OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering is 11. 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
Assessment of the implementation status of best available techniques for cleaner production in the textile industry	38
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
Electronic regulation to achieve efficient anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW): strategies, challenges and potential solutions	37
Penicillin fermentation residue biochar as a high-performance electrode for membrane capacitive deionization	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
Unraveling the interaction between soil microbiomes and their potential for restoring polluted soils	29
Enhanced separation of tetrafluoropropanol from water via carbon nanotubes membranes: insights from molecular dynamics simulations	29
A benchmark-based method for evaluating hyperparameter optimization techniques of neural networks for surface water quality prediction	29
Photoaging mechanism of microplastics: a perspective on the effect of dissolved organic matter in natural water	28
Effects of iron-oxidizing bacteria and humic acid of various molecular weights on iron corrosion in drinking water distribution systems	28
Elucidate long-term changes of ozone in Shanghai based on an integrated machine learning method	27
Distribution of PCDD/Fs in a food waste anaerobic digestion process with biogas utilization	27
Research progress on distribution, sources, identification, toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean, freshwater, and soil environment	26
Distribution, characteristics and daily fluctuations of microplastics throughout wastewater treatment plants with mixed domestic—industrial influents in Wuxi City, China	26
A hybrid fuel cell for water purification and simultaneously electricity generation	26
Fabrication of the TiO2/Ti3C2 loaded ceramic membrane targeting for photocatalytic degradation of PPCPs: ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, and ibuprofen	25
Impacts of methanol fuel on vehicular emissions: A review	25
Enrichment and transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through dust aerosol generation from soil to the air	24
Spatial prediction of soil contamination based on machine learning: a review	24
Salinity exchange between seawater/brackish water and domestic wastewater through electrodialysis for potable water	24
A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for water environmental monitoring	24
Relationship between groundwater cadmium and vicinity resident urine cadmium levels in the non-ferrous metal smelting area, China	23
NiB2O4 (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx at low-temperature in microwave field	23
One-pot hydrothermal fabrication of BiVO4/Fe3O4/rGO composite photocatalyst for the simulated solar light-driven degradation of Rhodamine B	22
Understanding the role of nano-TiO2 on the toxicity of Pb on C. dubia through modeling—Is it additive or synergistic?	21
Nonpolar cross-stacked super-aligned carbon nanotube membrane for efficient wastewater treatment	21
Appraisal of pollution and health risks associated with coal mine contaminated soil using multimodal statistical and Fuzzy-TOPSIS approaches	21
Evaluating the short-term effect of ambient temperature on non-fatal outdoor falls and road traffic injuries among children and adolescents in China: a time-stratified case-crossover study	21
Facile fabrication of dolomite-doped biochar/bentonite for effective removal of phosphate from complex wastewaters	21
Property-performance relationship of core-shell structured black TiO2 photocatalyst for environmental remediation	21
Enhanced nitrogen removal from low strength anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) permeate using complete nitrification and partial denitrification-anammox processes	20
Recent advances in antimony removal using carbon-based nanomaterials: A review	20
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Pollution: Characterization, Transport, Fate, and Remediation Strategies	19
Comparison of different valent iron on anaerobic sludge digestion: Focusing on oxidation reduction potential, dissolved organic nitrogen and microbial community	19
Advances in the electrochemical degradation of environmental persistent organochlorine pollutants: materials, mechanisms, and applications	19
Mechanistic insight into the biofilm formation and process performance of a passive aeration ditch (PAD) for decentralized wastewater treatment	19
Current status of municipal wastewater treatment plants in North-east China: implications for reforming and upgrading	19
Twenty years of achievements in China’s implementation of the Stockholm Convention	19
Effects of manufactured nanomaterials on algae: Implications and applications	19
Occurrence, spatial and seasonal variation, and environmental risk of pharmaceutically active compounds in the Pearl River basin, South China	19
A novel hybrid model for water quality prediction based on VMD and IGOA optimized for LSTM	19
Particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in typical urban of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau: Characterization, sources and risk assessment	19
Screening of indicator pharmaceuticals and personal care products in landfill leachates: a case study in Shanghai, China	19
Partial aging can counter-intuitively couple with sulfidation to improve the reactive durability of zerovalent iron	18
Water resource conservation promotes synergy between economy and environment in China’s northern drylands	18
Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: a case study of Denizli/Turkey	18
A fast antibiotic detection method for simplified pretreatment through spectra-based machine learning	18
MSWNet: A visual deep machine learning method adopting transfer learning based upon ResNet 50 for municipal solid waste sorting	18

Advancing ion-exchange membranes to ion-selective membranes: principles, status, and opportunities	18
Unintended nutrient imbalance induced by wastewater effluent inputs to receiving water and its ecological consequences	17
Highly efficient and selective removal of phosphate from wastewater of sea cucumber aquaculture for microalgae culture using a new adsorption-membrane separation-coordinated strategy	17
Preventing masks from becoming the next plastic problem	17
Mitigating microbiological risks of potential pathogens carrying antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in receiving rivers: Benefits of wastewater treatment plant upgrade	17
Effects of exogenous acylated homoserine lactones on biofilms in biofilters for gaseous toluene treatment	17
Moving policy and regulation forward for single-use plastic alternatives	17
Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination	17
Quantitative analysis of microplastics in coastal tidal-flat reclamation in Dongtai, China	16
Leveraging 3D printing in microbial electrochemistry research: current progress and future opportunities	16
Removal of pathogenic indicator microorganisms during partial nitrification: the role of free nitrous acid	16
