OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Sciences Europe is 10. 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
Can aerosol optical depth unlock the future of air quality monitoring and lung cancer prevention?	261
Measuring NOx during periodic technical inspection of diesel vehicles	110
Particulate matter induces activation of cardiac fibroblasts via HIF1α-mediated autophagy	107
Impact of the new measures related to the circular economy on the management of agrochemical packaging in Spanish agriculture and the use of biodegradable plastics	105
Multilevel responses of adult zebrafish to crude and chemically dispersed oil exposure	102
Identifying the skills requirements related to industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency for the European process industry	101
Hybrid Bt cotton is failing in India: cautions for Africa	95
Characterizing land use/land cover change dynamics by an enhanced random forest machine learning model: a Google Earth Engine implementation	88
The first spatio-temporal study of the microplastics and meso–macroplastics transport in the Romanian Danube	88
Retrospective trend analysis of biocides in suspended particulate matter of major German rivers	81
Selection of sampling sites in Germany for the International Moss Survey 2020 using statistics and decision modelling	78
Urinary metabolite of pesticide, 3,5,6-trichloropyridinol, is associated with all-cause but not with cancer mortality	70
The role of African universities in handling climate change	67
Disentangling mechanisms by which microplastic films affect plant-soil systems: physical effects of particles can override toxic effects of additives	65
Bioindication for Ecosystem Regeneration towards Natural conditions: the BERN data base and BERN model	64
Assessment of acute and chronic ecotoxicological effects of aqueous eluates of stone wool insulation materials	64
GhGME31D identified to regulate AsA activation in response to alkali stress from GME gene family implications in cotton	62
The generalized STAR modelling with three-dimensional of spatial weight matrix in predicting the Indonesia peatland’s water level	60
Combined toxic effects of T-2 toxin and propiconazole on the early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio)	56
Tracking aquatic non-native macroinvertebrate species in Germany using long-term data	55
Analysis of cyanotoxins in Desertifilum and Leptolyngbya from Veeranam Lake: a potential health risk for Chennai, India	52
Tracking pesticide residues and risk levels in individual samples—insights and applications	51
Who’s voice counts? Managing conservation and sustainable valorisation of peatlands	50
Impact of the new hazard classes in the CLP regulation on EU chemicals legislation	49
Nanoparticles engineered from endophytic fungi (Botryosphaeria rhodina) against ESBL-producing pathogenic multidrug-resistant E. coli	48

Soil contamination in a cemetery area: a case study in Nova Hartz City—RS, Brazil	42
The need of centralized coordination to counter biological invasions in the European Union	41
Insights into the combined toxic impacts of phoxim and deltamethrin on the embryo-larval stage of zebrafish (Danio rerio)	39
Development of a new test design to investigate the degradation of pesticides in soil under sunlight conditions	39
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	38
Testing particles using the algal growth inhibition test (OECD 201): the suitability of in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence measurements	35
Vitamin D receptor antagonist activity in wastewater effluents—potential for endocrine disruption	34
Comparison of environmental intolerances and symptoms between patients with multiple chemical sensitivity, subjects with self-reported electromagnetic hypersensitivity, patients with bronchial asthma,	33
Measuring circularity: evaluation of the circularity of construction products using the ÖKOBAUDAT database	33
Avoiding future surprises after acute shocks: long-term flood risk lessons catalysed by the 2021 summer flood in the Netherlands	33
Correction to: Phytotoxin sorption to clay minerals	32
Optimizing model selection across global countries for managing pesticide emission and surface freshwater quality: a hierarchical screening approach	32
Effects of aquaculture on the shallow lake aquatic ecological environment of Lake Datong, China	32
Critical discussion of the current environmental risk assessment (ERA) of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) in the European Union, considering changes in animal husbandry	32
A tool (SPOLERC) to guide the evaluation of phosphorus leaching for agricultural soil by using the change point value in the Xingkai Lake Basin, China	31
SmartWood: field-based analysis of large wood movement dynamics using inertial measurement units (IMUs)	31
