OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Clean Water is 27. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater: a comprehensive and critical review	519
Contributions of recycled wastewater to clean water and sanitation Sustainable Development Goals	124
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak: some serious consequences with urban and rural water cycle	117
Recent developments in hazardous pollutants removal from wastewater and water reuse within a circular economy	106
Removal of drug and dye from aqueous solutions by graphene oxide: Adsorption studies and chemometrics methods	88
A comprehensive review on the chemical regeneration of biochar adsorbent for sustainable wastewater treatment	84
Emerging contaminants affect the microbiome of water systems—strategies for their mitigation	75
Preliminarily comparative performance of removing bisphenol-S by ferrate oxidation and ozonation	73
Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on household water consumption patterns in England	72
A critical review on nanomaterials membrane bioreactor (NMs-MBR) for wastewater treatment	69
Proclivities for prevalence and treatment of antibiotics in the ambient water: a review	64
A primer on emerging field-deployable synthetic biology tools for global water quality monitoring	53
Drinking water quality and the SDGs	51
A critical review of the application of electromagnetic fields for scaling control in water systems: mechanisms, characterization, and operation	51
A critical review of point-of-use drinking water treatment in the United States	51
Seawater desalination concentrate—a new frontier for sustainable mining of valuable minerals	49
A review of the impact of environmental factors on the fate and transport of coronaviruses in aqueous environments	37
Heavy metal and organic dye removal via a hybrid porous hexagonal boron nitride-based magnetic aerogel	37
Application of chemometrics for modeling and optimization of ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction for the simultaneous determination of dyes	36
Rheologically controlled design of nature-inspired superhydrophobic and self-cleaning membranes for clean water production	34
Sustainable sanitation and gaps in global climate policy and financing	32
Long-lasting, monovalent-selective capacitive deionization electrodes	31
A framework for monitoring the safety of water services: from measurements to security	30
Water supply and sanitation services in small towns in rural–urban transition zones: The case of Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality, Uganda	30
Influence of sulfate on anion exchange membranes in reverse electrodialysis	29

Long-term water conservation is fostered by smart meter-based feedback and digital user engagement	28
A twilight for the complete nitrogen removal via synergistic partial-denitrification, anammox, and DNRA process	27