Research design used in the scientometric study performed for industrial effluent and sludge toxicity. To initiate this analysis’s execution, primarily, the search details, such as the pre-analyzed keywords and the English language, were inserted in the advanced search mode of WoS (shown with dark blue). Then, the obtained articles were separately analyzed via CiteSpace software (show in green), WoS analysis (shown in red), and the joint analysis of both analyzers (shown in light blue) regarding the scientometric criteria. Thereafter, conclusions were drawn based on the obtained results.