OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering is 31. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide quenching following UV/H2O2 advanced oxidation by thiosulfate, bisulfite, and chlorine in drinking water treatment	96
Catalytic ozonation in advanced treatment of kitchen wastewater: multi-scale simulation and pilot-scale study	95
Intensifying electrified flow-through water treatment technologies via local environment modification	90
Biochars derived from carp residues: characteristics and copper immobilization performance in water environments	69
Simultaneous enhanced ammonia and nitrate removal from secondary effluent in constructed wetlands using a new manganese-containing substrate	58
Evaluation of the influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on air quality in southern China from long-term historical observations	55
A novel deep learning framework with variational auto-encoder for indoor air quality prediction	55
The abundance, characteristics and diversity of microplastics in the South China Sea: Observation around three remote islands	51
Alternate disinfection approaches or raise disinfectant dosages for sewage treatment plants to address the COVID-19 pandemic? From disinfection efficiency, DBP formation, and toxicity perspectives	46
Advanced modeling of the absorption enhancement of black carbon particles in chamber experiments by considering the morphology and coating thickness	46
Water-dispersible nano-pollutions reshape microbial metabolism in type-specific manners: A metabolic and bacteriological investigation in Escherichia coli	44
Degradation of Rhodamine B by MnFe-LDH/PMS/O3 three-phase catalytic system: performance, mechanism and ecotoxicity studies	44
Decoding and quantitative detection of antibiotics by a luminescent mixed-lanthanide-organic framework	42
Synthesis of carbon nitride in potassium hydroxide molten salt for efficient uranium extraction from radioactive wastewater	41
Synergistic promotion of particulate matter reduction and production performance via adjusting electrochemical reactions in the zinc electrolysis industry	39
The 2022 Young Talent Award Winners	38
Adsorption of herring sperm DNA onto pine sawdust biochar: Thermodynamics and site energy distribution	38
Occurrence and possible sources of antibiotic resistance genes in seawater of the South China Sea	38
Assessment of the implementation status of best available techniques for cleaner production in the textile industry	38
Penicillin fermentation residue biochar as a high-performance electrode for membrane capacitive deionization	37
Electronic regulation to achieve efficient anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW): strategies, challenges and potential solutions	37
V-shaped substrate for surface and volume enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis of microplastics	35
A review of persulfate-based advanced oxidation system for decontaminating organic wastewater via non-radical regime	35
Effects of iron oxide nanoparticles on phenotype and metabolite changes in hemp clones (Cannabis sativa L.)	34
Insights into the changes of amino acids, microbial community, and enzymatic activities related with the nutrient quality of product during the composting of food waste	34

A review on Bi2WO6-based photocatalysts synthesis, modification, and applications in environmental remediation, life medical, and clean energy	34
Mechanism insight into the formation of H2S from thiophene pyrolysis: A theoretical study	34
Copper fractal growth during recycling from waste printed circuit boards by slurry electrolysis	33
Bolstering integrity in environmental data science and machine learning requires understanding socioecological inequity	33
Removal of virus aerosols by the combination of filtration and UV-C irradiation	32
Broadening environmental research in the era of accurate protein structure determination and predictions	31
Triple signal amplification electrochemical sensing platform for Hg2+ in water without direct modification of the working electrode	31