| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance | Environmental Science & Technology | 2002 | 6,924 |
| 2 | Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology† | Environmental Science & Technology | 2006 | 4,962 |
| 3 | Fluorescence Excitation−Emission Matrix Regional Integration to Quantify Spectra for Dissolved Organic Matter | Environmental Science & Technology | 2003 | 4,542 |
| 4 | Evaluation of Specific Ultraviolet Absorbance as an Indicator of the Chemical Composition and Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Carbon | Environmental Science & Technology | 2003 | 3,418 |
| 5 | Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification | Environmental Science & Technology | 2012 | 3,396 |
| 6 | Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks | Environmental Science & Technology | 2011 | 3,240 |
| 7 | Comprehensive Evaluation of Antibiotics Emission and Fate in the River Basins of China: Source Analysis, Multimedia Modeling, and Linkage to Bacterial Resistance | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 2,897 |
| 8 | Radical Generation by the Interaction of Transition Metals with Common Oxidants | Environmental Science & Technology | 2004 | 2,522 |
| 9 | Identifying Small Molecules via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Communicating Confidence | Environmental Science & Technology | 2014 | 2,300 |
| 10 | Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar) | Environmental Science & Technology | 2010 | 2,267 |
| 11 | Global Distribution of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Wildlife | Environmental Science & Technology | 2001 | 2,216 |
| 12 | Trimmed Spearman-Karber method for estimating median lethal concentrations in toxicity bioassays | Environmental Science & Technology | 1977 | 2,156 |
| 13 | Modeled Environmental Concentrations of Engineered Nanomaterials (TiO2, ZnO, Ag, CNT, Fullerenes) for Different Regions | Environmental Science & Technology | 2009 | 2,132 |
| 14 | Sources, Fate and Transport of Perfluorocarboxylates | Environmental Science & Technology | 2006 | 2,053 |
| 15 | Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 2,017 |
| 16 | ES&T Special Report: Priority pollutants: I-a perspective view | Environmental Science & Technology | 1979 | 2,013 |
| 17 | Comparison of Arsenic(V) and Arsenic(III) Sorption onto Iron Oxide Minerals: Implications for Arsenic Mobility | Environmental Science & Technology | 2003 | 1,962 |
| 18 | Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 1,921 |
| 19 | Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation: Critical Assessment of Opportunities and Roadblocks | Environmental Science & Technology | 2020 | 1,779 |
| 20 | Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Food and Personal Care Products | Environmental Science & Technology | 2012 | 1,747 |
| 21 | Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue? | Environmental Science & Technology | 2017 | 1,734 |
| 22 | Mercury as a Global Pollutant: Sources, Pathways, and Effects | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 1,729 |
| 23 | Widespread Sexual Disruption in Wild Fish | Environmental Science & Technology | 1998 | 1,723 |
| 24 | Electricity Generation Using an Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell in the Presence and Absence of a Proton Exchange Membrane | Environmental Science & Technology | 2004 | 1,708 |
| 25 | Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel, Mytilus edulis (L.) | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 1,700 |
| 26 | Occurrence of a New Generation of Disinfection Byproducts | Environmental Science & Technology | 2006 | 1,633 |
| 27 | Few-Layered Graphene Oxide Nanosheets As Superior Sorbents for Heavy Metal Ion Pollution Management | Environmental Science & Technology | 2011 | 1,594 |
| 28 | Exposure Modeling of Engineered Nanoparticles in the Environment | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 1,593 |
| 29 | A Technical, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Amine-Based CO2 Capture Technology for Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Control | Environmental Science & Technology | 2002 | 1,575 |
| 30 | Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport | Environmental Science & Technology | 2018 | 1,560 |
| 31 | Identification of Estrogenic Chemicals in STW Effluent. 1. Chemical Fractionation and in Vitro Biological Screening | Environmental Science & Technology | 1998 | 1,541 |
| 32 | Molecular Weight, Polydispersity, and Spectroscopic Properties of Aquatic Humic Substances | Environmental Science & Technology | 1994 | 1,535 |
| 33 | O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 1,524 |
| 34 | Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Emerging Contaminants: Studies in Northern Colorado | Environmental Science & Technology | 2006 | 1,508 |
| 35 | Nanoparticle Silver Released into Water from Commercially Available Sock Fabrics | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 1,502 |
| 36 | Mechanisms of Slow Sorption of Organic Chemicals to Natural Particles | Environmental Science & Technology | 1996 | 1,500 |
| 37 | Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies | Environmental Science & Technology | 2015 | 1,488 |
| 38 | Ion Release Kinetics and Particle Persistence in Aqueous Nano-Silver Colloids | Environmental Science & Technology | 2010 | 1,451 |
| 39 | Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment | Environmental Science & Technology | 2001 | 1,450 |
| 40 | Synthesizing Nanoscale Iron Particles for Rapid and Complete Dechlorination of TCE and PCBs | Environmental Science & Technology | 1997 | 1,446 |
| 41 | Transitional Adsorption and Partition of Nonpolar and Polar Aromatic Contaminants by Biochars of Pine Needles with Different Pyrolytic Temperatures | Environmental Science & Technology | 2008 | 1,446 |
| 42 | Water and waste water filtration. Concepts and applications | Environmental Science & Technology | 1971 | 1,440 |
| 43 | Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in U.S. Drinking Water | Environmental Science & Technology | 2009 | 1,419 |
| 44 | Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water with Sulfate Radicals Generated by the Conjunction of Peroxymonosulfate with Cobalt | Environmental Science & Technology | 2003 | 1,415 |
| 45 | Domestic Wastewater Treatment as a Net Energy Producer–Can This be Achieved? | Environmental Science & Technology | 2011 | 1,406 |
| 46 | Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in the Environment and in People: A Meta-Analysis of Concentrations | Environmental Science & Technology | 2004 | 1,400 |
| 47 | Gas/Particle Partitioning and Secondary Organic Aerosol Yields | Environmental Science & Technology | 1996 | 1,383 |
| 48 | Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver | Environmental Science & Technology | 2016 | 1,375 |
| 49 | Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals during Ozonation and Advanced Oxidation Processes | Environmental Science & Technology | 2003 | 1,370 |
| 50 | Sources of fine organic aerosol. 2. Noncatalyst and catalyst-equipped automobiles and heavy-duty diesel trucks | Environmental Science & Technology | 1993 | 1,369 |
