OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Water and Environment Journal is 1. 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
Regional flow–ecology relationships in small, temperate rivers	55
Optimization of pyrolysis regime for chicken manure treatment and biochar production	33
Microalgae as a multibenefit natural solution for the wastewater industry: A UK pilot‐scale study	22
Assessing the feasibility of using municipal wastewater for aiding algal oil production: From a spatial coupling perspective	22
A review of technologies for the removal of sulfate from drinking water	19
Enzymatic biodegradation and detoxification of azo and anthraquinone dyes by indigenously isolated bacterial monocultures and their synergistic behaviour in developed consortia	19
Intermittent water supply: A literature review of causes, water availability and adaptation strategies	18
Particle removal optimization in rotating dissolved air flotation used in paper‐recycling wastewater treatment	17
Fouling mitigation and wastewater decontamination in UV treatment systems	16
Biological degradation of leachate from household and similar waste pre‐treated by electro‐Fenton process	15
Screening of organic substrates for a permeable biobarrier to remediate nitrate contaminated groundwater	15
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Bio‐electrochemical evaluation of two‐stage constructed wetland microbial fuel cells with high strength raw domestic wastewater and simultaneous energy recovery	13
Drainage models: An evaluation of their applicability for the design of drainage systems in arid regions	12
Analysis of a current water tariff and attitudes towards change: A representative study from a Palestinian city	12
Assessment of novel hybrid treatment wetlands as nature‐based solutions for pharmaceutical industry wastewater treatment	12
The role of cross‐sectional geometry of high‐head gated conduit in oxygen transfer efficiency	10
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Tools for monitoring toxicological and genotoxicological changes in a drinking water treatment plant in Northeast Italy	10
Possible effects of pesticide on biological nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment processes: A review	10
Occurrence of enteric viruses and faecal indicators in submarine groundwater discharges in the coastal environment of the Mexican Caribbean	10
Investigation of cooling effects of lakes during heatwaves: A case study of Dhaka City	8
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The Shovellers: Champions of the water industry, environment and society	8
Oxidative degradation of sulfamethazine in aqueous solution by the activation of Na₂S₂O₈ over vinasse‐derived N,S‐codoped mesoporous carbon	8

Machine learning‐based leakage identification in water distribution system	8
Biodegradation of 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene and hexahydro‐1,3,5‐trinitro‐1,3,5‐triazine by Actinomycetes species, first time isolated and characterized from water, wastewater, and sludge	7
Development of scour hole depth around setback abutment in a compound channel	7
Cropping pattern optimization for rainfed and irrigated lands in the Ghaenat and Zirkuh regions of Iran: A trade‐off between profit and water footprints	7
Microbial electrolysis cells and power‐to‐gas technology – A novel onsite industrial wastewater treatment and CCU arrangement	7
Mathematical modelling of polyvinyl chloride embedded tin tungsto phosphate composite membrane for industrial water separation	7
COVID‐19 and the UK water sector: Exploring organizational responses through a resilience framework	6
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Extraction and determination of mercury from spring water, beverage and rice samples using combined microwave‐assisted cloud point and dispersive‐solid phase extraction in micellar media	6
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Hydraulics of circular bottom intake orifices	6
Withdrawal: Wastewater reuse: A global review focusing on opportunities and challenges for Brazil	6
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Preparation of porous biomass‐based sponge with zein‐alginate for oil absorption	6
Advances in sustainable wastewater treatment: Microalgal–bacterial consortia process, greenhouse gas reduction and energy recovery technologies	6
Quantifying the impact of urbanization on wet deposition over Xiong'an New Area in northern China	6
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Performance evaluation of an oily industrial wastewater treatment system using the application of activated sludge model No. 3	5
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Editorial	5
Kuwait household water demand in 2050: Spatial microsimulation and impact appraisal	5
Fouling analysis of polyvinyl chloride/polyethylene glycol‐b‐poly(1,2‐dichloroethylene) blend membranes for oily wastewater treatment	5
Variations in the morphological phosphorus in a full‐scale A²O + MBR process with heavy chemical P removal addition dosing	5
Effect of hydrodynamic conditions on the formation and structure of aerobic granular sludge performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal	5
