OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Water and Environment Journal is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional flow–ecology relationships in small, temperate rivers	63
Assessing the feasibility of using municipal wastewater for aiding algal oil production: From a spatial coupling perspective	38
A review of technologies for the removal of sulfate from drinking water	26
Enzymatic biodegradation and detoxification of azo and anthraquinone dyes by indigenously isolated bacterial monocultures and their synergistic behaviour in developed consortia	24
Intermittent water supply: A literature review of causes, water availability and adaptation strategies	23
Microalgae as a multibenefit natural solution for the wastewater industry: A UK pilot‐scale study	18
Fouling mitigation and wastewater decontamination in UV treatment systems	16
Optimization of pyrolysis regime for chicken manure treatment and biochar production	16
Screening of organic substrates for a permeable biobarrier to remediate nitrate contaminated groundwater	14
Particle removal optimization in rotating dissolved air flotation used in paper‐recycling wastewater treatment	13
Biological degradation of leachate from household and similar waste pre‐treated by electro‐Fenton process	12
Possible effects of pesticide on biological nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment processes: A review	11
Tools for monitoring toxicological and genotoxicological changes in a drinking water treatment plant in Northeast Italy	11
Analysis of a current water tariff and attitudes towards change: A representative study from a Palestinian city	11
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Drainage models: An evaluation of their applicability for the design of drainage systems in arid regions	9
Assessment of novel hybrid treatment wetlands as nature‐based solutions for pharmaceutical industry wastewater treatment	9
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The Shovellers: Champions of the water industry, environment and society	8
The role of cross‐sectional geometry of high‐head gated conduit in oxygen transfer efficiency	8
Issue Information	8
Machine learning‐based leakage identification in water distribution system	7
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Occurrence of enteric viruses and faecal indicators in submarine groundwater discharges in the coastal environment of the Mexican Caribbean	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

Mathematical modelling of polyvinyl chloride embedded tin tungsto phosphate composite membrane for industrial water separation	7
Investigation of cooling effects of lakes during heatwaves: A case study of Dhaka City	7
Oxidative degradation of sulfamethazine in aqueous solution by the activation of Na₂S₂O₈ over vinasse‐derived N,S‐codoped mesoporous carbon	7
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Advances in sustainable wastewater treatment: Microalgal–bacterial consortia process, greenhouse gas reduction and energy recovery technologies	6
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Preparation of porous biomass‐based sponge with zein‐alginate for oil absorption	6
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	6
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Development of scour hole depth around setback abutment in a compound channel	6
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Withdrawal: Wastewater reuse: A global review focusing on opportunities and challenges for Brazil	6
Perception and Acceptability of Reusing Treated Wastewater: Determining Factors and Public Engagement Strategies	5
Financial potential analysis of rooftop rainwater harvesting systems in different regions of China	5
Editorial	5
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	5
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Water Transfer Energy Efficiency Index for inter‐basin water transfer projects	5
Issue Information	5
Quantifying the impact of urbanization on wet deposition over Xiong'an New Area in northern China	5
Editorial	5
Fouling analysis of polyvinyl chloride/polyethylene glycol‐b‐poly(1,2‐dichloroethylene) blend membranes for oily wastewater treatment	5
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Enhancing microbial fuel cell performance: A study on carbon cloth/TiO₂ and carbon cloth/CuO electrodes	4
A life cycle approach to environmental assessment of wastewater and sludge treatment processes	4
The irrigation suitability potential of an effluent treated by a pseudo‐natural wetland	4
Performance evaluation of an oily industrial wastewater treatment system using the application of activated sludge model No. 3	4
Effect on the Yield of Crops Irrigated With Water Treated in a Passive System and Advanced Purification	4
Prediction of sludge settleability through artificial neural networks with optimized input variables	4
What do we make of artificial intelligence?	4
Advancements in machine learning modelling for energy and emissions optimization in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review	4
Perspectives on multi‐benefit water reuse systems: A confluence of water and wastewater management planning	4
Variations in the morphological phosphorus in a full‐scale A²O + MBR process with heavy chemical P removal addition dosing	4
Editorial Volume 37 Issue 3	4
Full‐scale application of an electrochemical disinfection solution in a municipal drinking water treatment plant	4
Effect of hydrodynamic conditions on the formation and structure of aerobic granular sludge performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal	4
Kuwait household water demand in 2050: Spatial microsimulation and impact appraisal	4
Construction and application of water security early‐warning model	3
Editorial	3
Progress in the development and application of permeable reaction barriers for remediation of dissolved oil contaminants in groundwater	3
Performance assessment and indicators for agricultural water management—A review	3
The rainstorm influence on ecological restoration: A novel response ecological model for an urban shallow lake	3
Establishment and application of rural domestic sewage treatment evaluation system based on analytic hierarchy process	3
Demonstration scale chemical–physical treatment and agricultural reuse of highly saline textile wastewater	3
Refinery oily wastewater treatment using PVC/SiO₂ ultrafiltration membranes	3
Developing a Measure of Trust in Recycled Water	3
Optimization of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by electrocoagulation and dual coagulation	3
Continuous cultivation of Debaryomyces hansenii (LAF‐3 10 U) on dodecane in synthetic desalter effluent at varying dilution rates on dodecane	3
Increasing water retention capacity via Grey roof to green roof transformation	3
Issue Information	3

Multivariate regression studies for investigating and setting the action levels for the system water quality parameters of a nuclear plant	3
Developments and expansions of a suite of trickling filters models	3
Spatio‐temporal analysis of trends in annual maximum rainfall in the North‐West of Algeria: Comparative analysis of recent and old non‐parametric methods	3
Estimation of annual groundwater changes from InSAR‐derived land subsidence	3
Wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE)	3
Morphological characteristics and chemical behaviour of phosphorus at the sediment–water interface in wetland	3
Thirsty nation: An investigation into water scarcity and public conservation behaviour in Pakistan	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
Hydrothermal synthesis of different structures TiO₂ and photocatalytic activity for tetracycline and Cr (VI) removal	3
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Purification of polluted surface water by sponge moving bed membrane bioreactor with short hydraulic retention time operation	3
Use of dirty plastic waste as precursors for activated carbon production—A contribution to the circular economy	3
The role of nature contact and connectedness to nature as determinants of household water use: A case study from Spain	3
An Innovative Bioremediation Approach for the Removal of Antibiotic and Antiretroviral Drug Contaminants From Wastewater Using Chlorella spp.	3
Environmental impact evaluation of decentralized sewage treatment technologies: A life cycle assessment approach	3