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Announcements
24 June 2025
Metabolites | Highly Cited Papers Published in 2023–2024 and Hot Topic Special Issues in the “Environmental Metabolomics” Section

We are delighted to share some of the highly cited papers from the Section “Environmental Metabolomics” that were published in Metabolites (ISSN: 2218-1989) in 2023 and 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.
The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will be interest of you:
1. “The Relationship between Phthalates and Diabetes: A Review”
by Melissa Mariana and Elisa Cairrao
Metabolites 2023, 13(6), 746; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13060746
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/6/746
2. “Impact of Heavy Metal Exposure on Mytilus galloprovincialis Spermatozoa: A Metabolomic Investigation”
by Gennaro Lettieri, Carmela Marinaro, Rosaria Notariale, Pasquale Perrone, Martina Lombardi, Alessio Trotta, Jacopo Troisi and Marina Piscopo
Metabolites 2023, 13(8), 943; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13080943
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/8/943
3. “Suitability of Short- and Long-Term Storage of Volatile Organic Compounds Samples in Syringe-Based Containers: A Comparison Study”
by Paulo Henrique Costa Santos, Pedro Catalão Moura and Valentina Vassilenko
Metabolites 2023, 13(8), 903; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13080903
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/8/903
4. “Effects of Ecologically Relevant Concentrations of Cadmium on the Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and FFAR2 Expression in Zebrafish”
by Wenxin Jiang, Xi Wang, Yaxin Wang, Youwei Du, Shuyu Zhang, Hang Zhou, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng, Guohui Ma and Liming Zhao
Metabolites 2023, 13(5), 657; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13050657
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/5/657
5. “S-ABA Enhances Rice Salt Tolerance by Regulating Na+/K+ Balance and Hormone Homeostasis”
by Wenxin Jiang, Xi Wang, Yaxin Wang, Youwei Du, Shuyu Zhang, Hang Zhou, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng, Guohui Ma and Liming Zhao
Metabolites 2024, 14(4), 181; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14040181
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/4/181
6. “Cell Adhesion Molecules in Schizophrenia Patients with Metabolic Syndrome”
by Anastasiia S. Boiko, Irina A. Mednova, Elena G. Kornetova, Arkadiy V. Semke, Nikolay A. Bokhan and Svetlana A. Ivanova
Metabolites 2023, 13(3), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13030376
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/3/376
7. “An Exploratory Study of the Metabolite Profiling from Pesticides Exposed Workers”
by Daniela Magalhães Nolasco, Michele P. R. Mendes, Luiz Paulo de Aguiar Marciano, Luiz Filipe Costa, Adriana Nori De Macedo, Isarita Martins Sakakibara, Alessandra Cristina Pupin Silvério, Maria José N. Paiva and Leiliane C. André
Metabolites 2023, 13(5), 596; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13050596
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/5/596
8. “Investigating the Acute Metabolic Effects of the N-Methyl Carbamate Insecticide, Methomyl, on Mouse Liver”
by Amy M. Groswald, Tyler C. Gripshover, Walter H. Watson, Banrida Wahlang, Jianzhu Luo, Loretta L. Jophlin and Matthew C. Cave
Metabolites 2023, 13(8), 901; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13080901
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/13/8/901
9. “Evaluation of the Aquatic Toxicity of Several Triazole Fungicides”
by Bianca-Vanesa Boros, Diana-Larisa Roman and Adriana Isvoran
Metabolites 2024, 14(4), 197; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14040197
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/4/197
10. “Volatile Organic Compounds in Cellular Headspace after Hyperbaric Oxygen Exposure: An In Vitro Pilot Study”
by Feiko J. M. de Jong, Thijs A. Lilien, Dominic W. Fenn, Thijs T. Wingelaar, Pieter-Jan A. M. van Ooij, Anke H. Maitland-van der Zee, Markus W. Hollmann, Rob A. van Hulst and Paul Brinkman
Metabolites 2024, 14(5), 281; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14050281
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/14/5/281
Special Issues:
“Targeted and Non-Targeted LC- and GC-HRMS Workflows for the Analysis of Emerging Contaminants and the Environmental Exposome” |
“Environmental Metabolites Insights into Health and Disease” |
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