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17480
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Andrew J. Sweetman publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Sweetman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 179 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Andrew J. Sweetman D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew J. Sweetman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrew J. Sweetman is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. The primary field of research is Environmental Science, with a focus spanning several specialized subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's recent research output includes a range of publications addressing various environmental challenges. Notable papers include:

  • Soil pollution at a major West African E-waste recycling site: Contamination pathways and implications for potential mitigation strategies, 2020, Environment International
  • Ecology of industrial pollution in China, 2020, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
  • GAPS-megacities: A new global platform for investigating persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in urban air, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • In situ measurement of an emerging persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) substance - Melamine and related triazines in waters by diffusive gradient in thin-films, 2021, Water Research
  • A year-long passive sampling of phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals in the East River, South China, 2020, Environment International

The research covers topics that reflect a broad engagement with environmental contaminants and their impacts. The main thematic areas include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Frequent co-authors contributing to these works include:

  • Chang-Er Chen
  • Xiaoxin Chen
  • Kevin C. Jones
  • Shengming Cheng
  • Guang-Guo Ying

Published research appears in a variety of scientific journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Water Research
  • Environment International
  • Chemosphere

Best Publications

  • A first global production, emission and environmental inventory for perfluorooctane sulfonate.

    Alexander G. Paul;Kevin C. Jones;Andrew J. Sweetman

  • Impacts of soil and water pollution on food safety and health risks in China

    Yonglong Lu;Shuai Song;Ruoshi Wang;Zhaoyang Liu

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners--a mass balance approach. 1. Global production and consumption.

    Knut Breivik;Andrew J. Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners--a mass balance approach 3. An update.

    Knut Breivik;Andrew J. Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners — A mass balance approach

    Knut Breivik;Andy Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Global distribution and budget of PCBs and HCB in background surface soils: implications for sources and environmental processes.

    Sandra N. Meijer;Wendy Ockenden;A. J. Sweetman;K. Breivik

  • Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment : Emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes

    Jonathan L. Barber;Andrew J. Sweetman;Dolf van Wijk;Kevin C. Jones

  • Passive air sampling of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine compounds, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers across Asia

    Foday M Jaward;Gan Zhang;Jae Jak Nam;Andrew J Sweetman

  • Industrial source identification and emission estimation of perfluorooctane sulfonate in China.

    Shuangwei Xie;Tieyu Wang;Shijie Liu;Kevin C. Jones

  • PAH molecular diagnostic ratios applied to atmospheric sources: a critical evaluation using two decades of source inventory and air concentration data from the UK.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in the River Aire (UK)

    Joyce Cristale;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • Assessment of organic contanhnant fate in waste water treatment plants I: Selected compounds and physicochemical properties

    Ruth E. Alcock;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • Modelling the behaviour of PAHs during atmospheric transport from the UK to the Arctic.

    Crispin J. Halsall;Andrew Sweetman;L. A. Barrie;Kevin C. Jones

  • The global re-cycling of persistent organic pollutants is strongly retarded by soils

    Wendy A. Ockenden;Knut Breivik;Sandra N. Meijer;Eiliv Steinnes

  • The role of soil organic carbon in the global cycling of persistent organic pollutants (POPs): interpreting and modelling field data.

    Andrew J. Sweetman;Matteo Dalla Valle;Konstantinos Prevedouros;Kevin C. Jones

  • Understanding levels and trends of BDE-47 in the UK and North America: an assessment of principal reservoirs and source inputs

    Ruth E. Alcock;Andrew J. Sweetman;Konstantinos Prevedouros;Kevin C. Jones

  • Passive air sampling of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated naphthalenes across europe

    Foday M. Jaward;Nick J. Farrar;Tom Harner;Andrew J. Sweetman

  • 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

  • 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

  • Toward an Understanding of the Global Atmospheric Distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants: The Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices as Time-Integrated Passive Samplers

    Wendy A. Ockenden;Andrew J. Sweetman;Harry F. Prest;Eiliv Steinnes

  • Estimation of the production, consumption, and atmospheric emissions of pentabrominated diphenyl ether in Europe between 1970 and 2000.

    Prevedouros K;Jones Kc;Sweetman Aj

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Knut Breivik
Knut Breivik Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gareth O. Thomas
Gareth O. Thomas Lancaster University
Andrew C. Johnson
Andrew C. Johnson UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Tieyu Wang
Tieyu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Crispin J. Halsall
Crispin J. Halsall Lancaster University
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada

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