Science of the Total Environment

Papers
(The H4-Index of Science of the Total Environment is 163. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impact of cord blood cadmium concentration on neonatal secondary sex ratio: The Japan Environment and Children's Study982
The evolutive role of shoot apical meristems in the adaptation of angiosperms to life at sea and the jump to potential environmental biotechnology applications556
Impact of East-Asian monsoon on sandstorm activities over the past half century: Insights from a genetic algorithm530
Letter to the Editor “Three cases infected with omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in Ningbo: Case series study”473
A novel seaweed detection image processing and validation framework: A pragmatic study on natural seaweed beds along North-West Coast of India463
Integrating satellite information, land use regression, and machine learning to estimate the spatiotemporal variation of ionic composition in PM2.5 across Taiwan459
Mineral UV filters and their effects on Pocillopora damicornis metabolome451
Resilience of the sea urchin Arbacia dufresnii to a shrimp wastewater spill: Recovery after a disease outbreak445
Low frequency changes in CO2 concentration in East Asia related to Pacific decadal oscillation and Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation for mid-summer and early fall444
Persistence of human- and cattle-associated Bacteroidales and mitochondrial DNA markers in freshwater mesocosms444
Selective sorption and desorption of DOM in Podzol horizons — DOC and aluminium contents of leachates from a column experiment424
Climate risks to fishing species and fisheries in the China Seas422
Genomic mapping of wastewater bacteriophage may predict potential bacterial pathogens infecting the community410
The importance of population contextual data for large-scale biomonitoring using an apex predator: The Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)401
Effects of one-year exposure to ocean acidification on two species of abalone399
Effects of chronic exposure to the new insecticide sulfoxaflor in combination with a SDHI fungicide in a solitary bee391
Random forest insights in prioritizing factors and risk areas of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urban agglomeration area389
The integrating sphere system plus in-situ absorption monitoring: A new scheme to study absorption enhancement of black carbon in ambient aerosols378
An ensemble framework for farmland quality evaluation based on machine learning and physical models366
Simulation and experimental study of gas-phase diffusion coefficient of selenium dioxide365
Using HRMS fingerprinting to explore micropollutant contamination in soil and vegetables caused by swine wastewater irrigation352
Associations of benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles with estrogens and androgens among pregnant women: A cohort study with repeated measurements346
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 conditions341
A recent Cannabis pollen increase on the Iberian Pyrenees340
Divergent prokaryotic microbial assembly, co-existence patterns and functions in surrounding river sediments of a Cu-polymetallic deposit in Tibet339
Controls on blowout evolution in southern Portugal: A 49-year analysis337
Exploring the glycoprotein washing fluid-assisted cleanup for the restoration of oil-contaminated shorelines with environmental integrity332
Linking new national active biomonitoring data with stream macroinvertebrate communities suggests large-scale effects of toxic contamination on freshwater ecosystems332
Risk assessment of predatory lady beetle Propylea japonica's multi-generational exposure to three non-insecticidal agrochemicals329
Investigating the effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure on molecular pathways related to insulin resistance and adipogenesis in zebrafish embryos - A pilot study without quantitative322
Insights into baby disposable diapers sustainable application317
Level of polychlorinated biphenyls in tumor and blood serum of breast cancer patients and control subjects from Punjab, Pakistan316
Decoding algae under abnormal temperature variability with odorant as a responsive indicator314
Longitudinal monitoring reveals the emergence and spread of blaGES-5-harboring carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella quasipneumoniae in a Hong Kong hospital wastewater discharge line314
Sources of variation in nutrient loads collected through street sweeping in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA313
Responses to Alcántara et al.'s (2021) comments311
Spatial and temporal distribution of marine debris in coastal sediment of South Caspian Sea: effect on coastal nematode communities301
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-field298
New insights into inhibition of high Fe(III) content on anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge288
Interfacial engineering-based colonization of biofilms on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) surfaces: Implications for whole-cell biodegradation of microplastics284
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 regions270
Improving rapeseed carbon footprint evaluation via the integration of remote sensing technology into an LCA approach268
