OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Particle and Fibre Toxicology is 27. 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
Immunotoxicity and intestinal effects of nano- and microplastics: a review of the literature	355
Underestimated health risks: polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics jointly induce intestinal barrier dysfunction by ROS-mediated epithelial cell apoptosis	235
Cardiovascular health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure	125
Chronic exposure to polystyrene microplastics induced male reproductive toxicity and decreased testosterone levels via the LH-mediated LHR/cAMP/PKA/StAR pathway	122
The critical role of endothelial function in fine particulate matter-induced atherosclerosis	86
Translocation of (ultra)fine particles and nanoparticles across the placenta; a systematic review on the evidence of in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo studies	77
Consequences of nano and microplastic exposure in rodent models: the known and unknown	71
The mechanism of cell death induced by silver nanoparticles is distinct from silver cations	68
Coronas of micro/nano plastics: a key determinant in their risk assessments	67
A comprehensive understanding of ambient particulate matter and its components on the adverse health effects based from epidemiological and laboratory evidence	62
Airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) triggers ocular hypertension and glaucoma through pyroptosis	59
Ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles cause significant toxicity by specifically inducing acute oxidative stress to multiple organs	59
Polypropylene nanoplastic exposure leads to lung inflammation through p38-mediated NF-κB pathway due to mitochondrial damage	57
Prospects on the nano-plastic particles internalization and induction of cellular response in human keratinocytes	49
Skin damage induced by zinc oxide nanoparticles combined with UVB is mediated by activating cell pyroptosis via the NLRP3 inflammasome–autophagy–exosomal pathway	49
Size and surface modification of silica nanoparticles affect the severity of lung toxicity by modulating endosomal ROS generation in macrophages	48
In vitro-in vivo correlations of pulmonary inflammogenicity and genotoxicity of MWCNT	41
Copper oxide nanoparticles trigger macrophage cell death with misfolding of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)	41
Exposure to diesel exhaust particles results in altered lung microbial profiles, associated with increased reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species and inflammation, in C57Bl/6 wildtype mice	40
Physicochemical characterization and genotoxicity of the broad class of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers used or produced in U.S. facilities	38
Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots induce ferroptosis through disrupting calcium homeostasis in microglia	32
Short- and long-term polystyrene nano- and microplastic exposure promotes oxidative stress and divergently affects skin cell architecture and Wnt/beta-catenin signaling	31
Retained particle surface area dose drives inflammation in rat lungs following acute, subacute, and subchronic inhalation of nanomaterials	30
Upregulation of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 by particulate matter and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a potential role in severe COVID-19	30
Development of a multi-route physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for nanomaterials: a comparison between a traditional versus a new route-specific approach using gold nanoparticles in r	29

Repeated oral administration of low doses of silver in mice: tissue distribution and effects on central nervous system	29
Controlled human exposure to diesel exhaust: results illuminate health effects of traffic-related air pollution and inform future directions	28
Low levels of fine particulate matter increase vascular damage and reduce pulmonary function in young healthy adults	27