Frontiers in Environmental Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Frontiers in Environmental Science 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impacts of the development of mineral metal resources on surface water quality in the Mongolian Plateau based on meta-analysis277
Research on the coupling coordinated development evaluation of China’s provincial technological innovation and financial support based on KGM-MOP218
Does the Belt and Road Initiative reduce smog pollution in key provinces along the route?177
Effects of turning rainforest into oil-palm plantations on silicon pools in soils within the first 20 years after the transformation166
Using Bayesian networks to map winter habitat for mountain goats in coastal British Columbia, Canada161
Analysis of spatiotemporal land use change characteristics in the upper watershed area of the Qingshui River basin from 1990 to 2020159
Will Greenland be the last refuge for the continental European small-white orchid?Niche modeling of future distribution of Pseudorchis albida152
Editorial: Climate science, solutions and services for net zero, climate-resilient food systems148
The application of biochar mitigated the negative effects of freeze-thaw on soil and nutrient loss in the restored soil of the alpine mining area136
Editorial: Crucial air quality, atmospheric environment, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries132
Remote sensing-based estimation of precipitation data (2000-2015) in Ecuador's Loja province122
Quantifying the potential health risk of surface waters in the Qinling giant panda habitat116
New momentum for data, government investment in technology, and high-quality urban development in the yellow river basin114
Biodiversity royalties: a different approach in bioeconomy114
Study on the incremental carbon sink of tea plantations under spatio-temporal variation characteristics114
A case analysis of turbulence characteristics and ozone perturbations over eastern China111
Impact of agro-geotextiles on soil aggregation and organic carbon sequestration under a conservation-tilled maize-based cropping system in the Indian Himalayas109
Dynamic association between socio-economic, environmental and logistic operations: Evidence from SSA BRI host countries109
Editorial: Biodiversity in a changing world: How do species traits reflect anthropogenic changes in aquatic ecosystems?105
Reservoir ecological operation on sediment-laden river considering wetland protection101
Eco-efficiency and its determinants of major grain-producing areas in China100
phenoC++: An open-source tool for retrieving vegetation phenology from satellite remote sensing data95
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the ambient air-pollutants over the Arabian Peninsula94
Investigating the ecological and toxicological significance of Cyanox®53 recovered from intertidal sediments and varnish clam90
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 provinces90
Industry 4.0 Powered Process Technology Innovation, Firm’s Leanness, and Eco-Environmental Performance During the COVID-19 Phase89
Visual analysis of alpine meadow research trends and hotspots based on VOS viewer87
Heterogeneity and optimization of ecological security pattern on a mountain town: A case of Tianzhu County in the Hexi Corridor, China87
Investigation of groundwater circulation models in the Jiuquan Basin86
The nonlinear relationship between digital economy and environmental pollution: evidence from 287 cities in China86
Socioeconomic adaptation to geomorphological change: An empirical study in Cigu Lagoon, southwestern coast of Taiwan85
Impact of gradient zero-valent iron pollution from steel works on soil microaggregate geochemical processes and dissipative structures84
Grandfathering or benchmarking: Which is more viable for the manufacturer’s low-carbon activities?84
Spatiotemporal variations of carbon emissions in digital economy: evidence from China82
How can green innovation promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon emission reduction in cities? Empirical evidence from 273 cities in China78
Editorial: The nexus between the transportation sector and sustainable development goals: Theoretical and practical implications78
Erratum: Industry 4.0 powered process technology innovation, firm’s leanness, and eco-environmental performance during the COVID-19 phase77
Examining impacts of policy, technology, and climate extremes on thermoelectric power production and river thermal pollution in the Midwest and Northeast of the United States77
The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment and Tourism on Carbon Emission in China77
Hydrochemical characterization and sustainability assessment of Ismailia canal water, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt: implications for human health and environmental safety76
Metagenomic assessment of nitrate-contaminated mine wastewaters and optimization of complete denitrification by indigenous enriched bacteria74
Discussing energy volatility and policy in the aftermath of the Russia–Ukraine conflict74
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 e72
The impact of energy-saving R&D on urban carbon emission performance: evidence from 218 prefecture-level cities in China71
Environmental awareness and humanities for environmental sustainability in the 21st century: rethinking development through social science lenses in the nordic nations71
An integrated framework combining multi-resolution satellite data, deep learning, and process-based modeling for urban carbon accounting70
Periphyton in urban freshwater facilitates transformation of trace organic compounds: A case study on iodinated contrast media70
Policy effect of the “blue sky plan” on air pollution, ESG investment, and financial performance of china’s steel industry69
