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Collin A. Eagles-Smith

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
6385
World Ranking
5848
National Ranking
1989

Collin A. Eagles-Smith publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Collin A. Eagles-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 170 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Collin A. Eagles-Smith D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Collin A. Eagles-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Collin A. Eagles-Smith is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily falls under the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics focus largely on mercury impact and mitigation studies, toxic organic pollutants impact, isotope analysis in ecology, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, fish ecology and management studies, marine animal studies, and environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Collin A. Eagles-Smith include:

  • James J. Willacker
  • David P. Krabbenhoft
  • David Walters
  • Sarah E. Janssen
  • Garth Herring

Collin A. Eagles-Smith has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ecotoxicology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Collin A. Eagles-Smith include:

  • "Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in United States tapwater: Comparison of underserved private-well and public-supply exposures and associated health implications" (2023), published in Environment International
  • "Demethylation of Methylmercury in Bird, Fish, and Earthworm" (2021), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A National-Scale Assessment of Mercury Bioaccumulation in United States National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae As Biosentinels through a Citizen-Science Framework" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Do Two Wrongs Make a Right? Persistent Uncertainties Regarding Environmental Selenium-Mercury Interactions" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework" (2024), published in Ecotoxicology

Best Publications

  • Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Niladri Basu;Paco Bustamante

  • Avian mercury exposure and toxicological risk across western North America: A synthesis.

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Mark P. Herzog;C. Alex Hartman

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of mercury concentrations in freshwater fish across the Western United States and Canada.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;James J. Willacker;Michael T. Tate

  • Mercury in western North America: A synthesis of environmental contamination, fluxes, bioaccumulation, and risk to fish and wildlife.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;James G. Wiener;Chris S. Eckley;James J. Willacker

  • Methylmercury exposure in wildlife: A review of the ecological and physiological processes affecting contaminant concentrations and their interpretation.

    John Chételat;Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Craig E. Hebert

  • The persistent problem of lead poisoning in birds from ammunition and fishing tackle

    Susan M. Haig;Jesse D'Elia;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Jeanne M. Fair

  • Mercury demethylation in waterbird livers: dose-response thresholds and differences among species.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;Julie Yee;Terrence L. Adelsbach

  • Mercury correlations among six tissues for four waterbird species breeding in San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;Terrence L. Adelsbach;John Y. Takekawa

  • Bird Mercury Concentrations Change Rapidly as Chicks Age: Toxicological Risk is Highest at Hatching and Fledging

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Mark P. Herzog

  • A Critical Time for Mercury Science to Inform Global Policy

    Celia Y. Chen;Charles T. Driscoll;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Chris S. Eckley

  • Maternal transfer of contaminants in birds: Mercury and selenium concentrations in parents and their eggs.

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Mark P. Herzog;C. Alex Hartman

  • Mercury bioaccumulation and risk to three waterbird foraging guilds is influenced by foraging ecology and breeding stage.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Joshua T. Ackerman;Susan E.W. De La Cruz;John Y. Takekawa

  • Songbirds as sentinels of mercury in terrestrial habitats of eastern North America

    Allyson K. Jackson;David C. Evers;Evan M. Adams;Daniel Aaron Cristol

  • Vocal Activity as a Low Cost and Scalable Index of Seabird Colony Size

    Abraham L. Borker;Matthew W. Mckown;Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith

  • Mercury concentrations in blood and feathers of prebreeding Forster's terns in relation to space use of San Francisco Bay, California, USA, habitats.

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;John Y. Takekawa;Jill D. Bluso

  • Mercury cycling in agricultural and managed wetlands: a synthesis of methylmercury production, hydrologic export, and bioaccumulation from an integrated field study.

    Lisamarie Windham-Myers;Jacob A. Fleck;Joshua T. Ackerman;Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale

  • Genetic Applications in Avian Conservation

    Susan M. Haig;Whitcomb M. Bronaugh;Rachel S. Crowhurst;Jesse D'elia;Jesse D'elia

  • Mercury concentrations and space use of pre-breeding American avocets and black-necked stilts in San Francisco Bay.

    Joshua T. Ackerman;Collin A. Eagles-Smith;John Y. Takekawa;Scott A. Demers

  • Demethylation of Methylmercury in Bird, Fish, and Earthworm.

    Alain Manceau;Jean-Paul Bourdineaud;Ricardo B. Oliveira;Sandra L. F. Sarrazin

  • MERCURY TROPHIC TRANSFER IN A EUTROPHIC LAKE: THE IMPORTANCE OF HABITAT-SPECIFIC FORAGING

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;Thomas H. Suchanek;Thomas H. Suchanek;Arthur E. Colwell;Norman L. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua T. Ackerman
Joshua T. Ackerman United States Geological Survey
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey
John Y. Takekawa
John Y. Takekawa United States Geological Survey
David C. Evers
David C. Evers University of Minnesota
Charles N. Alpers
Charles N. Alpers United States Geological Survey
Evan H. Campbell Grant
Evan H. Campbell Grant United States Geological Survey
Gary H. Heinz
Gary H. Heinz United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Celia Y. Chen
Celia Y. Chen Dartmouth College
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada

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David C. Evers

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Niladri Basu

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John Y. Takekawa

John Y. Takekawa

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Publications: 19

Xinbin Feng

Xinbin Feng

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publications: 18

Alexander L. Bond

Alexander L. Bond

Natural History Museum

Publications: 16

Karen A. Kidd

Karen A. Kidd

McMaster University

Publications: 16

Guangle Qiu

Guangle Qiu

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publications: 16

Celia Y. Chen

Celia Y. Chen

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Rune Dietz

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Publications: 14

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Yves Cherel

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Daniel A. Cristol

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