Bifenthrin induces changes in clinical poisoning symptoms, oxidative stress, DNA damage, histological characteristics, and transcriptome in Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) larvae267
Spatiotemporal patterns of organic carbon burial over the last century in Lake Qinghai, the largest lake on the Tibetan Plateau266
Nitrogen enrichment differentially regulates the response of ecosystem stability to extreme dry versus wet events265
Effects of the invasive riparian plant Arundo donax on riverine fish: a call for action?264
Optimization and performance evaluation of an automated filtration method for the recovery of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in wastewater263
Gastrointestinal microbiome, resistance genes, and risk assessment of heavy metals in wild giant pandas262
Pollution investigation of wintertime VOCs in the coastal atmosphere of the Yellow Sea: Insights from on-line photoionization-induced CI-TOFMS258
Composition and sources of sediment organic matter in a western Iberian salt marsh: Developing a novel prediction model of the bromine sedimentary pool258
The spectral color of natural and anthropogenic time series and its impact on the statistical significance of cross correlation257
Effects of aged biochar additions at different addition ratios on soil greenhouse gas emissions256
Metals in sediment of the upper Great Lakes: Spatial distribution, temporal trends, anthropogenic enrichment, and risk assessments256
Fate and function of flocculant polymers in waste activated sludge pre-thickening: Effects on digestion, rheology and dewaterability255
Long-term tralopyril exposure results in endocrinological and transgenerational toxicity: A two-generation study of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)252
Anoxia hormesis improves performance and longevity at the expense of fitness in a classic life history trade-off248
Soil health reduction following the conversion of primary vegetation covers in a semi-arid environment242
Plant water use related to leaf traits and CSR strategies of 10 common European green roof species242
Hydrologic and geomorphic effects on the reduction of channel discharge capacity in the Middle Yangtze River240
Ocean warming increases residency at summering grounds for migrating bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas)237
The role of urban forest composition in modulating summertime air quality in Los Angeles232
Methane concentrations and fluxes in agricultural and preserved tropical headwater streams232
Insights into microbial community, nitrogen‑phosphorus metabolism from metagenomic and metabolomic analysis of microalgal-cyanobacterial consortium-based bioinoculants231
Synergistic mechanisms of compound thermophilic bacteria on waste sludge hydrolysis and reduction: Extracellular polymers degradation, enzyme activity and microbial community changes230
Evaluating the anthropogenic nitrogen emissions to water using a hybrid approach in a city cluster: Insights into historical evolution, attribution, and mitigation potential229
Insights into As accumulation in soil-groundwater-wheat-hair system of suburban farmland: Distribution, transfer and potential health risk228
Spatial metabolomics revealed multi-organ toxicity and visualize metabolite changes induced by borneol in zebrafish227
WITHDRAWN: Global at-risk basins of socio-ecological impacts from water scarcity226
Erratum to “Delivery of unprecedented amounts of perfluoroalkyl substances towards the deep-sea” [Sci. Total Environ. 526 (2015) 41–48]225
Ascorbic acid reduction pretreatment enhancing metal regulation to improve methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge224
Corrigendum to “methane emissions from residential natural gas meter set assemblies” [Sci. Total environ. 931 (2024) 172857]224
Corrigendum to Modeling dissolved organic carbon export from water supply catchments in the northeastern United States [Sci. Total Environ. 963 (2025)/178532]224
Difference in concentration of lead (Pb) in meat from pheasants killed using lead and iron (Fe) shotgun ammunition223
Prenatal exposure to hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid (HFPO-TA) disrupts the maternal gut microbiome and fecal metabolome homeostasis222
Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater links to individual cases in catchments222
Monk seals (Monachus monachus) in the Mediterranean Sea: The threat of organochlorine contaminants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons219
Speciation of non-extractable residues of pesticides in sediments by 4-pool kinetic analysis218
Natural copper isotopic abnormity in maternal serum at early pregnancy associated to risk of spontaneous preterm birth217
Harnessing water fleas for water reclamation: A nature-based tertiary wastewater treatment technology216
Batch equilibrium experiments and modeling reveal weak temperature dependence of cyclic volatile methylsiloxane sorption in soil/sediment organic carbon-water systems215
Partial nitrification in free nitrous acid-treated sediment planting Myriophyllum aquaticum constructed wetland strengthens the treatment of black-odor water214
Effect of long-term operations on the performance of hollow fiber membrane contactor (HFMC) in recovering dissolved methane from anaerobic effluent213
Risk transmission and driving factors of virtual water flows from the perspective of China's interregional water–energy–food trade211
