OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Sub is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Photo-Fenton process applied for the treatment of industrial wastewaters containing diclofenac: optimization with low iron ions concentrations and without pH control	84
Adsorption kinetics, isotherms, and selectivity of trihalomethanes and haloacetonitriles by granular activated carbon	75
Distribution and statistical analysis of major and trace elements in the bee pollen from the territory of Republic of Kosovo	44
Assessment of heavy metals and human health risk associated with the consumption of crops cultivated in industrial areas of Maputo, Mozambique	22
Spatial distribution and human health risk assessment of nitrate and fluoride in drinking water of Maragheh County, Iran (2018–2023) using Monte Carlo simulation	21
Organochlorine pesticide residues and health risk assessment of farmland soil in the black soil area of Faku County	21
Maternal exposure to organochlorine pesticides and anthropometrics of newborns – a hospital-based cross-sectional study in rural and urban settings in Armenia	18
Metagenome based analysis of groundwater from arsenic contaminated sites of West Bengal revealed community diversity and their metabolic potential	17
Synthetic surfactants in drinking and surface waters in Armenia and apparent non-association with some diseases	17
Removal of ¹⁴²Pr from nuclear purity water using hydroxyapatite	16
Evaluation of photocatalysis inactivation in indoor air purification of pathogenic microbes by using the different nanomaterials based on TiO ₂ nanomaterials	15
Development of a post-treatment system using a downflow hanging sponge reactor – an upflow anaerobic reactor for natural rubber processing wastewater treatment	14
Degradation of diclofenac using advanced oxidation processes: a review	14
Batch and continuous fixed bed adsorption of copper (II) from acid mine drainage (AMD) using green and recyclable adsorbent from cellulose microcrystals (CMCs)	14
Dual-wavelength UV degradation of bisphenol A and bezafibrate in aqueous solution using excilamps (222, 282 nm) and LED (365 nm): yes or no synergy?	14
Citric, succinic, and vanillic acid-functionalized magnetic-cored dendrimer for methylene blue adsorption	13
Degradation of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole in water using an ozonation/persulfate system under solar irradiation	13
Heavy metals occurrence in groundwater of the Mitidja plain (Northern Algeria)	13
Comparing the efficiency of N-doped TiO₂ and commercial TiO₂ as photo catalysts for amoxicillin and ciprofloxacin photo-degradation under solar irradiation	12
Application of the QuEChERS method for the determination of pesticides, PAHs and PCBs in fish in Senegal	12
Risk assessment of common household detergents: hazard identification and safety classification	11
Quaternary-nitrogen functionalized carbonaceous adsorbent derived from coffee grounds for nitrate removal from aqueous solution	11
Regulatory compliance of PCDD/F emissions by a municipal solid waste incinerator. A case study in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Catalonia, Spain	11
Decolouration of azo dyes by radicals generated from K ₂ S ₂ O ₈ automatically in homogeneous a	11
Resource recovery of steel slag: Effects of partial substitution for soilless culture medium on coriander cultivation after modification	11

Polyethylene terephthalate nanoplastics cause oxidative stress induced cell death in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	11
Investigation of the pancreatic toxicological effects of oral ingestion of perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS) in Sprague-Dawley rats	10
Occurrence and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in Rivers entering the sea from the South bank of Laizhou Bay, China	10
Simultaneous removal of Cu (II) and Cr (VI) ions from petroleum refinery wastewater using ZnO/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposite	10
Evaluation of pharmaceutical industry wastewater for their cyto-genotoxic potential and oxidative stress induced by the waste	10
Effect of hubble-bubble smoking on global DNA methylation and transcription levels of protamine and histone genes in human spermatozoa	10
Effect of ultrasonic homogenization on crude oil-water emulsion stability	10
Modeling of NO mass transfer characteristics absorbed in sodium persulfate solution with a bubble reactor	10
N-chlorosuccinimide enhancing the antimicrobial effect of benzalkonium chloride on biofilm Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its interaction mechanisms	9
Membrane separation of antibiotics predicted with the back propagation neural network	9
Analysis of isothiazolinones and other preservatives in leather, synthetic leather, and textile products available in Japan	8
Simultaneous determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, and bisphenol a in water samples using solid-phase extraction and GC-MS/MS	8
Effectiveness of advanced treatment technologies in the reduction of ecotoxicity and micropollutants at a German municipal wastewater treatment plant	8
Corn stalk biochar modified with imidazolium-based ionic liquids for the removal of Cd ²⁺ from mine water	8
Time-dependent emission characteristics of terpenes from an essential oil diffuser and indoor exposure assessment using a wearable passive sampler	8
