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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Methods to monitor the defects of the drainage pipe network: a review872
Concentration, sources, influencing factors and hazards of heavy metals in indoor and outdoor dust: A review669
Indirect contamination of cockroaches by anticoagulant rodenticides647
Machine learning to predict the production of bio-oil, biogas, and biochar by pyrolysis of biomass: a review584
Enhanced hydrogen storage efficiency with sorbents and machine learning: a review521
Nano-sized natural organic matter interacts with bisphenol A and decreases cytotoxicity to human cells457
Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review327
Neutral pH, multioxidants Fenton oxidation of dimethyl sulfoxide and acetamidophenol as water pollutant models319
Penetration of submicron amino-functionalized graphene quantum dots in plant stomata, implication for the depollution of atmospheric soot particles314
Effect of humic substances on the anaerobic digestion of secondary sludge in wastewater treatment plants: a review306
High-resolution imaging of Hg/Se aggregates in the brain of small Indian mongoose, a wild terrestrial species: insights into intracellular Hg detoxification291
Unrecognized pollution by inorganic condensable particulate matter in the atmosphere288
Are bioplastics an ecofriendly alternative to fossil fuel plastics?268
Electrochemical conversion of biomass-derived aldehydes into fine chemicals and hydrogen: A review268
The revival of cyclodextrins as active pharmaceutical ingredients268
Photocatalytic inactivation and disinfection of bioaerosols: a review260
Multi-elemental compound-specific isotope analysis of pesticides for source identification and monitoring of degradation in soil: a review259
Synthesis and applications of carbon quantum dots derived from biomass waste: a review237
Hydrogen, ammonia and methanol for marine transportation236
Carbon dioxide separation and capture by adsorption: a review235
Efficient analysis of metabolites of industrial additives in cerebrospinal fluids231
Phosphorus adsorption by functionalized biochar: a review220
A novel hydrothermal method to synthesize brookite titanium dioxide nanosquares for efficient pollutant degradation215
Highly efficient thermo-photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline catalyzed by tungsten disulfide under visible light185
Effect of combined cadmium and doxycycline pollution on the nitrogen cycle in constructed ditch wetlands180
Hydrogen and biodiesel production from food waste: a review176
Effects of pollutant toxicity on the eyes of aquatic life monitored by visual dysfunction in zebrafish: a review160
Dioxins and furans in biochars, hydrochars and torreficates produced by thermochemical conversion of biomass: a review158
Synthesis of branched allylic sulfones by regioselective boron-catalysed hydrosulfonylation158
Microplastics alter crystal growth in coral skeleton structures157
Energy production from farming waste: a review157
Environmentally benign techniques of lithium extraction from salt lakes: a review152
Microplastic characteristics, transport, risks, and remediation in groundwater: a review148
Biochar-clay, biochar-microorganism and biochar-enzyme composites for environmental remediation: a review144
Recycling municipal, agricultural and industrial waste into energy, fertilizers, food and construction materials, and economic feasibility: a review141
Bioenergy production from chicken manure: a review140
Spatial distribution, pollution characteristics, and health risks of antibiotic resistance genes in China: a review139
4-Nonylphenol adsorption, environmental impact and remediation: a review136
Microwave resonance enhanced CO2 reduction using biochar134
Rapid conversion of carbon dioxide into titanium carbide by atmospheric microwave plasma122
Adverse prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma following long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants117
The dual role of tropospheric ozone in controlling COVID-19 outbreaks117
Solidification and removal of impurities from phosphogypsum for road applications: a review114
Supramolecular deep eutectic solvents in extraction processes: a review113
Detection of multiple metal ions in water with a fluorescence sensor based on carbon quantum dots assisted by stepwise prediction and machine learning112
Biofuel production by co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and other materials: a review111
Room-temperature and carbon-negative production of biodiesel via synergy of geminal-atom and photothermal catalysis109
Advanced adsorbents for ibuprofen removal from aquatic environments: a review105
China’s sponge cities alleviate urban flooding and water shortage: a review104
Occurrence, transformation, bioaccumulation, risk and analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products from wastewater: a review104
Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review103
Validation of methods for enriching and detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater100
Correction to: Pesticide resurrection100
