Benjamin Erable

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Erable is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Erable has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Environmental Engineering, 55 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Erable's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (78 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (51 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (28 papers). Benjamin Erable is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (78 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (51 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (28 papers). Benjamin Erable collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Benjamin Erable's co-authors include Alain Bergel, Carlo Santoro, Ioannis Ieropoulos, Catia Arbizzani, Luc Etcheverry, Diana Pocaznoi, Alexandra Bertron, Damien Féron, Elise Blanchet and Marie-Line Délia and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Erable

98 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review
    2017 1.2k citations Carlo Santoro, Catia Arbizzani et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Erable France 31 3.5k 2.7k 1.5k 814 649 101 4.4k
Sunil A. Patil India 37 4.0k 1.2× 2.6k 1.0× 1.8k 1.2× 1.0k 1.3× 545 0.8× 81 4.9k
Krishna P. Katuri Saudi Arabia 34 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 801 1.0× 353 0.5× 59 3.6k
Alain Bergel France 46 4.2k 1.2× 3.8k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 930 1.1× 1.2k 1.8× 163 5.8k
Ruggero Rossi United States 29 2.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 878 0.6× 575 0.7× 372 0.6× 54 3.0k
Yangyang Yu China 38 2.2k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 671 0.8× 397 0.6× 139 4.1k
César I. Torres United States 40 5.2k 1.5× 3.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.3× 827 1.0× 928 1.4× 91 6.2k
Annemiek ter Heijne Netherlands 44 4.4k 1.3× 2.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 968 1.2× 565 0.9× 115 5.8k
Orianna Bretschger United States 26 2.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 829 0.6× 321 0.4× 506 0.8× 47 2.8k
Peter Clauwaert Belgium 30 4.1k 1.2× 2.8k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 507 0.6× 564 0.9× 54 5.0k
Xochitl Dominguez‐Benetton Belgium 22 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 857 0.6× 596 0.7× 319 0.5× 56 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Erable

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Erable

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Erable

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Erable. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Erable based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benjamin Erable. Benjamin Erable is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Das, Indrasis, et al.. (2025). Microbial electrolysis cells: Fuelling the future with biohydrogen – A review. Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment. 9. 100224–100224. 5 indexed citations
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Muhyuddin, Mohsin, Benjamin Erable, Plamen Atanassov, et al.. (2025). Bio- and Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Neutral Media: From Mechanisms to Practical Applications. Journal of Power Sources. 646. 237267–237267. 2 indexed citations
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Lami, Raphaël, et al.. (2024). Short-term interactions of concrete, biofilm, and seawater in the submerged zone of marine environments for sustainable floating offshore wind turbines. Construction and Building Materials. 451. 138840–138840. 4 indexed citations
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Erable, Benjamin, Luc Etcheverry, Mohamed Neifar, et al.. (2023). Saline Sediments as a Suitable Source for Halophilic Inoculums to Degrade Azo Dyes in Synthetic and Real Textile Wastewaters by Microbial Electrochemical Systems. Applied Sciences. 13(9). 5581–5581. 3 indexed citations
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Teychené, Sébastien, Wafa Achouak, Sylvain Fochesato, et al.. (2023). Systemic Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Changes in Multi‐Species Electroactive Biofilms to Clarify the Gradual Decline of Current Generation in Microbial Anodes. ChemElectroChem. 10(9). 7 indexed citations
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Santoro, Carlo, Paolo Bollella, Benjamin Erable, Plamen Atanassov, & Deepak Pant. (2022). Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems. Nature Catalysis. 5(6). 473–484. 124 indexed citations
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Lacroix, Rémy, Serge Da Silva, Jérôme Esvan, et al.. (2021). Industrially scalable surface treatments to enhance the current density output from graphite bioanodes fueled by real domestic wastewater. iScience. 24(3). 102162–102162. 11 indexed citations
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Santoro, Carlo, Catia Arbizzani, Benjamin Erable, & Ioannis Ieropoulos. (2017). Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review. Journal of Power Sources. 356. 225–244. 1249 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bergel, Alain, et al.. (2016). Multiple electron transfer systems in oxygen reducing biocathodes revealed by different conditions of aeration/agitation. Bioelectrochemistry. 110. 46–51. 15 indexed citations
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Quéméner, Elie Desmond‐Le, Arnaud Bridier, Céline Madigou, et al.. (2016). Biocathodes reducing oxygen at high potential select biofilms dominated by Ectothiorhodospiraceae populations harboring a specific association of genes. Bioresource Technology. 214. 55–62. 20 indexed citations
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Quéméner, Elie Desmond‐Le, et al.. (2015). Multi-system Nernst–Michaelis–Menten model applied to bioanodes formed from sewage sludge. Bioresource Technology. 195. 162–169. 23 indexed citations
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Bertron, Alexandra, et al.. (2013). Halomonas desiderata as a bacterial model to predict the possible biological nitrate reduction in concrete cells of nuclear waste disposals. Journal of Environmental Management. 132. 32–41. 20 indexed citations
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Erable, Benjamin, Rémy Lacroix, Luc Etcheverry, et al.. (2013). Marine floating microbial fuel cell involving aerobic biofilm on stainless steel cathodes. Bioresource Technology. 142. 510–516. 49 indexed citations
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Erable, Benjamin, Narcis Duţeanu, Makarand M. Ghangrekar, Claire Dumas, & Keith Scott. (2009). Application of electro-active biofilms. Biofouling. 26(1). 57–71. 89 indexed citations
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Erable, Benjamin, Ilse Vandecandelaere, Marco Faimali, et al.. (2009). Marine aerobic biofilm as biocathode catalyst. Bioelectrochemistry. 78(1). 51–56. 105 indexed citations
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Erable, Benjamin, et al.. (2005). Nonconventional hydrolytic dehalogenation of 1‐chlorobutane by dehydrated bacteria in a continuous solid–gas biofilter. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91(3). 304–313. 13 indexed citations

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