OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Water Research X is 25. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficient and sustainable removal of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate in a membrane biofilm: Oxygen supply dosage impacts mineralization pathway	109
Effects of functional groups of polyfluoroalkyl substances on their removal by nanofiltration	108
Disinfection byproducts formed during drinking water treatment reveal an export control point for dissolved organic matter in a subalpine headwater stream	103
Tools for interpretation of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 temporal and spatial trends demonstrated with data collected in the San Francisco Bay Area	98
Aquacultural source of nitrous oxide revealed by nitrogen isotopes	94
Start-up of a full-scale two-stage partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A) process treating reject water from high solid anaerobic sludge digestion (HSAD)	68
Mechanism insight into the facet-dependent photoaging of polystyrene microplastics on hematite in freshwater	56
Emerging and legacy organophosphate flame retardants in the tropical estuarine food web: Do they exhibit similar bioaccumulation patterns, trophic partitioning and dietary exposure?	52
Making waves: Public health risks from arsenic in Mexico's water extraction practices	51
Gravity-driven membrane filtration with compact second-life modules daily backwashed: An alternative to conventional ultrafiltration for centralized facilities	51
A novel approach for accurate quantification of lake residence time — Lake Kinneret as a case study	44
Making waves: A vision for digital water utilities	41
Nanoplastics are significantly different from microplastics in urban waters	40
Modulation of ultrathin nanosheet structure and nitrogen defects in graphitic carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic bacterial inactivation	38
Spatial-economic scenarios to increase resilience to urban flooding	34
Opportunities and challenges of tackling Scope 3 “Indirect” emissions from residential hot water	34
Mechanisms of N2O production in salinity-adapted partial nitritation systems for high-ammonia wastewater treatment	33
An integrated strategy for sequential nitrite removal and methane recovery: Sludge fermentation driven by nitrite reduction	31
Removal of soluble divalent manganese by superfine powdered activated carbon and free chlorine: Development and application of a simple kinetic model of mass transfer–catalytic surface oxidation	30
An electrochemical advanced oxidation process for the treatment of urban stormwater	29
Effectiveness of three machine learning models for prediction of daily streamflow and uncertainty assessment	29
Machine learning-driven benchmarking of China's wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption	27
Wastewater tiling amplicon sequencing in sentinel sites reveals longitudinal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants prevalence	27
Evaluating energy balance and environmental footprint of sludge management in BRICS countries	27
Boosted brackish water desalination and water softening by facilely designed MnO2/hierarchical porous carbon as capacitive deionization electrode	26

Continuous-flow phosphate removal using Cry-Ca-COS Monolith: Insights from dynamic adsorption modeling