William A. Mitch

18.5k citations

182 papers · 15.6k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact
Water Science and Technology top 0.05%
- Advanced oxidation water treatment

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 134
- Water Treatment and Disinfection 131
- Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact 16
Water Science and Technology 65
- Advanced oxidation water treatment 40

Co-authors: Joseph J. Pignatello David L. Sedlak Amisha D. Shah I. Schreiber Janel E. Grebel Xing‐Fang Li Yi-Hsueh Chuang Kimberly M. Parker
Journals: Environmental Science & Technology (89 papers)Water Research (18 papers)Environmental Science Water Research & Technology (7 papers)ACS ES&T Water (7 papers)Environmental Science & Technology Letters (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Switzerland

In The Last Decade

William A. Mitch

178 papers receiving 15.3k citations

Hit Papers

9 papers align trajectories log scale

High-molecular-weight by-products of chlorine disinfection 2023 · 137 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Water
2020 Nature Sustainability
2017 Environmental Science & Technology
2014 Environmental Science & Technology
2013 Water Research
2011 Environmental Science & Technology
2010 Environmental Science & Technology
2003 Environmental Engineering Science
2001 Environmental Science & Technology

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1	Transformation of cyclic amides and uracil-derived nitrogen heterocycles during chlorination Water Research ·Sungeun Lim, Yufei Wu, William A. Mitch	2025	1
2	Mitigating Disinfection Byproducts: Chloramination or Granular Activated Carbon Treatment? Environmental Science & Technology ·William J. Cooper, William A. Mitch, Susan D. Richardson, Michael Gonsior	2025	0
3	Persistence and free chlorine disinfection of human coronaviruses and their surrogates in water Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Mengyang Zhang, Liliana Masdrag, William A. Mitch, Catherine A. Blish, Alexandria B. Boehm	2024	2
4	Photodegradation of micropollutants by vacuum-UV (VUV) radiation in potable reuse waters: Promotive and inhibitory effects of free chlorine oxidant Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Alice Mulliri, Fuhar Dixit, Benoît Barbeau, William A. Mitch, Madjid Mohseni	2024	1
5	Controlling contaminants using a far-UVC-based advanced oxidation process for potable reuse Nature Water ·Ran Yin, K. A. Kazaryan, Jing Zhao, Alexandria B. Boehm, William A. Mitch	2023	59
6	Making waves: Opportunities and challenges of applying far-UVC radiation in controlling micropollutants in water Water Research ·Jing Zhao, Michael Babatunde Adebanjo, Bryan Liu, Chii Shang, Ernest R. Blatchley, William A. Mitch, Ran Yin	2023	52
7	Disinfection byproducts formed during drinking water treatment reveal an export control point for dissolved organic matter in a subalpine headwater stream Water Research X ·Marie Fradin, Gary Vanzin, Vanessa Garayburu‐Caruso, Stephanie S. Lau, Nikita Morgunov, M. Vincx, William A. Mitch, James Stegen, Kenneth H. Williams, Jonathan O. Sharp	2022	18
8	Dissolved Methane Recovery and Trace Contaminant Fate Following Mainstream Anaerobic Treatment of Municipal Wastewater ACS ES&T Engineering ·Brenda Mora Sánchez, Aleksandra Szczuka, Chungheon Shin, William A. Mitch, Richard G. Luthy	2022	6
9	Recovery of Clean Water and Ammonia from Domestic Wastewater: Impacts on Embodied Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Environmental Science & Technology ·Chungheon Shin, Aleksandra Szczuka, Matthew J. Liu, H. Zhang, H. I. Cole, Hao Hu, William A. Tarpeh, William A. Mitch, Craig S. Criddle	2022	27
10	Optimization of reverse osmosis operational conditions to maximize ammonia removal from the effluent of an anaerobic membrane bioreactor Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·Chungheon Shin, Aleksandra Szczuka, H. I. Cole, William A. Mitch, Craig S. Criddle	2021	30
11	Chlorine and ozone disinfection and disinfection byproducts in postharvest food processing facilities: A review Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology ·Haiyun Jiang, William A. Mitch	2021	50
12	Designing a Nanoscale Three-phase Electrochemical Pathway to Promote Pt-catalyzed Formaldehyde Oxidation Nano Letters ·Jinwei Xu, Xin Xiao, Zewen Zhang, Yecun Wu, David Boyle, Hiang Kwee Lee, Wenxiao Huang, Yuzhang Li, Hansen Wang, Jun Li, Yangying Zhu, Baoliang Chen, William A. Mitch, Yi Cui	2020	19
13	NDMA Precursor Control Strategies for Direct Potable Reuse Sara Altantawi, E Bersch, William A. Mitch, Orkideh Heydar Nezhad	2020	1
14	Sulfide-induced reduction of nitrobenzene mediated by different size fractions of rice straw-derived black carbon: A key role played by reactive polysulfide species The Science of The Total Environment ·Chenhui Wei, Shujun Yin, Heyun Fu, Xiaolei Qu, William A. Mitch, Dongqiang Zhu	2020	12
15	Role of absorber and desorber units and operational conditions for N-nitrosamine formation during amine-based carbon capture Water Research ·Zimeng Wang, Zhong Zhang, William A. Mitch	2019	7
16	Behavior of NDMA precursors at 21 full-scale water treatment facilities Environmental Science Water Research & Technology ·Stuart W. Krasner, Paul Westerhoff, William A. Mitch, David Hanigan, Daniel L. McCurry, Urs von Gunten	2018	20
17	Halogens in oil and gas production-associated wastewater. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Jennifer S. Harkness, Nathaniel R. Warner, Gary S. Dwyer, William A. Mitch, Avner Vengosh	2014	1
18	Minimization of NDMA Formation during Chlorine Disinfection of Municipal Wastewater by Application of Pre-Formed Chloramines Environmental Engineering Science ·William A. Mitch, Gregg L. Oelker, Elisabeth L. Hawley, Rula A. Deeb, David L. Sedlak	2005	54
19	Sources and Fate of Nitrosodimethylamine and its Precursors in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Water Environment Research ·David L. Sedlak, Rula A. Deeb, Elisabeth L. Hawley, William A. Mitch, Sri Adekayanti, Guteta Degefa, Steve Carr	2005	138
20	N -Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) as a Drinking Water Contaminant: A Review Environmental Engineering Science ·William A. Mitch, Jonathan O. Sharp, R. Rhodes Trussell, Richard L. Valentine, Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen, David L. Sedlak Hit paper breakdown →	2003	550

About William A. Mitch

William A. Mitch is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, having authored 182 papers that have together received 15.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (131 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (40 papers), Environmental Chemistry and Analysis (28 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (27 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (23 papers), Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact (16 papers), Water Systems and Optimization (16 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (10.0k citations), Water Science and Technology (6.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.8k citations), Pollution (3.1k citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2.2k citations). William A. Mitch has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Joseph J. Pignatello, David L. Sedlak, Amisha D. Shah, I. Schreiber, Janel E. Grebel, Xing‐Fang Li, Yi-Hsueh Chuang, Kimberly M. Parker, Yi Yang and Teng Zeng. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, ACS ES&T Water and Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

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