Environmental Chemistry Letters

Papers
(The median citation count of Environmental Chemistry Letters is 24. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Enhanced hydrogen storage efficiency with sorbents and machine learning: a review851
Concentration, sources, influencing factors and hazards of heavy metals in indoor and outdoor dust: A review652
Nano-sized natural organic matter interacts with bisphenol A and decreases cytotoxicity to human cells621
Machine learning to predict the production of bio-oil, biogas, and biochar by pyrolysis of biomass: a review556
Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review504
Proteomics of mercury-induced responses and resilience in plants: a review436
Methods to monitor the defects of the drainage pipe network: a review408
Indirect contamination of cockroaches by anticoagulant rodenticides310
Neutral pH, multioxidants Fenton oxidation of dimethyl sulfoxide and acetamidophenol as water pollutant models309
High-resolution mapping of premature mortality induced by atmospheric particulate matter in China300
Penetration of submicron amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots in plant stomata, implication for the depollution of atmospheric soot particles295
Effect of humic substances on the anaerobic digestion of secondary sludge in wastewater treatment plants: a review282
Efficient analysis of metabolites of industrial additives in cerebrospinal fluids276
Electrochemical conversion of biomass-derived aldehydes into fine chemicals and hydrogen: A review258
High-resolution imaging of Hg/Se aggregates in the brain of small Indian mongoose, a wild terrestrial species: insights into intracellular Hg detoxification257
The revival of cyclodextrins as active pharmaceutical ingredients256
Photocatalytic inactivation and disinfection of bioaerosols: a review251
Unrecognized pollution by inorganic condensable particulate matter in the atmosphere248
Are bioplastics an ecofriendly alternative to fossil fuel plastics?231
Multi-elemental compound-specific isotope analysis of pesticides for source identification and monitoring of degradation in soil: a review231
Synthesis and applications of carbon quantum dots derived from biomass waste: a review227
Phosphorus adsorption by functionalized biochar: a review224
Carbon dioxide separation and capture by adsorption: a review212
Hydrogen, ammonia and methanol for marine transportation209
A novel hydrothermal method to synthesize brookite titanium dioxide nanosquares for efficient pollutant degradation180
Spatial distribution, pollution characteristics, and health risks of antibiotic resistance genes in China: a review177
Highly efficient thermo-photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline catalyzed by tungsten disulfide under visible light171
Hydrogen and biodiesel production from food waste: a review155
Effect of combined cadmium and doxycycline pollution on the nitrogen cycle in constructed ditch wetlands155
Dioxins and furans in biochars, hydrochars and torreficates produced by thermochemical conversion of biomass: a review154
Effects of pollutant toxicity on the eyes of aquatic life monitored by visual dysfunction in zebrafish: a review146
Microplastics alter crystal growth in coral skeleton structures142
Synthesis of branched allylic sulfones by regioselective boron-catalysed hydrosulfonylation142
Energy production from farming waste: a review140
4-Nonylphenol adsorption, environmental impact and remediation: a review139
Bioenergy production from chicken manure: a review137
Environmentally benign techniques of lithium extraction from salt lakes: a review136
Recycling municipal, agricultural and industrial waste into energy, fertilizers, food and construction materials, and economic feasibility: a review134
Microplastic characteristics, transport, risks, and remediation in groundwater: a review128
Biochar-clay, biochar-microorganism and biochar-enzyme composites for environmental remediation: a review125
Microwave resonance enhanced CO2 reduction using biochar118
Rapid conversion of carbon dioxide into titanium carbide by atmospheric microwave plasma114
The dual role of tropospheric ozone in controlling COVID-19 outbreaks113
Impact of biogas digestates on soil microbiota in agriculture: a review110
Detection of multiple metal ions in water with a fluorescence sensor based on carbon quantum dots assisted by stepwise prediction and machine learning109
Biofuel production by co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and other materials: a review107
Room-temperature and carbon-negative production of biodiesel via synergy of geminal-atom and photothermal catalysis106
Advanced adsorbents for ibuprofen removal from aquatic environments: a review105
Adverse prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma following long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants100
Supramolecular deep eutectic solvents in extraction processes: a review100
Solidification and removal of impurities from phosphogypsum for road applications: a review100
China’s sponge cities alleviate urban flooding and water shortage: a review100
Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review98
Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review96
Correction to: Pesticide resurrection95
