Frontiers in Environmental Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Frontiers in Environmental Science is 5. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impacts of the development of mineral metal resources on surface water quality in the Mongolian Plateau based on meta-analysis973
Research on the coupling coordinated development evaluation of China’s provincial technological innovation and financial support based on KGM-MOP244
Does the Belt and Road Initiative reduce smog pollution in key provinces along the route?184
Effects of turning rainforest into oil-palm plantations on silicon pools in soils within the first 20 years after the transformation163
Using Bayesian networks to map winter habitat for mountain goats in coastal British Columbia, Canada158
Analysis of spatiotemporal land use change characteristics in the upper watershed area of the Qingshui River basin from 1990 to 2020150
Will Greenland be the last refuge for the continental European small-white orchid?Niche modeling of future distribution of Pseudorchis albida144
Editorial: Climate science, solutions and services for net zero, climate-resilient food systems136
The application of biochar mitigated the negative effects of freeze-thaw on soil and nutrient loss in the restored soil of the alpine mining area131
Editorial: Crucial air quality, atmospheric environment, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries129
Remote sensing-based estimation of precipitation data (2000-2015) in Ecuador's Loja province126
Quantifying the potential health risk of surface waters in the Qinling giant panda habitat123
New momentum for data, government investment in technology, and high-quality urban development in the yellow river basin114
Study on the incremental carbon sink of tea plantations under spatio-temporal variation characteristics107
Calculation of inter-provincial differences in the appropriate proportioning of land transfer income to support rural revitalization105
Winter warming effects on soil nitrate leaching under cover crops: A field study using high-frequency weighing lysimeters104
Biodiversity royalties: a different approach in bioeconomy103
A case analysis of turbulence characteristics and ozone perturbations over eastern China102
Dynamic association between socio-economic, environmental and logistic operations: Evidence from SSA BRI host countries100
Editorial: Biodiversity in a changing world: How do species traits reflect anthropogenic changes in aquatic ecosystems?99
Impact of agro-geotextiles on soil aggregation and organic carbon sequestration under a conservation-tilled maize-based cropping system in the Indian Himalayas99
Efficacy of China’s low-carbon agricultural pilot policy: a company-farmer analysis from the middle and lower yangtze river basin, China95
The Impact of International Transportation Interconnection on the Quality of Urban Economic Growth95
Tracking Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Greenhouse-Led Cultivated Land and its Drivers in Shandong Province, China93
Eco-efficiency and its determinants of major grain-producing areas in China93
Reservoir ecological operation on sediment-laden river considering wetland protection93
phenoC++: An open-source tool for retrieving vegetation phenology from satellite remote sensing data88
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the ambient air-pollutants over the Arabian Peninsula86
Setting the Forestry Carbon Sink Insurance compensation standard for reducing losses from forest fires: An empirical study estimating CO2 emissions from forest fires in a sample of 15 provinces82
Investigating the ecological and toxicological significance of Cyanox®53 recovered from intertidal sediments and varnish clam81
Heterogeneity and optimization of ecological security pattern on a mountain town: A case of Tianzhu County in the Hexi Corridor, China80
Editorial: Environmental impacts and risks of car tire and styrene-butadiene rubber: microplastic pollution and contaminant transport80
Industry 4.0 Powered Process Technology Innovation, Firm’s Leanness, and Eco-Environmental Performance During the COVID-19 Phase80
Visual analysis of alpine meadow research trends and hotspots based on VOS viewer80
A vision-language model for predicting potential distribution land of soybean double cropping79
The nonlinear relationship between digital economy and environmental pollution: evidence from 287 cities in China79
Socioeconomic adaptation to geomorphological change: An empirical study in Cigu Lagoon, southwestern coast of Taiwan77
Investigation of groundwater circulation models in the Jiuquan Basin77
Grandfathering or benchmarking: Which is more viable for the manufacturer’s low-carbon activities?76
Quantifying the Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Influencing Factors of Agricultural Carbon Emissions Based on the Coupling Effect of Water–Land Resources in Arid Inland Regions73
Impact of gradient zero-valent iron pollution from steel works on soil microaggregate geochemical processes and dissipative structures73
