Science of the Total Environment

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science of the Total Environment is 162. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Is soil contamination a missing driver of soil heterotrophic respiration in land surface models? A study case with copper –1284
Impact of cord blood cadmium concentration on neonatal secondary sex ratio: The Japan Environment and Children's Study858
The evolutive role of shoot apical meristems in the adaptation of angiosperms to life at sea and the jump to potential environmental biotechnology applications665
Impact of East-Asian monsoon on sandstorm activities over the past half century: Insights from a genetic algorithm509
Advanced materials - Food grade melatonin-loaded Lipid Surfactant Submicron Particles (LSSP)–environmental impacts500
Soil physical structure drives N-glycan mediated trophic interactions in soil amoebae: Mechanisms and environmental implications448
Response to comments on Vengosh et al. (2022): The strontium isotope fingerprint of phosphate rocks mining442
Letter to the Editor “Three cases infected with omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in Ningbo: Case series study”442
A novel seaweed detection image processing and validation framework: A pragmatic study on natural seaweed beds along North-West Coast of India426
Integration of the partition effect into the model of non-aqueous phase liquid solubilization by non-ionic surfactant421
Integrating satellite information, land use regression, and machine learning to estimate the spatiotemporal variation of ionic composition in PM2.5 across Taiwan412
Journey of pathogen-loaded macroplastics in a gravel-bed mountain river: Hydrological and geomorphological controls in a probabilistic framework400
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Canada, and its association to lake acid sensitivity398
Mineral UV filters and their effects on Pocillopora damicornis metabolome392
Resilience of the sea urchin Arbacia dufresnii to a shrimp wastewater spill: Recovery after a disease outbreak384
Low frequency changes in CO2 concentration in East Asia related to Pacific decadal oscillation and Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation for mid-summer and early fall379
Toxic arsenolipids bioaccumulate in the developing brain of pilot whales373
Evaluation and measurement of tropospheric glyoxal retrieved from MAX-DOAS in Shenzhen, China368
Dissolved rare earth elements in the Pearl River Delta: Using Gd as a tracer of anthropogenic activity from river towards the sea367
Comparative analysis of rare earth elements concentrations in domestic dogs and Apennine wolves of Central Italy: Influence of biological, nutritional, and lifestyle factors358
Persistence of human- and cattle-associated Bacteroidales and mitochondrial DNA markers in freshwater mesocosms346
Selective sorption and desorption of DOM in Podzol horizons — DOC and aluminium contents of leachates from a column experiment343
Climate risks to fishing species and fisheries in the China Seas340
Genomic mapping of wastewater bacteriophage may predict potential bacterial pathogens infecting the community329
An eco-friendly self-assembled catalyst preparation and study of tetracycline degradation: Performance, mechanism to application328
The importance of population contextual data for large-scale biomonitoring using an apex predator: The Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)326
Predicting arsenic and manganese contamination in private well water with Machine Learning: An integrated analysis of geologic, well construction, and permitting data324
Effects of one-year exposure to ocean acidification on two species of abalone321
Co-analysis of total suspended particles and discharge reveals the dynamic of mercury input into glacier meltwater runoff in the northern Tibetan Plateau321
Water use strategy determines the effectiveness of internal water storage for trees growing in biofilters subject to repeated droughts319
Effects of chronic exposure to the new insecticide sulfoxaflor in combination with a SDHI fungicide in a solitary bee318
Random forest insights in prioritizing factors and risk areas of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urban agglomeration area314
The integrating sphere system plus in-situ absorption monitoring: A new scheme to study absorption enhancement of black carbon in ambient aerosols311
Mapping and modeling riverine sand and gravel mining at the sub-continental scale: A case study for India302
An ensemble framework for farmland quality evaluation based on machine learning and physical models301
Charting water quality improvements and practice reversion with pesticide interventions at catchment scale297
Simulation and experimental study of gas-phase diffusion coefficient of selenium dioxide295
Using HRMS fingerprinting to explore micropollutant contamination in soil and vegetables caused by swine wastewater irrigation293
Associations of benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles with estrogens and androgens among pregnant women: A cohort study with repeated measurements290
Multiresidue method for the fast and efficient analysis of current-use pesticides in streambed sediments using pressurized liquid extraction288
Soil processes modify the composition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from CO2- and CH4-dominated geogenic and landfill gases: A comprehensive study284
