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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
17583
World Ranking
1504
National Ranking
121

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Andrew C. Johnson is affiliated with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications dedicated to Ecology, Pollution, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Additional areas of study include Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Andrew C. Johnson has contributed to multiple recent papers published in recognized journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: A proposed multiple-level system," 2020, Environment International
  • "Learning from the past and considering the future of chemicals in the environment," 2020, Science
  • "Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Potable Water and Their Sources within Water Treatment Works in England and Wales," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Semi-automated analysis of microplastics in complex wastewater samples," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Is water quality in British rivers 'better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution'?" 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors that have collaborated with Andrew C. Johnson include John P. Sumpter, Monika D. Jürgens, Fengchang Wu, Xiaowei Jin, and Jian Xu. These collaborators have contributed to various studies, often intersecting with Johnson's core research themes.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, notably Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environment International, and Environmental Pollution. These journals are central platforms for disseminating research in Johnson's fields of interest.

Best Publications

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Predicted exposures to steroid estrogens in U.K. rivers correlate with widespread sexual disruption in wild fish populations.

    Susan Jobling;Richard Williams;Andrew Johnson;Ayesha Taylor

  • Estimating steroid oestrogen inputs into activated sludge treatment works and observations on their removal from the effluent

    A C Johnson;A Belfroid;A D Di Corcia

  • The potential for estradiol and ethinylestradiol degradation in English rivers.

    Monika D. Jürgens;Karlijn I. E. Holthaus;Andrew C. Johnson;Jennifer J. L. Smith

  • Lessons from Endocrine Disruption and Their Application to Other Issues Concerning Trace Organics in the Aquatic Environment

    John P. Sumpter;Andrew C. Johnson

  • A model to estimate influent and effluent concentrations of estradiol, estrone, and ethinylestradiol at sewage treatment works.

    Andrew C. Johnson;Richard J. Williams

  • Ecological risk assessment of fifty pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in Chinese surface waters: A proposed multiple-level system.

    Na Liu;Xiaowei Jin;Chenglian Feng;Zijian Wang

  • Steroid estrogens profiles along river stretches arising from sewage treatment works discharges.

    Richard J. Williams;Andrew C. Johnson;Jennifer J. L. Smith;Rakesh Kanda

  • Comparing steroid estrogen, and nonylphenol content across a range of European sewage plants with different treatment and management practices

    A.C. Johnson;H.-R. Aerni;A. Gerritsen;M. Gibert

  • Do cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs discharged into rivers pose a risk to the environment and human health? An overview and UK case study

    Andrew C. Johnson;Monika D. Jürgens;Richard J. Williams;Klaus Kümmerer

  • Assessing the concentrations and risks of toxicity from the antibiotics ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and erythromycin in European rivers.

    Andrew C. Johnson;Virginie Keller;Egon Dumont;John P. Sumpter

  • Contamination of headwater streams in the United Kingdom by oestrogenic hormones from livestock farms.

    P. Matthiessen;D. Arnold;A.C. Johnson;T.J. Pepper

  • Learning from the past and considering the future of chemicals in the environment.

    Andrew C. Johnson;Xiaowei Jin;Norihide Nakada;John P. Sumpter

  • The potential steroid hormone contribution of farm animals to freshwaters, the United Kingdom as a case study.

    A.C. Johnson;R.J. Williams;P. Matthiessen

  • Multiple crop bioaccumulation and human exposure of perfluoroalkyl substances around a mega fluorochemical industrial park, China: Implication for planting optimization and food safety.

    Zhaoyang Liu;Yonglong Lu;Xin Song;Kevin Jones

  • Worldwide estimation of river concentrations of any chemical originating from sewage-treatment plants using dilution factors

    Virginie D.J. Keller;Richard J. Williams;Caryn Lofthouse;Andrew C. Johnson

  • Nano silver and nano zinc-oxide in surface waters – Exposure estimation for Europe at high spatial and temporal resolution

    Egon Dumont;Andrew C. Johnson;Virginie D.J. Keller;Richard J. Williams

  • Pollution pathways and release estimation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in central and eastern China.

    Zhaoyang Liu;Yonglong Lu;Pei Wang;Tieyu Wang

  • Evidence needed to manage freshwater ecosystems in a changing climate: turning adaptation principles into practice.

    R. L. Wilby;H. Orr;G. Watts;R. W. Battarbee

  • The potential for estradiol and ethinylestradiol to sorb to suspended and bed sediments in some English rivers

    Karlijn I. E. Holthaus;Andrew C. Johnson;Monika D. Jürgens;Richard J. Williams

  • A national risk assessment for intersex in fish arising from steroid estrogens.

    Richard J. Williams;Virginie D. J. Keller;Andrew C. Johnson;Andrew R. Young

  • Response To Comment on “Lessons from Endocrine Disruption and Their Application to Other Issues Concerning Trace Organics in the Aquatic Environment”

    John P. Sumpter;Andrew C. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Sumpter
John P. Sumpter Brunel University London
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hiroaki Tanaka
Hiroaki Tanaka Kyoto University
Norihide Nakada
Norihide Nakada Kanagawa University
Andrew J. Sweetman
Andrew J. Sweetman Lancaster University
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University
Daren Gooddy
Daren Gooddy British Geological Survey
Susan Jobling
Susan Jobling Brunel University London

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