OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology is 26. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Cadmium stress in plants: A critical review of the effects, mechanisms, and tolerance strategies	250
Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review	139
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soils: A systematic analysis	105
Recent progress on the removal of antibiotic pollutants using photocatalytic oxidation process	101
Medical waste: Current challenges and future opportunities for sustainable management	96
Removal of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in various wastewater treatment processes: An overview	95
Recent progress in adsorptive removal of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water/wastewater	90
Heavy metal remediation and resistance mechanism ofAeromonas,Bacillus, andPseudomonas: A review	85
Recent advances in electro-Fenton process and its emerging applications	80
Selenium in soil-microbe-plant systems: Sources, distribution, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification	78
Interactions between organic matter and Fe (hydr)oxides and their influences on immobilization and remobilization of metal(loid)s: A review	76
A review on emerging homojunction photocatalysts with impressive performances for wastewater detoxification	74
Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils	73
Advanced porous nanomaterials as superior adsorbents for environmental pollutants removal from aqueous solutions	73
Influence of biochar on trace element uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants and associated health risks: A critical review	72
Comprehensive review on catalytic degradation of Cl-VOCs under the practical application conditions	69
Transport of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment: Trojan-Horse effect for organic contaminants	66
Toxicity in vitro reveals potential impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on human health: A review	65
Adsorption kinetics and isotherm models of heavy metals by various adsorbents: An overview	62
Research advances in anammox granular sludge: A review	61
Hydrometallurgical processes for heavy metals recovery from industrial sludges	61
Biodegradability and ecotoxicity of polyurethane foams: A review	61
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural soils: Source, fate, mechanism and attenuation strategy	60
Far UV-C radiation: An emerging tool for pandemic control	60
Recent advances of algae-bacteria consortia in aquatic remediation	60

Electrochemical treatment of highly concentrated wastewater: A review of experimental and modeling approaches from lab- to full-scale	57
Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil	53
Strategies in improving plant salinity resistance and use of salinity resistant plants for economic sustainability	52
New insights of nanomaterials usage toward superhydrophobic membranes for water desalination via membrane distillation: A review	52
Dietary cadmium exposure, risks to human health and mitigation strategies	51
The role of glomalin in mitigation of multiple soil degradation problems	50
Niche specialization of comammox Nitrospira in terrestrial ecosystems: Oligotrophic or copiotrophic?	48
Enrichment of primary macronutrients in biochar for sustainable agriculture: A review	48
Tire wear particles: An emerging threat to soil health	48
Human urine-based fertilizers: A review	47
Sorption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from water and wastewater by carbonaceous materials: A review	46
Environmental applications of ultrasound activated persulfate/peroxymonosulfate oxidation process in combination with other activating agents	45
Restoring shallow lakes impaired by eutrophication: Approaches, outcomes, and challenges	45
Probing the nature of soil organic matter	43
Pollution characteristics, mechanism of toxicity and health effects of the ultrafine particles in the indoor environment: Current status and future perspectives	43
Benzalkonium chloride: A systematic review of its environmental entry through wastewater treatment, potential impact, and mitigation strategies	43
Red mud valorization an industrial waste circular economy challenge; review over processes and their chemistry	42
Recovery of phosphorus from wastewater: A review based on current phosphorous removal technologies	42
Formation mechanisms of viable but nonculturable bacteria through induction by light-based disinfection and their antibiotic resistance gene transfer risk: A review	41
A framework for standardized qPCR-targets and protocols for quantifying antibiotic resistance in surface water, recycled water and wastewater	41
Heterotrophic nitrifying bacteria in wastewater biological nitrogen removal systems: A review	41
Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review	41
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
Microbial biodiesel production from lignocellulosic biomass: New insights and future challenges	40
The aluminum tolerance and detoxification mechanisms in plants; recent advances and prospects	39
Photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants in gas-phase via Ag₃PO₄-based semiconductor photocatalysts: Recent progress, new trends, and future perspectives	38
Application of diffusive gradients in thin-films technique for speciation, bioavailability, modeling and mapping of nutrients and contaminants in soils	37
Microbubbles and their application to ozonation in water treatment: A critical review exploring their benefit and future application	37
Critical review on lanthanum-based materials used for water purification through adsorption of inorganic contaminants	36
Fe(III)-mediated anaerobic ammonium oxidation: A novel microbial nitrogen cycle pathway and potential applications	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
Microplastics and human health: Integrating pharmacokinetics	36
Influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on crop growth and potentially toxic element accumulation in contaminated soils: A meta-analysis	35
Aquaculture in coastal urbanized areas: A comparative review of the challenges posed by Harmful Algal Blooms	35
A critical review of microbial electrolysis cells coupled with anaerobic digester for enhanced biomethane recovery from high-strength feedstocks	35
Microalgae-based carbon capture and utilization: A critical review on current system developments and biomass utilization	35
Occurrence, effects and environmental risk of antifouling biocides (EU PT21): Are marine ecosystems threatened?	35
An exploration on the toxicity mechanisms of phytotoxins and their potential utilities	34
Novel resources recovery from anaerobic digestates: Current trends and future perspectives	33
Nanoconfinement in advanced oxidation processes	33
Cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in poultry manure management technologies – environmental aspects	30
Photochemical impacts on the toxicity of PM_2.5	30
Enhancement of membrane system performance using artificial intelligence technologies for sustainable water and wastewater treatment: A critical review	29
A critical review of human internal exposure and the health risks of organophosphate ester flame retardants and their metabolites	29
Disinfection by-products as environmental contaminants of emerging concern: a review on their occurrence, fate and removal in the urban water cycle	29
Chlorine and ozone disinfection and disinfection byproducts in postharvest food processing facilities: A review	29
Energy, economic, and environmental impacts of sustainable biochar systems in rural China	28
Airborne transmission as an integral environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance through the “One Health” lens	28
Low Impact Development practices in the context of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A new concept, lessons learned and challenges	28

Molecular-level exploration of properties of dissolved organic matter in natural and engineered water systems: A critical review of FTICR-MS application	27
Endocrine disrupting toxicity of aryl organophosphate esters and mode of action	27
Phosphorus in water: A review on the speciation analysis and species specific removal strategies	27
Uptake/release of organic contaminants by microplastics: A critical review of influencing factors, mechanistic modeling, and thermodynamic prediction methods	26
The enigma of environmental organoarsenicals: Insights and implications	26
Enantioselective behavior of environmental chiral pollutants: A comprehensive review	26
Insights into the microbiomes for medium-chain carboxylic acids production from biowastes through chain elongation	26
A critical review of uranium in the soil-plant system: Distribution, bioavailability, toxicity, and bioremediation strategies	26
Opportunity and challenges in large-scale geothermal energy exploitation in China	26