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The examples of PAHs are naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene,\nfluorene, fluoranthene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, etc. PAHs can be produced\neither naturally or anthropogenically and have toxic properties. Due to the health risk posed by their exposure,\nthere is a need to control the release of PAHs through air quality management. Refinery industries are required\nto monitor and regulate their discharges. There is an urgent need for the considerable efforts to be applied\nin the field of research to degrade and monitor potentially hazardous substances to control, predict and avoid\nnegative effects of PAHs pollution.</jats:p>\n</jats:sec>","journal":"Current Organic Synthesis","year":2020,"id":35499,"datarank":3.0925555347066807,"base_score":4.941642422609304,"endowment":4.941642422609304,"self_citation_contribution":0.7412463633913957,"citation_network_contribution":2.351309171315285,"self_endowment_contribution":0.7412463633913957,"citer_contribution":2.351309171315285,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":139,"citer_count":137,"citers_with_citation_signal":102,"citers_with_endowment":102,"datacite_reuse_total":2,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":181670,"name":"Bera Venkata Varaha Ravi Kumar","orcid":"0000-0002-4676-2647","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":181671,"name":"Bimal Krishna Banik","orcid":"0000-0002-7873-9062","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":181672,"name":"Preetismita Borah","orcid":"0000-0001-5549-7825","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":181669,"name":"Biswa Mohan Sahoo","orcid":"0000-0001-8822-0427","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"base_score":4.941642422609304,"endowment":4.941642422609304,"datacite_reuse_total":2,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"32660405","pmcid":null,"openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W3043457844","authors":[],"funders":[],"total_grants":0,"fwci":4.3956,"citation_percentile":0.95597338,"influential_citations":3,"citation_trend":[{"year":2021,"count":8},{"year":2022,"count":13},{"year":2023,"count":22},{"year":2024,"count":35},{"year":2025,"count":39},{"year":2026,"count":22}],"oa_status":"closed","license":null,"oa_locations":[{"url":"https://eurekaselect.com/article/download/183722","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://www.eurekaselect.com/183722/article","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1570179417666200713182441","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32660405","host_type":"repository"}],"fields_of_study":["Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact","Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants","Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals","Medicine","Chemistry","Biology","Biodegradation, Environmental","Carcinogens","Environmental Pollutants","Humans","Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons"],"mesh_terms":["Biodegradation, Environmental","Carcinogens","Environmental Pollutants","Humans","Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons"],"keywords":["Fluoranthene","Acenaphthene","Chrysene","Acenaphthylene","Anthracene","Chemistry","Fluorene","Phenanthrene","Pyrene","Environmental chemistry","Naphthalene","Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon","Benzene","Perylene","Organic chemistry","Molecule","Synthesis","Toxicity","Properties","Structures","Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon","Biological Profile"],"sdg_mappings":[{"sdg_number":0,"sdg_label":"Clean water and sanitation"}],"linked_datasets":[{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.25997019.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of The carcinogenic PAHs in breads, amount, analytical method and mitigation strategy, a systematic review study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.25997019","title":"Additional file 1 of The carcinogenic PAHs in breads, amount, analytical method and mitigation strategy, a systematic review study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"}],"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"database_accessions":[],"source":"live","citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-06-10T04:18:44.429480Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}