OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environment International is 82. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	3091
The role of heatwave characteristics in cardiovascular mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean region	714
Immunosuppression induced by co-exposure to allergens and PM2.5 increases the risk of lung disease upon viral protein challenge	291
The global spread of jellyfish hazards mirrors the pace of human imprint in the marine environment	284
Racial and ethnic differences in the impact of air pollution on the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in the Multiethnic Cohort Study	280
Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and high-throughput proteomics in Hispanic youth	272
Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union	267
Attenuation of sulfamethoxazole and associated antimicrobial resistome by enriched electroactive microbial consortia	255
Global health impacts of ambient fine particulate pollution associated with climate variability	214
Greenness and equity: Complex connections between intra-neighborhood contexts and residential tree planting implementation	210
Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols and fetal growth across pregnancy in the LIFECODES fetal growth study	206
Charge-specific adverse effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on zebrafish (Danio rerio) development and behavior	200
Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries	192
Reduction of household air pollution through clean fuel intervention and recovery of cellular immune balance	188
Multi-omics approach characterizes the role of Bisphenol F in disrupting hepatic lipid metabolism	187
Complex intestinal and hepatic in vitro barrier models reveal information on uptake and impact of micro-, submicro- and nanoplastics	186
Organophosphate flame retardants and their metabolites in the Pearl River Estuary: Occurrence, influencing factors, and ecological risk control strategies based on a mass balance model	184
Urinary profiles of bisphenol S derivatives and their exposure pathway analysis in maternal and infant populations of Beijing	182
A study on the roles of long non-coding RNA and circular RNA in the pulmonary injuries induced by polystyrene microplastics	181
Human serum lipidomics analysis revealed glyphosate may lead to lipid metabolism disorders and health risks	177
A three-dimensional mouse liver organoid platform for assessing EDCs metabolites simulating liver metabolism	173
Long-term exposure to airborne metals and risk of cancer in the French cohort Gazel	172
Phototrophs as the central components of the plastisphere microbiome in coastal environments	160
Mortality risk and long-term exposure to ultrafine particles and primary fine particle components in a national U.S. Cohort	160
Evaluating wastewater surveillance for estimating pharmaceutical use	156

Sexual behavior in male mice is impaired by an obesogenic-diabetogenic diet and worsened by exposure to a relevant environmental mixture of phthalates	146
Corrigendum to “Environmental contaminants, heavy metals, and essential elements in Norwegian children and adolescents: Data from the Norwegian environmental biobank”. [Environ. Int. 202 (2025) 109633	143
Artificial light at night and social vulnerability: An environmental justice analysis in the U.S. 2012–2019	142
Exposure to individual organophosphate esters and their mixture in relation to semen quality in Chinese men	141
Beyond the single-outcome approach: A comparison of outcome-wide analysis methods for exposome research	139
Exposure to a human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants or to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid alone dysregulates the developing cerebellum of chicken embryo	138
Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and neurodevelopmental trajectories in the first two years of life	137
Association between transportation noise exposure and type 2 diabetes risk in a French prospective cohort: the E3N-generations cohort	132
Spatial variability and atmospheric levels of phenolic compounds measured by passive samplers in the Strasbourg metropolitan area	131
What is hiding below the surface – MPs including TWP in an urban lake	126
Long-term exposure to aircraft noise and cardiovascular disease hospitalization and mortality near major airports in the UK, 2006–2015 – A small area study	125
Crystallization-based upcycling of iron oxyhydroxide for efficient arsenic capture in contaminated soils	124
Concentration, chemical composition and toxicological responses of the ultrafine fraction of urban air particles in PM1	122
Dual-Hit: Glyphosate exposure at NOAEL level negatively impacts birth and glia-behavioural measures in heterozygous shank3 mutants	122
Effect of an aluminum foil-processed diet on internal human aluminum burden	121
One-year dynamics of atmospheric organophosphate esters: Size-fractionated distribution, seasonal trends, and machine learning-based driver identification	118
Mixture of environmental pollutants in breast milk from a Spanish cohort of nursing mothers	116
Exposure assessment of PAHs on duplicate diet, indoor dust, and air measurements, and comparison with urinary biomonitoring: a family-based panel (CAFE-P) study	115
