OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Sciences Europe 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Environmental fate of tetracycline antibiotics: degradation pathway mechanisms, challenges, and perspectives	202
Urban population exposure to air pollution in Europe over the last decades	176
Analysis of the polyester clothing value chain to identify key intervention points for sustainability	119
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	99
High concentration and high dose of disinfectants and antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten human health	86
Circular economy: advancement of European Union countries	85
An emerging role of microplastics in the etiology of lung ground glass nodules	80
Handling climate change education at universities: an overview	77
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese drinking water: risk assessment and geographical distribution	76
Long-term exposure to high-concentration silver nanoparticles induced toxicity, fatality, bioaccumulation, and histological alteration in fish (Cyprinus carpio)	72
The NORMAN Suspect List Exchange (NORMAN-SLE): facilitating European and worldwide collaboration on suspect screening in high resolution mass spectrometry	71
Carbon footprinting of universities worldwide: Part I—objective comparison by standardized metrics	69
Rapid photocatalytic degradation of phenol from water using composite nanofibers under UV	65
Challenges of the Blue Economy: evidence and research trends	63
Heavy metal pollutants and their spatial distribution in surface sediments from Thondi coast, Palk Bay, South India	62
Impact of environmental factors on human semen quality and male fertility: a narrative review	62
Photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline in aqueous systems under visible light irridiation using needle-like SnO2 nanoparticles anchored on exfoliated g-C3N4	60
Toxic effects of UV filters from sunscreens on coral reefs revisited: regulatory aspects for “reef safe” products	54
Oceanic long-range transport of organic additives present in plastic products: an overview	54
PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites	53
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	52
PFAS accumulation in indigenous and translocated aquatic organisms from Belgium, with translation to human and ecological health risk	52
One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science–policy body on chemicals and waste	49
Economic policy instruments for sustainable phosphorus management: taking into account climate and biodiversity targets	47
Effectiveness of plants and green infrastructure utilization in ambient particulate matter removal	47

An assessment of requirements in investments, new technologies, and infrastructures to achieve the SDGs	45
Environmental fate and effects of water-soluble synthetic organic polymers used in cosmetic products	44
Year-round pesticide contamination of public sites near intensively managed agricultural areas in South Tyrol	44
Plastic contamination in agricultural soils: a review	44
Air quality index variation before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive study on 87 capital, industrial and polluted cities of the world	42
NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring	42
Distribution, source apportionment, and health risk assessment of phthalate esters in indoor dust samples across China	41
MIXed plastics biodegradation and UPcycling using microbial communities: EU Horizon 2020 project MIX-UP started January 2020	40
DRASTIC, GOD, and SI approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: a review	36
Evaluating ecological risks and tracking potential factors influencing heavy metals in sediments in an urban river	35
Assessment of the 2021 summer flood in Central Europe	35
Toxicity and risk of plant-produced alkaloids to Daphnia magna	34
Pesticides and pesticide-related products in ambient air in Germany	33
Sorptive removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during drinking water treatment using activated carbon and anion exchanger	33
Bioaccumulation assessment of nanomaterials using freshwater invertebrate species	32
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and association with sex hormone concentrations: results from the NHANES 2015–2016	32
Human health risk exposure and ecological risk assessment of potentially toxic element pollution in agricultural soils in the district of Frydek Mistek, Czech Republic: a sample location approach	32
Toxic effects on enzymatic activity, gene expression and histopathological biomarkers in organisms exposed to microplastics and nanoplastics: a review	31
Threshold effects of environmental regulation types on green investment by heavily polluting enterprises	31
Management of agricultural waste biomass as raw material for the construction sector: an analysis of sustainable and circular alternatives	30
Cyanobacteria and their secondary metabolites in three freshwater reservoirs in the United Kingdom	29
Radiological survey on radon entry path in an underground mine and implementation of an optimized mitigation system	29
Effects of glyphosate-based herbicides and their active ingredients on earthworms, water infiltration and glyphosate leaching are influenced by soil properties	29
Terrestrial ecological restoration in China: identifying advances and gaps	28
Diverging trends of plasticizers (phthalates and non-phthalates) in indoor and freshwater environments—why?	28
Unravelling the chemical exposome in cohort studies: routes explored and steps to become comprehensive	26
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	26
