Karl G. Linden

21.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
267 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

Karl G. Linden is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl G. Linden has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Water Science and Technology, 83 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 63 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karl G. Linden's work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (65 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (60 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (41 papers). Karl G. Linden is often cited by papers focused on Water Treatment and Disinfection (65 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (60 papers) and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (41 papers). Karl G. Linden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Karl G. Linden's co-authors include James R. Bolton, Erik J. Rosenfeldt, Jörg E. Drewes, Uwe Hübner, David B. Miklos, Hilla Shemer, Martin Jekel, Christian Remy, Charles M. Sharpless and Michael J. Watts and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Karl G. Linden

260 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Evaluation of advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment – A critical review

2018 2.3k citations Karl G. Linden et al. Water Research profile →
Standardization of Methods for Fluence (UV Dose) Determination in Bench-Scale UV Experiments

2003 992 citations Karl G. Linden et al. profile →
Critical review of the science and sustainability of persulphate advanced oxidation processes

2018 538 citations Karl G. Linden et al. profile →
Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control

2022 107 citations Karl G. Linden et al. profile →
The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries

2023 56 citations Joe Brown, Charisma Acey et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karl G. Linden United States	68	8.1k	5.0k	4.0k	3.7k	3.0k	267	17.0k
Nico Boon Belgium	108	3.3k 0.4×	4.6k 0.9×	10.8k 2.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	679	41.1k
Min Yang China	94	7.1k 0.9×	6.1k 1.2×	8.9k 2.3×	5.2k 1.4×	3.8k 1.3×	1.6k	42.9k
Yan Zhou China	70	3.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	5.1k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	525	19.0k
Bruce E. Rittmann United States	93	6.2k 0.8×	7.5k 1.5×	13.8k 3.5×	4.9k 1.3×	5.0k 1.6×	745	39.0k
Tong Zhang Hong Kong	94	3.8k 0.5×	4.5k 0.9×	20.1k 5.1×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	404	31.9k
Roger Marchant United Kingdom	70	4.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	4.6k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	874 0.3×	362	25.7k
Piet N.L. Lens Netherlands	85	6.5k 0.8×	3.9k 0.8×	10.2k 2.6×	2.3k 0.6×	5.8k 1.9×	785	31.9k
Per Halkjær Nielsen Denmark	96	5.3k 0.7×	4.7k 0.9×	18.8k 4.8×	789 0.2×	6.4k 2.1×	537	34.8k
Luigi Rizzo Italy	56	4.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	6.0k 1.5×	4.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	230	12.9k
Ramin Nabizadeh Iran	61	4.8k 0.6×	4.2k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	514	13.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl G. Linden

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Linden, Karl G., et al.. (2025). High absorbance of nitrate leads to surprising effects on hydroxyl radical formation during 222 nm UV treatment. Water Research. 283. 123754–123754. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Ben, et al.. (2024). Biofilm inactivation using LED systems emitting germicidal UV and antimicrobial blue light. Water Research. 267. 122449–122449. 3 indexed citations

Linden, Karl G., et al.. (2024). UV LED wastewater disinfection: The future is upon us. Water Research X. 24. 100236–100236. 10 indexed citations

Atkinson, Ariel J., et al.. (2024). A critical review of ultra-violet light emitting diodes as a one water disinfection technology. Water Research X. 25. 100271–100271. 9 indexed citations

Linden, Karl G., et al.. (2023). Optimizing radical yield from free chlorine with tailored UV light emitting diode emission spectra. Water Research. 249. 120923–120923. 11 indexed citations

Nagel, Corey, Christina Barstow, Andrea J. Lund, et al.. (2023). Study design and baseline to evaluate water service provision among peri-urban communities in Kasai Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0283019–e0283019. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Ben, Jing Zhao, Wanxin Li, et al.. (2023). Rapid Inactivation of Fungal Spores in Drinking Water by Far-UVC Photolysis of Free Chlorine. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(51). 21876–21887. 24 indexed citations

Brown, Joe, Charisma Acey, Carmen Anthonj, et al.. (2023). The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries. The Lancet Global Health. 11(4). e606–e614. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Ben, et al.. (2022). Inactivation of biofilm-bound bacterial cells using irradiation across UVC wavelengths. Water Research. 217. 118379–118379. 38 indexed citations

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Javernick‐Will, Amy, et al.. (2022). Pathways for securing government commitment for activities of collaborative approaches. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 12(3). 258–270. 4 indexed citations

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Javernick‐Will, Amy, et al.. (2022). Institutional influences on local government support for professionalized maintenance of water supply infrastructure in rural Uganda: A qualitative analysis. PLOS Water. 1(2). e0000003–e0000003. 5 indexed citations

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Lewandowski, A., et al.. (2021). Solar Thermal Processing to Disinfect Human Waste. Sustainability. 13(9). 4935–4935. 6 indexed citations

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Eichelberger, Laura, et al.. (2020). Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices Impact Pathogen Exposure in Remote, Rural, Unpiped Communities. Environmental Engineering Science. 38(5). 355–366. 25 indexed citations

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Linden, Karl G.. (2020). EES/AEESP Moving Forward!. Environmental Engineering Science. 37(1). 1–2. 6 indexed citations

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Thomas, Evan, Elizabeth Jordan, Karl G. Linden, et al.. (2020). Reducing drought emergencies in the Horn of Africa. The Science of The Total Environment. 727. 138772–138772. 29 indexed citations

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Mostafa, Simón, Matteo Rubinato, Fernando L. Rosario‐Ortiz, & Karl G. Linden. (2016). Impact of Light Screening and Photosensitization by Surface Water Organic Matter on Enterococcus Faecalis Inactivation. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(6). 365–373. 10 indexed citations

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Shin, Gwy‐Am, et al.. (2015). Establishing Surrogate–Virus Relationships for Ozone Disinfection of Wastewater. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(6). 451–460. 38 indexed citations

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Shemer, Hilla, et al.. (2009). Impact of Lamp Choice and H ₂ O ₂ Dose on Photodegradation of Nitrobenzene. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(5). 973–980. 9 indexed citations

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Örmeci, Banu & Karl G. Linden. (2005). Comparison of Physical and Chemical Methods for Extraction of Coliform from Wastewater Particles and Flocs. Environmental Engineering Science. 22(4). 459–471. 11 indexed citations

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Ducoste, Joel J., et al.. (2005). Assessment of Reduction Equivalent Fluence Bias Using Computational Fluid Dynamics. Environmental Engineering Science. 22(5). 615–628. 14 indexed citations

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