Environmental Pollution

Papers
(The H4-Index of Environmental Pollution is 104. 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 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Can atmospheric pollution be considered a co-factor in extremely high level of SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Northern Italy?636
Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment573
Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review496
Role of the chronic air pollution levels in the Covid-19 outbreak risk in Italy425
Disinfection technology of hospital wastes and wastewater: Suggestions for disinfection strategy during coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China399
Adsorption of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater by modified biochar: A review364
COVID-19 as a factor influencing air pollution?346
Links between air pollution and COVID-19 in England340
Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils337
Sewage sludge application as a vehicle for microplastics in eastern Spanish agricultural soils328
Fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental dispersion with effluent and sludge295
Applications of water-stable metal-organic frameworks in the removal of water pollutants: A review286
Are biodegradable plastics a promising solution to solve the global plastic pollution?284
Microplastics in aquatic environments: Toxicity to trigger ecological consequences278
Microplastic pollution in vegetable farmlands of suburb Wuhan, central China277
Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size272
Focus topics on microplastics in soil: Analytical methods, occurrence, transport, and ecological risks245
Microplastic particles increase arsenic toxicity to rice seedlings231
Polystyrene nanoparticles: Sources, occurrence in the environment, distribution in tissues, accumulation and toxicity to various organisms228
Multifaceted roles of microalgae in the application of wastewater biotreatment: A review225
Application of adsorption process for effective removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater225
Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments and organisms of the Western Pacific Ocean224
Air quality during the COVID-19: PM2.5 analysis in the 50 most polluted capital cities in the world220
Current status, spatial features, health risks, and potential driving factors of soil heavy metal pollution in China at province level219
Antibiotics in soil and water in China–a systematic review and source analysis216
An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city214
Microplastics could be a threat to plants in terrestrial systems directly or indirectly208
Toxicological effects of polystyrene microplastics on earthworm (Eisenia fetida)204
The improved methods of heavy metals removal by biosorbents: A review204
Environmental arsenic exposure and its contribution to human diseases, toxicity mechanism and management191
Interactions and effects of microplastics with heavy metals in aquatic and terrestrial environments187
Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in southeast Italy187
What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna181
Diurnal and temporal changes in air pollution during COVID-19 strict lockdown over different regions of India180
Distribution of microplastics in soil and freshwater environments: Global analysis and framework for transport modeling177
Sorption of PAHs to microplastic and their bioavailability and toxicity to marine copepods under co-exposure conditions172
The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River170
Seasonal characteristics of aerosols (PM2.5 and PM10) and their source apportionment using PMF: A four year study over Delhi, India170
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and COVID-19 transmission risk from environmental matrices and surfaces168
Heavy metal contamination risk assessment and correlation analysis of heavy metal contents in soil and crops165
Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area163
Adsorptive removal of cationic methylene blue and anionic Congo red dyes using wet-torrefied microalgal biochar: Equilibrium, kinetic and mechanism modeling157
The impact of COVID-19 as a necessary evil on air pollution in India during the lockdown157
A review on bioremediation approach for heavy metal detoxification and accumulation in plants157
Biomass utilization and production of biofuels from carbon neutral materials154
Prevention and control of COVID-19 in public transportation: Experience from China150
Immunotoxicity of microplastics and two persistent organic pollutants alone or in combination to a bivalve species150
Ball milled biochar effectively removes sulfamethoxazole and sulfapyridine antibiotics from water and wastewater149
Foliar-applied polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs) reduce the growth and nutritional quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)147
Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment147
Deterministic and probabilistic health risk assessment techniques to evaluate non-carcinogenic human health risk (NHHR) due to fluoride and nitrate in groundwater of Panipat, Haryana, India143
Distinct microplastic distributions in soils of different land-use types: A case study of Chinese farmlands142
Laboratory simulation of microplastics weathering and its adsorption behaviors in an aqueous environment: A systematic review142
Impact of plastic mulch film debris on soil physicochemical and hydrological properties141
Characterization and sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their related changes during ozone pollution days in 2016 in Beijing, China141
