Science of the Total Environment

Article	Citations
First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community	1352
COVID-19 outbreak: Migration, effects on society, global environment and prevention	1066
Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment	861
Synthetic organic dyes as contaminants of the aquatic environment and their implications for ecosystems: A review	788
Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India	785
Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India	750
Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: Evidence from China	742
COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise?	704
The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management	664
Effects of temperature variation and humidity on the death of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China	634
Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment	613
Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality	601
Environmental perspective of COVID-19	589
Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic	585
Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China	581
SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs	574
First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy	563
A preliminary assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on environment – A case study of China	538
Nanotechnology in agriculture: Current status, challenges and future opportunities	518
Amplified ozone pollution in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown	514
Correlation between weather and Covid-19 pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia	505
Correlation between climate indicators and COVID-19 pandemic in New York, USA	503
Occurrence, fate, and risk assessment of typical tetracycline antibiotics in the aquatic environment: A review	502
Occurrence and fate of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in municipal wastewater treatment plant: An overview	490
Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure	475

Consumption-based carbon emissions and International trade in G7 countries: The role of Environmental innovation and Renewable energy	472
GIS-based spatial modeling of COVID-19 incidence rate in the continental United States	467
Changes in U.S. air pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic	464
Effects of temperature and humidity on the daily new cases and new deaths of COVID-19 in 166 countries	463
Recent advances in metal-organic framework membranes for water treatment: A review	461
An overview on engineering the surface area and porosity of biochar	457
Factors determining the diffusion of COVID-19 and suggested strategy to prevent future accelerated viral infectivity similar to COVID	454
COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on the air quality during the partial lockdown in São Paulo state, Brazil	451
First environmental surveillance for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and river water in Japan	448
The impact of COVID-19 partial lockdown on the air quality of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	444
Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy	443
Does lockdown reduce air pollution? Evidence from 44 cities in northern China	440
Does green investment, financial development and natural resources rent limit carbon emissions? A provincial panel analysis of China	433
Green growth and low carbon emission in G7 countries: How critical the network of environmental taxes, renewable energy and human capital is?	430
Lockdown for CoViD-2019 in Milan: What are the effects on air quality?	425
Computational analysis of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 surveillance by wastewater-based epidemiology locally and globally: Feasibility, economy, opportunities and challenges	418
COVID-19: A promising cure for the global panic	415
Estimation of COVID-19 prevalence in Italy, Spain, and France	413
Challenges and strategies for effective plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic	412
Microbial degradation and other environmental aspects of microplastics/plastics	412
First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: A study in Louisiana, USA	411
Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater	405
Impact of meteorological factors on the COVID-19 transmission: A multi-city study in China	402
Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk	399
Integrating micro-algae into wastewater treatment: A review	397
Air quality changes during the COVID-19 lockdown over the Yangtze River Delta Region: An insight into the impact of human activity pattern changes on air pollution variation	396
Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States	390
Environmental impacts of solar energy systems: A review	385
Can direct environmental regulation promote green technology innovation in heavily polluting industries? Evidence from Chinese listed companies	385
Application of coagulation/flocculation in oily wastewater treatment: A review	384
The impact of natural resources, energy consumption, and population growth on environmental quality: Fresh evidence from the United States of America	383
Spatial analysis and GIS in the study of COVID-19. A review	378
COVID-19 transmission in Mainland China is associated with temperature and humidity: A time-series analysis	376
Potential human health risks due to environmental exposure to nano- and microplastics and knowledge gaps: A scoping review	370
Treatment technologies for emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants: A review	369
First proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2	369
Tyre and road wear particles (TRWP) - A review of generation, properties, emissions, human health risk, ecotoxicity, and fate in the environment	364
Presence and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewaters and rivers	358
Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions	357
COVID-19 and surface water quality: Improved lake water quality during the lockdown	352
Investigation of effective climatology parameters on COVID-19 outbreak in Iran	352
Recent advances on preparation and environmental applications of MOF-derived carbons in catalysis	349
Assessing the relationship between surface levels of PM2.5 and PM10 particulate matter impact on COVID-19 in Milan, Italy	348
PFAS concentrations in soils: Background levels versus contaminated sites	346
Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency	339
Influences of feedstock sources and pyrolysis temperature on the properties of biochar and functionality as adsorbents: A meta-analysis	324
Contact with blue-green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown beneficial for mental health	320
Prediction for the spread of COVID-19 in India and effectiveness of preventive measures	318
SARS-CoV-2 from faeces to wastewater treatment: What do we know? A review	317
Progress in carbon capture technologies	311

Algae as potential feedstock for the production of biofuels and value-added products: Opportunities and challenges	307
COVID-19 lockdown effects on air quality by NO2 in the cities of Barcelona and Madrid (Spain)	307
Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment	304
Digitalization to achieve sustainable development goals: Steps towards a Smart Green Planet	303
Temperature significantly changes COVID-19 transmission in (sub)tropical cities of Brazil	303
The use of ecological footprint in estimating the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for BRICST by considering cross-section dependence and heterogeneity	300
Challenges and solutions for addressing critical shortage of supply chain for personal and protective equipment (PPE) arising from Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic – Case study from the Republic	299
Environmental aspects of fuel cells: A review	298
Assessing air quality changes in large cities during COVID-19 lockdowns: The impacts of traffic-free urban conditions in Almaty, Kazakhstan	293
Single-use plastics: Production, usage, disposal, and adverse impacts	292
Plastic biodegradation: Frontline microbes and their enzymes	292
COVID-19: Disease, management, treatment, and social impact	289
Insight into activated carbon from different kinds of chemical activating agents: A review	288
Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19	287
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks	285
Impact of temperature on the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China	281
Impact of weather on COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey	281
Nonradicals induced degradation of organic pollutants by peroxydisulfate (PDS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS): Recent advances and perspective	280
The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China	280
Degradation of conventional plastic wastes in the environment: A review on current status of knowledge and future perspectives of disposal	274
Disinfection technology and strategies for COVID-19 hospital and bio-medical waste management	274
Beneficial features of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and health in challenging conditions: A methodical review	271
Heterogeneous impacts of environmental regulations and foreign direct investment on green innovation across different regions in China	270
Soil erosion modelling: A global review and statistical analysis	270
Wastewater surveillance for population-wide Covid-19: The present and future	267
Energy consumption, economic expansion, and CO2 emission in the UK: The role of economic policy uncertainty	263
MXenes as emerging nanomaterials in water purification and environmental remediation	262
A critical review on environmental impacts of renewable energy systems and mitigation strategies: Wind, hydro, biomass and geothermal	260
Impact of lockdown measures to combat Covid-19 on air quality over western Europe	259
Death by waste: Fashion and textile circular economy case	257
Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources	257
Tetracyclines in the environment: An overview on the occurrence, fate, toxicity, detection, removal methods, and sludge management	256
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A critical review of their global occurrence and distribution	255
Microplastics in soils: A review of methods, occurrence, fate, transport, ecological and environmental risks	253
A novel modified method for the efficient removal of Pb and Cd from wastewater by biochar: Enhanced the ion exchange and precipitation capacity	253
How mobility habits influenced the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Italian case study	250
Impact of Covid-19 lockdown on PM10, SO2 and NO2 concentrations in Salé City (Morocco)	250
Human health concerns regarding microplastics in the aquatic environment - From marine to food systems	249
Environmental impact of desalination technologies: A review	248
Sorption of chemical contaminants on degradable and non-degradable microplastics: Recent progress and research trends	246
Critical review on hazardous pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, removal technologies and risk assessment	246
Environmental impacts of solar photovoltaic systems: A critical review of recent progress and future outlook	246
Zebrafish: An emerging model to study microplastic and nanoplastic toxicity	245
Removal of organic compounds by nanoscale zero-valent iron and its composites	245
Preparation of biochar and biochar composites and their application in a Fenton-like process for wastewater decontamination: A review	242
Microplastics in the environment: Interactions with microbes and chemical contaminants	237
Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater with COVID-19 disease burden in sewersheds	235
Mitigating degradation and emissions in China: The role of environmental sustainability, human capital and renewable energy	234
A review of organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers in the environment: Analysis, occurrence and risk assessment	233
Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides	233
Implementation of green chemistry principles in circular economy system towards sustainable development goals: Challenges and perspectives	232
On the linkage between urban heat island and urban pollution island: Three-decade literature review towards a conceptual framework	232
Life cycle environmental impacts of chemical recycling via pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste in comparison with mechanical recycling and energy recovery	228
COVID-19 containment on a college campus via wastewater-based epidemiology, targeted clinical testing and an intervention	226
SARS-CoV-2 has been circulating in northern Italy since December 2019: Evidence from environmental monitoring	225