The irrigation suitability potential of an effluent treated by a pseudo‐natural wetland	5
Editorial	5
Water Transfer Energy Efficiency Index for inter‐basin water transfer projects	5
China's ‘Sponge Cities’: The role of constructed wetlands in alleviating urban pluvial flooding	4
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Enhancing microbial fuel cell performance: A study on carbon cloth/TiO₂ and carbon cloth/CuO electrodes	4
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Advancements in machine learning modelling for energy and emissions optimization in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review	4
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Financial potential analysis of rooftop rainwater harvesting systems in different regions of China	4
Full‐scale application of an electrochemical disinfection solution in a municipal drinking water treatment plant	4
Editorial Volume 37 Issue 3	4
Perspectives on multi‐benefit water reuse systems: A confluence of water and wastewater management planning	4
What do we make of artificial intelligence?	4
Prediction of sludge settleability through artificial neural networks with optimized input variables	4
A life cycle approach to environmental assessment of wastewater and sludge treatment processes	4
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Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment using polypropylene membranes incorporated with carboxylated and PEG‐grafted nanodiamond in membrane bioreactor (MBR)	3
Performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water management—A review	3
A river classification scheme to assess macroinvertebrate sensitivity to water abstraction pressures	3
Increasing water retention capacity via Grey roof to green roof transformation	3
Optimization of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by electrocoagulation and dual coagulation	3
Optimization of process parameters for remediation performance on mass removal of tetrachloroethylene source zones by using Taguchi design of experiment and artificial neural network	3
Continuous cultivation of Debaryomyces hansenii (LAF‐3 10 U) on dodecane in synthetic desalter effluent at varying dilution rates on dodecane	3
Hydrothermal synthesis of different structures TiO₂ and photocatalytic activity for tetracycline and Cr (VI) removal	3

Purification of polluted surface water by sponge moving bed membrane bioreactor with short hydraulic retention time operation	3
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Thirsty nation: An investigation into water scarcity and public conservation behaviour in Pakistan	3
Editorial	3
Construction and application of water security early‐warning model	3
Progress in the development and application of permeable reaction barriers for remediation of dissolved oil contaminants in groundwater	3
Morphological characteristics and chemical behaviour of phosphorus at the sediment–water interface in wetland	3
Refinery oily wastewater treatment using PVC/SiO₂ ultrafiltration membranes	2
Treatment of biomethanated wastewater with a quaternised chitosan	2
Development of wastewater quality index as an assessment tool of treated wastewater quality for sea discharge	2
Electro‐oxidation of pistachio processing wastewater using Ti/Pt mesh‐type anodes in batch system	2
Assessing runoff and pollutant loading upstream of the Miyun Reservoir for sustainable water resources management	2
Ecological environment value assessment and ecological civilization in the Changjiang River basin	2
Economical viability analysis of an innovative gravity‐driven rainwater harvesting system for a commercial office building	2
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Estimation of annual groundwater changes from InSAR‐derived land subsidence	2
Environmental impact evaluation of decentralized sewage treatment technologies: A life cycle assessment approach	2
Wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE)	2
Miniaturized green liquid‐phase sample pre‐concentration methods for pharmaceutical drugs assessment in wastewater	2
Upgrading municipal lagoons in temperate and cold climates: Total nitrogen removal and phosphorus assimilation at ultra‐low temperatures	2
Mathematical model evaluating for degradation of azo dye in contaminated water by UV/persulfate process	2
Editorial: Plugging the data gap to enhance standardization in monitoring combined sewer overflows	2
Production of nanoporous alumina membranes modified with multi‐walled carbon nanotube, polyacrylamide and polystyrene and use in wastewater treatment	2
Evaluation of the effect of copper on the restart of a novel combined two‐stage anaerobic digester	2
Water quality–quantity management in river–reservoir system using sustainability‐based simulation‐optimization meta‐model approach	2
Establishment and application of rural domestic sewage treatment evaluation system based on analytic hierarchy process	2
Multivariate regression studies for investigating and setting the action levels for the system water quality parameters of a nuclear plant	2
The rainstorm influence on ecological restoration: A novel response ecological model for an urban shallow lake	2
