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Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe

Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
35
Citations
4175
World Ranking
9352
National Ranking
564

Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe 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 Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 56 publications — 1st percentile

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

Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe 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 Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe is affiliated with knoell in Germany and has developed a research portfolio focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work emphasizes the study of toxic organic pollutants, air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and related health impacts.

Their research spans multiple subfields, including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Cancer Research

They have contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe's notable recent papers include:

  • "The chemical composition and toxicological effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emitted from different cooking styles" (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils of an industrial area in semi-arid Uzbekistan: spatial distribution, relationship with trace metals and risk assessment" (2021, Environmental Geochemistry and Health)
  • "One-year measurements of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) markers in the Paris region (France): Concentrations, gas/particle partitioning and SOA source apportionment" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Other papers associated with collaborative work include:

  • "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments and fish species from the White Nile, East Africa: Bioaccumulation potential, source apportionment, ecological and health risk assessment" (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • "Three years of atmospheric concentrations of nitrated and oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxygen heterocycles at a central European background site" (2020, Chemosphere)

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (5 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (3 publications)
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2 publications)
  • Chemosphere (2 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2 publications)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Gerhard Lammel (11 co-publications)
  • Wolfgang Wilcke (6 co-publications)
  • Chong Wei (6 co-publications)
  • Barbora Nežiková (6 co-publications)
  • Petr Kukučka (6 co-publications)

Best Publications

  • Nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in the environment - A review.

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Hannah Meusel

  • PM2.5-bound oxygenated PAHs, nitro-PAHs and parent-PAHs from the atmosphere of a Chinese megacity: Seasonal variation, sources and cancer risk assessment

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Hannah Meusel;Ru-jin Huang;Kinfai Ho;Kinfai Ho

  • Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs and oxygenated PAHs) and trace metals in fish species from Ghana (West Africa): Bioaccumulation and health risk assessment

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Moritz Bigalke;Linda Boamah;Elvis Nyarko

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives (nitro-PAHs, oxygenated PAHs, and azaarenes) in PM 2.5 from Southern European cities

    Célia A. Alves;Ana M. Vicente;Danilo Custódio;Mário Cerqueira

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives (alkyl-PAHs, oxygenated-PAHs, nitrated-PAHs and azaarenes) in urban road dusts from Xi'an, Central China.

    Chong Wei;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Yongming Han;Junji Cao;Junji Cao

  • Occurrence, gas/particle partitioning and carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their oxygen and nitrogen containing derivatives in Xi'an, central China

    Chong Wei;Yongming Han;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Junji Cao

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives (oxygenated-PAHs, nitrated-PAHs and azaarenes) in size-fractionated particles emitted in an urban road tunnel

    C.A. Alves;A.M.P. Vicente;J. Gomes;T. Nunes

  • Elemental Carbon and Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in a 150-Year Sediment Core from Lake Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China: Influence of Regional and Local Sources and Transport Pathways

    Y. M. Han;C. Wei;Benjamin Bandowe;Wolfgang Wilcke;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • Occurrence, distribution and health risk from polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs, oxygenated-PAHs and azaarenes) in street dust from a major West African Metropolis.

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Marian Asantewah Nkansah

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their oxygen-containing derivatives (OPAHs) in soils from the Angren industrial area, Uzbekistan

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Nosir Shukurov;Michael Kersten;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • First intercomparison study on the analysis of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (oxy-PAHs) and nitrogen heterocyclic polycyclic aromatic compounds (N-PACs) in contaminated soil

    Staffan Lundstedt;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Wolfgang Wilcke;E. Boll

  • Chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Sources, formation mechanisms, and occurrence in the environment

    Rong Jin;Rong Jin;Minghui Zheng;Gerhard Lammel;Gerhard Lammel;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe

  • Particulate phase emission of parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives (alkyl-PAHs, oxygenated-PAHs, azaarenes and nitrated PAHs) from manually and automatically fired combustion appliances

    Estela Domingos Vicente;Ana M. Vicente;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Célia A. Alves

  • Oxygen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OPAHs) in urban soils of Bratislava, Slovakia: Patterns, relation to PAHs and vertical distribution

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Jaroslava Sobocka;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Oxygen-Containing Derivatives and Metabolites in Soils

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Wolfgang Wilcke

  • Intercomparison of oxygenated volatile organic compound measurements at the SAPHIR atmosphere simulation chamber

    E.C. Apel;T. Brauers;R. Koppmann;R. Koppmann;B. Bandowe

  • Characterization of chemical components and bioreactivity of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during incense burning

    K. H. Lui;Benjamin A Musa Bandowe;Steven Sai Hang Ho;Hsiao Chi Chuang

  • Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs, oxygenated PAHs, nitrated PAHs and azaarenes) in soils from China and their relationship with geographic location, land use and soil carbon fractions

    Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Chong Wei;Yongming Han;Yongming Han;Junji Cao

  • Cancer risk from polycyclic aromatic compounds in fine particulate matter generated from household coal combustion in Xuanwei, China

    K. H. Lui;Benjamin A.Musa Bandowe;Linwei Tian;Chi Sing Chan

  • Stronger association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with soot than with char in soils and sediments.

    Yongming M. Han;Benjamin A. Musa Bandowe;Chong Wei;Jun-Ji Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Wilcke
Wolfgang Wilcke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yongming Han
Yongming Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gerhard Lammel
Gerhard Lammel Masaryk University
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kin-Fai Ho
Kin-Fai Ho Chinese University of Hong Kong
Steven Sai Hang Ho
Steven Sai Hang Ho Desert Research Institute
Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Célia Alves
Célia Alves University of Aveiro
Thorsten Hoffmann
Thorsten Hoffmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Shuncheng Lee
Shuncheng Lee Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

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