| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach | Water Research | 1980 | 6,086 |
| 2 | Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review | Water Research | 2010 | 4,343 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | A review of potentially low-cost sorbents for heavy metals | Water Research | 1999 | 2,543 |
| 5 | Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges | Water Research | 2009 | 2,496 |
| 6 | The kinetics of sorption of divalent metal ions onto sphagnum moss peat | Water Research | 2000 | 2,439 |
| 7 | Sorption of hydrophobic pollutants on natural sediments | Water Research | 1979 | 2,358 |
| 8 | Extraction of extracellular polymers from activated sludge using a cation exchange resin | Water Research | 1996 | 2,040 |
| 9 | Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: Potential applications and implications | Water Research | 2008 | 2,019 |
| 10 | A review of the biochemistry of heavy metal biosorption by brown algae | Water Research | 2003 | 1,978 |
| 11 | Ozonation of drinking water: Part I. Oxidation kinetics and product formation | Water Research | 2003 | 1,960 |
| 12 | A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: Current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future monitoring | Water Research | 2015 | 1,942 |
| 13 | Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment | Water Research | 2013 | 1,919 |
| 14 | Evaluation of advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment – A critical review | Water Research | 2018 | 1,891 |
| 15 | Determination of ozone in water by the indigo method | Water Research | 1981 | 1,879 |
| 16 | Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs | Water Research | 2015 | 1,836 |
| 17 | Mistakes and inconsistencies regarding adsorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions: A critical review | Water Research | 2017 | 1,811 |
| 18 | Recent developments of zinc oxide based photocatalyst in water treatment technology: A review | Water Research | 2016 | 1,760 |
| 19 | Recent advances in membrane bioreactors (MBRs): Membrane fouling and membrane material | Water Research | 2009 | 1,577 |
| 20 | Reactions of chlorine with inorganic and organic compounds during water treatment—Kinetics and mechanisms: A critical review | Water Research | 2008 | 1,557 |
| 21 | Influence of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the flocculation, sedimentation and dewaterability of activated sludge | Water Research | 2007 | 1,535 |
| 22 | Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: A review | Water Research | 2013 | 1,518 |
| 23 | Application of layered double hydroxides for removal of oxyanions: A review | Water Research | 2008 | 1,423 |
| 24 | Full-scale partial nitritation/anammox experiences – An application survey | Water Research | 2014 | 1,401 |
| 25 | Microplastics in freshwaters and drinking water: Critical review and assessment of data quality | Water Research | 2019 | 1,366 |
| 26 | Removal of heavy metals from waters by means of natural zeolites | Water Research | 1984 | 1,348 |
| 27 | The removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine disruptors and illicit drugs during wastewater treatment and its impact on the quality of receiving waters | Water Research | 2009 | 1,343 |
| 28 | Comparative eco-toxicity of nanoscale TiO2, SiO2, and ZnO water suspensions | Water Research | 2006 | 1,341 |
| 29 | Environmental fate and toxicity of ionic liquids: A review | Water Research | 2010 | 1,333 |
| 30 | Heterotrophic cultures of microalgae: Metabolism and potential products | Water Research | 2011 | 1,324 |
| 31 | Bioassay for monitoring biochemical methane potential and anaerobic toxicity | Water Research | 1979 | 1,315 |
| 32 | Behavior of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and hormones in a sewage treatment plant | Water Research | 2004 | 1,277 |
| 33 | Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection | Water Research | 2018 | 1,259 |
| 34 | Climate change: Links to global expansion of harmful cyanobacteria | Water Research | 2012 | 1,252 |
| 35 | Multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation of spatial and temporal variations in water quality of Gomti River (India)—a case study | Water Research | 2004 | 1,239 |
| 36 | Inactivation credit of UV radiation for viruses, bacteria and protozoan (oo)cysts in water: A review | Water Research | 2006 | 1,237 |
| 37 | Algal–bacterial processes for the treatment of hazardous contaminants: A review | Water Research | 2006 | 1,210 |
| 38 | Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants | Water Research | 2016 | 1,197 |
| 39 | The inhibitory effects of silver nanoparticles, silver ions, and silver chloride colloids on microbial growth | Water Research | 2008 | 1,190 |
| 40 | Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river | Water Research | 2015 | 1,187 |
| 41 | Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in South Korean surface, drinking, and waste waters | Water Research | 2007 | 1,173 |
| 42 | Rate constants of reactions of ozone with organic and inorganic compounds in water—I | Water Research | 1983 | 1,171 |
| 43 | Ozonation of drinking water: Part II. Disinfection and by-product formation in presence of bromide, iodide or chlorine | Water Research | 2003 | 1,122 |
| 44 | Second-order kinetic model for the sorption of cadmium onto tree fern: A comparison of linear and non-linear methods | Water Research | 2006 | 1,118 |
| 45 | Recent advances in removing phosphorus from wastewater and its future use as fertilizer (1997–2003) | Water Research | 2004 | 1,110 |
| 46 | Organic polyelectrolytes in water treatment | Water Research | 2007 | 1,107 |
| 47 | Characterisation of aquatic humic and non-humic matter with size-exclusion chromatography – organic carbon detection – organic nitrogen detection (LC-OCD-OND) | Water Research | 2011 | 1,080 |
| 48 | Nitrate attenuation in groundwater: A review of biogeochemical controlling processes | Water Research | 2008 | 1,078 |
| 49 | Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plants from different geographical regions-a review | Water Research | 2018 | 1,077 |
| 50 | Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal | Water Research | 2019 | 1,069 |
