OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Science & Technology Letters is 45. 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
Occurrence of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polycarbonate Microplastics in Infant and Adult Feces	242
Historical Redlining Is Associated with Present-Day Air Pollution Disparities in U.S. Cities	224
Exhaled CO₂ as a COVID-19 Infection Risk Proxy for Different Indoor Environments and Activities	203
6PPD-Quinone: Revised Toxicity Assessment and Quantification with a Commercial Standard	162
Acute Toxicity of the Tire Rubber-Derived Chemical 6PPD-quinone to Four Fishes of Commercial, Cultural, and Ecological Importance	161
Fluorinated Compounds in North American Cosmetics	151
Longitudinal Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on High-Touch Surfaces in a Community Setting	133
Acute Toxicity of a Tire Rubber-Derived Chemical, 6PPD Quinone, to Freshwater Fish and Crustacean Species	133
Occurrences of Tire Rubber-Derived Contaminants in Cold-Climate Urban Runoff	132
Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Surfaces: Risks and Risk Reduction Strategies	126
Occurrence of Substituted p-Phenylenediamine Antioxidants in Dusts	123
Wastewater-Based Detection of Two Influenza Outbreaks	114
Quantification of Nanoplastic Uptake in Cucumber Plants by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry	109
Scaling of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Settled Solids from Multiple Wastewater Treatment Plants to Compare Incidence Rates of Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 in Their Sewersheds	100
Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin	99
Release of Microplastics from Discarded Surgical Masks and Their Adverse Impacts on the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus	95
Revealing Drivers of Haze Pollution by Explainable Machine Learning	94
Communicating Confidence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Identification via High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry	91
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RNA in Wastewater Settled Solids Reflects RSV Clinical Positivity Rates	84
The Air That We Breathe: Neutral and Volatile PFAS in Indoor Air	82
Quantifying the Dynamics of Polystyrene Microplastics UV-Aging Process	80
Defining the Scope of Exposome Studies and Research Needs from a Multidisciplinary Perspective	79
Quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant B.1.1.7 Tracking in Wastewater by Allele-Specific RT-qPCR	77
Harmful Algal Blooms in Chinese Coastal Waters Will Persist Due to Perturbed Nutrient Ratios	69
Inactivation of Coronaviruses and Phage Phi6 from Irradiation across UVC Wavelengths	68

First Report on the Occurrence of N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) and 6PPD-Quinone as Pervasive Pollutants in Human Urine from South China	68
Challenges with Quantifying Tire Road Wear Particles: Recognizing the Need for Further Refinement of the ISO Technical Specification	63
Computer-Assisted Analysis of Microplastics in Environmental Samples Based on μFTIR Imaging in Combination with Machine Learning	62
Exposure to the Tire Rubber-Derived Contaminant 6PPD-Quinone Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction In Vitro	60
Widespread N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine Quinone in Size-Fractioned Atmospheric Particles and Dust of Different Indoor Environments	59
Single-Use Face Masks as a Potential Source of Synthetic Antioxidants to the Environment	59
Updated World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines Highlight the Importance of Non-anthropogenic PM_2.5	58
Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources	58
Transformation Product Formation upon Heterogeneous Ozonation of the Tire Rubber Antioxidant 6PPD (N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine)	58
The Tire-Derived Chemical 6PPD-quinone Is Lethally Toxic to the White-Spotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius but Not to Two Other Salmonid Species	57
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Interactions with Plant Species: Trends, Meta-Analysis, and Perspectives	56
On the Relevancy of Observed Ozone Increase during COVID-19 Lockdown to Summertime Ozone and PM_2.5 Control Policies in China	55
Reconstructing the Composition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contemporary Aqueous Film-Forming Foams	55
Tweak in Puzzle: Tailoring Membrane Chemistry and Structure toward Targeted Removal of Organic Micropollutants for Water Reuse	55
Wastewater Surveillance during Mass COVID-19 Vaccination on a College Campus	52
Structure-Specific Aerobic Defluorination of Short-Chain Fluorinated Carboxylic Acids by Activated Sludge Communities	50
Microfibers Released into the Air from a Household Tumble Dryer	49
Characterization of Individual Tire and Road Wear Particles in Environmental Road Dust, Tunnel Dust, and Sediment	48
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Facemasks: Potential Source of Human Exposure to PFAS with Implications for Disposal to Landfills	46
Fast and Easy Disinfection of Coronavirus-Contaminated Face Masks Using Ozone Gas Produced by a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Generator	45