Different approaches to explore the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on carbonaceous aerosols at a European rural background site210
Toxicity of perfluorobutanesulfonate on gill functions of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma): A time course and hypoxia co-exposure study209
N-nitrosamines induced gender-dimorphic effects on infant rats at environmental levels209
Variations, seasonal shifts and ambient conditions affecting airborne microorganisms and particles at a southeastern Mediterranean site209
Plant-ant interactions mediate herbivore-induced conspecific negative density dependence in a subtropical forest208
Observation of black carbon in Northern China in winter of 2018–2020 and its implications for black carbon mitigation206
Ingestion of chitosan-starch blends: Effect on the survival of supralittoral amphipods206
Corrigendum to “Composition and assembly mechanisms of prokaryotic communities in wetlands and their relationships with different vegetation and reclamation methods” [Sci. Total Environ. 897, (2023), 206
Environmental risk assessment of low molecule benzotriazoles in urban road rainwaters in Poland205
Exploring the genotoxic potential of Bisphenol A and its emerging alternatives in an advanced in vitro 3D zebrafish hepatic cell model204
Food on a plate: Wild geese maintain higher food intake rates on uniform winter cereals fields versus diverse grasslands203
Metagenomics coupled with thermodynamic analysis revealed a potential way to improve the nitrogen removal efficiency of the aerobic methane oxidation coupled to denitrification process under the hypox201
A fluorescent biosensor for Cd2+ detection in water samples based on Cd2+-fueled wheel DNAzyme walker and its logic gate applications200
High temperature noble gas thermometry in Lake Kivu, East Africa200
Enhancing vegetation formation classification: Integrating coarse-scale traditional mapping knowledge and advanced machine learning199
A locally relevant framework for assessing the risk of sea level rise under changing temperature conditions: Application in New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean198
Bioaerosolization behaviour of potential pathogenic microorganisms from wastewater treatment plants: Occurrence profile, social function and health risks197
Environmental risks from consumer products: Acceptable drinking water quality can produce unacceptable indoor air quality with ultrasonic humidifier use197
Environmental and health impacts of household energy conversion on PAHs and their derivatives in PM2.5 in typical areas of northern China197
Sustainable mainstream deammonification by ion exchange and bioregeneration via partial nitritation/anammox196
Assessment of the shift in the precipitation–streamflow relationship influenced by multiyear drought, Yellow River basin, China196
The role of the carapace in the accumulation of metals from seawater in the green crab (Carcinus maenas): Studies with radio-labeled calcium, zinc, and nickel195
Challenges of studying the dietary exposure to chemical mixtures: Example of the association with mortality risk in the E3N French prospective cohort194
Baking releases microplastics from polyethylene terephthalate bakeware as detected by optical photothermal infrared and quantum cascade laser infrared194
Electrochemical sensor for vascular endothelial growth factor based on self-assembling DNA aptamer structure193
From DNA to diagnostics: A case study using macroinvertebrate metabarcoding to assess the effectiveness of restoration measures in a Dutch stream193
Characterizing the transitory groundwater-surface water interaction and its environmental consequence of a riverside karst pool193
Effect of goethite-loaded montmorillonite on immobilization of metal(loid)s and the micro-ecological soil response in non-ferrous metal smelting areas192
An improved Back Propagation Neural Network framework and its application in the automatic calibration of Storm Water Management Model for an urban river watershed192
Gestational exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances is associated with placental DNA methylation and birth size191
Selecting for a high lipid accumulating microalgae culture by dual growth limitation in a continuous bioreactor189
Upstream SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance at Breede Valley municipality using wastewater-based epidemiology189
Quantifying the impact of climate and management strategies on groundwater conservation in the High Plains Aquifer189
Enhanced immobilization of trace nickel by nanoplastic-Fe-Mn oxide complexes in sedimentary systems188
Quantifying health risks from wastewater reclamation and agricultural reuse using life cycle assessment and quantitative microbial risk assessment187
Assessment of the application of selected metal-organic frameworks as advanced sorbents in passive extraction used in the monitoring of contaminants of emerging concern in surface waters187
Projected mid-century rainfall erosivity under climate change over the southeastern United States185
Prediction of As and Cd dissolution in various soils under flooding condition185
N6-methyladenosine upregulates ribosome biogenesis in environmental carcinogenesis184
Enhancing the water use efficiency model predictions for Platycladus orientalis and Quercus variabilis: Integrating the dynamics of carbon dioxide concentration and soil water availability184
