OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Research is 99. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem	444
Agricultural waste management strategies for environmental sustainability	390
Revisiting the environmental kuznets curve hypothesis in 208 counties: The roles of trade openness, human capital, renewable energy and natural resource rent	379
Prevalence and hazardous impact of pharmaceutical and personal care products and antibiotics in environment: A review on emerging contaminants	374
Emerging contaminants of high concern for the environment: Current trends and future research	325
Decay of SARS-CoV-2 and surrogate murine hepatitis virus RNA in untreated wastewater to inform application in wastewater-based epidemiology	301
The role of air pollution (PM and NO2) in COVID-19 spread and lethality: A systematic review	277
Suspended fine particulate matter (PM2.5), microplastics (MPs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air: Their possible relationships and health implications	268
Blue space, health and well-being: A narrative overview and synthesis of potential benefits	262
Localized synergies between heat waves and urban heat islands: Implications on human thermal comfort and urban heat management	256
Novel 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide impregnated chitosan hydrogel beads nanostructure as an efficient nanobio-adsorbent for cationic dye removal: Kinetic study	253
New frontiers in the plant extract mediated biosynthesis of copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles and their potential applications: A review	218
The role of seasonality in the spread of COVID-19 pandemic	208
Does income inequality reshape the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis? A nonlinear panel data analysis	207
Removal of metal ions using a new magnetic chitosan nano-bio-adsorbent; A powerful approach in water treatment	206
Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, salient features, high global health concerns and strategies to counter it amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic	206
Green approaches in synthesising nanomaterials for environmental nanobioremediation: Technological advancements, applications, benefits and challenges	203
Recent trends and developments in Fenton processes for industrial wastewater treatment – A critical review	202
PFAS and cancer, a scoping review of the epidemiologic evidence	200
SARS-CoV-2 reinfections: Overview of efficacy and duration of natural and hybrid immunity	195
State-of-art advances on removal, degradation and electrochemical monitoring of 4-aminophenol pollutants in real samples: A review	193
Arsenic in the geo-environment: A review of sources, geochemical processes, toxicity and removal technologies	187
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable development goals – A survey	183
Preparedness of countries to face COVID-19 pandemic crisis: Strategic positioning and factors supporting effective strategies of prevention of pandemic threats	182
Impact of meteorological factors on COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from top 20 countries with confirmed cases	180

Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review	178
Arable lands under the pressure of multiple land degradation processes. A global perspective	175
A systematic review of possible airborne transmission of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) in the indoor air environment	174
Biodegradable polymers and their nano-composites for the removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from wastewater: A review	172
A review of bismuth-based photocatalysts for antibiotic degradation: Insight into the photocatalytic degradation performance, pathways and relevant mechanisms	172
Conversion of sewage sludge into biochar: A potential resource in water and wastewater treatment	163
Does greenery experienced indoors and outdoors provide an escape and support mental health during the COVID-19 quarantine?	161
Indoor Air Quality: Rethinking rules of building design strategies in post-pandemic architecture	155
IoT enabled environmental toxicology for air pollution monitoring using AI techniques	154
An index to quantify environmental risk of exposure to future epidemics of the COVID-19 and similar viral agents: Theory and practice	153
Global PM2.5-attributable health burden from 1990 to 2017: Estimates from the Global Burden of disease study 2017	152
Green synthesis, characterization and bioactivity of biogenic zinc oxide nanoparticles	151
Ecofriendly and low-cost synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles from Acremonium potronii for the photocatalytic degradation of azo dyes	147
Adsorption of pollutants in wastewater via biosorbents, nanoparticles and magnetic biosorbents: A review	147
Plant-soil-microbes: A tripartite interaction for nutrient acquisition and better plant growth for sustainable agricultural practices	146
Sustainable and green trends in using plant extracts for the synthesis of biogenic metal nanoparticles toward environmental and pharmaceutical advances: A review	145
Effects of air pollution on health: A mapping review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	145
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in water and wastewater: A critical review about presence and concern	144
The photocatalytic reduction of U(VI) into U(IV) by ZIF-8/g-C3N4 composites at visible light	144
The impacts of coal dust on miners’ health: A review	143
The impact of first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in society: comparative analysis to support control measures to cope with negative effects of future infectious diseases	142
Nitrate and nitrite contamination in drinking water and cancer risk: A systematic review with meta-analysis	141
Microplastic contaminants in the aqueous environment, fate, toxicity consequences, and remediation strategies	140
High health expenditures and low exposure of population to air pollution as critical factors that can reduce fatality rate in COVID-19 pandemic crisis: a global analysis	139
