OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Geochemistry and Health is 30. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Field assessment of organic amendments and spring barley to phytomanage a Cu/PAH-contaminated soil	124
Linking health to geology-a new assessment and zoning model based on the frame of medical geology	111
Ecological and health risk assessment of different land uses along with seasonal variation in toxic metal contamination around Varanasi city situated in Indo-Gangetic Plain	90
Chemical composition, oxidative potential and identifying the sources of outdoor PM2.5 after the improvement of air quality in Beijing	70
Correction to: Heavy metal content in soil-like fractions on the landfills within Volgograd boundaries and assessment of health risk connected to its presence in the environment	69
Potentially toxic elements in smoke particles and residual ashes by biomass combustion from Huangshi National Mine Park, China	64
In-situ remediation of cadmium contamination in paddy fields: from rhizosphere soil to rice kernel	61
The effects of dyes and bleaches on the sorption and desorption of trace elements in human hair	59
Enhancing remediation efficiency of cadmium-contaminated soil: integrating forage-microorganism systems with agronomic strategies	54
Effects of the lockdown measure amid COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient department visits associated with air pollution reduction in Thailand	54
Linking soil properties to elemental uptake patterns: species-specific accumulation in Boletales mushrooms	50
Understanding the impact of aravalli hills mining on groundwater contamination of Delhi, India	47
Effect of pH, temperature and adsorbent mass on Cr (VI) adsorption in residues from a coal washing plant	45
Toxicological profile and potential health concerns through metals and trace elements exposure in brick kiln workers from Lahore, Pakistan	43
Air quality in post-mining towns: tracking potentially toxic elements using tree leaves	42
Association between exposure to arsenic, cadmium, and lead and chronic kidney disease: evidence from four practical statistical models	39
Adsorption properties and mechanisms of Cd by co-pyrolysis composite material derived from peanut biochar and tailing waste	39
Distribution and speciation of Cu and Zn near spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) roots in digested sewage sludge-amended soil	39
Spatiotemporal evolution of environmental factors in representative tributaries of the Yellow River: insights from a decade of monitoring data	39
New application to remediate drinkable groundwater from excess of hardness ions by using sodalite bearing modified illite	38
Appraisal of contamination, source identification and health risk assessment of selected metals in the agricultural soil of Chakwal, Pakistan	38
The seed germination and seedling phytotoxicity of decabromodiphenyl ethane to tall fescue under citric acid amendment	37
The human health risk assessment and countermeasures study of groundwater quality	36
Salinization of groundwater during 20 years of agricultural irrigation, Luxor, Egypt	36
Metal(loid)s (As, Cd, Cu, and Zn) in three fish species from a dam after a mine-tailing spill: differential bioaccumulation and potential health risk	35

Distribution characteristics and risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes in soil from e-waste dismantling areas	32
Coupling cross-validated geoscientific evidence and indigenous knowledge to understand contaminant dynamics affecting a land-based community in Northern Ontario	32
Assessment of heavy metal pollution and preschool children health risk in urban street dusts from different functional areas in a typical industrial and mining city, NW China	31
Biochar-based nutritional nanocomposites: a superior treatment for alleviating salt toxicity and improving physiological performance of dill (Anethum graveolens)	31
Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements of street dust in the ancient civilization city of Baghdad, Iraq	31
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: a potential bio-asset for restoration of degraded soil and crop productivity with sustainable emerging techniques	30
Natural radionuclides and oil products in river sediments and assessment of their impact on health in areas of intensive oil production (Timan-Pechora province of North–West Russia)	30
Heavy metal enrichment characteristics and synergistic evaluation in soil-crop-human systems of agricultural land with different soil parent materials	30
Assessment of water quality, trace metal pollution, source apportionment and health risks in the groundwater of Chakwal, Pakistan	30