OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Management is 126. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Intergenerational transmission of sustainable consumption practices: Dyadic dynamics of green receptivity, subjective knowledge, peer conformity, and intra-family communication	514
Deposition characteristics of microplastics in coral reef fish with different feeding habits from the Xisha Islands Waters, South China Sea	505
Uptake, subcellular distribution, and fate of tetracycline in two wetland plants supplemented with microbial agents: Effect and mechanism	419
Editorial Board	405
The circulating fluidized bed bioreactor as a biological nutrient removal process for municipal wastewater treatment: Process modelling and costing analysis	372
Synchronous bio-degradation and bio-electricity generation in a Microbial Fuel Cell with aged and fresh leachate from the identical subtropical area	372
Spatially-explicit assessment of carbon stocks in the landscape in the southern US under different scenarios of industrial wood pellet demand	348
A business approach to climate adaptation in local communities	343
Experimental study for visualizing CO2-dissolved water plume migration under hydraulic gradient conditions and implication for field monitoring data	338
A green process for the conversion of hazardous sintering dust into K2SO4 and NH4Cl fertilizers	311
Exploring micro(nano)plastics toxicity from an environmental management perspective: Zebrafish as a vital bridge for assessing potential human health risks	307
Integrating circular economy policies in urban policy making: Strategies for green energy and environmental management to reinforce city image in China	299
Farmland nutrient pollution and its evolutionary relationship with plantation economic development in China	285
Binding inspired green innovation: Evidence from China's Top 1,000 energy regulation	283
Enhanced bryophyte communities, but challenges for lichens following translocation of deadwood in ecological compensation	283
Mechanical chemical pretreatment boosts K-N self-templating doping in lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis biochar for efficient tetracycline removal	283
Cleaner production of performance-enhanced hybrid composites using agro-industrial wastes: A sustainable waste management strategy	276
Microplastics enhance laccase-driven bisphenol A removal in multipollutant wastewater	268
Water leak control for the oil-producing wells using Downhole Water Sink Technology	255
Balancing the ban: Navigating the economic and environmental trade-offs of single-use plastics in Ghana	254
A health data led approach for assessing potential health benefits of green and blue spaces: Lessons from an Irish case study	251
Effects of fire on soil organic carbon, soil total nitrogen, and soil properties under rotational shifting cultivation in northern Thailand	248
The mitigating effects of diatom-bacteria biofilm on coastal harmful algal blooms: A lab-based study concerning species-specific competition and biofilm formation	246
Boiler ash utilization in the Canadian pulp and paper industry	239
Processing of bio-based photocatalytic sponge-like structures containing C,N-TiO2 colloidally dispersed onto cellulose nanofibers for microplastic remediation	230

Achieving synergy between pollution reduction and carbon mitigation in the eco-industrial park: a multi-objective optimization framework	226
Sudden sulfamethoxazole shock leads to nitrite accumulation in microalgae-nitrifying bacteria consortia: Physiological responses and light regulating strategy	225
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.	224
Carbon flux dynamics and influencing factors in a semi-arid dune ecosystem of northern China	220
Recycling B4C grinding waste to fabricate high-performance ceramics by modification treatments and hot pressing	218
Leveraging explainable machine learning for enhanced management of lake water quality	213
Coordinating public and government responses to air pollution exposure: A multi-source data fusion approach	211
The corncobs-loaded iron nanoparticles enhanced mechanism of denitrification performance in microalgal-bacterial aggregates system when treating low COD/TN wastewater	206
Toxicological effects and defense mechanisms induced by beta-cypermethrin in Drosophila melanogaster	206
Removal kinetics of vinyl acetate under aerobic and anoxic conditions in a batch bioreactor	206
Green strategies for the valorization of industrial medicinal residues of Serenoa repens small (saw palmetto) as source of bioactive compounds	203
Metagenomic insights into the mechanism of sophorolipid in facilitating co-anaerobic digestion of mushroom residues and cattle manure: Functional microorganisms and metabolic pathway analysis	201
UNESCO biosphere reserves show demand for multifunctional agriculture	194
Environmental effects and spatial inequalities of paddy field utilization are increasing in China	194
Effects of livestock on arthropod biodiversity in Iberian holm oak savannas revealed by metabarcoding	193
A novel composite electrode with multiple pore structures for efficient treatment of heavy metal ions in capacitive deionization	189
Impacts of changes in climate and water demand on flow in a subtropical river catchment below a major dam	189
Modeling urban pollutant wash-off processes with ecological memory	188
