OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Management is 123. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Recycling B4C grinding waste to fabricate high-performance ceramics by modification treatments and hot pressing	646
Removal kinetics of vinyl acetate under aerobic and anoxic conditions in a batch bioreactor	631
The ability of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to degrade saxitoxin-, microcystin-, anatoxin-, and non-toxin-producing strains of the harmful cyanobacterium, Dolichospermum	618
Reservoir-derived subsidies provide a potential management opportunity for novel river ecosystems	545
UNESCO biosphere reserves show demand for multifunctional agriculture	513
Gaining more from energy efficiency: The role of firms’ environmental concerns	510
Greening but enhanced vegetation water stress in the Yellow River Basin: A holistic perspective	478
A green process for the conversion of hazardous sintering dust into K2SO4 and NH4Cl fertilizers	420
Valorizing waste activated sludge incineration ash to S-doped Fe2+@Zeolite 4A catalyst for the treatment of emerging contaminants exemplified by sulfamethoxazole	413
Modeling biological denitrification in the presence of metal ions and elevated chloride content: Insights into abiotic and biotic mechanisms regulating metal bioprecipitation	344
Characterization and nutritional value of hydrothermal liquid products from distillers grains	336
Efficient removal of anti-HIV drug - maraviroc from natural water by peroxymonosulfate and TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation: Kinetic studies and identification of transformation products	325
An integrated model for prediction of hydrologic anomalies for habitat suitability of overwintering geese in a large floodplain wetland, China	313
Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans	299
Employment and environmental protection: The role of regulatory stringency	291
Fire management benefits tree growth and survival in the Brazilian savanna	280
Offshore produced water treatment by a biofilm reactor on the seabed: The effect of temperature and matrix characteristics	265
A Global review of cumulative effects assessments of disturbances on forest ecosystems	264
Development of a novel chelation-based recycling strategy for the efficient decontamination of hazardous petroleum refinery spent catalysts	260
Synthesis of zero-valent iron supported with graphite and plastic based carbon from recycling spent lithium ion batteries and its reaction mechanism with 4-chlorophenol in water	257
Impacts of changes in climate and water demand on flow in a subtropical river catchment below a major dam	257
Response of fulvic acid linking to redox characteristics on methane and short-chain fatty acids in anaerobic digestion of chicken manure	243
Unlocking the potential of simultaneous organics oxidation and nitrate reduction over an S-scheme magnetic CoFe2O4@g-C3N4 heterojunction under visible light irradiation: Performance and mechanisms	228
Effectiveness of permanent drift fences in reducing roadkill risk of amphibians	227
Effects of swine manure dilution with lagoon effluent on microbial communities and odor formation in pit recharge systems	218

Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) creates a soil legacy effect by modulating soil elemental composition in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem	214
A business approach to climate adaptation in local communities	213
Synchronous bio-degradation and bio-electricity generation in a Microbial Fuel Cell with aged and fresh leachate from the identical subtropical area	211
Editorial Board	208
Soil covering measure mitigates vanadium loss during short-term simulated rainfall in the vanadium titano-magnetite tailings reservoir	208
Determinants and convergence of biodiversity or extinction disclosures of mining firms in Africa	207
Enhanced bryophyte communities, but challenges for lichens following translocation of deadwood in ecological compensation	206
Metagenomic insights into the mechanism of sophorolipid in facilitating co-anaerobic digestion of mushroom residues and cattle manure: Functional microorganisms and metabolic pathway analysis	205
Understory biomass measurement in a dense plantation forest based on drone-SfM data by a manual low-flying drone under the canopy	204
Flood vulnerability assessment of Thailand's flood-prone Pathum Thani province and vulnerability mitigation strategies	204
Classification analysis of blue and green water quantities for a large-scale watershed of southwest China	201
NOx Emissions Control Area (NECA) scenario for ports in the North Adriatic Sea	200
Divergent patterns and drivers of leaf functional traits of Robinia pseudoacacia and Pinus tabulaeformis plantations along a precipitation gradient in the Loess plateau, China	198
Process-level emission analysis and decarbonization pathway for BF-BOF route in Indian iron and steel industry	195
Exploring the drivers of quantity- and quality-related water scarcity due to trade for each province in China	193
Achieving synergy between pollution reduction and carbon mitigation in the eco-industrial park: a multi-objective optimization framework	192
