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Chelsea M. Rochman

Chelsea M. Rochman

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
63
Citations
24914
World Ranking
136
National Ranking
5

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
69
Citations
30579
World Ranking
1732
National Ranking
60

Chelsea M. Rochman 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 Chelsea M. Rochman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Chelsea M. Rochman 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 Chelsea M. Rochman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Chelsea M. Rochman is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has a primary research focus within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics in their research include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Rochman has contributed to a range of recent papers, some of which are noted for their relevance and citation counts. Selected publications include:

  • "Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution," 2020, Science
  • "Plastic pollution in the Arctic," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Microplastic Spectral Classification Needs an Open Source Community: Open Specy to the Rescue!," 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • "The global odyssey of plastic pollution," 2020, Science
  • "Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources," 2020, Water Research

Their frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaborations across the field and include:

  • Keenan Munno
  • Hannah De Frond
  • Paul A. Helm
  • Ludovic Hermabessière
  • Jennifer F. Provencher

Rochman publishes regularly in venues specializing in environmental sciences, such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Chemosphere
  • Microplastics and Nanoplastics
  • Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution.

    Stephanie B. Borrelle;Stephanie B. Borrelle;Stephanie B. Borrelle;Jeremy Ringma;Jeremy Ringma;Kara Lavender Law;Cole C. Monnahan

  • Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Eunha Hoh;Tomofumi Kurobe;Swee J. Teh

  • Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health.

    Madeleine Smith;David C. Love;Chelsea M. Rochman;Roni A. Neff

  • Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Mark Anthony Browne;Benjamin S. Halpern;Brian T. Hentschel

  • Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Akbar Tahir;Susan L. Williams;Dolores V. Baxa

  • Microplastics research—from sink to source

    Chelsea M. Rochman

  • Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite.

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Cole Brookson;Jacqueline Bikker;Natasha Djuric

  • Long-Term Field Measurement of Sorption of Organic Contaminants to Five Types of Plastic Pellets: Implications for Plastic Marine Debris

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Eunha Hoh;Brian T. Hentschel;Shawn Kaye

  • Early warning signs of endocrine disruption in adult fish from the ingestion of polyethylene with and without sorbed chemical pollutants from the marine environment

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Tomofumi Kurobe;Ida Flores;Swee J. Teh

  • Plastic pollution in the Arctic

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  • Long-term sorption of metals is similar among plastic types: implications for plastic debris in aquatic environments.

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Brian T. Hentschel;Swee J. Teh

  • The ecological impacts of marine debris: unraveling the demonstrated evidence from what is perceived.

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Mark Anthony Browne;Mark Anthony Browne;A. J. Underwood;Jan A. van Franeker

  • What is known and unknown about the effects of plastic pollution: A meta‐analysis and systematic review

    K. Bucci;M. Tulio;C. M. Rochman

  • Scientific evidence supports a ban on microbeads

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Chelsea M. Rochman;Sara M. Kross;Sara M. Kross;Jonathan B. Armstrong;Jonathan B. Armstrong;Michael T. Bogan;Michael T. Bogan

  • Using the Asian clam as an indicator of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

    Lei Su;Huiwen Cai;Prabhu Kolandhasamy;Chenxi Wu

  • Microplastic Spectral Classification Needs an Open Source Community: Open Specy to the Rescue!

    Win Cowger;Zacharias Steinmetz;Andrew Gray;Keenan Munno

  • The Complex Mixture, Fate and Toxicity of Chemicals Associated with Plastic Debris in the Marine Environment

    Chelsea M. Rochman

  • Magnetic Extraction of Microplastics from Environmental Samples

    Jelena Grbic;Brian Nguyen;Edie Guo;Jae Bem You

  • The global odyssey of plastic pollution

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Timothy Hoellein

  • Polystyrene plastic: a source and sink for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the marine environment.

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Carlos Manzano;Carlos Manzano;Brian T. Hentschel;Brian T. Hentschel;Staci L. Massey Simonich;Staci L. Massey Simonich

  • Impacts of temperature and selected chemical digestion methods on microplastic particles.

    Keenan Munno;Paul A. Helm;Donald A. Jackson;Chelsea Rochman

  • Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources

    Jelena Grbić;Paul Helm;Samantha Athey;Chelsea M. Rochman

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Helm
Paul A. Helm Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
David Sinton
David Sinton University of Toronto
Swee J. Teh
Swee J. Teh University of California, Davis
Jennifer F. Provencher
Jennifer F. Provencher Government of Canada
Richard C. Thompson
Richard C. Thompson Plymouth University
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Diogo Veríssimo
Diogo Veríssimo University of Oxford
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler
Linda A. Amaral-Zettler University of Amsterdam
Timothy J. Hoellein
Timothy J. Hoellein Loyola University Chicago
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University

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