| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters: A review | Journal of Environmental Management | 2011 | 6,428 |
| 2 | An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach | Water Research | 1980 | 6,086 |
| 3 | Local compositions in thermodynamic excess functions for liquid mixtures | AICHE Journal | 1968 | 5,807 |
| 4 | Features of promising technologies for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass | Bioresource Technology | 2005 | 5,057 |
| 5 | Hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for ethanol production: a review | Bioresource Technology | 2002 | 4,899 |
| 6 | Biodiesel production: a review1Journal Series #12109, Agricultural Research Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.1 | Bioresource Technology | 1999 | 4,409 |
| 7 | Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review | Water Research | 2010 | 4,343 |
| 8 | Correlation of diffusion coefficients in dilute solutions | AICHE Journal | 1955 | 4,321 |
| 9 | Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative | Bioresource Technology | 2001 | 4,185 |
| 10 | Statistical thermodynamics of liquid mixtures: A new expression for the excess Gibbs energy of partly or completely miscible systems | AICHE Journal | 1975 | 4,138 |
| 11 | Inhibition of anaerobic digestion process: A review | Bioresource Technology | 2008 | 3,709 |
| 12 | Energy production from biomass (part 1): overview of biomass | Bioresource Technology | 2002 | 3,641 |
| 13 | Non-conventional low-cost adsorbents for dye removal: A review | Bioresource Technology | 2006 | 3,556 |
| 14 | Thermodynamics of mixed-gas adsorption | AICHE Journal | 1965 | 3,261 |
| 15 | Review of second-order models for adsorption systems | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2006 | 3,250 |
| 16 | Pretreatment technologies for an efficient bioethanol production process based on enzymatic hydrolysis: A review | Bioresource Technology | 2010 | 3,203 |
| 17 | Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review | Chemosphere | 2014 | 3,175 |
| 18 | Advanced Oxidation Processes for Organic Contaminant Destruction Based on the Fenton Reaction and Related Chemistry | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology | 2006 | 3,098 |
| 19 | Antibiotics in the aquatic environment – A review – Part I | Chemosphere | 2009 | 3,093 |
| 20 | Pretreatments to enhance the digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass | Bioresource Technology | 2009 | 3,031 |
| 21 | A Literature Review of Poly(Lactic Acid) | Journal of Polymers and the Environment | 2001 | 2,996 |
| 22 | Arsenic removal from water/wastewater using adsorbents—A critical review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2007 | 2,956 |
| 23 | Occurrence of drugs in German sewage treatment plants and rivers1Dedicated to Professor Dr. Klaus Haberer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.1 | Water Research | 1998 | 2,903 |
| 24 | Application of low-cost adsorbents for dye removal – A review | Journal of Environmental Management | 2009 | 2,877 |
| 25 | Group-contribution estimation of activity coefficients in nonideal liquid mixtures | AICHE Journal | 1975 | 2,815 |
| 26 | A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment | Science of the Total Environment | 2014 | 2,812 |
| 27 | Low-cost adsorbents for heavy metals uptake from contaminated water: a review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2003 | 2,718 |
| 28 | A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment | Chemosphere | 2006 | 2,698 |
| 29 | Occurrence, fate and effects of pharmaceutical substances in the environment- A review | Chemosphere | 1998 | 2,669 |
| 30 | Phytoremediation of heavy metals—Concepts and applications | Chemosphere | 2013 | 2,665 |
| 31 | A review of potentially low-cost sorbents for heavy metals | Water Research | 1999 | 2,543 |
| 32 | Plant drought stress: effects, mechanisms and management | Agronomy for Sustainable Development | 2009 | 2,511 |
| 33 | Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges | Water Research | 2009 | 2,496 |
| 34 | The kinetics of sorption of divalent metal ions onto sphagnum moss peat | Water Research | 2000 | 2,439 |
| 35 | An overview of brominated flame retardants in the environment | Chemosphere | 2002 | 2,412 |
| 36 | A model for predicting flow regime transitions in horizontal and near horizontal gas-liquid flow | AICHE Journal | 1976 | 2,410 |
| 37 | Adsorption of methylene blue on low-cost adsorbents: A review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2010 | 2,390 |
| 38 | Biodegradation aspects of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): A review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2009 | 2,359 |
| 39 | Sorption of hydrophobic pollutants on natural sediments | Water Research | 1979 | 2,358 |
| 40 | A review of classic Fenton’s peroxidation as an advanced oxidation technique | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2003 | 2,239 |
| 41 | Nonlinear principal component analysis using autoassociative neural networks | AICHE Journal | 1991 | 2,191 |
| 42 | Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities | Science of the Total Environment | 2017 | 2,188 |
| 43 | Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review | Journal of Polymers and the Environment | 2007 | 2,186 |
| 44 | ggplot2 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Statistics | 2011 | 2,171 |
| 45 | Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment | Journal of Environmental Management | 2009 | 2,163 |
| 46 | Fundamentals of the hydrodynamic mechanism of splitting in dispersion processes | AICHE Journal | 1955 | 2,140 |
| 47 | Phosphorus flame retardants: Properties, production, environmental occurrence, toxicity and analysis | Chemosphere | 2012 | 2,121 |
| 48 | Fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. II: inhibitors and mechanisms of inhibition | Bioresource Technology | 2000 | 2,089 |
| 49 | An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2018 | 2,087 |
| 50 | Removal of nutrients in various types of constructed wetlands | Science of the Total Environment | 2007 | 2,083 |
| 51 | A review of soil heavy metal pollution from mines in China: Pollution and health risk assessment | Science of the Total Environment | 2014 | 2,065 |
