| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Membrane distillation: A comprehensive review | Desalination | 2012 | 1,999 |
| 2 | State-of-the-art of reverse osmosis desalination | Desalination | 2007 | 1,606 |
| 3 | Nanofiltration membranes review: Recent advances and future prospects | Desalination | 2015 | 1,432 |
| 4 | Cationic and anionic dye adsorption by agricultural solid wastes: A comprehensive review | Desalination | 2011 | 1,350 |
| 5 | Advances in seawater desalination technologies | Desalination | 2008 | 1,248 |
| 6 | Electrodialysis, a mature technology with a multitude of new applications | Desalination | 2010 | 1,166 |
| 7 | Technical review and evaluation of the economics of water desalination: Current and future challenges for better water supply sustainability | Desalination | 2013 | 1,098 |
| 8 | A review of the effects of emerging contaminants in wastewater and options for their removal | Desalination | 2009 | 1,017 |
| 9 | Thermodynamics of hyperfiltration (reverse osmosis): criteria for efficient membranes | Desalination | 1966 | 985 |
| 10 | A kinetics and thermodynamics study of methylene blue adsorption on wheat shells | Desalination | 2006 | 978 |
| 11 | Membrane technology enhancement in oil–water separation. A review | Desalination | 2015 | 978 |
| 12 | Capacitive deionization (CDI) for desalination and water treatment — past, present and future (a review) | Desalination | 2008 | 972 |
| 13 | Role of membranes and activated carbon in the removal of endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals | Desalination | 2007 | 871 |
| 14 | A novel ammonia—carbon dioxide forward (direct) osmosis desalination process | Desalination | 2005 | 850 |
| 15 | Membrane distillation: Recent developments and perspectives | Desalination | 2015 | 833 |
| 16 | A review on membrane fabrication: Structure, properties and performance relationship | Desalination | 2013 | 823 |
| 17 | Effect of membrane chemistry and coating layer on physiochemical properties of thin film composite polyamide RO and NF membranes | Desalination | 2009 | 818 |
| 18 | Trends in electro-Fenton process for water and wastewater treatment: An overview | Desalination | 2012 | 810 |
| 19 | Polymeric membranes incorporated with metal/metal oxide nanoparticles: A comprehensive review | Desalination | 2013 | 805 |
| 20 | Adsorption thermodynamics, kinetics and isosteric heat of adsorption of malachite green onto chemically modified rice husk | Desalination | 2011 | 799 |
| 21 | Environmental impact and impact assessment of seawater desalination | Desalination | 2008 | 788 |
| 22 | A review on electrospinning for membrane fabrication: Challenges and applications | Desalination | 2015 | 787 |
| 23 | Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review | Desalination | 2019 | 765 |
| 24 | A recent progress in thin film composite membrane: A review | Desalination | 2012 | 757 |
| 25 | Arsenic toxicity, health hazards and removal techniques from water: an overview | Desalination | 2007 | 748 |
| 26 | Carbon nanotube membranes for water purification: A bright future in water desalination | Desalination | 2014 | 734 |
| 27 | Membrane fouling control in ultrafiltration technology for drinking water production: A review | Desalination | 2011 | 717 |
| 28 | The forward osmosis membrane bioreactor: A low fouling alternative to MBR processes | Desalination | 2009 | 696 |
| 29 | Forward osmosis: Where are we now? | Desalination | 2015 | 681 |
| 30 | Adsorption of dye from aqueous solution by cashew nut shell: Studies on equilibrium isotherm, kinetics and thermodynamics of interactions | Desalination | 2010 | 668 |
| 31 | Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of phenols in wastewater: A review on current status and developments | Desalination | 2010 | 665 |
| 32 | A comprehensive review of nanofiltration membranes:Treatment, pretreatment, modelling, and atomic force microscopy | Desalination | 2004 | 643 |
| 33 | An overview on the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes in the presence of TiO2 doped with selective transition metals | Desalination | 2011 | 621 |
| 34 | Membrane-distillation desalination: Status and potential | Desalination | 2005 | 608 |
| 35 | Scaling and fouling in membrane distillation for desalination applications: A review | Desalination | 2015 | 607 |
| 36 | Equilibrium and kinetic studies of methyl orange and methyl violet adsorption on activated carbon derived from Phragmites australis | Desalination | 2010 | 603 |
| 37 | Water desalination cost literature: review and assessment | Desalination | 2008 | 595 |
| 38 | Behaviours of natural organic matter in membrane filtration for surface water treatment — a review | Desalination | 2006 | 583 |
| 39 | The formation mechanism of asymmetric membranes | Desalination | 1975 | 568 |
| 40 | Internal concentration polarization in forward osmosis: role of membrane orientation | Desalination | 2006 | 564 |
| 41 | Mass transfer and pressure loss in spiral wound modules | Desalination | 1987 | 556 |
| 42 | Application of membrane separation processes in petrochemical industry: a review | Desalination | 2009 | 556 |
| 43 | Reverse osmosis technology for water treatment: State of the art review | Desalination | 2011 | 547 |
| 44 | Techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of desalination technologies | Desalination | 2011 | 545 |
| 45 | A review on anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Applications, membrane fouling and future perspectives | Desalination | 2013 | 545 |
| 46 | The formation mechanism of phase inversion membranes | Desalination | 1977 | 538 |
| 47 | Electrocoagulation process in water treatment: A review of electrocoagulation modeling approaches | Desalination | 2017 | 529 |
| 48 | Forward osmosis processes: Yesterday, today and tomorrow | Desalination | 2012 | 528 |
| 49 | Photocatalytic degradation of amoxicillin, ampicillin and cloxacillin antibiotics in aqueous solution using UV/TiO2 and UV/H2O2/TiO2 photocatalysis | Desalination | 2010 | 518 |
| 50 | Biofouling in reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination: Phenomena and prevention | Desalination | 2011 | 515 |