The ability of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to degrade saxitoxin-, microcystin-, anatoxin-, and non-toxin-producing strains of the harmful cyanobacterium, Dolichospermum	183
Automated environmental compliance monitoring of rivers with IoT and open government data	182
Towards energy conservation by constructing more transportation infrastructure?: An endogenous stochastic frontier analysis framework	182
Coupling of metataxonomics and culturing improves bacterial diversity characterization and identifies a novel Rhizorhapis sp. with metal resistance potential in a multi-contaminated waste sediment	181
The organics-mediated microbial dynamics and mixotrophic metabolisms in anammox consortia under micro-aerobic conditions	181
A retrospective assessment of fuel break effectiveness for containing rangeland wildfires in the sagebrush biome	180
Predictive modeling of plastic pyrolysis process for the evaluation of activation energy: Explainable artificial intelligence based comprehensive insights	178
Improving the evaluation of spatial optimization models for prioritizing landscape restoration and wildfire risk reduction investments	177
Ambient air pollution and the health-related quality of life of older adults: Evidence from Shandong China	176
Understory biomass measurement in a dense plantation forest based on drone-SfM data by a manual low-flying drone under the canopy	175
Identification of key priority areas under different ecological restoration scenarios on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	174
Dairy wastewater management in EU: Produced amounts, existing legislation, applied treatment processes and future challenges	173
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	172
Long-term trends and affecting factors in the concentrations of criteria air pollutants in South Korea	170
Advances in understanding and mitigating Atrazine's environmental and health impact: A comprehensive review	170
Exploration of β-glucosidase-producing microorganisms community structure and key communities driving cellulose degradation during composting of pure corn straw by multi-interaction analysis	168
Sustainable controlled low strength material from waste materials for infrastructure applications: State-of-the-art	168
Highly efficient recovery of phosphate and fluoride from phosphogypsum leachate: Selective precipitation and adsorption	168
Performance effects of green production capability and technology in manufacturing firms	166
Avifaunal communities as indicators of silvicultural impacts in mangrove forests	166
Trends in research on characterization, treatment and valorization of hazardous red mud: A systematic review	164
Benefits evaluation of ecological restoration projects based on value realization of ecological products	163
Influence of anthropogenic disturbances on antibiotic resistance gene distributions along the Minjiang River in Southeast China	162
Sorption and desorption of per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on waste containment liner components	161
Environmental and health benefits of clean winter heating policies in northern China	160
The dynamic features and microbial mechanism of nitrogen transformation for hydrothermal aqueous phase as fertilizer in dryland soil	160
Symbiotic integration of waste disposal capability within a city cluster: The case of the Yangtze River Delta	160
Can China's carbon generalized system of preferences reduce urban residents' carbon emissions? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment	160
Framework for multivariate carbon price forecasting: A novel hybrid model	158
Land price, government debt, and land-use efficiency in the coastal cities of China under the constraint of land scarcity	156
Evaluating environmental impacts of micro, mini and small hydropower plants in Norway	156
Better cities better lives: How low-carbon city pilots can lower residents’ carbon emissions	156

Growth performance and ecological services evaluation of razor clams based on dynamic energy budget model	154
Probabilistic assessment of failure of infiltration structures under model and parametric uncertainty	153
The dynamic effect of eco-innovation and environmental taxes on carbon neutrality target in emerging seven (E7) economies	152
A framework for the construction of effective landscape ecological network with integrating hydrological connectivity: A case study in Dongjiang River Basin, China	152
Do ethnically diverse societies amplify the ecological footprint? Exploring the mediating role of human development	152
Impacts of climate change on fractional vegetation coverage of temperate grasslands in China from 1982 to 2015	152
Global research trends of uranium-containing wastewater treatment based on bibliometric review	150
Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans	148
Forest management impacts on soil phosphorus cycling: Insights from metagenomics in Moso bamboo plantations	148
Sustainability reports as a tool for measuring and monitoring the transition towards the circular economy of organisations: Proposal of indicators and metrics	148
Enhancing physically-based hydrological modeling with an ensemble of machine-learning reservoir operation modules under heavy human regulation using easily accessible data	147