| 52 | Extraction of extracellular polymers from activated sludge using a cation exchange resin | Water Research | 1996 | 2,040 |
| 53 | Formation and growth rates of ultrafine atmospheric particles: a review of observations | Journal of Aerosol Science | 2004 | 2,034 |
| 54 | Engines and nanoparticles | Journal of Aerosol Science | 1998 | 2,020 |
| 55 | Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: Potential applications and implications | Water Research | 2008 | 2,019 |
| 56 | A review of the biochemistry of heavy metal biosorption by brown algae | Water Research | 2003 | 1,978 |
| 57 | Productivity and Undesirable Outputs: A Directional Distance Function Approach | Journal of Environmental Management | 1997 | 1,975 |
| 58 | Ozonation of drinking water: Part I. Oxidation kinetics and product formation | Water Research | 2003 | 1,960 |
| 59 | Combination of Advanced Oxidation Processes and biological treatments for wastewater decontamination—A review | Science of the Total Environment | 2011 | 1,946 |
| 60 | An overview of the recent developments in polylactide (PLA) research | Bioresource Technology | 2010 | 1,943 |
| 61 | Landfill leachate treatment: Review and opportunity | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2008 | 1,942 |
| 62 | A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future monitoring | Water Research | 2015 | 1,942 |
| 63 | Pore and solid diffusion models for fixed-bed adsorbers | AICHE Journal | 1974 | 1,941 |
| 64 | Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment | Water Research | 2013 | 1,919 |
| 65 | Methane steam reforming, methanation and water-gas shift: I. Intrinsic kinetics | AICHE Journal | 1989 | 1,896 |
| 66 | Evaluation of advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment – A critical review | Water Research | 2018 | 1,891 |
| 67 | Boundary-layer behavior on continuous solid surfaces: I. Boundary-layer equations for two-dimensional and axisymmetric flow | AICHE Journal | 1961 | 1,880 |
| 68 | Determination of ozone in water by the indigo method | Water Research | 1981 | 1,879 |
| 69 | Neural networks for the prediction and forecasting of water resources variables: a review of modelling issues and applications | Environmental Modelling and Software | 2000 | 1,876 |
| 70 | Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs | Water Research | 2015 | 1,836 |
| 71 | Mistakes and inconsistencies regarding adsorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions: A critical review | Water Research | 2017 | 1,811 |
| 72 | A Comparison of Chemisorption Kinetic Models Applied to Pollutant Removal on Various Sorbents | Chemical Engineering Research and Design | 1998 | 1,808 |
| 73 | Present and Long-Term Composition of MSW Landfill Leachate: A Review | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology | 2002 | 1,807 |
| 74 | Occurrence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment | Science of the Total Environment | 1999 | 1,805 |
| 75 | Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: A review | Science of the Total Environment | 2013 | 1,784 |
| 76 | Heavy metal removal from water/wastewater by nanosized metal oxides: A review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2012 | 1,767 |
| 77 | Progress in carbon dioxide separation and capture: A review | Journal of Environmental Sciences | 2008 | 1,765 |
| 78 | Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: A review | Water Research | 2016 | 1,760 |
| 79 | Review of iron-free Fenton-like systems for activating H2O2 in advanced oxidation processes | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2014 | 1,740 |
| 80 | Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent – A critical review | Bioresource Technology | 2014 | 1,736 |
| 81 | Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2009 | 1,712 |
| 82 | (null) | Journal of Polymers and the Environment | 2002 | 1,701 |
| 83 | Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review | Bioresource Technology | 2009 | 1,685 |
| 84 | Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in urban wastewater: Removal, mass load and environmental risk after a secondary treatment—A review | Science of the Total Environment | 2012 | 1,681 |
| 85 | Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review | Engineering | 2017 | 1,659 |
| 86 | Acid mine drainage remediation options: a review | Science of the Total Environment | 2005 | 1,646 |
| 87 | Use of iron oxide nanomaterials in wastewater treatment: A review | Science of the Total Environment | 2012 | 1,641 |
| 88 | Drag coefficient and relative velocity in bubbly, droplet or particulate flows | AICHE Journal | 1979 | 1,629 |
| 89 | The Collection 6 MODIS aerosol products over land and ocean | Atmospheric Measurement Techniques | 2013 | 1,612 |
| 90 | Energy production from biomass (part 2): conversion technologies | Bioresource Technology | 2002 | 1,601 |
| 91 | Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents – Solvents for the 21st Century | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering | 2014 | 1,598 |
| 92 | Advanced Oxidation Processes in Water/Wastewater Treatment: Principles and Applications. A Review | Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology | 2014 | 1,594 |
| 93 | Microbial decolorization of textile-dyecontaining effluents: A review | Bioresource Technology | 1996 | 1,593 |
| 94 | Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation of dyes using TiO2-based photocatalysts: A review | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2009 | 1,593 |
| 95 | The IWA Anaerobic Digestion Model No 1 (ADM1) | Water Science and Technology | 2002 | 1,582 |
| 96 | Recent advances in membrane bioreactors (MBRs): Membrane fouling and membrane material | Water Research | 2009 | 1,577 |
| 97 | Ecological effects, transport, and fate of mercury: a general review | Chemosphere | 2000 | 1,563 |
| 98 | Vapor–liquid equilibria of mixtures containing alkanes, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen | AICHE Journal | 2001 | 1,560 |
| 99 | Reactions of chlorine with inorganic and organic compounds during water treatment—Kinetics and mechanisms: A critical review | Water Research | 2008 | 1,557 |
| 100 | Remediation of heavy metal(loid)s contaminated soils – To mobilize or to immobilize? | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2014 | 1,544 |
