| Imposex in Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda: Muricidae): first results from biomonitoring of tributyltin contamination in the Mediterranean V Axiak, AJ Vella, D Micallef, P Chircop, B Mintoff Marine Biology 121, 685-691, 1995 | 155 | 1995 |
| Environmental fate of triasulfuron in soils amended with municipal waste compost D Said‐Pullicino, G Gigliotti, AJ Vella Journal of environmental quality 33 (5), 1743-1751, 2004 | 103 | 2004 |
| Imposex as a biomonitoring tool for marine pollution by tributyltin: some further observations V Axiak, D Micallef, J Muscat, A Vella, B Mintoff Environment International 28 (8), 743-749, 2003 | 92 | 2003 |
| Evaluation of environmental levels and biological impact of TBT in Malta (central Mediterranean) V Axiak, AJ Vella, D Agius, P Bonnici, G Cassar, R Cassone, P Chircop, ... Science of the Total Environment 258 (1-2), 89-97, 2000 | 81 | 2000 |
| Effect of fireworks on ambient air quality in Malta R Camilleri, AJ Vella Atmospheric Environment 44 (35), 4521-4527, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
| Perchlorate in dust fall and indoor dust in Malta: An effect of fireworks AJ Vella, C Chircop, T Micallef, C Pace Science of the Total Environment 521, 46-51, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Laboratory and field investigations on the effects of organotin (tributyltin) on the oyster, Ostrea edulis V Axiak, M Sammut, P Chircop, A Vella, B Mintoff Science of the total environment 171 (1-3), 117-120, 1995 | 33 | 1995 |
| Analytical aspects of the gas chromatographic determination of tributyltin and metabolites in environmental samples AJ Vella, B Mintoff, V Axiak Science of the total environment 258 (1-2), 81-88, 2000 | 26 | 2000 |
| Methodology to identify badly weathering limestone using geochemistry: case study on the Lower Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese islands JA Cassar, AJ Vella Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 36 (1), 85-96, 2003 | 24 | 2003 |
| Ether-derived alkanes from sedimentary organic matter AJ Vella, G Holzer Organic geochemistry 15 (2), 209-214, 1990 | 23 | 1990 |
| Fine dust emissions from softstone quarrying in Malta AJ Vella, R Camilleri Malta Chamber of Scientists, 2005 | 22 | 2005 |
| Arson investigation using the ion trap detector AJ Vella Journal of the Forensic Science Society 32 (2), 131-142, 1992 | 20 | 1992 |
| Preliminary evidence for in vitro methylation of tributyltin in a marine sediment AJ Vella, JPT Adami Applied organometallic chemistry 15 (11), 901-906, 2001 | 18 | 2001 |
| Organotin pollution in Malta coastal zone AJ Vella, B Mintoff, V Axiak, D Agius, R Cassone Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry 67 (3-4), 491-510, 1998 | 17 | 1998 |
| Contamination of water resources of a small island state by fireworks-derived perchlorate: A case study from Malta C Pace, AJ Vella Environmental pollution 250, 475-481, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Cycles in the generalized Fibonacci sequence modulo a prime D Vella, A Vella Mathematics magazine 75 (4), 294-299, 2002 | 14 | 2002 |
| State of the environment report for Malta 1998 V Axiak, V Gauci, A Mallia, E Mallia, PJ Schembri, AJ Vella Malta University Press, 1999 | 14 | 1999 |
| Distribution of isoprenoid hydrocarbons and alkylbenzenes in immature sediments: evidence for direct inheritance from bacterial/algal sources AJ Vella, G Holzer Organic geochemistry 18 (2), 203-210, 1992 | 14 | 1992 |
| Emission to air of volatile organotins from tributyltin‐contaminated harbour sediments AJ Vella, R Vassallo Applied organometallic chemistry 16 (5), 239-244, 2002 | 13 | 2002 |
| Geochemistry of the soll facies of the Lower Globigerina Limestone Formation, Malta AJ Vella, S Testa, C Zammit Malta Chamber of Scientists, 1997 | 13 | 1997 |
