Cees J.N. Buisman

24.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
225 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Cees J.N. Buisman is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cees J.N. Buisman has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Environmental Engineering, 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 73 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cees J.N. Buisman's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (112 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (57 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers). Cees J.N. Buisman is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (112 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (57 papers) and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (49 papers). Cees J.N. Buisman collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and Belgium. Cees J.N. Buisman's co-authors include H.V.M. Hamelers, René A. Rozendal, Annemiek ter Heijne, David P. B. T. B. Strik, Tom Sleutels, Michel Saakes, Renata D. van der Weijden, Philipp Kuntke, Adriaan W. Jeremiasse and Jan W. Post and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Energy & Environmental Science and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Cees J.N. Buisman

224 papers receiving 18.1k 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.

Towards practical implementation of bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment

2008 928 citations H.V.M. Hamelers, Cees J.N. Buisman et al. profile →
Effects of Membrane Cation Transport on pH and Microbial Fuel Cell Performance

2006 636 citations H.V.M. Hamelers, Cees J.N. Buisman et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Principle and perspectives of hydrogen production through biocatalyzed electrolysis

2006 516 citations H.V.M. Hamelers, Cees J.N. Buisman et al. profile →
Chain Elongation with Reactor Microbiomes: Open-Culture Biotechnology To Produce Biochemicals

2016 489 citations K.J.J. Steinbusch, Caroline M. Plugge et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Salinity-gradient power: Evaluation of pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis

2006 471 citations H.V.M. Hamelers, Cees J.N. Buisman et al. profile →
Energy Recovery from Controlled Mixing Salt and Fresh Water with a Reverse Electrodialysis System

2008 444 citations H.V.M. Hamelers, Cees J.N. Buisman et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cees J.N. Buisman Netherlands	78	10.6k	7.3k	5.7k	4.5k	3.4k	225	18.5k
H.V.M. Hamelers Netherlands	79	15.1k 1.4×	12.9k 1.8×	8.5k 1.5×	6.6k 1.5×	4.3k 1.3×	205	25.0k
Deepak Pant Belgium	80	10.3k 1.0×	7.1k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	254	19.1k
René A. Rozendal Australia	34	11.7k 1.1×	8.4k 1.1×	2.9k 0.5×	4.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.5×	55	13.9k
Korneel Rabaey Belgium	91	26.3k 2.5×	18.3k 2.5×	7.5k 1.3×	10.2k 2.3×	3.8k 1.1×	306	35.6k
Sang‐Eun Oh South Korea	54	5.8k 0.5×	4.6k 0.6×	2.4k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	187	11.2k
Makarand M. Ghangrekar India	59	7.4k 0.7×	5.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.3×	3.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	313	11.3k
Defeng Xing China	59	5.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.3×	2.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.5×	294	12.3k
Stefano Freguia Australia	38	8.7k 0.8×	6.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	3.7k 0.8×	985 0.3×	109	10.8k
Xiaoyuan Zhang China	54	4.4k 0.4×	3.9k 0.5×	2.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	2.7k 0.8×	255	9.7k
Yaobin Zhang China	79	5.6k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	4.3k 0.8×	651 0.1×	5.8k 1.7×	285	19.1k

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Zhan, Zhengshuo, Weiquan Li, Michel Saakes, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Upcycling of Shell Waste for Sustainable Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(46). 25066–25080.

Zhan, Zhengshuo, Bingnan Song, Michel Saakes, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical route outperforms chemical struvite precipitation in mitigating heavy metal contamination. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133418–133418. 14 indexed citations

Keesman, Karel J., et al.. (2024). Influence of oxidation–reduction potential and pH on polysulfide concentrations and chain lengths in the biological desulfurization process under haloalkaline conditions. Water Research. 259. 121795–121795. 4 indexed citations

Roman, Pawel, et al.. (2023). Polysulfide Concentration and Chain Length in the Biological Desulfurization Process: Effect of Biomass Concentration and the Sulfide Loading Rate. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(36). 13530–13540. 13 indexed citations

Veelen, H. Pieter J. van, et al.. (2022). Bacterial and fungal co-occurrence patterns in agricultural soils amended with compost and bokashi. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 174. 108831–108831. 18 indexed citations

Lei, Yang, Zhengshuo Zhan, Michel Saakes, Renata D. van der Weijden, & Cees J.N. Buisman. (2021). Electrochemical Recovery of Phosphorus from Acidic Cheese Wastewater: Feasibility, Quality of Products, and Comparison with Chemical Precipitation. ACS ES&T Water. 1(4). 1002–1013. 66 indexed citations

Sleutels, Tom, et al.. (2021). Donnan Dialysis for scaling mitigation during electrochemical ammonium recovery from complex wastewater. Water Research. 201. 117260–117260. 32 indexed citations

Buisman, Cees J.N., et al.. (2021). Lactate Metabolism and Microbiome Composition Are Affected by Nitrogen Gas Supply in Continuous Lactate-Based Chain Elongation. Fermentation. 7(1). 41–41. 12 indexed citations

Buisman, Cees J.N., et al.. (2020). A Thin Layer of Activated Carbon Deposited on Polyurethane Cube Leads to New Conductive Bioanode for (Plant) Microbial Fuel Cell. Energies. 13(3). 574–574. 8 indexed citations

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Buisman, Cees J.N., et al.. (2020). Methanol-Based Chain Elongation with Acetate to n-Butyrate and Isobutyrate at Varying Selectivities Dependent on pH. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(22). 8184–8194. 37 indexed citations

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Sleutels, Tom, et al.. (2020). Minimal Bipolar Membrane Cell Configuration for Scaling Up Ammonium Recovery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(47). 17359–17367. 44 indexed citations

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Buisman, Cees J.N., et al.. (2019). Continuous n-valerate formation from propionate and methanol in an anaerobic chain elongation open-culture bioreactor. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 12(1). 132–132. 49 indexed citations

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Sleutels, Tom, et al.. (2019). Competition of electrogens with methanogens for hydrogen in bioanodes. Water Research. 170. 115292–115292. 28 indexed citations

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Roghair, Mark, David P. B. T. B. Strik, Caroline M. Plugge, et al.. (2018). Controlling Ethanol Use in Chain Elongation by CO₂ Loading Rate. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(3). 1496–1505. 172 indexed citations

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Jourdin, Ludovic, et al.. (2018). Water‐Based Synthesis of Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids [N₈₈₈₈][oleate] and [P_666,14][oleate] and their Bioprocess Compatibility. ChemistryOpen. 7(11). 878–884. 6 indexed citations

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Saakes, Michel, et al.. (2016). The concentration gradient flow battery as electricity storage system: Technology potential and energy dissipation. Journal of Power Sources. 325. 129–139. 71 indexed citations

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Sleutels, Tom, et al.. (2016). Low Substrate Loading Limits Methanogenesis and Leads to High Coulombic Efﬁciency in Bioelectrochemical Systems. Microorganisms. Microorganisms. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

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Arslan, D., K.J.J. Steinbusch, Ludo Diels, et al.. (2012). Effect of hydrogen and carbon dioxide on carboxylic acids patterns in mixed culture fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 118. 227–234. 60 indexed citations

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Buisman, Cees J.N. & Wolter Prins. (1994). New process for biological(flue) gas desulphurization.. 95–102. 2 indexed citations

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Buisman, Cees J.N., et al.. (1990). Biotechnological sulphide removal on pilot scale.. 54. 1461–1470. 1 indexed citations

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