Katarzyna Bernat

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Katarzyna Bernat is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Katarzyna Bernat has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 17 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Katarzyna Bernat's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (16 papers). Katarzyna Bernat is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (37 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (16 papers). Katarzyna Bernat collaborates with scholars based in Poland. Katarzyna Bernat's co-authors include Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła, Dorota Kulikowska, Magdalena Zaborowska, Agnieszka Cydzik‐Kwiatkowska, Magdalena Zielińska, Katarzyna Bułkowska, Paulina Rusanowska, Sylwia Pasieczna‐Patkowska, Zygmunt M. Gusiatin and Andrzej Białowiec and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Katarzyna Bernat

77 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Plastic Waste Degradation in Landfill Conditions: The Problem with Microplastics, and Their Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects

2022 184 citations Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła, Katarzyna Bernat et al. profile →
Effect of Bio-Based Products on Waste Management

2020 125 citations Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła, Dorota Kulikowska et al. Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katarzyna Bernat Poland	22	988	592	295	283	214	81	1.6k
Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła Poland	22	1.1k 1.1×	604 1.0×	351 1.2×	252 0.9×	228 1.1×	87	1.7k
Vladimír Kočí Czechia	19	651 0.7×	552 0.9×	98 0.3×	210 0.7×	229 1.1×	74	1.6k
Aman Kumar India	18	445 0.5×	490 0.8×	366 1.2×	163 0.6×	218 1.0×	29	1.7k
Riccardo Gori Italy	25	1.1k 1.1×	803 1.4×	721 2.4×	348 1.2×	133 0.6×	76	2.2k
Atul N. Vaidya India	23	549 0.6×	570 1.0×	482 1.6×	134 0.5×	271 1.3×	37	2.2k
Ji-Wei Pang China	22	649 0.7×	338 0.6×	249 0.8×	111 0.4×	95 0.4×	62	1.2k
Kerstin Kuchta Germany	29	701 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	213 0.7×	298 1.1×	413 1.9×	85	2.5k
Kurian Joseph India	20	576 0.6×	563 1.0×	344 1.2×	47 0.2×	217 1.0×	46	1.4k
Andreja Žgajnar Gotvajn Slovenia	22	1.0k 1.0×	706 1.2×	536 1.8×	266 0.9×	62 0.3×	72	1.8k
Woojin Chung South Korea	20	328 0.3×	340 0.6×	297 1.0×	170 0.6×	323 1.5×	55	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Katarzyna Bernat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katarzyna Bernat

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2025). Closing the Loop of Biowaste Composting by Anaerobically Co-Digesting Leachate, a By-Product from Composting, with Glycerine. Energies. 18(3). 537–537.

Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2024). Anaerobic Digestion as a Possible Method of Managing Waste from Mushroom Production with Sewage Sludge as Co-Substrate. Energies. 17(8). 1938–1938. 3 indexed citations

Zaborowska, Magdalena, et al.. (2024). Timeframe of aerobic biodegradation of bioplastics differs under standard conditions and conditions simulating technological composting with biowaste. Journal of Environmental Management. 369. 122399–122399. 2 indexed citations

Bernat, Katarzyna. (2023). Post-Consumer Plastic Waste Management: From Collection and Sortation to Mechanical Recycling. Energies. 16(8). 3504–3504. 44 indexed citations

Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2023). Pre-Treatment of Separately Collected Biowaste as a Way to Increase Methane Production and Digestate Stability. Energies. 16(3). 1264–1264. 1 indexed citations

Czatzkowska, Małgorzata, Damian Rolbiecki, Magdalena Zaborowska, et al.. (2023). The influence of combined treatment of municipal wastewater and landfill leachate on the spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment – A preliminary case study. Journal of Environmental Management. 347. 119053–119053. 7 indexed citations

Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2022). Can the biological stage of a mechanical–biological treatment plant that is designed for mixed municipal solid waste be successfully utilized for effective composting of selectively collected biowaste?. Waste Management. 149. 291–301. 14 indexed citations

Cydzik‐Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka, Zygmunt M. Gusiatin, Magdalena Zielińska, et al.. (2022). Alginate-like polymers from full-scale aerobic granular sludge: content, recovery, characterization, and application for cadmium adsorption. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 22260–22260. 15 indexed citations

Zaborowska, Magdalena, et al.. (2022). Multi-faceted analysis of thermophilic anaerobic biodegradation of poly(lactic acid)-based material. Waste Management. 155. 40–52. 24 indexed citations

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Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2021). Post-Treatment of the Effluent from Anaerobic Digestion of the Leachate in Two-Stage SBR System Using Alternative Carbon Sources. Sustainability. 13(11). 6297–6297. 5 indexed citations

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Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2020). The impact of mechanical pretreatment on biogas production from waste materials of thechemical and brewing industries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–12. 1 indexed citations

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Bernat, Katarzyna, Dorota Kulikowska, Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła, Magdalena Zaborowska, & Sylwia Pasieczna‐Patkowska. (2020). Thermophilic and mesophilic biogas production from PLA-based materials: Possibilities and limitations. Waste Management. 119. 295–305. 55 indexed citations

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Wojnowska‐Baryła, Irena, et al.. (2018). Biological stability of multi-component agri-food digestates and post-digestates. Waste Management. 77. 140–146. 19 indexed citations

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Zielińska, Magdalena, Agnieszka Cydzik‐Kwiatkowska, Katarzyna Bułkowska, Katarzyna Bernat, & Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła. (2017). Treatment of Bisphenol A-Containing Effluents from Aerobic Granular Sludge Reactors with the Use of Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Ceramic Membranes. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 228(8). 282–282. 25 indexed citations

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Cydzik‐Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka, Paulina Rusanowska, Magdalena Zielińska, Katarzyna Bernat, & Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła. (2016). Microbial structure and nitrogen compound conversions in aerobic granular sludge reactors with non-aeration phases and acetate pulse feeding. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(24). 24857–24870. 21 indexed citations

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Cydzik‐Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka, Paulina Rusanowska, Magdalena Zielińska, Katarzyna Bernat, & Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła. (2013). Structure of nitrogen-converting communities induced by hydraulic retention time and COD/N ratio in constantly aerated granular sludge reactors treating digester supernatant. Bioresource Technology. 154. 162–170. 45 indexed citations

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Kulikowska, Dorota & Katarzyna Bernat. (2013). Nitritation–denitritation in landfill leachate with glycerine as a carbon source. Bioresource Technology. 142. 297–303. 38 indexed citations

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Bernat, Katarzyna & Irena Wojnowska‐Baryła. (2006). Influence of VFA-TKN ratio in wastewater on the effectiveness of nitrification. Polish Journal of Natural Science. 21. 741–753. 2 indexed citations

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Wojnowska‐Baryła, Irena, et al.. (2004). Carbon Removal by Activated Sludge under Fully Aerobic Conditions at Different COD/N Ratio. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 13(1). 33–40. 3 indexed citations

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Bernat, Katarzyna, et al.. (2003). Nitrogen Oxidation and Reduction in Aerated Single-Stage Activated Sludge Process. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 12(4). 7 indexed citations

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