OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Environmental Chemistry is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Soil decontamination by natural minerals: a comparison study of chalcopyrite and pyrite	38
Rare earth elements binding humic acids: NICA–Donnan modelling	26
Characterising earth scent	26
Research on the effect of dissolved organic matter on the adsorption of oxytetracycline by high-density polyethylene	18
Ammonia emissions from nitrogen fertilised agricultural soils: controlling factors and solutions for emission reduction	16
Adsorption of contaminants from aqueous solutions by modified biochar: a review	15
Mercury in an Australian sclerophyll Eucalyptus forest and emissions from fuel reduction prescribed burning	12
From chemistry to culture: the need for an integrated approach to mercury research and policy making	10
Photolysis characteristics and influencing factors of the pesticide pyrimethanil in natural waters	10
Pharmaceutical pollution in marine waters and benthic flora of the southern Australian coastline	9
Daphnia reproductive impacts following chronic exposure to micro- and nano-scale particles from three types of rubber	9
Mercury concentration in Antarctic krill varies in time and space and with individual size	8
Arsenosugars and arsenolipids are formed simultaneously by the unicellular alga Dunaliella tertiolecta	8
Occurrence, spatial distribution, risk assessment, and management of environmental estrogens in surface waters of the Taihu basin	7
Size evolution of EuIII–fulvic acid complexes with pH, metal, and fulvic acid concentrations: implications for modelling of metal–humic substances interactions	7
Algal bioaccumulation and toxicity of platinum are increased in the presence of humic acids	7
Application of oxidised activated red mud to treat phosphorus-contaminated water	7
Airborne particulate matter in Southeast Asia: a review on variation, chemical compositions and source apportionment	7
The features of haloacetic acid oxidation that contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion	6
Toxicity of arsenic(v) to temperate and tropical marine biota and the derivation of chronic marine water quality guideline values	6
A comparison of characterisation and modelling approaches to predict dissolved metal concentrations in soils	6
Characteristics, potential sources and interaction of carbonaceous components in PM2.5 in two adjacent areas in Shanxi, China	6
Investigation of diffusion and binding properties of uranium in the diffusive gradients in thin-films technique	6
Historical (1850–1995) nitrogen changes in UK catchments recorded by lake sediment δ15N	6
Developing a modern approach to assess ecological risk from pesticides without unnecessary vertebrate animal testing	6

Geochemical fate of microplastics (MPs): XPS characterization of goethite binding to primary and secondary MPs and their surface modification	5
POSSMs: a parsimonious speciation model for metals in soils	5
Assessment of trace element content throughout the white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) farming cycle	5
A review of inorganic contaminants in Australian marine mammals, birds and turtles	5
Altitudinal variations and local emission contributions to black carbon and ion deposition on Tibetan Plateau glaciers	5
Effect of wetting and drying processes on ultramafic and mafic tailing minerals amended with topsoil	5
Quantitative analysis of arsenic containing hydrocarbons in marine samples by GC-MS	5
Platinum speciation in the presence of natural organic matter in a simplified freshwater medium investigated using HPSEC-ICP-MS	5
Aerosol variability and glacial chemistry over the western Himalayas	5
Potential for atmospheric acid processing of mineral dust to supply bioavailable trace metals to the oceans	4
Corrigendum to: Nickel and copper complexation by natural dissolved organic matter – titration of two contrasting lake waters and comparison of measured and modelled free metal ion concentrations	4
Corrigendum to : Cadmium thiosulfate complexes can be assimilated by a green alga via a sulfate transporter but do not increase Cd toxicity	4
Selenium speciation and characteristics of selenium-enriched crops in Guiyang seleniferous soil, southwestern China	4
A comprehensive analysis of water-soluble arsenicals in Icelandic macroalgae	4
Determination of inorganic As, DMA and MMA in marine and terrestrial tissue samples: a consensus extraction approach	4
Enrichment of saccharides at the air–water interface: a quantitative comparison of sea surface microlayer and foam	3
Usability of rice straw biochar for remediation and amelioration of vanadium contaminated soils in areas under acid rain leaching	3
Coal chemical industry membrane concentrates: characterisation and treatment by ozonation and catalytic ozonation processes	3
Speciation analysis of iodine in seaweed: optimisation of extraction procedure and chromatographic separation	3
CFC-11 measurements in China, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea (1998–2018): Urban, landfill fire and garbage burning sources	3
Characterisation and source apportionment of chemical components in fine particulate matter from atmosphere in two districts of Lanzhou City	3
Aqueous lead speciation determined using DNAzyme GR5	3
Modelling light-absorbing particle–snow–radiation interactions and impacts on snow albedo: fundamentals, recent advances and future directions	3
Analytical pitfalls when using inhibitors in specific nitrification assays	3
Does toxicity test variability support bioavailability model predictions being within a factor of 2?	3
Mosses and lichens enhance atmospheric elemental mercury deposition in a subtropical montane forest†	3
Determination of polyoxymethylene (POM) water partition coefficients for DDT and its degradation products, with inter-laboratory comparison of the passive sampling methodology and bioaccumulation in e	3
Production, distribution and flux of dimethyl sulfide in the East China Sea and its contribution to atmospheric sulfate aerosols	2
Assessment of single-cell level variability in intra- and extracellular arsenic contents of three freshwater phytoplankton using single cell ICP-MS	2
Precipitation Isotopes New Zealand (PINZ): improvements in precipitation isoscapes with machine learning	2
Methods and current developments of the Solvay process for brine management and CO2 capture: a critical review	2
Arsenic speciation of commonly eaten mushrooms from central Europe	2
Temporal and intra-thallus variation in arsenic species in the brown macroalga Laminaria digitata	2
Selenium cycling in a marine dominated estuary: Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia a case study	2
Mercury wet deposition in the urban and industrialised region of Campinas, south-east Brazil	2
Application of molecularly imprinted polymers in recognition and detection of environmental oestrogens: a review	2
Photolysis characteristics and influencing factors of adenosine 5'-monophosphate in seawater	2
Hydrochemical and environmental isotopes characteristic of groundwater and controlling factors for waters’ chemical composition in the iron–copper mine area of Elazığ, SE Turkey	2
Response surface optimised photocatalytic degradation and quantitation of repurposed COVID-19 antibiotic pollutants in wastewaters; towards greenness and whiteness perspectives	2
The uptake of arsenic species by commonly grown Australian rice varieties cultivated utilising two widely used agronomic practices (straw incorporation and nitrogen fertilisation) and the role dimethy	2
Fluxes of dissolved methane and nitrous oxide in the tidal cycle in a mangrove in South China	2
Speciation and mobility of antimony and arsenic in a highly contaminated freshwater system and the influence of extreme drought conditions	2
New arsenic compound identified in rice grain: dimethylarsonyldimethylarsinic acid	2
Assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in a tropical elasmobranch assemblage	2