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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
NiB2O4 (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx at low-temperature in microwave field	99
Understanding the role of nano-TiO2 on the toxicity of Pb on C. dubia through modeling—Is it additive or synergistic?	74
Relationship between groundwater cadmium and vicinity resident urine cadmium levels in the non-ferrous metal smelting area, China	69
Mitigating microbiological risks of potential pathogens carrying antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in receiving rivers: Benefits of wastewater treatment plant upgrade	68
Emergence of gasoline as a cheap and effective solvent for recycling shelf-stable multi-layer aseptic cartons	68
Effects of iron-oxidizing bacteria and humic acid of various molecular weights on iron corrosion in drinking water distribution systems	61
Photoaging mechanism of microplastics: a perspective on the effect of dissolved organic matter in natural water	61
Enrichment and transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through dust aerosol generation from soil to the air	57
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	56
Recent advances in microplastics research: impacts on mammalian sperm and reproductive health	56
Distribution, characteristics and daily fluctuations of microplastics throughout wastewater treatment plants with mixed domestic—industrial influents in Wuxi City, China	54
A novel deep learning framework with variational auto-encoder for indoor air quality prediction	52
Analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution and drivers of environmental inequality based on well-being equity: evidence from Western China	51
Elucidate long-term changes of ozone in Shanghai based on an integrated machine learning method	51
Leveraging 3D printing in microbial electrochemistry research: current progress and future opportunities	46
Adsorption of herring sperm DNA onto pine sawdust biochar: Thermodynamics and site energy distribution	46
A critical review of antibiotic resistance genes transmission driven by non-antibiotic pollutants: roles and molecular mechanisms	46
Appraisal of pollution and health risks associated with coal mine contaminated soil using multimodal statistical and Fuzzy-TOPSIS approaches	44
Comparison of different valent iron on anaerobic sludge digestion: Focusing on oxidation reduction potential, dissolved organic nitrogen and microbial community	43
Spatial prediction of soil contamination based on machine learning: a review	42
Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: a case study of Denizli/Turkey	40
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	39
An antibiotic composite electrode for improving the sensitivity of electrochemically active biofilm biosensor	37
Cadmium removal mechanistic comparison of three Fe-based nanomaterials: Water-chemistry and roles of Fe dissolution	35
Conductive and stable polyphenylene/CNT composite membrane for electrically enhanced membrane fouling mitigation	34

Photo-induced surface frustrated Lewis pairs for promoted photocatalytic decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid	33
Nonlinear relationship between air pollution and precursor emissions in Qingdao, eastern China	33
Removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals from water through urethane functionalization of microfiltration membranes via electron beam irradiation	32
Rapid monitoring of indoor airborne influenza and coronavirus with high air flowrate electrostatic sampling and PCR analysis	32
Microbial biodegradation of plastics: Challenges, opportunities, and a critical perspective	31
Monitoring fossil fuel CO2 emissions from co-emitted NO2 observed from space: progress, challenges, and future perspectives	31
Thermal degradation and hydrolysis depolymerization of printing ink components for plastic packaging in recycling processes: a review	31
Research progress and prospects of complete ammonia oxidizing bacteria in wastewater treatment	30
Impact factors and pathways of halonitromethanes formation from aspartic acid during LED-UV265/chlorine disinfection	30
Biocide-resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae in seawater cooled system: a reservoir of efflux pumps driving cross-resistance to biocides and antibiotics	30
Portable fluorescence instrument for detecting membrane integrity in membrane bioreactor (MBR)	30
China Launched the First Wastewater Resource Recovery Factory in Yixing	30
Discovery of emerging organic pollutants in the atmosphere through an omics approach	29
Cognitive impairment associated with individual and joint exposure to PM2.5 constituents in a Chinese national cohort	29
Climate change and its impact on environmental health: a narrative review of tropical countries	29
Micro-nano bubbles enhanced degradation of emerging contaminants by ferrous-oxalate complexes: synergistic interaction between oxidation and coagulation	29
Modelling the thresholds of nitrogen/phosphorus concentration and hydraulic retention time for bloom control in reclaimed water landscape	28
Co-pyrolysis of oil sludge with hydrogen-rich plastics in a vertical stirring reactor: Kinetic analysis, emissions, and products	28
Mechanistic insights into the selective photocatalytic degradation of dyes over TiO2/ZSM-11	28
Insights into seasonal temperature shifts on a robust composite-substrate autotrophic denitrification reactor for treating municipal secondary effluent	28
Sorption mechanisms of diphenylarsinic acid on natural magnetite and siderite: Evidence from sorption kinetics, sequential extraction and extended X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy analysis	28
Toxicity mechanisms of photodegraded polyvinyl chloride nanoplastics on pea seedlings	26
Cultivation of Chlorella sp. HQ in inland saline-alkaline water under different light qualities	26