Evaluating the barrier of typical production factor flow in the Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration based on multi-source big data68
Metal composition and contamination assessment of urban roadway dusts on the Abu Dhabi-Liwa Highway, UAE67
Provincial ecological well-being performance level measurement and its spatial-temporal evolution analysis in China66
Mapping of nighttime light trends and refugee population changes in Ukraine during the Russian–Ukrainian War66
Review of research on evaluating the ecological security of cultivated land66
Corporate environmental infringement, legal regulation, and sustainable development: punitive damages as a perspective65
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 competition65
Research and application of time-varying law of anchoring force of split-set bolt based on field measurement64
Optimal decision-making model for selecting residential green building technologies in China64
Measuring green innovation capability of ceramic firms in henan province: an integrated AHP–TOPSIS case study64
A perspective on carbon footprint of decentralized manufacturing of lithium-ion cells industrialization64
On WRF hybrid-dynamic regression approach in heavy rainfall forecasting over the Northern of Thailand63
Citizen science interactions with official geospatial information; Case studies from Mexico63
Revising the effectiveness of municipal waste management in Hong Kong62
Analysis of changes in water quality and treatment effectiveness of seven major river basins in China from 2001 to 202061
Contamination characteristics, coexistence relationships and health risk assessment of dioxins and metals in topsoil around municipal solid waste incinerator in Hainan, China61
Editorial: Advances in marine and freshwater monitoring to support aquatic ecosystem conservation and restoration61
The effect and mechanism of farmland transfer on the multidimensional relative poverty of rural women60
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 provinc59
Correction: Environmental criticism in light of environmental law legislation58
Coupled and coordinated development of China’s green economy efficiency and new-type urbanization under the dual-carbon goal57
Adaptation to globalization in renewable energy sources: Environmental implications of financial development and human capital in China57
Soil organic matter on arid saline-alkali land drives greenhouse gas emissions from artificial and natural grasslands in different directions57
Catalyst or Obstacle? Green innovation and total factor energy efficiency57
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 types57
Linking biochar physico-chemical traits to sorghum growth and soil carbon dynamics57
Utilisation of sniffer rats as a novel screening technique to accelerate remediation of contaminated soil55
The dynamics, analysis, and sustainable management of phosphorus in muck soils: a review55
Editorial: Impact of climate changes on groundwater resources55
Managing an invasive tree in coastal dunes: The importance of follow-up treatments to improve the recovery of protected habitats55
Simulating the distribution of beached litter on the northwest coast of Scotland54
Evaluation of WRF-Chem-RTFDDA dust forecasts over the MENA region using in-situ and remote-sensing observations54
Improving environmental decision-making in environmental business-management using big data and AI54
Carbon risk and corporate bankruptcy pressure: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment based on the Paris agreement54
Modulating the adsorption performance of tea waste biochar for Rhodamine B via pyrolysis temperature54
The influence of renewable and non-renewable energy on carbon emissions in Pakistan: evidence from stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology model54
Enhanced susceptibility to oiling may limit denitrification recovery in marshes subjected to woody encroachment53
Dynamic relationships among green bonds, CO2 emissions, and oil prices53
Coupling driving factors of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the yellow river basin53
Development of a cascade recognition method for short-term heavy precipitation over the Yangtze River Delta53
Two decades of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) invasion in Kansas reservoirs have minimal effects on water quality and fish communities52
Unlocking cooling potential through optimized green space configuration in Riparian buffer zones52
A snap-shot assessment of carbon emission and export in a pristine river draining permafrost peatlands (Taz River, Western Siberia)51
Using crop modeling to find solutions for wheat diseases: A review51
Calculation of inter-provincial differences in the appropriate proportioning of land transfer income to support rural revitalization51
Comparisons of climate change characteristics in typical arid regions of the Northern Hemisphere51
Research on environmental regulation, environmental protection tax, and earnings management51
Effects of forest types on soil carbon content in aggregate faction under climate transition zone51
Influence of water quality on satellite laser altimeter underwater measurement accuracy50
Spatio-temporal evolution and driving factors of land degradation in Deyang City, Sichuan province50
Waste management within the scope of environmental public awareness based on cross-sectional survey and social interviews50
Application of nitrified urine fertilizer and fecal compost for growing kohlrabi in a controlled greenhouse environment49
Simultaneous treatment of phosphorus and fluoride wastewater using acid-modified iron-loaded electrode capacitive deionization: Preparation and performance49
