Science of the Total Environment

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science of the Total Environment is 159. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Grazer-mediated regeneration of methylmercury, inorganic mercury, and other metals in freshwater887
Evaluation of pollution swapping phenomena from a woodchip denitrification wall targetting removal of nitrate in a shallow gravel aquifer652
Exploring the glycoprotein washing fluid-assisted cleanup for the restoration of oil-contaminated shorelines with environmental integrity593
Is soil contamination a missing driver of soil heterotrophic respiration in land surface models? A study case with copper –575
Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in Chinese pregnant women: Concentrations, variability, predictors, and association with oxidative stress biomarkers554
Quantitative assessment of benefits and losses from the influence of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on cropland ecosystems in China510
Future climate change and marine heatwaves - Projected impact on key habitats for herring reproduction492
Optimized irrigation and fertilization can mitigate negative CO2 impacts on seed yield and vigor of hybrid maize490
Manganese-mediated hydrochemistry and microbiology in a meromictic subalpine lake (Lake Idro, Northern Italy) - A biogeochemical approach466
Characterization of winter air pollutant gradients near a major highway427
Exploring the usage of artificial root exudates to enhance the removal of contaminants of emerging concern in slow sand filters: Synthetic vs. real wastewater conditions416
Managing food-ecosystem synergies to sustain water resource systems407
Soil physical structure drives N-glycan mediated trophic interactions in soil amoebae: Mechanisms and environmental implications399
Bioengineering of Cu2O structured macro-biotemplate for the ultra-efficient and selective hand-retrieval of glyphosate from agro-farms386
Portable determinations for legislated dissolved nitrogen forms in several environmental water samples as a study case370
Scale-dependent effects of vegetation on flow velocity and biogeochemical conditions in aquatic systems362
Binding, activity and risk assessment of bisphenols toward farnesoid X receptor pathway: In vitro and in silico study357
Natural copper isotopic abnormity in maternal serum at early pregnancy associated to risk of spontaneous preterm birth355
Deep accumulation of soluble organic nitrogen after land-use conversion from woodlands to orchards in a subtropical hilly region354
Persistence of human- and cattle-associated Bacteroidales and mitochondrial DNA markers in freshwater mesocosms352
Response behavior of antibiotic resistance genes and human pathogens to slope gradient and position: An environmental risk analysis in sloping cultivated land352
Sewerage as a protective factor for prevalence of hookworm infection in schoolchildren in Brazil: A multilevel ecological analysis of national prevalence surveys (1950–2018)347
The potential of biomass-derived bio-liquid to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 from waste and its production-based life cycle assessment343
The toxicological effects of life-cycle exposure to harmful benthic cyanobacteria Oscillatoria on zebrafish growth and reproduction: A comparative study with planktonic Microcystis330
Distinctive adsorption and desorption behaviors of temporal and post-treatment heavy metals by iron nanoparticles in the presence of microplastics330
Assessing the impact of different urban morphology scenarios on air pollutant emissions distribution329
Exploring applications of non-targeted analysis in the characterization of the prenatal exposome328
Optimized bimetallic ratios for durable membrane catalyst-film reactors in treating nitrate-polluted water322
Characterizing the transitory groundwater-surface water interaction and its environmental consequence of a riverside karst pool305
Effects of short- and long-term exposures to multiple air pollutants on depression among the labor force: A nationwide longitudinal study in China305
Glyphosate applied at a hormetic dose improves ripening without impairing sugarcane productivity and ratoon sprouting285
Elevated risk of haloacetonitrile formation during post-chlorination when applying sulfite/UV advanced reduction technology to eliminate bromate280
Distribution, influence factors, and biotoxicity of environmentally persistent free radical in soil at a typical coking plant279
Photo-degradation behavior of seven benzoylurea pesticides with C3N4 nanofilm and its aquatic impacts on Scendesmus obliquus274
Microbiome of permeable sandy substrate in headwater river is shaped by water chemistry rather than grain size and heterogeneity272
Insights into vertical differences of particle number size distributions in winter in Beijing, China271
LncRNA MT1DP promotes cadmium-induced DNA replication stress by inhibiting chromatin recruitment of SMARCAL1270
Peruvian marine ecosystems under metal contamination: First insights for marine species consumption and sustainable management264
Improved passive sampling methods for wastewater to enable more sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants263
Stratigraphic records and inventories of anthropogenic 233U and 236U in Baltic Sea sediments262