Biomimetic degradation of perfluorinated acids by vitamin B12 with nano-zero-valent iron/nickel bimetal: effects of their self-structure and coexisting substances	16
Embryonic developmental toxicity in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) caused by combined 17α-ethinylestradiol and hypoxic exposure	16
A tale of two minerals: contrasting behaviors and mitigation strategies of gypsum scaling and silica scaling in membrane desalination	16
Ceramic membrane fouling mechanisms and control for water treatment	16
Meter-scale variation within a single transect demands attention to taxon accumulation curves in riverine microbiome studies	16
Forecasting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak through wastewater analysis: a success in wastewater-based epidemiology	16
Local and regional contributions to PM2.5 in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics infrastructure areas during haze episodes	15
Self-catalytic pyrolysis thermodynamics of waste printed circuit boards with co-existing metals	15
Innovative method of culturing bdelloid rotifers for the application of wastewater biological treatment	15
Current scenario and challenges of plastic pollution in Bangladesh: a focus on farmlands and terrestrial ecosystems	15
A Beautiful China Initiative Towards the Harmony between Humanity and the Nature	15
Removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes: a bibliometric review	15
Separation/degradation behavior and mechanism for cationic/anionic dyes by Ag-functionalized Fe3O4-PDA core-shell adsorbents	15
Selective targeted adsorption and inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by Cr-loaded mixed metal oxides	15
Application of machine learning models in groundwater quality assessment and prediction: progress and challenges	14
Development of machine learning multi-city model for municipal solid waste generation prediction	14
Comparative analysis of DNA-SIP and magnetic-nanoparticle mediated isolation (MMI) on unraveling dimethoate degraders	14
Portable fluorescence instrument for detecting membrane integrity in membrane bioreactor (MBR)	14
Microbial biodegradation of plastics: Challenges, opportunities, and a critical perspective	14
FESE’s Best Papers of 2020	14
Preparation of wood-based hydrogel membranes for efficient purification of complex wastewater using a reconstitution strategy	14
Removal efficiencies of natural and synthetic progesterones in hospital wastewater treated by different disinfection processes	14
Electroconductive RGO-MXene membranes with wettability-regulated channels: improved water permeability and electro-enhanced rejection performance	14
Impacts of electrochemical disinfection on the viability and structure of the microbiome in secondary effluent water	14
Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals from water through urethane functionalization of microfiltration membranes via electron beam irradiation	14
Cu/Cr co-stabilization mechanisms in a simulated Al2O3-Fe2O3-Cr2O3-CuO waste system	13
Directional deep oxidation of toluene via phenolized pathway—A review concerning dominant factors involved in photocatalysis	13
Controlled sintering for cadmium stabilization by beneficially using the dredged river sediment	13
Photosensitivity sources of dissolved organic matter from wastewater treatment plants and their mediation effect on 17α-ethinylestradiol photodegradation	13
Water-soluble chitosan promotes remediation of Pb-contaminated soil by Hylotelephium spectabile	13
Preliminary techno-economic analysis of three typical decentralized composting technologies treating rural kitchen waste: a case study in China	13
Catalytic urea hydrolysis by composite metal oxide catalyst towards efficient urea-based SCR process: performance evaluation and mechanism investigation	13
Synthesis, characterization and life cycle assessment of electrochemically exfoliated KOH-activated holey graphene	13
On the potential of iPhone significant location data to characterize individual mobility for air pollution health studies	13
Impact of wastewater treatment plant effluent discharge on the antibiotic resistome in downstream aquatic environments: a mini review	13
Solid Brønsted acidity boosts adsorption reactivity of nano-adsorbent for water decontamination	13
Enhancing the efficiency of nitrogen removing bacterial population to a wide range of C:N ratio (1.5:1 to 14:1) for simultaneous C & N removal	13
Research progress and prospects of complete ammonia oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment	13
Pyrite-based materials for heavy metals wastewater remediation: progress and challenges	13
Sulfur mediated heavy metal biogeochemical cycles in coastal wetlands: From sediments, rhizosphere to vegetation	13
Achieving air pollutant emission reduction targets with minimum abatement costs: An enterprise-level allocation method with constraints of fairness and feasibility	13
Dynamic COVID Zero Strategy triggered a significant increase of chlorine-based disinfectant consumption in Beijing	12
Analyzing the spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of gross ecosystem product in the upper reaches of the Chaobai River Basin	12
Toward better understanding vacuum ultraviolet—iodide induced photolysis via hydrogen peroxide formation, iodine species change, and difluoroacetic acid degradation	12
Influence of pore structure on biologically activated carbon performance and biofilm microbial characteristics	12
New Year’s Message for 2023	12
Tracking Cryptosporidium in urban wastewater treatment plants in a cold region: Occurrence, species and infectivity	12
Photo-induced surface frustrated Lewis pairs for promoted photocatalytic decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid	12
Emission of greenhouse gases from sewer networks: field assessment and isotopic characterization	12
High-efficiency CO2 sequestration through direct aqueous carbonation of carbide slag: determination of carbonation reaction and optimization of operation parameters	11
Thermal degradation and hydrolysis depolymerization of printing ink components for plastic packaging in recycling processes: a review	11
Effective interventions on health effects of Chinese rural elderly under heat exposure	11
Prevalence of class 1 integron and its gene cassettes carrying antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water treatment and distribution systems	11
Characteristics of typical dissolved black carbons and their influence on the formation of disinfection by-products in chlor(am)ination	11
Catalytic reduction of water pollutants: knowledge gaps, lessons learned, and new opportunities	11
Socioeconomic drivers of the human microbiome footprint in global sewage	11
PM2.5 concentration declining saves health expenditure in China	11
Antibiotic resistance genes in manure-amended paddy soils across eastern China: Occurrence and influencing factors	11
A systematic review of the inequality of health burdens related to climate change	11
An antibiotic composite electrode for improving the sensitivity of electrochemically active biofilm biosensor	11
Response of organic aerosol characteristics to emission reduction in Yangtze River Delta region	11