OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Pollution is 103. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Can atmospheric pollution be considered a co-factor in extremely high level of SARS-CoV-2 lethality in Northern Italy?	650
Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment	639
Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review	590
Role of the chronic air pollution levels in the Covid-19 outbreak risk in Italy	432
Disinfection technology of hospital wastes and wastewater: Suggestions for disinfection strategy during coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China	413
Adsorption of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater by modified biochar: A review	399
Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils	371
Sewage sludge application as a vehicle for microplastics in eastern Spanish agricultural soils	360
Links between air pollution and COVID-19 in England	356
COVID-19 as a factor influencing air pollution?	346
Are biodegradable plastics a promising solution to solve the global plastic pollution?	310
Applications of water-stable metal-organic frameworks in the removal of water pollutants: A review	310
Microplastics in aquatic environments: Toxicity to trigger ecological consequences	305
Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size	294
Polystyrene nanoparticles: Sources, occurrence in the environment, distribution in tissues, accumulation and toxicity to various organisms	261
Application of adsorption process for effective removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater	252
Current status, spatial features, health risks, and potential driving factors of soil heavy metal pollution in China at province level	247
Antibiotics in soil and water in China–a systematic review and source analysis	245
Microplastics could be a threat to plants in terrestrial systems directly or indirectly	239
Environmental arsenic exposure and its contribution to human diseases, toxicity mechanism and management	235
Multifaceted roles of microalgae in the application of wastewater biotreatment: A review	235
Air quality during the COVID-19: PM2.5 analysis in the 50 most polluted capital cities in the world	234
Interactions and effects of microplastics with heavy metals in aquatic and terrestrial environments	231
An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city	228
What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna	198

Distribution of microplastics in soil and freshwater environments: Global analysis and framework for transport modeling	195
Heavy metal contamination risk assessment and correlation analysis of heavy metal contents in soil and crops	194
The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River	183
Diurnal and temporal changes in air pollution during COVID-19 strict lockdown over different regions of India	182
Seasonal characteristics of aerosols (PM2.5 and PM10) and their source apportionment using PMF: A four year study over Delhi, India	180
A review on bioremediation approach for heavy metal detoxification and accumulation in plants	179
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment and COVID-19 transmission risk from environmental matrices and surfaces	177
Biomass utilization and production of biofuels from carbon neutral materials	174
Impact of plastic mulch film debris on soil physicochemical and hydrological properties	171
Foliar-applied polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs) reduce the growth and nutritional quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)	170
Adsorptive removal of cationic methylene blue and anionic Congo red dyes using wet-torrefied microalgal biochar: Equilibrium, kinetic and mechanism modeling	168
Distinct microplastic distributions in soils of different land-use types: A case study of Chinese farmlands	159
Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment	159
The impact of COVID-19 as a necessary evil on air pollution in India during the lockdown	158
Laboratory simulation of microplastics weathering and its adsorption behaviors in an aqueous environment: A systematic review	157
Prevention and control of COVID-19 in public transportation: Experience from China	154
Disinfection by-products in drinking water: Occurrence, toxicity and abatement	153
Sediment internal nutrient loading in the most polluted area of a shallow eutrophic lake (Lake Chaohu, China) and its contribution to lake eutrophication	150
Cadmium pollution of soil-rice ecosystems in rice cultivation dominated regions in China: A review	149
Macro- and microplastic accumulation in soil after 32 years of plastic film mulching	148
Microplastic fibres from synthetic textiles: Environmental degradation and additive chemical content	148
Removal mechanisms of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) by biochar supported nanosized zero-valent iron: Synergy of adsorption, reduction and transformation	148
The emerging risk of exposure to nano(micro)plastics on endocrine disturbance and reproductive toxicity: From a hypothetical scenario to a global public health challenge	147
Simultaneous removal of arsenic, cadmium, and lead from soil by iron-modified magnetic biochar	143
Do polystyrene nanoplastics affect the toxicity of cadmium to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)?	142
Microplastics in freshwater: A global review of factors affecting spatial and temporal variations	140
Face masks as a source of nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment: Quantification, characterization, and potential for bioaccumulation	138
Metabolomics revealing the response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) exposed to polystyrene microplastics	136
The occurrence of microplastics in farmland and grassland soils in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau: Different land use and mulching time in facility agriculture	136