Comparative study on numerical simulation based on CALPUFF and wind tunnel simulation of hazardous chemical leakage accidents49
Environmental regulation, abatement strategy, and labor income share48
Editorial: Environmental impacts and risks of car tire and styrene-butadiene rubber: microplastic pollution and contaminant transport48
The green potential of artificial intelligence: revisiting energy consumption, growth, and ecological footprint in the United States48
TripleConvTransformer: A deep learning vessel trajectory prediction method fusing discretized meteorological data48
Soil column experiment and numerical simulation research of Pb migration process in the groundwater fluctuation zone based on HYDRUS48
Does green finance promote enterprises’ green technology innovation in China?47
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 basin47
Optimization and classification control of permanent basic farmland based on quality classification46
A vision-language model for predicting potential distribution land of soybean double cropping46
Governance, institutions, and climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: assessing the threshold effects46
Hydro-climatic variations, changes, and extremes in the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin46
Microplastic detectives: a citizen-science project reveals large variation in meso- and microplastic pollution along German coastlines46
Advancing economic sustainability in E7 economies: the impact of green finance, environmental benefits, and natural resource management46
Mutual effects of CO2 emission reduction and air pollution control policies in beijing-tianjin-hebei region45
Microplastics and human health risks: toward evidence-based policy and regulation in the Philippines45
Ecological risk of microplastic toxicity to earthworms in soil: A bibliometric analysis45
Effectiveness of the Swachh Bharat Mission and barriers to ending open defecation in India: a systematic review45
Heatwave-amplified atmospheric oxidation in a multi-province border area in Xuzhou, China45
The detrimental effects of dirty energy, foreign investment, and corruption on environmental quality: New evidence from Indonesia44
Integrating bioplastics into the US plastics supply chain: towards a policy research agenda for the bioplastic transition44
Leaching of chemicals and DOC from tire particles under simulated marine conditions44
Assessment of land use dynamics and vulnerability to land degradation in coal-mined landscapes of central India: implications for ecorestoration strategies44
Soil quality and its determinants in saline-alkali land of northwest China44
The effects of urbanization on air pollution based on a spatial perspective: Evidence from China44
Financial sustainability of oil and gas companies—basis for building resilience strategies44
Multiscale phenology of seasonally dry tropical forests in an aridity gradient44
The native fish diversity with environmental influencing factors in the Daqing River basin, China44
Winter warming effects on soil nitrate leaching under cover crops: A field study using high-frequency weighing lysimeters44
Spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of ecosystem service value and ecological risk in the Ulan Buh Desert43
Satellite derived trends and variability of CO2 concentrations in the Middle East during 2014–202343
Ecological integration protection and social welfare: evidence from China’s Shan-Shui initiative43
Adsorption and removal of pentavalent antimony from water by biochar prepared from modified rosa roxburghii residue43
Innovative strategies for wastewater treatment: harnessing green technologies for sustainable resource recovery. a review43
Efficacy of China’s low-carbon agricultural pilot policy: a company-farmer analysis from the middle and lower yangtze river basin, China42
Regression-based ZSG-DEA analysis of carbon allowance allocation for urban buildings in Guangxi42
The efficacy of conservation practices in reducing floods and improving water quality42
Expansion of typical lakes in Xinjiang under the combined effects of climate change and human activities41
The impact of digital technology use on farmers’ low-carbon production behavior under the background of carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality goals41
Source apportionment of water pollutants in Poyang Lake Basin in China using absolute principal component score–multiple linear regression model combined with land-use parameters41
Occurrence of glyphosate in surface and drinking water sources in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, and its removal using membrane technology41
Assessment of the agronomic value of solar-dried sludge and heavy metals bioavailability based on the bioaccumulation factor and translocation index41
Insights into the anaerobic digestion of fecal sludge and food waste in Tanzania40
Climate change and topographic differences influence grassland vegetation greening across environmental gradients40
Powering Qatar’s agricultural growth: Examining the link between electricity prices and development40
Analysis of the differences in green farming behavior of operating agents in grassland pastoral areas40
Research progress on the synergies between heat waves and canopy urban heat island and their driving factors40
Nature-based solutions for climate adaptation in small island developing states: a systematic review40
Examining the nonlinear effects of multidimensional land use efficiency on ecological resilience using the XGBoost-SHAP and GTWR model in Guangdong province40
Time to invest in the worst: a call for full genome sequencing of the 100 worst invasive species40
Spatio-temporal dynamic relationship of renewable energy penetration and CO2 emissions in China: new evidence from PMG-ARDL model and ESTDA40