Synthesis and fabrication of g-C3N4-based materials and their application in elimination of pollutants	225
Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river	224
Impact of city lockdown on the air quality of COVID-19-hit of Wuhan city	223
Potential spreading risks and disinfection challenges of medical wastewater by the presence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA in septic tanks of Fangcang Hospit	221
You are what you eat: Microplastics in the feces of young men living in Beijing	221
A critical review on the interactions of microplastics with heavy metals: Mechanism and their combined effect on organisms and humans	221
COVID-19's impact on the atmospheric environment in the Southeast Asia region	218
A spatio-temporal analysis for exploring the effect of temperature on COVID-19 early evolution in Spain	218
Endorsing sustainable development in BRICS: The role of technological innovation, renewable energy consumption, and natural resources in limiting carbon emission	217
Revisiting carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus metabolisms in microalgae for wastewater treatment	217
SARS-CoV-2 RNA monitoring in wastewater as a potential early warning system for COVID-19 transmission in the community: A temporal case study	216
COVID-19 and the environment: A critical review and research agenda	216
Biofilm formation and its influences on the properties of microplastics as affected by exposure time and depth in the seawater	215
Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment	215
Physiological responses of garden cress (L. sativum) to different types of microplastics	214
Recent progress in g-C3N4, TiO2 and ZnO based photocatalysts for dye degradation: Strategies to improve photocatalytic activity	214
Plastics in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: Protector or polluter?	213
Quantifying the contributions of human activities and climate change to vegetation net primary productivity dynamics in China from 2001 to 2016	212
Fenton aging significantly affects the heavy metal adsorption capacity of polystyrene microplastics	212
Various electron donors for biological nitrate removal: A review	212
Micro- and nanoplastic induced cellular toxicity in mammals: A review	211
An emerging class of air pollutants: Potential effects of microplastics to respiratory human health?	209
Cadmium stress in paddy fields: Effects of soil conditions and remediation strategies	208
Effect of the social distancing measures on the spread of COVID-19 in 10 highly infected countries	208
Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives	206

Sustainability and sustainable development: A review of principles and definitions	205
An overview of microbial fuel cell usage in wastewater treatment, resource recovery and energy production	203
Improving prediction of water quality indices using novel hybrid machine-learning algorithms	202
Association between climate variables and global transmission oF SARS-CoV-2	201
Efficient activation of persulfate by a magnetic recyclable rape straw biochar catalyst for the degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride in water	201
Distribution characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soils from the largest vegetable production base in China	200
Changes in air quality related to the control of coronavirus in China: Implications for traffic and industrial emissions	200
A field indoor air measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in the patient rooms of the largest hospital in Iran	200
Association of particulate matter pollution and case fatality rate of COVID-19 in 49 Chinese cities	199
Strategic interaction of environmental regulation and green productivity growth in China: Green innovation or pollution refuge?	198
Adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by magnetic activated carbon and its mechanism	198
A review: Research progress on microplastic pollutants in aquatic environments	197
A systematic review on antibiotics misuse in livestock and aquaculture and regulation implications in China	196
Development of fertilizers for enhanced nitrogen use efficiency – Trends and perspectives	196
Evidence that high temperatures and intermediate relative humidity might favor the spread of COVID-19 in tropical climate: A case study for the most affected Brazilian cities	196
Sustainable fuzzy multi-trip location-routing problem for medical waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak	195
Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review	195
A review on magnetic sensors for monitoring of hazardous pollutants in water resources	195
SARS-CoV-2 in river water: Implications in low sanitation countries	195
Stabilization of heavy metal-contaminated soils by biochar: Challenges and recommendations	193
Implementing building-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance on a university campus	193
Interactions between microplastics and organic pollutants: Effects on toxicity, bioaccumulation, degradation, and transport	192
Tricks and tracks in removal of emerging contaminants from the wastewater through hybrid treatment systems: A review	192
Agricultural waste recycling in horticultural intensive farming systems by on-farm composting and compost-based tea application improves soil quality and plant health: A review under the perspective o	192
Integrating the MCR and DOI models to construct an ecological security network for the urban agglomeration around Poyang Lake, China	192
Adsorption isotherms and kinetic modeling of methylene blue dye onto a carbonaceous hydrochar adsorbent derived from coffee husk waste	191
COVID-19 faecal-oral transmission: Are we asking the right questions?	191
Food waste management during the COVID-19 outbreak: a holistic climate, economic and nutritional approach	191
Nanoadsorbents for water and wastewater remediation	191
Evaluation of the lockdowns for the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Italy and Spain after one month follow up	190
A review of human and animals exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Health risk and adverse effects, photo-induced toxicity and regulating effect of microplastics	189
How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective - with implications for urban plannin	189
COVID-19: Lessons for the climate change emergency	187
An overview of the waste hierarchy framework for analyzing the circularity in construction and demolition waste management in Europe	187