OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Environmental Research is 5. 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
Integrated Treatment of Textile Wastewater and Methyl Orange Azo Dye: Constructed Wetland-Based Remediation Enhanced by Bacterial Treatment	339
Exploring Relations of Hydro-Climatic Variables and Water Balance Components (Case Studies of Two Mega Basins, Western Iran)	68
Measurement and Temporal and Spatial Evolution of Green Behavior of Chinese Enterprises	45
The Mechanism for Remediation of Low-Permeable Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Thermally-Enhanced Soil Vapor Extraction Combined with Sand Mixing	38
Selective Decolorization of Methylene Blue from Methyl Orange in Heterogeneous Fenton-like Reaction	30
Potential of Fish Scale Biochar Nanocomposite with ZnO for Effective Sequestration of Cr (VI) from Water: Modeling and Kinetics	29
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Urban Park Dusts from Lagos, Nigeria: Pollution levels, Sources and Exposure Implications	28
Comparing Three Transportation Development Scenarios with Sadr Highway in Tehran: A Health Economic Assessment	28
Chitosan/Acid Modified Olive Tree (Olea europaea) Leaves as Sustainable Adsorbent for Organic Dye Removal from Water: Adsorption Modeling and Optimization by Box-Behnken Design	28
Safety Behavior of Nepalese Strawberry Farmers as Reflected by the Protection Motivation Theory	27
Chinese Rural Landscapes at Multiple Scales: Typologies and Diversity	26
An Integrated Biorefinery of Wood Apple Kernel for Bio-Oil and Bio-Diesel Production: Optimization of Engine Attributes Using Taguchi, RSM, and CRITIC-COCOSO Hybrid Techniques	26
Profiling Toxin Genes and Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Marine Beaches of Megacity Mumbai, India	24
Nitrogen Fertilizer Effects on Microbial Respiration, Microbial Biomass, and Carbon Sequestration in a Mediterranean Grassland Ecosystem	23
Modelling of Streamflow and Water Balance in the Kuttiyadi River Basin Using SWAT and Remote Sensing/GIS Tools	21
Overview of Air Pollution in Typical Basin of China Under the Target of Carbon Neutrality	20
Development of Rainfall and Runoff Equations for a Suburban Area of Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria: A Case Study	19
Characterization of High-Performance Zinc Chloride Activated Biochar Modified by Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and Its Removal Mechanism of Aqueous Nitrate Ions	19
Insight Into the Effects of Environmental and Structural Factors on the Re-Oxidation of Cr(III) Hydroxides	18
Modification of Nanofiltration Membranes by Cationic Surfactant as a Promising Strategy for Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater	17
The Entophytic and Potting Soil Bacteria of the Sansevieria trifasciata Plant Have a Purifying Impact on Indoor Toluene	17
Facile Synthesis of ZnO/g-C3N4 with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for the Reduction of Cr(VI) in Presence of EDTA Under Visible Light Irradiation	16
Investigating Airborne Pollen Grains and Fungal Spores that Might be Related to Thunderstorm Asthma Attacks	16
Enhancement in Ni–Cd Phytoremediation Efficiency of Helianthus annuus L. from Battery Waste Contaminated Soil by Bacterial Augmentation, Isolated from E-Waste Contaminated Sites	14
Applying Natural and K-Enriched Zeolite Before Struvite Precipitation Improved the Recovery of NH4+ from Liquid Digestate and the Reagent Use Efficiency	14

Viewing the Interrelationship Between Some Pollutants Under the Purview of Binary and Composite Fuzzy Relation in a Post-monsoon and Winter Scenario Over a Metro City of India	14
Green Decorated of Au/TiO2 Nanocomposites as Superior Photocatalyst in Methylene Blue Dye Degradation Under Sodium Light Irradiation	14
Floristic Diversity as an Indicator in Low and High Endemic Buruli Ulcer Areas in Côte d’Ivoire	14
Characterization and Pollution Assessment of Potentially Toxic Metals (PTMs) in the Sulfide Tailings from Boudoukha Abandoned Mine (Zn–Pb–Cu), NE Algeria	13
Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Bottled Water (Mineral and Drinking) Distributed in Different Seasons in Tehran, Iran: A Health Risk Assessment Study	13
Synthesis and Application of Oxalate–Phosphate–Amine Metal–Organic Framework Fertilizers in Calcareous Soils: Analysis of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Grain Yield in Triticum aestivum L.	13
Novel Modified Natural Clinoptilolite for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) Removal from Aqueous Solutions	13
Bioprospecting and Repurposing of Leaf Biomass to Support Sustainable Biopharmacy: Evaluation of Seasonal Chemical Variations and Biological Activities of Six Eucalyptus Essential Oils	13
Unveiling the Role of Bioaerosols in Climate Processes: A Mini Review	12