Influence of hail suppression systems over silver content in the environment in Aragón (Spain). I: Rainfall and soils261
Characterization of summertime single aerosol particles in Chengdu (China): Interannual evolution and impact of COVID-19 lockdown261
ISODRIP, a model to transfer the δ18O signal of precipitation to drip water — Implementation of the model for Eagle Cave (central Spain)261
Maternal exposure to ambient particulate matter on the growth of twin fetuses after in vitro fertilization261
Elevated levels of radiocarbon in methane dissolved in seawater reveal likely local contamination from nuclear powered vessels261
Identifying the fate of nitrogenous species during sewage sludge pyrolysis via in-situ tracing of protein-sludge inherent components interactions259
NosZ I carrying microorganisms determine N2O emissions from the subtropical paddy field under elevated CO2 and strongly CO2-responsive cultivar259
Ascorbic acid reduction pretreatment enhancing metal regulation to improve methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge259
Letter to the Editor “Three cases infected with omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in Ningbo: Case series study”258
Comparative analysis of rare earth elements concentrations in domestic dogs and Apennine wolves of Central Italy: Influence of biological, nutritional, and lifestyle factors258
Response to comments on Vengosh et al. (2022): The strontium isotope fingerprint of phosphate rocks mining258
Testing a knowledge-based approach for inferring spatio-temporal characteristics of groundwater in the Australian State of Victoria257
Fumarate disproportionation by Geobacter sulfurreducens and its involvement in biocorrosion and interspecies electron transfer252
Guilty by association: Assessment of environmental loadings on arsenic distribution in two Pacific Island rivers251
Responses of synanthropic vegetation to composting facility250
Practical, low-cost integrity testing of diesel particle filters using remote sensing measurement at the campus entrance gate248
The risk of high-biomass HABs: Triggers and dynamics of a non-toxic bloom of Prorocentrum micans in Chilean Patagonia247
Ostracod-based transfer function shifting to a broad prospect in palaeolimnology and palaeoclimate237
Wetland vegetation zoning as a response to groundwater complex systems237
Interfacial engineering-based colonization of biofilms on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surfaces: Implications for whole-cell biodegradation of microplastics235
Impact of East-Asian monsoon on sandstorm activities over the past half century: Insights from a genetic algorithm232
Responses to Alcántara et al.'s (2021) comments231
Corrigendum to “Mitochondrial dysfunction drives persistent vascular fibrosis in rats after short-term exposure of PM2.5” [Sci. Total Environ. 733 (2020) 139135]229
WITHDRAWN: Global at-risk basins of socio-ecological impacts from water scarcity229
Corrigendum to “Direct and indirect simulating and projecting hydrological drought using a supervised machine learning method” [Sci. Total Environ. 898 (2023), 165523]227
Water availability and biological interactions shape amphibian abundance and diversity in Mediterranean temporary rivers227
The integrating sphere system plus in-situ absorption monitoring: A new scheme to study absorption enhancement of black carbon in ambient aerosols227
Emission, distribution and formation characteristics of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans during co-disposal of hexabromocyclododecane-containing waste in cement kiln226
Species-specific effect of particle viscosity and particle-phase reactions on the formation of secondary organic aerosol226
The evolutive role of shoot apical meristems in the adaptation of angiosperms to life at sea and the jump to potential environmental biotechnology applications224
Charting water quality improvements and practice reversion with pesticide interventions at catchment scale222
Bioaccumulation in fish (Cyprinodon variegatus) during rejuvenations of a thin active cap over field-aged PCB contaminated sediment: The effect of clean versus contaminated ongoing influx222
Assessing the eco-efficiency of milk production systems using water-energy-labor-food nexus218
Exposure to bisphenols, parabens, and benzophenones in colostrum breast milk of Panamanian women: A pilot study from the PA-MAMI cohort216
Ingestion of chitosan-starch blends: Effect on the survival of supralittoral amphipods214
Simulation and experimental study of gas-phase diffusion coefficient of selenium dioxide212
Co-pyrolysis of different torrefied Chinese herb residues and low-density polyethylene: Kinetic and products distribution211
Structure, stability, and potential function of groundwater microbial community responses to permafrost degradation on varying permafrost of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau211
Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater links to individual cases in catchments210
Risk assessments of emerging contaminants in various waters and changes of microbial diversity in sediments from Yangtze River chemical contiguous zone, Eastern China210
Antimicrobial agents in agricultural fertilizers produced from sewage sludge – A cause for concern?208
