OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Geochemical Behavior of Uranium and Arsenic in Watercourse Sediments of the Los Planes Watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Assessment of Anthropogenic and Natural Factors	164
Environmentally-Relevant Concentrations of Atrazine Had Minor Impacts on Gut Microbiota and Liver Metabolite in Juvenile Turtles	97
Correction: Sediment Spatial Distribution and Quality Assessment of Metals in Chinook Salmon and Resident Killer Whale Marine Habitat in British Columbia, Canada	91
Probabilistic Health Risk Assessment and Grading Benchmark Estimation of Atmospheric PM2.5-Bound Heavy Metals in China	59
Occurrence and fate of Adsorbable Organic Halogens (AOX) in two WWTPs from Romania	51
Green Kingfishers as Sentinel Species for Mercury Contamination in Amazon	35
Bioaccumulation, Bioindication and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Cape Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) and Slinger Seabream (Chrysoblephus puniceus) in the Durban Basin and Cape Vidal,	33
Accessing the Past: A Sediment Core Revealing Anthropogenic Impacts of Technology-Critical Elements on the Marine Environment	27
Models as Much Needed Tools in Ecotoxicology: Integrative Approaches to Cross Barriers	23
Risk Assessment of Arsenic Toxicity Through Groundwater-Soil-Rice System in Maldah District, Bengal Delta Basin, India	21
Factors Contributing to Accumulation of 210Po in Freshwater Fishes in Dong Thai Lake, Vietnam and Radiological Hazard Assessment	21
Heavy Metals in Indoor Dust Across China: Occurrence, Sources and Health Risk Assessment	20
Potential Ecological Risk Assessment of Critical Raw Materials: Gallium, Gadolinium, and Germanium	19
Evaluating the sensitivity of a chronic plant bioassay relative to an independently derived predicted no-effect thresholds to support risk assessment of very hydrophobic organic chemicals	19
Cadmium-109 Internal Kinetics in Diamond Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii are Strongly Influenced by Salinity, Exposure Pathway and History	19
Microplastic's Contamination in the Hemolymph and Organs (Gills and Hepatopancreas) of Perna viridis	17
Investigation of Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Esters in Hanoi, Vietnam: Assessment Exposure and Estimated Daily Intake	17
Role of Organic Fertilizer in the Transfer of Lead to Vegetables Produced in Tropical Mountain Agroecosystems	16
Multiple Biomarker Responses in Aegla castro Exposed to Copper: A Laboratory Approach	15
Investigating the Combined Use of Enrichment Factor and Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Modelling for Precipitation Sample Source Identification: A Case Study in North Carolina, USA	14
Radionuclides and Radiation Exposure in Tantalite Mining, Ethiopia	13
Metal Bioaccumulation in the Gill, Liver, and Muscle of Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) From the Northeastern Mediterranean and Human Health Risk Assessment Associated with Their Seasonal Consumption	13
Chronic Exposure to Two Gestagens Differentially Alters Morphology and Gene Expression in Silurana tropicalis	12
Hydrogeochemical Processes Governing Uranium Mobility: Inferences from the Anthropogenically Disturbed, Semi-arid Region of India	12
Developing As and Cu Tissue Residue Thresholds to Attain the Good Ecological Status of Rivers in Mining Areas	12

Variation of Total Mercury Concentrations in Different Tissues of Three Neotropical Caimans: Implications for Minimally Invasive Biomonitoring	11
Chemical and Carbon Isotopic Characterization of a Karst-Dominated Urbanized Watershed: Case of the Upper San Antonio River	11
Using Biological Responses to Monitor Freshwater Post-Spill Conditions over 3 years in Blacktail Creek, North Dakota, USA	11
Target Organ Toxicity in Rats After Subchronic Oral Exposure to Soil Extracts Containing a Complex Mixture of Contaminants	10
Multi-biomarker Assessment in a Native Species Psalidodon eigenmanniorum Under Inorganic Mercury and Recovery Scenarios	10
Trace Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Snow Cover of the City of Nizhnevartovsk (Western Siberia, Russia)	9
Can Vitamin C Supplementation Improve the Antioxidant Capacity of Rhamdia quelen Fish Exposed to Atrazine?	9
Evaluation the Toxicity of Heavy Metal Mixtures in Anecic Earthworms (Aporrectodea giardi)	9
Redox Status, Immune Alterations, Histopathology, and Micronuclei Induction in Labeo rohita Dwelling in Polluted River Water	9
Are Mosses Used in Atmospheric Trace Metal Deposition Surveys Impacted by Their Substrate Soils? A National Study in Albania	9
Trophic Transfer of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, P and Se in Dutch Storage Water Reservoirs	9
Mercury Exposure in Two Fish Trophic Guilds from Protected and ASGM-Impacted Reservoirs in Zimbabwe and Possible Risks to Human Health	9
