-situ growth of anionic covalent organic frameworks efficaciously enhanced the monovalent selectivity of anion exchange membranes	75
Compatibilization and gas barrier effect of graphene nanoplatelets in PP/EVOH blend biaxial stretching film	75
Synthesis of bifunctional CuO–ZnO@Cu-MOR catalytic membrane reactor for efficient CO2 hydrogenation to methanol	75
Amphiphobic PTFE membrane as functional covering membrane to hinder ammonia emission during the composting process	74
Dissecting the impacts of nanobubbles and heat generated in polymerization on polyamide nanofiltration membranes	74
Blood oxygenation artificial lung membranes – three incremental modification strategies to improve hemocompatibility	74
Evaluation of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes for efficient rejection of organic micropollutants	73
Radioactive strontium ions sieving through reduced graphene oxide membrane	73

Finely tuning the microporosity in dual thermally crosslinked polyimide membranes for plasticization resistance gas separations	73
A simple cation substitution strategy to regulate the morphology and properties of anion exchange membrane for fuel cells	73
Aging resistant, fluorinated aromatic polymers with ladderized, rigid kink-structured backbones for gas separations	73
Coal-based catalytic carbon membrane functionalized with nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres for efficient bisphenol a removal	73