OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Science & Technology Letters is 16. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in Water and Wastewater	336
Occurrence of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polycarbonate Microplastics in Infant and Adult Feces	218
Historical Redlining Is Associated with Present-Day Air Pollution Disparities in U.S. Cities	199
Exhaled CO₂ as a COVID-19 Infection Risk Proxy for Different Indoor Environments and Activities	195
6PPD-Quinone: Revised Toxicity Assessment and Quantification with a Commercial Standard	145
Fluorinated Compounds in North American Cosmetics	137
Acute Toxicity of the Tire Rubber-Derived Chemical 6PPD-quinone to Four Fishes of Commercial, Cultural, and Ecological Importance	133
Longitudinal Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on High-Touch Surfaces in a Community Setting	132
Population-Wide Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Drinking Water in the United States	130
Air Pollutant Correlations in China: Secondary Air Pollutant Responses to NO_x and SO₂ Control	123
Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Surfaces: Risks and Risk Reduction Strategies	123
Acute Toxicity of a Tire Rubber-Derived Chemical, 6PPD Quinone, to Freshwater Fish and Crustacean Species	116
Four-Month Changes in Air Quality during and after the COVID-19 Lockdown in Six Megacities in China	114
Occurrences of Tire Rubber-Derived Contaminants in Cold-Climate Urban Runoff	112
Increased Indoor Exposure to Commonly Used Disinfectants during the COVID-19 Pandemic	109
Occurrence of Substituted p-Phenylenediamine Antioxidants in Dusts	105
Wastewater-Based Detection of Two Influenza Outbreaks	103
Quantification of Nanoplastic Uptake in Cucumber Plants by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry	102
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	99
Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin	94
Release of Microplastics from Discarded Surgical Masks and Their Adverse Impacts on the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus	93
Driving Forces of Changes in Air Quality during the COVID-19 Lockdown Period in the Yangtze River Delta Region, China	91
The Widespread Environmental Footprint of Indigo Denim Microfibers from Blue Jeans	83
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) RNA in Wastewater Settled Solids Reflects RSV Clinical Positivity Rates	80
Reducing Mortality from Air Pollution in the United States by Targeting Specific Emission Sources	79

Microplastics Mitigation in Sewage Sludge through Pyrolysis: The Role of Pyrolysis Temperature	77
Revealing Drivers of Haze Pollution by Explainable Machine Learning	77
Communicating Confidence of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Identification via High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry	76
Quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant B.1.1.7 Tracking in Wastewater by Allele-Specific RT-qPCR	75
Quantifying the Dynamics of Polystyrene Microplastics UV-Aging Process	74
The Air That We Breathe: Neutral and Volatile PFAS in Indoor Air	71
Significance of Hyporheic Exchange for Predicting Microplastic Fate in Rivers	69
Inactivation of Coronaviruses and Phage Phi6 from Irradiation across UVC Wavelengths	65
Defining the Scope of Exposome Studies and Research Needs from a Multidisciplinary Perspective	65
Harmful Algal Blooms in Chinese Coastal Waters Will Persist Due to Perturbed Nutrient Ratios	64
Challenges with Quantifying Tire Road Wear Particles: Recognizing the Need for Further Refinement of the ISO Technical Specification	60
Computer-Assisted Analysis of Microplastics in Environmental Samples Based on μFTIR Imaging in Combination with Machine Learning	55
On the Relevancy of Observed Ozone Increase during COVID-19 Lockdown to Summertime Ozone and PM_2.5 Control Policies in China	54
Single-Use Face Masks as a Potential Source of Synthetic Antioxidants to the Environment	53
Exposure to the Tire Rubber-Derived Contaminant 6PPD-Quinone Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction In Vitro	52
Updated World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines Highlight the Importance of Non-anthropogenic PM_2.5	51
Reconstructing the Composition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Contemporary Aqueous Film-Forming Foams	51
Wastewater Surveillance during Mass COVID-19 Vaccination on a College Campus	51
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	50
Transformation Product Formation upon Heterogeneous Ozonation of the Tire Rubber Antioxidant 6PPD (N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine)	49