Mask use during COVID-19: A risk adjusted strategy	133
Microplastic pollution of worldwide lakes	132
Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment	131
Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition in the mid-west Pacific Ocean	130
PM2.5 and O3 pollution during 2015–2019 over 367 Chinese cities: Spatiotemporal variations, meteorological and topographical impacts	129
Modelling bioaccumulation of heavy metals in soil-crop ecosystems and identifying its controlling factors using machine learning	129
Microplastics in water, sediment and fish from the Fengshan River system: Relationship to aquatic factors and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by fish	129
Microplastic accumulation in the gastrointestinal tracts in birds of prey in central Florida, USA	129
Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean	129
Interactions between microplastics/nanoplastics and vascular plants	128
Carbon emissions, the industrial structure and economic growth: Evidence from heterogeneous industries in China	127
Current progress on plastic/microplastic degradation: Fact influences and mechanism	127
A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects	127
Effects of different feedstocks-based biochar on soil remediation: A review	124
Heavy metal pollution, ecological risk, spatial distribution, and source identification in sediments of the Lijiang River, China	123
Inhibitory effect of microplastics on soil extracellular enzymatic activities by changing soil properties and direct adsorption: An investigation at the aggregate-fraction level	123
Selective removal of arsenic in water: A critical review	122
Physiological impacts of zero valent iron, Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 nanoparticles in rice plants and their potential as Fe fertilizers	121
Nanoplastics in aquatic systems - are they more hazardous than microplastics?	120
Antibiotics in wastewater: From its occurrence to the biological removal by environmentally conscious technologies	119
Controversies over human health and ecological impacts of glyphosate: Is it to be banned in modern agriculture?	119

Marine mammals and microplastics: A systematic review and call for standardisation	118
Nanoplastics impact on marine biota: A review	118
Nationwide monitoring of microplastics in bivalves from the coastal environment of Korea	117
An overview of removing heavy metals from sewage sludge: Achievements and perspectives	117
Metro station free drinking water fountain- A potential “microplastics hotspot” for human consumption	116
Estimation of nitrate pollution sources and transformations in groundwater of an intensive livestock-agricultural area (Comarca Lagunera), combining major ions, stable isotopes and MixSIAR model	116
Use of water quality index and multivariate statistical methods for the evaluation of water quality of a stream affected by multiple stressors: A case study	115
Microbial remediation of micro-nano plastics: Current knowledge and future trends	114
Microplastics act as vectors for antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate: The enhanced roles of the long-term aging process	114
Phthalate metabolites: Characterization, toxicities, global distribution, and exposure assessment	114
Waste-to-energy nexus: A sustainable development	113
Distribution, abundance, and diversity of microplastics in the upper St. Lawrence River	113
Microplastic pollution of the Tamsui River and its tributaries in northern Taiwan: Spatial heterogeneity and correlation with precipitation	112
Remediation of heavy metals polluted environment using Fe-based nanoparticles: Mechanisms, influencing factors, and environmental implications	112
Long-term exposure to microplastics induces oxidative stress and a pro-inflammatory response in the gut of Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758	112
Adsorption, uptake and toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics: Effects on terrestrial plants and aquatic macrophytes	112
Phosphorus retention using iron (II/III) modified biochar in saline-alkaline soils: Adsorption, column and field tests	110
Toxic effects of exposure to microplastics with environmentally relevant shapes and concentrations: Accumulation, energy metabolism and tissue damage in oyster Crassostrea gigas	110
Comparative adsorption mechanism of doxycycline and Congo red using synthesized kaolinite supported CoFe2O4 nanoparticles	110
Biotransformation of perfluoroalkyl acid precursors from various environmental systems: advances and perspectives	109
Microplastics in composting of rural domestic waste: abundance, characteristics, and release from the surface of macroplastics	108
Surface treated acid-activated carbon for adsorption of anionic azo dyes from single and binary adsorptive systems: A detail insight	106
Elucidating the differentiation of soil heavy metals under different land uses with geographically weighted regression and self-organizing map	105
Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene and polystyrene in superworms, larvae of Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Broad and limited extent depolymerization	104
Quantification and exposure assessment of microplastics in Australian indoor house dust	104
Polystyrene microplastics cause cardiac fibrosis by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and promoting cardiomyocyte apoptosis in rats	104
Immunotoxicity and neurotoxicity of bisphenol A and microplastics alone or in combination to a bivalve species, Tegillarca granosa	103
Assessing groundwater pollution and potential remediation processes in a multi-layer aquifer system	103
Ecological risk assessment of microplastics in coastal, shelf, and deep sea waters with a consideration of environmentally relevant size and shape	103