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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Trace Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Snow Cover of the City of Nizhnevartovsk (Western Siberia, Russia)	172
Environmentally-Relevant Concentrations of Atrazine Had Minor Impacts on Gut Microbiota and Liver Metabolite in Juvenile Turtles	105
Copper Accumulation Through Diet Versus Direct Water Exposure Routes in a Dragonfly Nymph/Mosquito Larvae Laboratory Food Chain	94
Statistical Post-Processing Method for Evaluating Bioaccumulation in Fish Due to Dietary Exposure in Japan	64
Multiple Biomarker Responses in Aegla castro Exposed to Copper: A Laboratory Approach	40
Fitness of Isidorella newcombi Following Multi-generational Cu Exposures: Mortality, Cellular Biomarkers and Life History Responses	34
Identification of Legacy and Active Sources of Metal Contamination in Soils in Brooklyn, NY	29
Bromoform Toxicity to Marine Microalgae: Studies using the Diatom Chaetoceros lorenzianus as a Model Organism	23
Decoupling Sources of Anthropogenic Influences on Sediments of the Visovac Lake (Krka National Park, Croatia) Using Multiparametric Approach	22
Feeding Ration Impacts Larval Pimephales Promelas 7-Day Subchronic Growth Endpoint: Case Study with Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid	22
A Tropical Estuary Where Mercury Does Not Biomagnify and its Adjacent Waters that Render Extremely High Mercury Concentrations in Top Predators	20
Quantification of Pesticides and In Vitro Effects of Water-Soluble Fractions of Agricultural Soils in South Africa	20
The Roles of Diet and Habitat Use in Pesticide Bioaccumulation by Juvenile Chinook Salmon: Insights from Stable Isotopes and Fatty Acid Biomarkers	20
Ivermectin Toxicokinetics in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following P-glycoprotein Induction	20
Microplastics Distribution in Sediments Collected from Myanmar	18
Comparing Transcriptomic Points of Departure to Apical Effect Concentrations For Larval Fathead Minnow Exposed to Chemicals with Four Different Modes Of Action	17
Necroecological Trophic Transfer of Microplastics: Insights into the Ecotoxicity of Petroleum-Derived and Biodegradable Polymers	15
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	13
Distribution of Inorganic Contaminants Along the Coast of Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay	13
Potentially Toxic Elements’ Accumulation in Relation to Sediment Physicochemical Attributes and Microplastic Content in Zayandeh-Rood River, Iran	13
Hexachloropentadiene in Soil, Air, and Biota Around an Agrochemical Factory: Concentrations, Distribution, and Risk Evaluation	13
Assessment of Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar Using the Moss Bag Technique	12
Mercury Contamination of an Introduced Generalist Fish of Intermediate Trophic Level	12
Occurrence, Source and Dietary Exposure of Toxic and Essential Elements in the Indian Food Basket	11
Toxicity Evaluation of Water and Pore Water from a Pilot-Scale Pit Lake in the Alberta Oil Sands Region to Daphnia Species	10

Exposure to Sublethal Concentrations of Lead (Pb) Affects Ecologically Relevant Behaviors in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)	10
Levels of Contamination by Pesticide Residues, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), and 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in Honeys Retailed in Europe	10
Is Seven Days Enough? Comparing A 7-Day Exposure to the Classical 21-Day OECD TG 229 Fish Short-Term Reproduction Assay in Fathead Minnow	10
The Acute and Chronic Effects of a Sediment-Bound Synthetic Musk, Galaxolide, on Hyalella azteca, Chironomus dilutus, and Lumbriculus variegatus	10
n-Alkanes and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Deposition Dust and PM10 of Interiors in Touggourt Region, Algeria	10
Passive-Sampler-Based Bioavailability Assessment of PCB Congeners Associated with Aroclor-Containing Paint Chips in the Presence of Sediment	9
Metal Accumulation and Ion Regulation in the Fish Hyphessobrycon luetkenii Living in a Site Chronically Contaminated by Copper: Insights from Translocation Experiments	9
Laboratory and In situ Selenium Bioaccumulation Assessment in the Benthic Macroinvertebrates Hyalella azteca and Chironomus dilutus	9
Dynamics and Mass Balance of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in and Around the Seto Inland Sea, Japan	9
