OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering is 86. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Ecotoxicological and health concerns of persistent coloring pollutants of textile industry wastewater and treatment approaches for environmental safety	484
Technological trends in heavy metals removal from industrial wastewater: A review	375
Metal oxides and metal organic frameworks for the photocatalytic degradation: A review	281
Current scenario and challenges in adsorption for water treatment	280
A review on TiO2/g-C3N4 visible-light- responsive photocatalysts for sustainable energy generation and environmental remediation	234
Biosorption and removal of toxic heavy metals by metal tolerating bacteria for bioremediation of metal contamination: A comprehensive review	208
Adsorption of potentially toxic elements in water by modified biochar: A review	202
Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) and Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) strategies for wastewater management and resource recovery – Analysis, challenges and prospects	174
River water quality index prediction and uncertainty analysis: A comparative study of machine learning models	170
Is one performing the treatment data of adsorption kinetics correctly?	167
An environmental and health perspective for COVID-19 outbreak: Meteorology and air quality influence, sewage epidemiology indicator, hospitals disinfection, drug therapies and recommendations	156
A review of the feedstocks, catalysts, and intensification techniques for sustainable biodiesel production	154
Sewage analysis as a tool for the COVID-19 pandemic response and management: the urgent need for optimised protocols for SARS-CoV-2 detection and quantification	152
CO2 towards fuels: A review of catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons	152
Phytogenic fabrication of ZnO and gold decorated ZnO nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B	149
Critical green routing synthesis of silver NPs using jasmine flower extract for biological activities and photocatalytical degradation of methylene blue	149
Parametric optimization by Box–Behnken design for synthesis of magnetic chitosan-benzil/ZnO/Fe3O4 nanocomposite and textile dye removal	149
Thermodynamic parameters of liquid–phase adsorption process calculated from different equilibrium constants related to adsorption isotherms: A comparison study	149
Photocatalytic degradation of real textile and tannery effluent using biosynthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO-NPs), heavy metal adsorption, phytotoxicity, and antimicrobial activity	147
A review on hospital wastewater treatment: A special emphasis on occurrence and removal of pharmaceutically active compounds, resistant microorganisms, and SARS-CoV-2	147
Carbon dioxide removal through physical adsorption using carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous adsorbents: A review	146
A review on the treatment of textile industry waste effluents towards the development of efficient mitigation strategy: An integrated system design approach	146
Review of fluoride removal from water environment by adsorption	145
An overview on WO3 based photocatalyst for environmental remediation	143
Biopolymers and composites: Properties, characterization and their applications in food, medical and pharmaceutical industries	142

Graphene based nanomaterials for strain sensor application—a review	140
Emerging contaminants in wastewater: A critical review on occurrence, existing legislations, risk assessment, and sustainable treatment alternatives	139
Azurobine degradation using Fe2O3@multi-walled carbon nanotube activated peroxymonosulfate (PMS) under UVA-LED irradiation: performance, mechanism and environmental application	138
Nanomaterials: Applications, waste-handling, environmental toxicities, and future challenges – A review	137
Simultaneous removal of Cd(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) ions from aqueous solutions via adsorption on FAU-type zeolites prepared from coal fly ash	136
Statistical modeling and mechanistic pathway for methylene blue dye removal by high surface area and mesoporous grass-based activated carbon using K2CO3 activator	135
Municipal solid waste as a sustainable resource for energy production: State-of-the-art review	132
Photocatalytic degradation of malachite green and methylene blue over reduced graphene oxide (rGO) based metal oxides (rGO-Fe3O4/TiO2) nanocomposite under UV-visible light irradiation	128
The utilization of agro-biomass/byproducts for effective bio-removal of dyes from dyeing wastewater: A comprehensive review	121
Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol using copper terephthalate frameworks and CuO@C composite	121
Limitations and prospects of sulfate-radical based advanced oxidation processes	120
Review on the progress in emission control technologies for the abatement of CO2, SOx and NOx from fuel combustion	120
Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles via Allium sativum extract and its characterizations on antimicrobial, antioxidant, antilarvicidal activities	120
To regulate or not to regulate? What to do with more toxic disinfection by-products?	119
Macroporous Cu-MOF@cellulose acetate membrane serviceable in selective removal of dimethoate pesticide from wastewater	119
Xanthan gum-derived materials for applications in environment and eco-friendly materials: A review	118
Heterogeneous photodegradation of industrial dyes: An insight to different mechanisms and rate affecting parameters	118
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induced waste scenario: A short overview	118
