OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering is 12. 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
Kinetics of hydrogen peroxide quenching following UV/H2O2 advanced oxidation by thiosulfate, bisulfite, and chlorine in drinking water treatment	105
Catalytic ozonation in advanced treatment of kitchen wastewater: multi-scale simulation and pilot-scale study	78
Twenty years of achievements in China’s implementation of the Stockholm Convention	67
Nonpolar cross-stacked super-aligned carbon nanotube membrane for efficient wastewater treatment	65
Partial aging can counter-intuitively couple with sulfidation to improve the reactive durability of zerovalent iron	57
Embryonic developmental toxicity in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) caused by combined 17α-ethinylestradiol and hypoxic exposure	55
Emergence of gasoline as a cheap and effective solvent for recycling shelf-stable multi-layer aseptic cartons	54
Simultaneous enhanced ammonia and nitrate removal from secondary effluent in constructed wetlands using a new manganese-containing substrate	52
Evaluation of the influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on air quality in southern China from long-term historical observations	50
Advanced modeling of the absorption enhancement of black carbon particles in chamber experiments by considering the morphology and coating thickness	50
Alternate disinfection approaches or raise disinfectant dosages for sewage treatment plants to address the COVID-19 pandemic? From disinfection efficiency, DBP formation, and toxicity perspectives	47
Advances in the electrochemical degradation of environmental persistent organochlorine pollutants: materials, mechanisms, and applications	46
Spatial prediction of soil contamination based on machine learning: a review	45
Water-dispersible nano-pollutions reshape microbial metabolism in type-specific manners: A metabolic and bacteriological investigation in Escherichia coli	44
A review on Bi2WO6-based photocatalysts synthesis, modification, and applications in environmental remediation, life medical, and clean energy	44
Relationship between groundwater cadmium and vicinity resident urine cadmium levels in the non-ferrous metal smelting area, China	44
Synthesis of carbon nitride in potassium hydroxide molten salt for efficient uranium extraction from radioactive wastewater	42
Decoding and quantitative detection of antibiotics by a luminescent mixed-lanthanide-organic framework	42
Insights into the changes of amino acids, microbial community, and enzymatic activities related with the nutrient quality of product during the composting of food waste	41
The 2022 Young Talent Award Winners	40
Assessment of the implementation status of best available techniques for cleaner production in the textile industry	39
Adsorption of herring sperm DNA onto pine sawdust biochar: Thermodynamics and site energy distribution	39
Occurrence and possible sources of antibiotic resistance genes in seawater of the South China Sea	37
A review of persulfate-based advanced oxidation system for decontaminating organic wastewater via non-radical regime	36
Mitigating microbiological risks of potential pathogens carrying antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in receiving rivers: Benefits of wastewater treatment plant upgrade	35

Synergistic promotion of particulate matter reduction and production performance via adjusting electrochemical reactions in the zinc electrolysis industry	35
A novel deep learning framework with variational auto-encoder for indoor air quality prediction	33
Effects of iron oxide nanoparticles on phenotype and metabolite changes in hemp clones (Cannabis sativa L.)	32
Bolstering integrity in environmental data science and machine learning requires understanding socioecological inequity	32
Broadening environmental research in the era of accurate protein structure determination and predictions	30
Enhanced separation of tetrafluoropropanol from water via carbon nanotubes membranes: insights from molecular dynamics simulations	29
Triple signal amplification electrochemical sensing platform for Hg2+ in water without direct modification of the working electrode	29
A benchmark-based method for evaluating hyperparameter optimization techniques of neural networks for surface water quality prediction	29
Effects of iron-oxidizing bacteria and humic acid of various molecular weights on iron corrosion in drinking water distribution systems	29
Unraveling the interaction between soil microbiomes and their potential for restoring polluted soils	29
Photoaging mechanism of microplastics: a perspective on the effect of dissolved organic matter in natural water	28
Distribution of PCDD/Fs in a food waste anaerobic digestion process with biogas utilization	27
Distribution, characteristics and daily fluctuations of microplastics throughout wastewater treatment plants with mixed domestic—industrial influents in Wuxi City, China	27
One-pot hydrothermal fabrication of BiVO4/Fe3O4/rGO composite photocatalyst for the simulated solar light-driven degradation of Rhodamine B	26
Correction to: Regeneration of biochars (pristine and modified/engineered) and economic analysis of their use in the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water/wastewater	26
Effects of exogenous acylated homoserine lactones on biofilms in biofilters for gaseous toluene treatment	26
NiB2O4 (B = Mn or Co) catalysts for NH3-SCR of NOx at low-temperature in microwave field	26
Penicillin fermentation residue biochar as a high-performance electrode for membrane capacitive deionization	26
Enrichment and transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) through dust aerosol generation from soil to the air	26
Elucidate long-term changes of ozone in Shanghai based on an integrated machine learning method	26
Facile fabrication of dolomite-doped biochar/bentonite for effective removal of phosphate from complex wastewaters	25
