OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Ecological Engineering is 32. 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
Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review	156
Managing erosion of mangrove-mud coasts with permeable dams – lessons learned	71
Agriculture ecosystem models for CO2 sequestration, improving soil physicochemical properties, and restoring degraded land	61
Increasing urban ecological resilience based on ecological security pattern: A case study in a resource-based city	61
Challenges and avenues for acid mine drainage treatment, beneficiation, and valorisation in circular economy: A review	57
Optimization of ecological security patterns considering both natural and social disturbances in China's largest urban agglomeration	50
Carbon sequestration potential and CO2 fluxes in a tropical forest ecosystem	49
The case of Mar Menor eutrophication: State of the art and description of tested Nature-Based Solutions	47
Spatially heterogeneity response of ecosystem services supply and demand to urbanization in China	47
Soil phosphorus fractionation and its association with soil phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in a chronosequence of vegetation restoration	47
Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies under influence of climate and land cover change in an afforested semiarid basin, China	43
Numerical modelling of hydraulic efficiency and pollution transport in waste stabilization ponds	43
A full-scale anaerobic baffled reactor and hybrid constructed wetland for university dormitory wastewater treatment and reuse in an arid and warm climate	43
Coagulation and precipitation of cyanobacterial blooms	42
Reclamation of saline soil by planting annual euhalophyte Suaeda salsa with drip irrigation: A three-year field experiment in arid northwestern China	39
Spatial-temporal evolution and driving forces of provincial carbon footprints in China: An integrated EE-MRIO and WA-SDA approach	38
Modeling shallow landslides and root reinforcement: A review	38
Ensemble modelling enables identification of suitable sites for habitat restoration of threatened biodiversity under climate change: A case study of Himalayan Trillium	37
Positive effects of ecological restoration policies on the vegetation dynamics in a typical ecologically vulnerable area of China	36
Spatiotemporal dynamics and evolution relationships between land-use/land cover change and landscape pattern in response to rapid urban sprawl process: A case study in Wuhan, China	35
Effects of grazing on plant species and phylogenetic diversity in alpine grasslands, Northern Tibet	35
Shallow landslides and vegetation at the catchment scale: A perspective	35
Revitalizing coastal saline-alkali soil with biochar application for improved crop growth	35
Assessment of land degradation and restoration in coal mines of central India: A time series analysis	35
A study of tree crown characteristics and their cooling effects in a subtropical city of Australia	34

Sulfonamide antibiotics in groundwater and their migration in the vadose zone: A case in a drinking water resource	34
Green walls: A form of constructed wetland in green buildings	34
Soil carbon–nitrogen coupled accumulation following the natural vegetation restoration of abandoned farmlands in a karst rocky desertification region	33
Biochar particle size and amendment rate are more important for water retention and weight of green roof substrates than differences in feedstock type	33
Replicating natural topography on marine artificial structures – A novel approach to eco-engineering	32
Bioavailability and eco-toxicity of heavy metals in chars produced from municipal sewage sludge decreased during pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization	32
Design and temporal issues in Soil Bioengineering structures for the stabilisation of shallow soil movements	32
Opportunistic pathogens and their health risk in four full-scale drinking water treatment and distribution systems	32