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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
79
Citations
20212
World Ranking
1026
National Ranking
47

Faisal I. Hai 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 Faisal I. Hai sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 208 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Faisal I. Hai 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 Faisal I. Hai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Faisal I. Hai is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia and has a substantial body of research in environmental science and engineering. Their work focuses extensively on pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomedical engineering, and sustainability related to renewable energy and environmental concerns.

Their research topics encompass a range of areas with notable emphasis on membrane separation technologies, microplastics and plastic pollution, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, recycling and waste management techniques, membrane-based ion separation techniques, advanced oxidation water treatment, and applications of graphene and nanomaterials.

Frequent publication venues for Faisal I. Hai include:

  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Water
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Faisal I. Hai include:

  • "A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent toxicity" (2020), Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • "Antibiotic sorption onto microplastics in water: A critical review of the factors, mechanisms and implications" (2023), Water Research
  • "A critical review on advanced oxidation processes for the removal of trace organic contaminants: A voyage from individual to integrated processes" (2020), Chemosphere
  • "A review of mechanisms underlying the impacts of (nano)microplastics on anaerobic digestion" (2021), Bioresource Technology
  • "A chronicle of SARS-CoV-2: Seasonality, environmental fate, transport, inactivation, and antiviral drug resistance" (2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Guangming Jiang, Biplob Kumar Pramanik, William E. Price, Shuxin Zhang, and Lachlan Coin, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 16 publications.

Faisal I. Hai's research covers the following main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Within these domains, their work has concentrated on several subfields:

  • Pollution
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Best Publications

  • A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment

    Yunlong Luo;Wenshan Guo;Huu Hao Ngo;Long Duc Nghiem

  • Hybrid Treatment Systems for Dye Wastewater

    Faisal Ibney Hai;Kazuo Yamamoto;Kensuke Fukushi

  • Removal of trace organics by MBR treatment: the role of molecular properties

    Nichanan Tadkaew;Faisal I. Hai;James A. McDonald;Stuart J. Khan

  • Optimization of process parameters for production of volatile fatty acid, biohydrogen and methane from anaerobic digestion.

    M A Khan;Hao H Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Y Liu

  • Understanding the factors controlling the removal of trace organic contaminants by white-rot fungi and their lignin modifying enzymes: a critical review.

    Shufan Yang;Faisal I Hai;Long D Nghiem;William E Price

  • Chemical coagulation-based processes for trace organic contaminant removal: current state and future potential

    Jonathan T. Alexander;Faisal I. Hai;Turki M. Al-aboud

  • Anaerobic co-digestion: a critical review of mathematical modelling for performance optimization

    Sihuang Xie;Faisal I. Hai;Xinmin Zhan;Wenshan Guo

  • Forward osmosis as a platform for resource recovery from municipal wastewater - A critical assessment of the literature

    Ashley J. Ansari;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price;Jörg E. Drewes

  • Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances

    Ravinder Kumar;Lakhveer Singh;A. W. Zularisam;Faisal I. Hai

  • Antibiotic sorption onto microplastics in water: A critical review of the factors, mechanisms and implications.

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  • Carbamazepine as a Possible Anthropogenic Marker in Water: Occurrences, Toxicological Effects, Regulations and Removal by Wastewater Treatment Technologies

    Faisal I Hai;Shufan Yang;Muhammad Bilal Asif;Vitor Sencadas

  • Performance of a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) system: flux stability and removal of trace organics.

    Abdulhakeem Alturki;James McDonald;Stuart J. Khan;Faisal I. Hai

  • The fate of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters and pesticides during MBR treatment.

    Kaushalya C. Wijekoon;Faisal I. Hai;Jinguo Kang;William E. Price

  • The effect of activated carbon addition on membrane bioreactor processes for wastewater treatment and reclamation - a critical review

    George Skouteris;Devendra Saroj;Paraschos Melidis;Faisal I. Hai

  • Removal of micropollutants by membrane bioreactor under temperature variation

    Faisal I. Hai;Karin Tessmer;Luong N. Nguyen;Jinguo Kang

  • A critical review of advanced oxidation processes for emerging trace organic contaminant degradation: Mechanisms, factors, degradation products, and effluent toxicity

    Arbab Tufail;William E. Price;Madjid Mohseni;Biplob K. Pramanik

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals, steroid hormones, phytoestrogens, UV-filters, industrial chemicals and pesticides by Trametes versicolor: Role of biosorption and biodegradation

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Shufan Yang;Jinguo Kang

  • Osmotic versus conventional membrane bioreactors integrated with reverse osmosis for water reuse: Biological stability, membrane fouling, and contaminant removal

    Wenhai Luo;Hop V. Phan;Ming Xie;Faisal I. Hai

  • Resource recovery from wastewater by anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Opportunities and challenges

    Xiaoye Song;Wenhai Luo;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price

  • Sludge cycling between aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic regimes to reduce sludge production during wastewater treatment: Performance, mechanisms, and implications

    Galilee U. Semblante;Faisal I. Hai;Huu H. Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Removal of trace organic contaminants by a membrane bioreactor-granular activated carbon (MBR-GAC) system.

    Luong N. Nguyen;Faisal I. Hai;Jinguo Kang;William E. Price

  • Simultaneous activated carbon adsorption within a membrane bioreactor for an enhanced micropollutant removal

    Xueqing Li;Faisal I. Hai;Long D. Nghiem

Frequent Co-Authors

Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
William E. Price
William E. Price University of Wollongong
Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Kazuo Yamamoto
Kazuo Yamamoto University of Tokyo
Stuart J. Khan
Stuart J. Khan University of Sydney
Kensuke Fukushi
Kensuke Fukushi University of Tokyo
Frederic D.L. Leusch
Frederic D.L. Leusch Griffith University
Huu Hao Ngo
Huu Hao Ngo University of Technology Sydney
Felicity A. Roddick
Felicity A. Roddick RMIT University
Wenhai Luo
Wenhai Luo China Agricultural University

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