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Papers

(The median citation count of Nanotoxicology 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of natural biomolecules on yttrium oxide nanoparticles from a Daphnia magna survival rate perspective	71
Impact of polyethylene nanoplastics on human intestinal cells	46
Probing the effects of dextran-coated CeO ₂ nanoparticles on lung fibroblasts using multivariate single-cell Raman spectroscopy	33
Study on myocardial toxicity induced by lead halide perovskites nanoparticles	30
Biokinetics of carbon black, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, cerium oxide, silica, and titanium dioxide nanoparticles after inhalation: a review	28
In vivo assessment of topically applied silver nanoparticles on entire cornea: comprehensive FTIR study	23
Effects of titanium oxide nanoparticles on growth, biochemical composition, and photosystem mechanism of marine microalgae Isochrysis galbana COR-A3	22
Size effect and mucus role on the intestinal toxicity of the E551 food additive and engineered silica nanoparticles	21
Food-grade titanium dioxide (E171) and zinc oxide nanoparticles induce mitochondrial permeability and cardiac damage after oral exposure in rats	20
Adverse responses of engineered nanomaterials at low and subtoxic exposure levels: current understanding and future perspectives	20
Intercellular transfer of mitochondria via tunneling nanotubes protects against cobalt nanoparticle-induced neurotoxicity and mitochondrial damage	19
Analysis of carbon nanotube levels in organic matter: an inter-laboratory comparison to determine best practice	19
NiONPs-induced alteration in calcium signaling and mitochondrial function in pulmonary artery endothelial cells involves oxidative stress and TRPV4 channels disruption	18
The influence of exposure approaches to in vitro lung epithelial barrier models to assess engineered nanomaterial hazard	18
Nickel nanoparticles induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human bronchial epithelial cells via the HIF-1α/HDAC3 pathway	17
Correction	16
Statement of Retraction: Contribution of nano-copper particles to in vivo liver dysfunction and cellular damage: Role of IκBα/NF-κB, MAPKs and mitochondrial signal	15
On how titanium dioxide nanoparticles attenuate the toxicity of mercuric chloride to Artemia salina : investigation of fatty acid composition, oxidative stress, and lipi	14
Effects on digestive enzyme activities in the house crickets Acheta domesticus exposed to graphene oxide in food for several generations	14
Assessment of primary and inflammation-driven genotoxicity of carbon black nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo	14
Assessing regulated cell death modalities as an efficient tool for in vitro nanotoxicity screening: a review	14
Evaluation of cytotoxicity and biodistribution of mesoporous carbon nanotubes (pristine/-OH/-COOH) to HepG2 cells in vitro and healthy mice in vivo	13
Silver nanoparticles suppress forskolin-induced syncytialization in BeWo cells	13
Recent trends and advancement in metal oxide nanoparticles for the degradation of dyes: synthesis, mechanism, types and its application	13
Role of physicochemical properties in silica nanoparticle-mediated immunostimulation	13

CoCrMo nanoparticle induces neurotoxicity mediated via mitochondrial dysfunction: a study model for implant derived nanoparticle effects	13
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes induce arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase expression and enhance the polarization and function of M1 macrophages in vitro	12
Silver ion toxicity in commercial colloidal silver: molecular insights from high-content imaging in Huh-7 cells	12
In vitro effects of combustion generated carbon dots on cellular parameters in healthy and cancerous breast cells	11
Predicting the toxicity of nanoparticles using artificial intelligence tools: a systematic review	10
Potent lung tumor promotion by inhaled MWCNT	10
Algal extracellular polymeric substances (algal-EPS) for mitigating the combined toxic effects of polystyrene nanoplastics and nano-TiO₂ in Chlorella sp.	10
Toxicity study of pro-angiogenic casein manganese oxide nanoparticles: an in vitro and in vivo approach	10
Preclinical evaluation of early multi-organ toxicity induced by liposomal doxorubicin using ⁶⁷Ga-citrate	9
Biomarkers of oxidative stress in urine and plasma of operators at six Singapore printing centers and their association with several metrics of printer-emitted nanoparticle exposures	9
