OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering is 13. 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
Preventing masks from becoming the next plastic problem	95
Research progress on distribution, sources, identification, toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean, freshwater, and soil environment	91
Repercussions of COVID-19 pandemic on solid waste generation and management strategies	89
The source and transport of bioaerosols in the air: A review	88
A novel hybrid model for water quality prediction based on VMD and IGOA optimized for LSTM	59
A review on sustainable reuse applications of Fenton sludge during wastewater treatment	58
Application of Fe(VI) in abating contaminants in water: State of art and knowledge gaps	55
One-pot hydrothermal fabrication of BiVO4/Fe3O4/rGO composite photocatalyst for the simulated solar light-driven degradation of Rhodamine B	55
Achievements, challenges and global implications of China’s carbon neutral pledge	55
Health impacts of air pollution in China	51
Bacteriophages in water pollution control: Advantages and limitations	47
High-solid anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: achievements and perspectives	47
Nitrogen removal efficiencies and microbial communities in full-scale IFAS and MBBR municipal wastewater treatment plants at high COD:N ratio	46
What have we known so far for fluorescence staining and quantification of microplastics: A tutorial review	46
The main anammox-based processes, the involved microbes and the novel process concept from the application perspective	46
Visible-light-driven heterostructured g-C3N4/Bi-TiO2 floating photocatalyst with enhanced charge carrier separation for photocatalytic inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa	44
Fabrication of magnetic multi-template molecularly imprinted polymer composite for the selective and efficient removal of tetracyclines from water	43
Metagenomic analysis on resistance genes in water and microplastics from a mariculture system	43
Inactivation and risk control of pathogenic microorganisms in municipal sludge treatment: A review	42
New insights into different surfactants’ impacts on sludge fermentation: Focusing on the particular metabolic processes and microbial genetic traits	41
Identification of sources, characteristics and photochemical transformations of dissolved organic matter with EEM-PARAFAC in the Wei River of China	39
Transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs)-associated protobiofilm: A neglected contributor to biofouling during membrane filtration	38
Microbial biodegradation of plastics: Challenges, opportunities, and a critical perspective	38
Human health ambient water quality criteria for 13 heavy metals and health risk assessment in Taihu Lake	38
Aerosol transmission, an indispensable route of COVID-19 spread: case study of a department-store cluster	37

Environmental effects and risk control of antibiotic resistance genes in the organic solid waste aerobic composting system: A review	36
Quorum sensing regulation methods and their effects on biofilm in biological waste treatment systems: A review	36
Fate and risk assessment of emerging contaminants in reclaimed water production processes	35
Zero E-waste: Regulatory impediments and blockchain imperatives	34
Partial anammox achieved in full scale biofilm process for typical domestic wastewater treatment	34
What have we known so far about microplastics in drinking water treatment? A timely review	33
Advancing ion-exchange membranes to ion-selective membranes: principles, status, and opportunities	33
Interaction and combined toxicity of microplastics and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic environment	33
Simultaneous Feammox and anammox process facilitated by activated carbon as an electron shuttle for autotrophic biological nitrogen removal	33
Microplastics removal strategies: A step toward finding the solution	33
Global perspectives and future research directions for the phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soil: A knowledge mapping analysis from 2001 to 2020	33
Tuning the primary selective nanochannels of MOF thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membranes for efficient removal of hydrophobic endocrine disrupting compounds	32
Mechanism and characterization of microplastic aging process: A review	32
Enhancing the adsorption function of biochar by mechanochemical graphitization for organic pollutant removal	31
Simultaneous removal of NOx and chlorobenzene on V2O5/TiO2 granular catalyst: Kinetic study and performance prediction	31
Overlooked nitrogen-cycling microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment	30
Fate of microplastics in a coastal wastewater treatment plant: Microfibers could partially break through the integrated membrane system	30
Recent advances in antimony removal using carbon-based nanomaterials: A review	29
Bioinspired and biomimetic membranes for water purification and chemical separation: A review	29
δ15N-stable isotope analysis of NHx: An overview on analytical measurements, source sampling and its source apportionment	28
Perfluoroalkane acids in human milk under the global monitoring plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2008–2019)	27
A hybrid Wavelet-CNN-LSTM deep learning model for short-term urban water demand forecasting	27
Concurrent adsorption and reduction of chromium(VI) to chromium(III) using nitrogen-doped porous carbon adsorbent derived from loofah sponge	27
Challenges in characterization of nanoplastics in the environment	27
Optimization of the O3/H2O2 process with response surface methodology for pretreatment of mother liquor of gas field wastewater	27
