OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water is 63. 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
Review on Methylene Blue: Its Properties, Uses, Toxicity and Photodegradation	447
Antimicrobials and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Risk to the Environment and to Public Health	308
Various Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Responsible for Water Quality Degradation: A Review	262
Comparative Analysis of Recurrent Neural Network Architectures for Reservoir Inflow Forecasting	159
Heavy Metals in Wastewater and Sewage Sludge from Selected Municipal Treatment Plants in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	140
Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014–2020: Challenges and Opportunities	135
Water Supply and Water Scarcity	134
Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Pollutants in Water Environment and Options for Their Removal	128
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Freshwater and Terrestrial Environment: A Review	127
Oily Wastewater Treatment: Overview of Conventional and Modern Methods, Challenges, and Future Opportunities	126
Urban Water Demand Prediction for a City That Suffers from Climate Change and Population Growth: Gauteng Province Case Study	126
Comparative Analysis of Drought Indicated by the SPI and SPEI at Various Timescales in Inner Mongolia, China	125
Biochar as an Eco-Friendly and Economical Adsorbent for the Removal of Colorants (Dyes) from Aqueous Environment: A Review	121
A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation	118
Water Security in a Changing Environment: Concept, Challenges and Solutions	116
Treatment of Wastewaters by Microalgae and the Potential Applications of the Produced Biomass—A Review	109
Modification of the Water Quality Index (WQI) Process for Simple Calculation Using the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Method: A Review	109
Prediction of Water Level and Water Quality Using a CNN-LSTM Combined Deep Learning Approach	108
Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds: An Overview on Their Occurrence in the Aquatic Environment and Human Exposure	104
Hybridised Artificial Neural Network Model with Slime Mould Algorithm: A Novel Methodology for Prediction of Urban Stochastic Water Demand	103
Towards the Implementation of Circular Economy in the Wastewater Sector: Challenges and Opportunities	103
Current and Emerging Adsorbent Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: Trends, Limitations, and Environmental Implications	101
Flood Susceptibility Assessment Using Novel Ensemble of Hyperpipes and Support Vector Regression Algorithms	99
Comparison of ERA5-Land and UERRA MESCAN-SURFEX Reanalysis Data with Spatially Interpolated Weather Observations for the Regional Assessment of Reference Evapotranspiration	98
Review: Sources of Hydrological Model Uncertainties and Advances in Their Analysis	95

IoT Based Smart Water Quality Monitoring: Recent Techniques, Trends and Challenges for Domestic Applications	95
Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in Hot and Arid Climates: Opportunities, Challenges and Case Studies in the Middle East	94
Effects of Water Stress on Photosynthesis, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency in Winter Wheat	93
An Overview of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment: Source, Fate, Risk and Regulations	92
Watershed Hydrological Response to Combined Land Use/Land Cover and Climate Change in Highland Ethiopia: Finchaa Catchment	91
Susceptibility Mapping of Soil Water Erosion Using Machine Learning Models	91
The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Rivers: An Overview	90
A Review of SWAT Model Application in Africa	90
Chemically Modified Biosorbents and Their Role in the Removal of Emerging Pharmaceutical Waste in the Water System	90
The Water Footprint of Global Food Production	89
The Impacts of Hydropower Dams in the Mekong River Basin: A Review	86
Here Comes the Flood, but Not Failure? Lessons to Learn after the Heavy Rain and Pluvial Floods in Germany 2021	84
Validation of Sample Preparation Methods for Microplastic Analysis in Wastewater Matrices—Reproducibility and Standardization	79
Groundwater Governance in Pakistan: From Colossal Development to Neglected Management	78
Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability: DRASTIC and DRASTIC-Like Methods: A Review	77
Effect of Physical Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Transport and Deposition of Microplastics in Riverine Ecosystem	76
A Novel Methodology for Prediction Urban Water Demand by Wavelet Denoising and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Approach	76
Water, Soil, and Plants Interactions in a Threatened Environment	75
Literature Review: Global Neonicotinoid Insecticide Occurrence in Aquatic Environments	75
Climate Change Impacts on Water and Agriculture Sectors in Southern Africa: Threats and Opportunities for Sustainable Development	74
A Hybrid Model for Water Quality Prediction Based on an Artificial Neural Network, Wavelet Transform, and Long Short-Term Memory	73
UAV-DEMs for Small-Scale Flood Hazard Mapping	71
A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes	71
Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions	71
Macroplastic Storage and Remobilization in Rivers	71
Treated Wastewater Irrigation—A Review	70
Urban Wetlands: A Review on Ecological and Cultural Values	67
State of the Art and Recent Advancements in the Modelling of Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Withdrawal	66
Wavelet Analysis of Dam Injection and Discharge in Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir with Precipitation and River Discharge	66
Controls on Reservoir Heterogeneity of a Shallow-Marine Reservoir in Sawan Gas Field, SE Pakistan: Implications for Reservoir Quality Prediction Using Acoustic Impedance Inversion	66
On the Use of an IoT Integrated System for Water Quality Monitoring and Management in Wastewater Treatment Plants	66
Machine Learning to Estimate Surface Soil Moisture from Remote Sensing Data	65
Increase in Daily Household Water Demand during the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany	65
A Review on Silver Nanoparticles: Classification, Various Methods of Synthesis, and Their Potential Roles in Biomedical Applications and Water Treatment	64
A Review on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Technology in Water Treatment and Monitoring	63
Groundwater Suitability for Drinking and Irrigation Using Water Quality Indices and Multivariate Modeling in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Province, Saudi Arabia	63
A Systematic Review of the State of Cyber-Security in Water Systems	63
River Water Salinity Prediction Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models	63