Open Access Week 2024 continues the call to put “Community over Commercialization” and prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community.

As part of our OA Week coverage, we have gathered the most read Open Access articles published in our journals so far this year. Explore the trending topics and cutting-edge research below:

 

Development in desalination and wastewater treatment: state of the art challenges, role of solar energy, and recommendations

 

Sensitivity of sustainable urban drainage systems to precipitation events and malfunctions

 

Urban wastewater management in Nepal: generation, treatment, engineering and policy perspectives

 

Effects of land use/land cover change on hydrological responses of a watershed in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

 

Impacto de la medición de consumos del uso público urbano del agua en México

 

Water distribution system modelling of GIS-remote sensing and EPANET for the integrated efficient design

 

Greenhouse gas emissions from sanitation and wastewater management systems: a review

 

Compliance and adherence to hand hygiene practices for effective infection control

 

A qualitative study on menstrual health and hygiene management among adolescent schoolgirls in peri-urban Lusaka, Zambia

 

Identifying potential concerns on surface water resources usage through citizen scientific field investigation in the Province of Antique, Philippines

 

Assessing the water quality of River Ganga in Varanasi, India, through WQI, NPI, and multivariate techniques: a comprehensive study

 

Impacts of land use/land cover on water quality: A contemporary review for researchers and policymakers

 

Potential and risks of water reuse in Brandenburg (Germany) – an interdisciplinary case study

 

A systematic review on urban blue-green infrastructure in the south Asian region: recent advancements, applications, and challenges

 

Implications of climate change on water quality and sanitation in climate hotspot locations: A case study in Indonesia

 

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