Correction: Dioxins and furans in biochars, hydrochars and torreficates produced by thermochemical conversion of biomass: a review100
Improved electricity production and nitrogen enrichment during the treatment of black water using manganese ore-modified anodes97
Connecting records of global-to-regional climate95
Production and growth of microalgae in urine and wastewater: A review93
Enhanced stability and coke resistance in methanol to olefins reaction using fibrous silica-wrapped silicoaluminophosphate zeolite92
Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-1991
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals: a review90
Strategies and considerations to green analytical separations: a review90
Interfacial-engineered CoTiO3-based composite for photocatalytic applications: a review86
Metal oxide nanobiochar materials to remediate heavy metal and dye pollution: a review86
Recycling of bast textile wastes into high value-added products: a review86
Ocean iron fertilization for carbon dioxide removal and climate change mitigation85
Cognitive impairment and dementia by pollutant exposure: a review83
Biomaterials technology and policies in the building sector: a review82
Boron nitride nanomaterials for environmental remediation, energy, and sensing: a review82
Cost, environmental impact, and resilience of renewable energy under a changing climate: a review80
Microplastic environmental behavior and health risk assessment: a review79
Materials for sustainable metallic iron-based water filters: a review79
Accumulation and fate of microplastics in soils after application of biosolids on land: A review78
Metal nanowires for transparent conductive electrodes in flexible chromatic devices: a review77
Dyes removal from water using polymeric nanocomposites: a review76
Nanoplastics are potentially more dangerous than microplastics75
Coupled biological and chemical catalysis for jet biofuel production: a review73
Rapid excretion of raw microplastics and longer persistence of fragmented microplastics in the quail digestive system73
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 review71
Bioleaching metal-bearing wastes and by-products for resource recovery: a review70
Cyanobacteria for environmental, energy and biomedical application: a review69
Nanoplastics occurrence, detection methods, and impact on the nitrogen cycle: a review69
Subcritical water conversion of biomass to biofuels, chemicals and materials: a review68
Optimizing biodiesel production from waste with computational chemistry, machine learning and policy insights: a review68
Impact of waste of COVID-19 protective equipment on the environment, animals and human health: a review67
Overestimated role of sulfate in haze formation over Chinese megacities due to improper simulation of heterogeneous reactions67
Cyclodextrins as molecular carriers for biopesticides: a review67
Mechanisms controlling the transport and evaporation of human exhaled respiratory droplets containing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a review66
Correction: Methods to monitor the defects of the drainage pipe network: a review66
Polymeric carbon nitride-based photocatalysts for the removal of nitrogen oxides: a review65
Synthesis of artificial humus by hydrothermal carbonization and application to improve soil quality: a review65
Rising greenhouse gas emissions from the China’s aquaculture industry between 2000 and 202065
Synthesis and potential applications of cyclodextrin-based metal–organic frameworks: a review64
Electrochemical reduction of gaseous nitric oxide into ammonia: a review64
Recycling food and agriculture by-products to mitigate climate change: a review62
Methods to control harmful algal blooms: a review62
Optimizing hydrogen production by alkaline water decomposition with transition metal-based electrocatalysts62
Herbicide risks to non-target species and the environment: A review62
Thermochemical conversion of waste into energy: a review61
Toxic effects of heavy metals on crustaceans and associated health risks in humans: a review61
Wastewater technology attenuates the toxicity of shisha smoking61
Marine macro-litter sources and ecological impact: a review61
Warming climate and hot cities foster cool solutions in China60
Tree barks reveal health risk of inhalation of dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl in rural China59
Efficient photoreduction of carbon dioxide into carbon-based fuels: a review59
The overlooked toxicity of non-carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons58
Marine plastic pollution and bioplastic alternatives: a review58
Photoelectrocatalytic systems for simultaneous energy recovery and wastewater treatment: a review57
Metal ion-induced enhanced oxidation of organic contaminants by ferrate: a review57
Do microplastics affect human immune defenses?57
Synthesis and environmental applications of biochar-supported nano-zero-valent iron composites: a review56
Green construction for low-carbon cities: a review56
Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review56
Seamless carbon nitride growth on bimetallic oxide for antibiotic residue degradation55
