Most-cited Environmental Science papers of 2022, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Environmental Science research papers published in 2022, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Table 1 in A new Gammarus species from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) with a key to Xinjiang freshwater gammarids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridae)
   Zhang, Kui, Wang, Jun et al. · 2022 · 15,646 citations
2. Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood
   Heather A. Leslie, Martin J.M. van Velzen et al. · 2022 · 3,890 citations
3. A critical review on the treatment of dye-containing wastewater: Ecotoxicological and health concerns of textile dyes and possible remediation approaches for environmental safety
   Rania Al-Tohamy, Sameh Samir Ali et al. · 2022 · 3,454 citations
4. The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the globe since 1979
   Mika Rantanen, Alexey Yu. Karpechko et al. · 2022 · 3,043 citations · Free PDF
5. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment
   Marina G. Evich, Mary J. B. Davis et al. · 2022 · 2,121 citations
6. Pollution and health: a progress update
   Richard Fuller, Philip J. Landrigan et al. · 2022 · 2,120 citations
7. Impact of heavy metals on the environment and human health: Novel therapeutic insights to counter the toxicity
   Saikat Mitra, Arka Jyoti Chakraborty et al. · 2022 · 2,052 citations
8. Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points
   David I. Armstrong McKay, Arie Staal et al. · 2022 · 1,926 citations
9. Global Carbon Budget 2022
   Pierre Friedlingstein, Michael O’Sullivan et al. · 2022 · 1,905 citations · Free PDF
10. Global Carbon Budget 2021
    Pierre Friedlingstein, Matthew W. Jones et al. · 2022 · 1,735 citations · Free PDF
11. Review on Methylene Blue: Its Properties, Uses, Toxicity and Photodegradation
    Idrees Khan, Khalid Saeed et al. · 2022 · 1,703 citations · Free PDF
12. Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers
    John L. Wilkinson, Alistair B. A. Boxall et al. · 2022 · 1,645 citations
13. Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy
    Lauren C. Jenner, Jeanette M. Rotchell et al. · 2022 · 1,506 citations
14. Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities
    Linn M. Persson, Bethanie Carney Almroth et al. · 2022 · 1,343 citations
15. Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
    Matthew W. Jones, John T. Abatzoglou et al. · 2022 · 1,319 citations
16. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds
    Joseph A. Tobias, Catherine Sheard et al. · 2022 · 1,233 citations · Free PDF
17. Effects of Water Pollution on Human Health and Disease Heterogeneity: A Review
    Li Chih Lin, Haoran Yang et al. · 2022 · 1,188 citations · Free PDF
18. Methylene blue dye: Toxicity and potential elimination technology from wastewater
    Peter Olusakin Oladoye, Timothy Oladiran Ajiboye et al. · 2022 · 1,186 citations
19. Current status of pesticide effects on environment, human health and it’s eco-friendly management as bioremediation: A comprehensive review
    Vinay Mohan Pathak, Vijay Kumar Verma et al. · 2022 · 1,184 citations · Free PDF
20. The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss
    Pedro Jaureguiberry, Nicolas Titeux et al. · 2022 · 1,099 citations
21. An overview of the environmental pollution and health effects associated with waste landfilling and open dumping
    Ayesha Siddiqua, John Ν. Hahladakis et al. · 2022 · 1,023 citations · Free PDF
22. Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning
    Lynn H. Kaack, David Rolnick et al. · 2022 · 1,011 citations
23. Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries
    Jun Rentschler, Melda Salhab et al. · 2022 · 997 citations · Free PDF
24. Assessment of global health risk of antibiotic resistance genes
    Zhenyan Zhang, Qi Zhang et al. · 2022 · 982 citations · Free PDF
25. The EC-Earth3 Earth system model for the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6
    Ralf Döscher, Mario Acosta et al. · 2022 · 971 citations · Free PDF

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