Response of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance genes to the co-occurrence of gadolinium and sulfamethoxazole in activated sludge systems	26
Machine learning assisted adsorption performance evaluation of biochar on heavy metal	26
Tank-dependence of the functionality and network differentiation of activated sludge community in a full-scale anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic municipal sewage treatment plant	26
Variation characteristics of atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide in summertime at a coastal site in the South China Sea	25
Effects of acid deposition control in China: a review based on responses of subtropical forests	25
Metagenomic analysis on resistance genes in water and microplastics from a mariculture system	25
Process optimization and mechanism study of ionic liquid-based mixed amine biphasic solvents for CO2 capture in biogas upgrading procedure	25
Distribution characteristics and removal rate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in different treatment processes of two drinking water plants	24
Utilizing machine learning models to grasp water quality dynamic changes in lake eutrophication through phytoplankton parameters	24
Target the neglected VOCs emission from iron and steel industry in China for air quality improvement	23
Integrated risk assessment framework for transformation products of emerging contaminants: what we know and what we should know	23
Struvite-loaded biochar beads fertilizer for different soils: nutrient slow release, soil properties improvement and heavy metal remediation	23
Spatiotemporal characteristics and Monte Carlo simulation-based human health risk of heavy metals in soils from a typical coal-mining city in eastern China	22
China’s carbon neutrality: an extensive and profound systemic reform	22
Temperature-controlled self-assembly of Ce-based tubular boron carbon nitride for enhanced tetracyclines adsorption	22
Construction of MOFs-based nanocomposite membranes for emerging organic contaminants abatement in water	22
Syngas production and heavy metal dynamics during supercritical water gasification of sewage sludge	22
How variations in DOM components affect the stability of microbial communities in drinking water supply system: from source to tap	22
Variations in summertime ozone in Nanjing between 2015 and 2020: roles of meteorology, radical chain length and ozone production efficiency	22
Multi-objective comparison of conventional and emerging wastewater treatment processes based on simulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions	22
Composition characterization and transformation mechanism of dissolved organic phosphorus in wastewater treatment using 31P NMR spectroscopy	22
Microbial specialists in high-altitude forest soils: environmental sensitivity and ecological significance	22
Cesium removal from radioactive wastewater by adsorption and membrane technology	21
Chemodiversity of soil dissolved organic matter affected by contrasting microplastics from different types of polymers	21
Revealing the GHG reduction potential of emerging biomass-based CO2 utilization with an iron cycle system	21
Advances in bimetallic metal organic frameworks (BMOFs) based photocatalytic materials for energy production and waste water treatment	21
Two-step hydrothermal conversion of biomass waste to humic acid using hydrochar as intermediate	21

Numerical modeling and performance evaluation of passive convergence-permeable reactive barrier (PC-PRB)	20
Jellyfish-inspired alginate composite hydrogel filter prepared by macro-micro double bionic strategy for efficient water purification	20
Electrocatalytic biofilm reactor for effective and energy-efficient azo dye degradation: the synergistic effect of MnOx/Ti flow-through anode and biofilm on the cathode	20
Evaluating the impact of sulfamethoxazole on hydrogen production during dark anaerobic sludge fermentation	20
Three-dimensional electrochemical system (3DES) for coking wastewater treatment: a comprehensive review	20
Long-term exposure to air pollution and cerebrovascular disease: findings from Beijing Health Management Cohort study	20
Increasing flow velocity promotes nitrification and denitrification in benthic biofilms via enhancing the diversity and potential predation behavior among multi-trophic microorganisms	19
Responses of microbial interactions to elevated salinity in activated sludge microbial community	19
The γ-MnO2/NF mediated peroxymonosulfate activation for expeditious 2,4,6-trichlorophenol degradation: performance, pathways, and mechanism	19
Research progress on synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash and environmental applications	19
Microbial-driven ectopic uranium extraction with net electrical energy production	19
Chromium phytoextraction and physiological responses of the hyperaccumulator Leersia hexandra Swartz to plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium inoculation	19
Compaction as a cost-effective strategy to upgrade the disposal of MSWI fly ash: feasibility and potential	19
Photo-transformation of nitrate and fulvic acid driven by guest iron minerals	18
High doses of polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride microplastics affect the microbial community and nutrient status of vineyard soils	18
“Forever chemicals”: a sticky environmental problem	18
Correction to: Pollution characteristics and ecological risk assessment of glucocorticoids in the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River Basin	18
Homogeneous and heterogeneous photolysis of nitrate in the atmosphere: state of the science, current research needs, and future prospects	18
Differences in distributions, assembly mechanisms, and putative interactions of AOB and NOB at a large spatial scale	18
Sustainable nonmetal catalysts based on sulfur-doped melamine-derived graphitic carbon nitride for CO2 cycloaddition	18