Recycling of bast textile wastes into high value-added products: a review95
Validation of methods for enriching and detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater93
Correction: Dioxins and furans in biochars, hydrochars and torreficates produced by thermochemical conversion of biomass: a review91
Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-1988
Connecting records of global-to-regional climate88
Cognitive impairment and dementia by pollutant exposure: a review88
Improved electricity production and nitrogen enrichment during the treatment of black water using manganese ore-modified anodes88
Production and growth of microalgae in urine and wastewater: A review86
Boron nitride nanomaterials for environmental remediation, energy, and sensing: a review86
Interfacial-engineered CoTiO3-based composite for photocatalytic applications: a review85
Enhanced stability and coke resistance in methanol to olefins reaction using fibrous silica-wrapped silicoaluminophosphate zeolite85
Strategies and considerations to green analytical separations: a review84
Metal oxide nanobiochar materials to remediate heavy metal and dye pollution: a review81
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals: a review80
Biomaterials technology and policies in the building sector: a review79
Microplastic environmental behavior and health risk assessment: a review78
Cost, environmental impact, and resilience of renewable energy under a changing climate: a review78
Accumulation and fate of microplastics in soils after application of biosolids on land: A review76
Rapid excretion of raw microplastics and longer persistence of fragmented microplastics in the quail digestive system75
Coupled biological and chemical catalysis for jet biofuel production: a review75
Dyes removal from water using polymeric nanocomposites: a review75
Application of polysaccharide-based biopolymers as supports in photocatalytic treatment of water and wastewater: a review72
Analysis of psychoactive substances and metabolites in sludges, soils, sediments and biota: a review69
Subcritical water conversion of biomass to biofuels, chemicals and materials: a review67
Optimizing biodiesel production from waste with computational chemistry, machine learning and policy insights: a review67
Bioleaching metal-bearing wastes and by-products for resource recovery: a review67
Cyanobacteria for environmental, energy and biomedical application: a review67
Materials for sustainable metallic iron-based water filters: a review67
Nanoplastics occurrence, detection methods, and impact on the nitrogen cycle: a review66
Biochar for agronomy, animal farming, anaerobic digestion, composting, water treatment, soil remediation, construction, energy storage, and carbon sequestration: a review66
Nanoplastics are potentially more dangerous than microplastics66
Metal nanowires for transparent conductive electrodes in flexible chromatic devices: a review66
Correction: Methods to monitor the defects of the drainage pipe network: a review65
Marine macro-litter sources and ecological impact: a review64
Synthesis of artificial humus by hydrothermal carbonization and application to improve soil quality: a review64
Herbicide risks to non-target species and the environment: A review64
Recycling food and agriculture by-products to mitigate climate change: a review63
Cyclodextrins as molecular carriers for biopesticides: a review63
Polymeric carbon nitride-based photocatalysts for the removal of nitrogen oxides: a review63
Optimizing hydrogen production by alkaline water decomposition with transition metal-based electrocatalysts62
Impact of waste of COVID-19 protective equipment on the environment, animals and human health: a review61
Mechanisms controlling the transport and evaporation of human exhaled respiratory droplets containing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a review61
Synthesis and potential applications of cyclodextrin-based metal–organic frameworks: a review60
Methods to control harmful algal blooms: a review60
Electrochemical reduction of gaseous nitric oxide into ammonia: a review59
Overestimated role of sulfate in haze formation over Chinese megacities due to improper simulation of heterogeneous reactions58
Rising greenhouse gas emissions from the China’s aquaculture industry between 2000 and 202058
Thermochemical conversion of waste into energy: a review57
Toxic effects of heavy metals on crustaceans and associated health risks in humans: a review57
Wastewater technology attenuates the toxicity of shisha smoking57
Warming climate and hot cities foster cool solutions in China57
Synthesis and environmental applications of biochar-supported nano-zero-valent iron composites: a review56
Metal ion-induced enhanced oxidation of organic contaminants by ferrate: a review56
Do microplastics affect human immune defenses?56
Tree barks reveal health risk of inhalation of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl in rural China56
Efficient photoreduction of carbon dioxide into carbon-based fuels: a review56
Photoelectrocatalytic systems for simultaneous energy recovery and wastewater treatment: a review56
The overlooked toxicity of non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons55
Green construction for low-carbon cities: a review55
Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review54