Biochar Promotes the Germination and Growth of Herbaceous Seeds Hydroseeded on Gold Mine Tailings	12
Green Energy Dynamics: Exploring the Nexus Between Renewable Energy Utilization and Environmental Quality in the Middle East and North Africa	12
Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on Maize (Zea mays L.) Production and Choice of Adaptation Practices in Eastern Ethiopia	12
Understanding the Impact of Soil Clay Mineralogy on the Adsorption Behavior of Zinc	11
High Contamination of Toxic Heavy Metals in Vegetables and Their Associated Health Risk Assessment from Different Vegetable markets of the Metropolitan City, Lucknow, India	11
Application for Reprocessing Cattle, Chicken, and Fish Bones in the Removal of Zn (II) and Cr (VI) from Wastewater Using Batch Adsorption System	11
Effects of Considering Social Costs in Different Economic Scenarios of Water Systems in Iran	11
Toxicity, Environmental Monitoring and Removal Strategies of Arsenic	11
Modeling of Industrial Strategy Based on Sustainable Development Approaches	10
Arsenic Pathways in the Environment: The Role of Contaminated Groundwater in the Dispersion of Arsenic to Soil, Vegetables and Chicken Meat	10
Temperature-Dependent Speciation Analysis of Chromium Immobilized in Calcium Hydroxyapatite Matrix	10
Ultrasound-assisted synthesis of Fe-doped TiO2 catalyst for photocatalytic oxidation application	10
Human Health Risk Assessment of Mercury in Soil–Plants System	10
Characterization of Polystyrene-Degrading Bacteria Isolated From Plastic Processing Plants	9
Nitrate-Induced Toxicity and Potential Attenuation of Behavioural and Stress Biomarkers in Tubifex tubifex	9
Degradation of Sulfadiazine by Activated Peroxymonosulfate on Biochar with Different Carbon Structures	9
Spatial and Temporal Changes in Hydrological Regionalization of Lowland Rivers	9
Soil Remediation Using Modified Diatomite: Assessing Chemical Properties, Enzymatic Reactions and Heavy Metal Immobilization	9
High-Density Polyethylene Waste-Derived Carbon as a Low-Cost Cathode Catalyst in Microbial Fuel Cell	9
Linking Future Hydroclimatological Changes with Past Climatic Conditions in Southeastern Iran: Insights from Models and Observations	8
Air Quality Variations and Influence of COVID‑19 Lockdown Restrictions on it in Tabriz, Iran	8
Quantifying Glacial Lake Changes Using Deep Learning Models in the Northwestern Himalayan Region from 1992 to 2020	8
Micro- and Nanoplastics in Environment: Degradation, Detection, and Ecological Impact	8
Variation and Spatial Distribution of Emissions from Livestock Manure Management in Iran: An Evaluation and Location Analysis	8
What Drives the Transfer of Embodied Pollutant Emissions in International Trade? Evidence from the Light Industry Sector	8
Laboratory-Scale Study on the Effect of Underground Dam and Well on the Salinity Intrusion Interface at Coastal Aquifers	8
Diversity and Abundance of Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in Culturable Bacteria of Glacier Mice and Proglacial Lake Ecosystems at Austerdalsbreen, Norway	8
Mechanism of Urban Spatial Morphology and Eco-Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Shenzhen, China	8
Method for Predicting Ultra-Short-Term Wind Speed and Direction at Emergency Well Site	8
A Remote Sensing Approach to Spatiotemporal Analysis of Land Surface Temperature in Response to Land Use/Land Cover Change via Cloud Base and Machine Learning Methods, Case Study: Sari Metropolis, Ira	8
Degradation of Non-methane Hydrocarbons in Cooking Fume by Wire Cylinder DC Corona Discharge	7
Brassica juncea as a Feasible Hyperaccumulator of Chosen Potentially Toxic Metals Under Extreme Environmental Conditions	7
A Simplistic Mathematical Model for Carbon Oxidation in Moving Bed Bioreactor	7
Assessment of Satellite-based Precipitation Products in Monthly, Seasonal, and Annual Time-Scale over Iran	7
Study of Hydrogeochemical Properties of Surface Water (Case Study: Comparison of Two Adjacent Catchments, Cheshmeh Kileh and Shiroud, Northern Iran)	7
The Sorption of Lead and Cadmium by Hydroxyapatite-Biochar Nanocomposite from Aqueous Solution	7
Effects of Copper Doping on the Electrochemical Performance of Tin Oxide Synthesised by Facile Co-precipitation Root	7
Automatic Recognition of Vehicle Exhaust Remote Sensing Data Based on Convolution Neural Network Inception Algorithm	7
Solar Photocatalytic and Biodegradation of Polymer–Semiconductor Composite Film in Series: Characterization and Kinetic Modelling	7
Role of Endophytes in Abiotic Stress Tolerance: With Special Emphasis on Serendipita indica	7
Potential Environmental Application of a Tough and Temperature-Responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogel Based on Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide-co-Sodium Methacrylate) and Clay	7

