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Emerging Contaminants

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 320 33 65 17
Chemistry 668 23 38 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 71
Documents by Best Scientists*: 99
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.496
Impact Factor: 6.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Emerging Contaminants?

The primary areas of discussion in Emerging Contaminants are Environmental chemistry, Contamination, Pollutant, Sewage treatment and Wastewater. The work on Environmental chemistry tackled in it brings together disciplines like Soil water, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, Hexabromocyclododecane, Arctic and Biota. The research on Arctic featured in Emerging Contaminants combines topics in other fields like The arctic and Bioaccumulation.

The journal investigates Biota research which frequently intersects with Abiotic component. Emerging Contaminants facilitates discussions on Contamination that incorporate concepts from other fields like Food science, Soil test and Pollution. Aside from research in Pollutant, the journal also discusses European union studies.

The journal connects research in Sewage treatment with the related topic of Effluent. The journal features studies on Wastewater, including topics such as Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

  • Environmental chemistry (43.42%)
  • Contamination (23.03%)
  • Pollutant (15.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment (719 citations)
  • Occurrence, sources and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the groundwater: A review (324 citations)
  • An insight of environmental contamination of arsenic on animal health (58 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Emerging Contaminants:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Environmental chemistry, Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products, Contamination, Toxicology and Wastewater. Biosolids, Soil water, Biota and Sewage treatment are some topics wherein Environmental chemistry research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact. The journal articles with studies in Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products featured incorporate elements of Aquatic environment, Mass chromatography and Bisphenol.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Agriculture
  • Ecosystem

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Contamination, Environmental chemistry, Environmental planning, Ecological risk and Estuary. While it focused on Contamination, it was also able to explore topics like Animal feed and Pollution. It focuses on Environmental chemistry but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Plasma concentration and Hexachlorobenzene.

While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Environmental planning, it also covered topics in Agriculture, Action plan, Antibiotic resistance and Ecological health. In addition to Ecological risk research, it aims to explore topics under Hydrology and Surface water. The journal explores issues in Estuary which can be linked to other research areas like Veterinary medicine and Salinity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • PPCPs - A human and veterinary fingerprint in the Pearl River delta and northern south China sea (3 citations)
  • Inventories and assessment of POPs in the State of Kuwait as a basis for Stockholm Convention implementation (2 citations)
  • Minimizing the environmental impact of PFAS by using specialized coagulants for the treatment of PFAS polluted waters and for the decontamination of firefighting equipment (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Emerging Contaminants (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stuart Harrad (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonathan O. Okonkwo (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roland Weber (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Gang Yu (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jun Huang (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Emerging Contaminants (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Birmingham (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tshwane University of Technology (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stockholm University (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.25% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Occurrence, seasonal variation and human exposure to pharmaceuticals and personal care products in surface water, groundwater and drinking water in Lagos State, Nigeria

    Anekwe Jennifer Ebele;Temilola Oluseyi;Daniel S. Drage;Stuart Harrad

    (2020)
    251 Citations
  • Chlorinated paraffins in the technosphere: A review of available information and data gaps demonstrating the need to support the Stockholm Convention implementation

    Yago Guida;Raquel Capella;Roland Weber

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Monitoring dioxins and PCBs in eggs as sensitive indicators for environmental pollution and contaminated sites and recommendations for reducing and controlling releases and exposure

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Flammability standards for furniture, building insulation and electronics: Benefit and risk

    Joseph A. Charbonnet;Roland Weber;Arlene Blum

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • European cooperation to tackle the legacies of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and lindane

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • Occurrence of antibiotics in typical pig farming and its wastewater treatment in Thailand

    (2022)
    45 Citations
  • Ozone and ozone/hydrogen peroxide treatment to remove gemfibrozil and ibuprofen from treated sewage effluent: Factors influencing bromate formation

    Hajar Farzaneh;Kavithaa Loganathan;Jayaprakash Saththasivam;Gordon McKay

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Degradation of a persistent organic pollutant perfluorooctane sulphonate with Ti/SnO2–Sb2O5/PbO2-PTFE anode

    (2020)
    43 Citations
  • Occurrence, removal and emission of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) from chrome plating industry: A case study in Southeast China

    Yingxi Qu;Jun Huang;Wolfram Willand;Roland Weber

    (2020)
    30 Citations

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