Evaluation of WRF-Chem-RTFDDA dust forecasts over the MENA region using in-situ and remote-sensing observations73
Spatiotemporal variations of carbon emissions in digital economy: evidence from China72
Quantifying the Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Ecosystem Services and Exploring the Spatial Differentiation of Driving Factors: a Case Study of Sichuan Basin, China71
Adsorption and removal of pentavalent antimony from water by biochar prepared from modified rosa roxburghii residue70
Editorial: The nexus between the transportation sector and sustainable development goals: Theoretical and practical implications70
The native fish diversity with environmental influencing factors in the Daqing River basin, China68
Spatial downscaling analysis of GPM IMERG precipitation dataset based on multiscale geographically weighted regression model: a case study of the Inner Mongolia Reach of the Yellow River basin68
Financial sustainability of oil and gas companies—basis for building resilience strategies68
Occurrence of glyphosate in surface and drinking water sources in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, and its removal using membrane technology68
How can green innovation promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon emission reduction in cities? Empirical evidence from 273 cities in China67
A snap-shot assessment of carbon emission and export in a pristine river draining permafrost peatlands (Taz River, Western Siberia)67
Policy Optimization for Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Based on Quantitative Comparison of Regional Policies of Free Trade Port Areas67
Research on environmental regulation, environmental protection tax, and earnings management66
Expansion of typical lakes in Xinjiang under the combined effects of climate change and human activities65
Erratum: Industry 4.0 powered process technology innovation, firm’s leanness, and eco-environmental performance during the COVID-19 phase65
Examining impacts of policy, technology, and climate extremes on thermoelectric power production and river thermal pollution in the Midwest and Northeast of the United States64
The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism on Carbon Emission in China64
Discussing energy volatility and policy in the aftermath of the Russia–Ukraine conflict63
Hydrochemical characterization and sustainability assessment of Ismailia canal water, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt: implications for human health and environmental safety63
Metagenomic assessment of nitrate-contaminated mine wastewaters and optimization of complete denitrification by indigenous enriched bacteria62
A study on dynamic evolution, regional differences and convergence of high-quality economic development in urban agglomerations: A case study of three major urban agglomerations in the Yangtze river e62
Environmental awareness and humanities for environmental sustainability in the 21st century: rethinking development through social science lenses in the nordic nations61
The impact of energy-saving R&D on urban carbon emission performance: evidence from 218 prefecture-level cities in China61
Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in small island developing states: a systematic review60
Simultaneous treatment of phosphorus and fluoride wastewater using acid-modified iron-loaded electrode capacitive deionization: Preparation and performance60
Periphyton in urban freshwater facilitates transformation of trace organic compounds: A case study on iodinated contrast media60
Spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of ecosystem service value and ecological risk in the Ulan Buh Desert59
Environmental regulation, abatement strategy, and labor income share59
Simulating the distribution of beached litter on the northwest coast of Scotland59
Carbon risk and corporate bankruptcy pressure: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment based on the Paris agreement59
Review of research on evaluating the ecological security of cultivated land57
Policy effect of the “blue sky plan” on air pollution, ESG investment, and financial performance of china’s steel industry57
Metal composition and contamination assessment of urban roadway dusts on the Abu Dhabi-Liwa Highway, UAE57
An integrated framework combining multi-resolution satellite data, deep learning, and process-based modeling for urban carbon accounting57
Evaluating the barrier of typical production factor flow in the Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration based on multi-source big data57
Dynamic relationships among green bonds, CO2 emissions, and oil prices56
Governance, institutions, and climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: assessing the threshold effects56
Mapping of nighttime light trends and refugee population changes in Ukraine during the Russian–Ukrainian War56