Fouling mechanisms in anoxic-aerobic sequencing batch membrane bioreactor based on adapted Hermia models and main foulant characteristics	146
Framework and methodology for hierarchical determination of ecological conservation priority areas in China's Taihang Mountains	145
Can new-type urbanization promote the green intensive use of land?	145
Accurate and robust ammonia level forecasting of aeration tanks using long short-term memory ensembles: A comparative study of Adaboost and Bagging approaches	144
Synergy between Fenton reagent and solid waste-based solidifying agents during the solidification/stabilization of lead(II) and arsenic(III) contaminated soils	143
Land use significantly improved grassland degradation and desertification states in China over the last two decades	141
Inherent mechanism of digital technology application empowered corporate green innovation: Based on resource allocation perspective	139
ESG greenwashing and organizational resilience: Exploring sustainable development paths from the perspective of unsystematic risk	138
Pathways for the utilization of visualization techniques in designing participatory natural resource policy and management	138
Influencing mechanisms of renewable energy development on carbon emission intensity in China	138
Greening but enhanced vegetation water stress in the Yellow River Basin: A holistic perspective	137
On the role of organic matter composition in fresh-water kaolinite flocculation	137
A cleaner biocementation method of soil via microbially induced struvite precipitation: A experimental and numerical analysis	137
Enhancement of organics and nutrient removal and microbial mechanism in vertical flow constructed wetland under a static magnetic field	136
Ecosystem multifunctionality is more related to the indirect effects than to the direct effects of human management in China's drylands	136
Improve carbon emission efficiency: What role does the ESG initiatives play?	136
Struvite and ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid (EDDS) enhance electrokinetic-biological permeable reactive barrier removal of copper and lead from contaminated loess	135
N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) enhanced removal of cadmium and other pollutants by algae-bacteria consortia	135
Evolutionary game analysis on industrial pollution control of local government in China	134
Zero waste discharge in tannery industries – An achievable reality? A recent review	133
Roles of quorum-sensing molecules in methane production from anaerobic digestion aided by biochar	133
Other’s shoes also fit well: AI technologies contribute to China’s blue skies as well as carbon reduction	132
Process-level emission analysis and decarbonization pathway for BF-BOF route in Indian iron and steel industry	131
Soil fire severity is more relevant than fire frequency in explaining soil, carbon and nitrogen losses and vegetation recovery after wildfire in NW Spain	131
Employment and environmental protection: The role of regulatory stringency	131
Implications of water resources management on the long-term regime of Lake Garda (Italy)	129
Land use spatial optimization for city clusters under changing climate and socioeconomic conditions: A perspective on the land-water-energy-carbon nexus	128
Global-SHANEL Asia model predicting chemical concentration in rivers with high spatio-temporal resolution, suitable for climate change scenarios	128
Estimating the impact on water scarcity due to coffee production, trade, and consumption worldwide and a focus on EU	128
Robust sensor placement for sustainable leakage management in water distribution networks of developing economies: A hybrid decision support framework	128
Conidia production of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana using packed-bed bioreactor: Effect of substrate biodegradability on conidia virulence	128
The relative importance of soil moisture deficit, land use intensity and fertiliser spreading regulations for stream water quality in agricultural catchments	128
Wastewater treatment in lagoons: A systematic review and a meta-analysis	128
Removal of textile dyes by benefited marine shells wastes: From circular economy to multi-phenomenological modeling	127
Simultaneous productions of high-purity calcium carbonate and amorphous nanosized silica-rich gel from waste concrete powder by alkaline treatment and carbonation	127
The evolution of China's electricity market-oriented reform: Pathways to achieving marketization and decarbonization in response to climate policy	127
A critical review of sulfur autotrophic denitrification coupled with anammox	127
Factors affecting mass inflow of quaternary ammonium compounds into Japanese sewage treatment plants	127
Biochar interacted with organic compounds from digestate in controlling N2O emissions	127
Legacy nutrients in the Baltic Sea drainage basin: How past practices affect eutrophication management	126
Large-scale hydropower impacts and adaptation strategies on rural communities in the Amazonian floodplain of the Madeira River	126
Cleanup chlorinated ethene-polluted groundwater using an innovative immobilized Clostridium butyricum column scheme: A pilot-scale study	126
Significance of AI-assisted techniques for epiphyte plant monitoring and identification from drone images	126
STFS-urban: Spatio-temporal flood simulation model for urban areas	126