Manfred van Afferden

2.4k total citations
60 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Manfred van Afferden is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred van Afferden has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 16 papers in Environmental Engineering and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Manfred van Afferden's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (28 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers) and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (11 papers). Manfred van Afferden is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (28 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (11 papers) and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (11 papers). Manfred van Afferden collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Mexico and France. Manfred van Afferden's co-authors include Roland Müller, Jaime Nivala, Scott Wallace, Thorsten Reemtsma, Tom Headley, Johannes Boog, Hans Brix, Hans G. Trüper, Kinfe Kassa and Thomas Aubron and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Manfred van Afferden

59 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Manfred van Afferden Germany 25 1.0k 680 237 236 193 60 1.8k
Rémy Gourdon France 27 783 0.8× 588 0.9× 204 0.9× 409 1.7× 467 2.4× 107 2.2k
Lieyu Zhang China 23 665 0.7× 462 0.7× 116 0.5× 411 1.7× 182 0.9× 81 1.6k
Renato Iannelli Italy 24 596 0.6× 440 0.6× 159 0.7× 218 0.9× 176 0.9× 84 1.6k
Lei Huang China 25 805 0.8× 1.0k 1.5× 148 0.6× 396 1.7× 130 0.7× 90 2.1k
Alessandra Carucci Italy 25 364 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 339 1.4× 338 1.4× 223 1.2× 79 1.7k
Dongyu Cui China 20 542 0.5× 813 1.2× 112 0.5× 251 1.1× 172 0.9× 50 1.6k
Xiwu Lü China 22 1.2k 1.1× 600 0.9× 219 0.9× 680 2.9× 147 0.8× 108 1.8k
Zheng Zheng China 31 786 0.8× 840 1.2× 218 0.9× 780 3.3× 226 1.2× 67 2.5k
Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo Vietnam 26 649 0.6× 784 1.2× 216 0.9× 620 2.6× 291 1.5× 76 2.2k
Lilong Yan China 24 499 0.5× 863 1.3× 192 0.8× 675 2.9× 238 1.2× 76 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred van Afferden

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Afferden, Manfred van, et al.. (2024). Pysewer: A Python Library for Sewer Network Generation in Data Scarce Regions. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(104). 6430–6430.
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Breulmann, Marc, Roland Müller, & Manfred van Afferden. (2024). Modelling urban stormwater and irrigation management with coupled blue-green infrastructure in the context of climate change. 6(1). 100–113. 2 indexed citations
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Afferden, Manfred van, et al.. (2023). GR2L: A robust dual-layer green roof water balance model to assess multifunctionality aspects under climate variability. Frontiers in Climate. 5. 6 indexed citations
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Friesen, Jan, et al.. (2023). “OCTOPUS” principle reduces wastewater management costs through network optimization and clustering. One Earth. 6(9). 1227–1234. 4 indexed citations
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Nivala, Jaime, Scott Wallace, Manfred van Afferden, & Roland Müller. (2022). Evapotranspiration dynamics in aerated and non-aerated subsurface flow treatment wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 843. 156605–156605. 2 indexed citations
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Nivala, Jaime, Thorsten Reemtsma, Rita Schlichting, et al.. (2021). Removal of micropollutants and biological effects by conventional and intensified constructed wetlands treating municipal wastewater. Water Research. 201. 117349–117349. 41 indexed citations
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Kohlheb, Norbert, Manfred van Afferden, Enrique Lara, et al.. (2020). Assessing the life-cycle sustainability of algae and bacteria-based wastewater treatment systems: High-rate algae pond and sequencing batch reactor. Journal of Environmental Management. 264. 110459–110459. 59 indexed citations
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Merz, Ralf, et al.. (2019). Groundwater protection under water scarcity; from regional risk assessment to local wastewater treatment solutions in Jordan. The Science of The Total Environment. 706. 136066–136066. 39 indexed citations
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Nivala, Jaime, Thomas Aubron, Bassim Abbassi, et al.. (2019). Vertical flow constructed wetlands for decentralized wastewater treatment in Jordan: Optimization of total nitrogen removal. The Science of The Total Environment. 671. 495–504. 45 indexed citations
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Boog, Johannes, Thomas Kalbacher, Jaime Nivala, et al.. (2019). Modeling the relationship of aeration, oxygen transfer and treatment performance in aerated horizontal flow treatment wetlands. Water Research. 157. 321–334. 37 indexed citations
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Nivala, Jaime, et al.. (2018). Dynamics of emerging organic contaminant removal in conventional and intensified subsurface flow treatment wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 649. 1144–1156. 100 indexed citations
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Boog, Johannes, Jaime Nivala, Thomas Aubron, et al.. (2017). Resilience of carbon and nitrogen removal due to aeration interruption in aerated treatment wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 621. 960–969. 24 indexed citations
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Boog, Johannes, Jaime Nivala, Thomas Aubron, et al.. (2014). Hydraulic characterization and optimization of total nitrogen removal in an aerated vertical subsurface flow treatment wetland. Bioresource Technology. 162. 166–174. 83 indexed citations
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Wießner, Arndt, et al.. (2014). Removal and fate of arsenic in the rhizosphere of Juncus effusus treating artificial wastewater in laboratory-scale constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering. 69. 93–105. 30 indexed citations
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Afferden, Manfred van, et al.. (2008). Saneamiento del vaso Cencali, Villahermosa, Tabasco. II. Diseño del proceso. IMTA-TC. 23(1). 57–70. 1 indexed citations
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Hansen, Anne M., et al.. (2007). Saneamiento del vaso Cencali, Villahermosa, Tabasco. I. Contaminación y reúso de sedimentos. IMTA-TC. 22(4). 87–102. 3 indexed citations
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Afferden, Manfred van, Anne M. Hansen, & Christopher C. Fuller. (2005). Reconstrucción de la deposición atmosférica histórica de DDT en la laguna de Zempoala en el centro de México. 20(3). 71–83. 3 indexed citations
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Roos, P., et al.. (1996). Liver microsomal levels of cytochrome P450IA1 as biomarker for exposure and bioavailability of soil-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 30(1). 107–113. 22 indexed citations
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Afferden, Manfred van, et al.. (1988). Microbial desulfurization of dibenzothiophene. 6 indexed citations

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