Tweak in Puzzle: Tailoring Membrane Chemistry and Structure toward Targeted Removal of Organic Micropollutants for Water Reuse	49
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Interactions with Plant Species: Trends, Meta-Analysis, and Perspectives	48
Widespread N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine Quinone in Size-Fractioned Atmospheric Particles and Dust of Different Indoor Environments	47
The Tire-Derived Chemical 6PPD-quinone Is Lethally Toxic to the White-Spotted Char Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius but Not to Two Other Salmonid Species	47
Probing the Contributions of Interior and Exterior Channels of Nanofillers toward the Enhanced Separation Performance of a Thin-Film Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membrane	46
Characterization of Individual Tire and Road Wear Particles in Environmental Road Dust, Tunnel Dust, and Sediment	46
From Waste Collection Vehicles to Landfills: Indication of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Transformation	46
Presumptive Contamination: A New Approach to PFAS Contamination Based on Likely Sources	45
Atmospheric OH Oxidation Chemistry of Particulate Liquid Crystal Monomers: An Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutant in Air	45
Discerning the Relevance of Superoxide in PFOA Degradation	44
Structure-Specific Aerobic Defluorination of Short-Chain Fluorinated Carboxylic Acids by Activated Sludge Communities	43
Microfibers Released into the Air from a Household Tumble Dryer	43
Overlooked Nonagricultural and Wintertime Agricultural NH₃ Emissions in Quzhou County, North China Plain: Evidence from ¹⁵N-Stable Isotopes	43
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Facemasks: Potential Source of Human Exposure to PFAS with Implications for Disposal to Landfills	42
Zika Virus RNA Persistence in Sewage	41
Unlocking the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Changes in Thermal Electricity Generation Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Europe	41
Trophic Magnification of Short-Chain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Terrestrial Food Chain from the Tibetan Plateau	41
Maternal Exposure to Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastics Causes Fetal Growth Restriction in Mice	41
Fast and Easy Disinfection of Coronavirus-Contaminated Face Masks Using Ozone Gas Produced by a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Generator	40
Tissue-Specific Distribution of Legacy and Novel Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Juvenile Seabirds	40
Secondary Organic Aerosol from Typical Chinese Domestic Cooking Emissions	39
Evaluating the Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Contaminated Groundwater with Different Adsorbents Using a Suspect Screening Approach	39
Stay-at-Home Orders during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Urban Water Use	38
Emerging Chlorinated Polyfluorinated Polyether Compounds Impacting the Waters of Southwestern New Jersey Identified by Use of Nontargeted Analysis	38
Dark Chemistry during Bleach Cleaning Enhances Oxidation of Organics and Secondary Organic Aerosol Production Indoors	37
Long-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins Have Reached the Arctic	37
Evidence for Large Amounts of Brown Carbonaceous Tarballs in the Himalayan Atmosphere	35
E-Waste Recycling Emits Large Quantities of Emerging Aromatic Amines and Organophosphites: A Poorly Recognized Source for Another Two Classes of Synthetic Antioxidants	35
Unprecedented Ambient Sulfur Trioxide (SO₃) Detection: Possible Formation Mechanism and Atmospheric Implications	35
Large Plastic Debris Dumps: New Biodiversity Hot Spots Emerging on the Deep-Sea Floor	34

Evidence for the Formation of Imidazole from Carbonyls and Reduced Nitrogen Species at the Individual Particle Level in the Ambient Atmosphere	34
Photochemical Transformation Pathways of Nitrates from Photocatalytic NOx Oxidation: Implications for Controlling Secondary Pollutants	34
GREENER Pharmaceuticals for More Sustainable Healthcare	34
p-Phenylenediamine-Derived Quinones as New Contributors to the Oxidative Potential of Fine Particulate Matter	34
Atmospheric Deposition and Annual Flux of Legacy Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Replacement Perfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acids in Wilmington, NC, USA	33
Atmospheric Ammonia in Beijing during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Concentrations, Sources, and Implications	33
Recent Slowdown of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in China Driven by Stabilized Coal Production	32