Effect of Activated Carbon in Thin Sand Caps Challenged with Ongoing PCB Inputs from Sediment Deposition: PCB Uptake in Clams (Mercenaria mercenaria) and Passive Samplers	9
Essential and Non-Essential Elements Levels in Fish Species Highly Consumed in the Middle Miranda River, Brazilian Pantanal	9
Identify Primary Air Pollution Sources of BTEX by Using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF): A Case Study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	9
Distribution, Risk Assessment, and Sources of Trace Metals in Surface Sediments from the Sea Area of Macao, South China	9
Granulometric and Geochemical Distribution of Arsenic in a Mining Environmental Liability in a Semi-arid Area	8
Multiple Level Effects of Imazethapyr on Leptodactylus latinasus (Anura) Adult Frogs	8
Colony Formation in Three Species of the Family Scenedesmaceae (Desmodesmus subspicatus, Scenedesmus Acutus, Tetradesmus Dimorphus) Exposed to Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate and its Interference with Grazing	8
Combined Chemical and Ecotoxicological Measurements for River Sediment Management in an On-Land Deposit Scenario	8
Classification Model of Pesticide Toxicity in Americamysis bahia Based on Quantum Chemical Descriptors	8
Effectiveness of a Constructed Wetland with Carbon Filtration in Reducing Pesticides Associated with Agricultural Runoff	8
Characterizing the Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Runoff from Roads and Other Impervious Surfaces in a Suburban Area of Beijing	8
Green Kingfishers as Sentinel Species for Mercury Contamination in Amazon	7
Using Biological Responses to Monitor Freshwater Post-Spill Conditions over 3 years in Blacktail Creek, North Dakota, USA	7
Physiological and Biochemical Effects of Cd Stress in Thlaspi Arvense L—A Non-Accumulator of Metals	7
Irrigation with Water Contaminated by Sugarcane Pesticides and Vinasse Can Inhibit Seed Germination and Crops Initial Growth	7
Developing As and Cu Tissue Residue Thresholds to Attain the Good Ecological Status of Rivers in Mining Areas	7
Investigation of Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Esters in Hanoi, Vietnam: Assessment Exposure and Estimated Daily Intake	7
Sensitivity of Freshwater Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) and Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) to Waterborne Antimony: Exposure–Dose–Response Characteristics and Ion Homeostasis	7
Factors Contributing to Accumulation of 210Po in Freshwater Fishes in Dong Thai Lake, Vietnam and Radiological Hazard Assessment	7
Correction: Sediment Spatial Distribution and Quality Assessment of Metals in Chinook Salmon and Resident Killer Whale Marine Habitat in British Columbia, Canada	7
Are Mosses Used in Atmospheric Trace Metal Deposition Surveys Impacted by Their Substrate Soils? A National Study in Albania	7
Potential Ecological Risk Assessment of Critical Raw Materials: Gallium, Gadolinium, and Germanium	7
Current Status of Antifouling Biocides Contamination in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan	6
Investigating Oil Entrance from Hendijan Oil Field in the Northwest of the Persian Gulf Using Chemical Fingerprinting	6
Effect of Early-Life Exposure of Polystyrene Microplastics on Behavior and DNA Methylation in Later Life Stage of Zebrafish	6
Assessment of Metals Toxicity Using a Nitrifying Bacteria Bioassay Kit Based on Oxygen Consumption	6
Temporal and Spatial Variations of Potentially Toxic Elements in PM10 Collected in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia	6
Food Web Structures and Mercury Exposure Pathway to Fish in Minamata Bay	6
Spatial and Temporal Variations and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Fractions in Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China	6
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	6
A Comparative Study of Mercury Bioaccumulation in Bivalve Molluscs from a Shallow Estuarine Embayment	6
Stream Salamanders are Relatively Tolerant of Salty Streams	6
Radiological Hazard Assessment of High-Level Natural Radionuclides in Surface Sediments Along Red River, Vietnam	6
Physiological Dependency Explains Temperature Differences in Sensitivity Towards Chemical Exposure	6
Mercury Accumulation and Transfer in Hydrothermal Coastal Environment: The Case of the Geothermal Plant of Bouillante	6