Improved product selectivity of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide by tuning local carbon dioxide concentration with multiphysics models54
Correction to: ‘Environmental applications of carbon-based materials: a review’54
Materials, fuels, upgrading, economy, and life cycle assessment of the pyrolysis of algal and lignocellulosic biomass: a review53
Manganese-catalyzed cross-coupling of primary alcohols with biomass-derived ethanol for upgrading to linear alcohols under solvent-free conditions52
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for the quantification and the mapping of metal(loid)s in animal samples: a review52
Nanoplastic occurrence, transformation and toxicity: a review52
Food chain microplastics contamination and impact on human health: a review51
Harnessing biostimulants from biogas digestates for high-value resource recovery: a review51
Efficient water oxidation under mild alkaline conditions with ruthenium(IV)-iron(VI) catalysts50
Global cigarette butt contamination: a review50
Alkaline solid waste for carbon dioxide mineralization: a review49
Sulfonated graphene nanomaterials for membrane antifouling, pollutant removal, and production of chemicals from biomass: a review49
Improving the redox performance of photocatalytic materials by cascade-type charge transfer: a review49
Natural and engineered enzymes for polyester degradation: a review48
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in bivalves from the Black Sea48
Green methodologies for the synthesis of 2-aminothiophene48
Optimizing biomass pathways to bioenergy and biochar application in electricity generation, biodiesel production, and biohydrogen production47
Migration and remediation of organic liquid pollutants in porous soils and sedimentary rocks: a review47
Carbon capture, storage, and usage with microalgae: a review46
The molecular composition of humic substances extracted from green composts and their potential for soil remediation46
Iron-modified biochar for enhanced removal of ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin in wastewater46
Phototransformation and toxicity enhancement of silver chloride nanoparticles by polystyrene microplastics under sunlit45
Synthesis of green nanoparticles for energy, biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and food applications: A review45
Social, environmental, and economic consequences of integrating renewable energies in the electricity sector: a review44
Occurrence, analysis, and toxicity of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics: a review44
Recyling manganese-rich electrolytic residues: a review44
Correction to: Impact of biogas digestates on soil microbiota in agriculture: a review44
Predicted tenfold increase of hydrogen solubility in water under pore confinement43
Long-term organic fertilizer-induced carbonate neoformation increases carbon sequestration in soil42
Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass-derived compounds to 2-ethylhexanol: a review42
Recycled toilet paper sensitizers, a novel source of contamination in rivers42
Biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions, atmospheric chemistry, and environmental implications: a review41
Limited efficiency of wet scrubbers in reducing the environmental impact of ship-emitted particles41
Remediation of tetracycline pollution using microplastics, green materials, membranes and sonocatalysts: a review41
Transforming low-quality cotton fibers into dye adsorbents41
Chemical recycling methods for managing waste plastics: a review41
Phytoremediation and sequestration of soil metals using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology to modify plants: a review40
Occurrence, transport, and toxicity of nanomaterials in soil ecosystems: a review40
Polyethylene is degraded by the deep-sea Acinetobacter venetianus bacterium40
Substantial underestimated quantities of analytes following analyte filtration39
Microplastic migration in porous media at various scales: a review39
Self-healing passivation of pyrite at ambient temperature39
Possible formation of long-lived photo-oxidants by photolysis of organic matter phenols in sunlit waters39
The justice battle to protect biodiversity from pesticide risks in France38
13C dicarboxylic acid signatures indicate temporal shifts in catchment sediment sources in response to extreme winter rainfall38
Photocatalytic wood window for the removal of indoor urea pollution37
Simultaneous hydrogen production and photocatalytic pollutant removal: a review37
Mineral carbonation using alkaline waste and byproducts to reduce CO2 emissions in Taiwan37
Mathematical modeling of the anodic oxidation of organic pollutants: a review37
Hydrogen production by catalytic aqueous-phase reforming of waste biomass: a review37
Prevalence of microplastics and fate in wastewater treatment plants: a review36
Management of hailstorms under a changing climate in agriculture: a review36
Effect of pH, concentration and water saturation on the movement of norfloxacin adsorbed on carbon colloids in sand columns36
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Carbon dioxide methanation on heterogeneous catalysts: a review36
Nanotechnology for improved production of algal biofuels: a review36
