OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology is 42. 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
Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies	283
Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review	154
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils: A systematic analysis	116
Medical waste: Current challenges and future opportunities for sustainable management	108
Removal of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in various wastewater treatment processes: An overview	108
Recent progress on the removal of antibiotic pollutants using photocatalytic oxidation process	108
Heavy metal remediation and resistance mechanism ofAeromonas,Bacillus, andPseudomonas: A review	92
Recent advances in electro-Fenton process and its emerging applications	90
A review on emerging homojunction photocatalysts with impressive performances for wastewater detoxification	86
Selenium in soil-microbe-plant systems: Sources, distribution, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification	85
Interactions between organic matter and Fe (hydr)oxides and their influences on immobilization and remobilization of metal(loid)s: A review	82
Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils	80
Adsorption kinetics and isotherm models of heavy metals by various adsorbents: An overview	80
Advanced porous nanomaterials as superior adsorbents for environmental pollutants removal from aqueous solutions	78
Transport of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment: Trojan-Horse effect for organic contaminants	75
Hydrometallurgical processes for heavy metals recovery from industrial sludges	72
Influence of biochar on trace element uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants and associated health risks: A critical review	72
Toxicity in vitro reveals potential impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on human health: A review	71
Recent advances of algae-bacteria consortia in aquatic remediation	69
Dietary cadmium exposure, risks to human health and mitigation strategies	68
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils: Source, fate, mechanism and attenuation strategy	68
Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control	62
Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil	60
New insights of nanomaterials usage toward superhydrophobic membranes for water desalination via membrane distillation: A review	59
Tire wear particles: An emerging threat to soil health	59

The role of glomalin in mitigation of multiple soil degradation problems	58
Human urine-based fertilizers: A review	55
Strategies in improving plant salinity resistance and use of salinity resistant plants for economic sustainability	53
Restoring shallow lakes impaired by eutrophication: Approaches, outcomes, and challenges	53
Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater: A review based on current phosphorous removal technologies	52
Enrichment of primary macronutrients in biochar for sustainable agriculture: A review	51
Niche specialization of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems: Oligotrophic or copiotrophic?	51
Environmental applications of ultrasound activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate oxidation process in combination with other activating agents	50
Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review	47
Benzalkonium chloride: A systematic review of its environmental entry through wastewater treatment, potential impact, and mitigation strategies	46
Microplastics and human health: Integrating pharmacokinetics	45
Microbial biodiesel production from lignocellulosic biomass: New insights and future challenges	44
Formation mechanisms of viable but nonculturable bacteria through induction by light-based disinfection and their antibiotic resistance gene transfer risk: A review	44
Heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria in wastewater biological nitrogen removal systems: A review	44
Probing the nature of soil organic matter	43
The aluminum tolerance and detoxification mechanisms in plants; recent advances and prospects	42
A framework for standardized qPCR-targets and protocols for quantifying antibiotic resistance in surface water, recycled water and wastewater	42