OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation is 27. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Ecological responses, adaptation and mechanisms of mangrove wetland ecosystem to global climate change and anthropogenic activities	88
Biodegradation of the plastics PLA and PET in cultivated soil with the participation of microorganisms and plants	68
Biodegradation of polyethylene mulching films by a co-culture of Acinetobacter sp. strain NyZ450 and Bacillus sp. strain NyZ451 isolated from Tenebrio molitor larvae	63
Fungal diversity and its contribution to the biodeterioration of mural paintings in two 1700-year-old tombs of China	57
An effort to understand and improve the anaerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: A literature review	53
Bioaugmentation of membrane bioreactor with Aeromonas hydrophila LZ-MG14 for enhanced malachite green and hexavalent chromium removal in textile wastewater	44
Microbially influenced corrosion: Towards an interdisciplinary perspective on mechanisms	43
Enhanced biodegradation of crude oil by constructed bacterial consortium comprising salt-tolerant petroleum degraders and biosurfactant producers	42
Greywater biodegradability and biological treatment technologies: A critical review	41
Denitrification during composting: Biochemistry, implication and perspective	40
Mitigation of microbial biodeterioration and acid corrosion of pipework steel using Citrus reticulata peels extract mediated copper nanoparticles composite	39
A new unified conceptual framework involving maintenance energy, metabolism and toxicity for research on degradation of organic pollutants	38
Metabolic profiling of phenol biodegradation by an indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T N-1 isolated from paper pulp wastewater	38
Insights into the bacterial and fungal communities and microbiome that causes a microbe outbreak on ancient wall paintings in the Maijishan Grottoes	38
Scaffold degradation in bone tissue engineering: An overview	34
Community structures of bacteria and archaea associated with the biodeterioration of sandstone sculptures at the Beishiku Temple	34
Microbially-induced calcium carbonate precipitation by a halophilic ureolytic bacterium and its potential for remediation of heavy metal-contaminated saline environments	34
Diversity of cellulolytic microorganisms and microbial cellulases	33
Performance of different microalgae-based technologies in nutrient removal and biogas upgrading in response to various GR24 concentrations	32
Lead toxicity alters the antioxidant defense machinery and modulate the biomarkers in Tartary buckwheat plants	32
Facile green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles for the eradication of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumonia and Helicobacter pylori biofilms	32
More effective removal of antibiotic resistance genes from excess sludge by microwave integrated fenton treatment	31
Bacterial degradation of pyrene: Biochemical reactions and mechanisms	31
Microbial diversity and composition of the Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia by high-throughput sequencing based on genomic DNA and RNA	30
Removal of sodium dodecyl sulphate from wastewater and its effect on anodic biofilm and performance of microbial fuel cell	30

Analysis of fungal deterioration phenomena in the first Portuguese King tomb using a multi-analytical approach	28
Heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification performance in a granular sequencing batch reactor supported by next generation sequencing	28
Pyrene biodegradation and its potential pathway involving Roseobacter clade bacteria	27
A more accurate definition of water characteristics in stone materials for an improved understanding and effective protection of cultural heritage from biodeterioration	27