Samer Adham

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Samer Adham is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Samer Adham has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Water Science and Technology, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 28 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Samer Adham's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (79 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (39 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (20 papers). Samer Adham is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (79 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (39 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (20 papers). Samer Adham collaborates with scholars based in Qatar, United States and Australia. Samer Adham's co-authors include Joel Minier-Matar, Amir Hussain, Joan Oppenheimer, James DeCarolis, Manish Kumar, Arnold Janson, Joseph G. Jacangelo, Mustafa S. Nasser, Shane A. Snyder and Adam M. Redding and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Samer Adham

131 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of membranes and activated carbon in the removal of endocrine disruptors and pharmaceuticals

2006 820 citations Samer Adham, James DeCarolis et al. Desalination profile →
Adsorption of organic pollutants by natural and modified clays: A comprehensive review

2019 459 citations Abdelrahman M. Awad, Rem Jalab et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samer Adham Qatar	39	3.6k	2.1k	933	902	787	137	5.2k
Kwang‐Ho Choo South Korea	47	4.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	740 0.9×	164	6.3k
S.G.J. Heijman Netherlands	40	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	903 1.0×	574 0.6×	593 0.8×	140	4.7k
Greg Leslie Australia	38	3.2k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	543 0.6×	835 0.9×	862 1.1×	136	4.5k
Shuili Yu China	41	3.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	607 0.7×	560 0.6×	914 1.2×	148	5.0k
Am Jang South Korea	44	3.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.2×	794 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	243	6.6k
Emile Cornelissen Netherlands	43	5.3k 1.5×	3.9k 1.8×	935 1.0×	740 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	146	6.5k
Arne Verliefde Belgium	44	4.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	707 0.8×	678 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	150	5.4k
Hanmin Zhang China	44	3.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 2.4×	723 0.8×	925 1.2×	151	5.2k
Katsuki Kimura Japan	37	4.6k 1.3×	2.9k 1.4×	1.8k 1.9×	534 0.6×	838 1.1×	101	5.6k
So-Ryong Chae United States	31	3.4k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	917 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	97	5.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samer Adham

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Minier-Matar, Joel, et al.. (2025). Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis: Assessing pretreatment on hypersaline produced water. Desalination. 604. 118724–118724. 1 indexed citations

Minier-Matar, Joel, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of high-temperature reverse osmosis for recycling boiler blowdown in industrial applications. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 69. 106812–106812.

Minier-Matar, Joel, Ramesh Sharma, Igor Krupa, et al.. (2024). Modification of polyethylene for oil-water separation in industrial wastewater treatment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 114067–114067. 1 indexed citations

Adham, Samer, Joel Minier-Matar, & Amir Hussain. (2023). Pilot plant evaluation of membrane distillation for desalination of high-salinity brines. Applied Water Science. 13(12). 11 indexed citations

Awad, Abdelrahman M., Rem Jalab, Mustafa S. Nasser, et al.. (2023). Pilot scale evaluation of thin film composite membranes for reducing wastewater volumes: osmotic concentration process. Emergent Materials. 7(2). 619–632. 4 indexed citations

Ponnamma, Deepalekshmi, et al.. (2023). Electrospun Polysulfone Hybrid Nanocomposite Fibers as Membrane for Separating Oil/Water Emulsion. Water Conservation Science and Engineering. 8(1). 3 indexed citations

Sobolčiak, Patrik, et al.. (2023). Complex treatment of oily polluted waters by modified melamine foams: from colloidal emulsions to a free oil removal. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(43). 97872–97887. 6 indexed citations

Khraisheh, Majeda, Mustafa S. Nasser, Mohammed J. Al‐Marri, et al.. (2019). Osmotic pressure estimation using the Pitzer equation for forward osmosis modelling. Environmental Technology. 41(19). 2533–2545. 25 indexed citations

Jalab, Rem, Abdelrahman M. Awad, Mustafa S. Nasser, et al.. (2019). An empirical determination of the whole-life cost of FO-based open-loop wastewater reclamation technologies. Water Research. 163. 114879–114879. 21 indexed citations

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Qiblawey, Hazim, et al.. (2019). Polymeric adsorbents for oil removal from water. Chemosphere. 233. 809–817. 61 indexed citations

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Manawi, Yehia, Majeda Khraisheh, Ahmad Kayvani Fard, Farid Benyahia, & Samer Adham. (2014). Effect of operational parameters on distillate flux in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD): Comparison between experimental and model predicted performance. Desalination. 336. 110–120. 121 indexed citations

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Minier-Matar, Joel, Amir Hussain, Arnold Janson, Farid Benyahia, & Samer Adham. (2014). Field evaluation of membrane distillation technologies for desalination of highly saline brines. Desalination. 351. 101–108. 79 indexed citations

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DeCarolis, James, et al.. (2010). Peak flux performance and microbial removal by selected membrane bioreactor systems. Water Research. 44(8). 2431–2440. 56 indexed citations

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Ginkel, Steven W. Van, Chang Hoon Ahn, Mohammad Badruzzaman, et al.. (2008). Kinetics of nitrate and perchlorate reduction in ion-exchange brine using the membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Water Research. 42(15). 4197–4205. 57 indexed citations

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Howe, Kerry J., et al.. (2007). Effect of membrane configuration on bench-scale MF and UF fouling experiments. Water Research. 41(17). 3842–3849. 38 indexed citations

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DeCarolis, James & Samer Adham. (2007). Performance Investigation of Membrane Bioreactor Systems During Municipal Wastewater Reclamation. Water Environment Research. 79(13). 2536–2550. 29 indexed citations

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Lehman, S. Geno, Mohammad Badruzzaman, Samer Adham, Deborah J. Roberts, & Dennis Clifford. (2007). Perchlorate and nitrate treatment by ion exchange integrated with biological brine treatment. Water Research. 42(4-5). 969–976. 104 indexed citations

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Kumar, Manish, Mohammad Badruzzaman, Samer Adham, & Joan Oppenheimer. (2007). Beneficial phosphate recovery from reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate of an integrated membrane system using polymeric ligand exchanger (PLE). Water Research. 41(10). 2211–2219. 77 indexed citations

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Daigger, Glen T., Bruce E. Rittmann, Samer Adham, & Gianni Andreottola. (2005). Are Membrane Bioreactors Ready for Widespread Application?. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(19). 399A–406A. 40 indexed citations

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Adham, Samer, et al.. (1999). In Search of Purer Waters. 11(11). 22–28. 1 indexed citations

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