Provincial ecological well-being performance level measurement and its spatial-temporal evolution analysis in China55
Corporate environmental infringement, legal regulation, and sustainable development: punitive damages as a perspective55
Research progress on the synergies between heat waves and canopy urban heat island and their driving factors55
Satellite derived trends and variability of CO2 concentrations in the Middle East during 2014–202354
Comparisons of climate change characteristics in typical arid regions of the Northern Hemisphere54
Using crop modeling to find solutions for wheat diseases: A review54
Leaching of chemicals and DOC from tire particles under simulated marine conditions53
Soil column experiment and numerical simulation research of Pb migration process in the groundwater fluctuation zone based on HYDRUS52
The impact mechanism of climate investment and financing policies on corporate carbon emission reduction: the mediating effect of financing constraints and the moderating effect of market competition52
Optimization and classification control of permanent basic farmland based on quality classification51
Measuring green innovation capability of ceramic firms in henan province: an integrated AHP–TOPSIS case study51
Research and application of time-varying law of anchoring force of split-set bolt based on field measurement51
Effects of Relative Humidity on the Diurnal Variation of Raindrop Size Distribution in Southwest China50
Source apportionment of water pollutants in Poyang Lake Basin in China using absolute principal component score–multiple linear regression model combined with land-use parameters50
Optimal decision-making model for selecting residential green building technologies in China50
Vulnerability Assessment and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics Analysis of Agricultural Flood in China50
A perspective on carbon footprint of decentralized manufacturing of lithium-ion cells industrialization50
On WRF hybrid-dynamic regression approach in heavy rainfall forecasting over the Northern of Thailand49
Revising the effectiveness of municipal waste management in Hong Kong49
Heatwave-amplified atmospheric oxidation in a multi-province border area in Xuzhou, China49
Soil structural controls on soil retention in karst grasslands with different levels of rocky desertification49
Analysis of changes in water quality and treatment effectiveness of seven major river basins in China from 2001 to 202049
Citizen science interactions with official geospatial information; Case studies from Mexico49
Editorial: Advances in marine and freshwater monitoring to support aquatic ecosystem conservation and restoration49
Climate change and topographic differences influence grassland vegetation greening across environmental gradients48
The effect and mechanism of farmland transfer on the multidimensional relative poverty of rural women48
Contamination characteristics, coexistence relationships and health risk assessment of dioxins and metals in topsoil around municipal solid waste incinerator in Hainan, China48
Microplastic detectives: a citizen-science project reveals large variation in meso- and microplastic pollution along German coastlines47
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 provinc47
The impact of digital technology use on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior under the background of carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality goals47
Waste management within the scope of environmental public awareness based on cross-sectional survey and social interviews47
Advancing economic sustainability in E7 economies: the impact of green finance, environmental benefits, and natural resource management47
Assessment of the agronomic value of solar-dried sludge and heavy metals bioavailability based on the bioaccumulation factor and translocation index47
Multiscale phenology of seasonally dry tropical forests in an aridity gradient46
Correction: Environmental criticism in light of environmental law legislation46
TripleConvTransformer: A deep learning vessel trajectory prediction method fusing discretized meteorological data46
The efficacy of conservation practices in reducing floods and improving water quality45
Ecological risk of microplastic toxicity to earthworms in soil: A bibliometric analysis45
The green potential of artificial intelligence: revisiting energy consumption, growth, and ecological footprint in the United States45
Soil quality and its determinants in saline-alkali land of northwest China45
Adaptation to globalization in renewable energy sources: Environmental implications of financial development and human capital in China45
The detrimental effects of dirty energy, foreign investment, and corruption on environmental quality: New evidence from Indonesia45
Integrating bioplastics into the US plastics supply chain: towards a policy research agenda for the bioplastic transition44
Plant diversity patterns along an elevation gradient: the relative impact of environmental and spatial variation on plant diversity and assembly in arid and semi-arid regions44