Photochlorination-induced degradation of microplastics and interaction with Cr(VI) and amlodipine207
Madagascar's burned area from Sentinel-2 imagery (2016–2022): Four times higher than from lower resolution sensors207
Occurrence of recreational water quality monitoring general fecal indicator bacteria and fecal source identification genetic markers in gray seal scat206
Temporal gravimetry, campaign and permanent GNSS, and interferometric radar techniques: A comparative approach to quantifying land deformation rates in coastal Texas206
Structural and mineralogical variation upon reoxidation of reduced Fe-bearing clay minerals during thermal activation203
Performance evaluation of species varied fixed bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment of Dhobi Khola outfall, Setopul, Kathmandu, Nepal202
Environmental circulation of the anthelmintic drug albendazole affects expression and activity of resistance-related genes in the parasitic nematode Haemonchus contortus201
Prenatal exposure to hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid (HFPO-TA) disrupts the maternal gut microbiome and fecal metabolome homeostasis200
Harnessing water fleas for water reclamation: A nature-based tertiary wastewater treatment technology200
An eco-friendly self-assembled catalyst preparation and study of tetracycline degradation: Performance, mechanism to application199
Low frequency changes in CO2 concentration in East Asia related to Pacific decadal oscillation and Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation for mid-summer and early fall197
Biogeography and community assembly of soil fungi from alpine meadows in southwestern China show the importance of climatic selection196
Potential propagation of agricultural pesticide exposure and effects to upstream sections in a biosphere reserve194
Abundance, characteristics and ecological risks of microplastics from South Yellow Sea Mudflat193
Nutrition, pesticide exposure, and virus infection interact to produce context-dependent effects in honey bees (Apis mellifera)193
Carbon dioxide emission control of a vermicompost process using fly ash193
Livelihood resilience in pastoral communities: Methodological and field insights from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau193
Partial nitrification in free nitrous acid-treated sediment planting Myriophyllum aquaticum constructed wetland strengthens the treatment of black-odor water192
Historical activity of debris flows in the medium-high mountains: Regional reconstruction using dendrogeomorphic approach192
Riparian forest response to extreme drought is influenced by climatic context and canopy structure192
Drivers of public plastic (mis)use — New insights from changes in single-use plastic usage during the Covid-19 pandemic191
Chemical and isotopic genesis of fine and ultra-fine aerosols in the coastal urban atmosphere191
Transparent exopolymer particle dynamics along a shelf-to-sea gradient and impacts on the regional carbon cycle191
Environmental stability and cytotoxicity of layered black phosphorus modified with Polyvinylpyrrolidone and Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-67191
Fine-scale spatiotemporal variations in bacterial community diversity in agricultural pond water190
Heterotrophic nitrate reduction potential of an aquifer microbial community from psychrophilic to thermophilic conditions190
Evaluation of a cost-effective roadside sensor platform for identifying high emitters189
Relative abundance of saccharides, free amino acids, and other compounds in specific pollen species for source profiling of atmospheric aerosol189
In-utero exposure to indoor air pollution or tobacco smoke and cognitive development in a South African birth cohort study187
Estrogen receptor: A potential linker of estrogenic and dopaminergic pathways in zebrafish larvae following deltamethrin exposure184
Increasing water-use efficiency mediates effects of atmospheric carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen on growth variability of central European conifers183
Assessing multiproxy approaches (Sr/Ca, U/Ca, Li/Mg, and B/Mg) to reconstruct sea surface temperature from coral skeletons throughout the Great Barrier Reef183
Phosphorous partitioning in sediments by particle size distribution in shallow lakes: From its mechanisms and patterns to its ecological implications183
Batch equilibrium experiments and modeling reveal weak temperature dependence of cyclic volatile methylsiloxane sorption in soil/sediment organic carbon-water systems182
Bifenthrin induces changes in clinical poisoning symptoms, oxidative stress, DNA damage, histological characteristics, and transcriptome in Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) larvae181
Gastrointestinal microbiome, resistance genes, and risk assessment of heavy metals in wild giant pandas180
A locally relevant framework for assessing the risk of sea level rise under changing temperature conditions: Application in New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean180
Deciphering temporal gene expression dynamics in multiple coral species exposed to heat stress: Implications for predicting resilience180
On the way to reduce marine microplastics pollution. Research landscape of psychosocial drivers179
Predicting natural arsenic enrichment in peat-bearing, alluvial and coastal depositional systems: A generalized model based on sequence stratigraphy179
