Gertjan Medema

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
169 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Gertjan Medema is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Gertjan Medema has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Water Science and Technology, 54 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 46 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Gertjan Medema's work include Fecal contamination and water quality (68 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (50 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (22 papers). Gertjan Medema is often cited by papers focused on Fecal contamination and water quality (68 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (50 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (22 papers). Gertjan Medema collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Gertjan Medema's co-authors include W.A.M. Hijnen, Leo Heijnen, E.F. Beerendonk, Goffe Elsinga, Ronald Italiaander, Arie H. Havelaar, Gang Liu, Peter Teunis, Patrick Smeets and Franciska M. Schets and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gertjan Medema

166 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Inactivation credit of UV radiation for viruses, bacteria and protozoan (oo)cysts in water: A review

2005 1.2k citations W.A.M. Hijnen, Gertjan Medema et al. Water Research profile →
Presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2 RNA in Sewage and Correlation with Reported COVID-19 Prevalence in the Early Stage of the Epidemic in The Netherlands

2020 1.2k citations Gertjan Medema, Goffe Elsinga et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gertjan Medema Netherlands	44	2.7k	2.6k	1.9k	1.4k	951	169	8.2k
Charles N. Haas United States	52	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	495 0.3×	559 0.6×	278	9.7k
Warish Ahmed Australia	52	5.1k 1.9×	2.9k 1.1×	965 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	680 0.7×	206	9.8k
Mark D. Sobsey United States	65	5.6k 2.1×	4.2k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	769 0.5×	748 0.8×	284	13.5k
Sunny C. Jiang United States	49	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	746 0.4×	617 0.4×	663 0.7×	144	7.0k
Ian L. Pepper United States	47	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	752 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	201	7.7k
Valerie J. Harwood United States	49	1.4k 0.5×	4.6k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	360 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	126	7.7k
Kara L. Nelson United States	53	1.1k 0.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	921 1.0×	139	7.8k
Mark W. LeChevallier United States	58	1.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.4×	5.2k 2.7×	711 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	164	10.7k
Rachel T. Noble United States	50	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.1×	880 0.5×	466 0.3×	393 0.4×	127	8.0k
Stefan Wuertz United States	46	809 0.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	749 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	124	7.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gertjan Medema

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Shi, Haoran, et al.. (2025). Long-term impacts of free chlorine and monochloramine on the development of drinking water biofilm. Water Research. 281. 123566–123566. 1 indexed citations

Vrachimis, Stelios G., et al.. (2024). Modeling the health impact of wastewater contamination events in drinking water networks. Journal of Cleaner Production. 479. 143997–143997. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xiao‐Ming, Walter van der Meer, Guo Yu, et al.. (2024). Disruptive effects of sewage intrusion into drinking water: Microbial succession and organic transformation at molecular level. Water Research. 266. 122281–122281. 11 indexed citations

Whelan, Jane, Paul Bijkerk, Gregorius J. Sips, et al.. (2024). Agile, on-demand wastewater surveillance of virus infections to support pandemic and outbreak response in Rotterdam-Rijnmond, the Netherlands, 2020 to 2022. Eurosurveillance. 29(47). 1 indexed citations

Veldhuis, Marie‐Claire ten, et al.. (2024). A new Bayesian approach for managing bathing water quality at river bathing locations vulnerable to short-term pollution. Water Research. 252. 121186–121186. 1 indexed citations

Jong, Maarten de, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Rémy Schilperoort, et al.. (2024). Use of passive samplers as sewage surveillance tool to monitor a hepatitis A outbreak at a school in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Oct 2022 – March 2023. BMC Infectious Diseases. 24(1). 1044–1044.

Dai, Zihan, Xiao‐Ming Li, Jan Peter van der Hoek, et al.. (2023). Service-lines as major contributor to water quality deterioration at customer ends. Water Research. 241. 120143–120143. 7 indexed citations

Naughton, Colleen C., Fernando A. Roman, Kyle Bibby, et al.. (2023). Show us the data: global COVID-19 wastewater monitoring efforts, equity, and gaps. PubMed. 4. xtad003–xtad003. 85 indexed citations

Marchini, Antonio, Mauro Petrillo, Amy Parrish, et al.. (2023). New RT-PCR Assay for the Detection of Current and Future SARS-CoV-2 Variants. Viruses. 15(1). 206–206. 14 indexed citations

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Ηλιάδης, Δημήτριος Γ., Stelios G. Vrachimis, Pavlos Pavlou, et al.. (2022). PathoInvest: Pathogen Contamination Investigations during Emergencies. RiuNet (Politechnical University of Valencia). 2 indexed citations

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Garner, Emily, et al.. (2021). Towards risk assessment for antibiotic resistant pathogens in recycled water: a systematic review and summary of research needs. Environmental Microbiology. 23(12). 7355–7372. 29 indexed citations

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Kroeze, Carolien, Gertjan Medema, Peter Burek, et al.. (2021). Modelling rotavirus concentrations in rivers: Assessing Uganda's present and future microbial water quality. Water Research. 204. 117615–117615. 7 indexed citations

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Dingemans, Milou M.L., Patrick Smeets, Gertjan Medema, et al.. (2020). Responsible Water Reuse Needs an Interdisciplinary Approach to Balance Risks and Benefits. Water. 12(5). 1264–1264. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Gang, Ya Zhang, Xinlei Liu, et al.. (2020). 360-Degree Distribution of Biofilm Quantity and Community in an Operational Unchlorinated Drinking Water Distribution Pipe. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(9). 5619–5628. 48 indexed citations

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Ling, Fangqiong, Geo Bakker, Wen‐Tso Liu, et al.. (2019). Assessing the transition effects in a drinking water distribution system caused by changing supply water quality: an indirect approach by characterizing suspended solids. Water Research. 168. 115159–115159. 41 indexed citations

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Hoek, Jan Peter van der, et al.. (2017). Thermal Energy Recovery from Drinking Water. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 23–32. 2 indexed citations

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Medema, Gertjan, et al.. (2013). Safe distribution without a disinfectant residual. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 4 indexed citations

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Smeets, Patrick, Gertjan Medema, & Judith Dijk. (2009). The Dutch secret: how to provide safe drinking water without chlorine in the Netherlands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1–14. 116 indexed citations

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Hijnen, W.A.M. & Gertjan Medema. (2007). Elimination of micro-organisms by water treatment processes : a review. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations

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Medema, Gertjan, et al.. (2003). Catchment characterisation and source water quality. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 14 indexed citations

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