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Alistair B.A. Boxall

Alistair B.A. Boxall

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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
83
Citations
34980
World Ranking
820
National Ranking
68

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Alistair B.A. Boxall is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on pollution and its various aspects.

Their work covers several subfields, including:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry

Boxall's main topics of research include:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Boxall are:

  • Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste, 2022, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Assessment of the Potential Ecotoxicological Effects of Pharmaceuticals in the World's Rivers, 2022, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • High Concentrations of Pharmaceuticals in a Nigerian River Catchment, 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Toward Sustainable Environmental Quality: Priority Research Questions for Asia, 2020, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Boxall include:

  • John L. Wilkinson
  • Alejandra Bouzas-Monroy
  • Benny Chefetz
  • Alizée O. S. Desrousseaux
  • Kmy Leung

Boxall's prominent publication venues reflect their research focus, with multiple publications in:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • Open Research Europe

Best Publications

  • A global perspective on the use, sales, exposure pathways, occurrence, fate and effects of veterinary antibiotics (VAs) in the environment

    Ajit K. Sarmah;Michael T. Meyer;Alistair B.A. Boxall

  • Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

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  • Applications and implications of nanotechnologies for the food sector

    Qasim Chaudhry;Michael Scotter;James Blackburn;Bryony Ross

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Murray A. Rudd;Bryan W. Brooks;Daniel J. Caldwell

  • The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

    Elizabeth M.H. Wellington;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Paul Cross;Edward J. Feil

  • Are veterinary medicines causing environmental risks

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Dana W. Kolpin;Bent Halling-Sørensen;Johannes Tolls

  • Detection and characterization of engineered nanoparticles in food and the environment

    Karen Tiede;Alistair B A Boxall;Steven P Tear;John Lewis

  • Veterinary medicines in the environment.

    A B A Boxall;L A Fogg;P A Blackwell;P Kay

  • Uptake of veterinary medicines from soils into plants

    Alistair B A Boxall;Paul Johnson;Edward J Smith;Chris J Sinclair

  • Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Evidence for or against adverse impacts and major knowledge gaps.

    Emily Evelyn Alison Burns;Alistair Bruce Alleyne Boxall

  • The environmental side effects of medication

    Alistair B A Boxall

  • The sorption and transport of a sulphonamide antibiotic in soil systems

    Alistair B.A. Boxall;Paul Blackwell;Romina Cavallo;Paul Kay

  • Occurrence and Fate of Human Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

    Sara C. Monteiro;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Alistair B.A. Boxall

  • Impacts of anthropogenic activity on the ecology of class 1 integrons and integron-associated genes in the environment

    William H Gaze;Lihong Zhang;Nouradin A Abdouslam;Peter M Hawkey

  • Considerations for environmental fate and ecotoxicity testing to support environmental risk assessments for engineered nanoparticles

    Karen Tiede;Martin Hassellöv;Eike Breitbarth;Qasim Chaudhry

  • Nanopesticides: guiding principles for regulatory evaluation of environmental risks.

    Rai S. Kookana;Alistair B. A. Boxall;Philip T. Reeves;Roman Ashauer

  • When synthetic chemicals degrade in the environment.

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Chris J. Sinclair;Kathrin Fenner;Dana Kolpin

  • Fate and uptake of pharmaceuticals in soil-plant systems.

    Laura J. Carter;Eleanor Harris;Mike Williams;Jim J. Ryan

  • Engineered nanomaterials in soils and water: how do they behave and could they pose a risk to human health?

    Alistair B A Boxall;Karen Tiede;Qasim Chaudhry

  • Impacts of climate change on indirect human exposure to pathogens and chemicals from agriculture

    Alistair B A Boxall;Alistair B A Boxall;Anthony Hardy;Sabine Beulke;Tatiana Boucard

  • Fate of veterinary antibiotics in a macroporous tile drained clay soil

    Paul Kay;Paul A. Blackwell;Alistair B. A. Boxall

  • Occurrence, degradation, and effect of polymer-based materials in the environment.

    Scott Lambert;Chris Sinclair;Alistair Boxall

  • Fecal residues of veterinary parasiticides: Nontarget effects in the pasture environment

    Kevin D. Floate;Keith G. Wardhaugh;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Thomas N. Sherratt

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn E. Arnold
Kathryn E. Arnold University of York
Bryan W. Brooks
Bryan W. Brooks Baylor University
Roman Ashauer
Roman Ashauer University of York
Edward Topp
Edward Topp Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Kathrin Fenner
Kathrin Fenner Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Colin D. Brown
Colin D. Brown University of York
Dana W. Kolpin
Dana W. Kolpin United States Geological Survey
Rai S. Kookana
Rai S. Kookana Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jane Thomas-Oates
Jane Thomas-Oates University of York
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington University of Warwick

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