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D-Index
45
Citations
6558
World Ranking
6511
National Ranking
2331

Donald P. Weston 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 Donald P. Weston sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 76 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Donald P. Weston 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 Donald P. Weston sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Donald P. Weston is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with specific attention to Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology as subfields.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics

Donald P. Weston has contributed to multiple publications in various journals such as:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent papers authored by or involving Donald P. Weston include:

  • "Pyrethroid bioaccumulation in field-collected insecticide-resistant Hyalella azteca" (2021), published in Ecotoxicology
  • "Bioaccumulation potential of chlorpyrifos in resistant Hyalella azteca: Implications for evolutionary toxicology" (2021), published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Predicting Resistance: Quantifying the Relationship between Urban Development, Agricultural Pesticide Use, and Pesticide Resistance in a Nontarget Amphipod" (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors of Donald P. Weston include:

  • Michael J. Lydy
  • Helen C. Poynton
  • Nadhirah Johanif
  • Kara E. Huff Hartz
  • Richard E. Connon

Best Publications

  • Use and toxicity of pyrethroid pesticides in the Central Valley, California, USA.

    Erin L. Amweg;Donald P. Weston;Nicole M. Ureda

  • Aquatic Toxicity Due to Residential Use of Pyrethroid Insecticides

    D P Weston;R W Holmes;J You;M J Lydy

  • Distribution and toxicity of sediment-associated pesticides in agriculture-dominated water bodies of California's Central Valley.

    D P Weston;J You;M J Lydy

  • Antibacterial residues in marine sediments and invertebrates following chemotherapy in aquaculture

    Douglas G. Capone;Donald P. Weston;Veronica Miller;Cynthia Shoemaker

  • Pyrethroid insecticides and sediment toxicity in urban creeks from California and Tennessee.

    Erin L Amweg;Donald P Weston;Jing You;Michael J Lydy

  • Residential runoff as a source of pyrethroid pesticides to urban creeks.

    D.P. Weston;R.W. Holmes;M.J. Lydy

  • Urban and Agricultural Sources of Pyrethroid Insecticides to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California

    Donald P. Weston;Michael J. Lydy

  • Toxicity of the Insecticide Fipronil and Its Degradates to Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Urban Streams

    Donald P. Weston;Michael J. Lydy

  • Multiple origins of pyrethroid insecticide resistance across the species complex of a nontarget aquatic crustacean, Hyalella azteca

    Donald P. Weston;Helen C. Poynton;Gary A. Wellborn;Michael J. Lydy

  • A sonication extraction method for the analysis of pyrethroid, organophosphate, and organochlorine pesticides from sediment by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection.

    J. You;D. P. Weston;M. J. Lydy

  • Method development for the analysis of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides at low parts per trillion levels in water

    Dongli Wang;Donald P. Weston;Michael J. Lydy

  • Antibacterial resistant bacteria in surficial sediments near salmon net-cage farms in Puget Sound, Washington

    Russell P Herwig;James P Gray;Donald P Weston

  • Whole sediment toxicity identification evaluation tools for pyrethroid insecticides: III. Temperature manipulation.

    Donald P. Weston;Jing You;Amanda D. Harwood;Michael J. Lydy

  • The role of desorption for describing the bioavailability of select polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and polychlorinated biphenyl congeners for seven laboratory-spiked sediments

    Jussi V. K. Kukkonen;Peter F. Landrum;Siddhartha Mitra;Duane C. Gossiaux

  • Stormwater input of pyrethroid insecticides to an urban river

    Donald P. Weston;Michael J. Lydy

  • Stormwater-related transport of the insecticides bifenthrin, fipronil, imidacloprid, and chlorpyrifos into a tidal wetland, San Francisco Bay, California.

    Donald P. Weston;Da Chen;Michael J. Lydy

  • The role of ingestion as a route of contaminant bioaccumulation in a deposit-feeding polychaete.

    D P Weston;D L Penry;L K Gulmann

  • Pyrethroid insecticides in urban salmon streams of the Pacific Northwest

    D.P. Weston;A.M. Asbell;S.A. Hecht;N.L. Scholz

  • In vitro digestive fluid extraction as a measure of the bioavailability of sediment‐associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Sources of variation and implications for partitioning models

    Donald P. Weston;Lawrence M. Mayer

  • Benzo[a]pyrene and zinc solubilization by digestive fluids of benthic invertebrates--a cross-phyletic study.

    Lawrence M. Mayer;Donald P. Weston;Michael J. Bock

  • Synthetic Pyrethroids: Occurrence and Behavior in Aquatic Environments

    Jay Gan;Frank Spurlock;Paul Hendley;Donald P. Weston

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Lydy
Michael J. Lydy Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Jing You
Jing You Jinan University
Lawrence M. Mayer
Lawrence M. Mayer University of Maine
Richard E. Connon
Richard E. Connon University of California, Davis
Peter F. Landrum
Peter F. Landrum Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Thomas M. Young
Thomas M. Young University of California, Davis
Peter A. Jumars
Peter A. Jumars University of Maine
Jussi V. K. Kukkonen
Jussi V. K. Kukkonen University of Eastern Finland
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
John K. Colbourne
John K. Colbourne University of Birmingham

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