Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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
Recent progress on the removal of antibiotic pollutants using photocatalytic oxidation process	108
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
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
Adsorption kinetics and isotherm models of heavy metals by various adsorbents: An overview	80
Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils	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
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils: Source, fate, mechanism and attenuation strategy	68
Dietary cadmium exposure, risks to human health and mitigation strategies	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
Restoring shallow lakes impaired by eutrophication: Approaches, outcomes, and challenges	53
Strategies in improving plant salinity resistance and use of salinity resistant plants for economic sustainability	53
Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater: A review based on current phosphorous removal technologies	52
Niche specialization of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems: Oligotrophic or copiotrophic?	51
Enrichment of primary macronutrients in biochar for sustainable agriculture: A review	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
Heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria in wastewater biological nitrogen removal systems: A review	44
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
Probing the nature of soil organic matter	43
A framework for standardized qPCR-targets and protocols for quantifying antibiotic resistance in surface water, recycled water and wastewater	42
The aluminum tolerance and detoxification mechanisms in plants; recent advances and prospects	42
Recent advances in the synthesis of and sensing applications for metal-organic framework-molecularly imprinted polymer (MOF-MIP) composites	41
Mercury cycling and isotopic fractionation in global forests	41
Microbubbles and their application to ozonation in water treatment: A critical review exploring their benefit and future application	41
Microalgae-based carbon capture and utilization: A critical review on current system developments and biomass utilization	40
Occurrence, effects and environmental risk of antifouling biocides (EU PT21): Are marine ecosystems threatened?	40
Influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on crop growth and potentially toxic element accumulation in contaminated soils: A meta-analysis	39
Critical review on lanthanum-based materials used for water purification through adsorption of inorganic contaminants	39
Photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants in gas-phase via Ag3PO4-based semiconductor photocatalysts: Recent progress, new trends, and future perspectives	38
Novel resources recovery from anaerobic digestates: Current trends and future perspectives	37
Application of diffusive gradients in thin-films technique for speciation, bioavailability, modeling and mapping of nutrients and contaminants in soils	37
Cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in poultry manure management technologies – environmental aspects	36
An overview of cotton and polyester, and their blended waste textile valorisation to value-added products: A circular economy approach – research trends, opportunities and challenges	36
Enhancement of membrane system performance using artificial intelligence technologies for sustainable water and wastewater treatment: A critical review	36
Fe(III)-mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation: A novel microbial nitrogen cycle pathway and potential applications	36
Endocrine disrupting toxicity of aryl organophosphate esters and mode of action	36
Nanoconfinement in advanced oxidation processes	35
Aquaculture in coastal urbanized areas: A comparative review of the challenges posed by Harmful Algal Blooms	35
A critical review of human internal exposure and the health risks of organophosphate ester flame retardants and their metabolites	33
Airborne transmission as an integral environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance through the “One Health” lens	33
Phosphorus in water: A review on the speciation analysis and species specific removal strategies	33
Emulsion system, demulsification and membrane technology in oil–water emulsion separation: A comprehensive review	32
Potential sources and occurrence of macro-plastics and microplastics pollution in farmland soils: A typical case of China	31
Chlorine and ozone disinfection and disinfection byproducts in postharvest food processing facilities: A review	30
Photocatalytic strategy to mitigate microplastic pollution in aquatic environments: Promising catalysts, efficiencies, mechanisms, and ecological risks	30
Energy, economic, and environmental impacts of sustainable biochar systems in rural China	30
Low Impact Development practices in the context of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A new concept, lessons learned and challenges	30
Nanobubble technology applications in environmental and agricultural systems: Opportunities and challenges	29
Roles of phytohormones in mitigating abiotic stress in plants induced by metal(loid)s As, Cd, Cr, Hg, and Pb	29