Do digital technology and political risk reduce CO2 emissions inequality in OECD economies? Panel evidence	186
Thalassophilia and marine identity: Drivers of ‘thick’ marine citizenship	185
Emission of VOCs from service stations in Beijing: Species characteristics and pollutants co-control based on SOA and O3	184
Screening redox stability of iron rich by-products for effective phosphate immobilisation in freshwater sediments	183
Unboxing the dilemma associated with online shopping and purchase behavior for remanufactured products: A smart strategy for waste management	183
Secondary benefits of urban flood protection	180
Study on the behavior of clusters in the physical recovery of GaAs scrap	180
Effectiveness of ozone nanobubble treatments on high biomass cyanobacterial blooms: A mesocosm experiment and field trial	179
Biodiesel production potential of microalgae, cultivated in acid mine drainage and livestock wastewater	178
Mechanistic insight into cost-effective dedicated oxidation of alkanes by inactivating soil organic matter with FeOOH formed in situ	176
Catalytic mechanism of N-containing biochar on volatile-biochar interaction for the same origin pyrolysis	175
Mitigation of harmful algal bloom (Margalefidinium polykrikoides) intensity and toxicity via aeration processes	175
Exploring micro(nano)plastics toxicity from an environmental management perspective: Zebrafish as a vital bridge for assessing potential human health risks	174
Advances in transfer learning for smart wastewater treatment plants: Learning frameworks and emerging pathways	173
Public environmental concern, economic policy uncertainty, and green transformation of industrial firms	173
Plant growth-defense trade-offs regulate phytoremediation efficiency and ecosystem resilience in the contaminated environments	172
Examining the risk mitigation strategies of farm households in Ghana: The role of community water resources	171
A critical review of the central role of microbial regulation in the nitrogen biogeochemical process: New insights for controlling groundwater nitrogen contamination	169
Simultaneous productions of high-purity calcium carbonate and amorphous nanosized silica-rich gel from waste concrete powder by alkaline treatment and carbonation	169
Emerging paradigm shift in urban indicators: Integration of the vertical dimension	169
Monetary compensation vs. Ecological restoration for marine ecological damage in China: Theory, practices and policy	169
Early-life exposure to weather shocks and learning outcomes in India	167
Revolution or trap? Long-term diffusion of bioplastics in China: Economic losses, health benefits, and policy pathways based on a multi-module CGE-LCA model	167
Do geopolitical shocks threaten ESG sustainability uncertainty? Insights from individual G7 economies via wavelet and quantile-based approaches	166
Impact of disturbance on common scoter carrying capacity based on an energetic model	164
Corrigendum to: Synergistic adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline using a Z-scheme kaolin/g-C3N4/MoO3 nanocomposite: A sustainable approach for water treatment [J. Environ. Manage.	160
Retraction notice to “Sustainability with environmental policy stringency and financial development for green technological innovations: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” [J. Environ. Manag. 373 (2025	160
Corrigendum to “Leveraging mixed methods in social-ecological systems: A plan for measuring community impacts of environmental clean-up” [Journal of Environmental Management 393 (2025) 127122]	159
Effects of high-strength landfill leachate effluent on stress-induced microalgae lipid production and post-treatment micropollutant degradation	159
Cleanup chlorinated ethene-polluted groundwater using an innovative immobilized Clostridium butyricum column scheme: A pilot-scale study	158
Application potential of biofertilizer-assisted Pennisetum giganteum in safe utilization of mercury-contaminated paddy fields	157
Evaluation of nitrogen removal, functional gene abundance and microbial community structure in a stormwater detention basin	156
Spatially-explicit assessment of carbon stocks in the landscape in the southern US under different scenarios of industrial wood pellet demand	156
Pyro-gas analysis of fixed bed reactor end of life tyres (ELTs) pyrolysis: A comparative study	153

Dynamic decomposition and regional differences of urban emergy ecological footprint in the Yangtze River Delta	150
Enhanced removal of dibutyl phthalate in a laccase-mediator system: Optimized process parameters, kinetics, and environmental impact	149
Environmental effects and spatial inequalities of paddy field utilization are increasing in China	149
Development of an inexact simulation-evaluation model for the joint analysis of water pricing and groundwater allocation policies	148
The organics-mediated microbial dynamics and mixotrophic metabolisms in anammox consortia under micro-aerobic conditions	148
Sediment-based biochar enhances growth, physiological and phytochemical properties of submerged plant Vallisneria spiralis via improving rhizosphere micro-ecological environment	148
