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Craig S. Criddle

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
22533
World Ranking
4402
National Ranking
1397

Craig S. Criddle publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Craig S. Criddle sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 244 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Craig S. Criddle D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Craig S. Criddle sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Craig S. Criddle is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their primary research spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant work in several subfields such as Pollution, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Membrane Separation Technologies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Granular flow and fluidized beds, and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

Frequent publication venues reflect a focus on environmental and chemical engineering disciplines. The most common venues for their work include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Preprints.org

Their recent papers demonstrate contributions to understanding microbial biodegradation of plastics and environmental pollution processes. Selected papers include:

  • Biodegradation of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) in Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae, 2020, Environment International
  • Biodegradation of low-density polyethylene and polystyrene in superworms, larvae of Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Broad and limited extent depolymerization, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Microbes and Climate Change: a Research Prospectus for the Future, 2022, mBio
  • Enhanced Bioavailability and Microbial Biodegradation of Polystyrene in an Enrichment Derived from the Gut Microbiome of Tenebrio molitor (Mealworm Larvae), 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA is enriched by orders of magnitude in primary settled solids relative to liquid wastewater at publicly owned treatment works, 2022, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Craig S. Criddle has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Chungheon Shin
  • Wei-Min Wu
  • Nils J. H. Averesch
  • Aaron J. Berliner
  • Sung-Geun Woo

Best Publications

  • ES Critical Reviews: Transformations of halogenated aliphatic compounds

    Timothy M. Vogel;Craig S. Criddle;Perry L. McCarty

  • Fluorinated Organics in the Biosphere

    Blake D. Key;Robert D. Howell;Craig S. Criddle

  • Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Linwei Wu;Daliang Ning;Bing Zhang;Yong Li

  • Quantitative determination of perfluorochemicals in sediments and domestic sludge.

    Christopher P. Higgins;Jennifer A. Field;Craig S. Criddle;Richard G. Luthy

  • GeoChip: a comprehensive microarray for investigating biogeochemical, ecological and environmental processes

    Zhili He;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Christopher W Schadt;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu

  • Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community

    Irina Dana Ofiteru;Mary Lunn;Thomas P Curtis;George F Wells

  • How stable is stable? Function versus community composition.

    Ana Fernández;Suiying Huang;Sherry Seston;Jian Xing

  • Biodegradation of Polyethylene and Plastic Mixtures in Mealworms (Larvae of Tenebrio molitor) and Effects on the Gut Microbiome.

    Anja Malawi Brandon;Shu-Hong Gao;Renmao Tian;Daliang Ning;Daliang Ning

  • Occurrence of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in wastewater treatment plant bioreactors.

    Hee-Deung Park;George F. Wells;Hyokwan Bae;Craig S. Criddle

  • Effect of flux (transmembrane pressure) and membrane properties on fouling and rejection of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes treating perfluorooctane sulfonate containing wastewater.

    Tang Cy;Fu Qs;Criddle Cs;Leckie Jo

  • Use of reverse osmosis membranes to remove perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) from semiconductor wastewater

    Chuyang Y. Tang;Q. Shiang Fu;A. P. Robertson;Craig S. Criddle

  • Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube—Textile Anode for High-Performance Microbial Fuel Cells

    Xing Xie;Liangbing Hu;Mauro Pasta;George F. Wells

  • Kinetics of competitive inhibition and cometabolism in the biodegradation of benzene, toluene, and p‐xylene by two Pseudomonas isolates.

    Myung-Keun Chang;Thomas C. Voice;Craig S. Criddle

  • Flexible community structure correlates with stable community function in methanogenic bioreactor communities perturbed by glucose

    Ana S. Fernandez;Syed A. Hashsham;Sherry L. Dollhopf;Lutgarde Raskin

  • Aerobic Biotransformation and Fate of N-Ethyl Perfluorooctane Sulfonamidoethanol (N-EtFOSE) in Activated Sludge

    Kurt R. Rhoads;Elisabeth M.-L. Janssen;Richard G. Luthy;Craig S. Criddle

  • Carbon nanotube-coated macroporous sponge for microbial fuel cell electrodes

    Xing Xie;Meng Ye;Liangbing Hu;Nian Liu

  • Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Dark ( Tenebrio obscurus) and Yellow ( Tenebrio molitor) Mealworms (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).

    Bo-Yu Peng;Yiming Su;Yiming Su;Zhibin Chen;Jiabin Chen

  • Microplastics pollution and reduction strategies

    Wei-Min Wu;Jun Yang;Craig S. Criddle

  • Understanding bias in microbial community analysis techniques due to rrn operon copy number heterogeneity.

    Laurel D. Crosby;Craig S. Criddle

  • Graphene–sponges as high-performance low-cost anodes for microbial fuel cells

    Xing Xie;Guihua Yu;Nian Liu;Zhenan Bao

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Ammonia‐oxidizing communities in a highly aerated full‐scale activated sludge bioreactor: betaproteobacterial dynamics and low relative abundance of Crenarchaea

    George F. Wells;Hee Deung Park;Chok Hang Yeung;Brad Eggleston

  • Biodegradation of polystyrene wastes in yellow mealworms (larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus): Factors affecting biodegradation rates and the ability of polystyrene-fed larvae to complete their life cycle

    Shan Shan Yang;Anja Malawi Brandon;James Christopher Andrew Flanagan;Jun Yang

  • The Kinetics of Cometabolism

    Craig S. Criddle

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Peter K. Kitanidis
Peter K. Kitanidis Stanford University
Baohua Gu
Baohua Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Terry J. Gentry
Terry J. Gentry Texas A&M University
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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