Human blood concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances resulting from consumption of contaminated meat in Korsør, Denmark	113
Development of a neighborhood drivability index and its association with transportation behavior in Toronto	111
Alkyl organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) induce lung inflammation and aggravate OVA-simulated asthmatic response via the NF-кB signaling pathway	111
New insight into biodegradation mechanism of phenylurea herbicides by cytochrome P450 enzymes: Successive N-demethylation mechanism	108
Associations of internal exposure to organophosphate esters and their metabolites with cognitive functions in middle-aged and elderly people: the mediating effects of inflammation	106
Insights from wastewater surveillance into testing-related underreporting and hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections	105
Airborne microplastics from plastic manufacturing industry: Concentrations and characterisation using Py-GC/MS and hyperspectral analysis	102
Microplastics degradation stimulated by in-situ bioelectric field in agricultural soils	102
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in urbanized coastal zones: spatiotemporal distribution, phase partitioning dynamics, and risk assessment in Shenzhen, China	101
Predicting regulated and emerging disinfection byproducts in small drinking water catchments using machine learning	101
Physiologically based kinetic (PBK) modeling of propiconazole using a machine learning-enhanced read-across approach for interspecies extrapolation	100
Metal(loid)-gut microbiota interactions and microbiota-related protective strategies: A review	98
Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with impaired odor identification: Results from the population-based KORA FIT study in Augsburg, Germany	98
Substantial decrease of PFAS with anion exchange resin treatment – A clinical cross-over trial	98
Phthalate exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit is associated with development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia	97
Maternal urinary bisphenols and phthalates in relation to estimated fetal weight across mid to late pregnancy	97
Non-target screening and laboratory experiments reveal the transformation products and negligible trifluoroacetic acid formation potential of PFAS pesticides and pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatmen	96
Photochemical behavior and photo-induced toxicity of chiral pesticides and their chiral monomers in aqueous environment	94
Metabolic perturbations in pregnant rats exposed to low-dose perfluorooctanesulfonic acid: An integrated multi-omics analysis	93
Evaluating the risk of phthalate and non-phthalate plasticizers in dust samples from 100 Japanese houses	93
Cadmium exposure causes transcriptomic dysregulation in adipose tissue and associated shifts in serum metabolites	92
Water consumption contributes to maternal PFAS exposure: From source to metabolic perturbations	92
Comprehensive characterization and prioritization of halogenated organic compounds in fish and their implications for exposure	92
Assessment of human exposure to benzophenone-type UV filters: A review	91
Effects of Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) exposure on pregnancy and birth outcomes: A systematic review of experimental studies on non-human mammals	91
Systematic investigation of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls blood levels in Greek children from the Rhea birth cohort suggests historical exposure to DDT and through diet to DD	90
Systematic evidence map (SEM) template: Report format and methods used for the US EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program, Provisional Peer Reviewed Toxicity Value (PPRTV) program, and o	90
Reduced-form and complex ACTM modelling for air quality policy development: A model inter-comparison	90
Machine learning for modelling the health impacts of extreme heat: A comprehensive literature review	89
Impact of ultrafine particles and total particle number concentration on five cause-specific hospital admission endpoints in three German cities	89
One Health benefits of five European countries adopting 1.5 °C lifestyles	89
An AI-based integrative framework with multi-omics and experimental validation reveals mechanisms of DABP-induced neurotoxicity	88

Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and child intelligence quotient: Evidence from the Shanghai birth cohort	87
Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, fetoplacental hemodynamics, and fetal growth	85
Comparing “causal” and “traditional” approaches in the association of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution on mortality: How sensitive are the results?	85
Interaction effects in microbiota-filter media-pharmaceutical in biofilm-based reactors: a case study of anoxic biofilters	84
Valley fever under a changing climate in the United States	84
Addressing climate change concerns in pediatric health care settings: exploring parental and physician perspectives	84
Urban heat island impacts on heat-related cardiovascular morbidity: A time series analysis of older adults in US metropolitan areas	82
A One-Health environmental risk assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in London’s waterways throughout the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic	82