Philipp Wilfert

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Philipp Wilfert is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Philipp Wilfert has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 4 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Philipp Wilfert's work include Phosphorus and nutrient management (11 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (7 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (3 papers). Philipp Wilfert is often cited by papers focused on Phosphorus and nutrient management (11 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (7 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (3 papers). Philipp Wilfert collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and Germany. Philipp Wilfert's co-authors include Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Leon Korving, Geert‐Jan Witkamp, Prashanth Suresh Kumar, K. Goubitz, A. Iulian Dugulan, Hardy Temmink, Peter Rem, Ru Wang and D.J. de Ridder and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Philipp Wilfert

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Relevance of Phosphorus and Iron Chemistry to the Rec... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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. The Relevance of Phosphorus and Iron Chemistry to the Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater: A Review
    2015 471 citations Philipp Wilfert, Prashanth Suresh Kumar et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philipp Wilfert Netherlands 9 863 505 385 177 167 19 1.2k
A.O. Babatunde Ireland 19 1.1k 1.2× 429 0.8× 368 1.0× 207 1.2× 97 0.6× 32 1.6k
Bingdi Cao China 13 493 0.6× 855 1.7× 413 1.1× 67 0.4× 256 1.5× 16 1.3k
C. Fall Mexico 18 304 0.4× 582 1.2× 320 0.8× 146 0.8× 117 0.7× 65 982
Leon Korving Netherlands 17 1.6k 1.8× 1.1k 2.2× 529 1.4× 263 1.5× 298 1.8× 31 2.3k
Dapeng Li China 18 410 0.5× 296 0.6× 306 0.8× 316 1.8× 82 0.5× 70 921
Jinghuan Luo China 24 591 0.7× 521 1.0× 741 1.9× 222 1.3× 274 1.6× 32 1.6k
Dexiang Liao China 19 392 0.5× 617 1.2× 629 1.6× 68 0.4× 269 1.6× 32 1.3k
Sang-Ill Lee South Korea 17 631 0.7× 286 0.6× 412 1.1× 70 0.4× 114 0.7× 49 1.1k
M.F. Colmenarejo Spain 15 480 0.6× 617 1.2× 239 0.6× 163 0.9× 123 0.7× 29 1.2k
Zhenze Li China 23 462 0.5× 425 0.8× 179 0.5× 60 0.3× 115 0.7× 66 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philipp Wilfert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philipp Wilfert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philipp Wilfert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philipp Wilfert based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Philipp Wilfert. Philipp Wilfert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Anaerobic digestion at high-pH and alkalinity for biomethane production: Insights into methane yield, biomethane purity, and process performance. Bioresource Technology. 429. 132505–132505. 2 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Charge Density in Complex Biopolymer Systems via Conductometric Titration. ACS Omega. 10(42). 50298–50307.
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Charge Mediated Changes to the Intrinsic Viscosity of Biopolymer Systems. Polymers. 16(20). 2894–2894. 1 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Using the Herschel–Bulkley Consistency Index to Characterise Complex Biopolymer Systems—The Effect of Screening. Polymers. 16(19). 2822–2822. 5 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Impact of phosphorus on the functional properties of extracellular polymeric substances recovered from sludge. Water Research. 274. 123019–123019. 5 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2024). FePO4.2H2O recovery from acidic phosphate-rich waste streams. Water Research. 260. 121905–121905. 18 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2024). Phosphorous speciation in EPS extracted from Aerobic Granular Sludge. Water Research. 262. 122077–122077. 7 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2023). Integrated resource recovery from aerobic granular sludge plants. Water Research. 234. 119819–119819. 45 indexed citations
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Prot, Thomas, Vivi Nguyen, Philipp Wilfert, et al.. (2019). Magnetic separation and characterization of vivianite from digested sewage sludge. Separation and Purification Technology. 224. 564–579. 85 indexed citations
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Wang, Ru, Philipp Wilfert, A. Iulian Dugulan, et al.. (2019). Fe(III) reduction and vivianite formation in activated sludge. Separation and Purification Technology. 220. 126–135. 53 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, Hardy Temmink, Leon Korving, et al.. (2019). Sulfide induced phosphate release from iron phosphates and its potential for phosphate recovery. Water Research. 171. 115389–115389. 58 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, A. Iulian Dugulan, K. Goubitz, et al.. (2018). Vivianite as the main phosphate mineral in digested sewage sludge and its role for phosphate recovery. Water Research. 144. 312–321. 218 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, Prashanth Suresh Kumar, W.W.J.M. de Vet, et al.. (2018). Biogenic iron oxides for phosphate removal. Environmental Technology. 41(2). 260–266. 13 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp. (2018). Phosphate Recovery From Sewage Sludge Containing Iron Phosphate. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 7 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, A. Iulian Dugulan, K. Goubitz, et al.. (2016). Vivianite as an important iron phosphate precipitate in sewage treatment plants. Water Research. 104. 449–460. 176 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, Prashanth Suresh Kumar, Leon Korving, Geert‐Jan Witkamp, & Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht. (2015). The Relevance of Phosphorus and Iron Chemistry to the Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater: A Review. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(16). 9400–9414. 471 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilfert, Philipp, Stefan Krause, Volker Liebetrau, et al.. (2015). Response of anaerobic methanotrophs and benthic foraminifera to 20 years of methane emission from a gas blowout in the North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 68. 731–742. 7 indexed citations
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Steinle, Lea, Philipp Wilfert, Mark Schmidt, et al.. (2013). News from the "blowout", a man-made methane pockmark in the North Sea: chemosynthetic communities and microbial methane oxidation. The EGU General Assembly. 47(2). 242–52. 1 indexed citations
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Wilfert, Philipp, et al.. (2011). Effects of sediment pore water qualities on the decline of Stratiotes aloides L. stands in Bremen, Germany. Fundamental and Applied Limnology / Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 179(2). 131–136. 5 indexed citations

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