World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Water Research X
H-index 27

Water Research X

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 198 77 88 24
Engineering and Technology 535 23 44 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 149
Documents by Best Scientists*: 149
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.231
Impact Factor: 8.2

Top Publications

  • Paint particles in the marine environment: An overlooked component of microplastics.

    Andrew Turner

    (2021)
    201 Citations
  • State of the art of urine treatment technologies: A critical review.

    Tove A. Larsen;Michel E. Riechmann;Kai M. Udert;Kai M. Udert

    (2021)
    143 Citations
  • One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application

    Unknown

    (2023)
    133 Citations
  • Limited simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) in aerobic granular sludge systems treating municipal wastewater: Mechanisms and practical implications

    Manuel Layer;Mercedes Garcia Villodres;Antonio Hernandez;Eva Reynaert

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • A review of long-term pesticide monitoring studies to assess surface water quality trends.

    R. Chow;R. Scheidegger;T. Doppler;A. Dietzel

    (2020)
    105 Citations
  • Tools for interpretation of wastewater SARS-CoV-2 temporal and spatial trends demonstrated with data collected in the San Francisco Bay Area

    Hannah D. Greenwald;Lauren C. Kennedy;Adrian Hinkle;Oscar N. Whitney

    (2021)
    97 Citations
  • Temporal variation of pesticide mixtures in rivers of three agricultural watersheds during a major drought in the Western Cape, South Africa

    Lou Curchod;Christelle Oltramare;Marion Junghans;Christian Stamm

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • Capsid integrity quantitative PCR to determine virus infectivity in environmental and food applications – A systematic review

    Mats Leifels;Dan Cheng;Emanuele Sozzi;David C. Shoults

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Successful year-round mainstream partial nitritation anammox: Assessment of effluent quality, performance and N2O emissions

    (2022)
    58 Citations

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