Analysis of Fecal Sludges Reveals Common Enteric Pathogens in Urban Maputo, Mozambique	32
Developing Unique Nontarget High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Signatures to Track Contaminant Sources in Urban Waters	32
Dry Heat as a Decontamination Method for N95 Respirator Reuse	32
Ubiquitous Production of Organosulfates during Treatment of Organic Contaminants with Sulfate Radicals	31
Cannabis and the Environment: What Science Tells Us and What We Still Need to Know	31
Development of Electrospun Nanofibrous Filters for Controlling Coronavirus Aerosols	31
Comparative Study of Particulate Organosulfates in Contrasting Atmospheric Environments: Field Evidence for the Significant Influence of Anthropogenic Sulfate and NO_x	30
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Canadian Fast Food Packaging	30
Organophosphate Esters and Their Metabolites in Breast Milk from the United States: Breastfeeding Is an Important Exposure Pathway for Infants	30
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Toilet Paper and the Impact on Wastewater Systems	30
Superoxide and Nitrous Acid Production from Nitrate Photolysis Is Enhanced by Dissolved Aliphatic Organic Matter	30
Selection of a SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate for Use in Surface Disinfection Efficacy Studies with Chlorine and Antimicrobial Surfaces	29
Humidity-Dependent Survival of an Airborne Influenza A Virus: Practical Implications for Controlling Airborne Viruses	29
A Taste for New Psychoactive Substances: Wastewater Analysis Study of 10 Countries	29
First Evidence of Contamination in Aquatic Organisms with Organic Light-Emitting Materials	29
Fast Generation of Perfluoroalkyl Acids from Polyfluoroalkyl Amine Oxides in Aerobic Soils	29
Formation of Gas-Phase Hydrogen Peroxide via Multiphase Ozonolysis of Unsaturated Lipids	28
Persistence of Dengue (Serotypes 2 and 3), Zika, Yellow Fever, and Murine Hepatitis Virus RNA in Untreated Wastewater	28
Nanosecond Transient Absorption of Hydrated Electrons and Reduction of Linear Perfluoroalkyl Acids and Sulfonates	28
Enzymatic Degradation of Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastics by Bacterial Curli Display PETase	28
Respiratory Aerosol Emissions from Vocalization: Age and Sex Differences Are Explained by Volume and Exhaled CO₂	28
Satellites Detect a Methane Ultra-emission Event from an Offshore Platform in the Gulf of Mexico	28
Quantitative Determination of Hydroxymethanesulfonate (HMS) Using Ion Chromatography and UHPLC-LTQ-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry: A Missing Source of Sulfur during Haze Episodes in Beijing	28
More than a Tripledemic: Influenza A Virus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, SARS-CoV-2, and Human Metapneumovirus in Wastewater during Winter 2022–2023	27
National and Intraurban Air Pollution Exposure Disparity Estimates in the United States: Impact of Data-Aggregation Spatial Scale	27
Urban Roadway Runoff Is Lethal to Juvenile Coho, Steelhead, and Chinook Salmonids, But Not Congeneric Sockeye	27
Intracellular and Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Airborne PM_2.5 for Respiratory Exposure in Urban Areas	26
Honey Maps the Pb Fallout from the 2019 Fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris: A Geochemical Perspective	26
Biotransformation of Chemicals in Water–Sediment Suspensions: Influencing Factors and Implications for Persistence Assessment	26
COVID-19 Lockdowns Afford the First Satellite-Based Confirmation That Vehicles Are an Under-recognized Source of Urban NH₃ Pollution in Los Angeles	25
Transportable Automated HRMS Platform “MS²field” Enables Insights into Water-Quality Dynamics in Real Time	25
Unraveling the Role of Mn(VI) and Mn(V) Species in Contaminant Abatement by Permanganate	25
Impact of COVID-19 Controls on the Use of Illicit Drugs and Alcohol in Australia	25
Polystyrene Microplastics Affect the Reproductive Performance of Male Mice and Lipid Homeostasis in Their Offspring	25
Temporal Archive of Atmospheric Microplastic Deposition Presented in Ombrotrophic Peat	25
Chromophoric Fingerprinting of Brown Carbon from Residential Biomass Burning	24
Biofilm Formation Influences the Wettability and Settling of Microplastics	24
UV 222 nm Emission from KrCl* Excimer Lamps Greatly Improves Advanced Oxidation Performance in Water Treatment	24
Regional Replacement of SARS-CoV-2 Variant Omicron BA.1 with BA.2 as Observed through Wastewater Surveillance	24
Chemical Forms of Mercury in Blue Marlin Billfish: Implications for Human Exposure	24