Impact of wastewater treatment plants on microbiological contamination for evaluating the risks of wastewater reuse	25
Changes in handwashing and hygiene product usage patterns in Korea before and after the outbreak of COVID-19	25
Influence of 200 years of water resource management on a typical central European river. Does industrialization straighten a river?	25
Analysis of microbial populations in plastic–soil systems after exposure to high poly(butylene succinate-co-adipate) load using high-resolution molecular technique	25
Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance for chemicals, foods, and drugs: assessing patterns of exposure behind a global phenomenon	25
Unveiling the hidden economic toll of biological invasions in the European Union	25
Human impact on fluvial systems in Europe with special regard to today’s river restorations	25
The influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainable consumption: an international study	24
Economic growth, energy consumption and environmental degradation nexus in heterogeneous countries: does education matter?	24
Optimization study of the adsorption of malachite green removal by MgO nano-composite, nano-bentonite and fungal immobilization on active carbon using response surface methodology and kinetic study	24
Fate of recycled tyre granulate used on artificial turf	23
Commercial preparations of pesticides exert higher toxicity and cause changes at subcellular level in earthworm Eisenia andrei	21
Retrospective non-target analysis to support regulatory water monitoring: from masses of interest to recommendations via in silico workflows	21
Reducing overall herbicide use may reduce risks to humans but increase toxic loads to honeybees, earthworms and birds	21
Mast cell activation may explain many cases of chemical intolerance	21
Effects of agricultural land use on river biota: a meta-analysis	21
Life cycle assessment of MycoWorks’ Reishi™: the first low-carbon and biodegradable alternative leather	20
Assessing the relevance of atmospheric heavy metal deposition with regard to ecosystem integrity and human health in Germany	20
Nanoparticles engineered from endophytic fungi (Botryosphaeria rhodina) against ESBL-producing pathogenic multidrug-resistant E. coli	19
Different types of industrial agglomeration and green total factor productivity in China: do institutional and policy characteristics of cities make a difference?	19
Quantitative analysis of cadmium in rice roots based on LIBS and chemometrics methods	19
Distribution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in aerobic composting of swine manure with different antibiotics	18
Evidence for antifouling biocides as one of the limiting factors for the recovery of macrophyte communities in lakes of Schleswig-Holstein	18

Terrestrial ecotoxicity of glyphosate, its formulations, and co-formulants: evidence from 2010–2023	18
Evolution of the threshold temperature definition of a heat wave vs. evolution of the minimum mortality temperature: a case study in Spain during the 1983–2018 period	17
Commentary: Assessing the endocrine disrupting effects of chemicals on invertebrates in the European Union	17
Environmental fate and effects assessment of human pharmaceuticals: lessons learnt from regulatory data	17
How to measure the impact of citizen science on environmental attitudes, behaviour and knowledge? A review of state-of-the-art approaches	17
Environmental quality standards for diclofenac derived under the European Water Framework Directive: 1. Aquatic organisms	17
Acute effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Lanzhou, China: a time-series study	16
Distribution, health risk assessment, and water quality criteria of phthalate esters in Poyang Lake, China	16
Leaching of nanoparticles from nano-enabled products for the protection of cultural heritage surfaces: a review	16
Quantifying the impacts of climate variation, damming, and flow regulation on river thermal dynamics: a case study of the Włocławek Reservoir in the Vistula River, Poland	16
Subsoils—a sink for excess fertilizer P but a minor contribution to P plant nutrition: evidence from long-term fertilization trials	16
Women in agriculture: pathways of pesticide exposure, potential health risks and vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa	16
The bisphenol F and bisphenol S and cardiovascular disease: results from NHANES 2013–2016	16
Influence of citrate and PEG coatings on the bioaccumulation of TiO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles following dietary exposure in rainbow trout	16
Occurrence of plant secondary metabolite fingerprints in river waters from Eastern Jutland, Denmark	16
Degradation of paraquat herbicide using hybrid AOP process: statistical optimization, kinetic study, and estimation of electrical energy consumption	16
Can a chemical be both readily biodegradable AND very persistent (vP)? Weight-of-evidence determination demonstrates that phenanthrene is not persistent in the environment	15
Evaluation of adverse effects/events of genetically modified food consumption: a systematic review of animal and human studies	15
Characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water sources of the Douhe Reservoir, Tangshan, northern China: the correlation with bacterial communities and environmental factors	15
The potential activity of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as an antibacterial agent against multidrug-resistant isolates from intensive care unit and anticancer agent	15
Risk and sustainability: trade-offs and synergies for robust decision making	15
Long-term trends of black carbon and particle number concentration in the lower free troposphere in Central Europe	15