In Danger One of the Largest Aquifers in the World, the Great Mayan Aquifer, Based on Monitoring the Cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula	6
Oxytetracycline and Florfenicol Association Affects Zebrafish Larvae Behavioral Repertoire	6
Large Dataset-Based Regression Model of Chemical Toxicity to Vibrio fischeri	6
Assessing Performance of Wastewater Treatment Using in Vitro Cell-based Assays	6
Transport Behavior of Cd2+ in Highly Weathered Acidic Soils and Shaping in Soil Microbial Community Structure	6
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Exposure Alter Neuroendocrine Factors, Disrupt Cardiac Functions and Provokes Hypoxia Conditions in Zebrafish Model	6

Arsenic Speciation, an Evaluation of Health Risk Due to the Consumption of Two Fishes from Coastal Marine Areas of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SWAO)	6
Annona glabra L. Seeds: An Agricultural Waste Biosorbent for the Eco-Friendly Removal of Methylene Blue	6
Evaluation of Sublethal Toxicity of Nitrite to a Suite of Aquatic Organisms in Support of the Derivation of a Chronic Environmental Water Quality Benchmark	6
Rhenium Distribution and Behavior in the Salinity Gradient of a Highly Stratified Estuary and Pristine Riverine Waters (The Krka River, Croatia)	5
Target Organ Toxicity in Rats After Subchronic Oral Exposure to Soil Extracts Containing a Complex Mixture of Contaminants	5
Occurrence and Health Risk Assessment of Phthalates in Municipal Drinking Water Supply of a Central Indian City	5
Groundwater Pollution Source Identification and Apportionment Using PMF and PCA-APCS-MLR Receptor Models in Tongchuan City, China	5
Redox Status, Immune Alterations, Histopathology, and Micronuclei Induction in Labeo rohita Dwelling in Polluted River Water	5
Analysis of Macro- and Microplastics in Riverine, Riverbanks, and Irrigated Farms in Arusha, Tanzania	5
Genetic Structure of a Native Neotropical Fish Species: New Insights about a South American Bioindicator	5
Pesticide Residues in Cabbage and Nile Tilapia and Implications on Human Health and Ecosystems: A Case of Fogera District in Ethiopia	5
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	5
First Retrospective Study of Avian Mercury Exposure in a Tropical ASGM Hotspot	5
Cadmium-109 Internal Kinetics in Diamond Sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii are Strongly Influenced by Salinity, Exposure Pathway and History	5
Species Sensitivity Distributions of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Fludioxonil-Spiked Sediment Toxicity Tests	5
Models as Much Needed Tools in Ecotoxicology: Integrative Approaches to Cross Barriers	5
Occurrence and Temporal Variation of Technology-Critical Elements in North Sea Sediments—A Determination of Preliminary Reference Values	5
Benefits of Short-term Premature Mortality Reduction Attributed to PM2.5 Pollution: A Case Study in Long an Province, Vietnam	5
Microplastic's Contamination in the Hemolymph and Organs (Gills and Hepatopancreas) of Perna viridis	5
Accessing the Past: A Sediment Core Revealing Anthropogenic Impacts of Technology-Critical Elements on the Marine Environment	5
Assessing the Potential Ecotoxicological Risk of Different Organic Amendments Used in Agriculture: Approach Using Acute Toxicity Tests on Plants and Earthworms	4
Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands	4
Determination of Poultry Manure and Plant Residues Effects on Zn Bioavailable Fraction in Contaminated Soil via DGT Technique	4
Exposure to High Concentrations of Cadmium Which Delay Development of Ostrinia Nubilalis Hbn. Larvae Affected the Balance of Bioelements	4
Risk and Benefit Analysis of Fish Consumption in NW Mexico: Mercury, Selenium, and Fatty Acids	4
Residues from the Fundão Dam Accident in Brazil and their Effects on Photosynthetic Efficiency of Two Restinga Plant Species	4
Risk of Pesticides Mixtures in Rice to Birds and Humans in Iran	4
The Spatial Distribution and Potential Risk Assessment of POPs in Farmland around a Typical E-Waste Dismantling Site	4
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Indoor Dust Across China: Occurrence, Sources and Cancer Risk Assessment	4
Sediment Spatial Distribution and Quality Assessment of Metals in Chinook Salmon and Resident Killer Whale Marine Habitat in British Columbia, Canada	4
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Human Milk of Croatian First-Time Mothers: 2010 Versus 2020	4
