Wendell P. Ela

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Wendell P. Ela is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendell P. Ela has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Water Science and Technology, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wendell P. Ela's work include Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (12 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (10 papers). Wendell P. Ela is often cited by papers focused on Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (12 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Mine drainage and remediation techniques (10 papers). Wendell P. Ela collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Czechia. Wendell P. Ela's co-authors include A. Eduardo Sáez, Robert G. Arnold, G. D. Redden, Kim F. Hayes, James O. Leckie, Kok Wai Wong, Guanjin Wang, Eric A. Betterton, Scott G. Huling and Robert A. Root and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Wendell P. Ela

51 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. A review of irregular time series data handling with gated recurrent neural networks
    2021 257 citations Wendell P. Ela 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
Wendell P. Ela United States 23 572 527 410 408 312 52 1.9k
Dong Cao China 30 306 0.5× 458 0.9× 341 0.8× 223 0.5× 277 0.9× 89 2.8k
Yichun Li China 18 472 0.8× 238 0.5× 311 0.8× 247 0.6× 379 1.2× 85 1.6k
Seunghak Lee South Korea 22 472 0.8× 166 0.3× 255 0.6× 372 0.9× 488 1.6× 75 1.7k
Bingliang Zhang China 23 631 1.1× 242 0.5× 625 1.5× 181 0.4× 249 0.8× 63 2.2k
Neil R. Thomson Canada 28 866 1.5× 404 0.8× 491 1.2× 186 0.5× 308 1.0× 103 2.6k
Xingang Li China 32 230 0.4× 254 0.5× 766 1.9× 239 0.6× 260 0.8× 167 3.0k
Jiwei Hu China 31 647 1.1× 191 0.4× 746 1.8× 205 0.5× 445 1.4× 115 2.9k
Xiaolin Wang Australia 28 370 0.6× 896 1.7× 254 0.6× 383 0.9× 153 0.5× 107 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wendell P. Ela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wendell P. Ela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wendell P. Ela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wendell P. Ela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wendell P. Ela based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wendell P. Ela. Wendell P. Ela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Joll, Cynthia A., et al.. (2023). 3D‐Printed TiO2 Electrode as a Viable Alternative for Photoelectrocatalytic Purification of Water. ChemistrySelect. 8(38). 3 indexed citations
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Kowalczyk, Piotr, Marek Wiśniewski, Artur Deditius, et al.. (2018). Phenol Molecular Sheets Woven by Water Cavities in Hydrophobic Slit Nanospaces. Langmuir. 34(50). 15150–15159. 2 indexed citations
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Kowalczyk, Piotr, Artur Deditius, Wendell P. Ela, et al.. (2018). Super-sieving effect in phenol adsorption from aqueous solutions on nanoporous carbon beads. Carbon. 135. 12–20. 47 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, Lucy Skillman, Dan Li, & Wendell P. Ela. (2017). Comparison of Alcian blue and total carbohydrate assays for quantitation of transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in biofouling studies. Water Research. 133. 60–68. 11 indexed citations
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Guzmán, Héctor M., et al.. (2016). Release of arsenic from metal oxide sorbents under simulated mature landfill conditions. Chemosphere. 151. 84–93. 4 indexed citations
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Seaman, R., et al.. (2016). Solar-driven membrane distillation demonstration in Leupp, Arizona. Reviews on Environmental Health. 31(1). 79–83. 4 indexed citations
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Félix, Omar, et al.. (2014). Laboratory dust generation and size-dependent characterization of metal and metalloid-contaminated mine tailings deposits. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 280. 619–626. 29 indexed citations
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Karanikola, Vasiliki, et al.. (2014). Solar membrane distillation: desalination for the Navajo Nation. Reviews on Environmental Health. 29(1-2). 67–70. 8 indexed citations
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Gao, Xiaodong, Robert A. Root, James Farrell, Wendell P. Ela, & Jon Chorover. (2013). Effect of silicic acid on arsenate and arsenite retention mechanisms on 6-L ferrihydrite: A spectroscopic and batch adsorption approach. Applied Geochemistry. 38. 110–120. 95 indexed citations
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Corral, Andrea F., Umur Yenal, Dongxu Yan, et al.. (2013). Comparison of slow sand filtration and microfiltration as pretreatments for inland desalination via reverse osmosis. Desalination. 334(1). 1–9. 31 indexed citations
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Sáez, A. Eduardo, et al.. (2013). Scoping candidate minerals for stabilization of arsenic-bearing solid residuals. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 263. 525–532. 37 indexed citations
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Arnold, Robert G., Jianmin Zhang, Qais Banihani, et al.. (2008). Fate of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers during Wastewater Treatment/Polishing and Sludge Stabilization/Disposal. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1140(1). 394–411. 10 indexed citations
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Ela, Wendell P., et al.. (2008). Effect of Ferrous Iron on Arsenate Sorption to Amorphous Ferric Hydroxide. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1140(1). 335–345. 7 indexed citations
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Zelinski, Brian J., et al.. (2007). Stabilization of arsenic-bearing solid residuals in polymeric matrices. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 152(3). 1115–1121. 18 indexed citations
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Huling, Scott G., et al.. (2005). Fenton-driven chemical regeneration of MTBE-spent GAC. Water Research. 39(10). 2145–2153. 63 indexed citations
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Sáez, A. Eduardo, et al.. (2005). Effect of pH, competitive anions and NOM on the leaching of arsenic from solid residuals. The Science of The Total Environment. 363(1-3). 46–59. 81 indexed citations
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Ela, Wendell P., et al.. (2004). TCLP Underestimates Leaching of Arsenic from Solid Residuals under Landfill Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology. 38(17). 4677–4682. 155 indexed citations
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Sáez, A. Eduardo, et al.. (2004). Destruction of Aqueous-Phase Carbon Tetrachloride in an Electrochemical Reactor with a Porous Cathode. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 43(4). 913–923. 17 indexed citations
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Sáez, A. Eduardo, et al.. (2004). Reductive and oxidative destruction of chlorinated hydrocarbons in gas-phase catalytic reactors: Packed-beds and modified fuel cells. 228(1). 452–457. 1 indexed citations
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Ela, Wendell P., et al.. (2003). NDMA Treatment by Sequential GAC Adsorption and Fenton-Driven Destruction. Environmental Engineering Science. 20(4). 361–373. 31 indexed citations

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