Comparison of E. coli inactivation by UV222-ADPs and UV254-ADPs in water	25
Appraisal of pollution and health risks associated with coal mine contaminated soil using multimodal statistical and Fuzzy-TOPSIS approaches	25
Recent advances in antimony removal using carbon-based nanomaterials: A review	24
Evaluating the short-term effect of ambient temperature on non-fatal outdoor falls and road traffic injuries among children and adolescents in China: a time-stratified case-crossover study	24
Microplastic and Nanoplastic Pollution: Characterization, Transport, Fate, and Remediation Strategies	24
Property-performance relationship of core-shell structured black TiO2 photocatalyst for environmental remediation	24
The abundance, characteristics and diversity of microplastics in the South China Sea: Observation around three remote islands	23
Current status of municipal wastewater treatment plants in North-east China: implications for reforming and upgrading	23
Biochars derived from carp residues: characteristics and copper immobilization performance in water environments	23
Effects of manufactured nanomaterials on algae: Implications and applications	21
Mechanistic insight into the biofilm formation and process performance of a passive aeration ditch (PAD) for decentralized wastewater treatment	21
Biomimetic degradation of perfluorinated acids by vitamin B12 with nano-zero-valent iron/nickel bimetal: effects of their self-structure and coexisting substances	21
Comparison of different valent iron on anaerobic sludge digestion: Focusing on oxidation reduction potential, dissolved organic nitrogen and microbial community	21
Highly efficient and selective removal of phosphate from wastewater of sea cucumber aquaculture for microalgae culture using a new adsorption-membrane separation-coordinated strategy	21
Moving policy and regulation forward for single-use plastic alternatives	21
Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: a case study of Denizli/Turkey	21
Particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in typical urban of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau: Characterization, sources and risk assessment	21
Control strategies for disinfection byproducts by ion exchange resin, nanofiltration and their sequential combination	21
Meter-scale variation within a single transect demands attention to taxon accumulation curves in riverine microbiome studies	20
Removal of pathogenic indicator microorganisms during partial nitrification: the role of free nitrous acid	20
Leveraging 3D printing in microbial electrochemistry research: current progress and future opportunities	20
Quantitative analysis of microplastics in coastal tidal-flat reclamation in Dongtai, China	20
A novel hybrid model for water quality prediction based on VMD and IGOA optimized for LSTM	20
Forecasting SARS-CoV-2 outbreak through wastewater analysis: a success in wastewater-based epidemiology	20
A tale of two minerals: contrasting behaviors and mitigation strategies of gypsum scaling and silica scaling in membrane desalination	19
MSWNet: A visual deep machine learning method adopting transfer learning based upon ResNet 50 for municipal solid waste sorting	19
Intensifying electrified flow-through water treatment technologies via local environment modification	19
Unintended nutrient imbalance induced by wastewater effluent inputs to receiving water and its ecological consequences	19
Removal of virus aerosols by the combination of filtration and UV-C irradiation	19

Water resource conservation promotes synergy between economy and environment in China’s northern drylands	19
V-shaped substrate for surface and volume enhanced Raman spectroscopic analysis of microplastics	18
A cellphone-based colorimetric multi-channel sensor for water environmental monitoring	18
Research progress on distribution, sources, identification, toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean, freshwater, and soil environment	18
Fabrication of the TiO2/Ti3C2 loaded ceramic membrane targeting for photocatalytic degradation of PPCPs: ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, and ibuprofen	18
Understanding the role of nano-TiO2 on the toxicity of Pb on C. dubia through modeling—Is it additive or synergistic?	18
Ceramic membrane fouling mechanisms and control for water treatment	18
Salinity exchange between seawater/brackish water and domestic wastewater through electrodialysis for potable water	17
Impacts of methanol fuel on vehicular emissions: A review	17
A hybrid fuel cell for water purification and simultaneously electricity generation	17
Advancing ion-exchange membranes to ion-selective membranes: principles, status, and opportunities	17
Occurrence, spatial and seasonal variation, and environmental risk of pharmaceutically active compounds in the Pearl River basin, South China	17
Degradation of Rhodamine B by MnFe-LDH/PMS/O3 three-phase catalytic system: performance, mechanism and ecotoxicity studies	17
Enhanced nitrogen removal from low strength anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) permeate using complete nitrification and partial denitrification-anammox processes	17
Electronic regulation to achieve efficient anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW): strategies, challenges and potential solutions	16
Removal efficiencies of natural and synthetic progesterones in hospital wastewater treated by different disinfection processes	16
Winners of the 2024 Young Talent Award	16
Screening of indicator pharmaceuticals and personal care products in landfill leachates: a case study in Shanghai, China	16
Emission characteristics of dioxin from small-scale high-temperature treatment facilities for rural waste in the Tibetan Plateau region	16
Selective targeted adsorption and inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by Cr-loaded mixed metal oxides	16
Exploration of the interaction mechanism in the synergistic degradation of benzene and toluene over MnCoOx catalysts	16