Sediment internal nutrient loading in the most polluted area of a shallow eutrophic lake (Lake Chaohu, China) and its contribution to lake eutrophication139
Disinfection by-products in drinking water: Occurrence, toxicity and abatement137
Microplastic fibres from synthetic textiles: Environmental degradation and additive chemical content135
Effects of accelerated aging on characteristics, leaching, and toxicity of commercial lead chromate pigmented microplastics134
Removal mechanisms of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) by biochar supported nanosized zero-valent iron: Synergy of adsorption, reduction and transformation131
Use of biogenic copper nanoparticles synthesized from a native Escherichia sp. as photocatalysts for azo dye degradation and treatment of textile effluents131
Identification of microplastics in surface water and Australian freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis in Victoria, Australia130
Cadmium pollution of soil-rice ecosystems in rice cultivation dominated regions in China: A review130
Simultaneous removal of arsenic, cadmium, and lead from soil by iron-modified magnetic biochar130
Do polystyrene nanoplastics affect the toxicity of cadmium to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)?130
Mask use during COVID-19: A risk adjusted strategy129
The emerging risk of exposure to nano(micro)plastics on endocrine disturbance and reproductive toxicity: From a hypothetical scenario to a global public health challenge129
Face masks as a source of nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment: Quantification, characterization, and potential for bioaccumulation129
Occurrence of microplastics in gastrointestinal tracts and gills of fish from Beibu Gulf, South China Sea127
Macro- and microplastic accumulation in soil after 32 years of plastic film mulching125
Evaluation of various approaches to predict cadmium bioavailability to rice grown in soils with high geochemical background in the karst region, Southwestern China125
Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean122
Modelling bioaccumulation of heavy metals in soil-crop ecosystems and identifying its controlling factors using machine learning122
Microplastics in water, sediment and fish from the Fengshan River system: Relationship to aquatic factors and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by fish122
Metabolomics revealing the response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) exposed to polystyrene microplastics121
PM2.5 and O3 pollution during 2015–2019 over 367 Chinese cities: Spatiotemporal variations, meteorological and topographical impacts121
Microplastic accumulation in the gastrointestinal tracts in birds of prey in central Florida, USA120
Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment119
Spatio-temporal patterns of air pollution in China from 2015 to 2018 and implications for health risks119
Microplastic pollution of worldwide lakes117
The occurrence of microplastics in farmland and grassland soils in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau: Different land use and mulching time in facility agriculture116
Microplastics in freshwater: A global review of factors affecting spatial and temporal variations115
Translocation, trophic transfer, accumulation and depuration of polystyrene microplastics in Daphnia magna and Pimephales promelas114
Carbon emissions, the industrial structure and economic growth: Evidence from heterogeneous industries in China114
Efficiency of lime, biochar, Fe containing biochar and composite amendments for Cd and Pb immobilization in a co-contaminated alluvial soil111
Antibiotics in wastewater: From its occurrence to the biological removal by environmentally conscious technologies111
A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects111
Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in the mid-west Pacific Ocean111
Heavy metal pollution, ecological risk, spatial distribution, and source identification in sediments of the Lijiang River, China110
Interactions between microplastics/nanoplastics and vascular plants110
Controversies over human health and ecological impacts of glyphosate: Is it to be banned in modern agriculture?109
Combined effect of polystyrene microplastics and dibutyl phthalate on the microalgae Chlorella pyrenoidosa108
Selective removal of arsenic in water: A critical review108
Distribution and characterization of microplastic particles and textile microfibers in Adriatic food webs: General insights for biomonitoring strategies108
Nanoplastics display strong stability in aqueous environments: Insights from aggregation behaviour and theoretical calculations108
Seagrass beds acting as a trap of microplastics - Emerging hotspot in the coastal region?107
Physiological impacts of zero valent iron, Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 nanoparticles in rice plants and their potential as Fe fertilizers107
Nanoplastics in aquatic systems - are they more hazardous than microplastics?106
Current progress on plastic/microplastic degradation: Fact influences and mechanism106
Distribution, abundance, and diversity of microplastics in the upper St. Lawrence River106
Effects of different feedstocks-based biochar on soil remediation: A review105
Marine mammals and microplastics: A systematic review and call for standardisation105
Microplastics act as vectors for antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate: The enhanced roles of the long-term aging process105
Microplastic pollution of the Tamsui River and its tributaries in northern Taiwan: Spatial heterogeneity and correlation with precipitation104
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