Most-cited Environmental Science papers of 2023, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Environmental Science research papers published in 2023, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- Blue applicability grade index (BAGI) and software: a new tool for the evaluation of method practicality
Natalia Manousi, W. Wojnowski et al. · 2023 · 1,636 citations - Global Carbon Budget 2023
Pierre Friedlingstein, Michael O’Sullivan et al. · 2023 · 1,486 citations · Free PDF - Safe and just Earth system boundaries
Johan Rockström, Joyeeta Gupta et al. · 2023 · 1,392 citations · Free PDF - Heat-related mortality in Europe during the summer of 2022
Joan Ballester, Marcos Quijal-Zamorano et al. · 2023 · 1,025 citations · Free PDF - Identification of mobile genetic elements with geNomad
Antônio Pedro Camargo, Simon Roux et al. · 2023 · 996 citations · Free PDF - Heavy metal pollution in the aquatic environment: efficient and low-cost removal approaches to eliminate their toxicity: a review
Kosar Hikmat Hama Aziz, Fryad S. Mustafa et al. · 2023 · 986 citations - A global transition to flash droughts under climate change
Xing Yuan, Yumiao Wang et al. · 2023 · 844 citations - Heavy Metal Contamination in Agricultural Soil: Environmental Pollutants Affecting Crop Health
Abdur Rashid, Brian J. Schutte et al. · 2023 · 838 citations · Free PDF - Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review
Ahmed Ibrahim Osman, Mohamed Hosny et al. · 2023 · 819 citations · Free PDF - Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
Jennifer A. Luedtke, Janice S. Chanson et al. · 2023 · 817 citations · Free PDF - Phage therapy: From biological mechanisms to future directions
Steffanie A. Strathdee, Graham F. Hatfull et al. · 2023 · 814 citations · Free PDF - Lung adenocarcinoma promotion by air pollutants
William Hill, Emilia L. Lim et al. · 2023 · 802 citations · Free PDF - Potential Health Impact of Microplastics: A Review of Environmental Distribution, Human Exposure, and Toxic Effects
Yue Li, Le Tao et al. · 2023 · 743 citations - Merits and Limitations of Radical vs. Nonradical Pathways in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
Yiqi Yan, Zongsu Wei et al. · 2023 · 740 citations - Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands
Baojing Gu, Xiuming Zhang et al. · 2023 · 727 citations · Free PDF - Microplastics: A Real Global Threat for Environment and Food Safety: A State of the Art Review
Khaled Ziani, Corina-Bianca Ioniță-Mîndrican et al. · 2023 · 715 citations · Free PDF - Diverse values of nature for sustainability
Unai Pascual, Patricia Balvanera et al. · 2023 · 709 citations · Free PDF - A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth
Nico Lang, Walter Jetz et al. · 2023 · 702 citations · Free PDF - Sustainalism: An Integrated Socio-Economic-Environmental Model to Address Sustainable Development and Sustainability
N. P. Hariram, K B Mekha et al. · 2023 · 701 citations · Free PDF - PHASTEST: faster than PHASTER, better than PHAST
David Scott Wishart, Scott Han et al. · 2023 · 661 citations - Assessing the Use of Probes and Quenchers for Understanding the Reactive Species in Advanced Oxidation Processes
Lei Yu, Yafei Yu et al. · 2023 · 634 citations - Impacts of climate change on the fate of contaminants through extreme weather events
Shiv Shankar Bolan, Lokesh P. Padhye et al. · 2023 · 625 citations - Artificial intelligence for waste management in smart cities: a review
Bingbing Fang, Jiacheng Yu et al. · 2023 · 621 citations · Free PDF - The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation
David M. Lapola, Patricia Fernanda Pinho et al. · 2023 · 615 citations · Free PDF - A systematic review of industrial wastewater management: Evaluating challenges and enablers
Bikram Jit Singh, Ayon Chakraborty et al. · 2023 · 614 citations
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