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Highly cited papers

The LBE papers below were identified as Highly cited papers by the Web of Science. Highly cited papers are the top one percent in each of the 22 Essential Science Indicators subject areas per year. They are based on the most recent 10 years of publications. Highly Cited Papers are considered to be indicators of scientific excellence and top performance and can be used to benchmark research performance against field baselines worldwide.

Lardon, L., Helias, A., Sialve, B., Steyer, J. P., & Bernard, O. (2009). Life-Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Microalgae. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(17), 6475-6481. doi: 10.1021/es900705j

Sialve, B., Bernet, N., & Bernard, O. (2009). Anaerobic digestion of microalgae as a necessary step to make microalgal biodiesel sustainable. Biotechnology Advances, 27(4), 409-416. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.03.001

Carrere, H., Dumas, C., Battimelli, A., Batstone, D. J., Delgenes, J. P., Steyer, J. P., & Ferrer, I. (2010). Pretreatment methods to improve sludge anaerobic degradability: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 183(1-3), 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.129

Guo, X. M., Trably, E., Latrille, E., Carrere, H., & Steyer, J. P. (2010). Hydrogen production from agricultural waste by dark fermentation: A review. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35(19), 10660-10673. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.008

Bougrier, C., Delgenes, J. P., & Carrere, H. (2008). Effects of thermal treatments on five different waste activated sludge samples solubilisation, physical properties and anaerobic digestion. Chemical Engineering Journal, 139(2), 236-244. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.07.099

Ghimire, A., Frunzo, L., Pirozzi, F., Trably, E., Escudie, R., Lens, P. N. L., & Esposito, G. (2015). A review on dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: Process parameters and use of by-products. Applied Energy, 144, 73-95. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.01.045

Kounina, A., Margni, M., Bayart, J. B., Boulay, A. M., Berger, M., Bulle, C., . . . Humbert, S. (2013). Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(3), 707-721. doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0519-3

Monlau, F., Barakat, A., Trably, E., Dumas, C., Steyer, J. P., & Carrere, H. (2013). Lignocellulosic Materials Into Biohydrogen and Biomethane: Impact of Structural Features and Pretreatment. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 43(3), 260-322. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2011.604258

Haegeman, B., Hamelin, J., Moriarty, J., Neal, P., Dushoff, J., & Weitz, J. S. (2013). Robust estimation of microbial diversity in theory and in practice. Isme Journal, 7(6), 1092-1101. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.10

Monlau, F., Sambusiti, C., Barakat, A., Quemeneur, M., Trably, E., Steyer, J. P., & Carrere, H. (2014). Do furanic and phenolic compounds of lignocellulosic and algae biomass hydrolyzate inhibit anaerobic mixed cultures? A comprehensive review. Biotechnology Advances, 32(5), 934-951. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.04007

Sambusiti, C., Monlau, F., Ficara, E., Carrere, H., & Malpei, F. (2013). A comparison of different pre-treatments to increase methane production from two agricultural substrates. Applied Energy, 104, 62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.10.060

Quemeneur, M., Hamelin, J., Barakat, A., Steyer, J. P., Carrere, H., & Trably, E. (2012). Inhibition of fermentative hydrogen production by lignocellulose-derived compounds in mixed cultures. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(4), 3150-3159. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.11.033

Widder, S., Allen, R. J., Pfeiffer, T., Curtis, T. P., Wiuf, C., Sloan, W. T., . . . Isaac Newton Inst, F. (2016). Challenges in microbial ecology: building predictive understanding of community function and dynamics. Isme Journal, 10(11), 2557-2568. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2016.45

Carrere, H., Antonopoulou, G., Affes, R., Passos, F., Battimelli, A., Lyberatos, G., & Ferrer, I. (2016). Review of feedstock pretreatment strategies for improved anaerobic digestion: From lab-scale research to full-scale application. Bioresource Technology, 199, 386-397. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.007

Monlau, F., Kaparaju, P., Trably, E., Steyer, J. P., & Carrere, H. (2015). Alkaline pretreatment to enhance one-stage CH4 and two-stage H-2/CH4 production from sunflower stalks: Mass, energy and economical balances. Chemical Engineering Journal, 260, 377-385. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.108

Rouches, E., Herpoel-Gimbert, I., Steyer, J. P., & Carrere, H. (2016). Improvement of anaerobic degradation by white-rot fungi pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: A review. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 59, 179-198. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.317

Riggio, S., Torrijos, M., Debord, R., Esposito, G., van Hullebusch, E. D., Steyer, J. P., & Escudie, R. (2017). Mesophilic anaerobic digestion of several types of spent livestock bedding in a batch leach-bed reactor: substrate characterization and process performance. Waste Management, 59, 129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.10.027