OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology is 36. 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
Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater	372
A critical review of biogas production and usage with legislations framework across the globe	129
COVID-19 pandemic and its positive impacts on environment: an updated review	118
Microplastics in environment: global concern, challenges, and controlling measures	108
A review of the recent development, challenges, and opportunities of electronic waste (e-waste)	100
Air pollution prediction with machine learning: a case study of Indian cities	84
Pseudomonas azotoformans FAP5, a novel biofilm-forming PGPR strain, alleviates drought stress in wheat plant	71
Impact, disease outbreak and the eco-hazards associated with pharmaceutical residues: a Critical review	57
A critical review on soil washing during soil remediation for heavy metals and organic pollutants	57
Recycling of construction and demolition waste and its impact on climate change and sustainable development	54
An insight into different microplastic detection methods	52
Nitrogenous fertilizers: impact on environment sustainability, mitigation strategies, and challenges	52
Comparison of batch and fixed bed column adsorption: a critical review	49
Technological innovations for environmental protection: role of intellectual property rights in the carbon mitigation efforts. Evidence from western and southern Europe	49
Fe3O4@NiO core–shell magnetic nanoparticle for highly efficient removal of Alizarin red S anionic dye	49
Surface water quality status and prediction during movement control operation order under COVID-19 pandemic: Case studies in Malaysia	49
Reviewing the ecological footprints of Africa top carbon consumer: a quantile on quantile analysis	49
Remediation of phenolic wastewater implementing nano zerovalent iron as a granular third electrode in an electrochemical reactor	48
A comprehensive review on the pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes for improved biogas production by anaerobic digestion	44
A review on zeolites as cost-effective adsorbents for removal of heavy metals from aqueous environment	43
Landslide susceptibility prediction using artificial neural networks, SVMs and random forest: hyperparameters tuning by genetic optimization algorithm	43
Coupling and coordination of China's economy, ecological environment and health from a green production perspective	43
Effect of wetting and drying cycles on the durability of bio-cemented soil of expressway slope	42
Plastic waste recycling: existing Indian scenario and future opportunities	42
Investigating the effects of natural resources and institutional quality on CO2 emissions during globalization mode in developing countries	41

Effect of fire severity on soil properties in a seasonally dry forest ecosystem of Central India	41
Sustainable environment in West Africa: the roles of financial development, energy consumption, trade openness, urbanization and natural resource depletion	40
Contamination of Arsenic, Chromium and Fluoride in the Indian groundwater: a review, meta-analysis and cancer risk assessment	40
Spatiotemporal change detection of carbon storage and sequestration in an arid ecosystem by integrating Google Earth Engine and InVEST (the Jiroft plain, Iran)	39
Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of geopolymer cement manufacturing with Portland cement in Indian context	38
UAV-based remote sensing in plant stress imagine using high-resolution thermal sensor for digital agriculture practices: a meta-review	38
Raman spectroscopy for microplastic detection in water sources: a systematic review	38
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Indian subcontinent with a focus on air quality	38
Nanopesticides in agricultural pest management and their environmental risks: a review	37
A review on key pretreatment approaches for lignocellulosic biomass to produce biofuel and value-added products	37
Recent progress in visible light-doped ZnO photocatalyst for pollution control	37
Water quality assessment of the Ganges River during COVID-19 lockdown	36