OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of npj Clean Water is 6. 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
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
Drinking water quality and the SDGs	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
Data centre water consumption	26
A comprehensive review on LDH-based catalysts to activate persulfates for the degradation of organic pollutants	26
Metal-organic framework modified hydrophilic polyvinylidene fluoride porous membrane for efficient degerming selective oil/water emulsion separation	26
Using generalized additive models to investigate the environmental effects on pipe failure in clean water networks	25
Microbial niche nexus sustaining biological wastewater treatment	25
A review of advances in freeze desalination and future prospects	25
Safeguarding the microbial water quality from source to tap	24
Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies	23
Achieving fast start-up of anammox process by promoting the growth of anammox bacteria with FeS addition	22
Self-supplied drinking water in low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific	21
Optimization, kinetics and thermodynamics studies for photocatalytic degradation of Methylene Blue using cadmium selenide nanoparticles	21
A thermodynamic platform for evaluating the energy efficiency of combined power generation and desalination plants	20
A hydrate-based zero liquid discharge method for high-concentration organic wastewater: resource recovery and water reclamation	20
Potential discharge, attenuation and exposure risk of SARS-CoV-2 in natural water bodies receiving treated wastewater	20
Activated sludge models at the crossroad of artificial intelligence—A perspective on advancing process modeling	19
A bibliometric study on biomimetic and bioinspired membranes for water filtration	18
Thermocatalytic membrane distillation for clean water production	18
Reverse osmosis membrane biofouling: causes, consequences and countermeasures	18
Quorum quenching, biological characteristics, and microbial community dynamics as key factors for combating fouling of membrane bioreactors	17
Climate change extreme and seasonal toxic metal occurrence in Romanian freshwaters in the last two decades—case study and critical review	17
Seasonality impels the antibiotic resistance in Kelani River of the emerging economy of Sri Lanka	17
Flexible modeling and control of capacitive-deionization processes through a linear-state-space dynamic Langmuir model	17
Forward osmosis (FO)-reverse osmosis (RO) hybrid process incorporated with hollow fiber FO	17
Natural recharge transcends anthropogenic forcing that influences arsenic vulnerability of the quaternary alluviums of the Mid-Gangetic Plain	17
Detection of untreated sewage discharges to watercourses using machine learning	17
Increasingly frequent extreme weather events urge the development of point-of-use water treatment systems	16
Including water quality monitoring in rural water services: why safe water requires challenging the quantity versus quality dichotomy	16
Faecal pollution source tracking in the holy Bagmati River by portable 16S rRNA gene sequencing	16
Hexavalent chromium reduction and Rhodamine B degradation by visible-light-driven photocatalyst of stannum indium sulfide-samarium vanadate	15
Measuring the gaps in drinking water quality and policy across regional and remote Australia	15
Pore-size engineered nanoporous silica for efficient adsorption cooling and desalination cycle	15
The efficacy of chlorine-based disinfectants against planktonic and biofilm bacteria for decentralised point-of-use drinking water	15
Waterborne pathogen monitoring in Jaipur, India reveals potential microbial risks of urban groundwater supply	14
Exploiting interfacial polymerization to fabricate hyper-cross-linked nanofiltration membrane with a constituent linear aliphatic amine for freshwater production	14
Revisiting the “forever chemicals”, PFOA and PFOS exposure in drinking water	13
Labeo rohita, a bioindicator for water quality and associated biomarkers of heavy metal toxicity	13
Phosphorus removal and recovery from wastewater via hybrid ion exchange nanotechnology: a study on sustainable regeneration chemistries	13
Electrohydrodynamic atomization of CNT on PTFE membrane for scaling resistant membranes in membrane distillation	13
The how tough is WASH framework for assessing the climate resilience of water and sanitation	13
Spatial analysis connects excess water pollution discharge, industrial production, and consumption at the sectoral level	13
Author Correction: Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater: a comprehensive and critical review	13
Solar water purification with photocatalytic nanocomposite filter based on TiO2 nanowires and carbon nanotubes	13
Investigating bio-remediation capabilities of a constructed wetland through spatial successional study of the sediment microbiome	13
Nanosilica modified with polyaspartic acid as an industrial circulating water scale inhibitor	12
Sanitary inspection, microbial water quality analysis, and water safety in handpumps in rural sub-Saharan Africa	12
Transition of antimicrobial resistome in wastewater treatment plants: impact of process configuration, geographical location and season	12
Associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016–2019	12
Experimental investigation of porous carbon for cooling and desalination applications	12

Recognizing the groundwater related to chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology by humic-like organic matter	12
From data to decisions: understanding information flows within regulatory water quality monitoring programs	12
Relative importance of organic- and iron-based colloids in six Nova Scotian lakes	12
A three-dimensional antifungal wooden cone evaporator for highly efficient solar steam generation	12
Highly durable and sustainable heterogeneous fabric using in-and-out fluorinated urethane coating for elimination of bacteria and oil–water separation	11
Biosorption removal of iron from water by Aspergillus niger	11
Safely managed drinking water services in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: findings from the 2017 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey	11
Towards the realisation of high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination	11
