OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Toxics is 43. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Heavy Metals and Pesticides Toxicity in Agricultural Soil and Plants: Ecological Risks and Human Health Implications	1026
Recent Strategies for Bioremediation of Emerging Pollutants: A Review for a Green and Sustainable Environment	248
PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment	196
Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects	166
Nanopesticides in Agriculture: Benefits and Challenge in Agricultural Productivity, Toxicological Risks to Human Health and Environment	157
Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Recent Advances in Their Removal: A Review	141
Indirect Effect of Pesticides on Insects and Other Arthropods	127
Exposure Routes and Health Risks Associated with Pesticide Application	120
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Fates, Impacts and Microbial Degradation	112
First Evidence of Microplastics in Human Urine, a Preliminary Study of Intake in the Human Body	109
Cognitive Impairment Induced by Lead Exposure during Lifespan: Mechanisms of Lead Neurotoxicity	108
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment: Occupational and Exposure Events, Effects on Human Health and Fertility	95
Research Progress on Heavy Metals Pollution in the Soil of Smelting Sites in China	94
Removal of Polystyrene Microplastics from Aqueous Solution Using the Metal–Organic Framework Material of ZIF-67	87
Heavy Metal Accumulation in Rice and Aquatic Plants Used as Human Food: A General Review	86
Effect of Polystyrene Microplastics on Rice Seed Germination and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity	84
Pathomechanisms of Paclitaxel-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy	83
Clean-Up of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soil by Phytoremediation: A Multidisciplinary and Eco-Friendly Approach	79
Heavy Metal Contamination in the Aquatic Ecosystem: Toxicity and Its Remediation Using Eco-Friendly Approaches	72
Pharmaceutical Compounds in Aquatic Environments—Occurrence, Fate and Bioremediation Prospective	72
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Thyroid Cancer: An Overview	69
Biochar as Sustainable Alternative and Green Adsorbent for the Remediation of Noxious Pollutants: A Comprehensive Review	63
Advances in Genes-Encoding Transporters for Cadmium Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation in Plants	63
A Review of Dietary Intake of Acrylamide in Humans	59
Toxic Effects of Cadmium on Fish	57

IVIVE: Facilitating the Use of In Vitro Toxicity Data in Risk Assessment and Decision Making	54
The Source and Distribution of Tetracycline Antibiotics in China: A Review	53
Water Quality Degradation Due to Heavy Metal Contamination: Health Impacts and Eco-Friendly Approaches for Heavy Metal Remediation	51
Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Impacts on Aquatic Species and Interactions with Environmental Factors and Pollutants	51
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
Synergistic Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Bacteria Reduce Heavy Metals Toxicity in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Plant	49
Biosynthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) Mitigate Arsenic Toxicity in Rice Seedlings	49
Commonalities between Copper Neurotoxicity and Alzheimer’s Disease	48
Toxicity and Functional Tissue Responses of Two Freshwater Fish after Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastics	48
Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity Associated with Exposure to the Herbicide Atrazine	47
Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Microplastics in Tallo River, Makassar, Eastern Indonesia	47
Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Associated with Microplastics in a Lake Environment	47
Bioaccumulation and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals in Fishes—A Review	46
A Preliminary Assessment of Size-Fractionated Microplastics in Indoor Aerosol—Kuwait’s Baseline	46
Contamination Assessment of Heavy Metals in Agricultural Soil, in the Liwa Area (UAE)	46
The Health Risk and Source Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Soil of Industrial Cities in India	44
Medicinal Plant Growth in Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils: Responses to Metal Stress and Induced Risks to Human Health	43