Toxic effects of aluminum nanoparticles: a review	9
Modulating exosomal communication between macrophages and melanoma cancer cells via cyclodextrin-based nanosponges loaded with doxorubicin	9
Systematic review of mechanistic evidence for TiO ₂ nanoparticle-induced lung carcinogenicity	8
Transgenic zebrafish larvae as a non-rodent alternative model to assess pro-inflammatory (neutrophil) responses to nanomaterials	8
Correction	8
Lung toxicity, deposition, and clearance of thermal spray coating particles with different metal profiles after inhalation in rats	8
Acute hazard assessment of silver nanoparticles following intratracheal instillation, oral and intravenous injection exposures	8
Treatment of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) for two spermatogenic cycles impairs testicular activity via down-regulating steroid receptors and inhibition of germ cell proliferation in a mice model	8
Harmonizing nanomaterial exposure methodologies in ecotoxicology: the effects of two innovative nanoclays in the freshwater microalgae Raphidocelis subcapitata	7
Correction	7
An analysis on control banding-based methods used for occupational risk assessment of nanomaterials	7
Ferritinophagy was involved in long-term SiNPs exposure induced ferroptosis and liver fibrosis	7
Quantitative adverse outcome pathway (qAOP) using bayesian network model on comparative toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs): safe-by-design approach	7
Developmental neurotoxicity of silver nanoparticles: the current state of knowledge and future directions	7
Modeling and mechanistic understanding of cytotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles (MeOxNPs) to Escherichia coli: categorization and data gap filling for untested metal oxides	7
A methodology for the automatic evaluation of data quality and completeness of nanomaterials for risk assessment purposes	6
Interaction between polydopamine-based IONPs and human serum albumin (HSA): a spectroscopic analysis with cytotoxicity impact	6
Genotoxicity assessment of titanium dioxide nanoparticles using a standard battery of in vivo assays	6
Assessment of genotoxicity induced by subchronic exposure to graphene in HaCaT human skin cell line	6
Needlelike, short and thin multi-walled carbon nanotubes: comparison of effects on wild type and p53^+/− rat lungs	6
Artificial augmented dataset for the enhancement of nano-QSARs models. A methodology based on topological projections	6
Application of carbon nanostructures in biomedicine: realities, difficulties, prospects	6
Investigation of the effects of nanoplastic polyethylene terephthalate on environmental toxicology using model Drosophila melanogaster	6
Biokinetics of inhaled silver, gold, copper oxide, and zinc oxide nanoparticles: a review	6
Effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on histone modifications and histone modifying enzymes expression in human cell lines	5
Cytotoxic evaluation of pure and doped iron oxide nanoparticles on cancer cells: a magnetic fluid hyperthermia perspective	5
Nano-read-across predictions of toxicity of metal oxide engineered nanoparticles (MeOx ENPS) used in nanopesticides to BEAS-2B and RAW 264.7 cells	5
Immunological properties of silica nanoparticles: a structure–activity relationship study	5
Protective effects of quercetin on intestinal barrier and cellular viability against silver nanoparticle exposure: insights from an intestinal co-culture model	5
Immune-oxidative and apoptotic response to titanium dioxide nanoparticle (TiO ₂ -NP) exposure in an aquatic lower vertebrate, rohu ( Labeo rohita	5
Developing Integrated Approaches for Testing and Assessment (IATAs) in order to support nanomaterial safety	5
Role of necroptosis of alveolar macrophages in acute lung inflammation of mice exposed to titanium dioxide nanoparticles	5
A harmonized protocol for an international multicenter prospective study of nanotechnology workers: the NanoExplore cohort	5
HMGB1 derived from lung epithelial cells after cobalt nanoparticle exposure promotes the activation of lung fibroblasts	5
Polyethyleneimine/polyethylene glycol–conjugated gold nanoparticles as nanoscale positive/negative controls in nanotoxicology: testing in frog embryo teratogenesis assay–Xenopusand mammalian ti	5
Overview of potential adverse health effects of oral exposure to nanocellulose	5
Photocatalytic activity of nanoparticles: the development of the standardized measurement for physiological conditions	5
Evaluating the antibacterial efficacy of a silver nanocomposite surface coating against nosocomial pathogens as an antibiofilm strategy to prevent hospital infections	4