Environmental resilience of the largest European public transport providers during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Heavy metal contamination and potential health risks in upland rice-producing soils of rotational shifting cultivation in northern Thailand	31
Association of PM2.5 chemical constituents with general, abdominal and visceral obesity and mediation roles of physical activity	30
A harmonized Danube basin-wide multi-compartment concentration database to support inventories of micropollutant emissions to surface waters	30
Pattern changes of microbial communities in urban river affected by anthropogenic activities and their environmental driving mechanisms	30
Using bone char as phosphate recycling fertiliser: an analysis of the new EU Fertilising Products Regulation	29
Long-term trends of black carbon and particle number concentration in the lower free troposphere in Central Europe	26
The influence of feeding ecology and location on total mercury concentrations in Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis)	26
Seasonal variation effect on water quality and sediments criteria and its influence on soil pollution: Fayoum Governorate, Egypt	26
Glyphosate- and aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA)-induced mortality and residues in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) exposed at different temperatures	26
Ecotoxicological evaluation of construction products: inter-laboratory test with DSLT and percolation test eluates in an aquatic biotest battery	26
Small-scale population structuring results in differential susceptibility to pesticide exposure	26
Pollinators and urban riparian vegetation: important contributors to urban diversity conservation	25
Short-term associations of air pollution and meteorological variables on the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in Madrid (Spain): a time series study	25
Fashionable epoxy/clay nanocomposites using modified clay-loaded methyl blue dye	23
Insight into temporal–spatial variations of DOM fractions and tracing potential factors in a brackish-water lake using second derivative synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy and canonical correlation	23
Second derivative UV–visible spectroscopy characterizing structural components of dissolved and particulate organic matter in an urbanized river	23
Bayesian decision tables for estimation of risk of water management decisions based on uncertain surface water status: a case study of a Polish catchment	23
An often-overestimated ecological risk of copper in Chinese surface water: bioavailable fraction determined by multiple linear regression of water quality parameters	23
Glyphosate lessons: is biodegradation of pesticides a harmless process for biodiversity?	22
Biogeochemical behavior, health risk assessment and source identification of antimony and arsenic in soil from a legacy antimony smelter in Gansu, Northwest China	22
Quantification of macroplastic litter in fallow greenhouse farmlands: case study in southeastern hungary	22
Correction: Impact of soil moisture regimes on greenhouse gas emissions, soil microbial biomass, and enzymatic activity in long-term fertilized paddy soil	21
Toxic effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and HFF-2 normal fibroblast cells: viability, cell death, cell cycle and antioxidant enzyme activity	21
Is environmental risk assessment possible with the alternatives to acute fish toxicity test? Case study with pharmaceuticals	21
Informing the decision-making process for potential PMT/vPvM chemicals through the adoption of a risk-based prioritization framework: the ZeroPM approach	21
Aquatic ecotoxicity of glyphosate, its formulations, and co-formulants: evidence from 2010 to 2023	21
eDNA of zooplankton reveals the ecological community thresholds for key environmental factors in the Baiyangdian Lake aquatic ecosystem	21
Correction: Assessing small hydropower viability in water-scarce regions: environmental flow and climate change impacts using a SWAT + based tool	21
Traceability tagging of volatile organic compound sources and their contributions to ozone formation in Suzhou using vehicle-based portable single-photon ionization mass spectrometry	21
Microbial biopesticides are inhibited by honey bee royal jelly and in vitro larval diet	21
Nitrate consumption by the oxidation of sulfides during an enhanced natural attenuation project at a contaminated site in Berlin, Germany	20
Effect-based monitoring of chemical hazards in drinking water from source to tap: seasonal trends over 2 years of sampling	20
Analyzing multi-level governance dynamics from a discourse network perspective: the debate over air pollution regulation in Germany	19

Impact of environmental factors on human semen quality and male fertility: a narrative review	19
Investigating the uptake and fate of per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) in bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris): comparison between target MS and sum parameter analysis via HR-CS-GFMAS	19