Species Sensitivity Distributions of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fludioxonil-Spiked Sediment Toxicity Tests	9
Stable Isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) and Trace Elements of Invertebrates and Fish from the Coastal Waters of Ha Tinh Province, Central Vietnam	9
Analysis of Daily and Diurnal O3–NOx Relationships and Assessment of Local/Regional Oxidant (OX = O3 + NO2) Levels and Associated Human Health Risk at a Coastal Suburban Site of Sfax (Tunisia)	9
Statistical Post-Processing Method for Evaluating Bioaccumulation in Fish Due to Dietary Exposure in Japan	8
Decline in the Conception Rate of Wild Japanese Monkeys after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident	8
UVB-Aged Microplastics and Cellular Damage: An in Vitro Study	8
Assessing the Influence of Organic Carbon, Aging Time and Temperature on Bioaccessibility of Bifenthrin	8
Chemical Speciation, Bioavailability and Human Health Risk Assessment of Metals in Surface Dust from an Industrial Cluster in India	8
Exposure to Low Concentrations of AMPA Influences Morphology and Decreases Survival During Larval Development in a Widespread Amphibian Species	8
Mercury Concentrations in Feathers of Albatrosses and Large Petrels at South Georgia: Contemporary Patterns and Comparisons with Past Decades	8
Decreases in Concentrations and Human Dietary Intakes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Korean Seafood Between 2005 and 2017	8
Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in the Presence of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Differs for Acute and Chronic Exposures in Zebrafish	7
Dietary Uptake of Highly Hydrophobic Chemicals by Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss)	7
Levels and Distribution of Organophosphate Esters (OPEs) in Typical Megacity Wetland Park Landscape Water Bodies in Southwest China	7
Assessment of Preschool Children’s Exposure Levels to Organophosphate and Pyrethroid Pesticide: A Human Biomonitoring Study in Two Turkish Provinces	7
Physiological and Biochemical Effects of Cd Stress in Thlaspi Arvense L—A Non-Accumulator of Metals	7
Biochemical and Behavioral Responses in Zebrafish Exposed to Imidacloprid Oxidative Damage and Antioxidant Responses	7
Assessment of Health Risk and Presence of Metals in Water and Fish Samples from Doce River, Brazil, After Fundão Dam Collapse	7
Analysis of Macro- and Microplastics in Riverine, Riverbanks, and Irrigated Farms in Arusha, Tanzania	7
Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) in River Waters of Central Italy: Monthly Variation and Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA)	7
Hydrochemistry, Sources and Management of Fracturing Flowback Fluid in Tight Sandstone Gasfield in Sulige Gasfield (China)	7
Microplastics Distribution in Sediments Collected from Myanmar	6
Large Dataset-Based Regression Model of Chemical Toxicity to Vibrio fischeri	6
Ivermectin Toxicokinetics in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following P-glycoprotein Induction	6
Characterization of Adverse Outcomes from Legacy-Contaminated Groundwater Exposure to Early Life Stages of Fathead Minnow	6
Interactions Between Heavy Metal Exposure and Blood Biochemistry in an Urban Population of the Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) in Australia	6
Identification of Legacy and Active Sources of Metal Contamination in Soils in Brooklyn, NY	6
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Indoor Dust Across China: Occurrence, Sources and Cancer Risk Assessment	6
The Spatial Distribution and Potential Risk Assessment of POPs in Farmland around a Typical E-Waste Dismantling Site	6
Elevated Urbanization-Driven Plant Accumulation of Metal(loid)s Including Arsenic Species and Assessment of the Kłodnica River Sediment Contamination	6
Bromoform Toxicity to Marine Microalgae: Studies using the Diatom Chaetoceros lorenzianus as a Model Organism	6
Snow Contamination by Metals and Metalloids in a Polar Town: A Case Study of Nadym, Russia	6
Decoupling Sources of Anthropogenic Influences on Sediments of the Visovac Lake (Krka National Park, Croatia) Using Multiparametric Approach	6
Use of Site-Specific Data for Modeling Selenium Bioaccumulation by Terrestrial Animals	6
Stream Salamanders are Relatively Tolerant of Salty Streams	6
Sediment Spatial Distribution and Quality Assessment of Metals in Chinook Salmon and Resident Killer Whale Marine Habitat in British Columbia, Canada	6
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Characterization, Air Quality Level and Origin of Air Masses in an Urban Background in Pretoria	6
A Comparative Study of Mercury Bioaccumulation in Bivalve Molluscs from a Shallow Estuarine Embayment	6

Contamination of Soil by Obsolete Pesticide Stockpiles: A Case Study of Derince Province, Turkey	6
