OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Sciences Europe is 36. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Urban population exposure to air pollution in Europe over the last decades	146
Environmental fate of tetracycline antibiotics: degradation pathway mechanisms, challenges, and perspectives	139
Mercury in the terrestrial environment: a review	136
Analysis of the polyester clothing value chain to identify key intervention points for sustainability	89
Persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) and very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances pose an equivalent level of concern to persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very	79
High concentration and high dose of disinfectants and antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten human health	73
Circular economy: advancement of European Union countries	67
Adverse effects in the fish embryo acute toxicity (FET) test: a catalogue of unspecific morphological changes versus more specific effects in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos	67
Energy efficiency trade-offs in small to large electric vehicles	67
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese drinking water: risk assessment and geographical distribution	63
Exposure to low-dose nanopolystyrene induces the response of neuronal JNK MAPK signaling pathway in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans	63
Long-term exposure to high-concentration silver nanoparticles induced toxicity, fatality, bioaccumulation, and histological alteration in fish (Cyprinus carpio)	58
Handling climate change education at universities: an overview	57
An emerging role of microplastics in the etiology of lung ground glass nodules	55
Carbon footprinting of universities worldwide: Part I—objective comparison by standardized metrics	53
Pyrolysis kinetic modelling of abundant plastic waste (PET) and in-situ emission monitoring	53
A European proposal for quality control and quality assurance of tandem mass spectral libraries	53
Rapid photocatalytic degradation of phenol from water using composite nanofibers under UV	53
Heavy metal pollutants and their spatial distribution in surface sediments from Thondi coast, Palk Bay, South India	49
Challenges of the Blue Economy: evidence and research trends	48
How to coordinate the relationship between renewable energy consumption and green economic development: from the perspective of technological advancement	47
The impact of scrubber discharge on the water quality in estuaries and ports	47
Photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline in aqueous systems under visible light irridiation using needle-like SnO2 nanoparticles anchored on exfoliated g-C3N4	47
The NORMAN Association and the European Partnership for Chemicals Risk Assessment (PARC): let’s cooperate!	45
Exhaust emission factors of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from European road vehicles	44

Oceanic long-range transport of organic additives present in plastic products: an overview	43
Bacterial chemotaxis: a way forward to aromatic compounds biodegradation	42
Toxic effects of UV filters from sunscreens on coral reefs revisited: regulatory aspects for “reef safe” products	42
PFAS accumulation in indigenous and translocated aquatic organisms from Belgium, with translation to human and ecological health risk	40
Broadening the GMO risk assessment in the EU for genome editing technologies in agriculture	40
Getting in control of persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) and very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances to protect water resources: strategies from diverse perspectives	39
Impact of environmental factors on human semen quality and male fertility: a narrative review	39
One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste	39
Economic policy instruments for sustainable phosphorus management: taking into account climate and biodiversity targets	39
Year-round pesticide contamination of public sites near intensively managed agricultural areas in South Tyrol	38
Environmental fate and effects of water-soluble synthetic organic polymers used in cosmetic products	37
The NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE): facilitating European and worldwide collaboration on suspect screening in high resolution mass spectrometry	36