Francesco Di Capua

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Francesco Di Capua is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Di Capua has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Pollution, 21 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 19 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Di Capua's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (17 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (13 papers). Francesco Di Capua is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers), Membrane Separation Technologies (17 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (13 papers). Francesco Di Capua collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and Türkiye. Francesco Di Capua's co-authors include Giovanni Esposito, Piet N.L. Lens, Francesco Pirozzi, Stefano Papirio, Aino–Maija Lakaniemi, Rudy Gargano, Francesco Granata, Danilo Spasiano, Umberto Fratino and Andrea Giordano and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Chemistry of Materials and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Di Capua

62 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Electron donors for autotrophic denitrification 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Electron donors for autotrophic denitrification
    2019 443 citations Francesco Di Capua, Francesco Pirozzi et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Di Capua Italy 26 1.7k 804 565 514 476 65 2.5k
Haoran Duan Australia 33 2.3k 1.4× 991 1.2× 875 1.5× 713 1.4× 756 1.6× 78 3.4k
María Eugenia Suárez‐Ojeda Spain 31 1.5k 0.9× 660 0.8× 742 1.3× 448 0.9× 352 0.7× 52 2.4k
Yingyu Law Singapore 19 1.7k 1.0× 747 0.9× 489 0.9× 696 1.4× 534 1.1× 27 2.1k
Tianwei Hao China 26 1.4k 0.8× 629 0.8× 690 1.2× 522 1.0× 275 0.6× 58 2.4k
Vel Murugan Vadivelu Malaysia 21 1.8k 1.1× 721 0.9× 501 0.9× 578 1.1× 575 1.2× 40 2.3k
Gang Guo China 24 1.2k 0.7× 487 0.6× 389 0.7× 388 0.8× 238 0.5× 71 1.8k
Ángeles Val del Río Spain 28 1.5k 0.9× 689 0.9× 593 1.0× 395 0.8× 312 0.7× 84 2.1k
J.M. Garrido Spain 28 1.7k 1.0× 944 1.2× 1.0k 1.9× 426 0.8× 405 0.9× 77 2.6k
George A. Ekama South Africa 34 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 1.1k 2.0× 596 1.2× 370 0.8× 93 3.1k
Weili Zhou China 30 1.2k 0.7× 857 1.1× 411 0.7× 323 0.6× 387 0.8× 76 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesco Di Capua

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesco Di Capua

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Di Capua

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All Works

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Zhu, Ying‐Jie, et al.. (2025). AHLs-mediated quorum sensing enhances biofilm development and autotrophic denitrification on pyrite as electron donor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518. 164677–164677. 3 indexed citations
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Uçar, Deniz, et al.. (2025). Biological denitrification for water detoxification: A review. Chemical Engineering Journal. 516. 163799–163799. 3 indexed citations
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Capua, Francesco Di, Angela De Bonis, Sergio Brutti, et al.. (2024). Exploring the superior adsorption capacity of multi-layer graphene/alginate granules for the removal of methylene blue dye from water. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 1). 119997–119997. 6 indexed citations
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Mattioli, Davide, et al.. (2024). Modeling complete and shortcut simultaneous nitrification and denitrification coupled to phosphorus removal in moving bed biofilm reactors. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 59. 105022–105022. 3 indexed citations
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Capua, Francesco Di, Stefano Papirio, Silvio Matassa, Francesco Pirozzi, & Giovanni Esposito. (2024). Phosphorus release from sewage sludge and digestate driven by biological sulfate reduction: effect of feed sulfate concentration and thermal hydrolysis. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 10(11). 2897–2905. 2 indexed citations
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Capua, Francesco Di, Alessandra Cesaro, Giovanni Esposito, et al.. (2024). Solutions for solid minimization in the sludge streamline of municipal wastewater treatment plants: Current state and recent developments. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105725–105725. 3 indexed citations
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Brutti, Sergio, Angela De Bonis, R. Teghil, et al.. (2023). Sustainable Adsorbent Material Prepared by Soft Alkaline Activation of Spent Coffee Grounds: Characterisation and Adsorption Mechanism of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions. Sustainability. 15(3). 2454–2454. 10 indexed citations
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Cesaro, Alessandra, et al.. (2023). Application of high-intensity static magnetic field as a strategy to enhance the fertilizing potential of sewage sludge digestate. Waste Management. 170. 122–130. 12 indexed citations
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Uçar, Deniz, et al.. (2023). Co-removal of P-nitrophenol and nitrate in sulfur-based autotrophic and methanol-fed heterotrophic denitrification bioreactors. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(6). 111325–111325. 3 indexed citations
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Carraturo, Federica, Antonietta Siciliano, Andrea Giordano, et al.. (2023). Ecotoxicological assessment of waste-derived organic fertilizers and long-term monitoring of fertilized soils using a multi-matrix and multi-species approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169341–169341. 7 indexed citations
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Atasoy, Ayşe Dilek, et al.. (2022). Impact of temperature and biomass augmentation on biosulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification in membrane bioreactors treating real nitrate-contaminated groundwater. The Science of The Total Environment. 853. 158470–158470. 12 indexed citations
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Winter, E. R. S., Yang Xu, Sandra Krüger, et al.. (2022). Heat Treatment-Induced Conductivity Enhancement in Sulfide-Based Solid Electrolytes: What is the Role of the Thio-LISICON II Phase and of Other Nanoscale Phases?. Chemistry of Materials. 34(17). 7721–7729. 10 indexed citations
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Capua, Francesco Di, Alberto Ferraro, Andrea Petrella, et al.. (2022). Phosphorous removal and recovery from urban wastewater: Current practices and new directions. The Science of The Total Environment. 823. 153750–153750. 128 indexed citations
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Capua, Francesco Di, et al.. (2019). Long-term performance evaluation of an anoxic sulfur oxidizing moving bed biofilm reactor under nitrate limited conditions. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 5(6). 1072–1081. 21 indexed citations
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Zou, Gang, et al.. (2013). Fluidized-bed denitrification for mine waters. Part II: effects of Ni and Co. Biodegradation. 25(3). 417–23. 32 indexed citations
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Santangelo, Michele, et al.. (2009). Wound Complications After Kidney Transplantation in Nondiabetic Patients. Transplantation Proceedings. 41(4). 1221–1223. 22 indexed citations

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