OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Water Research X is 4. 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
Opportunities and challenges of tackling Scope 3 “Indirect” emissions from residential hot water	34
Spatial-economic scenarios to increase resilience to urban flooding	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
Effectiveness of three machine learning models for prediction of daily streamflow and uncertainty assessment	29
An electrochemical advanced oxidation process for the treatment of urban stormwater	29
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
Machine learning-driven benchmarking of China's wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption	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	25
Influence of pipe materials on in-building disinfection of P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii in simulated hot water plumbing	21
An inconvenient impact: Unveiling the overlooked differences in crystalline forms of iron (hydro)oxides on anaerobic digestion	21
Enhancing accuracy and interpretability of multi-steps water demand prediction through prior knowledge integration in neural network architecture	21
A two-stage partial nitritation-denitritation/anammox (PN-DN/A) process to treat high-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) reject water: Verification based on pilot-scale and full-scale projects	20
Perfluoroalkyl functionalized-Au nanoparticle sensor: Employing rate of spectrum shifting for highly selective and sensitive detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous environ	20
Autonomous online optimization of a closed-circuit reverse osmosis system	19
A probabilistic deep learning approach to enhance the prediction of wastewater treatment plant effluent quality under shocking load events	18
Use of trihalomethanes as a surrogate for haloacetonitrile exposure introduces misclassification bias	17
Long-term onsite monitoring of a sewage sludge drying pan finds methane emissions consistent with IPCC default emission factor	16
An overlooked nanofluids effect from Fe3O4 nanoparticles enhances mass transfer in anammox granular sludge	16
Defense mechanism of Fe(III)-assisted anammox under salt stress: Performance and microbial community dynamics	16
High-level nitrogen removal achieved by Feammox-based autotrophic nitrogen conversion	16
Decoupling locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) intensity and copper release by applying asymmetric electric pulses for water disinfection	15
Stagnation leads to short-term fluctuations in the effluent water quality of biofilters: A problem for greywater reuse?	15
New understanding of microbial growth cycle for efficient waste-activated sludge disposal by preserving microbial self-degradation activity during the decline phase	15
Removal of perfluoroalkyl acids and common drinking water contaminants by weak-base anion exchange resins: Impacts of solution pH and resin properties	15
The neglected ammonia leaching calcium in anaerobic granular sludge	15
Effects of hydraulically disconnecting consumer pumps in an intermittent water supply	14
A systematic review and meta-analysis of pathogen reduction in onsite sanitation systems	14
Combined membrane aeration and filtration for energy- and space-efficient COD removal in water reuse	14
Corrigendum to ‘Amyloid adhesin production in activated sludge is enhanced in lab-scale sequencing batch reactors: Feeding regime impacts microbial community and amyloid distribution’ [Water Research	14
Dual role of organic matter in Feammox-driven nitrogen and phosphate removal	14
Identifying periods impacted by sewer inflow and infiltration using time series anomaly detection	14
A unit process log reduction database for water reuse practitioners	14
Elucidating the complex hydrolysis and conversion network of xanthan-like extracellular heteropolysaccharides in waste activated sludge fermentation	14
Enrichment and identification of a moderately acidophilic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium	13
Benchmarks for urine volume generation and phosphorus mass recovery in commercial and institutional buildings	13
Effects of Biofilm Formation on Triclosan Adsorption by UV-Aged and Pristine Polystyrene Microplastics in Aquatic Environments	13
Scattered and transmitted light as surrogates for activated carbon residual in advanced wastewater treatment processes: Investigating the influence of particle size	12
Overlooked role of long capping time and environmental factors in the plateau lake for impairing lanthanum-modified-bentonite's immobilization to phosphate	11
Application of organic silicon quaternary ammonium salt (QSA) to reduce carbon footprint of sewers: Long-term inhibition on sulfidogenesis and methanogenesis	11
Unexpectedly high antibacterial ability of water in copper pot with tiny amount of plant leaves	11
Model-based monitoring of diffuser fouling using standard sensors	11
The interplay of suspended sediment concentration, particle size and fluid velocity on the rapid deposition of suspended iron oxide particles in PVC drinking water pipes	10
Evaluation of sealants to mitigate the release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from AFFF-impacted concrete: Characterization and forecasting	10
Making Waves: Why water reuse frameworks need to co-evolve with emerging small-scale technologies	10
Quantification of individual Rare Earth Elements from industrial sources in sewage sludge	10
