Adewale Giwa

6.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
65 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Adewale Giwa is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Adewale Giwa has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Water Science and Technology, 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Adewale Giwa's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (33 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (20 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (10 papers). Adewale Giwa is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (33 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (20 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (10 papers). Adewale Giwa collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United States and Italy. Adewale Giwa's co-authors include Shadi W. Hasan, Ahmed Yusuf, Ahmed Sodiq, Virginie Dufour, Joyner Eke, Sahar Daer, Nawshad Akther, Sudip Chakraborty, Abdallah Dindi and Hassan A. Arafat and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Adewale Giwa

63 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The global status of desalination: An assessment of current desalination technologies, plants and capacity

2020 411 citations Joyner Eke, Ahmed Yusuf et al. Desalination profile →
Recent advancements in forward osmosis desalination: A review

2015 369 citations Ahmed Sodiq, Adewale Giwa et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
Recent improvements in oily wastewater treatment: Progress, challenges, and future opportunities

2015 336 citations Adewale Giwa, Shadi W. Hasan et al. profile →
Recent developments in hazardous pollutants removal from wastewater and water reuse within a circular economy

2022 247 citations Adewale Giwa, Shadi W. Hasan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adewale Giwa United Arab Emirates	33	2.9k	2.0k	1.5k	772	595	65	4.7k
Greg Leslie Australia	38	3.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	835 0.6×	862 1.1×	502 0.8×	136	4.5k
Huaqiang Chu China	39	2.4k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	719 0.9×	326 0.5×	126	4.4k
Sanghyun Jeong South Korea	47	4.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	815 1.4×	159	6.0k
Sangho Lee South Korea	40	4.3k 1.5×	3.0k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	584 1.0×	202	5.2k
Meijia Zhang China	37	3.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.2×	806 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	695 1.2×	86	5.0k
B. Marrot France	19	2.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	783 0.5×	726 0.9×	414 0.7×	36	3.8k
Arne Verliefde Belgium	44	4.2k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	678 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	894 1.5×	150	5.4k
Hongjun Lin China	42	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	569 1.0×	101	6.3k
Jeonghwan Kim South Korea	34	4.1k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	690 1.2×	100	5.8k
Emile Cornelissen Netherlands	43	5.3k 1.8×	3.9k 1.9×	740 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	893 1.5×	146	6.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adewale Giwa

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Yusuf, Ahmed, Adetunji Alabi, Jamiu O. Eniola, et al.. (2025). Biodesalination: A comprehensive review of recent advances. Desalination. 615. 119250–119250.

Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2025). Advances in real-time water quality monitoring using triboelectric nanosensors. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(16). 11134–11158. 10 indexed citations

Mohamed, Mona Gamal, et al.. (2025). Removal of perfluorooctanoic acid from municipal wastewater by electrochemical membrane bioreactor: Design, proof-of-concept, and sustainability assessment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 117906–117906. 1 indexed citations

Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2025). Navigating the nuclear tide: A comprehensive review of challenges, opportunities, and advances in managing marine contamination by radioactive contaminants. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 217. 118113–118113. 1 indexed citations

Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2025). Machine learning and application for modeling and prediction of desalination cost globally. Desalination. 608. 118829–118829.

Balogun, Hammed Abiodun, Opeyemi A. Ojelade, Adewale Giwa, et al.. (2024). Cost and energy requirement of electrochemical membrane systems: A critical review and data analysis. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113733–113733. 12 indexed citations

Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2024). Overcoming the challenges of forward osmosis using electric field: A comprehensive review of recent advances. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 157169–157169. 5 indexed citations

Epelle, Emmanuel I., Adekunle Akanni Adeleke, Chukwuma C. Ogbaga, et al.. (2024). Enhancing biomass Pyrolysis: Predictive insights from process simulation integrated with interpretable Machine learning models. Fuel. 366. 131346–131346. 35 indexed citations

Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2021). Effective nutrient removal and metabolite accumulation by C. vulgaris cultivated using digested food waste and brine. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 24. 101935–101935. 7 indexed citations

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Yusuf, Ahmed, Ahmed Sodiq, Adewale Giwa, et al.. (2021). Updated review on microplastics in water, their occurrence, detection, measurement, environmental pollution, and the need for regulatory standards. Environmental Pollution. 292(Pt B). 118421–118421. 98 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale, Sung Mi Jung, Jing Kong, & Shadi W. Hasan. (2019). Combined process of electrically-membrane bioreactor and TiO2 aerogel filtration for efficient wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 28. 107–114. 17 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2019). Sorption and removal of crude oil spills from seawater using peat-derived biochar: An optimization study. Journal of Environmental Management. 250. 109465–109465. 50 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale, et al.. (2019). Pyrolysis of date palm waste to biochar using concentrated solar thermal energy: Economic and sustainability implications. Waste Management. 93. 14–22. 49 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale, Abdallah Dindi, & Joanna Kujawa. (2018). Membrane bioreactors and electrochemical processes for treatment of wastewaters containing heavy metal ions, organics, micropollutants and dyes: Recent developments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 370. 172–195. 124 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale & Abdallah Dindi. (2017). An investigation of the feasibility of proposed solutions for water sustainability and security in water-stressed environment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 165. 721–733. 44 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale & Shadi W. Hasan. (2015). Numerical modeling of an electrically enhanced membrane bioreactor (MBER) treating medium-strength wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management. 164. 1–9. 32 indexed citations

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Daer, Sahar, Jehad A. Kharraz, Adewale Giwa, & Shadi W. Hasan. (2015). Recent applications of nanomaterials in water desalination: A critical review and future opportunities. Desalination. 367. 37–48. 208 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale, Iftikhar Ahmed, & Shadi W. Hasan. (2015). Enhanced sludge properties and distribution study of sludge components in electrically-enhanced membrane bioreactor. Journal of Environmental Management. 159. 78–85. 56 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale & Shadi W. Hasan. (2015). Theoretical investigation of the influence of operating conditions on the treatment performance of an electrically-induced membrane bioreactor. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 6. 72–82. 31 indexed citations

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Giwa, Adewale. (2013). Salty groundwater treatment: Recovery of magnetic nano-particles. Hydrology Current Research. 2 indexed citations

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