Combined Use of Total Fluorine and Oxidative Fingerprinting for Quantitative Determination of Side-Chain Fluorinated Polymers in Textiles	24
First Detection of Monkeypox Virus Genome in Sewersheds in France: The Potential of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Monitoring Emerging Disease	24
Human-Health Impacts of Controlling Secondary Air Pollution Precursors	24
A Time-Series Record during COVID-19 Lockdown Shows the High Resilience of Dissolved Heavy Metals in the Ganga River	24
A Direct Mass Spectrometry Method for the Rapid Analysis of Ubiquitous Tire-Derived Toxin N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine Quinone (6-PPDQ)	24
Interpretation of Reductive PFAS Defluorination with Quantum Chemical Parameters	24
Magnetic Particles Unintentionally Emitted from Anthropogenic Sources: Iron and Steel Plants	23
An Estimate of the Amount of Geological CO₂ Storage over the Period of 1996–2020	23
Contribution of Microplastics to Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetland Sediments	23
Recent Advances in the Study of the Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Compound (PAC)-Contaminated Soils: Transformation Products, Toxicity, and Bioavailability Analyses	23
Model Evaluation of Secondary Chemistry due to Disinfection of Indoor Air with Germicidal Ultraviolet Lamps	22
Impact of Sampling Type, Frequency, and Scale of the Collection System on SARS-CoV-2 Quantification Fidelity	22
Comparison of Ion Selectivity in Electrodialysis and Capacitive Deionization	22
Importance of Semivolatile/Intermediate-Volatility Organic Compounds to Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Chinese Domestic Cooking Emissions	22
Roles of Sulfur Oxidation Pathways in the Variability in Stable Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Sulfate Aerosols at an Urban Site in Beijing, China	22
Size-Resolved Field Performance of Low-Cost Sensors for Particulate Matter Air Pollution	22
A Comprehensive Statewide Spatiotemporal Stream Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in an Agricultural Region of the United States	21
Long-Term Warming Decreases Redox Capacity of Soil Organic Matter	21
Identification of an Analytical Method Interference for Perfluorobutanoic Acid in Biological Samples	21
Estimating Alcohol Consumption by Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: An Assessment of the Correction Factor for Ethyl Sulfate Using Large-Scale National Monitoring Data	21
3D Printing-Induced Fine Particle and Volatile Organic Compound Emission: An Emerging Health Risk	21
Occurrence of Multiple Bisphenol S Derivatives in Breast Milk from Chinese Lactating Women and Implications for Exposure in Breast-fed Infants	21
Integration of 103 Semivolatile Organic Compounds into One Multianalyte Method for Human Serum Analysis: An Innovative Approach within Exposure Assessment	21
Use of Short Duration Measurements to Estimate Methane Emissions at Oil and Gas Production Sites	21
Viable Norovirus Persistence in Water Microcosms	21
Formation of Oxidized Gases and Secondary Organic Aerosol from a Commercial Oxidant-Generating Electronic Air Cleaner	20
Total Oxidizable Precursor (TOP) Assay─Best Practices, Capabilities and Limitations for PFAS Site Investigation and Remediation	20
Development and Application of a Polydimethylsiloxane-Based Passive Air Sampler to Assess Personal Exposure to SARS-CoV-2	20
Aquifer-Scale Observations of Iron Redox Transformations in Arsenic-Impacted Environments to Predict Future Contamination	20
Exposures to Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments and Associations with the Gut Microbiomes of Children	20
Chemical Boundary Layer and Its Impact on Air Pollution in Northern China	20
Enhanced Methane Recovery from Waste-Activated Sludge by Alginate-Degrading Consortia: The Overlooked Role of Alginate in Extracellular Polymeric Substances	20
Environmental Occurrence and Toxicity of 6PPD Quinone, an Emerging Tire Rubber-Derived Chemical: A Review	20

Levels and Temporal Trends of Trifluoroacetate (TFA) in Archived Plants: Evidence for Increasing Emissions of Gaseous TFA Precursors over the Last Decades	20
Quantum Machine Learning Approach for Studying Atmospheric Cluster Formation	20
Integrating a Chemicals Perspective into the Global Plastic Treaty	20
Photolysis of Nitroaromatic Compounds under Sunlight: A Possible Daytime Photochemical Source of Nitrous Acid?	20
Reduced Aerosol Uptake of Hydroperoxyl Radical May Increase the Sensitivity of Ozone Production to Volatile Organic Compounds	20
Aging Processes Dramatically Alter the Protein Corona Constitution, Cellular Internalization, and Cytotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoplastics	19