Ozonation products of zidovudine and thymidine in oxidative water treatment	10
Novel ellipsoid-like granules exhibit enhanced anammox performance compared to sphere-like granules	9
Efficient utilization of photoelectron-hole at semiconductor-microbe interface for pyridine degradation with assistance of external electric field	9
Research stories along the urban water cycle	9
Biodegradation kinetics of organic micropollutants in biofilters for advanced wastewater treatment – Impact of operational conditions and biomass origin on removal	9
Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries	9
Long short-term memory models of water quality in inland water environments	9
Characterization of EPS subfractions from a mixed culture predominated by partial-denitrification functional bacteria	9
Nitrite-dependent microbial utilization for simultaneous removal of sulfide and methane in sewers	9
Successful year-round mainstream partial nitritation anammox: Assessment of effluent quality, performance and N2O emissions	8
Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation	8
Effectiveness of cyclic treatment of municipal wastewater by Tetradesmus obliquus – Loofah biofilm, its internal community changes and potential for resource utilization	8

Hydrolysis capacity of different sized granules in a full-scale aerobic granular sludge (AGS) reactor	8
A new Digital Harmony Search algorithm for optimizing Pump Scheduling in Water Distribution Networks	8
Demonstrating the reduction of enteric viruses by drinking water treatment during snowmelt episodes in urban areas	7
Three-dimensional convolutional neural network for leak detection and localization in smart water distribution systems	7
Why stories matter in water research: A case for narrative style paper writing	7
Sorghum-grown fungal biocatalysts for synthetic dye degradation	7
Water Research X is expanding its article types	7
Modeling and experimental approaches for determining fluoride diffusion kinetics in bone char sorbent and prediction of packed-bed groundwater defluoridator performance	7
UV LED wastewater disinfection: The future is upon us	6
A positive contribution to nitrogen removal by a novel NOB in a full-scale duck wastewater treatment system	6
Making waves: Knowledge and data fusion in urban water modelling	6
High fecal indicator bacteria in temperate headwater streams at baseflow: implications for management and public health	6
Development and optimization of analytical methods for the detection of 18 taste and odor compounds in drinking water utilities	6
Sewage sludge derived biochar for environmental improvement: Advances, challenges, and solutions	6
Modeling the energy consumption of potable water reuse schemes	6
Carbon footprint analysis of wastewater treatment processes coupled with sludge in situ reduction	6
Laboratory performance assessment of low-cost water level sensor for field monitoring in the tropics	5
Microbial mixotrophic denitrification using iron(II) as an assisted electron donor	5
Water demand forecasting in multiple district metered areas based on a multi-scale correction module neural network architecture	5
Towards stable and efficient nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment processes via an adaptive neural network based sliding mode controller	5
Uncovering the diverse hosts of tigecycline resistance gene tet(X4) in anaerobic digestion systems treating swine manure by epicPCR	5
Single CSTR can be as effective as an SBR in selecting PHA-storing biomass from municipal wastewater-derived feedstock	5
Rapid and selective quantitative colourimetric analysis of nitrite in water using a S-Nitrosothiol based method	5
Amyloid adhesin production in activated sludge is enhanced in lab-scale sequencing batch reactors: Feeding regime impacts microbial community and amyloid distribution	5
Engineered methanotrophic syntrophy in photogranule communities removes dissolved methane	5
Making waves: Why do we need ultra-permeable nanofiltration membranes for water treatment?	5
Effluent quality soft sensor for wastewater treatment plant with ensemble sparse learning-based online next generation reservoir computing	5
Aquaculture bacterial pathogen database: Pathogen monitoring and screening in coastal waters using environmental DNA	4
Quadrupling the capacity of post aerobic digestion treating anaerobically digested sludge using a moving-bed biofilm (MBBR) configuration	4
Predictive water virology using regularized regression analyses for projecting virus inactivation efficiency in ozone disinfection	4
Tracing N2O formation in full-scale wastewater treatment with natural abundance isotopes indicates control by organic substrate and process settings	4
Underestimation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater due to single or double mutations in the N1 qPCR probe binding region	4
A cohesive Microcoleus strain cluster causes benthic cyanotoxic blooms in rivers worldwide	4
A novel approach to interpret quasi-collimated beam results to support design and scale-up of vacuum UV based AOPs	4
Efficient smartphone-based measurement of phosphorus in water	4
Comparative enrichment of complete ammonium oxidation bacteria in floccular sludge reactors: Sequencing batch reactor vs. continuous stirred tank reactor	4
Leveraging multi-level correlations for imputing monitoring data in water supply systems using graph signal sampling theory	4