Sarina J. Ergas

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Sarina J. Ergas is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarina J. Ergas has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Pollution, 50 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 29 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sarina J. Ergas's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (57 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (22 papers). Sarina J. Ergas is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (57 papers), Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (28 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (22 papers). Sarina J. Ergas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and China. Sarina J. Ergas's co-authors include Meng Wang, Xin Yuan, Qiong Zhang, Herman Van Langenhove, Ashish Kumar Sahu, Jo Dewulf, Thomas J. Lynn, Amit Kumar, James R. Mihelcic and F. Xavier Malcata and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Sarina J. Ergas

141 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Enhanced CO2 fixation and biofuel production via microalgae: recent developments and future directions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarina J. Ergas United States	36	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	755	742	149	4.2k
D. Grant Allen Canada	31	691 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	769 0.7×	281 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	131	4.0k
Jun Zhu United States	28	1.3k 0.9×	795 0.6×	878 0.8×	354 0.5×	488 0.7×	215	4.5k
David Jeison Chile	36	978 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	755 0.7×	697 0.9×	1.6k 2.1×	116	4.4k
Chuan Chen China	47	899 0.7×	3.1k 2.3×	807 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	1.0k 1.4×	215	6.6k
Yangguo Zhao China	43	832 0.6×	3.0k 2.2×	1.2k 1.1×	994 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	193	5.1k
Tom Stephenson United Kingdom	32	672 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	514 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	76	3.9k
Nanqi Ren China	43	375 0.3×	3.0k 2.2×	944 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	156	5.2k
Amirreza Talaiekhozani Iran	24	451 0.3×	798 0.6×	744 0.7×	340 0.5×	669 0.9×	75	3.1k
Shijian Ge China	34	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.5×	976 0.9×	664 0.9×	581 0.8×	93	3.8k
María Cruz García-González Spain	36	1.2k 0.8×	1000 0.7×	907 0.8×	281 0.4×	719 1.0×	91	3.6k

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Bhattacharjee, Ananda S., et al.. (2025). Ion exchange and bioregeneration by partial nitritation/anammox for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment. Bioresource Technology. 436. 132990–132990. 2 indexed citations

Richardson, N., et al.. (2025). Nursery Runoff Treatment by Novel Biochar-Amended Bioretention Systems. Water. 17(3). 330–330. 2 indexed citations

Arias, Mauricio E., et al.. (2024). A Process Model for Leachate Treatment in Adsorbent-Amended Constructed Wetlands. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Ergas, Sarina J., et al.. (2024). Multi-Decadal Nutrient Management and Trends in Two Catchments of Lake Okeechobee. Resources. 13(2). 28–28. 3 indexed citations

Ergas, Sarina J., et al.. (2019). Effect of Substrate to Inoculum Ratio on Bioenergy Recovery from Food Waste, Yard Waste, and Biosolids by High Solids Anaerobic Digestion. Environmental Engineering Science. 36(12). 1459–1465. 15 indexed citations

Lynn, Thomas J., et al.. (2019). Long-term field performance of a conventional and modified bioretention system for removing dissolved nitrogen species in stormwater runoff. Water Research. 170. 115336–115336. 90 indexed citations

Tong, Shuang, et al.. (2018). Effect of Pyrite Pretreatment, Particle Size, Dose, and Biomass Concentration on Particulate Pyrite Autotrophic Denitrification of Nitrified Domestic Wastewater. Environmental Engineering Science. 35(8). 875–886. 35 indexed citations

Sengupta, Sukalyan, Sarina J. Ergas, Jeffrey A. Cunningham, et al.. (2017). Concept Inventory for Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering Courses: Concept Inventory Development and Testing. Environmental Engineering Science. 34(12). 895–907. 3 indexed citations

Tong, Shuang, et al.. (2016). Nitrogen Removal from Anaerobically Digested Swine Waste Centrate Using a Laboratory-Scale Chabazite-Sequencing Batch Reactor. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(5). 324–332. 20 indexed citations

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Ergas, Sarina J., Maureen Kinyua, Peter Steen, et al.. (2016). Innovative Global Solutions for Bioenergy Production. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(11). 841–842. 2 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Jeffrey A., et al.. (2016). Modeling Inactivation of Highly Persistent Pathogens in Household-Scale Semi-Continuous Anaerobic Digesters. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(11). 851–860. 3 indexed citations

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Mussoline, Wendy, et al.. (2016). Enhanced Methane Yields in High-Solids Anaerobic Digestion Through Inoculation with Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(11). 907–917. 12 indexed citations

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Lynn, Thomas J., Daniel H. Yeh, & Sarina J. Ergas. (2015). Performance of Denitrifying Stormwater Biofilters Under Intermittent Conditions. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(9). 796–805. 40 indexed citations

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Lynn, Thomas J., Daniel H. Yeh, & Sarina J. Ergas. (2015). Performance and Longevity of Denitrifying Wood-Chip Biofilters for Stormwater Treatment: A Microcosm Study. Environmental Engineering Science. 32(4). 321–330. 25 indexed citations

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Tong, Shuang, et al.. (2015). Particulate Pyrite Autotrophic Denitrification (PPAD) for Remediation of Nitrate-contaminated Groundwater. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 2 indexed citations

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Sahu, Ashish & Sarina J. Ergas. (2010). Perchlorate Reduction In A Packed Bed Bioreactor Using Elemental Sulfur. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 12(1). 18. 1 indexed citations

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Morgan‐Sagastume, Juan Manuel, et al.. (2009). Tratamiento de agua residual municipal mediante un biorreactor anaerobio de membrana a escala piloto. 1(2). 1 indexed citations

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Ergas, Sarina J., et al.. (2004). Biofiltration: Past, Present and Future Directions. Biocycle. 45(6). 35–39. 17 indexed citations

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Ergas, Sarina J., et al.. (2002). Hollow-Fiber Membrane Bioreactor for Nitric Oxide Removal. Environmental Engineering Science. 19(6). 575–583. 32 indexed citations

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Ergas, Sarina J., Kerry A. Kinney, Mark E. Fuller, & Kate M. Scow. (1994). Characterization of compost biofiltration system degrading dichloromethane. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 44(9). 1048–1054. 89 indexed citations

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