Evaluation of the Impact of Selected Metallic Contaminants on Wild Rutilus rutilus Through Integrated Antioxidant Biomarker Responses	4
Impact of Land-Use Types on the Distribution and Exposure Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Dusts from Benin City, Nigeria	4
Identification of Microcrustaceans as Potential Bioindicators of Arsenic in Tropical Water Bodies	4
France-Wide Monitoring of 1,4-Dioxane in Raw and Treated Water: Occurrence and Exposure Via Drinking Water Consumption	4
Risk Assessment of Arsenic Toxicity Through Groundwater-Soil-Rice System in Maldah District, Bengal Delta Basin, India	4
Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in the Presence of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Differs for Acute and Chronic Exposures in Zebrafish	4
Biological Diversity Associated with Pesticides Residues in Certain Egyptian Watercourses	4
Glyphosate is Harmful to Early Life Stages of the Viviparous Fish Jenynsia Multidentata: Biochemical and Locomotor Effects	4
Seasonal Disparities of Human Health Risk and Particle-Bound Metal Characteristics Associated with Atmospheric Particles in a Fishery Harbor	4
Chronic Radium-226 Bioaccumulation and Toxicity in the Aquatic Invertebrate Daphnia magna	4
Potentially Toxic Elemental Dispersion from the Brick Kilns: Preliminary Exploration of Mechanistic Pathways	4
Insights into In Situ Benthic Caging Tests for Ecotoxicity Assessments Targeting Discharging Groundwater Contaminant Plumes	4
Environmental Persistence and Toxicity of Weathered Wildland Fire Retardants to Rainbow Trout	4
Toward the Circular Economy of Rare Earth Elements: A Review of Abundance, Extraction, Applications, and Environmental Impacts	3
Chemical and Carbon Isotopic Characterization of a Karst-Dominated Urbanized Watershed: Case of the Upper San Antonio River	3
Rare Earth Element Accumulation and Fractionation in a Lake Ecosystem Impacted by Past Uranium Mining	3
Heavy Rainfall Events Following the Dry Season Elevate Metal Contamination in Mining-Impacted Rivers: A Case Study of Wenyu River, Qinling, China	3
Contamination of Water, Sediment and Fish with Residues of Pesticides Used in Cotton Production in Northern Benin	3
Use of Site-Specific Data for Modeling Selenium Bioaccumulation by Terrestrial Animals	3
Decreases in Concentrations and Human Dietary Intakes of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Korean Seafood Between 2005 and 2017	3
Lethal and Sub-lethal Implications of Sodium Chloride Exposure for Adult Unionid Mussel Species: Eurynia dilatata and Lasmigona costata	3
Occurrence and fate of Adsorbable Organic Halogens (AOX) in two WWTPs from Romania	3
Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in the Canadian Freshwater Environment	3
An Evaluation of Fish Tissue Monitoring Alternatives for Mercury and Selenium: Fish Muscle Biopsy Samples Versus Homogenized Whole Fillets	3
Moss Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Trace Element Pollution in the Republic of Moldova	3
Biochemical and Behavioral Responses in Zebrafish Exposed to Imidacloprid Oxidative Damage and Antioxidant Responses	3
Biliary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolite Equivalents Measured in Fish and Subtidal Invertebrates Following the Refugio Beach Oil Spill	3
The Longitudinal Profile of a Stream Contaminated With 2,4-D and its Effects on Non-Target Species	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
Mercury Exposure in Two Fish Trophic Guilds from Protected and ASGM-Impacted Reservoirs in Zimbabwe and Possible Risks to Human Health	3
Hydrogeochemical Processes Governing Uranium Mobility: Inferences from the Anthropogenically Disturbed, Semi-arid Region of India	3
Assessing Changes in Permethrin Toxicity to Juvenile Inland Silversides (Menidia beryllina) Under Different Temperature Scenarios	3
Can Vitamin C Supplementation Improve the Antioxidant Capacity of Rhamdia quelen Fish Exposed to Atrazine?	3
Mercury Concentrations in Feathers of Albatrosses and Large Petrels at South Georgia: Contemporary Patterns and Comparisons with Past Decades	3
Insight Study of Trace Elements in PM2.5 During Nine Years in Delhi, India: Seasonal Variation, Source Apportionment, and Health Risks Assessment	3
Simulation of Drift Depositional Rate of the Fungicide Fosetyl and Its Effects on Non-vascular Plants: Study Case of the Epiphytic Lichen Pseudevernia furfuracea	3