OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Sciences Europe is 35. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Tracking pesticide residues and risk levels in individual samples—insights and applications	280
Bayesian decision tables for estimation of risk of water management decisions based on uncertain surface water status: a case study of a Polish catchment	115
Critical discussion of the current environmental risk assessment (ERA) of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) in the European Union, considering changes in animal husbandry	110
Glyphosate- and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA)-induced mortality and residues in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) exposed at different temperatures	109
The role of African universities in handling climate change	105
Soil contamination in a cemetery area: a case study in Nova Hartz City—RS, Brazil	104
Impact of the new hazard classes in the CLP regulation on EU chemicals legislation	98
Distribution and risk assessment of nutrients and heavy metals from sediments in the world-class water transfer projects	93
Germany’s established non-native species: a comprehensive breakdown	92
Testing particles using the algal growth inhibition test (OECD 201): the suitability of in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence measurements	90
Facilitating the market transition away from persistent and mobile substances: a report on tools developed by ChemSec in the ZeroPM project: SIN list, Marketplace and the PFAS guide	84
Triadimefon in aquatic environments: occurrence, fate, toxicity, and ecological risk	72
Investigating the photolytic degradation of novel monomeric and polymeric brominated flame retardants: analytical characterization, acute ecotoxicological effects and influence of sample storage	70
Possibilities to reduce drift by 75 percent in biocidal applications of insecticides with cannon sprayers	69
Problems and prospects of thermal modernization of farm buildings in rural areas in Poland	68
Regulating “forever chemicals”: social data are necessary for the successful implementation of the essential use concept	64
Sorption of pharmaceutically active compounds to soils: a review	64
Preferences for policy measures to regulate urban vehicle access for climate change mitigation	62
Environmental quality standards for diclofenac derived under the European Water Framework Directive: 1. Aquatic organisms	61
Determination of aerobic and anaerobic biological degradability of waste tyres	60
Microplastic contamination in Czech drinking water: insights from comprehensive monitoring	58
Environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in Ebonyi state, Nigeria	53
Calibration of the SPEARpesticides bioindicator for cost-effective pesticide monitoring in East African streams	51
Mixed response of trace element concentrations in fluvial sediments to a flash flood in a former mining area	50
Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards better use of monitoring data from apex predators in support of prioritisation and risk assessment of chemical	48

Agronomic and phenotypic plant traits as indicators for environmental risks of genetically modified plants	43
Risk assessment of eight metals and their mixtures to aquatic biota in sediments with diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT): a case study in Pearl River intertidal zone	43
“The toxic substance has killed all ducks”: framing of chemical risks related to the 2021 summer flood in German news media	43
Long-term trends in stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities are driven by chemicals	42
Microplastic accumulation in snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans Menetries, 1832) after long-term monitoring: habitats matter, not years	41
Fungi as versatile biocatalytic tool for treatment of textile wastewater effluents	39
Toxic effects on enzymatic activity, gene expression and histopathological biomarkers in organisms exposed to microplastics and nanoplastics: a review	37
Method development and validation for simultaneous quantification of microcystin congeners in water	36
Comment on Environmental quality standards for diclofenac derived under the European Water Framework Directive: 1. Aquatic organisms (Leverett et al. in Environmental Sciences Europe 2021; 33: 133)	36
GhNFYA16 was functionally observed positively responding to salt stress by genome-wide identification of NFYA gene family in cotton	36
Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in the riparian zone of the Sava River (southeastern Europe): effects of high and low water events	35