Editorial: New artificial intelligence methods for remote sensing monitoring of coastal cities and environment44
Linking biochar physico-chemical traits to sorghum growth and soil carbon dynamics44
Coupling driving factors of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the yellow river basin44
Catalyst or Obstacle? Green innovation and total factor energy efficiency44
Soil organic matter on arid saline-alkali land drives greenhouse gas emissions from artificial and natural grasslands in different directions44
Structure and biogeochemical process of microaggregates in a water source area of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project according to different land use types44
Effects of forest types on soil carbon content in aggregate faction under climate transition zone44
The influence of renewable and non-renewable energy on carbon emissions in Pakistan: evidence from stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology model44
The effects of urbanization on air pollution based on a spatial perspective: Evidence from China43
Influence of water quality on satellite laser altimeter underwater measurement accuracy43
Enhanced susceptibility to oiling may limit denitrification recovery in marshes subjected to woody encroachment43
Utilisation of sniffer rats as a novel screening technique to accelerate remediation of contaminated soil42
Improving environmental decision-making in environmental business-management using big data and AI42
Comparative study on numerical simulation based on CALPUFF and wind tunnel simulation of hazardous chemical leakage accidents42
Editorial: Impact of climate changes on groundwater resources42
Does green finance promote enterprises’ green technology innovation in China?42
Mutual effects of CO2 emission reduction and air pollution control policies in beijing-tianjin-hebei region42
Examining the nonlinear effects of multidimensional land use efficiency on ecological resilience using the XGBoost-SHAP and GTWR model in Guangdong province42
Assessment of land use dynamics and vulnerability to land degradation in coal-mined landscapes of central India: implications for ecorestoration strategies42
Managing an invasive tree in coastal dunes: The importance of follow-up treatments to improve the recovery of protected habitats41
Coupled and coordinated development of China’s green economy efficiency and new-type urbanization under the dual-carbon goal41
Innovative strategies for wastewater treatment: harnessing green technologies for sustainable resource recovery. a review41
Insights into the anaerobic digestion of fecal sludge and food waste in Tanzania41
Hydro-climatic variations, changes, and extremes in the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin41
Effectiveness of the Swachh Bharat Mission and barriers to ending open defecation in India: a systematic review40
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought severity using SPI and SPEI: case study of semi-arid Borana area, southern Ethiopia40
Stratospheric intrusion may aggravate widespread ozone pollution through both vertical and horizontal advections in eastern China during summer40
Motivating grassroots governments in low-carbon transition: comparative analysis of two quadripartite evolutionary game40
The dynamics, analysis, and sustainable management of phosphorus in muck soils: a review40
Powering Qatar’s agricultural growth: Examining the link between electricity prices and development40
Knowledge domain of greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: Hotspots, frontiers and future perspectives40
Challenges in conserving forest ecosystems through coffee certification: a case study from southwestern Ethiopia40
Free and underfit-scavenger river dynamics dominate the large Amazonian Pacaya-Samiria wetland structure40
Effect of land use on carbon-, nitrogen- and silica soil stocks in the South African bushveld39
Spatial dependencies and long-run dynamics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in West Africa: an analysis of growth vs. emissions39
Analysis of the differences in green farming behavior of operating agents in grassland pastoral areas39
Toxic effects of combined exposure of tritiated water and genistein on the growth and development of zebrafish and its mechanism39
Underwater Macroplastic Detection Using Imaging Sonars39
Temporal and spatial distribution of the alpine meadow carbon budget in Gannan, China from 1969 to 201839
Spatio-temporal dynamic relationship of renewable energy penetration and CO2 emissions in China: new evidence from PMG-ARDL model and ESTDA39
Time to invest in the worst: a call for full genome sequencing of the 100 worst invasive species39
Quantifying and predicting impacts of nonnative freshwater fishes in peninsular Florida, USA38
Network resilience of regional social-ecological systems under energy transition: measurement, drivers, and structural optimization in the Yangtze River Delta38
