Wolfgang Gernjak

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Gernjak is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Gernjak has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Water Science and Technology, 52 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 42 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Gernjak's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (62 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (52 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (32 papers). Wolfgang Gernjak is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (62 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (52 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (32 papers). Wolfgang Gernjak collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Australia and United States. Wolfgang Gernjak's co-authors include S. Malato, M. I. Maldonado, J. Blanco, Pilar Fernández‐Ibañez, Jürg Keller, I. Oller, María José Farré, Ana Agüera, Leónidas Pérez-Estrada and Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Gernjak

148 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.

Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends

2009 2.3k citations J. Blanco, Wolfgang Gernjak et al. profile →
Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater

2018 617 citations Wolfgang Gernjak et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment – Guidance for systematic future research

2024 121 citations Wolfgang Gernjak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wolfgang Gernjak Spain	52	5.6k	4.5k	2.9k	2.1k	2.0k	151	10.7k
Zhimin Qiang China	62	5.5k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	4.7k 1.6×	3.2k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	266	11.9k
Vítor J.P. Vilar Portugal	60	7.4k 1.3×	4.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	2.5k 1.3×	281	12.7k
Yang Deng China	56	7.4k 1.3×	3.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	3.5k 1.6×	2.4k 1.2×	244	13.9k
Patrick Drogui Canada	61	5.7k 1.0×	4.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 1.3×	286	14.2k
J.A. Sánchez Pérez Spain	55	5.6k 1.0×	5.2k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	220	11.0k
I. Oller Spain	49	6.3k 1.1×	4.2k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	175	9.4k
Pingxiao Wu China	63	4.3k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	259	10.9k
Martin Jekel Germany	54	5.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	4.4k 1.5×	3.4k 1.6×	2.7k 1.4×	146	11.3k
Chihpin Huang Taiwan	56	4.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	235	10.5k
Rui A.R. Boaventura Portugal	69	10.0k 1.8×	4.9k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	315	17.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Gernjak

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Tsiarta, Nikoletta, et al.. (2025). Impact of ceramic membrane pore size and metal oxide modifications on pharmaceutical degradation in a Hybrid Ozonation–Membrane Filtration reactor. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(15). 117635–117635. 1 indexed citations

Gernjak, Wolfgang, et al.. (2025). Membrane Recycling: Exploring Ozone as a Viable Alternative to Chlorine for Polymeric Membrane Transformation. ACS ES&T Engineering. 5(11). 3183–3194. 1 indexed citations

Gernjak, Wolfgang, et al.. (2025). Integrated modeling of the generation, attenuation, and transport of point-source pollutants at the watershed-scale using SWAT+. Environmental Modelling & Software. 193. 106631–106631. 1 indexed citations

Jouhara, Hussam, et al.. (2025). Investigating the impact of surfactant-salt feed solution on PTFE membrane performance under varying feed and permeate temperatures in membrane distillation. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 223. 776–787. 1 indexed citations

Wols, B.A., et al.. (2024). Development and validation of a simplified kinetic model for predicting organic micropollutant degradation in vacuum ultraviolet water treatment. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 155998–155998. 1 indexed citations

Malinauskaitė, Jurgita, Bertrand Delpech, Luca Montorsi, et al.. (2024). Wastewater Reuse in the EU and Southern European Countries: Policies, Barriers and Good Practices. Sustainability. 16(24). 11277–11277. 1 indexed citations

Tsiarta, Nikoletta, Wolfgang Gernjak, Hrvoje Cajner, Gordana Matijašić, & Lidija Ćurković. (2024). Heterogeneous Catalytic Ozonation of Pharmaceuticals: Optimization of the Process by Response Surface Methodology. Nanomaterials. 14(21). 1747–1747. 1 indexed citations

Tsiarta, Nikoletta, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Ozonation of Pharmaceuticals Using CeO2-CeTiOx-Doped Crossflow Ultrafiltration Ceramic Membranes. Nanomaterials. 14(13). 1163–1163. 1 indexed citations

Acuña, Vicenç, et al.. (2023). Strategic routes for wastewater treatment plant upgrades to reduce micropollutants in European surface water bodies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 415. 137867–137867. 16 indexed citations

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Mutzner, Lena, Ulrich Dittmer, Stéphan Fuchs, et al.. (2022). A decade of monitoring micropollutants in urban wet-weather flows: What did we learn?. Water Research. 223. 118968–118968. 48 indexed citations

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Farré, María José, et al.. (2019). Occurrence of N-nitrosamines and their precursors in Spanish drinking water treatment plants and distribution systems. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 6(1). 210–220. 17 indexed citations

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Pype, Marie-Laure, Michael G. Lawrence, Jürg Keller, & Wolfgang Gernjak. (2016). Reverse osmosis integrity monitoring in water reuse: The challenge to verify virus removal – A review. Water Research. 98. 384–395. 106 indexed citations

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Liu, Peng, Jürg Keller, & Wolfgang Gernjak. (2016). Enhancing zero valent iron based natural organic matter removal by mixing with dispersed carbon cathodes. The Science of The Total Environment. 550. 95–102. 15 indexed citations

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Pype, Marie-Laure, et al.. (2015). Virus removal and integrity in aged RO membranes. Water Research. 90. 167–175. 51 indexed citations

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Pype, Marie-Laure, Eva Alvárez de Eulate, Alice Antony, et al.. (2015). National Validation Guidelines for Water Recycling: Reverse Osmosis Membranes. Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University). 2 indexed citations

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Farré, María José, Nicole Knight, Emmanuelle Filloux, et al.. (2012). A case study of occurrence of non-regulated disinfection by-products from the Capalaba region’s distribution system. Water. 39(4). 67–71. 2 indexed citations

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Chong, Meng Nan, Jatinder Sidhu, Rupak Aryal, et al.. (2012). A holistic assessment of stormwater quality from urban catchments. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 193(8). 977–984. 1 indexed citations

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Farré, María José, Nicole Knight, Emmanuelle Filloux, et al.. (2012). Disinfection by-products: a case study of occurrence of non-regulated disinfection by-products from the Capalaba region’s distribution system. Water. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Reungoat, Julien, M. Macova, S. Carswell, et al.. (2010). Effective removal of pathogens and micropollutants by ozone and GAC. Water. 37(1). 69–72. 1 indexed citations

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Blanco, J., Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla, Wolfgang Gernjak, & Elena Guillén-Burrieza. (2007). Polygeneration of power and desalination with solar energy. 1st European Conference on Polygeneration. Technologies and Applications. Tarragona (Spain), 16.-17.10.2007. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 33(1-2). 363–385. 4 indexed citations

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