Subsoils—a sink for excess fertilizer P but a minor contribution to P plant nutrition: evidence from long-term fertilization trials	19
Valuable elements in sludge from eight municipal wastewater treatment plants in relation to their recovery potential	19
Optimization study of the adsorption of malachite green removal by MgO nano-composite, nano-bentonite and fungal immobilization on active carbon using response surface methodology and kinetic study	19
Chronic oral exposure to Amistar fungicide does not significantly affect colour discrimination but may impact memory retention in bumblebees	19
Potassium citrate-derived porous carbon with high CO2 capture and Congo red adsorption performance	19
Suitability of aquatic mosses for biomonitoring micro/meso plastics in freshwater ecosystems	18
Characterization of antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water sources of the Douhe Reservoir, Tangshan, northern China: the correlation with bacterial communities and environmental factors	18
Recent advances and future technologies in nano-microplastics detection	18
Water resources availability in southern Europe at the basin scale in response to climate change scenarios	18
Distribution and risk assessment of nutrients and heavy metals from sediments in the world-class water transfer projects	18
Triadimefon in aquatic environments: occurrence, fate, toxicity, and ecological risk	18
Identifying criteria for effective urban vehicle access regulations adoption	17
Exploring the partitioning of hydrophobic organic compounds between water, suspended particulate matter and diverse fish species in a German river ecosystem	17
Amoxicillin and cefixime simultaneous adsorption by facile synthesized chitosan@polyacrylamide@ZIF-8: isotherm and kinetic study	17
Methodological limitations in studies assessing the effects of environmental and socioeconomic variables on the spread of COVID-19: a systematic review	17
Investigating the potential of growing crops hydroponically utilizing feed and draw solutions from fertilizer drawn forward osmosis	17
Preferences for policy measures to regulate urban vehicle access for climate change mitigation	17
PFAS: forever chemicals—persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile. Reviewing the status and the need for their phase out and remediation of contaminated sites	17
In vitro effect-based monitoring of water, sediment and soil from a floodplain restoration site in Central Europe	16
A flavonol synthase (FLS) gene, GhFLS1, was screened out increasing salt resistance in cotton	16
Accurate bioaccessibility assessment of soil heavy metals by combining their speciation and in vitro model with human gut microbiota	16
Impact of airborne particulate matter exposure on hospital admission for Alzheimer's disease and the attributable economic burden: evidence from a time-series study in Sichuan, China	16
Effect of herbivore stress on transgene behaviour in maize crosses with different genetic backgrounds: cry1Ab transgene transcription, insecticidal protein expression and bioactivity against insect pe	16
Spatial patterns and temporal trends of trace elements in mosses from 1990 to 2020 in Germany	15
Examination of the endocrine-disrupting properties of “active chlorine generated from seawater by electrolysis” in response to the European Biocidal Products Regulation: current knowledge and methodol	15
Evaluating soil erosion zones in the Kangsabati River basin using a stacking framework and SHAP model: a comparative study of machine learning approaches	15
Possibilities to reduce drift by 75 percent in biocidal applications of insecticides with cannon sprayers	15
Acetamiprid elicits oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory response, and cellular proliferation in human bronchial epithelial cells in vitro and in silico: alleviative implications of the mixture of heat-	15
The role of certifications and eco-labels in fisheries: a systematic literature review of their benefits and challenges	15
Gaussian mutation–orca predation algorithm–deep residual shrinkage network (DRSN)–temporal convolutional network (TCN)–random forest model: an advanced machine learning model for predicting monthly ra	15
How to measure the impact of landsenses ecology on sustainable development? A review of people-oriented emerging approaches	15
Impact of agricultural emissions on goal 13 of the sustainable development agenda: in East African strategy for climate action	15
The EU Communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers—a milestone for sustainable nutrient management or a missed opportunity?	14
Behavioral, biochemical, immune, and histological responses of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758) to lead, mercury, and pendimethalin exposure: individual and combined effects	14
A new approach to using Diffusive Gradient in Thin-films (DGT) labile concentration for Water Framework Directive chemical status assessment: adaptation of Environmental Quality Standard to DGT for ca	14