Spatio-temporal variation of PM2.5 pollution in Xinjiang and its causes: The growing importance in air pollution situation in China38
A comprehensive wind speed forecast correction strategy with an artificial intelligence algorithm38
Research on cultural diversity and sustainable land-use management assessment model38
Cross-country comparative analysis of climate resilience and localized mapping in data-sparse regions38
Identification of key areas for Territorial Ecological Restoration: focusing on ecological security and restoration potential37
Editorial: Wind and solar energy sources: Policy, economics, and impacts on environmental quality37
The effect of land fragmentation on farmers’ rotation behavior in rural China37
Forest tourism development conflict analysis under carbon peak and neutrality goals—Based on graph model for conflict resolution37
Research on the suitability of production, living and ecological space development in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia37
Fuzzy-based group decision-making approach utilizing a 2-tuple linguistic q-rung orthopair set for the selection of optimal watershed system model37
Microplastics in indoor dust at Dhaka city: unveiling the unseen contaminants within our homes37
Impact of green fiscal policy on urban ecological resilience—evidence from China’s “comprehensive demonstration cities for energy conservation and emission reduction fiscal policy”37
Clean technology and the environment: Key issues and implications in belt and road initiative economies37
Environmental hotspots, frontiers and analytical framework of Blue Carbon research: a quantitative analysis of knowledge map based on CiteSpace37
Spatiotemporal variations of bacterial communities and functional genes in the water and sediments of a typical river influenced by reservoir operations37
The grand challenges facing environmental citizen science37
Green total factor productivity of dairy cows in China: essential facts from the perspective of regional heterogeneity37
Comprehensive evaluation and spatial-temporal differences analysis of China’s inter-provincial doing business environment based on Entropy-CoCoSo method37
Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus snails: Evidence against burrowing into the soil during the dry season37
Tell Us a Story Granddad: Age and Origin of an Iconic Australian Lungfish37
Vertical and spatial evaluation of the groundwater chemistry in the Central Nile Delta Quaternary aquifer to assess the effects of human activities and seawater intrusion36
Concentration-Dependent Impacts of Microplastics on Soil Nematode Community in Bulk Soils of Maize: Evidence From a Pot Experiment36
A critical review on advanced molecular tools for bioremediation36
What can I do as a farmer to reduce losses? Willingness to use meteorological information as an exit strategy to deal with meteorological hazards36
The impact of fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental competition on the local government debt risk: Evidence from China36
Decoupling analysis of urban water resource utilization and economic development36
The impact of environmental regulation on water resources utilization efficiency36
Assessing ecological environmental quality and conservation effectiveness in the World’s largest urban green heart using the remote sensing ecological index (RSEI) and propensity score matching (PSM)36
A Gravity Model Analysis of China’s Trade in Renewable Energy Goods With ASEAN Countries as Well as Japan and South Korea36
Taxonomic and functional diversity along successional stages on post-coalmine spoil heaps36
Agricultural nitrate attenuation in a small groundwater-influenced wetland system36
Application of gradient boosting model to forecast corporate green innovation performance36
Mechanism testing of the empowerment of green transformation and upgrading of industry by the digital economy in China36
Hydrologic simulation of a neotropical alpine catchment influenced by conductive topsoils in the Ecuadorian Andes36
Spatial heterogeneity and impact scales of driving factors of precipitation changes in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China36
Land ecological protection polices improve ecosystem services: A case study of Lishui, China36
Impact of global value chain embedding on industrial environmental performance: An empirical study based on the countries along the “Belt and Road”36
Can Application of Artificial Intelligence in Enterprises Promote the Corporate Governance?36
Research trends and conservation implications of ecological water levels in Poyang Lake35
The impact of digital transformation on low-carbon development of manufacturing35
Geomorphology-informed habitat quality dynamics and connectivity-based restoration prioritization in semi-arid coal-mining landscapes35
Plants play a crucial role in the development of soil fungal communities in the remediated substrate after EDTA washing of metal-contaminated soils35
