John H. Lienhard

21.7k citations

295 papers · 17.6k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 71

Impact in

Water Science and Technology top 0.01%
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.1%
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

Papers in

Water Science and Technology 159
- Membrane Separation Technologies 153
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 105
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods 102

Co-authors: Syed M. Zubair Mostafa H. Sharqawy David M. Warsinger Ronan K. McGovern Jaichander Swaminathan G. Prakash Narayan Hassan A. Arafat Edward K. Summers
Journals: Desalination (43 papers)Journal of Membrane Science (31 papers)Journal of Heat Transfer (19 papers)Applied Energy (10 papers)International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Saudi Arabia Germany

In The Last Decade

John H. Lienhard

288 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still 2020 · 441 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Energy & Environmental Science
2018 Water Research
2018 Progress in Polymer Science
2017 Nature Reviews Chemistry
2016 Desalination
2014 Desalination
2012 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
2010 Desalination and Water Treatment

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1	Dynamic Sub‐Nanoscale “Water Fingers” in Interfacial Polymerization Small ·Zhaohuan Mai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Akshay Deshmukh, سعید چرخکار, Junyong Zhu, Jinkai Yuan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Arata Yamamoto, A.C. Kempfer, Wenming Fu, Kecheng Guan, Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, John H. Lienhard, Hideto Matsuyama	2025	3
2	Emerging membrane technologies for sustainable lithium extraction from brines and leachates: Innovations, challenges, and industrial scalability Desalination ·Zi Hao Foo, John H. Lienhard	2024	16
3	Physics-informed deep learning for multi-species membrane separations Chemical Engineering Journal ·Danyal Rehman, John H. Lienhard	2024	28
4	Positively‐Coated Nanofiltration Membranes for Lithium Recovery from Battery Leachates and Salt‐Lakes: Ion Transport Fundamentals and Module Performance Advanced Functional Materials ·Zi Hao Foo, Jannatul Hasanah, 新沼, Imam Makruf, A.O.M Asaduzzaman, Roger Nicols, Микита Мельников, Sinan Keten, Richard M. Lueptow, John H. Lienhard	2024	26
5	Lithium Concentration from Salt-Lake Brine by Donnan-Enhanced Nanofiltration Environmental Science & Technology ·Zi Hao Foo, Danyal Rehman, 勇彪, 栄一高木, John H. Lienhard	2023	96
6	Selective Recovery of Gold from E-Wastewater Using Poly-m-phenylenediamine Nanoparticles and Assembled Membranes ACS Applied Engineering Materials ·Yuchao Chen, Wang Li, Yufei Shu, Qi Han, vandergabrielcamargo, Mengxia Wang, Xun Liu, Danyal Rehman, Bei Liu, Zhongying Wang, John H. Lienhard	2023	6
7	Quantifying uncertainty in nanofiltration transport models for enhanced metals recovery Water Research ·Danyal Rehman, Bhaskar N., John H. Lienhard	2023	24
8	The Need for Accurate Osmotic Pressure and Mass Transfer Resistances in Modeling Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes Membranes ·Endre Nagy, Andreas Rasmusson, Danyal Rehman, Aliyu Umar, Andoko Ageng Setyawan, John H. Lienhard	2021	20
9	Cost effectiveness of conventionally and solar powered monovalent selective electrodialysis for seawater desalination in greenhouses Applied Energy ·Andoko Ageng Setyawan, M. S. Carter, Danyal Rehman, John H. Lienhard	2021	44
10	Multicomponent Fickian solution-diffusion model for osmotic transport through membranes Journal of Membrane Science ·Zi Hao Foo, Danyal Rehman, Velko Tonev, Akshay Deshmukh, John H. Lienhard	2021	20
11	Novel Positively Charged Metal-Coordinated Nanofiltration Membrane for Lithium Recovery ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Li Wang, Danyal Rehman, Pengfei Sun, Akshay Deshmukh, Liyuan Zhang, Qi Han, Zhe Yang, Zhongying Wang, Hee‐Deung Park, John H. Lienhard, Chuyang Y. Tang	2021	122
12	Ultrahigh-efficiency desalination via a thermally-localized multistage solar still Energy & Environmental Science ·Zhenyuan Xu, Lenan Zhang, Lin Zhao, Bangjun Li, Bikram Bhatia, Chenxi Wang, Kyle L. Wilke, Youngsup Song, Omar Labban, John H. Lienhard, R.Z. Wang, Evelyn N. Wang Hit paper breakdown →	2020	441
13	Brackish water desalination for greenhouses: Improving groundwater quality for irrigation using monovalent selective electrodialysis reversal Journal of Membrane Science ·Andoko Ageng Setyawan, Danyal Rehman, John H. Lienhard	2020	55
14	Treating Irrigation Water Using High-Performance Membranes for Monovalent Selective Electrodialysis ACS ES&T Water ·Andoko Ageng Setyawan, Danyal Rehman, M. S. Carter, Maria Tereza Serrano Barbosa, John H. Lienhard	2020	33
15	Lithium Recovery from Oil and Gas Produced Water: A Need for a Growing Energy Industry ACS Energy Letters ·Amit Kumar, Hiroki Fukuda, T. Alan Hatton, John H. Lienhard	2019	170
16	Minimum energy requirements for desalination of brackish groundwater in the United States with comparison to international datasets Water Research ·Andoko Ageng Setyawan, Gregory P. Thiel, J. K. Böhlke, Jennifer S. Stanton, John H. Lienhard	2018	35
17	Reversing membrane wetting in membrane distillation: comparing dryout to backwashing with pressurized air Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·David M. Warsinger, Amelia Servi, N Canessa, Musthafa O. Mavukkandy, Hassan A. Arafat, Karen K. Gleason, John H. Lienhard	2017	59
18	Design of Plate-Fin Tube Dehumidifiers for Humidification–Dehumidification Desalination Systems Heat Transfer Engineering ·David Vô Vân, John H. Lienhard	2014	19
19	An Analysis of Likely Scalants in the Treatment of Produced Water From Nova Scotia Heat Transfer Engineering ·Gregory P. Thiel, Syed M. Zubair, John H. Lienhard	2014	12
20	Design of Flat-Plate Dehumidifiers for Humidification–Dehumidification Desalination Systems Heat Transfer Engineering ·David Vô Vân, John H. Lienhard	2012	27

About John H. Lienhard

John H. Lienhard is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Engineering and Power Technology, having authored 295 papers that have together received 17.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Membrane Separation Technologies (153 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (123 papers), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (102 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (27 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (22 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (21 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (19 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (10.6k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (7.4k citations), Biomedical Engineering (7.8k citations), Energy Engineering and Power Technology (477 citations) and Mechanical Engineering (5.0k citations). John H. Lienhard has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Syed M. Zubair, Mostafa H. Sharqawy, David M. Warsinger, Ronan K. McGovern, Jaichander Swaminathan, G. Prakash Narayan, Hassan A. Arafat, Edward K. Summers, Gregory P. Thiel and Emily W. Tow. Their work appears in journals such as Desalination, Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Heat Transfer, Applied Energy and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

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