OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Toxics is 41. 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
Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications	951
Recent Strategies for Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants: A Review for a Green and Sustainable Environment	217
PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment	170
Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects	151
Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment	140
Indirect Effect of Pesticides on Insects and Other Arthropods	119
Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Recent Advances in Their Removal: A Review	109
Exposure Routes and Health Risks Associated with Pesticide Application	106
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Fates, Impacts and Microbial Degradation	102
Cognitive Impairment Induced by Lead Exposure during Lifespan: Mechanisms of Lead Neurotoxicity	102
Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters: A Challenge from Current Treatment Methods to Nanotechnology Applications	95
First Evidence of Microplastics in Human Urine, a Preliminary Study of Intake in the Human Body	85
Research Progress on Heavy Metals Pollution in the Soil of Smelting Sites in China	85
Effect of Polystyrene Microplastics on Rice Seed Germination and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity	84
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment: Occupational and Exposure Events, Effects on Human Health and Fertility	83
Pathomechanisms of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy	83
Removal of Polystyrene Microplastics from Aqueous Solution Using the Metal–Organic Framework Material of ZIF-67	81
Heavy Metal Accumulation in Rice and Aquatic Plants Used as Human Food: A General Review	76
Pharmaceutical Compounds in Aquatic Environments—Occurrence, Fate and Bioremediation Prospective	70
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Thyroid Cancer: An Overview	69
Clean-Up of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil by Phytoremediation: A Multidisciplinary and Eco-Friendly Approach	67
Heavy Metal Contamination in the Aquatic Ecosystem: Toxicity and Its Remediation Using Eco-Friendly Approaches	61
A Review of Dietary Intake of Acrylamide in Humans	59
Advances in Genes-Encoding Transporters for Cadmium Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation in Plants	58
Biochar as Sustainable Alternative and Green Adsorbent for the Remediation of Noxious Pollutants: A Comprehensive Review	57

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	55
IVIVE: Facilitating the Use of In Vitro Toxicity Data in Risk Assessment and Decision Making	54
Toxic Effects of Cadmium on Fish	52
Metals Bioaccumulation in 15 Commonly Consumed Fishes from the Lower Meghna River and Adjacent Areas of Bangladesh and Associated Human Health Hazards	50
The Effects of Essential and Non-Essential Metal Toxicity in the Drosophila melanogaster Insect Model: A Review	49
Biosynthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) Mitigate Arsenic Toxicity in Rice Seedlings	49
Synergistic Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Bacteria Reduce Heavy Metals Toxicity in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Plant	49
Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Associated with Microplastics in a Lake Environment	47
Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Impacts on Aquatic Species and Interactions with Environmental Factors and Pollutants	47
Toxicity and Functional Tissue Responses of Two Freshwater Fish after Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastics	46
A Relevant Screening of Organic Contaminants Present on Freshwater and Pre-Production Microplastics	44
The Source and Distribution of Tetracycline Antibiotics in China: A Review	44
Contamination Assessment of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soil, in the Liwa Area (UAE)	44
Commonalities between Copper Neurotoxicity and Alzheimer’s Disease	44
Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity Associated with Exposure to the Herbicide Atrazine	42
Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Microplastics in Tallo River, Makassar, Eastern Indonesia	41
Levels of Mercury, Methylmercury and Selenium in Fish: Insights into Children Food Safety	41
Perfluoroalkyl Acid Binding with Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors α, γ, and δ, and Fatty Acid Binding Proteins by Equilibrium Dialysis with a Comparison of Methods	41