Examination of the environmental behavior of phosphogypsum with the application of lab-scale experiment	7
Integrated assessment of electrocoagulation efficiency, energy demand, and toxicity mitigation for Reactive Red BF-4B dye	7
Radiological and environmental hazards of granitic rocks in Wadi Faliq El Sahl and El Waar area, North Eastern Desert, Egypt	7
Augmentation of mixotrophic denitrification by using iron-rich desulfurized waste as a co-substrate in sulfur-ethanol-based denitrification	7
Effects of exposure to sediment-associated fipronil on cardiac function of Neotropical armored catfishHypostomus regani	7
Different responses in gene expression to heavy metal stress in Amaranthus spp.	7
Removal of Congo red by core − shell magnetic chitosan submicrospheres: characterization and adsorption studies	7
Machine learning, a powerful tool for the prediction of BiVO ₄ nanoparticles efficiency in photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes	6
Improving oil absorption performance of cork via deep eutectic solvent treatment for environmental remediation	6
Characterizing the interaction between micro(nano)plastics and simulated body fluids and their impact on human lung epithelial cells	6
Cu/Nb₂O₅, Fe/Nb₂O₅ and Cu-Fe/Nb₂O₅ applied in salicylic acid degradation: Parameters studies and photocatalytic activity	6
Removal of m-Toluidine from aqueous solution using H ₃ PO ₄ -activated carbon from	6
Using photocatalyzed-peroxonization to disinfect and denature genetic material of bacterial plasmids present in hospital wastewater	6
Modeling of the biomethane production from ultrasonic pretreated fruit and vegetable waste via anaerobic digestion	6
Combined slaughterhouse wastewater treatment via pilot plant chemical coagulation followed by 4th generation downflow hanging sponge (DHS-4G)	6
In-situ synthesis of sunlight-driven CuO-ZnO heterostructure photocatalyst for enhanced elimination of organic pollutants and CO ₂ reduction	6
Microbiota on football surfaces: providing fresh insights into football sports management	6
Heavy metal-driven biochemical enhancement of dye degradation by bacterial consortia: a multi-scale statistical and spectroscopic investigation	6
Escherichia coli removal in down-flow hanging sponge reactors: insights from laboratory reactor studies	6
Hamaker constant effects on bacterial deposition in porous media	6
Ecotoxicological studies of direct and indirect genotoxicity with Artemia : an integrative review	6
In situ capping of silver nanoparticles with cellulosic matrices from wheat straws in enhancing their antimicrobial activity: Synthesis and characterization	6
Moss biomonitoring of air pollution with potentially toxic elements in the Kumanovo Region, North Macedonia	6
Cyto-genotoxicity evaluation of pyroligneous acid using Allium cepa assay	5
Phosphate removal using dolomite modified with ultrasound: mathematical and experimental analysis	5
Assessing air quality and composition of fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) in Jackson, MS	5
Assessing three industrially produced fungi for the bioremediation of diclofenac	5
Effect of humic compost on the adsorption of cadmium (II) in aqueous medium	5
Multivariate analysis on spatial distribution of chemical elements in river sediment assessed by the total reflection X-ray fluorescence technique	5
Effects of pyroligneous acid on acute, chronic, and cyto-genotoxicity to earthworms ( Eisenia fetida )	5
Human health risks from textile chemicals: a critical review of recent evidence (2019–2025)	5
Comprehensive assessment of photo-oxidative degradation and biofilm colonization on microplastic pellets in simulated marine environment	5
Mercury distribution and contamination in the soils of the Mitrovica region, Republic of Kosovo	5
Research progress and application prospects of heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification bacteria in marine environments	5
A novel and efficient voltammetric sensor for the simultaneous determination of alizarin red S and tartrazine by using poly(leucine) functionalized carbon paste electrode	5

Precision forecasting of spray-dry desulfurization using Gaussian noise data augmentation and k-fold cross-validation optimized neural computing	5
Sub-ppm determination of perfluorinated carboxylic acids in solution by UV–vis high-performance liquid chromatography through solid phase extraction	5
Environmental drivers influencing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mobilization in rainwater: Insights from physicochemical correlations in Ondo State, Nigeria	5
Impact of modification on the properties of Eucheuma biochar and its adsorption of phenanthrene from aqueous solution	5
Interaction mechanism of benzophenone-type UV filters on bovine serum albumin: Insights from structure-affinity relationship	5
Self-synthesized TiO₂ nanoparticles-pH-mediated dispersive solid phase extraction coupled with high performance liquid chromatography for the determination of quinolones in biological matri	5
Wind energy development in China: Addressing the growing issue of wind turbine blade disposal amidst the decommissioning wave	5
Statistical physics double-layer models for the experimental study and theoretical modeling of methyl orange dye adsorption on AlMnTiO nanocomposite	5
Effect of short-term pig slurry amendment of soil on humified organic matter and its relationship with the dynamics of heavy metals and metals uptake by plants	5