Combined use of geochemistry and compound-specific stable isotopes for sediment fingerprinting and tracing184
Life cycle assessment and costing of indoor VOC removal via electro-absorption and in situ electrochemical regeneration of activated carbon182
Measuring air pollution from the 2021 Canary Islands volcanic eruption181
Sewerage as a protective factor for prevalence of hookworm infection in schoolchildren in Brazil: A multilevel ecological analysis of national prevalence surveys (1950–2018)180
Ostracod-based transfer function shifting to a broad prospect in palaeolimnology and palaeoclimate180
Temporal gravimetry, campaign and permanent GNSS, and interferometric radar techniques: A comparative approach to quantifying land deformation rates in coastal Texas179
Triple action of FeCl3-assisted hydrothermal treatment of digested sludge for deep dewatering179
Aging dominated effects of environmental microplastics on the sorption and toxic potential of typical pharmaceutical178
Compare the performance of multiple binary classification models in microbial high-throughput sequencing datasets178
Structural and mineralogical variation upon reoxidation of reduced Fe-bearing clay minerals during thermal activation178
Ecological drivers of macroinvertebrate metacommunity assembly in a subtropical river basin in the Yangtze River Delta, China177
Identification of pesticide mixtures to which French agricultural workers and farm-owners are exposed: Results from the Agriculture and Cancer (AGRICAN) cohort study177
Prediction of anthropogenic debris and its association with geomorphology in US urban streams177
Chemical and isotopic genesis of fine and ultra-fine aerosols in the coastal urban atmosphere177
Prenatal exposure to extreme heat and autism in children175
PM2.5 constituents associated with mortality and kidney failure in childhood-onset lupus nephritis: A 19-year cohort study173
Solar/ClO2 system inactivates fungal spores in drinking water: Synergy, efficiency and mechanisms173
Practical, low-cost integrity testing of diesel particle filters using remote sensing measurement at the campus entrance gate173
Variability in molecular composition and optical absorption of atmospheric brown carbon aerosols in two contrasting urban areas of China171
Bioaccumulation in fish (Cyprinodon variegatus) during rejuvenations of a thin active cap over field-aged PCB contaminated sediment: The effect of clean versus contaminated ongoing influx171
Deep accumulation of soluble organic nitrogen after land-use conversion from woodlands to orchards in a subtropical hilly region170
A novel artificial neural network methodology to produce high-resolution bioclimatic maps using Earth Observation data: A case study for Cyprus170
Responses of synanthropic vegetation to composting facility170
Functional bat diversity and the role of the protected areas against climate change projections across Europe170
Drivers of biological response to fluctuating seawater ph conditions in sea urchin echinus esculentus larvae170
Extreme temperatures increase the frequency of cyanobacterial blooms in subtropical reservoirs169
A new framework for simulating C decomposition and emissions from land applied biosolids and manures using the denitrification and decomposition model169
Future climate change and marine heatwaves - Projected impact on key habitats for herring reproduction169
Differential metabolomic shifts in jellyfish tissues exposed to artificial light spectra169
Maternal exposure to ambient particulate matter on the growth of twin fetuses after in vitro fertilization169
Enhancing methane production from waste activated sludge with heat-assisted potassium ferrate (PF) pretreatment: Reaction kinetics and mechanisms168
Evidence of economic development revealed in centennial scale sedimentary records of organic pollutants in Huguangyan Marr Lake167
Performance evaluation of species varied fixed bed biofilm reactor for wastewater treatment of Dhobi Khola outfall, Setopul, Kathmandu, Nepal167
Assessment and estimation of runoff and soil loss using novel machine learning techniques for conservation bench terraces166
Portable determinations for legislated dissolved nitrogen forms in several environmental water samples as a study case165
Combined influence of ENSO and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on Eurasian Steppe during 1982–2018165
Bioconcentration, biotransformation, and transcriptomic impact of the UV-filter 4-MBC in the manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum164
Ten-month comprehensive assessment of steroid hormones in the tributaries of Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, China: Spatiotemporal dynamics, source attribution, and environmental implications163
Influencing pathways and toxicity changes of pre-ozonation on carcinogenic NDEA formation from greenhouse gas adsorbent DEAPA in subsequent disinfection processes163
Exploring the recovery of potassium-rich struvite after a nitrification-denitrification process in pig slurry treatment163
Syringol, a wildfire residual methoxyphenol causes cytotoxicity and teratogenicity in zebrafish model163
Contribution of physical factors to handpump borehole functionality in Africa163
A novel prediction approach driven by graph representation learning for heavy metal concentrations163
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