OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering is 33. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Preventing masks from becoming the next plastic problem	84
Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on solid waste generation and management strategies	78
The source and transport of bioaerosols in the air: A review	77
Research progress on distribution, sources, identification, toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean, freshwater, and soil environment	73
Evaluation of the technoeconomic feasibility of electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production for decentralized water treatment	71
Recent advances in the electrochemical oxidation water treatment: Spotlight on byproduct control	62
A review on anammox process for the treatment of antibiotic-containing wastewater: Linking effects with corresponding mechanisms	58
Secondary aerosol formation in winter haze over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China	55
An antifouling catechol/chitosan-modified polyvinylidene fluoride membrane for sustainable oil-in-water emulsions separation	48
Health impacts of air pollution in China	48
One-pot hydrothermal fabrication of BiVO4/Fe3O4/rGO composite photocatalyst for the simulated solar light-driven degradation of Rhodamine B	48
Photosynthesis and related metabolic mechanism of promoted rice (Oryza sativa L.) growth by TiO2 nanoparticles	47
Application of Fe(VI) in abating contaminants in water: State of art and knowledge gaps	46
Nitrogen removal efficiencies and microbial communities in full-scale IFAS and MBBR municipal wastewater treatment plants at high COD:N ratio	45
A review on sustainable reuse applications of Fenton sludge during wastewater treatment	44
High-solid anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: achievements and perspectives	44
What have we known so far for fluorescence staining and quantification of microplastics: A tutorial review	42
Fabrication of highly efficient Bi2WO6/CuS composite for visible-light photocatalytic removal of organic pollutants and Cr(VI) from wastewater	41
Achievements, challenges and global implications of China’s carbon neutral pledge	40
New insights into different surfactants’ impacts on sludge fermentation: Focusing on the particular metabolic processes and microbial genetic traits	39
Bacteriophages in water pollution control: Advantages and limitations	39
Visible-light-driven heterostructured g-C3N4/Bi-TiO2 floating photocatalyst with enhanced charge carrier separation for photocatalytic inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa	39
Metagenomic analysis on resistance genes in water and microplastics from a mariculture system	37
Redox reactions of iron and manganese oxides in complex systems	37
Dual-reaction-center catalytic process continues Fenton’s story	36

Algae (Raphidocelis subcapitata) mitigate combined toxicity of microplastic and lead on Ceriodaphnia dubia	36
Fabrication of magnetic multi-template molecularly imprinted polymer composite for the selective and efficient removal of tetracyclines from water	36
Composition, dispersion, and health risks of bioaerosols in wastewater treatment plants: A review	35
Fate and risk assessment of emerging contaminants in reclaimed water production processes	35
Inactivation and risk control of pathogenic microorganisms in municipal sludge treatment: A review	34
Aerosol transmission, an indispensable route of COVID-19 spread: case study of a department-store cluster	34
The main anammox-based processes, the involved microbes and the novel process concept from the application perspective	34
Low-cost adsorbents for urban stormwater pollution control	34
Identification of sources, characteristics and photochemical transformations of dissolved organic matter with EEM-PARAFAC in the Wei River of China	33