Bruce E. Rittmann

50.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
745 papers, 39.0k citations indexed

About

Bruce E. Rittmann is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce E. Rittmann has authored 745 papers receiving a total of 39.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 294 papers in Pollution, 220 papers in Environmental Engineering and 189 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Bruce E. Rittmann's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (209 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (172 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (128 papers). Bruce E. Rittmann is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (209 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (172 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (128 papers). Bruce E. Rittmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Bruce E. Rittmann's co-authors include Perry L. McCarty, César I. Torres, Prathap Parameswaran, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown, Hyung‐Sool Lee, Andrew K. Marcus, Chen Zhou, Robert Nerenberg, David A. Stahl and Paul Westerhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Bruce E. Rittmann

724 papers receiving 37.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications

2000 2.5k citations Bruce E. Rittmann et al. profile →
Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass

2009 1.5k citations Husen Zhang, John K. DiBaise et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Phylogenetic probes for analyzing abundance and spatial organization of nitrifying bacteria

1996 730 citations Bruce E. Rittmann et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Group-specific 16S rRNA hybridization probes to describe natural communities of methanogens

1994 723 citations Bruce E. Rittmann et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Total Value of Phosphorus Recovery

2016 532 citations Prathap Parameswaran, Paul Westerhoff et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria

2009 482 citations Andrew K. Marcus, Prathap Parameswaran et al. profile →
Capturing the lost phosphorus

2011 418 citations Bruce E. Rittmann, Paul Westerhoff et al. profile →
Model of steady‐state‐biofilm kinetics

1980 341 citations Bruce E. Rittmann et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	How Rhodococcus ruber accelerated denitrification with soybean-processing wastewater as the electron donor 2025 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Haiyun Zhang, Yue Ma, Fei Liu, (unknown), Peng Xu, Chen Fu, Yongming Zhang, Bruce E. Rittmann	1
2	Enhanced long-term reduction of high-level Au(III) with the presence of NO3− in a H2-based membrane biofilm reactor 2024 ·Water Research ·Min Long, Jie Cheng, Chen Zhou, Bruce E. Rittmann	1
3	Hydrazine promoted nitrite reduction in partial-denitrification by enhancing organic-substrate uptake and electron transport 2024 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Zuobin Wang, (unknown), Zhenyu Wang, Junxia He, Siqing Xia, Bruce E. Rittmann	4
4	Describing Chemical Migration Processes at the Sediment–Periphytic Biofilm–Water Interface 2024 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Ying Xu, Yonghong Wu, Bruce E. Rittmann	3
5	The roles of Methylobacterium organophilum and Sphingomonas melonis for accelerating N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) biodegradation 2023 ·Journal of Water Process Engineering ·Yongyi Gao, Ting Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Rui Liu, Fu Chen, Yongming Zhang, Bruce E. Rittmann	10
6	Effect of alkaline leaching of phosphogypsum on sulfate reduction activity and bacterial community composition using different sources of anaerobic microbial inoculum 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), Mohammed Danouche, Bruce E. Rittmann, Chen Zhou, Rachid Boulif, Youssef Zeroual, Rachid Benhida, Karim Lyamlouli	10
7	Reduction of Chromate via Biotic and Abiotic Pathways in the Presence of Three Co-contaminating Electron Acceptors 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Min Long, Chen Zhou, Xiong Zheng, Bruce E. Rittmann	8
8	High-Efficiency Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production in a Dual Optical– and Membrane–Fiber System 2023 ·ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), YenJung Sean Lai, Ruey‐an Doong, Paul Westerhoff, Bruce E. Rittmann	27
9	The structure of biodegradable surfactants shaped the microbial community, antimicrobial resistance, and potential for horizontal gene transfer 2023 ·Water Research ·(unknown), Yihao Luo, Xiangxing Long, Haiwei Gu, Jie Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Bruce E. Rittmann	17
10	Biofilm inhibition on surfaces by ultraviolet light side-emitted from optical fibres 2023 ·Nature Water ·(unknown), Hojung Rho, (unknown), Li Ling, François Perreault, Bruce E. Rittmann, Paul Westerhoff	19
11	Hydrodehalogenation of Trichlorofluoromethane over Biogenic Palladium Nanoparticles in Ambient Conditions 2022 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yihao Luo, Min Long, Yun Zhou, Chen Zhou, Xiong Zheng, Bruce E. Rittmann	10
12	Characteristics of denitrification in a vertical baffled bioreactor 2021 ·Environmental Research ·Chong Tan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xiaohui Zhu, Peipei Zhang, Ning Yan, Yongming Zhang, Bruce E. Rittmann	11
13	N-acyl-homoserine-lactones signaling as a critical control point for phosphorus entrapment by multi-species microbial aggregates 2021 ·Water Research ·Ying Xu, Thomas P. Curtis, Jan Dolfing, Yonghong Wu, Bruce E. Rittmann	38
14	Temporospatial shifts in the human gut microbiome and metabolome after gastric bypass surgery 2020 ·npj Biofilms and Microbiomes ·Zehra Esra Ilhan, John K. DiBaise, Sydney Dautel, Nancy Isern, Young‐Mo Kim, David Hoyt, Athena Schepmoes, Heather M. Brewer, Karl Weitz, Thomas Metz, Michael D. Crowell, Dae‐Wook Kang, Bruce E. Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown	70
15	Axenic Biofilm Formation and Aggregation by Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Are Induced by Changes in Nutrient Concentration and Require Cell Surface Structures 2019 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·(unknown), Bruce E. Rittmann, Roy Curtiss	39
16	Complete dechlorination and mineralization of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) 2018 ·Water Research ·Min Long, Zehra Esra Ilhan, Siqing Xia, Chen Zhou, Bruce E. Rittmann	77
17	Roles of an easily biodegradable co-substrate in enhancing tetracycline treatment in an intimately coupled photocatalytic-biological reactor 2018 ·Water Research ·Houfeng Xiong, Shuangshi Dong, Jun Zhang, Dandan Zhou, Bruce E. Rittmann	158
18	Distinctive microbiomes and metabolites linked with weight loss after gastric bypass, but not gastric banding 2017 ·The ISME Journal ·Zehra Esra Ilhan, John K. DiBaise, Nancy Isern, David Hoyt, Andrew K. Marcus, Dae‐Wook Kang, Michael D. Crowell, Bruce E. Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown	95
19	Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass breakdown → 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Husen Zhang, John K. DiBaise, Andrea Zuccolo, Dave Kudrna, (unknown), Yeisoo Yu, Prathap Parameswaran, Michael D. Crowell, Rod A. Wing, Bruce E. Rittmann, Rosa Krajmalnik‐Brown	1481
20	Monitored Natural Attenuation Forum: A panel discussion 2004 ·Remediation Journal ·Bruce E. Rittmann, Fran Kremer, B. Bekins	2

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