Disinfection by-products as environmental contaminants of emerging concern: a review on their occurrence, fate and removal in the urban water cycle	29
Uptake/release of organic contaminants by microplastics: A critical review of influencing factors, mechanistic modeling, and thermodynamic prediction methods	28
Microplastic-derived dissolved organic matter and its biogeochemical behaviors in aquatic environments: A review	28
Molecular-level exploration of properties of dissolved organic matter in natural and engineered water systems: A critical review of FTICR-MS application	28
Insights into the microbiomes for medium-chain carboxylic acids production from biowastes through chain elongation	28

The enigma of environmental organoarsenicals: Insights and implications	28
Recent advance in enhanced adsorption of ionic dyes from aqueous solution: A review	27
Metal isotope complexation with environmentally relevant surfaces: Opening the isotope fractionation black box	27
Opportunity and challenges in large-scale geothermal energy exploitation in China	27
Enantioselective behavior of environmental chiral pollutants: A comprehensive review	26
What should we know when choosing feather, blood, egg or preen oil as biological samples for contaminants detection? A non-lethal approach to bird sampling for PCBs, OCPs, PBDEs and PFASs	26
A critical review of uranium in the soil-plant system: Distribution, bioavailability, toxicity, and bioremediation strategies	26
Phosphorus pollution control using waste-based adsorbents: Material synthesis, modification, and sustainability	26
Laccase immobilization with metal-organic frameworks: Current status, remaining challenges and future perspectives	26
Possible pathways for mercury methylation in oxic marine waters	25
Ecotoxicological effects of decommissioning offshore petroleum infrastructure: A systematic review	25
Human and livestock pathogens and their control during composting	24
Review of pH sensing materials from macro- to nano-scale: Recent developments and examples of seawater applications	24
Current status and future prospects of biological routes to bio-based products using raw materials, wastes, and residues as renewable resources	24
Organic contaminants of emerging concern in global estuaries: Environmental occurrence, fate, and bioavailability	23
Innovative conversion of food waste into biofuel in integrated waste management system	23
Drivers-pressures-state-impact-response framework of hazardous waste management in China	22
Stabilization and encapsulation of arsenic-/antimony-bearing mine waste: Overview and outlook of existing techniques	22
Understanding foliar accumulation of atmospheric Hg in terrestrial vegetation: Progress and challenges	22
Interaction of micro(nano)plastics with extracellular and intracellular biomolecules in the freshwater environment	22
Environmental applications and risks of nanomaterials: An introduction to CREST publications during 2018–2021	22
Interactions between cadmium and nutrients and their implications for safe crop production in Cd-contaminated soils	22
Emerging contaminants antibiotic resistance genes and microplastics in the environment: Introduction to 21 review articles published in CREST during 2018–2022	21
Recent advances in improving the remediation performance of microbial electrochemical systems for contaminated soil and sediments	21
Particulate matter (PM) oxidative potential: Measurement methods and links to PM physicochemical characteristics and health effects	21
Flow line of density functional theory in heterogeneous persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes for pollutant degradation: A review	21
Critical review of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rate constants in aquatic sediments for biogeochemical modeling	20
Comparison of separated and combined photodegradation and biofiltration technology for the treatment of volatile organic compounds: A critical review	20
Occurrence and potential harms of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in environment and their removal by periphyton	20
Application of single-atom-based photocatalysts in environmental pollutant removal and renewable energy production	19
An invisible workforce in soil: The neglected role of soil biofilms in conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes	19
A contemporary review of enzymatic applications in the remediation of emerging estrogenic compounds	19
Prenatal and postnatal transfer of perfluoroalkyl substances from mothers to their offspring	19
Progresses and challenges in sulfur autotrophic denitrification-enhanced Anammox for low carbon and efficient nitrogen removal	18
Recycling of ferrous slag in agriculture: Potentials and challenges	18
Valorization of resources from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: A review	18
Sources of micro(nano)plastics and interaction with co-existing pollutants in wastewater treatment plants	17
A critical review on the inactivation of surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus by ozone gas	17
Recent trends in the treatment of cyanide-containing effluents: Comparison of different approaches	17
Culturing the uncultured microbial majority in activated sludge: A critical review	17
