Table 1 Top 20 most frequently cited articles related to NPS pollution research from 2012 to 2021
Number | Country†| TC§ | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | USA | 462 | Effectiveness of low impact development practices: Literature review and suggestions for future research [2] |
2 | France | 361 | Eutrophication: A new wine in an old bottle? [43] |
3 | Chile | 359 | Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal [20] |
4 | France | 343 | Long-term fate of nitrate fertilizer in agricultural soils [62] |
5 | Turkey | 321 | Evaluation of water quality using water quality index (WQI) method and GIS in Aksu River (SW-Turkey)Â [63] |
6 | China | 313 | Agricultural non-point source pollution in China: Causes and mitigation measures [68] |
7 | UK | 289 | The impact of fine sediment on macro-invertebrates [36] |
8 | Czech Republic | 260 | The use of constructed wetlands for removal of pesticides from agricultural runoff and drainage: A review [73] |
9 | Wales | 250 | Agriculture and eutrophication: Where do we go from here? [80] |
10 | Netherlands | 236 | Mitigation options to reduce phosphorus losses from the agricultural sector and improve surface water quality: A review [61] |
11 | Australia | 223 | Drought impacts on the water quality of freshwater systems; review and integration [50] |
12 | UK | 215 | The impacts of urbanization and climate change on urban flooding and urban water quality: A review of the evidence concerning the United Kingdom [48] |
13 | Netherlands | 204 | Global gray water footprint and water pollution levels related to anthropogenic nitrogen loads to fresh water [47] |
14 | UK | 183 | Meta-analysis of strategies to control nitrate leaching in irrigated agricultural systems and their effects on crop yield [57] |
15 | China | 175 | An integrated approach to assess heavy metal source apportionment in pen-urban agricultural soils [32] |
16 | USA | 172 | Pharmaceuticals, perfluoro surfactants, and other organic wastewater compounds in public drinking water wells in a shallow sand and gravel aquifer [60] |
17 | Japan | 170 | Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan [37] |
18 | Sweden | 168 | The pollution conveyed by urban runoff: A review of sources [52] |
19 | UK | 164 | A comprehensive review of constraints to improved management of fertilizers in China and mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture [67] |
20 | China | 163 | Assessment of surface water quality via multivariate statistical techniques: A case study of the Songhua River Harbin region, China [79] |