Measuring operational and quality-adjusted efficiency of Chilean water companies	10
The determinants of household water consumption: A review and assessment framework for research and practice	10
Exposure measurement error and the characterization of child exposure to fecal contamination in drinking water	10
Biogenic silver nanoparticles-modified forward osmosis membranes with mitigated internal concentration polarization and enhanced antibacterial properties	10
Iron-organic frameworks as effective fenton-like catalysts for peroxymonosulfate decomposition in advanced oxidation processes	10
Pyridinic N anchored Ag and Au hybrids for detoxification of organic pollutants	10
Water pumping effect over the organic ions defined graphene oxide membrane impulses high flux desalination	10
New sustainable utilization approach of livestock manure: Conversion to dual-reaction-center Fenton-like catalyst for water purification	10
Household illness and associated water and sanitation factors in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia, 2016–2017	10
Electrostatic forces and higher order curvature terms of Young–Laplace equation on nanobubble stability in water	10
The influence of water–rock interactions on household well water in an area of high prevalence chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu)	9
Degradation of bisphenol A in an oxidation system constructed from Mo2C MXene and peroxymonosulfate	9
Drinking water consumption and association between actual and perceived risks of endocrine disrupting compounds	9
Mechanisms of heavy metal and oil removal from synthetic saline oilfield produced water by electrocoagulation	9
Removal and recovery of ammonia from simulated wastewater using Ti3C2Tx MXene in flow electrode capacitive deionization	9
The efficacious of AOP-based processes in concert with electrocoagulation in abatement of CECs from water/wastewater	9
Water sources and kidney function: investigating chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in a prospective study	9
Low-pressure-driven special wettable graphene oxide-based membrane for efficient separation of water-in-oil emulsions	9
Smartphone-powered efficient water disinfection at the point of use	9
Metal oxide single-component light-powered micromotors for photocatalytic degradation of nitroaromatic pollutants	8
Integrating water-quality analysis in national household surveys: water and sanitation sector learnings of Ecuador	8
Super-bridging fibrous materials for water treatment	8
Strategy to improve Cu-BTC metal-organic frameworks performance in removal of Rhodamine B: MD and WT-MtD simulations assessment	8
Human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other emerging contaminants in drinking water	8
Global navigation of Lithium in water bodies and emerging human health crisis	8
Tunable nanostructured stainless-steel coating for high-selective and high-permeable separation membranes for oil/water emulsions	8
Selective removal of Na+ by NaTi2(PO4)3-MWCNT composite hollow-fiber membrane electrode in capacitive deionization	8
Hierarchical optofluidic microreactor for water purification using an array of TiO2 nanostructures	8
Potential benefits of public–private partnerships to improve the efficiency of urban wastewater treatment	7
Proposing two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks material for the capture of phenol molecules from wastewaters	7
A low-cost, high-efficiency, new generation material for fog harvesting fumed silica-doped polypropylene	7
Surface decoration of bis-aminosilane cross-linked multiwall carbon nanotube ultrafiltration membrane for fast and efficient heavy metal removal	7
Efficacy of locally-available cleaning methods in removing biofilms from taps and surfaces of household water storage containers	7
Guiding urban water management towards 1.5 °C	7
Predicting the risk of pipe failure using gradient boosted decision trees and weighted risk analysis	7
Design, performance, and demand for a novel in-line chlorine doser to increase safe water access	7
MOF-derived C, N-In2O3 with GdFeO3 Z-scheme heterostructure for the photocatalytic removal of tetracycline	7
Changes in China’s river water quality since 1980: management implications from sustainable development	7
TiO2 nanotube electrode for organic degradation coupled with flow-electrode capacitive deionization for brackish water desalination	7
Hybrid combination of advanced oxidation and biological processes for the micropollutant removal of carbamazepine	7
Solar technology‒closed loop synergy facilitates low-carbon circular bioeconomy in microalgal wastewater treatment	7
Benchmarking the performance of water companies for regulatory purposes to improve its sustainability	7
Engaging with the politics of climate resilience towards clean water and sanitation for all	7
Monitoring socio-climatic interactions to prioritise drinking water interventions in rural Africa	7
Removing forever chemicals via amphiphilic functionalized membranes	6
Advanced wastewater treatment and membrane fouling control by electro-encapsulated self-forming dynamic membrane bioreactor	6
A survey of water utilities’ digital transformation: drivers, impacts, and enabling technologies	6
Comprehensive characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wastewater by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and screening algorithms	6
Characterization of the core microbial community governing acidogenic processes for the production of valuable bioproducts	6
Immobilization of active ammonia-oxidizing archaea in hydrogel beads	6
Inorganic–organic hybrid quantum dots for AOP-mediated photodegradation of ofloxacin and para-nitrophenol in diverse water matrices	6
Sustainable and green polylactic acid-based membrane embedded with self-assembled positively charged f-MWCNTs/GO nanohybrids for the removal of nutrients from wastewater	6
Performance and mechanisms of greywater treatment in a bio-enhanced granular-activated carbon dynamic biofilm reactor	6
Electrochemical nanosensor for ultrasensitive detection of malachite green and monitoring of its photocatalytic degradation	6
Performance fluctuations and evaluation of a piston type integrated high pressure pump-energy recovery device	6
The impact of on-premises piped water supply on fecal contamination pathways in rural Zambia	6
Correlation between general health knowledge and sanitation improvements: evidence from rural China	6