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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
15836
World Ranking
2885
National Ranking
73

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
15089
World Ranking
10945
National Ranking
389

Wolfgang Gernjak 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 Wolfgang Gernjak sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Gernjak 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 Wolfgang Gernjak sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Wolfgang Gernjak is affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain and is an active researcher primarily in the field of Environmental Science. With a particular emphasis on water-related studies, their work spans subfields including Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research topics focus mainly on advanced treatment processes and environmental impacts related to water quality and wastewater. Key themes in their research include advanced oxidation water treatment, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, wastewater treatment and reuse, water treatment and disinfection, water quality monitoring and analysis, hydrology and watershed management studies, and water quality and pollution assessment.

Gernjak's recent scholarly output includes publications on various aspects of water and wastewater treatment and environmental impacts. Notable recent papers include:

  • Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment - Guidance for systematic future research (2024, Heliyon)
  • Integrated assessment of sulfate-based AOPs for pharmaceutical active compound removal from wastewater (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • A decade of monitoring micropollutants in urban wet-weather flows: What did we learn? (2022, Water Research)
  • Cold atmospheric plasma technology for removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater-a review (2021, The European Physical Journal D)
  • Climate change impact on EU rivers' dilution capacity and ecological status (2021, Water Research)

Their frequent coauthors include Morgan Abily, Lluís Corominas, Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda, María José Farré, and Vicenç Acuña, with collaborations documented through multiple joint publications. The most common publication venues for their work are journals focused on water research and environmental sciences such as Water Research, SSRN Electronic Journal, Water Research X, Heliyon, and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

  • Water Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research X
  • Heliyon
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Wolfgang Gernjak's scientific contributions address environmental challenges related to water contamination and treatment technologies, especially focusing on advanced oxidation processes and the removal of micropollutants from various water matrices. Their body of work contributes data and analysis relevant to improving water quality and managing ecological impacts under changing environmental conditions.

Best Publications

  • Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends

    S. Malato;P. Fernández-Ibáñez;M.I. Maldonado;J. Blanco

  • Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater.

    Luigi Rizzo;Sixto Malato;Demet Antakyali;Vasiliki G. Beretsou

  • Photo-fenton degradation of diclofenac: identification of main intermediates and degradation pathway.

    Leónidas A Pérez-Estrada;Sixto Malato;Wolfgang Gernjak;Ana Agüera

  • Ozonation and biological activated carbon filtration of wastewater treatment plant effluents

    J. Reungoat;B.I. Escher;M. Macova;F.X. Argaud

  • PHOTOCATALYTIC DECONTAMINATION AND DISINFECTION OF WATER WITH SOLAR COLLECTORS

    Sixto Malato;Julián Blanco;Diego C. Alarcón;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Applied studies in solar photocatalytic detoxification: an overview

    Sixto Malato;Julián Blanco;Alfonso Vidal;Diego Alarcón

  • Decontamination industrial pharmaceutical wastewater by combining solar photo-Fenton and biological treatment.

    C. Sirtori;A. Zapata;I. Oller;W. Gernjak

  • Photo-Fenton treatment of water containing natural phenolic pollutants.

    Wolfgang Gernjak;Thomas Krutzler;Andreas Glaser;Sixto Malato

  • Experimental analysis of an air gap membrane distillation solar desalination pilot system

    Elena Guillén-Burrieza;Julián Blanco;Guillermo Zaragoza;Diego-César Alarcón

  • Review of feasible solar energy applications to water processes

    J. Blanco;S. Malato;P. Fernández-Ibañez;D. Alarcón

  • Best available technologies and treatment trains to address current challenges in urban wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops in EU countries

    Luigi Rizzo;Wolfgang Gernjak;Pawel Krzeminski;Sixto Malato

  • Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management

    Ilje Pikaar;Keshab R. Sharma;Shihu Hu;Wolfgang Gernjak

  • Pilot-plant treatment of olive mill wastewater (OMW) by solar TiO2 photocatalysis and solar photo-Fenton

    W. Gernjak;M. I. Maldonado;S. Malato;J. Cáceres

  • Solar photocatalytic degradation of some hazardous water-soluble pesticides at pilot-plant scale.

    I. Oller;W. Gernjak;M.I. Maldonado;L.A. Pérez-Estrada

  • Effect of water-matrix composition on Trimethoprim solar photodegradation kinetics and pathways.

    Carla Sirtori;Ana Agüera;Wolfgang Gernjak;Sixto Malato

  • Solar photocatalytic degradation and detoxification of EU priority substances

    M. Hincapié;M.I. Maldonado;I. Oller;W. Gernjak

  • Sewage pollution in urban stormwater runoff as evident from the widespread presence of multiple microbial and chemical source tracking markers

    Jatinder Sidhu;Warish Ahmed;Warish Ahmed;Wolfgang Gernjak;Rupak Aryal;Rupak Aryal

  • Degradation of pesticides in water using solar advanced oxidation processes

    Margarita Hincapié Pérez;Gustavo Peñuela;Manuel I. Maldonado;Octavio Malato

  • Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment – Guidance for systematic future research

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  • Decomposition of diclofenac by solar driven photocatalysis at pilot plant scale

    L.A. Pérez-Estrada;M.I. Maldonado;W. Gernjak;A. Agüera

  • Enhancing biodegradability of priority substances (pesticides) by solar photo-Fenton.

    Milena Lapertot;César Pulgarín;Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez;Manuel I. Maldonado

Frequent Co-Authors

Sixto Malato
Sixto Malato Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Jurg Keller
Jurg Keller University of Queensland
Julián Blanco
Julián Blanco Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Isabel Oller
Isabel Oller University of Almería
Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez
Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez University of Ulster
Howard S. Weinberg
Howard S. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jean-Philippe Croué
Jean-Philippe Croué University of Poitiers
Ana Agüera
Ana Agüera University of Almería
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona

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