Methodological limitations in studies assessing the effects of environmental and socioeconomic variables on the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review	15
Digging deep—implementation, standardisation and interpretation of a total oxidisable precursor (TOP) assay within the regulatory context of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in soil	15
Accumulation of arsenic and other metals in soil and human consumable foods of Meherpur district, southwestern Bangladesh, and associated health risk assessment	15
Small-scale population structuring results in differential susceptibility to pesticide exposure	15
Environmental quality standards for diclofenac derived under the European water framework directive: 2. Avian secondary poisoning	14
Non-conventional learning on sustainable development: achieving the SDGs	14
The global progress on the non-point source pollution research from 2012 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis	14
Effects of biochar on soil evaporation and moisture content and the associated mechanisms	14
Does galvanic cathodic protection by aluminum anodes impact marine organisms?	14
Stewardship and administrative capacity in green public procurement in the Czech Republic: evidence from a large-N survey	14
Perspectives of lignite post-mining landscapes under changing environmental conditions: what can we learn from a comparison between the Rhenish and Lusatian region in Germany?	14
Habitat development and species arrival drive succession of the benthic invertebrate community in restored urban streams	14
Potassium citrate-derived porous carbon with high CO2 capture and Congo red adsorption performance	14
Commentary on the EU Commission's proposal for amending the Water Framework Directive, the Groundwater Directive, and the Directive on Environmental Quality Standards	13
Graphene oxide synthesis and applications in emerging contaminant removal: a comprehensive review	13
Measuring circularity: evaluation of the circularity of construction products using the ÖKOBAUDAT database	13
A novel LUMNAqSoP approach for prioritising groundwater monitoring stations for implementation of the Nitrates Directive	13
Variation of the element composition of municipal sewage sludges in the context of new regulations on phosphorus recovery in Germany	13
Gap analysis of DNA barcoding in ERMS reference libraries for ascidians and cnidarians	13
Multilevel responses of adult zebrafish to crude and chemically dispersed oil exposure	13
Spatial distribution and contamination assessment of heavy metal pollution of sediments in coastal reclamation areas: a case study in Shenzhen Bay, China	13
Toxicity of ZnO and Fe2O3 nano-agro-chemicals to soil microbial activities, nitrogen utilization, and associated human health risks	13
Phototransformation kinetics of cyanobacterial toxins and secondary metabolites in surface waters	13
Water resources availability in southern Europe at the basin scale in response to climate change scenarios	13
Legally binding and ambitious biodiversity protection under the CBD, the global biodiversity framework, and human rights law	12
Impact assessment of the loss of glyphosate within the EU: a literature review	12
Review: mountain lakes as freshwater resources at risk from chemical pollution	12
Genome-edited Camelina sativa with a unique fatty acid content and its potential impact on ecosystems	12
The effect of cold waves on mortality in urban and rural areas of Madrid	12
Three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon derived from natural resources for highly efficient treatment of polluted water	12
Ecotoxicological evaluation of construction products: inter-laboratory test with DSLT and percolation test eluates in an aquatic biotest battery	12
The Circular Economy and retail: using Deep Learning to predict business survival	12
Evaluation of indicators for cyanobacterial risk in 108 temperate lakes using 23 years of environmental monitoring data	12
Clustering and prioritization to design a risk-based monitoring program in groundwater sources for drinking water	12
Triadimefon in aquatic environments: occurrence, fate, toxicity, and ecological risk	12
Comparative analysis of detection techniques for glyphosate in urine and in water	11
Ingestion of bivalve droppings by benthic invertebrates may lead to the transfer of nanomaterials in the aquatic food chain	11
Social values and sustainable development: community experiences	11
Challenges in the regulatory use of water-accommodated fractions for assessing complex substances	11
Effects of aquaculture on the shallow lake aquatic ecological environment of Lake Datong, China	11
Biochemical and cellular biomarkers in brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) in response to the antidepressants citalopram and venlafaxine	11
The mixture assessment or allocation factor: conceptual background, estimation algorithms and a case study example	11
Interspecific sensitivity of European amphibians towards two pesticides and comparison to standard test species	11
Pollinators and urban riparian vegetation: important contributors to urban diversity conservation	11
Rule-based classification and mapping of ecosystem services with data on the integrity of forest ecosystems	11
Bracken growth, toxin production and transfer from plant to soil: a 2-year monitoring study	11
Spatiotemporal analysis of multi-pesticide residues in the largest Central European shallow lake, Lake Balaton, and its sub-catchment area	11
AEO-7 surfactant is “super toxic” and induces severe cardiac, liver and locomotion damage in zebrafish embryos	11
In situ pilot application of nZVI embedded in activated carbon for remediation of chlorinated ethene-contaminated groundwater: effect on microbial communities	11