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Table 5.

The top ten ranking of cited articles from the Arab world associated with solid waste in Scopus [38–47]

SCR	Authors-Year	Title	Source title	Cited by
1^st	Banat et al. 2003 [38]	Evaluation of the use of raw and activated date pits as potential adsorbents for dye containing waters	Process Biochemistry	165
2^nd	Bouallagui et al. 2005 [39]	Bioreactor performance in anaerobic digestion of fruit and vegetable wastes	Process Biochemistry	124
3^rd	Hassen et al. 2001 [40]	Microbial characterization during composting of municipal solid waste	Bioresource Technology	101
4^th	Amin 2009 [41]	Removal of direct blue-106 dye from aqueous solution using new activated carbons developed from pomegranate peel: Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics	Journal of Hazardous Materials	99
5^th	Amir et al. 2005 [42]	Sequential extraction of heavy metals during composting of sewage sludge	Chemosphere	97
6^th	Hameed and El-Khaiary 2008 [43]	Batch removal of malachite green from aqueous solutions by adsorption on oil palm trunk fibre: Equilibrium isotherms and kinetic studies	Journal of Hazardous Materials	82
7^th	Khaled et al. 2009 [44]	Removal of Direct N Blue-106 from artificial textile dye effluent using activated carbon from orange peel: Adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies	Journal of Hazardous Materials	79
8^th	El-Fadel et al. 2002 [45]	Temporal variation of leachate quality from pre-sorted and baled municipal solid waste with high organic and moisture content	Waste Management	72
9^th	Bouallagui et al. 2004 [46]	Two-phases anaerobic digestion of fruit and vegetable wastes: bioreactors performance	Biochemical Engineering Journal	60
10^th	Marafi and Stanislaus 2003 [47]	Options and processes for spent catalyst handling and utilization	Journal of Hazardous Materials	59

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