Tadele Assefa Aragaw

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Tadele Assefa Aragaw is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tadele Assefa Aragaw has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pollution, 16 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 14 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Tadele Assefa Aragaw's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (12 papers) and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (10 papers). Tadele Assefa Aragaw is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (12 papers) and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (10 papers). Tadele Assefa Aragaw collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, Peru and Morocco. Tadele Assefa Aragaw's co-authors include Fekadu Mazengiaw Bogale, Bassazin Ayalew Mekonnen, Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, Belete Asefa Aragaw, Adugna Nigatu Alene, Adane Adugna Ayalew, Fikiru Temesgen Angerasa, R. Rathinamoorthy, Amare Gessesse and Bilal Mghili and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Tadele Assefa Aragaw

45 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario

2020 547 citations Tadele Assefa Aragaw Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tadele Assefa Aragaw Ethiopia	22	864	778	567	371	308	47	2.2k
Evangelos Gidarakos Greece	37	810 0.9×	1.5k 2.0×	920 1.6×	365 1.0×	673 2.2×	76	4.1k
Abhradeep Majumder India	21	739 0.9×	606 0.8×	638 1.1×	126 0.3×	287 0.9×	27	2.0k
Mohammad Rafiee Iran	20	526 0.6×	533 0.7×	689 1.2×	118 0.3×	345 1.1×	73	1.8k
Saif Ullah Khan India	28	504 0.6×	380 0.5×	993 1.8×	125 0.3×	455 1.5×	79	2.5k
Vinka Oyanedel‐Craver United States	24	550 0.6×	567 0.7×	695 1.2×	131 0.4×	463 1.5×	66	2.3k
Liséte Celina Lange Brazil	27	784 0.9×	728 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	122 0.3×	585 1.9×	103	2.6k
Izharul Haq Farooqi India	26	759 0.9×	536 0.7×	972 1.7×	104 0.3×	465 1.5×	70	2.3k
Alok Prasad Das India	33	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.3×	482 0.9×	146 0.4×	682 2.2×	80	3.0k
Maria Cristina Collivignarelli Italy	28	816 0.9×	991 1.3×	1.1k 2.0×	98 0.3×	359 1.2×	116	3.4k
Hooshyar Hossini Iran	21	828 1.0×	614 0.8×	347 0.6×	51 0.1×	292 0.9×	77	1.8k

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Jutur, Pannaga Pavan, et al.. (2026). The algal carbon diet: Repurposing volatile fatty acids into sustainable lipids. Energy Nexus. 21. 100677–100677.

Aragaw, Tadele Assefa, et al.. (2025). Occurrence of microplastics in water and sediment of a highly urbanized lake ecosystem in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 18. 100756–100756.

Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2024). Potential and prospects of reductases in azo dye degradation: a review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100162–100162. 9 indexed citations

López, Ana D. Forero, Ana C. Ronda, I.L. Lehr, et al.. (2024). Paint particle pollution in aquatic environments: Current advances and analytical challenges. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 135744–135744. 11 indexed citations

Bogale, Fekadu Mazengiaw, et al.. (2024). Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: The role of ligninolytic enzymes and advances of biosensors for in-situ monitoring. Emerging contaminants. 11(1). 100424–100424. 12 indexed citations

Aragaw, Tadele Assefa, Carolina Suarez, Addis Simachew, & Catherine J. Paul. (2024). The potential of alkaline tolerant microbial consortia for textile wastewater treatment under integrated anaerobic/aerobic conditions: Performance evaluation and microbial community analysis. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 196. 105939–105939. 4 indexed citations

Ben-Haddad, Mohamed, Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, Tadele Assefa Aragaw, et al.. (2024). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl pollution in marine environments: a viewpoint about Africa. 3(2). 4 indexed citations

Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2024). Plastic waste management strategies toward zero waste: Status, perspectives and recommendations for Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 3 indexed citations

Mekonnen, Bassazin Ayalew, et al.. (2024). Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil: a review on principles, degradation mechanisms, and advancements. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 50 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa, et al.. (2024). Oxidative ligninolytic enzymes and their role in textile dye biodegradation: a comprehensive review. Water Practice & Technology. 19(9). 3598–3630. 9 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa & Fekadu Mazengiaw Bogale. (2023). Role of coagulation/flocculation as a pretreatment option to reduce colloidal/bio-colloidal fouling in tertiary filtration of textile wastewater: A review and future outlooks. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 51 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2023). Sustainable management of drinking plastic straws is required to reduce plastic pollution: Are we using them more during COVID-19?. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 12. 100328–100328. 6 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa, Fekadu Mazengiaw Bogale, & Amare Gessesse. (2022). Adaptive Response of Thermophiles to Redox Stress and Their Role in the Process of dye Degradation From Textile Industry Wastewater. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 908370–908370. 24 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa, et al.. (2022). Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic along the shoreline of Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 153261–153261. 57 indexed citations

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Rathinamoorthy, R., et al.. (2022). Wastewater treatment plant effluent and microfiber pollution: focus on industry-specific wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(34). 51211–51233. 57 indexed citations

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De-la-Torre, Gabriel Enrique & Tadele Assefa Aragaw. (2020). What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 163. 111879–111879. 143 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2020). Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 159. 111517–111517. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2020). Recovery of iron hydroxides from electro-coagulated sludge for adsorption removals of dye wastewater: Adsorption capacity and adsorbent characteristics. Surfaces and Interfaces. 18. 100439–100439. 46 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa & Fikiru Temesgen Angerasa. (2019). Adsorption of basic yellow dye dataset using Ethiopian kaolin as an adsorbent. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26. 104504–104504. 16 indexed citations

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Aragaw, Tadele Assefa. (2019). Utilizations of electro-coagulated sludge from wastewater treatment plant data as an adsorbent for direct red 28 dye removal. Data in Brief. 28. 104848–104848. 19 indexed citations

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