Casey Finnerty

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Casey Finnerty is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Casey Finnerty has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Water Science and Technology, 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Casey Finnerty's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (9 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers). Casey Finnerty is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (9 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers). Casey Finnerty collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Casey Finnerty's co-authors include Baoxia Mi, David L. Sedlak, Kara L. Nelson, Lei Zhang, Kelly M. Conway, Jun Ma, Liguo Sun, Linlin Zang, Sunxiang Zheng and Ning Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Casey Finnerty

15 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 50 100 150 200
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. Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation
    2023 231 citations Ning Xu, Jinlei Li et al. Nature Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Casey Finnerty United States 12 906 702 194 141 127 16 1.2k
Sara Aleid Saudi Arabia 10 805 0.9× 420 0.6× 133 0.7× 158 1.1× 186 1.5× 11 964
Lifang Qiao China 8 650 0.7× 330 0.5× 117 0.6× 186 1.3× 102 0.8× 10 807
Jiebin Tang China 17 522 0.6× 325 0.5× 198 1.0× 163 1.2× 93 0.7× 26 809
Haonan Wang China 16 581 0.6× 206 0.3× 93 0.5× 65 0.5× 79 0.6× 34 730
Houda Ennaceri Morocco 16 365 0.4× 70 0.1× 180 0.9× 44 0.3× 46 0.4× 42 679
Jingjing Sun China 16 143 0.2× 169 0.2× 124 0.6× 31 0.2× 40 0.3× 32 634
Carlos D. Díaz‐Marín United States 12 343 0.4× 92 0.1× 145 0.7× 108 0.8× 288 2.3× 21 659

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Fields of papers citing papers by Casey Finnerty

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Casey Finnerty

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Casey Finnerty. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Casey Finnerty 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 Casey Finnerty. Casey Finnerty is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Finnerty, Casey, et al.. (2025). Mineral Scaling in 3D Interfacial Solar Evaporators─A Challenge for Brine Treatment and Lithium Recovery. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(1). 892–901. 11 indexed citations
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Rosenblum, James, Edward G. Beaudry, Casey Finnerty, et al.. (2024). Pilot Scale Demonstration of Low-Salt-Rejection Reverse Osmosis (LSRRO) Desalination of High Salinity Brines. ACS ES&T Water. 4(11). 5089–5104. 15 indexed citations
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Finnerty, Casey, et al.. (2023). Demand for off-grid desalination technology in small-island communities — Can interfacial solar vapor generation be the answer?. Desalination. 553. 116454–116454. 7 indexed citations
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Finnerty, Casey, Amy E. Childress, Eric M.V. Hoek, et al.. (2023). The Future of Municipal Wastewater Reuse Concentrate Management: Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(1). 3–16. 30 indexed citations
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Xu, Ning, Jinlei Li, Casey Finnerty, et al.. (2023). Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation. Nature Water. 1(6). 494–501. 231 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zang, Linlin, Casey Finnerty, Zhiyu Yang, et al.. (2022). An electrospun transporter-assisted evaporator with antifouling water channels for solar-driven desalination and water purification. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 138. 104493–104493. 7 indexed citations
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Finnerty, Casey, Akanksha K. Menon, Kelly M. Conway, et al.. (2021). Interfacial Solar Evaporation by a 3D Graphene Oxide Stalk for Highly Concentrated Brine Treatment. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(22). 15435–15445. 134 indexed citations
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Zang, Linlin, Casey Finnerty, Sunxiang Zheng, et al.. (2021). Interfacial solar vapor generation for desalination and brine treatment: Evaluating current strategies of solving scaling. Water Research. 198. 117135–117135. 107 indexed citations
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Zang, Linlin, Liguo Sun, Shaochun Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nanofibrous hydrogel-reduced graphene oxide membranes for effective solar-driven interfacial evaporation and desalination. Chemical Engineering Journal. 422. 129998–129998. 150 indexed citations
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Mi, Baoxia, Casey Finnerty, & Kelly M. Conway. (2019). Prospects of artificial tree for solar desalination. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 25. 18–25. 24 indexed citations
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Leis, Eric, et al.. (2018). Comparison of Lethal and Nonlethal Sampling Methods for the Detection of Largemouth Bass Virus (LMBV) from Largemouth Bass in the Upper Mississippi River. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health. 30(3). 217–225. 8 indexed citations
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Finnerty, Casey, Lei Zhang, David L. Sedlak, Kara L. Nelson, & Baoxia Mi. (2017). Synthetic Graphene Oxide Leaf for Solar Desalination with Zero Liquid Discharge. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(20). 11701–11709. 315 indexed citations
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Kang, Yan, Sunxiang Zheng, Casey Finnerty, Michael J. Lee, & Baoxia Mi. (2017). Regenerable Polyelectrolyte Membrane for Ultimate Fouling Control in Forward Osmosis. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(6). 3242–3249. 23 indexed citations
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Oh, Yoontaek, Casey Finnerty, Sunxiang Zheng, et al.. (2017). Understanding the pH-responsive behavior of graphene oxide membrane in removing ions and organic micropollulants. Journal of Membrane Science. 541. 235–243. 102 indexed citations
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Metcalf, Kevin J., et al.. (2014). Using Transcriptional Control To Increase Titers of Secreted Heterologous Proteins by the Type III Secretion System. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(19). 5927–5934. 17 indexed citations

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