Municipal Solid Waste Management and Health Risks: Application of Solid Waste Safety Plan in Novi Sad, Serbia	7
Efficient Degradation of Bezafibrate Using the Fe(II)/Sulfite Process: Kinetics, Mechanism and Influence on DBP Formation	6
Groundwater Monitoring Network Design Using Optimized DRASTIC Method and Capture Zone Analysis	6
Comparative Study of Algae and Cactus as Bioflocculants in the Physico-chemical Treatment of Leachate from the Controlled Landfill	6
Non-carcinogenic risk assessment of Cr and Pb in vegetables grown in the industrial area in the southwest of Iran using Monte Carlo Simulation approach	6
Quantification of heavy metals and mercury-resistant bacteria in artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites, Maniema region, Democratic Republic of the Congo	6
Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Isolates: A Comparative Study of Naphthalene Biodegradation Kinetics and Metabolic Pathways	6
Optimization of Heavy Metals Removal Through Pecan Shell-Based Modified Activated Carbon from Pharmaceutical Wastewater and Evaluation of the Treated Effluent for Irrigating Pisum sativum	6
Comparative Analysis of the Biochar Derived from Antibiotic Fermentation Residue and Corn Straw and its Role in Promoting Anaerobic Digestion: a Characterization of the Biochar, Microbial Community, a	6
Electro/Fe2+/Persulfate Oxidation of Landfill Leachate Nanofiltration Concentrate Using MMO/TiO2-Ti Anode: A Kinetic Study	6
Characterization and Ethanol-Sensing Behavior of Nanostructured Vanadium Pentoxide Recovered from Oil Fly Ash	6
Study on the Purification of Pollutants from Rainfall Runoff by Prefabricated Improved Multi-aggregate Ecological Concrete (IMAEC) Revetment	6
Health Risk Assessment Related to As, Cd and Pb Due to the Consumption of Shrimp Species from Southeast Brazil	6
Heavy Metals Analysis in the Vicinity of a Northcentral Nigeria Major Scrap-Iron Smelting Plant	6
Effects of Phosphate-rock Mining Wastewater Fertigation on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Cultivation and Soil Microbial Diversity	6
Carbon Emissions of Railways: An Overview	6
Comprehensive Assessment of Trophic Status and Chlorophyll-a Dynamics in the Jhelum River Basin: Implications for River Ecosystem Management	6
Effects of Climate Change on the Production of Polysaccharides and Phycobiliproteins by Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet et Flahault	6
Kinetics and Optimization of Azo Dye Decolorisation Using Green Synthesized Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles: A Pilot Scale Study	6
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Waste Tire Pyrolysis at High Temperature	6
Research on the Optimization of Regional Sustainable Industrial Structure Considering Water–Energy–Food–Land–Carbon Constraints	6
Optimizing the Allocation of CO2 Emission Rights in the Yangtze River Delta City Agglomeration Region of China Based on Equity, Efficiency and Sustainability	6
Semi-saturated Sand and Pebble Beds Use in Secondary Treatment of Urban Wastewater	5
An Excellent Alternative to Industrial Activated Carbons for the Purification of Textile Water Elaborated from Waste Coffee Grounds	5
Cystoseira tamariscifolia Aqueous Extract Mitigates Salinity Stress in Tomato Plants by Mediating Their Physiology and Biochemistry	5
What are the Implications of Climatic and Non-climatic Factors on Crop Production? Evidence from Turkey	5
Consequences of Coastal Wetlands Reclamation and the Need for Integrating Impact Assessment of Invasive Alien Plants Species and Coastal Armoring in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)	5
The Potential of Oil Palm Frond Biochar for the Adsorption of Residual Pollutants from Real Latex Industrial Wastewater	5
Faecal Sludge Treatment: Unveiling the Potential of the plant Panicum maximum	5
Methane Production and Nutrient Recovery After Applying Microwave Technology in Sewage Sludge Pretreatment	5
Trace Elements in Fluvisols with Different Anthropogenic Load	5
Energy and Carbon Footprints for the Urban Water Cycle in Amman, Jordan	5
Biogas Production from Co-digestion Between Rice Straw and Food Waste with Pilot Scale	5
The Effects of Clear-Cutting on Ground Thermal Regimes After a Wildfire Using Hand-Held Thermal Imaging Camera in a Semi-arid Forest Ecosystems	5
Studies on Autotrophic Components of Periphyton in Some Iranian Aquatic Ecosystems	5
Gd2O3/CdS Nanocomposites were Synthesized for Photocatalytic Elimination of Methyl Blue (MB) Dye Under Visible Light Irradiation	5
Short-Term Effects of Operating Parameters and Wastewater Constituents on the Performance of Free-cell Candidatus Brocadia and Candidatus Scalindua Anammox Enrichment	5
Microbial Occupational Exposure in e-waste Recycling: Biological Hazards, Their Sources, and Potential Toxic Effects	5