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Damir Brdjanovic publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damir Brdjanovic sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Damir Brdjanovic D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Damir Brdjanovic sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Damir Brdjanovic is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research primarily centers around environmental science, with a focus on industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, water science and technology, nutrition and dietetics, and urban studies.

The scientist has contributed to topics including wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, child nutrition and water access, wastewater treatment and reuse, membrane separation technologies, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, urban and rural development challenges, and phosphorus and nutrient management.

Notable recent papers by Damir Brdjanovic include:

  • The frontiers of water and sanitation, 2023, Nature Water
  • Microwave treatment of municipal sewage sludge: Evaluation of the drying performance and energy demand of a pilot-scale microwave drying system, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Effects of the sludge physical-chemical properties on its microwave drying performance, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Putative metabolism of Ca. Accumulibacter via the utilization of glucose, 2022, Water Research
  • Effects of substrate stress and light intensity on enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a photo-activated sludge system, 2020, Water Research

They have frequently published in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management, Water Research, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Damir Brdjanovic has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including Héctor A. García, Carlos M. López-Vázquez, Christine M. Hooijmans, Shirish Singh, and Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht.

Best Publications

  • Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design

    Mogens Henze;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;G.A. Ekama;D. Brdjanovic

  • Anticipating the next century of wastewater treatment

    Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Damir Brdjanovic;Damir Brdjanovic

  • Modeling the PAO-GAO competition: Effects of carbon source, pH and temperature

    Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez;Adrian Oehmen;Christine M. Hooijmans;Damir Brdjanovic

  • Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation

    Linda Strande;Mariska Ronteltap;Damir Brdjanovic

  • Effect of nitrite on phosphate uptake by phosphate accumulating organisms

    T. Saito;D. Brdjanovic;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment

    Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Per H. Nielsen;Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez;Damir Brdjanovic

  • IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE AERATION ON BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATER

    D. Brdjanovic;D. Brdjanovic;A. Slamet;M.C.M. Van Loosdrecht;C.M. Hooijmans

  • Factors affecting the microbial populations at full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) wastewater treatment plants in The Netherlands

    Carlos M. López-Vázquez;Christine M. Hooijmans;Damir Brdjanovic;Huub J. Gijzen

  • Modeling COD, N and P removal in a full-scale wwtp Haarlem Waarderpolder

    Damir Brdjanovic;Mark C.M van Loosdrecht;Paul Versteeg;Christine M Hooijmans

  • Biological phosphate removal processes

    M. C. M. van Loosdrecht;C. M. Hooijmans;D. Brdjanovic;J. J. Heijnen

  • Cooperation between Candidatus Competibacter and Candidatus Accumulibacter clade I, in denitrification and phosphate removal processes.

    F.J. Rubio-Rincón;F.J. Rubio-Rincón;C.M. Lopez-Vazquez;L. Welles;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Influence of temperature on biological phosphorus removal: process and molecular ecological studies

    Damir Brdjanovic;Damir Brdjanovic;Susanne Logemann;Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Christine M. Hooijmans

  • TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON PHYSIOLOGY OF BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL

    Damir Brdjanovic;Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Christine M. Hooijmans;Guy J. Alaerts

  • Temperature effects on glycogen accumulating organisms.

    Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez;Christine M. Hooijmans;Damir Brdjanovic;Huub J. Gijzen

  • Accumulibacter clades Type I and II performing kinetically different glycogen-accumulating organisms metabolisms for anaerobic substrate uptake

    L. Welles;L. Welles;W.D. Tian;S. Saad;S. Saad;B. Abbas

  • Long-term effects of sulphide on the enhanced biological removal of phosphorus: The symbiotic role of Thiothrix caldifontis

    F.J. Rubio-Rincón;F.J. Rubio-Rincón;L. Welles;L. Welles;C.M. Lopez-Vazquez;M. Nierychlo

  • Faecal Sludge Management Systems

    Damir Brdjanovic;Linda Strande;Mariska Ronteltap

  • Short-term temperature effects on the anaerobic metabolism of glycogen accumulating organisms.

    Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez;Young-Il Song;Christine M. Hooijmans;Damir Brdjanovic

  • Simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal in the sulfur cycle-associated Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) process.

    Di Wu;George A. Ekama;Hai Guang Wang;Li Wei

  • The frontiers of water and sanitation

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  • The dynamic effects of potassium limitation on biological phosphorus removal

    D. Brdjanovic;D. Brdjanovic;C.M. Hooijmans;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;G.J. Alaerts

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine M. Hooijmans
Christine M. Hooijmans IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Guanghao Chen
Guanghao Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Huub J. Gijzen
Huub J. Gijzen IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
J.B. van Lier
J.B. van Lier Delft University of Technology
Ben Abbas
Ben Abbas Delft University of Technology
Gary L. Amy
Gary L. Amy Clemson University
Joseph J. Heijnen
Joseph J. Heijnen Delft University of Technology
Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology

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