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Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of constructed wetlands for the treatment of various types of wastewater. The research covers topics such as nutrient removal, microbial processes, phosphorus and nitrogen removal mechanisms, plant and microbial effects, and the efficiency of different wetland systems. It also includes reviews on the sustainability and development of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment.

  • Constructed Wetlands
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Nutrient Removal
  • Microbial Processes
  • Phosphorus Removal
  • Plant Effects
  • Subsurface Flow Systems
  • Nitrogen Removal
  • Hybrid Wetlands
  • Treatment Efficiency
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Which countries lead Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 568 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 India 568 works
  3. 3 United States 384 works
  4. 4 Brazil 184 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 155 works
  6. 6 Spain 109 works
  7. 7 Poland 95 works
  8. 8 Canada 95 works
  9. 9 Mexico 92 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 91 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 54.0%India: 14.8%United States: 10.0%Brazil: 4.8%6 others listed: 16.5%54%largest
China2,079 · 54.0%India568 · 14.8%United States384 · 10.0%Brazil184 · 4.8%6 others listed636 · 16.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research, followed by Beijing University of Technology and Tongji University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 139 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 50 works
  3. 3 Tongji UniversityChina 50 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 42 works
  5. 5 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 41 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 38 works
  7. 7 Hohai UniversityChina 34 works
  8. 8 Shandong UniversityChina 29 works
  9. 9 Chongqing UniversityChina 25 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment include Takashi Taniguchi, Lei Jiang and L. Li.

  1. 1 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 L. Li France 211k citations
  4. 4 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  5. 5 J. Mueller France 178k citations
  6. 6 David Lee Kaplan United States 171k citations
  7. 7 Josep Peñuelas Spain 160k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment?

The most cited paper in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment is "Removal of nutrients in various types of constructed wetlands" (Jan Vymazal, 2006), with 2,776 citations. Next come "Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review" (2,523) and "Influence of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the flocculation, sedimentation and dewaterability of activated sludge" (2,123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Removal of nutrients in various types of constructed wetlands Jan Vymazal · The Science of The Total Environment 2 Nov 2006 2,776
2 Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review M.P. Bernal, José Antonio Alburquerque, Raúl Moral · Bioresource Technology 2 Jan 2009 2,523
3 Influence of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the flocculation, sedimentation and dewaterability of activated sludge X.Y. Li, Shu-Cheng Yang · Water Research 7 Sep 2006 2,123
4 Recent advances in removing phosphorus from wastewater and its future use as fertilizer (1997–2003) Luz E. de‐Bashan, Yoav Bashan · Water Research 17 Sep 2004 1,415
5 Natural organic matter removal by coagulation during drinking water treatment: A review Anu Matilainen, Mikko Vepsäläinen, Mika E. T. Sillanpää · Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 29 Jun 2010 1,397
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Where is Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 414 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 174 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 110 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 88 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 87 works
  6. 6 QingdaoChina 73 works
  7. 7 JinanChina 72 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 71 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 68 works
  10. 10 ChongqingChina 66 works
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Where is the best place to study Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing University of Technology, Tongji University and Harbin Institute of Technology score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Czech University of …Beijing University o…Harbin Institute of …Tongji University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Beijing University of TechnologyChina 74.121.6%14.2×50 +34.9%
2Tongji UniversityChina 66.216.4%6.5×50 +32.0%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 66.020.1%5.2×42 +39.5%
4Czech University of Life Sciences PragueCzechia 63.634.2%20.3×10 -31.9%
5Shandong UniversityChina 62.720.0%4.5×29 +16.9%
6Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 60.313.6%27.6×41 +125.5%
7Hohai UniversityChina 55.710.4%11.6×34 +47.1%
8Southwest UniversityChina 55.019.7%7.5×20 +182.3%
9China Agricultural UniversityChina 54.725.5%4.9×14 +1.2%
10Suzhou University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.616.1%20.2×22 +85.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, country by country

Is Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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