OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water is 62. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Review on Methylene Blue: Its Properties, Uses, Toxicity and Photodegradation	631
Antimicrobials and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Risk to the Environment and to Public Health	401
Various Natural and Anthropogenic Factors Responsible for Water Quality Degradation: A Review	397
Water Security in a Changing Environment: Concept, Challenges and Solutions	181
Occurrence and Fate of Emerging Pollutants in Water Environment and Options for Their Removal	174
Oily Wastewater Treatment: Overview of Conventional and Modern Methods, Challenges, and Future Opportunities	159
Biochar as an Eco-Friendly and Economical Adsorbent for the Removal of Colorants (Dyes) from Aqueous Environment: A Review	147
Prediction of Water Level and Water Quality Using a CNN-LSTM Combined Deep Learning Approach	139
A Comprehensive Review on Membrane Fouling: Mathematical Modelling, Prediction, Diagnosis, and Mitigation	138
Modification of the Water Quality Index (WQI) Process for Simple Calculation Using the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) Method: A Review	136
Current and Emerging Adsorbent Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: Trends, Limitations, and Environmental Implications	131
Treatment of Wastewaters by Microalgae and the Potential Applications of the Produced Biomass—A Review	125
Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds: An Overview on Their Occurrence in the Aquatic Environment and Human Exposure	124
Review: Sources of Hydrological Model Uncertainties and Advances in Their Analysis	123
IoT Based Smart Water Quality Monitoring: Recent Techniques, Trends and Challenges for Domestic Applications	120
An Overview of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment: Source, Fate, Risk and Regulations	119
A Review of SWAT Model Application in Africa	118
Water, Soil, and Plants Interactions in a Threatened Environment	116
Flood Susceptibility Assessment Using Novel Ensemble of Hyperpipes and Support Vector Regression Algorithms	114
Here Comes the Flood, but Not Failure? Lessons to Learn after the Heavy Rain and Pluvial Floods in Germany 2021	111
The Biological Assessment and Rehabilitation of the World’s Rivers: An Overview	104
Effect of Physical Characteristics and Hydrodynamic Conditions on Transport and Deposition of Microplastics in Riverine Ecosystem	103
A Hybrid Model for Water Quality Prediction Based on an Artificial Neural Network, Wavelet Transform, and Long Short-Term Memory	102
The Impacts of Hydropower Dams in the Mekong River Basin: A Review	102
A Review on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Smart Technology in Water Treatment and Monitoring	101

Treated Wastewater Irrigation—A Review	92
A Review on Silver Nanoparticles: Classification, Various Methods of Synthesis, and Their Potential Roles in Biomedical Applications and Water Treatment	90
A Review on Emerging Pollutants in the Water Environment: Existences, Health Effects and Treatment Processes	90
Literature Review: Global Neonicotinoid Insecticide Occurrence in Aquatic Environments	89
Machine Learning to Estimate Surface Soil Moisture from Remote Sensing Data	85
Urban Wetlands: A Review on Ecological and Cultural Values	85
Heavy Metals Removal from Water by Efficient Adsorbents	83
Assessment of Land Use Land Cover Changes and Future Predictions Using CA-ANN Simulation for Selangor, Malaysia	80
Groundwater Suitability for Drinking and Irrigation Using Water Quality Indices and Multivariate Modeling in Makkah Al-Mukarramah Province, Saudi Arabia	79
Filtration Process and Alternative Filter Media Material in Water Treatment	77
Deep Learning Method Based on Physics Informed Neural Network with Resnet Block for Solving Fluid Flow Problems	74
Increase in Daily Household Water Demand during the First Wave of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany	73
Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise	72
Using Machine Learning Models for Predicting the Water Quality Index in the La Buong River, Vietnam	72
Phosphorus Removal from Wastewater: The Potential Use of Biochar and the Key Controlling Factors	71
Wavelet Analysis of Dam Injection and Discharge in Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir with Precipitation and River Discharge	70
Integration of Water Quality Indices and Multivariate Modeling for Assessing Surface Water Quality in Qaroun Lake, Egypt	70
Recent Desalination Technologies by Hybridization and Integration with Reverse Osmosis: A Review	70
Biological Degradation of the Azo Dye Basic Orange 2 by Escherichia coli: A Sustainable and Ecofriendly Approach for the Treatment of Textile Wastewater	70
The Influence of Hydropower and Coal Consumption on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Comparison between China and India	69
Comparison of Desalination Technologies Using Renewable Energy Sources with Life Cycle, PESTLE, and Multi-Criteria Decision Analyses	68
Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in a Changing Environment: Concepts, Controversies, Challenges	68
Human Health Risks due to Exposure to Water Pollution: A Review	68
Application of Natural Coagulants for Pharmaceutical Removal from Water and Wastewater: A Review	67
Recent Advances of Nanoremediation Technologies for Soil and Groundwater Remediation: A Review	67
Flash Flood Susceptibility Assessment and Zonation Using an Integrating Analytic Hierarchy Process and Frequency Ratio Model for the Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	67
Flood Risk Mapping by Remote Sensing Data and Random Forest Technique	67
A Systematic Review of the State of Cyber-Security in Water Systems	67
The Issue of Groundwater Salinization in Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean Region: A Review	66
A Review of Neural Networks for Air Temperature Forecasting	66
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products in Different Matrices: Occurrence, Pathways, and Treatment Processes	65
A Review of Evapotranspiration Measurement Models, Techniques and Methods for Open and Closed Agricultural Field Applications	64
Heat Recovery from Wastewater—A Review of Available Resource	63
Block-Greedy and CNN Based Underwater Image Dehazing for Novel Depth Estimation and Optimal Ambient Light	63
Green Infrastructure as an Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategy—A Review	63
Start-Up of Anammox SBR from Non-Specific Inoculum and Process Acceleration Methods by Hydrazine	63
Mapping Groundwater Potential Zones Using a Knowledge-Driven Approach and GIS Analysis	62
Cometabolism of the Superphylum Patescibacteria with Anammox Bacteria in a Long-Term Freshwater Anammox Column Reactor	62
Application of Water Quality Indices, Machine Learning Approaches, and GIS to Identify Groundwater Quality for Irrigation Purposes: A Case Study of Sahara Aquifer, Doucen Plain, Algeria	62