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Papers

(The median citation count of Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry is 16. 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
Upsurgence of smartphone as an economical, portable, and consumer-friendly analytical device/interface platform for digital sensing of hazardous environmental ions	124
Trends in the monitoring of legacy and emerging organic pollutants in protected areas	92
Fluorescent probes for ozone-specific recognition: An historical overview and future perspectives	89
Portable analytics as a contemporary environmental microplastic research tool: The Pitches and Hitches	88
Green chemistry-based strategies for liquid-phase microextraction and determination of mercury species	86
Scientometric review: Concentration and toxicity assessment in environmental non-targeted LC/HRMS analysis	83
Unravelling plant protection product analysis: Use of chromatography techniques (GC and LC) and high resolution mass spectrometry	80
Critical review of bio/nano sensors for arsenic detection	77
Microplastics in road dust and surrounding environment: Sources, fate and analytical approaches	77
A greenness evaluation and environmental aspects of solidified floating organic drop microextraction for metals: A review	74
State of the art overview wearable biohazard gas sensors based on nanosheets for environment monitoring applications	74
How well-protected are protected areas from anthropogenic microplastic contamination? Review of analytical methods, current trends, and prospects	72
Molecularly imprinted polymers as highly selective sorbents in sample preparation techniques and their applications in environmental water analysis	67
Advances in on-site analytical sample preparation for analysis of environmental waters: A review	66
Insights of nanomaterials integrated analytical approaches for detection of plant hormones in agricultural and environmental samples	63
Nanomaterials based non-enzymatic electrochemical and optical sensors for the detection of carbendazim: A review	58
Mass spectrometry imaging in environmental monitoring: From a scarce existing past to a promising future	58
Unraveling the chemistry of ionic liquid mediated carbon dots as sensing probe – A review	58
Novel liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-based approaches for the determination of glyphosate and related compounds: A review	58
Blanks and bias in microplastic research: Implications for future quality assurance	56
Environmental monitoring approaches for the detection of organic contaminants in marine environments: A critical review	56
Fluorescent nanosensors based on green carbon dots (CDs) and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for environmental pollutants: Emerging trends and future prospects	54
Perspectives of magnetic nature carbon dots in analytical chemistry: From separation to detection and bioimaging	54
Progress and challenges in molecularly imprinted polymers for adsorption of heavy metal ions from wastewater	53
Involvement of metal organic frameworks in wearable electrochemical sensor for efficient performance	53

Use of pollution indices and ecological risk in the assessment of contamination from chemical elements in soils and sediments – Practical aspects	53
Recent developments in electrochemical detection of cadmium	46
Processes driving the degradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in terrestrial environment	46
Molecularly imprinted polymer-carbon paste electrode (MIP-CPE)-based sensors for the sensitive detection of organic and inorganic environmental pollutants: A review	45
Pharmaceuticals and micro(nano)plastics in the environment: Sorption and analytical challenges	45
Recent progress on multiplexed detection strategies of heavy metals with emphasis on quantum dots	44
Recent advancement on chromo-fluorogenic sensing of aluminum(III) with Schiff bases	43
Mass spectrometric analysis for carboxylic acids as viable markers of petroleum hydrocarbon biodegradation	42
(Xeno)metabolomics for the evaluation of aquatic organism’s exposure to field contaminated water	42
Use of diffusive gradient in thin-films (DGTs) to advance environmental mercury research: Development, growth, and tomorrow	40
Recent advances in microextraction techniques for sensitive determination of synthetic musks in complex samples	38
Topical advances in nanomaterials based electrochemical sensors for resorcinol detection	37
Environmental petroleomics – Application of ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry for molecular-level understanding of the fate of spilled oils	37
Biomolecules as promising ligands in the synthesis of metal nanoclusters: Sensing, bioimaging and catalytic applications	35
Recent progress in detection of chemical and biological toxins in Water using plasmonic nanosensors	35
Quaternary ammonium pesticides: A review of chromatography and non-chromatography methods for determination of pesticide residues in water samples	34
Trace element determination using mass spectrometry coupled detection methods	32
Magnetic covalent organic frameworks-based adsorbents in solid phase extraction of trace analytes in environmental samples	31
Metabolomics in environmental toxicology: Applications and challenges	31
Recent development in nanomaterials fabricated paper-based colorimetric and fluorescent sensors: A review	29
Analytical methods for the determination of antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and their metabolites through wastewater-based epidemiology	28
Current and emerging analytical techniques for the determination of PFAS in environmental samples	27
Recent advances in analytical methodologies based on mass spectrometry for the environmental analysis of halogenated organic contaminants	26
Quality assessment for methodological aspects of microplastics analysis in soil	24
Advancing environmental toxicology: The role of mass spectrometry imaging	24
Current trends in sample preparation for the determination of primary aromatic amines in environmental samples	24
Chiral purification by enantioselective extraction: Principles and recent development	24
Non-targeted (ultra-)high-resolution mass spectrometry of dissolved organic matter to predict the formation of disinfection byproducts	24
Alternative green solvents in cloud point extraction methods: recent developments, challenges, and greenness evaluation	22
Smart nano-architectures as potential sensing tools for detecting heavy metal ions in aqueous matrices	22
Environmental significance of wearable sensors based on MXene and graphene	22
Analysis of chemical contaminants in fish using high resolution mass spectrometry – A review	22
Significance of nanomaterials in electrochemical sensors for nitrate detection: A review	20
Boosting the advantages of biosensors: Niche applicability and fitness for environmental purpose	20
Nonmetal-doped quantum dot-based fluorescence sensing facilitates the monitoring of environmental contaminants	20
Artificial intelligence-based microfluidic platforms for the sensitive detection of environmental pollutants: Recent advances and prospects	18
Modern designs of electrochemical sensor platforms for environmental analyses: Principles, nanofabrication opportunities, and challenges	18
Novel materials based electrochemical sensors for nitrophenols in environment	17
Microextraction of metal ions based on solidification of a floating drop: Basics and recent updates	17
Data mining strategies of molecular information for inspecting wastewater treatment by using UHRMS	17
Analytical methodologies for the determination of phthalates in environmental matrices	16
Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) for biochemical analysis: Progress and perspective	16
Efficient detection of CO2 by nanocomposites: Environmental and energy technologies	16