OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 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 2020-11-01 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
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
Medical waste: Current challenges and future opportunities for sustainable management	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
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
Tire wear particles: An emerging threat to soil health	59
New insights of nanomaterials usage toward superhydrophobic membranes for water desalination via membrane distillation: A review	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
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
Microbial biodiesel production from lignocellulosic biomass: New insights and future challenges	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
Microbubbles and their application to ozonation in water treatment: A critical review exploring their benefit and future application	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
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
Endocrine disrupting toxicity of aryl organophosphate esters and mode of action	36
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
Aquaculture in coastal urbanized areas: A comparative review of the challenges posed by Harmful Algal Blooms	35
Nanoconfinement in advanced oxidation processes	35
Phosphorus in water: A review on the speciation analysis and species specific removal strategies	33
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
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
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
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
Disinfection by-products as environmental contaminants of emerging concern: a review on their occurrence, fate and removal in the urban water cycle	29
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
The enigma of environmental organoarsenicals: Insights and implications	28
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
Opportunity and challenges in large-scale geothermal energy exploitation in China	27
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