Network representation learning based on social similarities35
Projection and assessment of future droughts in Iowa: developing a machine learning model and an interactive application35
UAVs for improving seasonal vegetation assessment in arid environments35
Grand challenges in ecosystem restoration35
The Effects of Engineered Aeration on Atmospheric Methane Flux From a Chesapeake Bay Tidal Tributary35
Factors influencing the ESG performance in reducing carbon emission: evidence from China35
Analysis of enterprise low-carbon technology innovation via a tripartite evolutionary game under dual supervision35
Comprehensive risk assessment of cadmium and arsenic contamination in karst soils from high geological background areas35
Spatial-temporal changes of NDVI in the three northeast provinces and its dual response to climate change and human activities35
Towards carbon neutrality: Improving resource efficiency of the rare earth elements in China35
Effects of Forestry Waste Neolamarckia cadamba Leaf Meal as an Additive on Fermentation Quality, Antioxidant Activity, and Bacterial Community of High-Moisture Stylo Silage35
Environmental protection and sustainable development of enterprises in China: The moderating role of media attention34
Research on stimulating mechanism and restricting factors of employees’ innovative behaviour under COVID-1934
Disaster cassification net: A disaster classification algorithm on remote sensing imagery34
Seribu islands in the megacities of Jakarta on the frontlines of the climate crisis34
Spatiotemporal model based on transformer for bias correction and temporal downscaling of forecasts34
Model emulators for the assessment of regional impacts and risks of climate change: A case study of rainfed maize production in Mexico34
Morphological and phenological shifts in semiarid grasses paralleled climate and land use changes34
Willingness to pay of multiple stakeholders for non-point source pollution control in a water conservation zone34
Enhancing the resilience of sustainable supplier management through the combination of win‒win lean practices and auditing mechanisms—An analysis from the resource-based view34
Does environmental regulation develop a greener energy efficiency for environmental sustainability in the post-COVID-19 era: Role of technological innovation34
Asymmetric decarbonization in the digital age: divergent pathways of advanced versus emerging economies34
Research on landslide ecological vulnerability assessment in alpine valley region considering spatial heterogeneity and feature optimization: a case study of Luding County34
Health assessment of natural larch forest in arxan guided by forestry remote sensing integrated with canopy feature analysis34
A Systematic Literature Review on Performance Evaluation of Power System From the Perspective of Sustainability34
Aquatic macroinvertebrate trophic guilds, functional feeding groups, and water quality of an andean urban river33
Application of feedback control to stomatal optimisation in a global land surface model33
Study on the effect of carbon trading on the carbon emission intensity of enterprises—a mechanism test based on ESG performance33
Editorial: Machine learning in studies of atmospheric environment and climate change33
On airborne tire wear particles along roads with different traffic characteristics using passive sampling and optical microscopy, single particle SEM/EDX, and µ-ATR-FTIR analyses33
More complex than expected—mapping activities and youths’ experiences at BioBlitz events to the rosette model of science communication33
Can green technology innovation alleviate the regional energy dilemma? Evidence from 30 provinces in China33
Spatial correlation study on the impact of green financial development on industrial structure upgrading33
Living on the edge: Reservoirs facilitate enhanced interactions among generalist and rheophilic fish species in tributaries33
Formation pathways, ecosystem functions, and the impacts of land use and environmental stressors on soil aggregates32
The temporal and spatial pattern evolution of land-use carbon emissions in China coastal regions and its response to green economic development32
Examining the role of digitalization and gig economy in achieving a low carbon society: an empirical study across nations32
Bioassessment of multiple stressors in Afrotropical rivers: Evaluating the performance of a macroinvertebrate-based index of biotic integrity, diversity, and regional biotic indices32
The relationship between environmental scanning and organizational resilience: Roles of process innovation and environmental uncertainty32
Do sustainable development policies in resource-based cities contribute to industrial structure upgrading? empirical evidence from China32
Study on the impact of climate physical risks on urban sustainability and resilience32
Effects of Climate Change on Hydrological Indicators of Subsurface Drainage for a Representative French Drainage Site32
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