Feeding Ration Impacts Larval Pimephales Promelas 7-Day Subchronic Growth Endpoint: Case Study with Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid	6
Dioxins, PFOS, and 20 other Persistent Organic Pollutants in Eggs of Nine Wild Bird Species from the Vaal River, South Africa	6
Fitness of Isidorella newcombi Following Multi-generational Cu Exposures: Mortality, Cellular Biomarkers and Life History Responses	6
Biliary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolite Equivalents Measured in Fish and Subtidal Invertebrates Following the Refugio Beach Oil Spill	6
Sensitivity of Freshwater Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) and Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) to Waterborne Antimony: Exposure–Dose–Response Characteristics and Ion Homeostasis	6
A Tropical Estuary Where Mercury Does Not Biomagnify and its Adjacent Waters that Render Extremely High Mercury Concentrations in Top Predators	5
Investigating Acute and Subchronic Effects of Neonicotinoids on Northwestern Salamander Larvae	5
The Longitudinal Profile of a Stream Contaminated With 2,4-D and its Effects on Non-Target Species	5
Quantification of Pesticides and In Vitro Effects of Water-Soluble Fractions of Agricultural Soils in South Africa	5
Determination of Poultry Manure and Plant Residues Effects on Zn Bioavailable Fraction in Contaminated Soil via DGT Technique	5
Preliminary Study on the Role of Mangroves in Entrapping Microplastics in Tuticorin Coast of Gulf of Mannar, Southeast Coast of India	5
Ten Bird Species, Six Guilds, Three Habitats, and 59 Chlorinated and Brominated POPs: What do 64 Eggs from the Largest Economic Hub of Southern Africa tell us?	5
Exposure Levels and Contributing Factors of Various Arsenic Species and Their Health Effects on Korean Adults	5
Presence of Nematodes, Mercury Concentrations, and Liver Pathology in Carnivorous Freshwater Fish from La Mojana, Sucre, Colombia: Assessing Fish Health and Potential Human Health Risks	5
Investigating Oil Entrance from Hendijan Oil Field in the Northwest of the Persian Gulf Using Chemical Fingerprinting	5
Effects of Different Ammonia Levels on Tribenuron Methyl Toxicity in Daphnia magna	5
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Micropollutants in a Brazilian Urban River	5
Assessing the Potential Ecotoxicological Risk of Different Organic Amendments Used in Agriculture: Approach Using Acute Toxicity Tests on Plants and Earthworms	5
Contamination of Water, Sediment and Fish with Residues of Pesticides Used in Cotton Production in Northern Benin	5
Technology-Critical Elements: An Emerging and Vital Resource that Requires more In-depth Investigation	4
Hazardous Elements in the Edible Portion of Perna perna Mussels: Relation with the COVID-19 Pandemic Period and Assessment of the Risk to Human Health	4
Effect of Early-Life Exposure of Polystyrene Microplastics on Behavior and DNA Methylation in Later Life Stage of Zebrafish	4
Insight Study of Trace Elements in PM2.5 During Nine Years in Delhi, India: Seasonal Variation, Source Apportionment, and Health Risks Assessment	4
The Roles of Diet and Habitat Use in Pesticide Bioaccumulation by Juvenile Chinook Salmon: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Fatty Acid Biomarkers	4
Oxytetracycline and Florfenicol Association Affects Zebrafish Larvae Behavioral Repertoire	4
A Comparison of a Conventional Chemical Coagulant and a Natural Coagulant Derived from Cassia fistula Seeds for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions	4
Accumulation of the Toxic Metal Mercury in Multiple Tissues of Marine-Associated Birds from South Florida	4
Mercury Concentrations in Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus) of the Finger Lakes Region, New York	4
Assessing Performance of Wastewater Treatment Using in Vitro Cell-based Assays	4
Microplastics Contamination in Commercial Green Mussels from Selected Wet Markets in Thailand	4
Comparison of Oxytetracycline and Sulfamethazine Effects Over Root Elongation in Selected Wild and Crop Plants Commonly Present in the Mediterranean Cropland and Pasture Scenarios	4
Leaching Rate of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) from Marine Paint Chips	4
On the Novel Process of Pristine Microplastic Bio-fragmentation by Zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
Lethal and Sub-lethal Implications of Sodium Chloride Exposure for Adult Unionid Mussel Species: Eurynia dilatata and Lasmigona costata	4
Health Risk Assessment of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in Soil Across China Based on Monte Carlo Simulation	4
Necroecological Trophic Transfer of Microplastics: Insights into the Ecotoxicity of Petroleum-Derived and Biodegradable Polymers	4
Hexachloropentadiene in Soil, Air, and Biota Around an Agrochemical Factory: Concentrations, Distribution, and Risk Evaluation	4