Effect of land use on carbon-, nitrogen- and silica soil stocks in the South African bushveld40
Editorial: New artificial intelligence methods for remote sensing monitoring of coastal cities and environment40
Soil structural controls on soil retention in karst grasslands with different levels of rocky desertification40
Free and underfit-scavenger river dynamics dominate the large Amazonian Pacaya-Samiria wetland structure40
Spatial dependencies and long-run dynamics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in West Africa: an analysis of growth vs. emissions40
Motivating grassroots governments in low-carbon transition: comparative analysis of two quadripartite evolutionary game40
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 regions40
Spatio-temporal variation of PM2.5 pollution in Xinjiang and its causes: The growing importance in air pollution situation in China39
Editorial: Wind and solar energy sources: Policy, economics, and impacts on environmental quality39
Identification of key areas for Territorial Ecological Restoration: focusing on ecological security and restoration potential39
Cross-country comparative analysis of climate resilience and localized mapping in data-sparse regions39
Impact of green fiscal policy on urban ecological resilience—evidence from China’s “comprehensive demonstration cities for energy conservation and emission reduction fiscal policy”39
Quantifying and predicting impacts of nonnative freshwater fishes in peninsular Florida, USA39
A comprehensive wind speed forecast correction strategy with an artificial intelligence algorithm39
The effect of land fragmentation on farmers’ rotation behavior in rural China39
Comprehensive evaluation and spatial-temporal differences analysis of China’s inter-provincial doing business environment based on Entropy-CoCoSo method38
Land ecological protection polices improve ecosystem services: A case study of Lishui, China38
Taxonomic and functional diversity along successional stages on post-coalmine spoil heaps38
Clean technology and the environment: Key issues and implications in belt and road initiative economies38
Hydrologic simulation of a neotropical alpine catchment influenced by conductive topsoils in the Ecuadorian Andes38
What can I do as a farmer to reduce losses? Willingness to use meteorological information as an exit strategy to deal with meteorological hazards38
Spatial heterogeneity and impact scales of driving factors of precipitation changes in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China38
Forest tourism development conflict analysis under carbon peak and neutrality goals—Based on graph model for conflict resolution38
Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus snails: Evidence against burrowing into the soil during the dry season38
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)38
Impact of global value chain embedding on industrial environmental performance: An empirical study based on the countries along the “Belt and Road”38
Research on the suitability of production, living and ecological space development in Duolun County, Inner Mongolia38
Agricultural nitrate attenuation in a small groundwater-influenced wetland system37
The impact of fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental competition on the local government debt risk: Evidence from China37
UAVs for improving seasonal vegetation assessment in arid environments37
Towards carbon neutrality: Improving resource efficiency of the rare earth elements in China37
Decoupling analysis of urban water resource utilization and economic development37
Geomorphology-informed habitat quality dynamics and connectivity-based restoration prioritization in semi-arid coal-mining landscapes37
The impact of digital transformation on low-carbon development of manufacturing37
Plants play a crucial role in the development of soil fungal communities in the remediated substrate after EDTA washing of metal-contaminated soils37
The impact of environmental regulation on water resources utilization efficiency37
Research trends and conservation implications of ecological water levels in Poyang Lake37
Factors influencing the ESG performance in reducing carbon emission: evidence from China37
Comprehensive risk assessment of cadmium and arsenic contamination in karst soils from high geological background areas37
Health assessment of natural larch forest in arxan guided by forestry remote sensing integrated with canopy feature analysis36
More complex than expected—mapping activities and youths’ experiences at BioBlitz events to the rosette model of science communication36
Taxonomy and tendencies in sustainable finance: A comprehensive literature analysis36
Examining the role of digitalization and gig economy in achieving a low carbon society: an empirical study across nations36
Morphological and phenological shifts in semiarid grasses paralleled climate and land use changes36
Model emulators for the assessment of regional impacts and risks of climate change: A case study of rainfed maize production in Mexico36
Editorial: Machine learning in studies of atmospheric environment and climate change36
Testing the non-linear relationship between environmental policy and economic growth in China36
Morphology and phase state of PM2.5 in urban and coastal-rural areas during summer36
Network representation learning based on social similarities36
Willingness to pay of multiple stakeholders for non-point source pollution control in a water conservation zone36
Does environmental regulation develop a greener energy efficiency for environmental sustainability in the post-COVID-19 era: Role of technological innovation36
Soil microbiome in long-term onion cropping systems36
