OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Environmental Science is 62. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of the development of mineral metal resources on surface water quality in the Mongolian Plateau based on meta-analysis	741
Research on the coupling coordinated development evaluation of China’s provincial technological innovation and financial support based on KGM-MOP	354
Research and application of time-varying law of anchoring force of split-set bolt based on field measurement	205
Does the Belt and Road Initiative reduce smog pollution in key provinces along the route?	177
Influence of water quality on satellite laser altimeter underwater measurement accuracy	174
Editorial: Advances in marine and freshwater monitoring to support aquatic ecosystem conservation and restoration	149
Heatwave-amplified atmospheric oxidation in a multi-province border area in Xuzhou, China	144
The Impact of Economic Growth and Tiered Medical Policy on the Medical Waste Generation: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve Model	134
Provincial ecological well-being performance level measurement and its spatial-temporal evolution analysis in China	127
Periphyton in urban freshwater facilitates transformation of trace organic compounds: A case study on iodinated contrast media	123
Characteristics of Phytoplankton Community Structure and Indication to Water Quality in the Lake in Agricultural Areas	121
The Occurrence and Distribution Pattern of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Community in the Ili River	112
Spatial Distribution and Factors Influencing Ecological Efficiency of the Yellow River Basin in China	107
Effects of turning rainforest into oil-palm plantations on silicon pools in soils within the first 20 years after the transformation	106
Coupled and coordinated development of China’s green economy efficiency and new-type urbanization under the dual-carbon goal	105
Spatial Spillover Effects of the Resource Curse: An Empirical Analysis in China	105
Policy Optimization for Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Based on Quantitative Comparison of Regional Policies of Free Trade Port Areas	105
Corporate environmental infringement, legal regulation, and sustainable development: punitive damages as a perspective	98
Expansion of typical lakes in Xinjiang under the combined effects of climate change and human activities	97
Using Bayesian networks to map winter habitat for mountain goats in coastal British Columbia, Canada	95
Analysis of spatiotemporal land use change characteristics in the upper watershed area of the Qingshui River basin from 1990 to 2020	92
Environmental Factors Affecting Near-Surface Oxygen Content Vary in Typical Regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	87
The application of biochar mitigated the negative effects of freeze-thaw on soil and nutrient loss in the restored soil of the alpine mining area	86
Will Greenland be the last refuge for the continental European small-white orchid?Niche modeling of future distribution of Pseudorchis albida	86
Editorial: Climate science, solutions and services for net zero, climate-resilient food systems	86

Influence of Dust Aerosols on Snow Cover Over the Tibetan Plateau	85
The impact of energy-saving R&D on urban carbon emission performance: evidence from 218 prefecture-level cities in China	84
Editorial: Crucial air quality, atmospheric environment, and climate change in low- and middle-income countries	83
Identification and Analysis of Industrial Land in China Based on the Point of Interest Data and Random Forest Model	83
Examining impacts of policy, technology, and climate extremes on thermoelectric power production and river thermal pollution in the Midwest and Northeast of the United States	82
Remote sensing-based estimation of precipitation data (2000-2015) in Ecuador's Loja province	80
Quantifying the potential health risk of surface waters in the Qinling giant panda habitat	80
Comparative study on numerical simulation based on CALPUFF and wind tunnel simulation of hazardous chemical leakage accidents	78
New momentum for data, government investment in technology, and high-quality urban development in the yellow river basin	75
Investigating the ecological and toxicological significance of Cyanox®53 recovered from intertidal sediments and varnish clam	75
Study on the incremental carbon sink of tea plantations under spatio-temporal variation characteristics	75
Calculation of inter-provincial differences in the appropriate proportioning of land transfer income to support rural revitalization	75
Biodiversity royalties: a different approach in bioeconomy	74
Winter warming effects on soil nitrate leaching under cover crops: A field study using high-frequency weighing lysimeters	74
Adsorption and removal of pentavalent antimony from water by biochar prepared from modified rosa roxburghii residue	74
Optimal decision-making model for selecting residential green building technologies in China	74
Waste management within the scope of environmental public awareness based on cross-sectional survey and social interviews	72
Soil column experiment and numerical simulation research of Pb migration process in the groundwater fluctuation zone based on HYDRUS	72
Hydrochemical characterization and sustainability assessment of Ismailia canal water, Eastern Nile Delta, Egypt: implications for human health and environmental safety	72
Soil organic matter on arid saline-alkali land drives greenhouse gas emissions from artificial and natural grasslands in different directions	72
A case analysis of turbulence characteristics and ozone perturbations over eastern China	72
Contamination characteristics, coexistence relationships and health risk assessment of dioxins and metals in topsoil around municipal solid waste incinerator in Hainan, China	71
Integrated Monitoring for the Rock Mass State During Large-Scale Subsoil Development	71
The effect and mechanism of farmland transfer on the multidimensional relative poverty of rural women	69
phenoC++: An open-source tool for retrieving vegetation phenology from satellite remote sensing data	69
Predicting the Settlement of Mine Waste Dump Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing and a Secondary Consolidation Model	69
Functional Flows in Groundwater-Influenced Streams: Application of the California Environmental Flows Framework to Determine Ecological Flow Needs	68
Can the Special Economic Zones Promote the Green Technology Innovation of Enterprises? An Evidence From China	67
Investigation of groundwater circulation models in the Jiuquan Basin	66
Occurrence of glyphosate in surface and drinking water sources in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, and its removal using membrane technology	66
Setting the Forestry Carbon Sink Insurance compensation standard for reducing losses from forest fires: An empirical study estimating CO2 emissions from forest fires in a sample of 15 provinces	65
Simultaneous treatment of phosphorus and fluoride wastewater using acid-modified iron-loaded electrode capacitive deionization: Preparation and performance	65
Collective Action Towards Risk Management in Informal Urban Areas in Medellín: COVID-19 Lessons for Reducing Vulnerability and Inequality	65
Improving environmental decision-making in environmental business-management using big data and AI	65
Editorial: Environmental impacts and risks of car tire and styrene-butadiene rubber: microplastic pollution and contaminant transport	62
Tracking Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Greenhouse-Led Cultivated Land and its Drivers in Shandong Province, China	62
Research on environmental regulation, environmental protection tax, and earnings management	62
Catalyst or Obstacle? Green innovation and total factor energy efficiency	62