Metal organic frameworks for electrochemical sensor applications: A review	138
Targeted wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 on a university campus for COVID-19 outbreak detection and mitigation	135
A review on biogenic synthesis of metal nanoparticles using marine algae and its applications	135
Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots and their environmental applications	133
Rice leaf diseases prediction using deep neural networks with transfer learning	133
Underestimated impact of the COVID-19 on carbon emission reduction in developing countries – A novel assessment based on scenario analysis	133
Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on nurses’ mental health: A prospective cohort study	131
Mucormycosis: An opportunistic pathogen during COVID-19	129
Potential environmental pollution from copper metallurgy and methods of management	129
Optimal levels of vaccination to reduce COVID-19 infected individuals and deaths: A global analysis	128
Pollutant source, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils from coal mining areas in Xinjiang, China	127
Review on the hazardous applications and photodegradation mechanisms of chlorophenols over different photocatalysts	126
Removal of tetracycline from wastewater using g-C3N4 based photocatalysts: A review	124
Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review	123
Sulfate radicals-based advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products: A review on relevant activation mechanisms, performance, and perspectives	123
Sustainable removal of Cr(VI) using graphene oxide-zinc oxide nanohybrid: Adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamics	123
Nanoplastics measurements in Northern and Southern polar ice	123
Review on the contamination and remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coastal soil and sediments	121
Cytotoxicity of MXene-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications: A mini review	120
Recent progress on ultrasound-assisted electrochemical processes: A review on mechanism, reactor strategies, and applications for wastewater treatment	120
Agricultural waste materials for adsorptive removal of phenols, chromium (VI) and cadmium (II) from wastewater: A review	120
Emerging novel polymeric adsorbents for removing dyes from wastewater: A comprehensive review and comparison with other adsorbents	118
Effect of different polymers of microplastics on soil organic carbon and nitrogen – A mesocosm experiment	118
Analysis, occurrence, toxicity and environmental health risks of synthetic phenolic antioxidants: A review	118
Asymmetric link between environmental pollution and COVID-19 in the top ten affected states of US: A novel estimations from quantile-on-quantile approach	118
Impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction in wildlife and humans	118

Photocatalytic effect of CuO nanoparticles flower-like 3D nanostructures under visible light irradiation with the degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye for environmental application	116
The europe second wave of COVID-19 infection and the Italy “strange” situation	112
CO2 concentration monitoring inside educational buildings as a strategic tool to reduce the risk of Sars-CoV-2 airborne transmission	112
Ozone weekend effect in cities: Deep insights for urban air pollution control	112
Occurrences and removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products from aquatic systems using advanced treatment- A review	112
Cadmium ion removal from aqueous media using banana peel biochar/Fe3O4/ZIF-67	111
Review on biopolymers and composites – Evolving material as adsorbents in removal of environmental pollutants	110
Insights into the microbial degradation and catalytic mechanisms of chlorpyrifos	110
Characterization of microplastics in indoor and ambient air in northern New Jersey	110
The urban lead (Pb) burden in humans, animals and the natural environment	109
Tunable fluorescent carbon dots from biowaste as fluorescence ink and imaging human normal and cancer cells	108
Sustainability and carbon neutrality trends for microalgae-based wastewater treatment: A review	106
Microalgal-based biochar in wastewater remediation: Its synthesis, characterization and applications	104
Positive association between outdoor air pollution and the incidence and severity of COVID-19. A review of the recent scientific evidences	104
Indoor Air Quality Strategies for Air-Conditioning and Ventilation Systems with the Spread of the Global Coronavirus (COVID-19) Epidemic: Improvements and Recommendations	104
An introduction to the sources, fate, occurrence and effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals released into the environment	103
Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and rice husk/ bamboo sawdust for biochar with high aromaticity and low metal mobility	101
Groundwater level prediction in Apulia region (Southern Italy) using NARX neural network	101
The role of air conditioning in the diffusion of Sars-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A first computational fluid dynamic model, based on investigations performed at the Vatican State Children's hospita	101
Spatial heterogeneity modeling of water quality based on random forest regression and model interpretation	100
Cu2O/Fe3O4/MIL-101(Fe) nanocomposite as a highly efficient and recyclable visible-light-driven catalyst for degradation of ciprofloxacin	100
Utilization of a double-cross-linked amino-functionalized three-dimensional graphene networks as a monolithic adsorbent for methyl orange removal: Equilibrium, kinetics, thermodynamics and artificial	99
Appraisal of shallow groundwater quality with human health risk assessment in different seasons in rural areas of the Guanzhong Plain (China)	99
Ornamental plants for the phytoremediation of heavy metals: Present knowledge and future perspectives	99
Fabrication of S-scheme CdS-g-C3N4-graphene aerogel heterojunction for enhanced visible light driven photocatalysis	99