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Plant Science and Agronomy
UK
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
114
Citations
46810
World Ranking
84
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Andrew A. Meharg is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on areas including health, toxicology, mutagenesis, pollution, environmental chemistry, nutrition and dietetics, and analytical chemistry.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics like heavy metals in the environment, arsenic contamination and mitigation, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, heavy metals in plants, trace elements in health, nutritional studies and diet, as well as agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Key recent publications include:

  • Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain, 2020, Exposure and Health
  • The Pedosphere as a Sink, Source, and Record of Anthropogenic and Natural Arsenic Atmospheric Deposition, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Embedded Health Risk from Arsenic in Globally Traded Rice, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Reducing the cadmium, inorganic arsenic and dimethylarsinic acid content of rice through food-safe chemical cooking pre-treatment, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Arsenic dynamics in paddy soil under traditional manuring practices in Bangladesh, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Frequent co-authors associated with Andrew A. Meharg's research include Manus Carey, Caroline Meharg, Kathryn Ralphs, Coalain McCreanor, and Antonio J. Signes-Pastor.

The scientist's publications are often found in journals and conferences such as Exposure and Health, ISEE Conference Abstracts, Environmental Science & Technology, Food Chemistry, and Environmental Research.

Among distinctions, Andrew A. Meharg was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005 and became a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Arsenic uptake and metabolism in arsenic resistant and nonresistant plant species

    Andrew Alexander Meharg;J. Hartley-Whitaker

  • Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh paddy field soils: implications for rice contribution to arsenic consumption.

    Andrew Alexander Meharg;M.m. Rahman

  • Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants.

    F. J. Zhao;J. F. Ma;A. A. Meharg;S. P. McGrath

  • Arsenic as a Food Chain Contaminant: Mechanisms of Plant Uptake and Metabolism and Mitigation Strategies

    Fang-Jie Zhao;Steve P McGrath;Andrew A Meharg

  • Variation in Arsenic Speciation and Concentration in Paddy Rice Related to Dietary Exposure

    Paul Williams;A H Price;A Raab;S A Hossain

  • Uptake Kinetics of Arsenic Species in Rice Plants

    Mohammed Joinal Abedin;Jörg Feldmann;Andy A. Meharg

  • Geographical Variation in Total and Inorganic Arsenic Content of Polished (White) Rice

    Andrew A. Meharg;Paul N. Williams;Eureka Adomako;Youssef Y. Lawgali

  • Greatly enhanced arsenic shoot assimilation in rice leads to elevated grain levels compared to wheat and barley

    Paul N. Williams;Antia Villada;Claire Deacon;Andrea Raab

  • Arsenic accumulation and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Md. Joinal Abedin;Malcolm S. Cresser;Andy A. Meharg;Jörg Feldmann

  • Mechanisms of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata. Uptake Kinetics, Interactions with Phosphate, and Arsenic Speciation

    Junru Wang;Fang-Jie Zhao;Andrew A. Meharg;Andrea Raab

  • Growing Rice Aerobically Markedly Decreases Arsenic Accumulation

    X. Y. Xu;S. P. McGrath;A. A. Meharg;F. J. Zhao

  • Suppression of the High Affinity Phosphate Uptake System: A Mechanism of Arsenate Tolerance in Holcus lanatus L.

    A. A Meharg;M. R. Macnair

  • Selenium in higher plants: understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits;Fang-Jie Zhao;Paul N. Williams

  • Increase in Rice Grain Arsenic for Regions of Bangladesh Irrigating Paddies with Elevated Arsenic in Groundwaters

    Paul Nicholas Williams;Mohammad Ayub Islam;E. E. Adomako;Andrea Raab

  • Occurrence and Partitioning of Cadmium, Arsenic and Lead in Mine Impacted Paddy Rice: Hunan, China

    Paul N Williams;Ming Lei;Guoxin Sun;Qing Huang

  • Arsenic in rice - understanding a new disaster for South-East Asia

    Andrew Alexander Meharg

  • Arsenic Sequestration in Iron Plaque, Its Accumulation and Speciation in Mature Rice Plants (Oryza Sativa L.)

    W. J. Liu;Y. G. Zhu;Y. Hu;P. N. Williams

  • Copper‐ and arsenate‐induced oxidative stress in Holcus lanatus L. clones with differential sensitivity

    J. Hartley-Whitaker;G. Ainsworth;Andrew Alexander Meharg

  • High percentage inorganic arsenic content of mining impacted and nonimpacted Chinese rice.

    Y.G. Zhu;G. X. Sun;M. Lei;M. Teng

  • Variation in Rice Cadmium Related to Human Exposure

    Andrew A. Meharg;Gareth Norton;Claire Deacon;Paul Williams

  • Exposure to inorganic arsenic from rice: A global health issue?

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Paul N. Williams;Andrew A. Meharg

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Raab
Andrea Raab International Committee of the Red Cross
Paul N. Williams
Paul N. Williams Queen's University Belfast
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Adam H. Price
Adam H. Price University of Aberdeen
Jörg Feldmann
Jörg Feldmann University of Aberdeen
Mark A. Taggart
Mark A. Taggart University of the Highlands and Islands
Kenneth Stuart Killham
Kenneth Stuart Killham University of Aberdeen
Deborah J. Pain
Deborah J. Pain University of Cambridge
Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research

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