Manganese-catalyzed cross-coupling of primary alcohols with biomass-derived ethanol for upgrading to linear alcohols under solvent-free conditions54
Improved product selectivity of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide by tuning local carbon dioxide concentration with multiphysics models53
Correction to: ‘Environmental applications of carbon-based materials: a review’53
Harnessing biostimulants from biogas digestates for high-value resource recovery: a review52
Seamless carbon nitride growth on bimetallic oxide for antibiotic residue degradation50
Food chain microplastics contamination and impact on human health: a review50
Nanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review50
Materials, fuels, upgrading, economy, and life cycle assessment of the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass: a review50
Efficient water oxidation under mild alkaline conditions with ruthenium(IV)-iron(VI) catalysts49
Alkaline solid waste for carbon dioxide mineralization: a review48
The molecular composition of humic substances extracted from green composts and their potential for soil remediation47
Sulfonated graphene nanomaterials for membrane antifouling, pollutant removal, and production of chemicals from biomass: a review47
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in bivalves from the Black Sea47
Global cigarette butt contamination: a review47
Migration and remediation of organic liquid pollutants in porous soils and sedimentary rocks: a review47
Phototransformation and toxicity enhancement of silver chloride nanoparticles by polystyrene microplastics under sunlit47
Improving the redox performance of photocatalytic materials by cascade-type charge transfer: a review46
Carbon capture, storage, and usage with microalgae: a review46
Iron-modified biochar for enhanced removal of ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin in wastewater46
Green methodologies for the synthesis of 2-aminothiophene45
Natural and engineered enzymes for polyester degradation: a review45
Social, environmental, and economic consequences of integrating renewable energies in the electricity sector: a review45
Synthesis of green nanoparticles for energy, biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and food applications: A review44
Optimizing biomass pathways to bioenergy and biochar application in electricity generation, biodiesel production, and biohydrogen production44
Occurrence, analysis, and toxicity of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics: a review44
Correction to: Impact of biogas digestates on soil microbiota in agriculture: a review43
Chemical recycling methods for managing waste plastics: a review42
Recycled toilet paper sensitizers, a novel source of contamination in rivers41
Biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions, atmospheric chemistry, and environmental implications: a review41
Predicted tenfold increase of hydrogen solubility in water under pore confinement41
Remediation of tetracycline pollution using microplastics, green materials, membranes and sonocatalysts: a review41
Polyethylene is degraded by the deep-sea Acinetobacter venetianus bacterium41
Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass-derived compounds to 2-ethylhexanol: a review41
Phytoremediation and sequestration of soil metals using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify plants: a review40
Long-term organic fertilizer-induced carbonate neoformation increases carbon sequestration in soil40
Limited efficiency of wet scrubbers in reducing the environmental impact of ship-emitted particles40
Recyling manganese-rich electrolytic residues: a review40
Transforming low-quality cotton fibers into dye adsorbents40
Mineral carbonation using alkaline waste and byproducts to reduce CO2 emissions in Taiwan39
Possible formation of long-lived photo-oxidants by photolysis of organic matter phenols in sunlit waters39
Occurrence, transport, and toxicity of nanomaterials in soil ecosystems: a review39
Photocatalytic wood window for the removal of indoor urea pollution38
13C dicarboxylic acid signatures indicate temporal shifts in catchment sediment sources in response to extreme winter rainfall38
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Carbon dioxide methanation on heterogeneous catalysts: a review38
Self-healing passivation of pyrite at ambient temperature38
Hydrogen production by catalytic aqueous-phase reforming of waste biomass: a review37
Microplastic migration in porous media at various scales: a review36
Mathematical modeling of the anodic oxidation of organic pollutants: a review36
Simultaneous hydrogen production and photocatalytic pollutant removal: a review36
The justice battle to protect biodiversity from pesticide risks in France36
Prevalence of microplastics and fate in wastewater treatment plants: a review35
High caffeine levels in old sewer system waters reveal domestic wastewater leakage35
Metabolic and neurodevelopmental effects of the environmental endocrine disruptor di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate: a review35
Functional clothing, an overlooked source of persistent textile fibers in the global microplastic pollution35
Nanotechnology for improved production of algal biofuels: a review34