Formation of disinfection by-products during sodium hypochlorite cleaning of fouled membranes from membrane bioreactors	27
Effects of manufactured nanomaterials on algae: Implications and applications	26
Understand the local and regional contributions on air pollution from the view of human health impacts	25
Hormesis-like growth and photosynthetic physiology of marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin exposed to polystyrene microplastics	25
Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and their association with bacteria and viruses in decentralized sewage treatment facilities	24
Advances in airborne microorganisms detection using biosensors: A critical review	24
Homogeneous and heterogeneous photolysis of nitrate in the atmosphere: state of the science, current research needs, and future prospects	24
Water resource conservation promotes synergy between economy and environment in China’s northern drylands	24
Techno-economic characteristics of wastewater treatment plants retrofitted from the conventional activated sludge process to the membrane bioreactor process	23
Is atmospheric oxidation capacity better in indicating tropospheric O3 formation?	23
Development of machine learning multi-city model for municipal solid waste generation prediction	23
A heterotrophic nitrification-aerobic denitrification bacterium Halomonas venusta TJPU05 suitable for nitrogen removal from high-salinity wastewater	23
Using loose nanofiltration membrane for lake water treatment: A pilot study	22
Mechanisms for simultaneous ozonation of sulfamethoxazole and natural organic matters in secondary effluent from sewage treatment plant	22
PICRUSt2 functionally predicts organic compounds degradation and sulfate reduction pathways in an acidogenic bioreactor	22
Preparation of nZVI embedded modified mesoporous carbon for catalytic persulfate to degradation of reactive black 5	22
Co-pyrolysis of sludge and kaolin/zeolite in a rotary kiln: Analysis of stabilizing heavy metals	21
Characterization and seasonal distribution of microplastics in the nearshore sediments of the south-east coast of India, Bay of Bengal	21
Integrated energy view of wastewater treatment: A potential of electrochemical biodegradation	21
China’s carbon neutrality: an extensive and profound systemic reform	21
Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of swine manure with sulfamethoxazole and norfloxacin: Dynamics of microbial communities and evolution of resistance genes	20
Effectiveness of tertiary treatment processes in removing different classes of emerging contaminants from domestic wastewater	20
Effect of gastric fluid on adsorption and desorption of endocrine disrupting chemicals on microplastics	20
Flocculation behaviors of a novel papermaking sludge-based flocculant in practical printing and dyeing wastewater treatment	20
Effect of the ultraviolet/chlorine process on microbial community structure, typical pathogens, and antibiotic resistance genes in reclaimed water	20

Occurrence and distribution of micro- and mesoplastics in the high-latitude nature reserve, northern China	20
Effects of oxidizing environment on digestate humification and identification of substances governing the dissolved organic matter (DOM) transformation process	19
Bioinspired cellulose-based membranes in oily wastewater treatment	19
Highly degradable chitosan-montmorillonite (MMT) nano-composite hydrogel for controlled fertilizer release	19
Anaerobic digestion of sludge by different pretreatments: Changes of amino acids and microbial community	19
Moving policy and regulation forward for single-use plastic alternatives	19
Solvent-free mechanochemical mild oxidation method to enhance adsorption properties of chitosan	19
Antibiotic resistance genes in manure-amended paddy soils across eastern China: Occurrence and influencing factors	19
Recent advances in electrochemical decontamination of perfluorinated compounds from water: a review	19
Reutilize tire in microbial fuel cell for enhancing the nitrogen removal of the anammox process coupled with iron-carbon micro-electrolysis	18
Polypropylene microplastics alter the cadmium adsorption capacity on different soil solid fractions	18
Distinct community assembly processes underlie significant spatiotemporal dynamics of abundant and rare bacterioplankton in the Yangtze River	18
Technologies for pollutant removal and resource recovery from blackwater: a review	18
Energy neutrality potential of wastewater treatment plants: A novel evaluation framework integrating energy efficiency and recovery	18
A fast antibiotic detection method for simplified pretreatment through spectra-based machine learning	18
Cesium removal from radioactive wastewater by adsorption and membrane technology	18
Sulfur mediated heavy metal biogeochemical cycles in coastal wetlands: From sediments, rhizosphere to vegetation	18
Win-Win: Anthropogenic circularity for metal criticality and carbon neutrality	17
Biotoxicity evaluation of zinc oxide nanoparticles on bacterial performance of activated sludge at COD, nitrogen, and phosphorus reduction	17
Four kinds of capping materials for controlling phosphorus and nitrogen release from contaminated sediment using a static simulation experiment	17
Occurrence and migration of microplastics and plasticizers in different wastewater and sludge treatment units in municipal wastewater treatment plant	17
A critical review of the emerging research on the detection and assessment of microplastics pollution in the coastal, marine, and urban Bangladesh	17
Electricity-driven ammonia oxidation and acetate production in microbial electrosynthesis systems	17
Adsorption behavior of imidacloprid pesticide on polar microplastics under environmental conditions: critical role of photo-aging	17
Emerging contaminant control: From science to action	16
