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Barth F. Smets

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
13756
World Ranking
7039
National Ranking
56

Barth F. Smets publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barth F. Smets sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 361 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Barth F. Smets D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barth F. Smets sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Barth F. Smets is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Pollution, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of Barth F. Smets' research include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Water Research
  • Bioresource Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Recent papers by Barth F. Smets include:

  • Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Toward a Universal Unit for Quantification of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Samples, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Pathogenic and Indigenous Denitrifying Bacteria are Transcriptionally Active and Key Multi-Antibiotic-Resistant Players in Wastewater Treatment Plants, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Role of Ammonia Oxidation in Organic Micropollutant Transformation during Wastewater Treatment: Insights from Molecular, Cellular, and Community Level Observations, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Plasmids persist in a microbial community by providing fitness benefit to multiple phylotypes, 2020, The ISME Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Barth F. Smets include:

  • Arnaud Dechesne
  • Alejandro Palomo
  • Carlos Domingo-Félez
  • Joseph Nesme
  • Borja Valverde-Pérez

Barth F. Smets has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by UWA Publishing:

  • Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems, 2022

Best Publications

  • Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics

    Stefanie Widder;Rosalind J Allen;Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas P Curtis

  • Aggregate size and architecture determine microbial activity balance for one-stage partial nitritation and anammox.

    Siegfried E. Vlaeminck;Akihiko Terada;Barth F. Smets;Haydée De Clippeleir

  • Variability in kinetic parameter estimates: A review of possible causes and a proposed terminology

    C.P.Leslie Grady;Barth F. Smets;Daniel S. Barbeau

  • Characterization of an Autotrophic Nitrogen-Removing Biofilm from a Highly Loaded Lab-Scale Rotating Biological Contactor

    Kris Pynaert;Barth F. Smets;Stijn Wyffels;Daan Beheydt

  • Effective biological nitrogen removal treatment processes for domestic wastewaters with low C/N ratios a review

    Sheng-Peng Sun;Carles Pellicer i Nàcher;Brian Merkey;Qi Zhou

  • Metagenomic analysis of rapid gravity sand filter microbial communities suggests novel physiology of Nitrospira spp

    Alejandro Palomo;S Jane Fowler;Arda Gülay;Simon Rasmussen

  • Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review

    Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir;Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir;Yoav Stabholz;Jan Ulrich Kreft;Roberto de la Cruz

  • Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: Results of a modeling study

    Susanne Lackner;Akihiko Terada;Barth F. Smets

  • Modeling Nitrous Oxide Production during Biological Nitrogen Removal via Nitrification and Denitrification: Extensions to the General ASM Models

    Bing-Jie Ni;Maël Ruscalleda;Maël Ruscalleda;Carles Pellicer-Nàcher;Barth F. Smets

  • Nitrogen removal from digested black water by one-stage partial nitritation and anammox.

    Siegfried E. Vlaeminck;Akihiko Terada;Barth F. Smets;Davy Van der Linden

  • Start-up of autotrophic nitrogen removal reactors via sequential biocatalyst addition

    Kris Pynaert;Barth F Smets;Daan Beheydt;Willy Verstraete

  • Mobilization of soil organic matter by complexing agents and implications for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon desorption

    Y Yang;D Ratté;B.F Smets;J.J Pignatello;J.J Pignatello

  • Biofilm Thickness Influences Biodiversity in Nitrifying MBBRs—Implications on Micropollutant Removal

    Elena Torresi;Jane Fowler;Fabio Polesel;Kai Bester

  • Impact of Metal Sorption and Internalization on Nitrification Inhibition

    Zhiqiang Hu;Kartik Chandran;Domenico Grasso;Barth F Smets

  • Respirometric technique for determination of extant kinetic parameters describing biodegradation

    T. G. Ellis;D. S. Barbeau;B. F. Smets;C. P. L. Grady

  • Effect of nickel and cadmium speciation on nitrification inhibition.

    Zhiqiang Hu;Kartik Chandran;Domenico Grasso;Barth F Smets

  • Effects of heat-activated persulfate oxidation on soil microorganisms

    Aikaterini Tsitonaki;Barth F. Smets;Poul Løgstrup Bjerg

  • Water and sanitation: an essential battlefront in the war on antimicrobial resistance.

    Helmut Bürgmann;Dominic Frigon;William H Gaze;Célia M Manaia

  • Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass.

    Carles Pellicer-Nàcher;Carlos Domingo-Félez;A. Gizem Mutlu;Barth F. Smets

  • Metal stressors consistently modulate bacterial conjugal plasmid uptake potential in a phylogenetically conserved manner.

    Uli Klümper;Arnaud Dechesne;Leise Riber;Kristian K Brandt

  • Comparison of nitrification inhibition by metals in batch and continuous flow reactors.

    Zhiqiang Hu;Kartik Chandran;Domenico Grasso;Barth F. Smets

  • Impact of Physiological State on Surface Thermodynamics and Adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    D. Grasso;B. F. Smets;K. A. Strevett;B. D. Machinist

  • Sequential Aeration of Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors for High-Rate Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal: Experimental Demonstration

    Carles Pellicer-Nàcher;Shengpeng Sun;Susanne Lackner;Akihiko Terada

  • Single-step nitrification models erroneously describe batch ammonia oxidation profiles when nitrite oxidation becomes rate limiting.

    Kartik Chandran;Barth F. Smets

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen
Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen Technical University of Denmark
Benedek G. Plósz
Benedek G. Plósz University of Bath
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Gürkan Sin
Gürkan Sin Technical University of Denmark
Kartik Chandran
Kartik Chandran Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Philip John Binning
Philip John Binning Technical University of Denmark
Krist V. Gernaey
Krist V. Gernaey Technical University of Denmark
Zhiqiang Hu
Zhiqiang Hu University of Missouri
Bo Thamdrup
Bo Thamdrup University of Southern Denmark
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark

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