Spatio‐temporal analysis of trends in annual maximum rainfall in the North‐West of Algeria: Comparative analysis of recent and old non‐parametric methods	2
Direct conversion of dissolved air flotation sludge to mannosylerythritol lipids by Moesziomyces aphidis	2
Study on removal of oxytetracycline hydrochloride in marine aquaculture wastewater by Zn_0.75Mn_0.75Fe_1.5O₄/ZnFe₂O₄/ZnO photocatalyst	2
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Developments and expansions of a suite of trickling filters models	2
Use of dirty plastic waste as precursors for activated carbon production—A contribution to the circular economy	2
The role of nature contact and connectedness to nature as determinants of household water use: A case study from Spain	2
Demonstration scale chemical–physical treatment and agricultural reuse of highly saline textile wastewater	2
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Antibacterial PES/Vancomycin ultrafiltration membranes with enhanced water flux and low BSA rejection	1
Influences of cathode potential and carbon source on parabromoaniline degradation in microbial electrolysis cell	1
Editorial	1
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Unravelling Chinese industrial structure optimization paths within Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership considering the virtual trade of water and water pollutants	1
An uncertainty‐based evaluation of sulphuric compounds transport in reservoirs considering sensitivity analysis	1
Microplastics throughout a tap water supply network	1
Oily wastewater treatment by blend polyether imide‐sulfonated poly (ether ether keton) hollow fibre membrane through a side‐stream MBR process	1
Utilizing Vigna mungo wash water for simultaneous power generation and desalination using two distinct anodes in a microbial desalination cell	1
Microbe‐mediated biodegradation of microplastics from wastes	1
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Sustainability of citrus production: Implications from a water footprint analysis in Tucumán, Argentina	1
Comparison between self‐organizing map and principal component analysis for water quality assessment and hydro‐geochemical characterization in dyke intruded complex geological settings	1
The different approaches to chemical phosphorus removal across the UK wastewater industry	1
Storage post‐harvest of Opuntia ficus‐indica and its impact on the efficiency of bio‐coagulants/flocculants extracted	1
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Optimization and modelling of volatile fatty acid generation in a leachate bed reactor for utilization in microbial fuel cells	1
Performance evaluation of submerged membrane bioreactor for municipal wastewater treatment: Experimental study and model validation with GPS‐X software simulator	1
Challenges and alternatives for unmanned underwater vehicular research in the Amazon basin: Towards a more sustainable management of water resources and the environment	1
Optimized one‐pot synthesis of CdSe quantum dot capped with 3‐mercaptopropionic acid as an efficient fluorescent probe for selective detection of Hg (II)	1
Optimization of electro‐oxidation and electro‐Fenton techniques for the treatment of oilfield produced water	1
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Treatment of textile wastewater in a single‐step moving bed‐membrane bioreactor: Comparison with conventional membrane bioreactor in terms of performance and membrane fouling	1
Water and Environment Journal through time	1
Towards agricultural groundwater sustainability behaviour: Effects of place attachment	1
Removal of leachate pollutants using flocculation method at simultaneous factors of optimum pH and Tacca leontopetaloides biopolymer flocculant (TBPF) dosage via face‐centred central	1
Acoustic cavitation oxidation of ionic liquids: A brief review	1
2,4‐dinitroanisole transformation during advanced oxidation with ultraviolet light emitting diodes and hydrogen peroxide	1
Multi‐response optimization of process parameters for remediation of tetrachloroethylene pools by surfactants: Application of Taguchi design of experiment and Artificial Neural Network	1
Comparison between single‐chamber and dual‐chamber photocatalytic fuel cell on synthetic dye removal efficiency and power generation	1
Energy potential of household fats, oils and grease waste	1
An artificial neural network model for predicting volumetric mass transfer coefficient in the biological aeration unit	1
A contingent valuation of smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for improved irrigation water supply in Egypt	1
Operational window of a deammonifying sludge for mainstream application in a municipal wastewater treatment plant	1
Mediating role of specific environmental beliefs in the relationship between general beliefs and water consumption	1
Method for developing sustainable water resource plans	1
Performance improvement and decolourization in the high‐solid thermophilic anaerobic digestion of thermally pretreated sewage sludge	1
Removal of nitrate in raw water using a vertical roughing filter with an external carbon source	1
Estimation of water consumption using artificial neural network: A study on subscribers in Kocaeli Province, Turkey	1