Dependence of diamond nanoparticle cytotoxicity on physicochemical parameters: comparative studies of glioblastoma, breast cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines	4
Predicting the cytotoxicity of nanomaterials through explainable, extreme gradient boosting	4

MiR-5622-3p inhibits ZCWPW1 to induce apoptosis in silica-exposed mice and spermatocyte cells	4
Exploring graphene-based materials’ genotoxicity: inputs of a screening method	4
Chitosan functionalization of metal- and carbon-based nanomaterials as an approach toward sustainability tomorrow	4
The nanotoxicity assessment of cube-like iron nitride magnetic nanoparticles at the organismal level of nematode Caenorhabditis elegans	4
Recent progress in the EU classification of the health hazards associated with certain multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs): what about the other MWCNTs?	4
Intraperitoneal hepatorenal toxicity of zinc oxide and nickel oxide nanoparticles in rats: a systematic review	4
Ambient PM2.5 exposure causes cellular senescence via DNA damage, micronuclei formation, and cGAS activation	4
Food-grade titanium dioxide translocates across the buccal mucosa in pigs and induces genotoxicity in an in vitro model of human oral epithelium	4
Separating toxicity and shading in algal growth inhibition tests of nanomaterials and colored substances	4
Carbon quantum dots in breast cancer modulate cellular migration via cytoskeletal and nuclear structure	3
Nanoparticle-protein corona complex: understanding multiple interactions between environmental factors, corona formation, and biological activity	3
A meta-analysis and systematic review on the association between air pollution and chronic liver diseases	3
Quantifying uncertainty in dose–response screenings of nanoparticles: a Bayesian data analysis	3
Gestational exposure to silver nanoparticles enhances immune adaptation and protection against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in mice offspring	3
X-ray spectrometry imaging and chemical speciation assisting to understand the toxic effects of copper oxide nanoparticles on zebrafish ( Danio rerio )	3
Nanoparticles-encapsulated doxorubicin alleviates drug resistance of osteosarcoma via inducing ferroptosis	3
Multiparametric in vitro genotoxicity assessment of different variants of amorphous silica nanomaterials in rat alveolar epithelial cells	3
Particulate matter constituents trigger the formation of extracellular amyloid β and Tau -containing plaques and neurite shortening in vitro	3
Deducing the cellular mechanisms associated with the potential genotoxic impact of gold and silver engineered nanoparticles upon different lung epithelial cell lines in vitro	3
MMP-3 activation is involved in copper oxide nanoparticle-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human lung epithelial cells	3
Investigation of sex-based differences in the immunotoxicity of silver nanoparticles	3
Correction	3
Quercetin protective potential against nanoparticle-induced adverse effects	3
The oxidative potential of nanomaterials: an optimized high-throughput protocol and interlaboratory comparison for the ferric reducing ability of serum (FRAS) assay	3
Toxicity dose descriptors from animal inhalation studies of 13 nanomaterials and their bulk and ionic counterparts and variation with primary particle characteristics	3
Environmental toxicity assessment of engineered nanoparticles manifest histo-hemato alterations to fresh water fish	3
Development and evaluation of cell membrane-based biomimetic nanoparticles loaded by Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin: a novel vaccine delivery platform for	3
Amorphous silica nanoparticles caused lung injury through the induction of epithelial apoptosis via ROS/Ca ²⁺ /DRP1-mediated mitochondrial fission signaling	3
A follow-up study on workers involved in the graphene production process after the introduction of exposure mitigation measures: evaluation of genotoxic and oxidative effects	3
Knock-out mouse models and single particle ICP-MS reveal that SP-D and SP-A deficiency reduces agglomeration of inhaled gold nanoparticles in vivo without significant changes to overall lung clearance	3
Investigation of potential cytotoxicity of a water-soluble, red-fluorescent [70]fullerene nanomaterial in Drosophila melanogaster	3
Graphene oxide influence in soil bacteria is dose dependent and changes at osmotic stress: growth variation, oxidative damage, antioxidant response, and plant growth promotion traits of a	3