Effects of liming on oxic and anoxic N2O and CO2 production in different horizons of boreal acid sulfate soil and non-acid soil under controlled conditions282
A recent Cannabis pollen increase on the Iberian Pyrenees278
Peruvian marine ecosystems under metal contamination: First insights for marine species consumption and sustainable management277
Divergent prokaryotic microbial assembly, co-existence patterns and functions in surrounding river sediments of a Cu-polymetallic deposit in Tibet274
Impact of chemical mixtures from wastewater treatment plant effluents on human immune cell activation: An effect-based analysis272
Controls on blowout evolution in southern Portugal: A 49-year analysis268
Linking new national active biomonitoring data with stream macroinvertebrate communities suggests large-scale effects of toxic contamination on freshwater ecosystems262
Developing a model-ready highly resolved HONO emission inventory in Guangdong using domestic measured emission factors257
The potential of biomass-derived bio-liquid to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 from waste and its production-based life cycle assessment255
Ecotoxicological effects of common fungicides on the eastern honeybee Apis cerana cerana (Hymenoptera)252
Unveiling the underwater threat: Exploring cadmium's adverse effects on tilapia249
Exploring the glycoprotein washing fluid-assisted cleanup for the restoration of oil-contaminated shorelines with environmental integrity247
Risk assessment of predatory lady beetle Propylea japonica's multi-generational exposure to three non-insecticidal agrochemicals246
The predictive machine learning model of a hydrated inverse vulcanized copolymer for effective mercury sequestration from wastewater244
Grazer-mediated regeneration of methylmercury, inorganic mercury, and other metals in freshwater244
Source emission and attribution of a large airport in Central China240
Characterization of winter air pollutant gradients near a major highway240
Quantitative proteomic analyses of a Pb-adapted Tetrahymena thermophila strain reveal the cellular strategy to Pb(II) stress including lead biomineralization to chloropyromorphite238
Investigating the effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure on molecular pathways related to insulin resistance and adipogenesis in zebrafish embryos - A pilot study without quantitative234
Marine food web trophic interaction of trace elements and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in Rabigh lagoon, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia234
High emission of black carbon in heavy-duty diesel vehicles: Insights from microscopic operating conditions231
Species asynchrony, species stability, and compositional stability jointly stabilize, while bryophyte cover destabilizes plant communities across Japanese moorlands231
Insights into baby disposable diapers sustainable application230
QMRA of Ralstonia solanacearum in potato cultivation: Risks associated with irrigation water recycled through managed aquifer recharge230
Global water consumption impacts on riverine fish species richness in Life Cycle Assessment230
Characterization of summertime single aerosol particles in Chengdu (China): Interannual evolution and impact of COVID-19 lockdown229
Level of polychlorinated biphenyls in tumor and blood serum of breast cancer patients and control subjects from Punjab, Pakistan228
Longitudinal monitoring reveals the emergence and spread of blaGES-5-harboring carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae in a Hong Kong hospital wastewater discharge line227
Decoding algae under abnormal temperature variability with odorant as a responsive indicator226
Insights into mineralogical distribution mechanism and environmental significance from geochemical behavior of sediments in the Yellow River Basin, China224
Sources of variation in nutrient loads collected through street sweeping in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA224
Nutrient dynamics in wetland systems associated with hydrological and anthropogenic variations in the south of Samborombón Bay, Argentina223
On-site and high-resolution spectrophotometric measurement of total dissolved sulfide in natural waters221
Role of suspended particulate matter in the bioaccumulation of enteric viruses in a freshwater bivalve mollusk: Dreissena polymorpha218
Responses to Alcántara et al.'s (2021) comments218
Differences in drought characteristics, progression, and recession across ecosystem types in the pantropical region of the Lancang-Mekong River Basin218
Effects of the antidepressant fluoxetine on the swimming behaviour of the amphipod Gammarus pulex: Comparison of short-term and long-term toxicity in the laboratory and the semi-field217
Spatial and temporal distribution of marine debris in coastal sediment of South Caspian Sea: effect on coastal nematode communities217
Fluoride exposure during pregnancy from a community water supply is associated with executive function in preschool children: A prospective ecological cohort study215
Deterioration of graffiti spray paints applied on granite after a decade of natural environment214
Adsorption of heavy metals by biofilm-coated microplastics in aquatic environments: Mechanisms, isotherm and kinetic processes, and influencing factors214
Enhanced Sb(V) removal of sulfate-rich wastewater by anaerobic granular sludge assisted with Fe/C amendment213
