Nicolas Derlon

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Derlon is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Derlon has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Water Science and Technology, 32 papers in Pollution and 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Derlon's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (29 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers). Nicolas Derlon is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (29 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (18 papers). Nicolas Derlon collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, France and United States. Nicolas Derlon's co-authors include Eberhard Morgenroth, Peter Desmond, Wouter Pronk, Etienne Paul, Rejane Helena Ribeiro da Costa, An Ding, Jamile Wagner, Elisabeth Girbal‐Neuhauser, James P. Best and Bing Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Derlon

67 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gravity-driven membrane filtration for water and wastewater treatment: A review

2018 369 citations Wouter Pronk, An Ding et al. Water Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nicolas Derlon	1.8k	1.6k	835	705	634	68	3.8k
Steven N. Liss	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	609 0.7×	970 1.4×	781 1.2×	103	4.7k
Slawomir W. Hermanowicz	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	360 0.4×	790 1.1×	562 0.9×	98	2.7k
Zhongbo Zhou	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	398 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	344 0.5×	72	3.0k
D. Grant Allen	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	604 0.7×	714 1.0×	769 1.2×	131	4.0k
Robert Nerenberg	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	707 1.0×	522 0.8×	109	4.1k
Gang Wen	1.5k 0.8×	799 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	902 1.3×	449 0.7×	170	3.9k
Britt‐Marie Wilén	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.6×	455 0.5×	456 0.6×	1.3k 2.0×	85	3.9k
Kristian Keiding	2.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.5×	456 0.5×	735 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	80	4.3k
Yuemei Lin	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	312 0.4×	399 0.6×	692 1.1×	65	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Derlon

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Wei, Stephany P., et al.. (2024). The critical role of flocs in nitrification in full-scale aerobic granular sludge-based WWTP. Water Research. 274. 123021–123021. 7 indexed citations

Tedoldi, Damien, et al.. (2024). Towards a standardised analysis of experimental Threshold Of Flocculation (TOF) curves. Water Science & Technology. 90(7). 2103–2113.

Daigger, Glen T., Nicolas Derlon, Dwight Houweling, et al.. (2023). Biological and physical selectors for mobile biofilms, aerobic granules, and densified-biological flocs in continuously flowing wastewater treatment processes: A state-of-the-art review. Water Research. 242. 120245–120245. 23 indexed citations

Derlon, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Gravity-driven membrane filtration with compact second-life modules daily backwashed: An alternative to conventional ultrafiltration for centralized facilities. Water Research X. 18. 100178–100178. 22 indexed citations

Péchaud, Yoan, Nicolas Derlon, Isabelle Queinnec, Yolaine Bessière, & Etienne Paul. (2023). Modelling biofilm development: The importance of considering the link between EPS distribution, detachment mechanisms and physical properties. Water Research. 250. 120985–120985. 20 indexed citations

Takács, Imre, et al.. (2022). Microbial conversion pathways of particulate organic substrate conversion in aerobic granular sludge systems: limited anaerobic conversion and the essential role of flocs. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 8(6). 1236–1251. 7 indexed citations

Derlon, Nicolas, et al.. (2022). Modelling of aerobic granular sludge reactors: the importance of hydrodynamic regimes, selective sludge removal and gradients. Water Science & Technology. 86(3). 410–431. 7 indexed citations

Rossi, Pierre, et al.. (2022). Influent carbon to phosphorus ratio drives the selection of PHA-storing organisms in a single CSTR. Water Research X. 16. 100150–100150. 12 indexed citations

Girbal‐Neuhauser, Elisabeth, Lukas Böni, Peter Fischer, et al.. (2020). Chemical and physical properties of alginate-like exopolymers of aerobic granules and flocs produced from different wastewaters. Bioresource Technology. 312. 123632–123632. 57 indexed citations

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Magnus, Bruna Scandolara, et al.. (2020). Biopolymers recovery: dynamics and characterization of alginate-like exopolymers in an aerobic granular sludge system treating municipal wastewater without sludge inoculum. Journal of Environmental Management. 263. 110394–110394. 72 indexed citations

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Desmond, Peter, et al.. (2019). Source Community and Assembly Processes Affect the Efficiency of Microbial Microcystin Degradation on Drinking Water Filtration Membranes. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 843–843. 5 indexed citations

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Pronk, Wouter, An Ding, Eberhard Morgenroth, et al.. (2018). Gravity-driven membrane filtration for water and wastewater treatment: A review. Water Research. 149. 553–565. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jafari, Morez, Peter Desmond, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, et al.. (2018). Effect of biofilm structural deformation on hydraulic resistance during ultrafiltration: A numerical and experimental study. Water Research. 145. 375–387. 50 indexed citations

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Derlon, Nicolas, et al.. (2017). Batch settling curve registration via image data modeling. Water Research. 114. 327–337. 18 indexed citations

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Desmond, Peter, James P. Best, Eberhard Morgenroth, & Nicolas Derlon. (2017). Linking composition of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) to the physical structure and hydraulic resistance of membrane biofilms. Water Research. 132. 211–221. 189 indexed citations

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Derlon, Nicolas, et al.. (2016). The composition and compression of biofilms developed on ultrafiltration membranes determine hydraulic biofilm resistance. Water Research. 102. 63–72. 72 indexed citations

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Derlon, Nicolas, Jamile Wagner, Rejane Helena Ribeiro da Costa, & Eberhard Morgenroth. (2016). Formation of aerobic granules for the treatment of real and low-strength municipal wastewater using a sequencing batch reactor operated at constant volume. Water Research. 105. 341–350. 143 indexed citations

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Kohler, Esther, Thomas Posch, Nicolas Derlon, et al.. (2014). Biodegradation of Microcystins during Gravity-Driven Membrane (GDM) Ultrafiltration. PLoS ONE. 9(11). e111794–e111794. 35 indexed citations

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Derlon, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Presence of biofilms on ultrafiltration membrane surfaces increases the quality of permeate produced during ultra-low pressure gravity-driven membrane filtration. Water Research. 60. 164–173. 86 indexed citations

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Lefèbvre, Dominique, et al.. (2010). Extracellular polymeric substances diversity of biofilms grown under contrasted environmental conditions. Water Research. 45(4). 1529–1538. 83 indexed citations

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