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David Thomas McCarthy

David Thomas McCarthy

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
9748
World Ranking
4076
National Ranking
139

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
8758
World Ranking
3688
National Ranking
200

David Thomas McCarthy publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Thomas McCarthy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 193 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

David Thomas McCarthy D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Thomas McCarthy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Thomas McCarthy is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and focuses on research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main research topics covered by McCarthy include:

  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Fecal contamination and water quality
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Water Systems and Optimization

McCarthy has coauthored extensively with several researchers, notably Rebekah Henry, Ana Deletić, Baiqian Shi, Christelle Schang, and Kefeng Zhang. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse set of publications across environmental and engineering disciplines.

Key venues where McCarthy has published include:

  • Water Research (13 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (6 publications)
  • Sensors (4 publications)
  • ACS ES&T Water (4 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (3 publications)

Among McCarthy's recent papers are the following:

  • "Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production", 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Passive Sampling of SARS-CoV-2 for Wastewater Surveillance", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Cooperatively modulating reactive oxygen species generation and bacteria-photocatalyst contact over graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for rapid water disinfection", 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Passive sampling, a practical method for wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2", 2021, Environmental Research
  • "An in situ assembled WO3-TiO2 vertical heterojunction for enhanced Z-scheme photocatalytic activity", 2020, Nanoscale

In addition to journal articles, McCarthy has contributed to book publications, including a title by UWA Publishing entitled Metrology in Urban Drainage and Stormwater Management: Plug and Pray, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneously tuning charge separation and oxygen reduction pathway on graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for boosted photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide production

    Xiangkang Zeng;Yue Liu;Yuan Kang;Qinye Li

  • Review: A critical review of integrated urban water modelling - Urban drainage and beyond

    Peter M. Bach;Wolfgang Rauch;Peter S. Mikkelsen;David T. Mccarthy

  • Highly dispersed TiO2 nanocrystals and WO3 nanorods on reduced graphene oxide: Z-scheme photocatalysis system for accelerated photocatalytic water disinfection

    Xiangkang Zeng;Zhouyou Wang;Gen Wang;Thomas R. Gengenbach

  • Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

  • Comparison of different uncertainty techniques in urban stormwater quantity and quality modelling

    Cintia Brum Siqueira Dotto;Giorgio Mannina;Manfred Kleidorfer;Luca Vezzaro

  • Sewage pollution in urban stormwater runoff as evident from the widespread presence of multiple microbial and chemical source tracking markers

    Jatinder Sidhu;Warish Ahmed;Warish Ahmed;Wolfgang Gernjak;Rupak Aryal;Rupak Aryal

  • Silver/Reduced graphene oxide hydrogel as novel bactericidal filter for point-of-use water disinfection

    Xiangkang Zeng;David T. McCarthy;Ana Deletic;Xiwang Zhang

  • Redefining the stormwater first flush phenomenon

    Peter M. Bach;David T. McCarthy;Ana Deletic

  • Predicting physical clogging of porous and permeable pavements

    Chui Fern Yong;David Thomas McCarthy;Ana Deletic

  • Highly dispersed TiO2 nanocrystals and carbon dots on reduced graphene oxide: Ternary nanocomposites for accelerated photocatalytic water disinfection

    Xiangkang Zeng;Zhouyou Wang;Na Meng;David T. McCarthy

  • Assessing uncertainties in urban drainage models

    Ana Deletic;Cintia Brum Siqueira Dotto;David Thomas McCarthy;Manfred Kleidorfer

  • Intra-event variability of Escherichia coli and total suspended solids in urban stormwater runoff.

    David Thomas McCarthy;John M Hathaway;William F Hunt;Ana Deletic

  • Green walls for greywater reuse: Understanding the role of media on pollutant removal

    Veljko Prodanovic;Belinda Hatt;David McCarthy;Kefeng Zhang

  • Passive Sampling of SARS-CoV-2 for Wastewater Surveillance.

    Christelle Schang;Nicolas D. Crosbie;Monica Nolan;Rachael Poon

  • Nano-layer based 1T-rich MoS2/g-C3N4 co-catalyst system for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activity

    Xiaoyi Hu;Xiangkang Zeng;Yue Liu;Jun Lu

  • Into the deep: Evaluation of SourceTracker for assessment of faecal contamination of coastal waters.

    Rebekah Henry;Christelle Schang;Scott Coutts;Peter Kolotelo

  • Uncertainties in stormwater E. coli levels.

    David Thomas McCarthy;Ana Deletic;Valerie Grace Mitchell;Timothy David Fletcher

  • Performance and sensitivity analysis of stormwater models using a Bayesian approach and long-term high resolution data

    C. B. S. Dotto;M. Kleidorfer;A. Deletic;W. Rauch

  • Pesticide occurrence and spatio-temporal variability in urban run-off across Australia.

    Megan A. Rippy;Ana Deletic;Jeff Black;Rupak Aryal

  • Urban stormwater harvesting - sensitivity of a storage behaviour model

    V. G. Mitchell;D. T. McCarthy;A. Deletic;T. D. Fletcher

  • Cooperatively modulating reactive oxygen species generation and bacteria-photocatalyst contact over graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for rapid water disinfection

    Xiangkang Zeng;Yue Liu;Yun Xia;Hemayet Uddin

  • Achieving multiple benefits from stormwater harvesting

    Valerie Grace Mitchell;Ana Deletic;Timothy David Fletcher;Belinda Elizabeth Hatt

  • Biofilters for stormwater harvesting: understanding the treatment performance of key metals that pose a risk for water use.

    Wenjun (Kent) Feng;Belinda Elizabeth Hatt;David Thomas McCarthy;Timothy Fletcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Deletic
Ana Deletic Queensland University of Technology
Tim D. Fletcher
Tim D. Fletcher University of Melbourne
Xiwang Zhang
Xiwang Zhang Monash University
Wolfgang Rauch
Wolfgang Rauch University of Innsbruck
Rebekah Ruth Brown
Rebekah Ruth Brown Monash University
Wolfgang Gernjak
Wolfgang Gernjak Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Steven L. Chown
Steven L. Chown Monash University
Giorgio Mannina
Giorgio Mannina University of Palermo
Aaron R. Jex
Aaron R. Jex Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Peter Steen Mikkelsen
Peter Steen Mikkelsen Technical University of Denmark

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