Removal of heavy metals by covalent organic frameworks (COFs): A review on its mechanism and adsorption properties	117
From plastic waste to wealth using chemical recycling: A review	116
One-step green approach to synthesize highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots from banana juice for selective detection of copper ions	115
Biopolymeric sustainable materials and their emerging applications	115
Tunable photocatalytic activity of SrTiO3 for water splitting: Strategies and future scenario	110
Zeolite-based composites for the adsorption of toxic matters from water: A review	108
An overview of heterojunctioned ZnFe2O4 photocatalyst for enhanced oxidative water purification	108
Recent developments in fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensors based on schiff bases for metallic cations detection: A review	107
Performance evaluation of dye wastewater treatment technologies: A review	106
Recent trends in developments of active metals and heterogenous materials for catalytic CO2 hydrogenation to renewable methane: A review	106
Modeling and Box-Behnken design optimization of photocatalytic parameters for efficient removal of dye by lanthanum-doped mesoporous TiO2	106
Recent advances in the synthesis of cyclic carbonates via CO2 cycloaddition to epoxides	106
Environmental impact of emerging desalination technologies: A preliminary evaluation	105
Membrane fouling and fouling mitigation in oil–water separation: A review	105
Removal of captopril pharmaceutical from synthetic pharmaceutical-industry wastewaters: Use of activated carbon derived from Butia catarinensis	103
COVID-19 pandemic and emerging plastic-based personal protective equipment waste pollution and management in Africa	102
Synthesis and characterization of activated carbon from biomass date seeds for carbon dioxide adsorption	102
Removal of heavy metals from soil with biochar composite: A critical review of the mechanism	101
Prediction of air pollution index (API) using support vector machine (SVM)	101
Synergistic advanced oxidation process for the fast degradation of ciprofloxacin antibiotics using a GO/CuMOF-magnetic ternary nanocomposite	101
Use of immobilized bacteria for environmental bioremediation: A review	101
Adsorption mercury, cobalt, and nickel with a reclaimable and magnetic composite of hydroxyapatite/Fe3O4/polydopamine	100
Ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass: An in-depth analysis of pre-treatment methods, fermentation approaches and detoxification processes	97
UV/Chlorine process for dye degradation in aqueous solution: Mechanism, affecting factors and toxicity evaluation for textile wastewater	97
Membrane distillation using low-grade energy for desalination: A review	95
Use of membrane distillation for oily wastewater treatment – A review	94
Progress and potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas storage and separation: A review	94
A review of hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions by sorption technique using nanomaterials	94
Azo dye adsorption on an industrial waste-transformed hydroxyapatite adsorbent: Kinetics, isotherms, mechanism and regeneration studies	94
High performance and ultrafast reduction of 4-nitrophenol using metal-organic frameworks	94
Green chemistry route of biosynthesized copper oxide nanoparticles using Psidium guajava leaf extract and their antibacterial activity and effective removal of industrial dyes	93
Investigation on adsorption behaviors of heavy metal ions (Cd2+, Cr3+, Hg2+ and Pb2+) through low-cost/active manganese dioxide-modified magnetic biochar derived from palm kernel cake residue	93

Green synthesis of antibacterial and antifungal silver nanoparticles using Citrus limetta peel extract: Experimental and theoretical studies	92
Green synthesis of a silver nanoparticle using Moringa oleifera seed and its applications for antimicrobial and sun-light mediated photocatalytic water detoxification	92
The enhanced peroxymonosulfate-assisted photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline under visible light by g-C3N4/Na-BiVO4 heterojunction catalyst and its mechanism	92
An eco-friendly approach to textile and tannery wastewater treatment using maghemite nanoparticles (γ-Fe2O3-NPs) fabricated by Penicillium expansum strain (K-w)	91
Titania modified gum tragacanth based hydrogel nanocomposite for water remediation	90
A review of advances in engineered composite materials popular for wastewater treatment	89
Titanium dioxide based self-cleaning smart surfaces: A short review	89
A review on persulfates activation by functional biochar for organic contaminants removal: Synthesis, characterizations, radical determination, and mechanism	88
Adsorption of ciprofloxacin onto thermally modified bentonite clay: Experimental design, characterization, and adsorbent regeneration	87
Advances in recovery and utilization of carbon dioxide: A brief review	87
Mycosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using the extract of Flammulina velutipes, Physalacriaceae, and their efficacy for decolorization of methylene blue	86
Fe-ZSM-5 zeolite for efficient removal of basic Fuchsin dye from aqueous solutions: Synthesis, characterization and adsorption process optimization using BBD-RSM modeling	86
Development of recoverable magnetic mesoporous carbon adsorbent for removal of methyl blue and methyl orange from wastewater	86
A review on occurrences, eco-toxic effects, and remediation of emerging contaminants from wastewater: Special emphasis on biological treatment based hybrid systems	86
Carbon nanotubes/β-cyclodextrin/MnFe2O4 as a magnetic nanocomposite powder for tetracycline antibiotic decontamination from different aqueous environments	86