Insights into In Situ Benthic Caging Tests for Ecotoxicity Assessments Targeting Discharging Groundwater Contaminant Plumes	4
France-Wide Monitoring of 1,4-Dioxane in Raw and Treated Water: Occurrence and Exposure Via Drinking Water Consumption	4
NP, OP and Derivatives in Freshwater Sediment Downstream of Textile Associated Municipal Wastewater Discharges	4
Experimental Analysis on the Ultraviolet Imaging of Oil Film on Water Surface: Implication for the Optimal Band for Oil Film Detection Using Ultraviolet Imaging	4
Impact of Exposure to Leaves From Metal-Polluted Sites on the Developmental Parameters of Larvae of the Dark Sword-Grass, Agrotis ipsilon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)	4
Simulation of Drift Depositional Rate of the Fungicide Fosetyl and Its Effects on Non-vascular Plants: Study Case of the Epiphytic Lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea	4
Mercury Contamination of an Introduced Generalist Fish of Intermediate Trophic Level	4
Radiological Hazard Assessment of High-Level Natural Radionuclides in Surface Sediments Along Red River, Vietnam	4
A Review of the Effects of the Biopesticides Bacillus thuringiensis Serotypes israelensis (Bti) and kurstaki (Btk) in Amphibians	4
n-Alkanes and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Deposition Dust and PM10 of Interiors in Touggourt Region, Algeria	3
Spatial and Temporal Variations and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Fractions in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China	3
Transport Behavior of Cd2+ in Highly Weathered Acidic Soils and Shaping in Soil Microbial Community Structure	3
Occurrence, Source and Dietary Exposure of Toxic and Essential Elements in the Indian Food Basket	3
Mycofiltration of Aqueous Iron (III) and Imidacloprid Solutions, and the Effects of the Filtrates on Selected Biomarkers of the Freshwater Snail Helisoma duryi	3
Current Status of Antifouling Biocides Contamination in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan	3
Ecological Implications on Aquatic Food Webs Due to Effects of Pesticides on Invertebrate Predators in a Neotropical Region	3
Empirical and Mechanistic Modeling of Release Kinetics of Heavy Metals and Their Chemical Distribution in the Rhizosphere and Non-rhizosphere Soils Under Vegetable Cultivation	3
Health Risks for a Rural Community in Bokkos, Plateau State, Nigeria, Exposed to Potentially Toxic Elements from an Abandoned Tin Mine	3
Occurrence and Distribution of Technology-Critical Elements in Recent Freshwater and Marine Pristine Lake Sediments in Croatia: A Case Study	3
Do Polystyrene Beads Contribute to Accumulation of Methylmercury in Oysters?	3
Comparing Transcriptomic Points of Departure to Apical Effect Concentrations For Larval Fathead Minnow Exposed to Chemicals with Four Different Modes Of Action	3
Potentially Toxic Elements’ Accumulation in Relation to Sediment Physicochemical Attributes and Microplastic Content in Zayandeh-Rood River, Iran	3
Distribution of Inorganic Contaminants Along the Coast of Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay	3
Hg and Se in Muscle and Liver of Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) from the Entrance of the Gulf of California: An Insight to the Potential Risk to Human Health	3
Subfossil Chironomid Assemblages as Indicators of Remedial Efficacy in the Historically Contaminated St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ontario	3
Behavioral Variables to Assess the Toxicity of Unionized Ammonia in Aquatic Snails: Integrating Movement and Feeding Parameters	3
In Danger One of the Largest Aquifers in the World, the Great Mayan Aquifer, Based on Monitoring the Cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula	3
Toxicity Effects of Engineered Iron Nanoparticles (Fe3O4) on the Growth, Cell Density, and Pigment Content of Chlorella vulgaris	3
Investigation of the Adsorption of Sulfamethoxazole by Degradable Microplastics Artificially Aged by Chemical Oxidation	3
Evaluation of Sublethal Toxicity of Nitrite to a Suite of Aquatic Organisms in Support of the Derivation of a Chronic Environmental Water Quality Benchmark	3
Exposure to Sublethal Concentrations of Lead (Pb) Affects Ecologically Relevant Behaviors in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	3
Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands	3
Assessment of Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar Using the Moss Bag Technique	3
Risk of Pesticides Mixtures in Rice to Birds and Humans in Iran	3
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) in Surface Water of China: National Exposure Distributions and Probabilistic Risk Assessment	3
Distribution Characteristics, Pollution Assessment, and Source Identification of Heavy Metals in Soils Around a Landfill-Farmland Multisource Hybrid District	3