Do sustainable development policies in resource-based cities contribute to industrial structure upgrading? empirical evidence from China36
Recent and future CO2 emission trajectories and nature-based carbon neutrality potential in China under different SSP scenarios36
Research on stimulating mechanism and restricting factors of employees’ innovative behaviour under COVID-1936
Retraction: A dynamic relationship between renewable energy consumption, non-renewable energy consumption, economic growth and CO2 emissions: evidence from Asian emerging economies35
Retraction: A study on the participation of peasants in rural environmental improvement from the perspective of sustainable development35
Correction: An innovation of two established methods for monitoring water colour and clarity: participatory science using the mini- and midi- secchi disks35
Corrigendum: Deciphering the drivers of CO2 emissions in Haryana: a comprehensive analysis from 2005 to 202335
Research on the impacts of dual environmental regulation on regional carbon emissions under the goal of carbon neutrality-the intermediary role of green technology innovation35
Corrigendum: A community sustainability ecosystem modeling for water supply business in Thailand35
Effect of plot size and precipitation magnitudes on the activation of soil erosion processes using simulated rainfall experiments in vineyards35
Does the construction of an ecological civilization promote firm technology investment? a Quasi-natural experiment35
A comparative study on the tax and fee reduction policies for sustainable development: Empirical analysis from the world’s three major economies in tackling COVID-1935
Carbon emission reduction mechanism of the pharmaceutical supply chain: Quadrilateral evolutionary game models35
A study on the carbon emission reduction pathways of China’s digital economy from multiple perspectives34
Drivers of nutrient content and spatial variability of soil multifunctionality in the topsoil of Kyrgyzstan34
How to present the regional agricultural elements from the perspective of landscape in urban context? a case study of Huzhou east station square in China34
An integrated novel triangulation framework for monitoring ecosystem health and sustainability under regenerative landscapes34
Enriched spatial analysis of air pollution: Application to the city of Bogotá, Colombia34
Can China’s water tax reform promote green water resource efficiency? ——an empirical study based on 280 prefecture-level and above cities34
Enhancing stability of sandy, clayey, and silty soils through microbial biostabilization with Sporosarcina pasteurii34
Facing or retreating? Evaluating the impact of fiscal pressure and the selection preference of tax efforts among Chinese local government34
Mangroves trend and their impact on surface temperature in Al-Wajh Lagoon: a study aligned with Saudi Arabia's vision 203033
Trend analysis of long-time series habitat quality in Beijing based on multiple models33
Business environment, spatial spillover, and urban–rural income gap——an empirical test based on provincial panel data in China33
Application of gradient boosting model to forecast corporate green innovation performance33
Research on landslide ecological vulnerability assessment in alpine valley region considering spatial heterogeneity and feature optimization: a case study of Luding County33
Environmental hotspots, frontiers and analytical framework of Blue Carbon research: a quantitative analysis of knowledge map based on CiteSpace33
Land use is the major control on macroplastic debris deposition at twenty-eight urban stormwater ponds33
Vertical and spatial evaluation of the groundwater chemistry in the Central Nile Delta Quaternary aquifer to assess the effects of human activities and seawater intrusion33
Disaster cassification net: A disaster classification algorithm on remote sensing imagery33
Editorial: Better management of phosphorus fertilizer in intensive cropping systems: An approach based on integrated agronomic, ecological and environmental compromises32
Effectiveness and characteristics of atmospheric CO2 removal in croplands via enhanced weathering of industrial Ca-rich silicate byproducts32
How does consumer-to-consumer community interaction affect brand trust?32
Contaminated freshwater as a Harbinger of tropical disease spread in Europe32
Assessing water security in Central Asia through a Delphi method and a clustering analysis32
Change in phosphorus requirement with increasing grain yield for rice under saline-sodic stress in Northeast China32
Research on multi-scenario prediction and differentiated emission reduction strategies for China’s agricultural carbon peaking based on the XGBoost learning machine algorithm32
Runoff simulation and projection in the source area of the Yellow River using the SWAT model and SSPs scenarios32
Promotion or inhibition? Public environmental attention and corporate total factor productivity: a chain mediating model32
Efficiency analysis of best management practices under climate change conditions in the So-okcheon watershed, South Korea32
Evaluation of properties and formaldehyde removal efficiency of biocarbon prepared at variable pyrolytic temperatures32
Network attention and carbon dioxide emission performance of agricultural enterprises: Empirical evidence from China’s baidu search index32
Pharmaceutical compounds in urban drinking waters of Ecuador31
Can green technology innovation alleviate the regional energy dilemma? Evidence from 30 provinces in China31
Spatial correlation study on the impact of green financial development on industrial structure upgrading31
Revealing the impact of urbanization on landscape ecological risk: a case study of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China31
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