Selecting CMIP6 precipitation models by integrating relative importance metrics, compromise programming index, and Jenks optimized classification213
Mycobiome mediates the interaction between environmental factors and mycotoxin contamination in wheat grains212
Removal of nanoplastics in water treatment processes: A review211
Nucleic acid adductomics – The next generation of adductomics towards assessing environmental health risks209
New insights into inhibition of high Fe(III) content on anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge208
Sediment diffusion is feasible to simultaneously reduce nitrate discharge from recirculating aquaculture system and ammonium release from sediments in receiving intensive aquaculture pond207
Adaptive forest management improves stand-level resilience of temperate forests under multiple stressors206
Interfacial engineering-based colonization of biofilms on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surfaces: Implications for whole-cell biodegradation of microplastics206
Biogeography and community assembly of soil fungi from alpine meadows in southwestern China show the importance of climatic selection205
New insights into the size-independent bioactive potential of pristine and UV-B aged polyethylene microplastics204
More effective application of biochar-based immobilization technology in the environment: Understanding the role of biochar203
Twenty years of catchment monitoring highlights the predominant role of long-term phosphorus balances and soil phosphorus status in affecting phosphorus loss in livestock-intensive regions203
Characteristics and correlation analysis of heavy metal distribution in China's freshwater aquaculture pond sediments202
Improving rapeseed carbon footprint evaluation via the integration of remote sensing technology into an LCA approach202
Exploring the determinants and indicators of poultry feces management behaviors in rural Western Uganda201
Bifenthrin induces changes in clinical poisoning symptoms, oxidative stress, DNA damage, histological characteristics, and transcriptome in Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) larvae200
Comparison of environmental microbiomes in an antibiotic resistance-polluted urban river highlights periphyton and fish gut communities as reservoirs of concern200
Spatiotemporal patterns of organic carbon burial over the last century in Lake Qinghai, the largest lake on the Tibetan Plateau197
Nitrogen enrichment differentially regulates the response of ecosystem stability to extreme dry versus wet events196
Effects of the invasive riparian plant Arundo donax on riverine fish: a call for action?195
Gastrointestinal microbiome, resistance genes, and risk assessment of heavy metals in wild giant pandas195
Optimization and performance evaluation of an automated filtration method for the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in wastewater195
Overlooked pyrite-mediated heterogeneous Fenton processes: Mechanisms of surface hydroxyl radical generation and associated decontamination performance194
Composition and sources of sediment organic matter in a western Iberian salt marsh: Developing a novel prediction model of the bromine sedimentary pool193
Pollution investigation of wintertime VOCs in the coastal atmosphere of the Yellow Sea: Insights from on-line photoionization-induced CI-TOFMS193
Abundance, characteristics and ecological risks of microplastics from South Yellow Sea Mudflat192
Improper disposal of cigarette butts in a southeast Asian megacity (Hanoi, Vietnam): Pollution indexes, distribution profiles, and preliminary physicochemical characterization192
The spectral color of natural and anthropogenic time series and its impact on the statistical significance of cross correlation190
Discussion: Embracing microfluidics to advance environmental science and technology190
Metals in sediment of the upper Great Lakes: Spatial distribution, temporal trends, anthropogenic enrichment, and risk assessments189
Assessing the eco-efficiency of milk production systems using water-energy-labor-food nexus188
Effects of aged biochar additions at different addition ratios on soil greenhouse gas emissions187
Fate and function of flocculant polymers in waste activated sludge pre-thickening: Effects on digestion, rheology and dewaterability187
Modeling the effect of adaptation to future climate change on spring phenological trend of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)187
Agricultural products from algal biomass grown in piggery wastewater: A techno-economic analysis186
Monotonic trends of soil microbiomes, metagenomic and metabolomic functioning across ecosystems along water gradients in the Altai region, northwestern China185
Adsorbents for water decontamination: A recycling alternative for fiber precursors and textile fiber wastes185
Sustainable remediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated soil by soil washing and subsequent recovery of washing agents using biochar supported nanoscale zero-valent iron184
Long-term tralopyril exposure results in endocrinological and transgenerational toxicity: A two-generation study of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)184
Soil health reduction following the conversion of primary vegetation covers in a semi-arid environment183
Anoxia hormesis improves performance and longevity at the expense of fitness in a classic life history trade-off183
Pyrolysis temperature dependent effects of biochar on shifting fluorescence spectrum characteristics of soil dissolved organic matter under warming183
