OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Toxics is 38. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications	658
Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects	122
Effects of Co-Contamination of Microplastics and Cd on Plant Growth and Cd Accumulation	121
Recent Strategies for Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants: A Review for a Green and Sustainable Environment	111
Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment	110
Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects	104
Cadmium and Lead Exposure, Nephrotoxicity, and Mortality	96
Effects of Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury on the Structure and Function of Reproductive Organs	94
PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment	88
Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound, USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding	86
Conversion of Cannabidiol (CBD) into Psychotropic Cannabinoids Including Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC): A Controversy in the Scientific Literature	84
Indirect Effect of Pesticides on Insects and Other Arthropods	77
Cognitive Impairment Induced by Lead Exposure during Lifespan: Mechanisms of Lead Neurotoxicity	74
Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters: A Challenge from Current Treatment Methods to Nanotechnology Applications	67
Gut Microbiome Toxicity: Connecting the Environment and Gut Microbiome-Associated Diseases	66
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Fates, Impacts and Microbial Degradation	64
Pathomechanisms of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy	64
‘The Plastic Nile’: First Evidence of Microplastic Contamination in Fish from the Nile River (Cairo, Egypt)	64
Exposure Routes and Health Risks Associated with Pesticide Application	62
Insights into the Toxicity and Degradation Mechanisms of Imidacloprid Via Physicochemical and Microbial Approaches	60
Research Progress on Heavy Metals Pollution in the Soil of Smelting Sites in China	59
Effect of Polystyrene Microplastics on Rice Seed Germination and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity	58
Human Biomonitoring of Glyphosate Exposures: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Challenges	58
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Thyroid Cancer: An Overview	54
Removal of Polystyrene Microplastics from Aqueous Solution Using the Metal–Organic Framework Material of ZIF-67	50

Heavy Metal Accumulation in Rice and Aquatic Plants Used as Human Food: A General Review	50
Pharmaceutical Compounds in Aquatic Environments—Occurrence, Fate and Bioremediation Prospective	50
Chemical Constituents Involved in E-Cigarette, or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI)	48
A Review of Dietary Intake of Acrylamide in Humans	47
Effects of Soil Amendments on Heavy Metal Immobilization and Accumulation by Maize Grown in a Multiple-Metal-Contaminated Soil and Their Potential for Safe Crop Production	45
Emerging Links between Cadmium Exposure and Insulin Resistance: Human, Animal, and Cell Study Data	42
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment: Occupational and Exposure Events, Effects on Human Health and Fertility	42
The Effects of Essential and Non-Essential Metal Toxicity in the Drosophila melanogaster Insect Model: A Review	41
Biosynthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) Mitigate Arsenic Toxicity in Rice Seedlings	41
Neuropathological Mechanisms Associated with Pesticides in Alzheimer’s Disease	40
Advances in Genes-Encoding Transporters for Cadmium Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation in Plants	40
Contamination Assessment of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soil, in the Liwa Area (UAE)	39
First Evidence of Microplastics in Human Urine, a Preliminary Study of Intake in the Human Body	38