Durable Plastic Goods: A Source of Microplastics and Chemical Additives in the Built and Natural Environments	19
Under-reporting Potential of Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) under High-Ionic Strength Conditions	19
Unwanted Indoor Air Quality Effects from Using Ultraviolet C Lamps for Disinfection	19
Estimating Absorption Ångström Exponent of Black Carbon Aerosol by Coupling Multiwavelength Absorption with Chemical Composition	19
High-Efficiency Capture and Recovery of Anionic Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Water Using PVA/PDDA Nanofibrous Membranes with Near-Zero Energy Consumption	19
Accelerated Hydrolysis Method for Producing Partially Degraded Polyester Microplastic Fiber Reference Materials	19
Understanding Failure Modes of NSF/ANSI 53 Lead-Certified Point-of-Use Pitcher and Faucet Filters	19
Rapid and Reproducible Characterization of the Wavelength Dependence of Aquatic Photochemical Reactions Using Light-Emitting Diodes	19
Application of Single-Particle ICP-MS to Determine the Mass Distribution and Number Concentrations of Environmental Nanoparticles and Colloids	19
Exposure and Blood–Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier Permeability of PFASs in Neonates	19
Increased Human Exposure to Organophosphate Esters via Ingestion of Drinking Water from Water Dispensers: Sources, Influencing Factors, and Exposure Assessment	18
A Statistical Approach for Identifying Private Wells Susceptible to Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination	18
Two Typical Glycosylated Metabolites of Tetrabromobisphenol A Formed in Plants: Excretion and Deglycosylation in Plant Root Zones	18
Lead Phosphate Particles in Tap Water: Challenges for Point-of-Use Filters	18
The Potential of Sewage Sludge to Predict and Evaluate the Human Chemical Exposome	18
Consistent Metrics Needed for Quantifying Methane Emissions from Upstream Oil and Gas Operations	18
Large Emissions of Low-Volatility Siloxanes during Residential Oven Use	18
Strong Impacts of Legitimate Open Burning on Brown Carbon Aerosol in Northeast China	18
Constraining Microplastic Particle Emission Flux from the Ocean	18
High Concentrations of Unidentified Extractable Organofluorine Observed in Blubber from a Greenland Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)	18
Influence of the Arctic Sea-Ice Regime Shift on Sea-Ice Methylated Mercury Trends	17
Monitoring Human Exposure to Organophosphate Esters: Comparing Silicone Wristbands with Spot Urine Samples as Predictors of Internal Dose	17
Real-Time Measurements of Botanical Disinfectant Emissions, Transformations, and Multiphase Inhalation Exposures in Buildings	17
Model-Based Theoretical Evaluation of the Feasibility of Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Monitor Monkeypox	17
Complementing RNA Detection with Pharmaceutical Monitoring for Early Warning of Viral Outbreaks through Wastewater-Based Epidemiology	17
White Rot Fungi Produce Novel Tire Wear Compound Metabolites and Reveal Underappreciated Amino Acid Conjugation Pathways	17
Isotopic Labeling Reveals Microbial Methane Oxidation Coupled to Fe(III) Mineral Reduction in Sediments from an As-Contaminated Aquifer	17
Novel Multiplexed Amplicon-Based Sequencing to Quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA from Wastewater	17
Discovery of a Potent Source of Gaseous Amines in Urban China	17
Real-Time Laboratory Measurements of VOC Emissions, Removal Rates, and Byproduct Formation from Consumer-Grade Oxidation-Based Air Cleaners	17
A Cocktail of Industrial Chemicals in Lipstick and Nail Polish: Profiles and Health Implications	17
The High Complexity of Plastic Additives in Hand Wipes	17
Biochar Fine Particles Enhance Uptake of Benzo(a)pyrene to Macrophages and Epithelial Cells via Different Mechanisms	16
Sunlight-Induced Transformation of Tire Rubber Antioxidant N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) to 6PPD-Quinone in Water	16
Significant Reduction in Fine Particulate Matter in Beijing during 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics	16
Mobile Near-Field Measurements of Biomass Burning Volatile Organic Compounds: Emission Ratios and Factor Analysis	16
Early Life Exposure to Tris(2-butoxyethyl) Phosphate (TBOEP) Is Related to the Development of Childhood Asthma	16
Reduction of Global Life Expectancy Driven by Trade-Related Transboundary Air Pollution	16
Thermal Decomposition of PFAS: Response to Comment on “Thermal Stability and Decomposition of Perfluoroalkyl Substances on Spent Granular Activated Carbon”	16
Dechlorane Plus in the Global Atmosphere	16