Digital indicators of interest in natural world heritage sites	147
Sudden sulfamethoxazole shock leads to nitrite accumulation in microalgae-nitrifying bacteria consortia: Physiological responses and light regulating strategy	147
Comparative life cycle assessment of cement, sintered bricks and non-sintered bricks manufacturing using water-based drilling cuttings from shale gas production in the Sichuan Basin, China	147
Conidia production of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana using packed-bed bioreactor: Effect of substrate biodegradability on conidia virulence	146
Evaluating environmental impacts of micro, mini and small hydropower plants in Norway	146
Do ethnically diverse societies amplify the ecological footprint? Exploring the mediating role of human development	146
Optimizing green waste composting with Bacillus siamensis inoculant: Impacts on decomposition and microbial dynamics	145
Mixotrophic denitrification of waste activated sludge fermentation liquid as an alternative carbon source for nitrogen removal: Reducing N2O emissions and costs	145
Breeding bird species richness and sensitivity to disturbance at Antarctic visitor sites	144
Evaluating removal efficiency in wastewater treatment plants using non-target screening analysis	144
A retrospective assessment of fuel break effectiveness for containing rangeland wildfires in the sagebrush biome	142
Pathways for the utilization of visualization techniques in designing participatory natural resource policy and management	140
National progress towards supranational climate & energy goals due to policies & their mixes? Insights from Northern & Western Europe	140
Influence of anthropogenic disturbances on antibiotic resistance gene distributions along the Minjiang River in Southeast China	139
The distribution and driving climatic factors of agricultural drought in China: Past and future perspectives	138
Photocatalytic activation of peroxymonocarbonate with a TiO2 catalyst for water remediation	138
The corncobs-loaded iron nanoparticles enhanced mechanism of denitrification performance in microalgal-bacterial aggregates system when treating low COD/TN wastewater	137
Positive role of plateau pika (Ochotona coronae) on environmental quality at low and moderate density on the Tibetan plateau: Evidence from a meta-analysis	137
Nano-enabled strategies in sustainable agriculture for enhanced crop productivity: A comprehensive review	137
Preparation of Ti/RuO2-IrO2 electrodes and their application in broad-spectrum electrochemical detection of COD	136
Boiler ash utilization in the Canadian pulp and paper industry	135
Experimental investigation for treating ibuprofen and triclosan by biosurfactant from domestic wastewater	135
Environmental emissions influencing solar photovoltaic waste management in Australia: An optimised system network of waste collection facilities	133
Significance of AI-assisted techniques for epiphyte plant monitoring and identification from drone images	132
Does land use change decline the regional ecosystem health maintenance? Case study in subtropical coastal region, Fuzhou, China	130
Unveiling the complexities of economic, development and governance factors in belt and road countries: A leap forward towards environmental management	130
Symbiotic integration of waste disposal capability within a city cluster: The case of the Yangtze River Delta	130
Predicting spatiotemporal soil organic carbon responses to management using EPIC-IIASA meta-models	130
Global-SHANEL Asia model predicting chemical concentration in rivers with high spatio-temporal resolution, suitable for climate change scenarios	130
Nanozeolite-coupled biochar-based phosphorus fertilizer decreases soil N2O emissions in a subtropical Moso bamboo forest	130
Binding inspired green innovation: Evidence from China's Top 1,000 energy regulation	129
STFS-urban: Spatio-temporal flood simulation model for urban areas	128
Immobilization of heavy metals in biochar by co-pyrolysis of sludge and CaSiO3	128
Understanding the impact of barriers to onward migration; a novel approach using translocated fish	127
A novel composite electrode with multiple pore structures for efficient treatment of heavy metal ions in capacitive deionization	127
Smartphone-based spectrometry system as a prescreening assessment of copper and iron for real time control of water pollution	127
Quantifying the effect of socio-economic-geo drivers on the change of municipal waste disposal in China by an integrated TWFE-PRF-SDM methodology	127
Microplastic transport during desertification in drylands: Abundance and characterization of soil microplastics in the Amu Darya-Aral Sea basin, Central Asia	126
Carbon flux dynamics and influencing factors in a semi-arid dune ecosystem of northern China	126
Biochar production in northern New Mexico: Identifying challenges and opportunities	125
Incorporating regional green spaces into greenspace exposure assessment: A nationwide study of 244 Chinese cities	125
A case-based reasoning tool to recommend drinking water source protection actions	125
Responses of soil fungal communities to changes in different land use types in the Yellow River wetland	123