The distribution, behavior, and release of macro- and micro-size plastic wastes in solid waste disposal sites	17
Abiotic transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via interaction with soil components: A systematic review	17
Promoted reductive removal of chlorinated organic pollutants co-occurring with facilitated methanogenesis in anaerobic environment: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Methodological challenges in spatial and contextual exposome-health studies	17
Biochar-derived dissolved organic matter (BDOM) and its influence on soil microbial community composition, function, and activity: A review	16
Enhancing integrated denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation and Anammox processes for nitrogen and methane removal: A review	16
Aqueous N-nitrosamines: Precursors, occurrence, oxidation processes, and role of inorganic ions	16
Bioimaging of metals in environmental toxicological studies: Linking localization and functionality	16
Visualizing biogeochemical heterogeneity in soils and sediments: A review of advanced micro-scale sampling and imaging methods	15
Effects of biochar on the accumulation of necromass-derived carbon, the physical protection and microbial mineralization of soil organic carbon	15
Incorporating viruses into soil ecology: A new dimension to understand biogeochemical cycling	15
Systems thinking for the sustainability transformation of urban water systems	15
Review on age-specific exposure to organophosphate esters: Multiple exposure pathways and microenvironments	14
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil-plant nexus: Sources, uptake, and toxicity	14
Health effects of WiFi radiation: a review based on systematic quality evaluation	14
Pore characteristics of hydrochars and their role as a vector for soil bacteria: A critical review of engineering options	14
Two-dimensional materials beyond graphene for the detection and removal of antibiotics: A critical review	14
Uptake of metallic nanoparticles containing essential (Cu, Zn and Fe) and non-essential (Ag, Ce and Ti) elements by crops: A meta-analysis	14
A critical review on the bioaccumulation, transportation, and elimination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in human beings	13
Recommendations for the use of metagenomics for routine monitoring of antibiotic resistance in wastewater and impacted aquatic environments	13
Elevated O3 threatens biological communications mediated by plant volatiles: A review focusing on the urban environment	13
Plant pharmacology: Insights into in-planta kinetic and dynamic processes of xenobiotics	13
Toward a sustainable and cost-efficient biological-based platform for siloxanes removal	12
Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 by MXene-based nanomaterials: A review	12
Environmental applications of nanocellulose scaffolded metal organic frameworks (MOFs@NC)	12
Contribution of exogenous humic substances to phosphorus availability in soil-plant ecosystem: A review	12
Transformation of PPCPs in the environment: Review of knowledge and classification of pathways according to parent molecule structures	12
Critical review of catalysis-assisted nanofiltration for micropollutants removal: Catalytic coupled nanofiltration system vs catalytic nanofiltration membrane	12
Theory and application of a Si-based defense barrier for plants: Implications for soil-plant-atmosphere system health	11
Framework for establishing regulatory guidelines to control antibiotic resistance in treated effluents	11
Reviewing the recent developments of using graphene-based nanosized materials in membrane separations	11
Comprehensive depolymerization of lignin from lignocellulosic biomass: A review	11
A comprehensive review on water stable metal-organic frameworks for large-scale preparation and applications in water quality management based on surveys made since 2015	11
Recent advances in environmental science and engineering applications of cellulose nanocomposites	11
Newly emerging borate-based nonlinear optical materials for organic pollutant degradation: A review	11
Persistence and environmental geochemistry transformation of antibiotic-resistance bacteria/genes in water at the interface of natural minerals with light irradiation	11
Genotoxicity of quinone: An insight on DNA adducts and its LC-MS-based detection	10
Removal and recovery of phosphonates from wastewater via adsorption	10
Applications of bioremediation and phytoremediation in contaminated soils and waters: CREST publications during 2018–2022	10
Progress in energy recovery and graphene usage in capacitive deionization	10

Reinforcement learning applied to wastewater treatment process control optimization: Approaches, challenges, and path forward	10
Enzyme immobilization as a sustainable approach toward ecological remediation of organic-contaminated soils: Advances, issues, and future perspectives	10
Effect of antibiotic perturbation on nitrous oxide emissions: An in-depth analysis	10
Applications of atomic force microscopy-based imaging and force spectroscopy in assessing environmental interfacial processes	10
Controlling factors and toxicokinetic modeling of antibiotics bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms: A review	10