Hydrogen production from wastewater, storage, economy, governance and applications: a review35
Removal of hydrogen sulfide from biogas by adsorption and photocatalysis: a review35
Ecosystem-inspired model and artificial intelligence predicts pollutant consumption capacity by coagulation in drinking water treatment35
Functional clothing, an overlooked source of persistent textile fibers in the global microplastic pollution35
Environmentally-friendly tanning for leather production: a review35
Direct interspecies electron transfer for environmental treatment and chemical electrosynthesis: A review35
High caffeine levels in old sewer system waters reveal domestic wastewater leakage35
Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and biomass for stabilizing heavy metals and reducing biochar toxicity: A review34
Natural nutraceuticals for enhancing yogurt properties: a review34
Metabolic and neurodevelopmental effects of the environmental endocrine disruptor di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate: a review34
Ozone poisoning in research laboratories and in the industry33
Lithium extraction from salt lake brines with high magnesium/lithium ratio: a review33
Enhanced levoglucosan production by graphene oxide-catalyzed pyrolysis of biomass33
New separation protocol reveals spray painting as a neglected source of microplastics in soils32
Aviation-fuel-grade aromatic–cycloalkane blends via isoeugenol hydrodeoxygenation using nickel aluminate spinel catalyst32
Fruit waste-derived aerogels for the removal of dyes, heavy metals and oils in water: a review32
Hydrogel membrane composite reduces fouling and retains ammonium efficiently32
Enhanced photocatalytic activity of electrospun TiO2/polyacrylonitrile membranes in a crossflow reactor using dual lights32
Microbial dehalogenation of halogenated organic pollutants: a review31
Phytoremediation of contaminants in urban soils: a review31
Strategies for ammonia recovery from wastewater: a review30
Multicomponent photocatalysts for synergic removal of antibiotics in aqueous media: a review30
Impact of humic substances on the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated soils and sediments: A review30
Catalytic production of aviation jet biofuels from biomass: a review30
Conserved specificity of extracellular wastewater peptidases revealed by multiplex substrate profiling by mass spectrometry29
Microplastics modify the microbial-mediated carbon metabolism in mangroves29
Analysis of aged microplastics: a review29
Polytetrafluoroethylene microplastic properties, pollution, toxicity and analysis: a review29
Green building practices to integrate renewable energy in the construction sector: a review29
Toxicity and environmental fate of the less toxic chiral neonicotinoid pesticides: a review29
The dominant role of the peroxymonosulfate radical for removing contaminants in a Fenton process with metabisulfite29
Higher number of microplastics in tumoral colon tissues from patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma29
Circular economy strategies for combating climate change and other environmental issues28
Planting trees to combat global warming28
Sediment microbial fuel cells for bioremediation of pollutants and power generation: a review28
Metal- and ionic liquid-based photocatalysts for biodiesel production: a review28
Formation of environmentally persistent free radicals and their risks for human health: a review28
Integration of biogas systems into a carbon zero and hydrogen economy: a review28
Plant starch extraction, modification, and green applications: a review28
Wood-derived adsorbents for the removal of pharmaceutical contamination from wastewater: a review27
The oxidative potential of atmospheric particulate matter as an indicator of health risk of air pollution: a review27
Self-adhesion lignin bonding for the production of particleboards from low-grade wood27
Calcium oxide waste-based catalysts for biodiesel production and depollution: a review27
Occurrence, toxicity and removal of polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics in human sperm27
Proteomics technologies in toxicity screening: a review27
Polysaccharides for sustainable leather production: a review26
Starch, cellulose and plant extracts as green inhibitors of metal corrosion: a review26
Molecular properties of methylene blue, a common probe in sorption and degradation studies: a review26
Nitrogen cycling and resource recovery from aquaculture wastewater treatment systems: a review26
Piezocatalytic removal of water bacteria and organic compounds: a review25
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
Magnetic seed technology for the efficient removal of nitrogen from wastewater25
Algae and bacteria consortia for wastewater decontamination and transformation into biodiesel, bioethanol, biohydrogen, biofertilizers and animal feed: a review24
Analytical methods for microplastics in the environment: a review24
Atmospheric carbon dioxide capture by adsorption on amine-functionalized silica composites: a review24
Generation, properties, and applications of singlet oxygen for wastewater treatment: a review24
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