Pierre Le Cloirec

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
243 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Pierre Le Cloirec is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Le Cloirec has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Water Science and Technology, 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 54 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Le Cloirec's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (55 papers), Odor and Emission Control Technologies (54 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (34 papers). Pierre Le Cloirec is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (55 papers), Odor and Emission Control Technologies (54 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (34 papers). Pierre Le Cloirec collaborates with scholars based in France, Belgium and Canada. Pierre Le Cloirec's co-authors include Yves Andrès, Claire Gérente, Catherine Faur, Zacaria Reddad, Eric Guibal, C. Brasquet, K. Kadirvelu, Gordon McKay, Éric Dumont and Laurence Le Coq and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Le Cloirec

240 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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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.

Adsorption of Several Metal Ions onto a Low-Cost Biosorbent: Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies

2002 1.1k citations Zacaria Reddad, Claire Gérente et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Application of Chitosan for the Removal of Metals From Wastewaters by Adsorption—Mechanisms and Models Review

2006 654 citations Claire Gérente, Pierre Le Cloirec et al. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierre Le Cloirec France	54	4.7k	2.3k	1.9k	1.7k	1.4k	243	10.2k
Chihpin Huang Taiwan	56	4.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	235	10.5k
Vimal Chandra Srivastava India	64	8.2k 1.7×	2.8k 1.2×	4.2k 2.2×	2.3k 1.4×	3.2k 2.2×	277	16.1k
José Luis Cortina Spain	57	4.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 1.6×	3.4k 2.3×	328	11.1k
Yves Andrès France	44	2.3k 0.5×	963 0.4×	763 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	894 0.6×	153	6.0k
Muftah H. El‐Naas Qatar	47	3.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	165	7.8k
Indra Mani Mishra India	45	4.1k 0.9×	953 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	87	7.2k
Majeda Khraisheh Qatar	57	5.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	3.0k 2.1×	211	12.2k
Quanxing Zhang China	44	5.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	2.9k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	159	9.7k
Carlos Moreno‐Castilla Spain	58	4.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	5.1k 2.6×	978 0.6×	2.7k 1.9×	180	13.2k
Tian C. Zhang United States	59	3.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	2.9k 2.0×	316	11.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Le Cloirec

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Anthelme, Fabien, Nicolas Cimetière, Sylvain Giraudet, et al.. (2025). Ultrafiltration and activated carbon to secure shellfish hatcheries. Separation and Purification Technology. 378. 134785–134785.

Lendormi, Thomas, et al.. (2012). Packing Material Evolutions and Odorous Abatement of Peat and Heather Biofilters Operating in Rendering Industry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

Mocho, Pierre, et al.. (2010). Modeling breakthrough curves of volatile organic compounds on activated carbon fibers. Adsorption. 16(3). 147–153. 30 indexed citations

Coq, Laurence Le, et al.. (2008). SFGP 2007 - Microbial Growth onto Filter Media Used in Air Treatment Devices. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 6(1). 17 indexed citations

Subrenat, Albert, et al.. (2008). ELECTRODEPOSITION OF COPPER AND IRON OXIDES ON TO ACTIVATED CARBON fibre CLOTHS: APPLICATION TO H₂S AND NH₃REMOVAL FROM AIR. Environmental Technology. 29(9). 993–1000. 14 indexed citations

Bechet, Béatrice, et al.. (2007). Arrêt-reprise de l’Écoulement : influence sur la mobilisation des éléments traces d’un sédiment de bassin d’infiltration. La Houille Blanche. 93(5). 120–126. 4 indexed citations

Gérente, Claire, et al.. (2006). Application of Chitosan for the Removal of Metals From Wastewaters by Adsorption—Mechanisms and Models Review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 37(1). 41–127. 654 indexed citations breakdown →

Faur, Catherine, et al.. (2006). Adsorption of dyes onto activated carbon cloth: Using QSPRs as tools to approach adsorption mechanisms. Chemosphere. 66(5). 887–893. 39 indexed citations

Giraudet, Sylvain, et al.. (2006). Estimation of adsorption energies using the physical characteristics of activated carbons and the molecular properties of volatile organic compounds. Carbon. 44(12). 2413–2421. 38 indexed citations

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Rio, Sébastien, Catherine Faur, Laurence Le Coq, & Pierre Le Cloirec. (2005). Structure Characterization and Adsorption Properties of Pyrolyzed Sewage Sludge. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(11). 4249–4257. 105 indexed citations

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Raillard, C., Valérie Hequet, Pierre Le Cloirec, & Jack Legrand. (2005). TiO2 coating types influencing the role of water vapor on the photocatalytic oxidation of methyl ethyl ketone in the gas phase. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 59(3-4). 213–220. 42 indexed citations

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Gérente, Claire, Gordon McKay, Yves Andrès, & Pierre Le Cloirec. (2005). Interactions of Natural Aminated Polymers with Different Species of Arsenic at Low Concentrations: Application in Water Treatment. Adsorption. 11(S1). 859–863. 23 indexed citations

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Raillard, C., Valérie Hequet, Pierre Le Cloirec, & Jack Legrand. (2004). Kinetic study of ketones photocatalytic oxidation in gas phase using TiO2-containing paper: effect of water vapor. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 163(3). 425–431. 83 indexed citations

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Rio, Sébastien, Catherine Faur, Laurence Le Coq, Philippe Courcoux, & Pierre Le Cloirec. (2004). Experimental design methodology for the preparation of carbonaceous sorbents from sewage sludge by chemical activation––application to air and water treatments. Chemosphere. 58(4). 423–437. 115 indexed citations

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Reddad, Zacaria, Claire Gérente, Yves Andrès, Jean‐François Thibault, & Pierre Le Cloirec. (2003). Cadmium and lead adsorption by a natural polysaccharide in MF membrane reactor: experimental analysis and modelling. Water Research. 37(16). 3983–3991. 88 indexed citations

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Reddad, Zacaria, et al.. (2003). Mechanisms of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by sugar beet pulp. Environmental Technology. 24(2). 257–264. 39 indexed citations

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Pré, Pascaline, et al.. (2002). Quantitative structure–activity relationships for the prediction of VOCs adsorption and desorption energies onto activated carbon. Fuel Processing Technology. 77-78. 345–351. 33 indexed citations

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Brasquet, C. & Pierre Le Cloirec. (1999). Effects of Activated Carbon Cloth Surface on Organic Adsorption in Aqueous Solutions. Use of Statistical Methods To Describe Mechanisms. Langmuir. 15(18). 5906–5912. 47 indexed citations

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Cloirec, Pierre Le, et al.. (1996). The adsorption onto fibrous activated carbon applications to water and air treatments. 41(1). 5 indexed citations

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Fanlo, Jean‐Louis, et al.. (1970). Deodorization Of Industrial Waste Air By ABiofilter. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 1. 2 indexed citations

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