A fast antibiotic detection method for simplified pretreatment through spectra-based machine learning	16
An antibiotic composite electrode for improving the sensitivity of electrochemically active biofilm biosensor	16
Tracking Cryptosporidium in urban wastewater treatment plants in a cold region: Occurrence, species and infectivity	16
Preliminary techno-economic analysis of three typical decentralized composting technologies treating rural kitchen waste: a case study in China	16
Resource recovery in line with energy generation at an agro-food industry	15
Impacts of electrochemical disinfection on the viability and structure of the microbiome in secondary effluent water	15
Application of machine learning models in groundwater quality assessment and prediction: progress and challenges	15
Dynamic COVID Zero Strategy triggered a significant increase of chlorine-based disinfectant consumption in Beijing	15
FESE’s Best Papers of 2020	15
Analyzing the spatiotemporal evolution and driving forces of gross ecosystem product in the upper reaches of the Chaobai River Basin	15
Enhancing the efficiency of nitrogen removing bacterial population to a wide range of C:N ratio (1.5:1 to 14:1) for simultaneous C & N removal	15
Controlled sintering for cadmium stabilization by beneficially using the dredged river sediment	14
Enhanced Fenton-like process over Cu/L(+)-ascorbic acid co-doping mesoporous silica for toxicity reduction of emerging contaminants	14
Insight into the co-hydrothermal humification of corn stalk and sewage sludge for enhanced nitrogen-rich humic acid production	14
Quantification of emission variability for off-road equipment in China based on real-world measurements	14
In memory of Perry L. McCarty, seminal founder of Environmental Biotechnology	14
Antibiotic resistome mostly relates to bacterial taxonomy along a suburban transmission chain	14
Innovative method of culturing bdelloid rotifers for the application of wastewater biological treatment	14
Recovery and reuse of floc sludge for high-performance capacitors	14
Enhanced formation of trihalomethane disinfection byproducts from halobenzoquinones under combined UV/chlorine conditions	14
Response of organic aerosol characteristics to emission reduction in Yangtze River Delta region	14
Electroconductive RGO-MXene membranes with wettability-regulated channels: improved water permeability and electro-enhanced rejection performance	13
Directional deep oxidation of toluene via phenolized pathway—A review concerning dominant factors involved in photocatalysis	13
Influence of pore structure on biologically activated carbon performance and biofilm microbial characteristics	13
Self-catalytic pyrolysis thermodynamics of waste printed circuit boards with co-existing metals	13
Airborne bacteria associated with particulate matter from a highly urbanised metropolis: A potential risk to the population’s health	13
Singlet oxygen-dominated non-radical oxidation pathway for 2,4-Dichlorophenol degradation over CeO2 coated carbon fibers	13
Thermal degradation and hydrolysis depolymerization of printing ink components for plastic packaging in recycling processes: a review	13
Catalytic reduction of water pollutants: knowledge gaps, lessons learned, and new opportunities	13
Catalytic urea hydrolysis by composite metal oxide catalyst towards efficient urea-based SCR process: performance evaluation and mechanism investigation	13
Preparation of wood-based hydrogel membranes for efficient purification of complex wastewater using a reconstitution strategy	13
Solid Brønsted acidity boosts adsorption reactivity of nano-adsorbent for water decontamination	13
Water-soluble chitosan promotes remediation of Pb-contaminated soil by Hylotelephium spectabile	13
Prevalence of class 1 integron and its gene cassettes carrying antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water treatment and distribution systems	13
Synthesis, characterization and life cycle assessment of electrochemically exfoliated KOH-activated holey graphene	13
Emission of greenhouse gases from sewer networks: field assessment and isotopic characterization	13
Toward better understanding vacuum ultraviolet—iodide induced photolysis via hydrogen peroxide formation, iodine species change, and difluoroacetic acid degradation	13
PM2.5 concentration declining saves health expenditure in China	13
New Year’s Message for 2023	13
Socioeconomic drivers of the human microbiome footprint in global sewage	13
Emerging contaminant control: From science to action	12
Monitoring fossil fuel CO2 emissions from co-emitted NO2 observed from space: progress, challenges, and future perspectives	12
Erratum to: Meter-scale variation within a single transect demands attention to taxon accumulation curves in riverine microbiome studies	12
Spatio-temporal characteristics of genotoxicity in the Yangtze River under the background of COVID-19 pandemic	12
Achieving air pollutant emission reduction targets with minimum abatement costs: An enterprise-level allocation method with constraints of fairness and feasibility	12
Bromide and its associated brominated disinfection byproducts: occurrence, toxicity and control strategies	12
On the potential of iPhone significant location data to characterize individual mobility for air pollution health studies	12
Evaluation of 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives as antibacterial agents: activity and mechanistic studies	12
China Launched the First Wastewater Resource Recovery Factory in Yixing	12
Cultivars and oil extraction techniques affect Cd/Pb contents and health risks in oil of rapeseed grown on Cd/Pb-contaminated farmland	12
Nonlinear relationship between air pollution and precursor emissions in Qingdao, eastern China	12
Pyrite-based materials for heavy metals wastewater remediation: progress and challenges	12
Separation/degradation behavior and mechanism for cationic/anionic dyes by Ag-functionalized Fe3O4-PDA core-shell adsorbents	12