Enhancing mycophytoremediation potential of Chrysopogon zizanioides in chromite-asbestos mine waste soil using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A natural bioaccelerator for soil ecosystem rehabilitation179
Towards unravelling the Rosette agent enigma: Spread and emergence of the co-invasive host-pathogen complex, Pseudorasbora parva-Sphaerothecum destruens178
A comparative study on high-efficient reduction of bromate in neutral solution using zero-valent Al treated by different procedures177
Measuring air pollution from the 2021 Canary Islands volcanic eruption176
Agricultural tridimension pollution emission efficiency in China: An evaluation system and influencing factors176
Variability in molecular composition and optical absorption of atmospheric brown carbon aerosols in two contrasting urban areas of China175
Decoding a complex record of anthropogenic and natural impacts in the Lake of Cavazzo sediments, NE Italy175
Overlooked pyrite-mediated heterogeneous Fenton processes: Mechanisms of surface hydroxyl radical generation and associated decontamination performance175
Optimization and performance evaluation of an automated filtration method for the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in wastewater175
Long-term study on wastewater SARS-CoV-2 surveillance across United Arab Emirates174
Evaluating the anthropogenic nitrogen emissions to water using a hybrid approach in a city cluster: Insights into historical evolution, attribution, and mitigation potential174
Ten-month comprehensive assessment of steroid hormones in the tributaries of Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, China: Spatiotemporal dynamics, source attribution, and environmental implications174
Impact of cord blood cadmium concentration on neonatal secondary sex ratio: The Japan Environment and Children's Study174
High emission of black carbon in heavy-duty diesel vehicles: Insights from microscopic operating conditions174
A comprehensive review on anaerobic fungi applications in biofuels production173
Erratum to “Delivery of unprecedented amounts of perfluoroalkyl substances towards the deep-sea” [Sci. Total Environ. 526 (2015) 41–48]172
Global biomass maps can increase the precision of (sub)national aboveground biomass estimates: A comparison across tropical countries171
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 shedding rate distribution of individuals during their disease days on the estimation of the number of infected people. Application of wastewater-based epidemiology to the city of171
Fast pyrolysis of guaiacyl-syringyl (GS) type milled wood lignin: Product characteristics and CH4 formation mechanism study170
Corrigendum to “Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes within the bacterial communities in aquacultural environment” [Sci. Total Environ. 820 (2022) 153286]170
Enhanced trichloroethylene biodegradation: The mechanism and influencing factors of combining microorganism and carbon‑iron materials169
Trophic position, altitudinal distribution, and water dependence as determining factors for mercury concentrations in tropical montane anurans168
Unveiling the changes in urban atmospheric CO2 in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Florence (Italy)168
The capture technology matters: Composition of municipal wastewater solids drives complexity of microbial community structure and volatile fatty acid profile during anaerobic fermentation166
Alkalization-induced disintegration increased redox activity of solid humic acids and its soil biogeochemical implications166
Biochar raw material selection and application in the food chain: A review165
Inter-laboratory comparison of ED-XRF/PIXE analytical techniques in the elemental analysis of filter-deposited multi-elemental certified reference materials representative of ambient particulate matte165
Water rather than nitrogen availability predominantly modulates soil microbial beta-diversity and co-occurrence networks in a secondary forest164
Narrative review of lead poisoning in humans caused by industrial activities and measures compatible with sustainable industrial activities in Republic of Zambia163
Seawater flooding of calcareous soils: Implications for trace and alkaline metals mobility163
N-nitrosamines induced gender-dimorphic effects on infant rats at environmental levels162
Interactions between climate warming and land management regulate greenhouse gas fluxes in a temperate grassland ecosystem162
Ubiquitous light-emitting diodes: Potential threats to retinal circadian rhythms and refractive development161
Environmental quality assessment in a marine coastal area impacted by mining tailing using a geochemical multi-index and physical approach160
Nitrogen cascade in the agriculture-food-environment system of the Yangtze Delta, 1998–2018160
Insights into As accumulation in soil-groundwater-wheat-hair system of suburban farmland: Distribution, transfer and potential health risk159
Comparative environmental sustainability assessment of biohydrogen production methods159
Bioaerosolization behaviour of potential pathogenic microorganisms from wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence profile, social function and health risks159
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