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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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Journal of Water Process Engineering

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 55 348 664 57
Environmental Sciences 75 253 484 45
Chemistry 82 568 863 59

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1486
Documents by Best Scientists*: 2015
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 110
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.348
Impact Factor: 6.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of water process engineering?

The journal investigates studies in Wastewater, Adsorption, Chemical engineering, Pulp and paper industry and Nuclear chemistry. Effluent and Sewage treatment are some topics wherein Wastewater research discussed in it have an impact. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Adsorption, it also covered topics in Inorganic chemistry and Aqueous solution.

It focuses on Chemical engineering but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Photocatalysis, Membrane, Oxide and Chromatography. It focuses on Membrane as well as the interrelated topic of Contact angle. Issues in Pulp and paper industry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Activated sludge, Pollutant, Electrocoagulation, Biomass and Filtration.

The Nuclear chemistry works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Catalysis.

  • Wastewater (28.94%)
  • Adsorption (21.99%)
  • Chemical engineering (20.46%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fouling and cleaning of ultrafiltration membranes: A review (399 citations)
  • Magnetic adsorbents for the treatment of water/wastewater—A review (209 citations)
  • Effective removal of Amoxicillin, Cephalexin, Tetracycline and Penicillin G from aqueous solutions using activated carbon nanoparticles prepared from vine wood (194 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of water process engineering:

The published articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Adsorption, Wastewater, Nuclear chemistry, Aqueous solution and Chemical engineering. The Adsorption research tackled in the published articles is interrelated with Inorganic chemistry which concerns subjects like Metal ions in aqueous solution and Sodium. The works on Wastewater tackled in the journal papers bring together disciplines like Pulp and paper industry, Effluent and Sewage treatment.

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 Journal of water process engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Abdul Wahab Mohammad (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Ahmad Fauzi Ismail (21 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Juhana Jaafar (19 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Graeme J. Millar (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Nidal Hilal (16 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous 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 Journal of water process engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (46 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Malaysia (45 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (36 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (31 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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, 6.75% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.96% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.08% of all publications and 67.24% 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

  • Role of nanomaterials as adsorbents in heavy metal ion removal from waste water: A review

    Shweta Wadhawan;Ayushi Jain;Jasamrit Nayyar;Surinder Kumar Mehta

    (2020)
    494 Citations
  • Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution using carbon-based adsorbents: A review

    Chengyu Duan;Tianyu Ma;Jianyu Wang;Yanbo Zhou

    (2020)
    484 Citations
  • Removal of methylene blue (basic dye) by coagulation-flocculation with biomaterials (bentonite and Opuntia ficus indica)

    Unknown

    (2022)
    478 Citations
  • Recent advances in membrane filtration for heavy metal removal from wastewater: A mini review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    478 Citations
  • Hybrid ozonation process for industrial wastewater treatment: Principles and applications: A review

    Sameena N. Malik;Sameena N. Malik;Prakash C. Ghosh;Atul N. Vaidya;Sandeep N. Mudliar

    (2020)
    333 Citations
  • Magnetic-MXene-based nanocomposites for water and wastewater treatment: A review

    Unknown

    (2022)
    278 Citations
  • Poly‐and perfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review from sources to remediation

    Hoang Nhat Phong Vo;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Thi Minh Hong Nguyen

    (2020)
    270 Citations
  • Ultrafiltration membranes for wastewater and water process engineering: A comprehensive statistical review over the past decade

    Saif Al Aani;Tameem N. Mustafa;Nidal Hilal;Nidal Hilal

    (2020)
    241 Citations
  • Waterworks sludge-filter sand permeable reactive barrier for removal of toxic lead ions from contaminated groundwater

    Ayad A.H. Faisal;Saad F.A. Al-Wakel;Hussein A. Assi;Laith A. Naji

    (2020)
    207 Citations
  • Development of synthetic zeolites from bio-slag for cesium adsorption: Kinetic, isotherm and thermodynamic studies

    Shahjalal Khandaker;Yusaku Toyohara;Ganesh Chandra Saha;Md. Rabiul Awual;Md. Rabiul Awual

    (2020)
    206 Citations

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