Assessing the unseen consequences: influence of an extreme weather event on environmental perceptions and connection to nature	14
Determination of aerobic and anaerobic biological degradability of waste tyres	14
Control mechanism of short-term fertilization with cattle manure on the release characteristics of soil colloids in farmland: grain size and physicochemical properties	14
Proposal for a tiered approach to evaluate the risk of transformation products formed from pesticide residues during drinking water treatment	14
Evaluation of the impacts of seawater integration to electrocoagulation for the removal of pollutants from textile wastewater	14
Expected Risk as basis for assessment of safe use of chemicals	14
Priority screening on emerging contaminants in sediments of the Yangtze River, China	13
Identification of potential dam sites using OLS regression and fuzzy logic approach	13
General toxicity and genotoxicity studies of a new scale inhibitor for seawater desalination	13
Food web on ice: a pragmatic approach to investigate the trophic magnification of chemicals of concern	13
Melamine in the environment: a critical review of available information	13
Mixed response of trace element concentrations in fluvial sediments to a flash flood in a former mining area	13
Testing microbial pest control products in bees, a comparative study on different bee species and their interaction with two representative microorganisms	13
Natures instead of nature—plural perceptions and representations of nature and its challenges for ecological transition: a systematic review of the scientific production	12
Enormous headward and gully erosion in a floodplain area reclaimed for open-cast lignite mining during the July 2021 flood in the Inde River valley (Western Germany)	12
Environmental risk scenarios of specific NGT applications in Brassicaceae oilseed plants	12
Environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in Ebonyi state, Nigeria	12
Adsorption of Cd and Mn from neutral mine effluents using bentonite, zeolite, and stabilized dewatered sludge	12
Geographical distribution of caudatoside and ptaquiloside in bracken ferns in Northern Europe	12
Selection of scenarios for landscape-level risk assessment of chemicals: case studies for mammals	12
Calibration of the SPEARpesticides bioindicator for cost-effective pesticide monitoring in East African streams	12
Analysis of spatial and temporal evolution and driving factors of carbon emission in Shandong Province: based on the perspective of land use	12
Removal of oxidative stress and genotoxic activities during drinking water production by ozonation and granular activated carbon filtration	12
Acute effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Lanzhou, China: a time-series study	12
Irrigation expansion has kept pace with the CO2 fertilization effect on vegetation growth in a typical arid region	11
Problems and prospects of thermal modernization of farm buildings in rural areas in Poland	11
Safety verification of genetically modified rice morphology, hereditary nature, and quality	11
Quantitative delimitation of radiant belt toward lake of lake-terrestrial ecotone	11
Assessing in-field pesticide effects under European regulation and its implications for biodiversity: a workshop report	11
Laboratory study of the effects of flexible vegetation on solute diffusion in unidirectional flow	11
Interspecific sensitivity of European amphibians towards two pesticides and comparison to standard test species	11
Translocation and dissipation of seven indicator polychlorinated biphenyls from contrast soils cultivated with different root vegetables	11
Growth substrates change the decomposition process of eelgrass in water bodies	11
Environmental risk assessment of veterinary medicinal products intended for use in aquaculture in Europe: the need for developing a harmonised approach	11
Deceiving scientific research, misconduct events are possibly a more common practice than foreseen	10
Operational blue water footprint and water deficit assessment of coal-fired power plants: case study in Malaysia	10
Effect of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) on early implantation using the three-dimensional spheroid model with human endometrial cell line, Ishikawa	10
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	10
Promoting the restoration of China’s marine ecology and the governance of marine disaster prevention and reduction	10
Social values and sustainable development: community experiences	10
Towards the global plastic treaty: a clue to the complexity of plastics in practice	10
Development of mass and heat transfer coupled model of hollow fiber membrane for salt recovery from brine via osmotic membrane distillation	10
Associations of residential greenness exposure during early pregnancy with the risk of spontaneous abortion: the China Birth Cohort Study	10