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D-Index
85
Citations
21209
World Ranking
2734
National Ranking
66

Nihal Oturan 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 Nihal Oturan sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 211 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nihal Oturan 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 Nihal Oturan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award

Overview

Nihal Oturan is affiliated with Université Gustave Eiffel in France and focuses their research on environmental science, energy, and chemistry. Their work contributes primarily to water science and technology, renewable energy, sustainability, electrochemistry, biomedical engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their research extensively covers the following main topics:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Nihal Oturan has published numerous papers, including these recent works:

  • Highly efficient and stable FeIIFeIII LDH carbon felt cathode for removal of pharmaceutical ofloxacin at neutral pH, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Electro-Fenton treatment of a complex pharmaceutical mixture: Mineralization efficiency and biodegradability enhancement, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Electrochemical technologies for the treatment of pesticides, 2020, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
  • Remediation of soils contaminated by hydrophobic organic compounds: How to recover extracting agents from soil washing solutions?, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Efficient photocatalytic degradation of furosemide by a novel sonoprecipited ZnO over ion exchanged clinoptilolite nanorods, 2020, Separation and Purification Technology

Their work has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Electrochimica Acta

Nihal Oturan often collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mehmet A. Oturan
  • Clément Trellu
  • Yoan Péchaud
  • Jing Ma
  • Aydeniz Demir

Best Publications

  • Electrochemically Assisted Remediation of Pesticides in Soils and Water: A Review

    M. A. Rodrigo;N. Oturan;M. A. Oturan

  • Phenol degradation by advanced electrochemical oxidation process electro-Fenton using a carbon felt cathode

    Marcio Pimentel;Marcio Pimentel;Nihal Oturan;Marcia Dezotti;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Catalytic behavior of the Fe3+/Fe2+ system in the electro-Fenton degradation of the antimicrobial chlorophene

    Ignasi Sirés;José Antonio Garrido;Rosa María Rodríguez;Enric Brillas

  • Electrochemical treatment of the antibiotic sulfachloropyridazine: kinetics, reaction pathways, and toxicity evolution.

    Ahmad Dirany;Ignasi Sirés;Nihal Oturan;Ali Özcan

  • Influence of the anode materials on the electrochemical oxidation efficiency. Application to oxidative degradation of the pharmaceutical amoxicillin

    Flamur Sopaj;Manuel A. Rodrigo;Nihal Oturan;Fetah I. Podvorica

  • Production of hydroxyl radicals by electrochemically assisted Fenton's reagent: Application to the mineralization of an organic micropollutant, pentachlorophenol

    Mehmet A. Oturan;Nihal Oturan;Claude Lahitte;Stéphane Trevin

  • Electrocatalytic destruction of the antibiotic tetracycline in aqueous medium by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes: Effect of electrode materials

    Nihal Oturan;Jie Wu;Hui Zhang;Virender K. Sharma

  • Kinetics of oxidative degradation/mineralization pathways of the antibiotic tetracycline by the novel heterogeneous electro-Fenton process with solid catalyst chalcopyrite

    Natija Barhoumi;Natija Barhoumi;Hugo Olvera-Vargas;Nihal Oturan;David Huguenot

  • Application of response surface methodology to the removal of the antibiotic tetracycline by electrochemical process using carbon-felt cathode and DSA (Ti/RuO2-IrO2) anode

    Jie Wu;Hui Zhang;Nihal Oturan;Yan Wang

  • Unprecedented total mineralization of atrazine and cyanuric acid by anodic oxidation and electro-Fenton with a boron-doped diamond anode

    Nihal Oturan;Enric Brillas;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • The reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) mediated by environmentally relevant carboxylic acids: State-of-the-art and perspectives.

    Bo Jiang;Bo Jiang;Yifan Gong;Jianan Gao;Tong Sun

  • Non-precious Co3O4-TiO2/Ti cathode based electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: Preparation, performance and mechanism

    Jianan Gao;Bo Jiang;Bo Jiang;Congcong Ni;Yuanfeng Qi

  • Electrochemical abatement of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole from water

    Ahmad Dirany;Ignasi Sirés;Nihal Oturan;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Removal of Acid Orange 7 from water by electrochemically generated Fenton's reagent.

    Ali Özcan;Mehmet A. Oturan;Nihal Oturan;Yücel Şahin

  • Electro-Fenton degradation of antimicrobials triclosan and triclocarban

    Ignasi Sirés;Nihal Oturan;Mehmet A. Oturan;Rosa María Rodríguez

  • Sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide (Ti4O7) as a suitable ceramic anode for electrooxidation of organic pollutants: A case study of kinetics, mineralization and toxicity assessment of amoxicillin.

    Soliu O. Ganiyu;Nihal Oturan;Stéphane Raffy;Marc Cretin

  • Pyrite as a sustainable catalyst in electro-Fenton process for improving oxidation of sulfamethazine. Kinetics, mechanism and toxicity assessment

    Natija Barhoumi;Natija Barhoumi;Nihal Oturan;Hugo Olvera-Vargas;Enric Brillas

  • A review on efficiency and cost effectiveness of electro- and bio-electro-Fenton processes: Application to the treatment of pharmaceutical pollutants in water

    Hélène Monteil;Yoan Péchaud;Nihal Oturan;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Indirect electrochemical treatment of bisphenol A in water via electrochemically generated Fenton's reagent.

    Belgin Gözmen;Mehmet A Oturan;Nihal Oturan;Oktay Erbatur

  • Degradation of Acid Orange 7 by electrochemically generated •OH radicals in acidic aqueous medium using a boron-doped diamond or platinum anode: A mechanistic study

    Samiha Hammami;Nizar Bellakhal;Nihal Oturan;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Degradation of organics in reverse osmosis concentrate by electro-Fenton process.

    Minghua Zhou;Qingqing Tan;Qian Wang;Yongli Jiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehmet A. Oturan
Mehmet A. Oturan Université Paris Cité
Eric D. van Hullebusch
Eric D. van Hullebusch Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Ignasi Sirés
Ignasi Sirés University of Barcelona
Enric Brillas
Enric Brillas University of Barcelona
Marc Cretin
Marc Cretin University of Montpellier
Minghua Zhou
Minghua Zhou Nankai University
Rosa María Rodríguez
Rosa María Rodríguez University of Barcelona
Jean Pinson
Jean Pinson Université Paris Cité
Marco Panizza
Marco Panizza University of Genoa
Marta Pazos
Marta Pazos Universidade de Vigo

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