Olivier Lefebvre

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Olivier Lefebvre is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Olivier Lefebvre has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Water Science and Technology, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 19 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Olivier Lefebvre's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (29 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (18 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (17 papers). Olivier Lefebvre is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (29 papers), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (18 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (17 papers). Olivier Lefebvre collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, France and China. Olivier Lefebvre's co-authors include René Moletta, How Yong Ng, Hugo Olvera‐Vargas, Orlando García-Rodríguez, Zuxin Wang, Emmanuel Mousset, Zi Tan, M. Torrijos, Renatto Moletta and Namasivayam Vasudevan and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Olivier Lefebvre

65 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Treatment of organic poll... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Treatment of organic pollution in industrial saline wastewater: A literature review
    2006 1.0k citations Olivier Lefebvre et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olivier Lefebvre Singapore 36 2.0k 1.1k 1.1k 999 944 68 4.1k
Hongguo Zhang China 36 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 682 0.6× 642 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 151 4.2k
Hao-Yi Cheng China 39 1.1k 0.6× 830 0.7× 2.1k 1.9× 1.7k 1.7× 1.2k 1.3× 136 4.7k
Junqiu Jiang China 33 1.2k 0.6× 613 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 937 0.9× 911 1.0× 99 3.6k
Yong Xiao China 35 768 0.4× 804 0.7× 1.8k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 95 3.9k
Xiuping Zhu China 46 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 491 0.5× 2.4k 2.5× 103 5.7k
Shaobin Huang China 40 2.5k 1.3× 2.6k 2.3× 404 0.4× 918 0.9× 915 1.0× 162 5.9k
Changzhu Yang China 35 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 327 0.3× 763 0.8× 869 0.9× 90 3.6k
Zebin Yu China 42 2.1k 1.0× 2.7k 2.4× 320 0.3× 699 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 146 6.6k
Bao‐Cheng Huang China 40 1.6k 0.8× 838 0.7× 849 0.8× 2.1k 2.1× 488 0.5× 107 4.3k
Aijuan Zhou China 40 1.1k 0.6× 527 0.5× 1.8k 1.6× 2.0k 2.0× 454 0.5× 178 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Olivier Lefebvre

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olivier Lefebvre

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olivier Lefebvre

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All Works

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Olvera‐Vargas, Hugo, et al.. (2024). A sustainable activated carbon fiber/TiO2 cathode for the photoelectro-Fenton treatment of pharmaceutical pollutant enalapril. Chemosphere. 353. 141492–141492. 8 indexed citations
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Lahnsteiner, Josef, Валентина Лазарова, & Olivier Lefebvre. (2024). Water reuse: overcoming the challenges of growth and climate change. 14(4). iii–iv.
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García-Rodríguez, Orlando, et al.. (2024). Sequential high-recovery nanofiltration and electrochemical degradation for the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater. Water Research. 259. 121832–121832. 15 indexed citations
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García-Rodríguez, Orlando, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical oxidation of a membrane-distillation concentrate for the treatment of real pharmaceutical wastewater. Chemosphere. 367. 143527–143527. 2 indexed citations
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García-Rodríguez, Orlando, et al.. (2023). An omniphobic membrane with macro-corrugation for the treatment of real pharmaceutical wastewater via membrane distillation. Journal of Membrane Science. 676. 121582–121582. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Jianxiong, et al.. (2023). Hybrid TiO2/Carbon quantum dots heterojunction photoanodes for solar photoelectrocatalytic wastewater treatment. Chemosphere. 341. 140077–140077. 8 indexed citations
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García-Rodríguez, Orlando, et al.. (2023). An Omniphobic Membrane with Macro-Corrugation for the Treatment of Real Pharmaceutical Wastewater Via Membrane Distillation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Coudert, Lucie, et al.. (2022). Electro-Fenton treatment of contaminated mine water to decrease thiosalts toxicity to Daphnia magna. The Science of The Total Environment. 835. 155323–155323. 4 indexed citations
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Mousset, Emmanuel, et al.. (2021). Cost comparison of advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment using accumulated oxygen-equivalent criteria. Water Research. 200. 117234–117234. 124 indexed citations
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García-Rodríguez, Orlando, Emmanuel Mousset, Hugo Olvera‐Vargas, & Olivier Lefebvre. (2020). Electrochemical treatment of highly concentrated wastewater: A review of experimental and modeling approaches from lab- to full-scale. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 52(2). 240–309. 106 indexed citations
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Deng, Fengxia, Hugo Olvera‐Vargas, Orlando García-Rodríguez, et al.. (2018). The synergistic effect of nickel-iron-foam and tripolyphosphate for enhancing the electro-Fenton process at circum-neutral pH. Chemosphere. 201. 687–696. 45 indexed citations
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Wang, Zuxin, Orlando García-Rodríguez, Emmanuel Mousset, & Olivier Lefebvre. (2017). Applications of Electro-Fenton for Sustainable Water Treatment and Reuse: A Case Study in the Electronics Industry. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2017-01(46). 2082–2082. 2 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Olivier, et al.. (2016). A sandwiched denitrifying biocathode in a microbial fuel cell for electricity generation and waste minimization. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 13(4). 1055–1064. 31 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Olivier, Xueqing Shi, Chung‐Hsin Wu, & How Yong Ng. (2013). Biological treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater from the antibiotics industry. Water Science & Technology. 69(4). 855–861. 40 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Olivier, Zi Tan, Shailesh Kharkwal, & How Yong Ng. (2012). Effect of increasing anodic NaCl concentration on microbial fuel cell performance. Bioresource Technology. 112. 336–340. 189 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Olivier, et al.. (2010). T-RFLP reveals high β-Proteobacteria diversity in microbial fuel cells enriched with domestic wastewater. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 109(3). 839–850. 56 indexed citations
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Lefebvre, Olivier, et al.. (2007). Impact of increasing NaCl concentrations on the performance and community composition of two anaerobic reactors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 75(1). 61–69. 121 indexed citations

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