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D-Index
60
Citations
15184
World Ranking
2890
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228

David W. Graham 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 David W. Graham sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David W. Graham 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 David W. Graham sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David W. Graham is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily addresses environmental science with strong interdisciplinary engagement in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, their work extends into several subfields such as:

  • Pollution
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Their research topics are focused on areas including:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Antibiotic Use and Resistance
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

The scientist has published multiple papers across well-recognized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some representative recent papers authored or co-authored by David W. Graham are:

  • Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19 (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Making waves: Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 - approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction (2020, Water Research)
  • Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national COVID-19 surveillance programmes (2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Toward a Universal Unit for Quantification of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Environmental Samples (2023, Environmental Science & Technology)

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Marcos Quintela-Baluja
  • Shaikh Ziauddin Ahammad
  • Yong-Guan Zhu
  • Sonia Gupta
  • T.R. Sreekrishnan

Best Publications

  • Evidence of Increasing Antibiotic Resistance Gene Abundances in Archived Soils since 1940

    Charles W. Knapp;Jan Dolfing;Phillip A. I. Ehlert;David W. Graham

  • Management Options for Reducing the Release of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes to the Environment

    Amy Pruden;D.G. Joakim Larsson;Alejandro Amézquita;Peter Collignon

  • The Scourge of Antibiotic Resistance: The Important Role of the Environment

    Rita L. Finley;Peter Collignon;D. G. Joakim Larsson;Scott A. McEwen

  • A Review of Phosphorus Removal Technologies and Their Applicability to Small-Scale Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems

    Joshua T. Bunce;Edmond Ndam;Irina D. Ofiteru;Andrew Moore

  • Abundance of six tetracycline resistance genes in wastewater lagoons at cattle feedlots with different antibiotic use strategies

    Nicholas Peak;Charles W. Knapp;Richard K. Yang;Margery M. Hanfelt

  • Antibiotic resistance gene abundances correlate with metal and geochemical conditions in archived Scottish soils.

    Charles W. Knapp;Seánín M. McCluskey;Brajesh K. Singh;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell

  • Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19.

    David L. Jones;David L. Jones;Marcos Quintela Baluja;David W. Graham;Alexander Corbishley

  • Making waves: Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 - approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction.

    David Polo;Marcos Quintela-Baluja;Alexander Corbishley;Davey L. Jones

  • Experimental demonstration of chaotic instability in biological nitrification.

    David W Graham;David W Graham;Charles W Knapp;Charles W Knapp;Erik S Van Vleck;Katie Bloor

  • Antibiotic resistance gene abundances associated with waste discharges to the Almendares River near Havana, Cuba.

    David W. Graham;Susana Olivares-Rieumont;Charles W. Knapp;Lazaro Lima

  • Relationships between Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Gene Levels in Municipal Solid Waste Leachates in Shanghai, China

    Dong Wu;Zhiting Huang;Kai Yang;David Graham

  • Factors affecting competition between type I and type II methanotrophs in two-organism, continuous-flow reactors

    David W. Graham;Jayesh A. Chaudhary;Richard S. Hanson;Robert G. Arnold

  • Assessment of heavy metal levels in Almendares River sediments--Havana City, Cuba.

    Susana Olivares-Rieumont;Daniel de la Rosa;Lazaro Lima;David W. Graham

  • Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review

    Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir;Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir;Yoav Stabholz;Jan Ulrich Kreft;Roberto de la Cruz

  • Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Associated Microbial Community Conditions in Aging Landfill Systems

    Dong Wu;Xing-Hua Huang;Jin-Zhao Sun;David W. Graham

  • Quantification of Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Feedlot Lagoons by Real-Time PCR

    Marilyn S. Smith;Richard K. Yang;Charles W. Knapp;Yafen Niu

  • Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national COVID-19 surveillance programmes.

    Matthew J Wade;Anna Lo Jacomo;Elena Armenise;Mathew R Brown

  • Complexities in understanding antimicrobial resistance across domesticated animal, human, and environmental systems

    David W. Graham;Gilles Bergeron;Megan W. Bourassa;James Dickson

  • Metagenomics Shows That Low-Energy Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment Reactors Reduce Antibiotic Resistance Gene Levels from Domestic Wastewater

    Beate Christgen;Ying Yang;S Z Ahammad;S Z Ahammad;Bing Li

  • Increased Waterborne blaNDM-1 Resistance Gene Abundances Associated with Seasonal Human Pilgrimages to the Upper Ganges River

    Ziaddin S Ahammad;T R Sreekrishnan;Catherine L Hands;Charles W Knapp

  • Understanding drivers of antibiotic resistance genes in High Arctic soil ecosystems.

    Clare M. McCann;Beate Christgen;Jennifer A. Roberts;Jian-Qiang Su

  • Appearance of β-lactam resistance genes in agricultural soils and clinical isolates over the 20th century

    David W. Graham;Charles W. Knapp;Bent Tolstrup Christensen;Seánin McCluskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia K. Larive
Cynthia K. Larive University of California, Santa Cruz
Val H. Smith
Val H. Smith University of Kansas
Jan Dolfing
Jan Dolfing Northumbria University
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
David Werner
David Werner Newcastle University
Jesús L. Romalde
Jesús L. Romalde University of Santiago de Compostela
Ian M. Head
Ian M. Head Newcastle University
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Jian-Qiang Su
Jian-Qiang Su Chinese Academy of Sciences

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