Effect of pH, concentration and water saturation on the movement of norfloxacin adsorbed on carbon colloids in sand columns34
Removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas by adsorption and photocatalysis: a review34
Environmentally-friendly tanning for leather production: a review34
Hydrogen production from wastewater, storage, economy, governance and applications: a review34
Direct interspecies electron transfer for environmental treatment and chemical electrosynthesis: A review34
Management of hailstorms under a changing climate in agriculture: a review33
Ecosystem-inspired model and artificial intelligence predicts pollutant consumption capacity by coagulation in drinking water treatment33
Natural nutraceuticals for enhancing yogurt properties: a review33
Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and biomass for stabilizing heavy metals and reducing biochar toxicity: A review33
Enhanced levoglucosan production by graphene oxide-catalyzed pyrolysis of biomass32
Lithium extraction from salt lake brines with high magnesium/lithium ratio: a review32
Ozone poisoning in research laboratories and in the industry32
Aviation-fuel-grade aromatic–cycloalkane blends via isoeugenol hydrodeoxygenation using nickel aluminate spinel catalyst31
New separation protocol reveals spray painting as a neglected source of microplastics in soils31
Enhanced photocatalytic activity of electrospun TiO2/polyacrylonitrile membranes in a crossflow reactor using dual lights31
Toxicity and environmental fate of the less toxic chiral neonicotinoid pesticides: a review31
Impact of humic substances on the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated soils and sediments: A review31
Fruit waste-derived aerogels for the removal of dyes, heavy metals and oils in water: a review31
Strategies for ammonia recovery from wastewater: a review30
Microplastics modify the microbial-mediated carbon metabolism in mangroves30
Multicomponent photocatalysts for synergic removal of antibiotics in aqueous media: a review30
Microbial dehalogenation of halogenated organic pollutants: a review30
Hydrogel membrane composite reduces fouling and retains ammonium efficiently30
Phytoremediation of contaminants in urban soils: a review29
Sediment microbial fuel cells for bioremediation of pollutants and power generation: a review29
Catalytic production of aviation jet biofuels from biomass: a review29
Metal- and ionic liquid-based photocatalysts for biodiesel production: a review29
Analysis of aged microplastics: a review28
Plant starch extraction, modification, and green applications: a review28
Circular economy strategies for combating climate change and other environmental issues28
The dominant role of the peroxymonosulfate radical for removing contaminants in a Fenton process with metabisulfite28
Higher number of microplastics in tumoral colon tissues from patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma28
Conserved specificity of extracellular wastewater peptidases revealed by multiplex substrate profiling by mass spectrometry28
Polytetrafluoroethylene microplastic properties, pollution, toxicity and analysis: a review27
Proteomics technologies in toxicity screening: a review27
Integration of biogas systems into a carbon zero and hydrogen economy: a review27
Formation of environmentally persistent free radicals and their risks for human health: a review27
Green building practices to integrate renewable energy in the construction sector: a review27
Wood-derived adsorbents for the removal of pharmaceutical contamination from wastewater: a review27
Molecular properties of methylene blue, a common probe in sorption and degradation studies: a review27
Calcium oxide waste-based catalysts for biodiesel production and depollution: a review26
The oxidative potential of atmospheric particulate matter as an indicator of health risk of air pollution: a review26
Nitrogen cycling and resource recovery from aquaculture wastewater treatment systems: a review26
Self-adhesion lignin bonding for the production of particleboards from low-grade wood26
Occurrence, toxicity and removal of polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics in human sperm26
Starch, cellulose and plant extracts as green inhibitors of metal corrosion: a review26
Planting trees to combat global warming26
Electrochemical treatment of wastewater to remove contaminants from the production and disposal of plastics: a review25
Dose-dependent inflammatory and neurotoxic effects of polypropylene microplastics in Nile tilapia evidenced by internal extractive electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry metabolomic25
Atmospheric carbon dioxide capture by adsorption on amine-functionalized silica composites: a review25
Piezocatalytic removal of water bacteria and organic compounds: a review25
Polysaccharides for sustainable leather production: a review25
Magnetic seed technology for the efficient removal of nitrogen from wastewater24
Analytical methods for microplastics in the environment: a review24
Algae and bacteria consortia for wastewater decontamination and transformation into biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen, biofertilizers and animal feed: a review24
Generation, properties, and applications of singlet oxygen for wastewater treatment: a review24
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