Plant water use related to leaf traits and CSR strategies of 10 common European green roof species183
Hydrologic and geomorphic effects on the reduction of channel discharge capacity in the Middle Yangtze River182
Microplastics in water resources: Global pollution circle, possible technological solutions, legislations, and future horizon181
Ocean warming increases residency at summering grounds for migrating bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas)180
Habitat differentiation and environmental adaptability contribute to leaf size variations globally in C3 and C4 grasses180
The role of urban forest composition in modulating summertime air quality in Los Angeles179
Trace the origin of yak meat in Xizang based on stable isotope combined with multivariate statistics178
Methane concentrations and fluxes in agricultural and preserved tropical headwater streams178
Insights into microbial community, nitrogen‑phosphorus metabolism from metagenomic and metabolomic analysis of microalgal-cyanobacterial consortium-based bioinoculants177
Linking microbial community composition, microbial biomass and extracellular polymeric substances to organic matter lability gradients in sediments of the tidal Elbe River177
Effects of high and low flows on abundances of fish species in Central European headwater streams: The role of ecological species traits176
Synergistic mechanisms of compound thermophilic bacteria on waste sludge hydrolysis and reduction: Extracellular polymers degradation, enzyme activity and microbial community changes175
A simple and low-cost method using active radio frequency identification to survey the mobility of plastic debris in rivers175
Evaluating the anthropogenic nitrogen emissions to water using a hybrid approach in a city cluster: Insights into historical evolution, attribution, and mitigation potential175
Assessment of a novel sequential treatment train based on natural and low-cost technologies for wastewater reclamation at demonstrative scale: A multiparametric analysis of EU regulated indicators174
Comparative life cycle assessment of ammonia production by coke oven gas via single and coproduction processes174
Potential propagation of agricultural pesticide exposure and effects to upstream sections in a biosphere reserve174
The toxicological effects of life-cycle exposure to harmful benthic cyanobacteria Oscillatoria on zebrafish growth and reproduction: A comparative study with planktonic Microcystis173
Insights into As accumulation in soil-groundwater-wheat-hair system of suburban farmland: Distribution, transfer and potential health risk173
Spatial metabolomics revealed multi-organ toxicity and visualize metabolite changes induced by borneol in zebrafish172
Grasslands and flood mitigation – Contrasting forages improve surface water infiltration rates172
Metagenomics insights into the effect of co-landfill of incineration fly ash and refuse for bacterial community succession and metabolism pathway of VFAs production172
Exposure to ambient air pollution and elevated blood levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase in a large Austrian cohort171
Assessing the impact of different urban morphology scenarios on air pollutant emissions distribution171
Corrigendum to “Exploring the relationship between metal(loid) contamination rate, physicochemical conditions, and microbial community dynamics in industrially contaminated urban soils” [Sci. Total En171
WITHDRAWN: Global at-risk basins of socio-ecological impacts from water scarcity170
Erratum to “Delivery of unprecedented amounts of perfluoroalkyl substances towards the deep-sea” [Sci. Total Environ. 526 (2015) 41–48]169
Corrigendum to Modeling dissolved organic carbon export from water supply catchments in the northeastern United States [Sci. Total Environ. 963 (2025)/178532]168
Ascorbic acid reduction pretreatment enhancing metal regulation to improve methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge168
Corrigendum to “methane emissions from residential natural gas meter set assemblies” [Sci. Total environ. 931 (2024) 172857]168
The interplay of low H2O2 doses, lytic cyanophage, and Microcystis aeruginosa: Implications for cyanobacterial bloom control and microcystin production/release168
Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater links to individual cases in catchments166
Difference in concentration of lead (Pb) in meat from pheasants killed using lead and iron (Fe) shotgun ammunition166
Monk seals (Monachus monachus) in the Mediterranean Sea: The threat of organochlorine contaminants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons165
Prenatal exposure to hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid (HFPO-TA) disrupts the maternal gut microbiome and fecal metabolome homeostasis165
Speciation of non-extractable residues of pesticides in sediments by 4-pool kinetic analysis163
Optimizing electrochemically active microorganisms as a key player in the bioelectrochemical system: Identification methods and pathways to large-scale implementation162
Natural copper isotopic abnormity in maternal serum at early pregnancy associated to risk of spontaneous preterm birth162
Preparation and properties of the persulfate gel materials and application for the remediation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene contaminated groundwater162
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