OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Environmental Sciences Europe is 43. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Personal exposure to particulate matter-bound toxic elements and ovarian reserve hormone levels	375
How environmental regulation driving enterprises risk-taking level? Data testing at the county/district level in China	239
Soil contamination in a cemetery area: a case study in Nova Hartz City—RS, Brazil	218
Germany’s established non-native species: a comprehensive breakdown	182
Exploring urban garden ponds: considering chemical pollution as a limiting factor for insect diversity in cities	153
Glyphosate- and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA)-induced mortality and residues in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) exposed at different temperatures	146
Improvement of metabolic heat accumulation for hyperthermophilic composting system: influencing factors and microbial communities	129
Impact of the new hazard classes in the CLP regulation on EU chemicals legislation	126
Microplastic footprints in marsh frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus) from two Turkish lakes	95
Environmental contaminants due to dumpsite leachates and the possible implications on public health	91
Distribution and risk assessment of nutrients and heavy metals from sediments in the world-class water transfer projects	87
Facilitating the market transition away from persistent and mobile substances: a report on tools developed by ChemSec in the ZeroPM project: SIN list, Marketplace and the PFAS guide	87
The role of African universities in handling climate change	83
Invisible threads in the current: tracking the journey of microfibers from Budapest’s Central wastewater plant into the Danube	81
Synthesis of sustainable iron pillared nano-composite using plant waste biomass–bentonite clay for the removal of Congo red dye	78
Possibilities to reduce drift by 75 percent in biocidal applications of insecticides with cannon sprayers	73
Problems and prospects of thermal modernization of farm buildings in rural areas in Poland	73
Investigating the photolytic degradation of novel monomeric and polymeric brominated flame retardants: analytical characterization, acute ecotoxicological effects and influence of sample storage	70
Evaluating herbicidal risks of the fungicide tebuconazole: differential sensitivity of dicot and monocot macrophytes in freshwater mesocosms	67
Polystyrene microplastics impair mouse oocyte maturation by interfering with fatty acid oxidation	65
Melatonin regulated through GhTDC5 enhances tryptophan decarboxylase against drought stress in cotton	64
Water-dispersible colloids extraction methods: combining methodological data analysis and batch experiments to explore trends, feasibility, and impact on colloidal characteristics	63
Identification of acrylonitrile sulfonates in the river Rhine using non-target screening and a spatially distributed sampling strategy	61
Preferences for policy measures to regulate urban vehicle access for climate change mitigation	60
Determination of aerobic and anaerobic biological degradability of waste tyres	60

Improved reliability of ready biodegradability assessments in the Closed Bottle test (OECD 301D) by omission of ammonium chloride	59
Microplastic contamination in Czech drinking water: insights from comprehensive monitoring	57
Use cases from the German NTSPortal on the systematic use of high-resolution mass spectrometry non-target screening data in environmental monitoring and chemicals management	56
Using environmental monitoring data from apex predators for chemicals management: towards better use of monitoring data from apex predators in support of prioritisation and risk assessment of chemical	55
Pesticide impacts on honey bee foraging behaviour: a field-relevant scoping review	54
Mixed response of trace element concentrations in fluvial sediments to a flash flood in a former mining area	53
Sorption of pharmaceutically active compounds to soils: a review	52
Regulating “forever chemicals”: social data are necessary for the successful implementation of the essential use concept	51
Impact of methane emissions on greenhouse gas emissions in selected sub-Saharan African countries: a comprehensive analysis and policy framework for mitigation strategies	51
Environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in Ebonyi state, Nigeria	49
Advancing optical earth observation for EU policies: needs, opportunities, recommendations	48
The impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies on national environmental performance in OECD countries	47
GhNFYA16 was functionally observed positively responding to salt stress by genome-wide identification of NFYA gene family in cotton	45
Long-term trends in stream benthic macroinvertebrate communities are driven by chemicals	45
Associations between organophosphate flame retardants and risk for nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate in offspring	45
“The toxic substance has killed all ducks”: framing of chemical risks related to the 2021 summer flood in German news media	44
Soil bacterial communities in a 10-year fallow rotational shifting cultivation field and an 85-year-old terraced paddy field in Northern Thailand	43
Drift when applying biocides to control crawling and flying insects on walls	43