Ronald L. Droste

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Ronald L. Droste is a scholar working on Pollution, Water Science and Technology and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald L. Droste has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Pollution, 30 papers in Water Science and Technology and 29 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Ronald L. Droste's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (29 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers). Ronald L. Droste is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (30 papers), Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (29 papers) and Membrane Separation Technologies (11 papers). Ronald L. Droste collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and France. Ronald L. Droste's co-authors include Kevin J. Kennedy, Çiğdem Eskicioğlu, Amir Taebi, Daniel I. Massé, Mohamed F. Hamoda, Audrey Prorot, Karen Kennedy, Juan Marín, Mostafa Warith and L. Masse and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ronald L. Droste

83 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Theory and practice of wa... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Theory and practice of water and wastewater treatment
    1997 585 citations Ronald L. Droste et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald L. Droste Canada 26 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 909 534 86 3.1k
Stephan Tait Australia 32 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 639 1.2× 64 3.3k
İzzet Öztürk Türkiye 30 646 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 937 1.0× 707 1.3× 148 3.1k
A. Klapwijk Netherlands 23 615 0.5× 871 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 741 0.8× 342 0.6× 80 2.6k
E. Marañón Spain 29 731 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 852 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 598 1.1× 65 3.0k
Jiang Wu China 28 982 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 586 0.6× 503 0.9× 57 2.8k
Kaijun Wang China 30 849 0.6× 854 0.7× 827 0.7× 568 0.6× 633 1.2× 90 2.6k
Lingling Dai China 35 1.8k 1.3× 1.0k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 884 1.0× 811 1.5× 87 3.7k
F. Fdz‐Polanco Spain 41 2.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 929 1.0× 1.6k 3.0× 88 4.6k
L. Castrillón Spain 29 718 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 919 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 584 1.1× 71 3.0k
Orhan Yenigün Türkiye 31 2.0k 1.5× 941 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 879 1.6× 71 4.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald L. Droste

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Lu, et al.. (2020). Effect of steel slag in recycling waste activated sludge to produce anaerobic granular sludge. Chemosphere. 257. 127291–127291. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Weixin, Jinhui Jeanne Huang‬‬‬‬, Binbin Hua, et al.. (2020). A new strategy to recover from volatile fatty acid inhibition in anaerobic digestion by photosynthetic bacteria. Bioresource Technology. 311. 123501–123501. 42 indexed citations
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Hua, Binbin, Jinhui Jeanne Huang‬‬‬‬, Ronald L. Droste, et al.. (2019). Effect of different initial low pH conditions on biogas production, composition, and shift in the aceticlastic methanogenic population. Bioresource Technology. 289. 121579–121579. 55 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L., et al.. (2011). Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion with High‐Temperature Microwave Pretreatment and Importance of Inoculum Acclimation. Water Environment Research. 83(6). 549–559. 24 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L., et al.. (2010). Stochastic Calibration of Riverine Water Quality Models. Water Environment Research. 82(2). 99–108. 3 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Kevin J., et al.. (2009). Effect of High Temperature Microwave Thickened Waste-Activated Sludge Pretreatment on Distribution and Digestion of Soluble Organic Matter. Environmental Engineering Science. 26(5). 981–991. 12 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L., et al.. (2008). Parameter Uncertainty of a Watershed Model. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 33(1). 5–22. 7 indexed citations
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Eskicioğlu, Çiğdem, et al.. (2007). Athermal microwave effects for enhancing digestibility of waste activated sludge. Water Research. 41(11). 2457–2466. 234 indexed citations
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Eskicioğlu, Çiğdem, Kevin J. Kennedy, & Ronald L. Droste. (2006). Characterization of soluble organic matter of waste activated sludge before and after thermal pretreatment. Water Research. 40(20). 3725–3736. 226 indexed citations
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Eskicioğlu, Çiğdem, Kevin J. Kennedy, & Ronald L. Droste. (2005). ENHANCEMENT OF WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE DIGESTION BY MICROWAVE PRETREATMENT. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2005(13). 2772–2793. 3 indexed citations
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Taebi, Amir & Ronald L. Droste. (2004). Pollution loads in urban runoff and sanitary wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 327(1-3). 175–184. 138 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Kevin J., et al.. (2000). Microtox™ and Ceriodaphnia dubia toxicity of BKME with powdered activated carbon treatment™. Water SA. 26(2). 205–216. 7 indexed citations
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Massé, Daniel I. & Ronald L. Droste. (1997). Microbial interaction during the anaerobic treatment of swine manure slurry in a sequencing batch reactor.. 39(1). 35–41. 10 indexed citations
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Massé, Daniel I., et al.. (1997). Potential for the psychrophilic anaerobic treatment of swine manure using a sequencing batch reactor.. 39(1). 25–33. 41 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L. & Jessica C. Johnston. (1993). Urban snow dump quality and pollutant reduction in snowmelt by sedimentation. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 20(1). 9–21. 4 indexed citations
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Herpers, U., Michael S. Reich, Robert G. Michel, et al.. (1991). Bestimmung der Abtragungsraten von Zirconium, Tantal und der Legierung Tantal‐40Niob in fluoridhaltiger azeotroper Salpetersäure mit Hilfe der Radiotracer‐Methode. Materials and Corrosion. 42(11). 570–575. 2 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Kevin J., Mohamed F. Hamoda, & Ronald L. Droste. (1987). Kinetics of downflow anaerobic attached growth reactors. Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation. 59(4). 212–221. 9 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Kevin J. & Ronald L. Droste. (1985). Startup of anaerobic downflow stationary fixed film (DSFF) reactors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 27(8). 1152–1165. 30 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L., et al.. (1982). Water supply and sanitation in developing countries. 3 indexed citations
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Droste, Ronald L.. (1974). Pollution loadings of urban storm runoff.. Scholarship at UWindsor (University of Windsor). 81(4). 673–83.

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