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Desalination and Water Treatment
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Desalination and Water Treatment

1944-3994

Published by: Elsevier..

https://www.deswater.com/home.php

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 279 93 191 19
Chemistry 382 251 363 20
Engineering and Technology 403 143 228 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 674
Documents by Best Scientists*: 903
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.247
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Desalination and Water Treatment?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Adsorption, Chemical engineering, Aqueous solution, Environmental engineering and Wastewater. While the journal focused on Adsorption, it was also able to explore topics like Inorganic chemistry, Chromatography and Nuclear chemistry. The study on Inorganic chemistry presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Ion.

The research on Nuclear chemistry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Methylene blue and Biosorption. The study of Membrane and how it intertwines with concepts under Filtration were explored in the presented Chemical engineering research. Activated carbon, Kinetics and Sorption are some topics wherein Aqueous solution research discussed in it have an impact.

The concepts on Environmental engineering presented in Desalination and Water Treatment can also apply to other research fields, including Desalination, Water quality and Reverse osmosis. The work on Desalination addressed in Desalination and Water Treatment expands to the thematically related Seawater. In addition to Wastewater research, the journal aims to explore topics under Effluent, Pulp and paper industry and Sewage treatment.

  • Adsorption (21.76%)
  • Chemical engineering (17.19%)
  • Aqueous solution (16.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Thermophysical properties of seawater: a review of existing correlations and data (819 citations)
  • Nanocomposite of carbon nanotubes/silica nanoparticles and their use for adsorption of Pb(II): from surface properties to sorption mechanism (382 citations)
  • Degradation of wastewaters containing organic dyes photocatalysed by zinc oxide: a review (280 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Desalination and Water Treatment:

The journal publications mainly deal with areas of study such as Adsorption, Aqueous solution, Environmental engineering, Inorganic chemistry and Chromatography. In addition to Adsorption research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Chemical engineering and Nuclear chemistry. Desalination and Brackish water are some topics wherein Environmental engineering research discussed in the most cited publications has an impact.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Desalination and Water Treatment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amir Hossein Mahvi (76 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Lee-Hyung Kim (48 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Joon Ha Kim (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ho Kyong Shon (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sangho Lee (37 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Desalination and Water Treatment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (136 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (112 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harbin Institute of Technology (101 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • King Saud University (85 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 99.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 85.71% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Recent advances in photocatalytic advanced oxidation processes for organic compound degradation: A review

    Unknown

    (2024)
    165 Citations
  • Kinetics and equilibrium studies of copper, zinc, and nickel ions adsorptive removal on to Archontophoenix alexandrae: conditions optimization by RSM

    Raseed A. Khera;Munawar Iqbal;Aftab Ahmad;Syeda M. Hassan

    (2020)
    102 Citations
  • Efficient removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solution using Curcuma caesia based activated carbon

    Charu Arora;Pramod Kumar;Sanju Soni;Jyoti Mittal

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • Expeditious and enhanced sequestration of heavy metal ions from aqueous environment by papaya peel carbon: a green and low cost adsorbent

    Jyoti Mittal;Rais Ahmad;Asna Mariyam;V.K. Gupta

    (2021)
    69 Citations
  • Removal of crystal violet from aqueous solution using iron based metal organic framework

    Sanju Soni;Parmendra Kumar Bajpai;Dipti Bharti;Jyoti Mittal

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Sequestration of crystal violet from aqueous solution using ash of black turmeric rhizome

    Asha Patel;Sanju Soni;Jyoti Mittal;Alok Mittal

    (2021)
    66 Citations

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