Hybrid energy harvesting systems for self-powered sustainable water purification by harnessing ambient energy	18
Cr-containing wastewater treatment based on Cr self-catalysis: a critical review	17
New perspectives in free nitrous acid (FNA) uses for sustainable wastewater management	17
Stereoselective effects and its potential mechanism of ofloxacin on the growth and development of Rana nigromaculata: mainly liver lipid metabolism	16
Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide quenching following UV/H2O2 advanced oxidation by thiosulfate, bisulfite, and chlorine in drinking water treatment	16
Online machine learning for stream wastewater influent flow rate prediction under unprecedented emergencies	16
Forecasting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak through wastewater analysis: a success in wastewater-based epidemiology	16
Is atmospheric oxidation capacity better in indicating tropospheric O3 formation?	16
Win-Win: Anthropogenic circularity for metal criticality and carbon neutrality	16
Broadening environmental research in the era of accurate protein structure determination and predictions	16
Screening of indicator pharmaceuticals and personal care products in landfill leachates: a case study in Shanghai, China	15
A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for water environmental monitoring	15
Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination	15
Quantitative temporal-based contribution of key foulants to fouling proceeding in direct membrane filtration for sewage pre-concentration	15
Electronic regulation to achieve efficient anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW): strategies, challenges and potential solutions	15
Decoding and quantitative detection of antibiotics by a luminescent mixed-lanthanide-organic framework	15
Distribution of PCDD/Fs in a food waste anaerobic digestion process with biogas utilization	15
Simultaneous enhanced ammonia and nitrate removal from secondary effluent in constructed wetlands using a new manganese-containing substrate	15
Removal of virus aerosols by the combination of filtration and UV-C irradiation	15
Dual-functional Ag-Fe@Biochar systems: simultaneous adsorption and radical-mediated oxidation of antibiotics in fenton-like reactions	14
Facile fabrication of dolomite-doped biochar/bentonite for effective removal of phosphate from complex wastewaters	14
Priority emerging contaminants in the Taihu Basin (China): occurrence, risk assessment, and control strategies	14
Solid Brønsted acidity boosts adsorption reactivity of nano-adsorbent for water decontamination	14
A hybrid fuel cell for water purification and simultaneously electricity generation	14
MSWNet: A visual deep machine learning method adopting transfer learning based upon ResNet 50 for municipal solid waste sorting	14
Catalytic ozonation in advanced treatment of kitchen wastewater: multi-scale simulation and pilot-scale study	14
Salinity exchange between seawater/brackish water and domestic wastewater through electrodialysis for potable water	14
On the potential of iPhone significant location data to characterize individual mobility for air pollution health studies	14
Effects of iron oxide nanoparticles on phenotype and metabolite changes in hemp clones (Cannabis sativa L.)	14
Intensifying electrified flow-through water treatment technologies via local environment modification	14
Ceramic membrane fouling mechanisms and control for water treatment	14
Prevalence of class 1 integron and its gene cassettes carrying antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water treatment and distribution systems	14
Simultaneous Feammox and anammox process facilitated by activated carbon as an electron shuttle for autotrophic biological nitrogen removal	13
Low-temperature caproate production, microbial diversity, and metabolic pathway in xylose anaerobic fermentation	13
Enhancing Toy Safety: Time to Improve Chemical Migration Testing	13
Impact of historical pattern of human activities and natural environment on wetland in Heilongjiang River Basin	13
Tracking Cryptosporidium in urban wastewater treatment plants in a cold region: Occurrence, species and infectivity	13
Enhanced Fenton-like process over Cu/L(+)-ascorbic acid co-doping mesoporous silica for toxicity reduction of emerging contaminants	13
Current scenario and challenges of plastic pollution in Bangladesh: a focus on farmlands and terrestrial ecosystems	13
Effect of different climate zone’s humic and fulvic acid on aggregation of UV irradiated graphene oxide	13
Data quality assessment for studies investigating microplastics and nanoplastics in food products: Are current data reliable?	13
Multiobjective optimization control for multifacility coordination in integrated urban drainage systems	13
Passive convergence-permeable reactive barrier (PC-PRB): An effective configuration to enhance hydraulic performance	13
Singlet oxygen-dominated non-radical oxidation pathway for 2,4-Dichlorophenol degradation over CeO2 coated carbon fibers	13
Insight into the co-hydrothermal humification of corn stalk and sewage sludge for enhanced nitrogen-rich humic acid production	13
Erratum to: On the potential of iPhone significant location data to characterize individual mobility for air pollution health studies	13
Characterizing molecular fingerprint of dissolved organic matter shaped by natural and anthropogenic factors in a large macrophytic shallow lake wetland	13
Quantifying multi-year ozone precursor contributions over the Pearl River Delta Region of China using a deep learning-based response surface model	13
Effects of the urban landscape on heatwave-mortality associations in Hong Kong: comparison of different heatwave definitions	13
Synergistic effects of sodium hypochlorite disinfection and iron-oxidizing bacteria on early corrosion in cast iron pipes	13
Self-catalytic pyrolysis thermodynamics of waste printed circuit boards with co-existing metals	13