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Global Challenges
H-index 27

Global Challenges

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 706 11 11 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 211
Documents by Best Scientists*: 184
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.061
Impact Factor: 6.4

Top Publications

  • Microplastics in Freshwater Biota: A Critical Review of Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment Methods

    James D. O'Connor;Anne Marie Mahon;Anja F. R. M. Ramsperger;Benjamin Trotter

    (2020)
    113 Citations
  • Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

    Thomas Backhaus;Martin Wagner

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • On the Creation of Risk: Framing of Microplastics Risks in Science and Media

    Carolin Völker;Johanna Kramm;Martin Wagner

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • Challenges in Recycling Spent Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Spotlight on Polyvinylidene Fluoride Removal

    (2023)
    75 Citations
  • The Fragile State of Industrial Agriculture: Estimating Crop Yield Reductions in a Global Catastrophic Infrastructure Loss Scenario

    (2023)
    17 Citations
  • Prolonged Life Expectancy for Those Dying of Stroke by Achieving the Daily PM2.5 Targets.

    Zengliang Ruan;Jinlei Qi;Peng Yin;Zhengmin Min Qian

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Freestanding Nitrogen-Doped Carbons with Hierarchical Porosity for Environmental Applications: A Green Templating Route with Bio-Based Precursors.

    Mojtaba Mohseni;Mojtaba Mohseni;Nikolai Utsch;Christian Marcks;Kristof Demeestere

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Freestanding Nitrogen‐Doped Carbons with Hierarchical Porosity for Environmental Applications: A Green Templating Route with Bio‐Based Precursors (Global Challenges 11/2021)

    Mojtaba Mohseni;Mojtaba Mohseni;Nikolai Utsch;Christian Marcks;Kristof Demeestere

    (2021)
    1 Citations
  • Future Energy Breakthroughs: Implications for the Hydrocarbon Economies of the Arabian Gulf

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Extreme Temperature Events in Kazakhstan and Their Impacts on Public Health and Energy Demand

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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