Stefano Freguia

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Stefano Freguia is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Freguia has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Environmental Engineering, 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Stefano Freguia's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (66 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (27 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (23 papers). Stefano Freguia is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (66 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (27 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (23 papers). Stefano Freguia collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Belgium and Japan. Stefano Freguia's co-authors include Jürg Keller, Korneel Rabaey, Peter Aelterman, Willy Verstraete, René A. Rozendal, Bruce E. Logan, H.V.M. Hamelers, Uwe Schröder, Zhiguo Yuan and Pablo Ledezma and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Freguia

104 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology

2006 4.8k citations Jürg Keller, Stefano Freguia et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Freguia Australia	38	8.7k	6.1k	3.7k	2.0k	1.8k	109	10.8k
René A. Rozendal Australia	34	11.7k 1.3×	8.4k 1.4×	4.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	55	13.9k
Booki Min South Korea	50	6.0k 0.7×	4.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	137	9.0k
In Seop Chang South Korea	56	8.8k 1.0×	7.3k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	951 0.5×	182	11.4k
Falk Harnisch Germany	51	6.6k 0.8×	5.1k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	196	9.5k
Shaoan Cheng China	61	14.0k 1.6×	11.6k 1.9×	7.4k 2.0×	2.5k 1.3×	4.1k 2.3×	188	18.1k
Trevor L. Woodard United States	42	6.1k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	69	8.2k
Cees J.N. Buisman Netherlands	78	10.6k 1.2×	7.3k 1.2×	4.5k 1.2×	5.7k 2.8×	3.1k 1.8×	225	18.5k
Hyung‐Sool Lee Canada	46	4.0k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	929 0.5×	121	6.8k
César I. Torres United States	40	5.2k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	827 0.5×	91	6.2k
Peter Clauwaert Belgium	30	4.1k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	901 0.4×	507 0.3×	54	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Freguia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Freguia

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Ometto, Aldo Roberto, Anne Roiko, Md Sayed Iftekhar, et al.. (2025). Pathways to circular nutrient ecosystems: Strategic roadmaps addressing sustainability drivers and barriers in Australia. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 56. 593–617. 1 indexed citations

Stickland, Anthony D., et al.. (2025). PFAS removal through foam harvesting during wastewater aeration. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 491. 137936–137936. 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Jiaxi, et al.. (2024). Feasibility study of powdered activated carbon membrane bioreactor (PAC-MBR) for source-separated urine treatment: A comparison with MBR. Desalination. 580. 117544–117544. 16 indexed citations

Jiang, Jiaxi, Pema Dorji, Stefano Freguia, et al.. (2023). Potential nutrient recovery from source-separated urine through hybrid membrane bioreactor and membrane capacitive deionisation. Desalination. 566. 116924–116924. 20 indexed citations

Li, Xiaolu, Yin Liu, Xuyao Li, et al.. (2023). Phenanthrene regulates metabolic pathways for hydrogen accumulation in sludge alkaline dark fermentation. Bioresource Technology. 384. 129311–129311. 8 indexed citations

Monetti, Juliette, Stefano Freguia, Phil M. Choi, et al.. (2022). Urea hydrolysis and long-term storage of source-separated urine for reuse as fertiliser is insufficient for the removal of anthropogenic micropollutants. Water Research. 222. 118891–118891. 9 indexed citations

Freguia, Stefano, et al.. (2022). Modelling and techno-economic assessment of (bio)electrochemical nitrogen removal and recovery from reject water at full WWTP scale. Journal of Environmental Management. 319. 115747–115747. 11 indexed citations

Jermakka, Johannes, Stefano Freguia, Marika Kokko, & Pablo Ledezma. (2021). Electrochemical system for selective oxidation of organics over ammonia in urine. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 7(5). 942–955. 14 indexed citations

Gabriel, David, et al.. (2021). Implementation of a Sulfide–Air Fuel Cell Coupled to a Sulfate-Reducing Biocathode for Elemental Sulfur Recovery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(11). 5571–5571. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Miaomiao, Igor Vassilev, Stefano Freguia, et al.. (2021). Selective Extraction of Medium-Chain Carboxylic Acids by Electrodialysis and Phase Separation. ACS Omega. 6(11). 7841–7850. 21 indexed citations

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Jermakka, Johannes, Emma Thompson Brewster, Stefano Freguia, Pablo Ledezma, & Marika Kokko. (2021). Electro-concentration of urine designed for separation of sodium from nitrogen. Separation and Purification Technology. 276. 119275–119275. 4 indexed citations

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Monetti, Juliette, Pablo Ledezma, Bernardino Virdis, & Stefano Freguia. (2019). Nutrient Recovery by Bio-Electroconcentration is Limited by Wastewater Conductivity. ACS Omega. 4(1). 2152–2159. 33 indexed citations

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Gabriel, David, et al.. (2019). Recovery of elemental sulfur with a novel integrated bioelectrochemical system with an electrochemical cell. The Science of The Total Environment. 677. 175–183. 27 indexed citations

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Vassilev, Igor, Frauke Kracke, Stefano Freguia, et al.. (2019). Microbial electrosynthesis system with dual biocathode arrangement for simultaneous acetogenesis, solventogenesis and carbon chain elongation. Chemical Communications. 55(30). 4351–4354. 62 indexed citations

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Vassilev, Igor, Pau Batlle‐Vilanova, Stefano Freguia, et al.. (2018). Microbial Electrosynthesis of Isobutyric, Butyric, Caproic Acids, and Corresponding Alcohols from Carbon Dioxide. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6(7). 8485–8493. 200 indexed citations

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Brewster, Emma Thompson, Guillermo Pozo, Damien J. Batstone, Stefano Freguia, & Pablo Ledezma. (2018). A modelling approach to assess the long-term stability of a novel microbial/electrochemical system for the treatment of acid mine drainage. RSC Advances. 8(33). 18682–18689. 8 indexed citations

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Virdis, Bernardino, et al.. (2018). Bioelectrochemical Denitrification for the Treatment of Saltwater Recirculating Aquaculture Streams. ACS Omega. 3(4). 4252–4261. 13 indexed citations

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Brewster, Emma Thompson, Johannes Jermakka, Stefano Freguia, & Damien J. Batstone. (2017). Modelling recovery of ammonium from urine by electro-concentration in a 3-chamber cell. Water Research. 124. 210–218. 33 indexed citations

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Ledezma, Pablo, Johannes Jermakka, Jürg Keller, & Stefano Freguia. (2017). Recovering Nitrogen as a Solid without Chemical Dosing: Bio-Electroconcentration for Recovery of Nutrients from Urine. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 4(3). 119–124. 100 indexed citations

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Guo, Kun, Alexander H. Soeriyadi, Sunil A. Patil, et al.. (2013). Surfactant treatment of carbon felt enhances anodic microbial electrocatalysis in bioelectrochemical systems. Electrochemistry Communications. 39. 1–4. 42 indexed citations

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