OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Environmental Science is 56. 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
Editorial: Crucial air quality, atmospheric environment, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries	540
Editorial: Biodiversity in a changing world: How do species traits reflect anthropogenic changes in aquatic ecosystems?	263
Review of research on evaluating the ecological security of cultivated land	252
Can the Special Economic Zones Promote the Green Technology Innovation of Enterprises? An Evidence From China	222
Investigating the ecological and toxicological significance of Cyanox®53 recovered from intertidal sediments and varnish clam	181
Integrating bioplastics into the US plastics supply chain: towards a policy research agenda for the bioplastic transition	168
Research and application of time-varying law of anchoring force of split-set bolt based on field measurement	165
Spatial Spillover Effects of the Resource Curse: An Empirical Analysis in China	150
Comparative study on numerical simulation based on CALPUFF and wind tunnel simulation of hazardous chemical leakage accidents	144
Comparing Cars With Apples? Identifying the Appropriate Benchmark Countries for Relative Ecological Pollution Rankings and International Learning	137
Editorial: The nexus between the transportation sector and sustainable development goals: Theoretical and practical implications	113
Provincial ecological well-being performance level measurement and its spatial-temporal evolution analysis in China	108
Does the Belt and Road Initiative reduce smog pollution in key provinces along the route?	106
Metagenomic assessment of nitrate-contaminated mine wastewaters and optimization of complete denitrification by indigenous enriched bacteria	104
Industry 4.0 Powered Process Technology Innovation, Firm’s Leanness, and Eco-Environmental Performance During the COVID-19 Phase	103
Editorial: Advances in marine and freshwater monitoring to support aquatic ecosystem conservation and restoration	102
Research on the coupling coordinated development evaluation of China’s provincial technological innovation and financial support based on KGM-MOP	91
Soil column experiment and numerical simulation research of Pb migration process in the groundwater fluctuation zone based on HYDRUS	89
Source apportionment of water pollutants in Poyang Lake Basin in China using absolute principal component score–multiple linear regression model combined with land-use parameters	83
Impacts of the development of mineral metal resources on surface water quality in the Mongolian Plateau based on meta-analysis	79
Research progress on the synergies between heat waves and canopy urban heat island and their driving factors	78
The influencing factors and pathways of China’s green finance development towards the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality —evidence from fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on 30 provinc	76
Optimal decision-making model for selecting residential green building technologies in China	75
Remote sensing-based estimation of precipitation data (2000-2015) in Ecuador's Loja province	74
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the ambient air-pollutants over the Arabian Peninsula	72

Calculation of inter-provincial differences in the appropriate proportioning of land transfer income to support rural revitalization	71
An Integrated Environmental Assessment of MSW Management in a Large City of a Developing Country: Taking the First Steps Towards a Circular Economy Model	70
Carbon Emissions With Forest Cover Change and Wood Harvest in the Dry Temperate Region of Pakistan Between 1908 and 2015	70
phenoC++: An open-source tool for retrieving vegetation phenology from satellite remote sensing data	70
Enhanced susceptibility to oiling may limit denitrification recovery in marshes subjected to woody encroachment	70
Hydrological Modeling for Multifunctional Landscape Planning in the Orinoquia Region of Colombia	69
RETRACTED: A Study on the Participation of Peasants in Rural Environmental Improvement From the Perspective of Sustainable Development	69
Catalyst or Obstacle? Green innovation and total factor energy efficiency	69
Insights into the anaerobic digestion of fecal sludge and food waste in Tanzania	68
Evaluation of Marginal Land Potential and Analysis of Environmental Variables of Jerusalem Artichoke in Shaanxi Province, China	67
Winter warming effects on soil nitrate leaching under cover crops: A field study using high-frequency weighing lysimeters	66
The effect and mechanism of farmland transfer on the multidimensional relative poverty of rural women	66
Hydrochemical characterization and sustainability assessment of Ismailia canal water, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt: implications for human health and environmental safety	65
Long-Term Variation in Wintertime Atmospheric Diffusion Conditions Over the Sichuan Basin	64
Policy effect of the “blue sky plan” on air pollution, ESG investment, and financial performance of china’s steel industry	63
Study on the Relationship of Root Morphology and Phosphorus Absorption Efficiency With Phosphorus Uptake Capacity in 235 Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Germplasms	62
Identification and Analysis of Industrial Land in China Based on the Point of Interest Data and Random Forest Model	62
Spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of ecosystem service value and ecological risk in the Ulan Buh Desert	62
Reservoir ecological operation on sediment-laden river considering wetland protection	61
Biodiversity royalties: a different approach in bioeconomy	61
The Impact of International Transportation Interconnection on the Quality of Urban Economic Growth	60
Metal composition and contamination assessment of urban roadway dusts on the Abu Dhabi-Liwa Highway, UAE	60
Effects of turning rainforest into oil-palm plantations on silicon pools in soils within the first 20 years after the transformation	59
Quantifying the Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Influencing Factors of Agricultural Carbon Emissions Based on the Coupling Effect of Water–Land Resources in Arid Inland Regions	59
Periphyton in urban freshwater facilitates transformation of trace organic compounds: A case study on iodinated contrast media	59
Effects of Relative Humidity on the Diurnal Variation of Raindrop Size Distribution in Southwest China	59
A case analysis of turbulence characteristics and ozone perturbations over eastern China	58
Considerations on Forest Changes of Northwest China in Past Seven Decades	58
Hydrogeological Criteria to Improve the Sponge City Strategy of China	58
Semi-Empirical Models for the Bidirectional Water-Leaving Radiance: An Analysis of a Turbid Inland Lake	57
Bacterioplankton Richness and Composition in a Seasonal Urban River	56