Dual-functional sites for synergistic adsorption of Cr(VI) and Sb(V) by polyaniline-TiO2 hydrate: Adsorption behaviors, sites and mechanisms	16
Highly effective visible-photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and simultaneous organic pollutant degradation over an urchin-like oxygen-doped MoS2/ZnIn2S4 composite	16
Insight into the promotion mechanism of activated carbon on the monolithic honeycomb red mud catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOx	16
Bacteria inactivation by sulfate radical: progress and non-negligible disinfection by-products	16
Application of heterogeneous catalysis to biodiesel synthesis using microalgae oil	16
Fungal diversity and its mechanism of community shaping in the milieu of sanitary landfill	16
Online recognition of drainage type based on UV-vis spectra and derivative neural network algorithm	16
Enhanced cross-flow filtration with flat-sheet ceramic membranes by titanium-based coagulation for membrane fouling control	16
Influence of extracellular polymeric substances from activated sludge on the aggregation kinetics of silver and silver sulfide nanoparticles	15
Experimental and computational assessment of 1,4-Dioxane degradation in a photo-Fenton reactive ceramic membrane filtration process	15
Twenty years of achievements in China’s implementation of the Stockholm Convention	15
Impact of anthropogenic heat emissions on meteorological parameters and air quality in Beijing using a high-resolution model simulation	15
Effects of different types of biochar on the properties and reactivity of nano zero-valent iron in soil remediation	15
UV-LED/P25-based photocatalysis for effective degradation of isothiazolone biocide	15
Electroconductive RGO-MXene membranes with wettability-regulated channels: improved water permeability and electro-enhanced rejection performance	15
Water quality prediction of copper-molybdenum mining-beneficiation wastewater based on the PSO-SVR model	14
Evaluating the impact of sulfamethoxazole on hydrogen production during dark anaerobic sludge fermentation	14
Comparative analysis of impact of human occupancy on indoor microbiomes	14
Preparation of reverse osmosis membrane with high permselectivity and anti-biofouling properties for desalination	14
Responses of microbial interactions to elevated salinity in activated sludge microbial community	14
Removal of steroid hormones from mariculture system using seaweed Caulerpa lentillifera	14
Separation/degradation behavior and mechanism for cationic/anionic dyes by Ag-functionalized Fe3O4-PDA core-shell adsorbents	14
Identification of resistant pharmaceuticals in ozonation using QSAR modeling and their fate in electro-peroxone process	14
Enhancement of extracellular Cr(VI) reduction for anammox recovery using hydrazine: performance, pathways, and mechanism	14
Enhanced enzymatic removal of anthracene by the mangrove soil-derived fungus, Aspergillus sydowii BPOI	14
Understanding and addressing the environmental risk of microplastics	14
The performance of nitrate-reducing Fe(II) oxidation processes under variable initial Fe/N ratios: The fate of nitrogen and iron species	14
Diverse bacterial populations of PM2.5 in urban and suburb Shanghai, China	14
Current status of municipal wastewater treatment plants in North-east China: implications for reforming and upgrading	13
Mechanism insight into the formation of H2S from thiophene pyrolysis: A theoretical study	13
Effective remediation of organic-metal co-contaminated soil by enhanced electrokinetic-bioremediation process	13
Translocation and biotoxicity of metal (oxide) nanoparticles in the wetland-plant system	13
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for emerging contaminant analysis in drinking water	13
Modelling the thresholds of nitrogen/phosphorus concentration and hydraulic retention time for bloom control in reclaimed water landscape	13
Distribution, characteristics and daily fluctuations of microplastics throughout wastewater treatment plants with mixed domestic—industrial influents in Wuxi City, China	13
Impacts of methanol fuel on vehicular emissions: A review	13
V-shaped substrate for surface and volume enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis of microplastics	13
Insights into simultaneous anammox and denitrification system with short-term pyridine exposure: Process capability, inhibition kinetics and metabolic pathways	13
Water quality soft-sensor prediction in anaerobic process using deep neural network optimized by Tree-structured Parzen Estimator	13
TiO2@palygorskite composite for the efficient remediation of oil spills via a dispersion-photodegradation synergy	13
Sustainable wood-based nanotechnologies for photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants in aquatic environment	13
Research progress and prospects of complete ammonia oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment	13
Comparison of different valent iron on anaerobic sludge digestion: Focusing on oxidation reduction potential, dissolved organic nitrogen and microbial community	13
MSWNet: A visual deep machine learning method adopting transfer learning based upon ResNet 50 for municipal solid waste sorting	13
Unveiling the interaction mechanisms of key functional microorganisms in the partial denitrification-anammox process induced by COD	13
Bioaerosol emissions variations in large-scale landfill region and their health risk impacts	13
Precise regulation of acid pretreatment for red mud SCR catalyst: Targeting on optimizing the acidity and reducibility	13
A Cu-modified active carbon fiber significantly promoted H2S and PH3 simultaneous removal at a low reaction temperature	13
Ceramic membrane fouling mechanisms and control for water treatment	13